1945 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football team

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1945 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football
Conference Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record5–1–2 (4–0–2 CIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumLakin Field
Seasons
 1944
1946  
1945 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Virginia State $ 6 0 17 0 2
West Virginia State 4 0 25 1 2
North Carolina College 5 1 06 3 0
Johnson C. Smith 3 3 15 4 1
Morgan State 5 2 05 2 0
Howard 4 3 04 4 0
Virginia Union 4 3 04 4 0
Delaware State 3 3 04 3 0
Lincoln (PA) 2 4 02 5 0
North Carolina A&T 2 5 02 5 0
Hampton 2 6 02 6 0
Bluefield State 1 5 01 6 0
Shaw 0 6 00 6 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1945 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia State University as a member of the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the 1945 college football season. In their first season under head coach Mark Cardwell, the team compiled a 5–1–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 142 to 32. [1]

The team played its home games in Charleston, West Virginia, and at Lakin Field in Institute, West Virginia.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6 Howard Charleston, WV W 6–0
October 13 Morgan State Charleston, WVW 20–0
October 20at Johnson C. Smith Charlotte, NC T 6–6
October 27at North Carolina A&T Greensboro, NC W 20–0
November 3at Virginia State Petersburg, VA T 6–66,500 [2]
November 10Winston-Salem State* Institute, WV W 35–0
November 17 Bluefield State Institute, WVW 43–0
November 22at Wilberforce * Wilberforce, OH L 6–20
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "1945 - West Virginia St". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  2. Ric Roberts (November 10, 1945). "Va. State and W. Va. in 6-6 Tie". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.