Historical Marker
Grant County / State of Maryland
Historical marker location:
Gormania, West Virginia
( Marker is at the intersection of George Washington Highway (U.S. 50) and Mavis Avenue, on the right when traveling west on George Washington Highway.)
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.