WVUStats - Football - Sep 23, 1944

Pitt vs West Virginia
September 23, 1944 at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA

Pitt

West Virginia

Rushing	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	60	321	25	296	4	0	4.9
Gene Gaugler	10	61	0	61	0		6.1
Donald Matthews	6	53	0	53	0		8.8
Thomas Kalmanir	8	52	0	52	2		6.5
Mike Sprock	11	44	0	44	1		4.0
George Fresse	6	38	8	30	1		5.0
Johnny Itzel	10	30	7	23	0		2.3
Michael Banasick	4	15	2	13	0		3.3
Bernard Sniscak	1	11	0	11	0		11.0
George Linelli	4	17	8	9	0		2.3

Rushing	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	27	45	23	22	1	0	0.8
Emil Rader	8	15	0	15	1		1.9
Jim Walthall	9	21	10	11	0		1.2
Robert Haman	2	4	0	4	0		2.0
Anthony Leone	1	1	0	1	0		1.0
James Bowers	5	2	6	-4	0		-0.8
Leo Kesling	2	2	7	-5	0		-2.5

Passing	Comp	Att	Int	Yds	Long	Sacked
Totals	3	14	3	20	0	0
Paul Rickards	2	7	2	25
George Fresse	1	7	1	-5

Passing	Comp	Att	Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sacked
Totals	6	12	3	156	1	0	0
Robert Haman	2	2	0	89	1
Jim Walthall	4	8	2	67	0
Leo Kesling	0	1	1	0	0
Emil Rader	0	1	0	0	0

Receiving	No.	Yds	Long	Avg.
Totals	3	20	0	6.7
Ed Zimmovan	1	14		14.0
Jack Patton	1	11		11.0
Mike Sprock	1	-5		-5.0

Receiving	No.	Yds	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	6	156	1	0	26.0
Leo Kesling	2	89	1		44.5
Bill Anderson	3	62	0		20.7
Emil Rader	1	5	0		5.0

Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Totals	5	165	33.0	0
Thomas Kalmanir	2	75	37.5
Paul Rickards	2	58	29.0
Michael Banasick	1	32	32.0

Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Totals	7	243	34.7	0
Jim Walthall	7	243	34.7

Returns	PR	Yds	Long	KR	Yds	Long	Int	Yds	Long
Totals	3	33	0	2	47	0	3	34	0
Bernard Sniscak	2	24
Mike Sprock	1	9		1	22		1	9
Donald Matthews				1	25
Ralph Hammond							1	2
George Fresse							1	23

Returns	PR	Yds	Long	KR	Yds	Long	Int	Yds	Long
Totals	3	48	0	4	72	0	3	33	0
Jim Walthall	3	48		1	27		1	23
James Bowers				1	21		1	4
Clifford Cooper				1	15
Walter Mott				1	9
John Lucente							1	6

All-Purpose	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
Totals	296	20	47	33	34	430
Mike Sprock	44	-5	22	9	9	79
Donald Matthews	53		25			78
Gene Gaugler	61					61
George Fresse	30				23	53
Thomas Kalmanir	52					52
Bernard Sniscak	11			24		35
Johnny Itzel	23					23
Ed Zimmovan		14				14
Michael Banasick	13					13
Jack Patton		11				11
George Linelli	9					9
Ralph Hammond					2	2

All-Purpose	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
Totals	22	156	72	48	33	331
Jim Walthall	11		27	48	23	109
Leo Kesling	-5	89				84
Bill Anderson		62				62
James Bowers	-4		21		4	21
Emil Rader	15	5				20
Clifford Cooper			15			15
Walter Mott			9			9
John Lucente					6	6
Robert Haman	4					4
Anthony Leone	1					1

	Pitt	West Virginia
First Downs	19	5
Rushing	17	1
Passing	2	3
Penalty	0	1
NET YARDS RUSHING	296	22
Rushing Attempts	60	27
Average Per Rush	4.9	0.8
Rushing Touchdowns	4	1
Yards Gained Rushing	321	45
Yards Lost Rushing	25	23
NET YARDS PASSING	20	156
Completions-Attempts-Int	3-14-3	6-12-3
Average Per Attempt	1.4	13.0
Average Per Completion	6.7	26.0
Passing Touchdowns	0	1
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS	316	178
Total Offense Plays	74	39
Average Gain Per Play	4.3	4.6
Fumbles: Number-Lost	3-0	5-2
Penalties: Number-Yards	11-85	4-11
PUNTS-YARDS	5-165	7-243
Average Yards Per Punt	33.0	34.7
Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD	3-33-0	3-48-0
Average Per Return	11.0	16.0
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD	2-47-0	4-72-0
Average Per Return	23.5	18.0
Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD	3-34-0	3-33-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD	0-0-0	0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards
Possession Time
Third Down Conversions	of	of
Fourth Down Conversions	of	of
Red Zone Scores-Chances	-	-
Sacks By: Number-Yards	-	-

Pitt

Name	Solo	Ast	Total	Yds	Yds	FF	FR	Yds	Int	Yds	BrUp	Blks
Totals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	34	0	0
Ralph Hammond									1	2
George Fresse									1	23
Mike Sprock									1	9

West Virginia

Name	Solo	Ast	Total	Yds	Yds	FF	FR	Yds	Int	Yds	BrUp	Blks
Totals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33	0	0
James Bowers									1	4
Jim Walthall									1	23
John Lucente									1	6

Scoring Summary

Qtr	Scoring Play	Score
1	Pitt - Thomas Kalmanir 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Mike Sprock Good)	0-7
3	Pitt - Mike Sprock 2 yd rush TD	0-13
3	WVU - Emil Rader yd rush TD (Kick by Jim Walthall Good)	7-13
3	Pitt - Thomas Kalmanir 1 yd rush TD (Kick by John Kosh Good)	7-20
4	Pitt - George Fresse 1 yd rush TD	7-26
4	WVU - Leo Kesling 63 yd TD pass from Robert Haman	13-26

Attendance: 10,000

Score By Quarter

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
West Virginia	0	0	7	6	13
Pitt	6	0	13	7	26

Officials: Dave Fawcett (Field Judge), Fred Wallace (Head Linesman), Hol Slutz (Referee), Cal Bolster (Umpire)

Pitt

Pos	Offense
LE	Ed Zimmovan
LT	John LaFrankie
LG	Francis Mattioli
C	Ralph Hammond
RE	Jack Patton
RG	George Ranil
RT	Michael Roussos
QB	George Fresse
FB	Johnny Itzel
LH	Thomas Kalmanir
RH	Mike Sprock

West Virginia

Pos	Offense
LE	Bill Anderson
LT	Charles Smith
LG	Harold Kemp
C	Russell Lopez
RG	James Keadle
RE	Gene Crookshank
RT	Robert Bom
QB	John Lucente
FB	Emil Rader
LH	Jim Walthall
RH	James Bowers

Jay Brown, Denver Newman, Harvey Sares, Bernard Sniscak, Gene Gaugler, Hayhurst, Maruzewski, Sutton, Slater, Flath, Pugliese, Oberkircher, Remo Moffa, George Linelli, Donald Matthews, Steven Polach, Albert Phillips, Joseph Kielb, Paul Rickards, John Kosh, Michael Banasick, John Roxanski, Al Zellman, Ralph Coleman, George Kohut, McManus

Clinton Allman, Herman Pritt, Harry Spangler, Anthony Leone, Walter Mott, Jack Turner, Leo Kesling, William Johnson, Summers Jarrett, Thomas Williams, Robert Haman, Frederick Gerkins, Loy Wagoner, Clifford Cooper, Louis Birurakis, 48-Ivan Lewis

Pitt vs West VirginiaSeptember 23, 1944 at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA

Pitt vs West Virginia
September 23, 1944 at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA