1950 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

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1950 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record2–8 (1–3 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainLawrence Ciccarelli
Home stadiumMountaineer Field
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 18 Washington and Lee $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
No. 10 Clemson 3 – 0 – 1 9 – 0 – 1
VMI 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Wake Forest 6 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 2
Maryland 4 – 1 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Duke 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
North Carolina 3 – 2 – 1 3 – 5 – 2
George Washington 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
NC State 4 – 4 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
William & Mary 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
The Citadel 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
South Carolina 2 – 4 – 1 3 – 4 – 2
Furman 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 1
West Virginia 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Davidson 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Richmond 1 – 8 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
VPI 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1950 West Virginia Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia University as a nmember of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1950 college football season. In its first season under head coach Art Lewis, the team compiled a 2–8 record (1–3 against SoCon opponents), finished in 14th place in the conference, and was outscored by a combined total of 259 to 163.[1][2] The team played its home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. Lawrence Ciccarelli was the team captain.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Western Reserve*
W 38–13[4]
September 30vs. Washington and Lee
L 7–268,000[5]
October 6at George Washington
L 14–218,007[6]
October 14Richmond
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 46–76,000[7]
October 21Fordham*
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
L 23–2718,000[8]
October 28Virginia*
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
L 21–2822,000[9]
November 4at Pittsburgh*
L 7–216,125[10]
November 11at Penn State*State College, PA (rivalry)L 0–2716,338[11]
November 18Maryland
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
L 0–4116,000[12]
November 25at Texas Western*
L 7–489,000[13]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1950 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  2. ^ "2017 West Virginia Football Media Guide". West Virginia University. 2017. p. 176.
  3. ^ 2017 WVU Football Guide, p. 169.
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