1950 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

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]

1950 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	2–8 (1–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Art Lewis (1st season)
Captain	Lawrence Ciccarelli
Home stadium	Mountaineer Field
Seasons ← 1949 1951 →

1950 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	Western Reserve*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 38–13		[4]
September 30	vs. Washington and Lee	Municipal Stadium Lynchburg, VA	L 7–26	8,000	[5]
October 6	at George Washington	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	L 14–21	8,007	[6]
October 14	Richmond	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 46–7	6,000	[7]
October 21	Fordham*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	L 23–27	18,000	[8]
October 28	Virginia*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	L 21–28	22,000	[9]
November 4	at Pittsburgh*	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 7–21	6,125	[10]
November 11	at Penn State*	New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	L 0–27	16,338	[11]
November 18	Maryland	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	L 0–41	16,000	[12]
November 25	at Texas Western*	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	L 7–48	9,000	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming