Richmond vs West Virginia
October 14, 1950 at Old Mountaineer Field, Morgantown, WV

Richmond
West Virginia
RushingNo.GainLossNetTDLongAvg.
Totals41645410100.2
Joseph Purinai13303270 2.1
Ralph Shoemaker7170171 2.4
Merrell Nuckols59090 1.8
John Thomas434-10 -0.3
Albert Thomas235-20 -1.0
Bobby Tyler514-30 -0.6
Graham Brimm5138-370 -7.4
RushingNo.GainLossNetTDLongAvg.
Totals6023952187203.1
Len Bellas9472450 5.0
Bill Bryant10518431 4.3
James Cornwell9430431 4.8
Jimmy Price83815230 2.9
Robert Litten6220220 3.7
Bill Lohr6191180 3.0
John Murphy26060 3.0
Ray Caldwell101-10 -1.0
Jim Priester313-20 -0.7
Kent Bartges51216-40 -0.8
Bill Allen106-60 -6.0
PassingCompAttIntYdsTDLongSacked
Totals523312000
Graham Brimm4182210  
John Thomas151-90  
PassingCompAttIntYdsTDLongSacked
Totals10201205200
Kent Bartges71511471  
Bill Allen350581  
ReceivingNo.YdsTDLongAvg.
Totals512002.4
Douglas MacLachlan2130 6.5
Ralph Shoemaker280 4.0
Merrell Nuckols1-90 -9.0
ReceivingNo.YdsTDLongAvg.
Totals102052020.5
Len Bellas2461 23.0
Jimmy Price1441 44.0
James Cornwell2360 18.0
Paul Bischoff1250 25.0
Bill Lohr1200 20.0
Stoner Parsons1120 12.0
Dick Davis1110 11.0
Ross Herron1110 11.0
PuntingNo.YdsAvgLong
Totals728240.30
Joseph Purinai520841.6 
Graham Brimm27437.0 
PuntingNo.YdsAvgLong
Totals39732.30
Kent Bartges39732.3 
ReturnsPRYdsLongKRYdsLongIntYdsLong
Totals317081430110
William Farris317 377    
Ralph Shoemaker   233    
Graham Brimm   113    
Joseph Purinai   113    
Albert Thomas   17    
William Holmes      11 
ReturnsPRYdsLongKRYdsLongIntYdsLong
Totals694022203740
Jim Priester373    250 
Jimmy Price220       
James Cornwell11       
Paul Bischoff   19    
Bill Lohr   113    
Bill Allen      124 
All-PurposeRushRecKRPRIRTotal
Totals1412143171187
William Farris  7717 94
Ralph Shoemaker17833  58
Joseph Purinai27 13  40
Douglas MacLachlan 13   13
Albert Thomas-2 7  5
William Holmes    11
Merrell Nuckols9-9   0
Graham Brimm-37 13  -24
All-PurposeRushRecKRPRIRTotal
Totals192205229474587
Jim Priester-2  7350121
Len Bellas4546   91
Jimmy Price2344 20 87
James Cornwell4336 1 80
Bill Lohr182013  51
Bill Bryant43    43
Paul Bischoff 259  34
Robert Litten22    22
Bill Allen-6   2418
Stoner Parsons 12   12
Ross Herron 11   11
Dick Davis 11   11
John Murphy6    6
 West VirginiaRichmond
First Downs217
 Rushing113
 Passing82
 Penalty22
NET YARDS RUSHING18710
 Rushing Attempts6041
 Average Per Rush3.10.2
 Rushing Touchdowns21
 Yards Gained Rushing23964
 Yards Lost Rushing5254
NET YARDS PASSING20512
 Completions-Attempts-Int10-20-15-23-3
 Average Per Attempt10.30.5
 Average Per Completion20.52.4
 Passing Touchdowns20
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS39222
 Total Offense Plays8064
 Average Gain Per Play4.90.3
Fumbles: Number-Lost4-38-3
Penalties: Number-Yards11-1354-65
PUNTS-YARDS3-977-282
 Average Yards Per Punt32.340.3
Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD6-94-03-17-0
 Average Per Return15.75.7
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD2-22-08-143-0
 Average Per Return11.017.9
Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD3-74-11-1-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD0-0-00-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards  
Possession Time  
Third Down Conversions of of
Fourth Down Conversions of of
Red Zone Scores-Chances--
Sacks By: Number-Yards--
Richmond
#NameSoloAstTotalSacksYdsTFLYdsFFFRYdsIntYdsBrUpBlks
 Totals000 0 00001100
 William Holmes          11  
West Virginia
#NameSoloAstTotalSacksYdsTFLYdsFFFRYdsIntYdsBrUpBlks
 Totals000 0 000037400
10Bill Allen          124  
22Jim Priester          250  
Scoring Summary
QtrTimeScoring PlayScore
1 WVU - Bill Bryant 2 yd rush TD (Kick by Gene Simmons Good)0-7
1 WVU - Gene Simmons 22 yd FG0-10
1 WVU - James Cornwell 6 yd rush TD (Kick by Gene Simmons Good)0-17
2 RICH - Ralph Shoemaker 2 yd rush TD (Kick by William Holmes Good)7-17
2 WVU - Jim Priester 45 yd interception return TD7-23
2 WVU - Jimmy Price 44 yd TD pass from Kent Bartges (Kick by Gene Simmons Good)7-30
2 WVU - Safety7-32
3 WVU - John Murphy 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Gene Simmons Good)7-39
4 WVU - Len Bellas 23 yd TD pass from Bill Allen (Kick by Gene Simmons Good)7-46
Attendance: 6,000
Score By Quarter
Team1234Total
Richmond07007
West Virginia17157746
Officials: J.B. Todd (Field Judge), Dalton Williams (Head Linesman), W.R. Dukes (Referee), A.R. Plaster (Umpire)
Richmond
PosOffense
LECornelius Hohmann
LTMarion Wilkosz
LGJames Sipe
CArt Wolan
REDouglas MacLachlan
RGLouis Thayer
RTDaniel Riker
QBJohn Thomas
FBAlec Ulasiewicz
LHMerrell Nuckols
RHRalph Shoemaker
West Virginia
PosOffense
LEPaul Bischoff
LTJoe Harrick
LGJohn Bobbitt
CWilliam Valko
RGFrancis Boyle
RERoss Herron
RTJoseph Berkich
QBKent Bartges
FBBill Bryant
LHBill Lohr
LHJames Cornwell
William Holmes, James Clark, Charles Kelley, Paul Loehr, John Alber, Bobby Tyler, William Farris, Don Jacobs, Powell Moore, Joseph Purinai, Tony Raccioppo, James Frye, John Mac Brown, Graham Brimm, William Cox, Newton Fowler, Leo Antonucci, Charles Heath, James Singleton, Raymond George, Paul Atwell, F.W. Brown, Albert Thomas
10-Bill Allen, 15-Gene Simmons, 22-Jim Priester, 23-Robert Litten, 35-Len Bellas, 37-John Murphy, 41-Jimmy Price, 43-Ray Caldwell, 51-Adle Joseph, 54-Stanley McLaughlin, 55-Paul Slater, 67-Ronald Schaerti, 69-Louis Birurakis, 72-John Bove, 74-Zernie Wickline, 76-Oscar Olsen, 77-Kereazis "Kiki" Konstantinos, 82-James Heal, 83-Larry Ciccarelli, 86-Dick Davis, 87-Stoner Parsons