Christopher Q. Tompkins / Gauley Mount

Historical marker location:

Gauley Bridge, West Virginia

( Marker is on Midland Trail (U.S. 60) 9.7 miles west of West Virginia Route 16, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2016

The West Virginia University Mountaineers football team played the first ever college football night game in 1892. The game was played under electric lights at the Mountaineer Field in Morgantown.