When was the West Virginia Mountaineers basketball team formed?
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In 1955, Fred Schaus and Alex Mumford devised the idea of rolling out an elaborate gold and blue carpet for Mountaineer basketball players to use when taking the court for pre-game warm-ups. In addition, Mountaineer players warmed up with a special gold and blue basketball. The university continued this tradition until the late 1960s when it died out, but former Mountaineer player Gale Catlett reintroduced the carpet when he returned to West Virginia University in 1978 as head coach of the men's basketball team.
1948 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 1948 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University as an independent during the 1948 college football season. In their first season under head coach Dudley DeGroot, the Mountaineers compiled a 9–3 record and outscored opponents by a combined total of 257 to 140. They played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. Victor Bonfili, Russell Combs, and Frank Reno were the team captains.