1963 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
American college football season
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Conference | Southern Conference |
Record | 4–6 (3–1 SoCon) |
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Home stadium | Mountaineer Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VPI $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 3 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William & Mary | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Washington | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Davidson | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1963 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Gene Corum, the Mountaineers compiled an overall record of 4–6 with a mark of 3–1 in conference play, placing second in the SoCon.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 21 | No. 9 Navy* |
| L 7–51 | 35,000 | [1] |
September 28 | at Boston University* | W 34–0 | 7,000 | [2] | |
October 5 | Oregon* |
| L 0–35 | 24,000 | [3] |
October 12 | at William & Mary | W 20–16 | 11,500 | [4] | |
October 19 | No. 3 Pittsburgh* |
| L 10–13 | 31,000 | [5] |
October 26 | at Penn State* | L 9–20 | 45,750 | [6] | |
November 2 | at George Washington | W 20–16 | 8,000 | [7] | |
November 9 | at Syracuse* | L 13–15 | 22,000 | [8] | |
November 16 | VPI |
| L 3–28 | 15,000 | [9] |
November 28 | Furman |
| W 38–7 | 5,000 | [10] |
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References
- ^ "Middies riddle West Virginia". The Huntsville Times. September 22, 1963. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "West Virginia gets 34–0 victory over Boston U." The Greenville News. September 29, 1963. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ducks dump Mountaineers". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. October 6, 1963. p. 4, sports.
- ^ "West Virginia rally beats Indians, 20–16". The Progress-Index. October 13, 1963. Retrieved October 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pitt avoids upset by WVU, wins, 13–10, with late score". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 20, 1963. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Weber nets TD as Penn State defeats Mounts". Reading Eagle. UPI. October 27, 1963. p. 33.
- ^ "West Va. stops GW 20–16". The Tampa Tribune. November 3, 1963. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Syracuse tops W. Va. on late field goal". The Progress-Index. November 10, 1963. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Onside kick starts Va. Tech toward 28–3 rout of W. Va". Winston-Salem Journal & Sentinel. November 17, 1963. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "West Virginia ends with 38–7 win". Beckley Post-Herald. November 29, 1963. Retrieved September 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1963 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results".