WVUStats - Football - Oct 25, 1947

#9 Penn State vs West Virginia
October 25, 1947 at Beaver Field, University Park, PA

Penn State

West Virginia

Rushing	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	69	357	35	322	2	0	4.7
Fran Rogel	16	117	0	117	1		7.3
Clarence Gorinski	12	66	6	60	1		5.0
Larry Joe	8	42	2	40	0		5.0
Bobby Williams	6	35	0	35	0		5.8
Wally Triplett	6	43	13	30	0		5.0
Jeff Durkota	2	21	0	21	0		10.5
Elwood Petchel, Sr	7	22	2	20	0		2.9
Bob Weitzel	7	10	3	7	0		1.0
Dennie Hoggard	1	1	0	1	0		1.0
Bill Luther	2	0	0	0	0		0.0
Larry Cooney	1	0	4	-4	0		-4.0
Joe Colone	1	0	5	-5	0		-5.0

Rushing	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	29	76	36	40	1	0	1.4
Jim Walthall	5	33	3	30	0		6.0
Pete Zinaich	8	22	3	19	1		2.4
Rex Bumgardner	4	6	4	2	0		0.5
Vic Bonfili	6	7	7	0	0		0.0
Alva Richmond	1	0	0	0	0		0.0
Russ Combs	3	8	11	-3	0		-1.0
Jim Devonshire	1	0	4	-4	0		-4.0
Tom Keane	1	0	4	-4	0		-4.0

Passing	Comp	Att	Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sacked
Totals	3	7	1	67	1	0	0
Elwood Petchel, Sr	2	5	1	51	1
Bobby Williams	1	1	0	16	0
Wally Triplett	0	1	0	0	0

Passing	Comp	Att	Yds	TD	Long	Sacked
Totals	2	6	26	1	0	0
Russ Combs	1	3	25	1
Tom Keane	1	2	1	0
Jim Walthall	0	1	0	0

Receiving	No.	Yds	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	2	51	1	0	25.5
Wally Triplett	1	48	1		48.0
Sam Tamburo	1	3	0		3.0

Receiving	No.	Yds	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	2	26	1	0	13.0
Bernie Huntz	1	25	1		25.0
Jim Walthall	1	1	0		1.0

Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Totals	2	53	26.5	0
Elwood Petchel, Sr	2	53	26.5

Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Totals	9	385	42.8	0
Tom Keane	7	297	42.4
Russ Combs	2	88	44.0

Returns	PR	Yds	Long	KR	Yds	Long	Int	Yds	Long
Totals	10	123	0	3	44	0	0	0	0
Elwood Petchel, Sr	7	79
Jeff Durkota	1	6
Joe Colone	1	13
Bobby Williams	1	25
Larry Joe				1	19
Wally Triplett				1	18
Fran Rogel				1	7

Returns	PR	Yds	Long	KR	Yds	Long	Int	Yds	Long
Totals	0	0	0	3	27	0	1	1	0
Russ Combs				1	9
George Freese				1	0
Jim Walthall				1	18
Robert Thomas							1	1

All-Purpose	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
Totals	326	51	44	123	0	544
Fran Rogel	117		7			124
Elwood Petchel, Sr	20			79		99
Wally Triplett	30	48	18			96
Clarence Gorinski	60					60
Bobby Williams	35			25		60
Larry Joe	40		19			59
Jeff Durkota	21			6		27
Joe Colone	-5			13		8
Bob Weitzel	7					7
Sam Tamburo		3				3
Dennie Hoggard	1					1

All-Purpose	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
Totals	48	26	27	0	1	102
Jim Walthall	30	1	18			49
Bernie Huntz		25				25
Pete Zinaich	19					19
Russ Combs	-3		9			6
Rex Bumgardner	2					2
Robert Thomas					1	1

	Penn State	West Virginia
First Downs	22	6
Rushing	19	4
Passing	1	0
Penalty	2	2
NET YARDS RUSHING	345	40
Rushing Attempts	69	29
Average Per Rush	5.0	1.4
Rushing Touchdowns	2	1
Yards Gained Rushing	380	76
Yards Lost Rushing	35	36
NET YARDS PASSING	67	26
Completions-Attempts-Int	3-7-1	2-6-0
Average Per Attempt	9.6	4.3
Average Per Completion	22.3	13.0
Passing Touchdowns	1	1
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS	412	66
Total Offense Plays	76	35
Average Gain Per Play	5.4	1.9
Fumbles: Number-Lost	3-2	1-1
Penalties: Number-Yards	9-122	3-33
PUNTS-YARDS	2-53	9-385
Average Yards Per Punt	26.5	42.8
Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD	10-123-0	0-0-0
Average Per Return	12.3	0.0
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD	3-44-0	3-27-0
Average Per Return	14.7	9.0
Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD	0-0-0	1-0-0
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	-	-

#	Name	Solo	Ast	Total	Sacks	Yds	TFL	Yds	FF	FR	Yds	Int	Yds	BrUp	Blks
	Totals	0	0	0		0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
No results found.

West Virginia

#	Name	Solo	Ast	Total	Sacks	Yds	TFL	Yds	FF	FR	Yds	Int	Yds	BrUp	Blks
	Totals	0	0	0		0		0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
	Robert Thomas											1	1

Scoring Summary

Qtr	Scoring Play	Score
1	PSU - Fran Rogel 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Ed Czekaj Good)	0-7
1	WVU - Pete Zinaich 4 yd rush TD (Kick by Richard Hoffman Good)	7-7
1	WVU - Bernie Huntz 21 yd TD pass from Russ Combs (Kick by Richard Hoffman Good)	14-7
2	PSU - Clarence Gorinski 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Ed Czekaj Good)	14-14
3	PSU - Wally Triplett 48 yd TD pass from Elwood Petchel, Sr (Kick by Ed Czekaj Good)	14-21

Attendance: 22,000

Score By Quarter

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
West Virginia	14	0	0	0	14
Penn State	7	7	7	0	21

Officials: Karl W. Bohren (Field Judge), Paul S. Templeton (Linesman), David H. Behrhorst (Referee), C. Lee Spillers (Umpire)

Penn State

Pos	Offense
LE	Sam Tamburo
LT	Neg Norton
LG	Joe Drazenovich
C	John Wolinsky
RE	John Potsklan
RG	Steve Suhey
RT	John Nolan
QB	Chuck Drazenovich
FB	Fran Rogel
LH	Larry Joe
RH	Wally Triplett

West Virginia

Pos	Offense
LE	Clarence "Bud" Cox
LT	Edmund Kulakowski
LG	Fred Stuvek
C	Leo Benjamin
RE	Chester Spelock
RG	Gene Corum
RT	Gene Remenar
QB	Tom Keane
FB	Pete Zinaich
LH	Rex Bumgardner
RH	Jim Devonshire

Jeff Durkota, Bobby Williams, Ray Ulinski, Robert Ross, Bill Kyle, Don Murray, Paul Kelly, Charles Beatty, Bill Luther, Dennie Hoggard, Clarence Gorinski, John Finley, Fred Bell, Larry Cooney, Elwood Petchel, Sr, Ed Czekaj, John Misiewicz, Joe Colone, Bob Weitzel

Vic Bonfili, Sid Metro, Frank Reno, John Pozega, Richard Pence, Alva Richmond, Robert Thomas, Kenneth Wilson, Bernie Huntz, Walt Malyk, Ralph Main, Richard Hoffman, Robert Bom, Charles Boyles, Russ Combs, George Freese, Ambrose Zubel, Jim Walthall, Fred Morecraft, Charles Harris, James Moran

#9 Penn State vs West VirginiaOctober 25, 1947 at Beaver Field, University Park, PA

#9 Penn State vs West Virginia
October 25, 1947 at Beaver Field, University Park, PA