The Citadel vs. West Virginia

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. The Citadel’s biggest win1959: The Citadel 20, West Virginia 14by 6 points
2. West Virginia’s biggest win1962: West Virginia 49, The Citadel 0by 49 points

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from The Citadel’s side (Teague 0–⁠3 against Corum). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

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  1962 · The Republican. (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, Maryland, Nov 22, 1962

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• The Citadel vs. Furman81 meetings, The Citadel 32–⁠47–⁠2
• The Citadel vs. VMI60 meetings, The Citadel 33–⁠26–⁠1
• The Citadel vs. Wofford56 meetings, The Citadel 30–⁠26
• The Citadel vs. Davidson54 meetings, The Citadel 29–⁠21–⁠4
• West Virginia vs. Pittsburgh101 meetings, West Virginia 37–⁠61–⁠3
• West Virginia vs. Penn State61 meetings, West Virginia 9–⁠50–⁠2
• West Virginia vs. Syracuse61 meetings, West Virginia 27–⁠34
• West Virginia vs. Virginia Tech54 meetings, West Virginia 30–⁠23–⁠1