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1945 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football
ConferenceColored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record5–1–2 (4–0–2 CIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumLakin Field
Seasons← 19441946 →
1945 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Virginia State $ 6 – 0 – 1 7 – 0 – 2
West Virginia State 4 – 0 – 2 5 – 1 – 2
North Carolina College 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Johnson C. Smith 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Morgan State 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Howard 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Virginia Union 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Delaware State 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Lincoln (PA) 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
North Carolina A&T 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Hampton 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Bluefield State 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Shaw 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 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.

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6HowardCharleston, WVW 6–0
October 13Morgan StateCharleston, WVW 20–0
October 20at Johnson C. SmithCharlotte, NCT 6–6
October 27at North Carolina A&TGreensboro, NCW 20–0
November 3at Virginia StatePetersburg, VAT 6–66,500
November 10Winston-Salem State*Institute, WVW 35–0
November 17Bluefield StateInstitute, WVW 43–0
November 22at Wilberforce*Wilberforce, OHL 6–20
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "1945 - West Virginia St". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 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.
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