WVUStats - Football - Jan 1, 1954

#8 Georgia Tech vs #10 West Virginia
January 1, 1954 at Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, LA

Georgia Tech

West Virginia

Rushing	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	34	208	38	170	3	0	5.0
Larry Ruffin	3	58	0	58	1		19.3
Bill Teas	9	39	7	32	1		3.6
Glenn Turner	3	32	0	32	0		10.7
Leon Hardeman	3	31	0	31	1		10.3
George Humphreys	2	21	0	21	0		10.5
Paul Rotenberry	2	15	0	15	0		7.5
Johnny Hunsinger	2	5	0	5	0		2.5
Dick Mattison	2	2	0	2	0		1.0
Pepper Rodgers	4	3	16	-13	0		-3.3
Bill Brigman	4	2	15	-13	0		-3.3

Rushing	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	57	261	38	223	3	0	3.9
Ted Anderson	13	57	0	57	0		4.4
Bob Moss	5	36	0	36	0		7.2
Carl Norman	9	32	0	32	0		3.6
Danny Williams	3	29	0	29	1		9.7
Joe Marconi	5	28	0	28	1		5.6
Jack Stone	4	25	0	25	0		6.3
Tom Allman	8	24	1	23	1		2.9
Eddie Dugan	2	15	0	15	0		7.5
Joe Papetti	2	6	0	6	0		3.0
Jim Starkey	1	2	0	2	0		2.0
Dick Nicholson	1	0	0	0	0		0.0
Fred Wyant	4	7	37	-30	0		-7.5

Passing	Comp	Att	Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sacked
Totals	20	35	2	268	3	0	0
Pepper Rodgers	16	26	2	195	3
Bill Brigman	3	4	0	61	0
Wade Mitchell	1	5	0	12	0

Passing	Comp	Att	Int	Yds	Long	Sacked
Totals	7	18	2	78	0	0
Ted Anderson	3	3	0	49
Fred Wyant	4	15	2	29

Receiving	No.	Yds	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	20	268	3	0	13.4
Sam Hensley	4	73	1		18.3
Dave Davis	4	42	0		10.5
Bill Teas	2	42	0		21.0
Glenn Turner	3	37	0		12.3
Henry Hair	3	29	1		9.7
Leon Hardeman	1	20	0		20.0
Larry Ruffin	1	12	0		12.0
Johnny Menger	1	12	0		12.0
Jimmy Durham	1	1	1		1.0

Receiving	No.	Yds	Long	Avg.
Totals	7	78	0	11.1
Joe Papetti	3	51		17.0
Bill Hillen	2	14		7.0
Tom Allman	2	13		6.5

Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Totals	1	36	36.0	36
Jim Carlen	1	36	36.0	36

Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Totals	2	57	28.5	0
Jack Stone	2	57	28.5

Returns	PR	Yds	Long	KR	Yds	Long	Int	Yds	Long
Totals	1	0	0	3	71	0	2	2	2
Charlie Brannon	1	0	0	2	44
Paul Rotenberry				1	27
Glenn Turner							1	0	0
Joe Hall							1	2	2

Returns	PR	Yds	Long	KR	Yds	Long	Int	Yds	Long
Totals	0	0	0	8	132	0	2	8	8
Joe Papetti				2	28
Carl Norman				2	45
Jack Stone				2	44
Fred Wyant				1	0		1	0	0
Joe Marconi				1	15
Danny Williams							1	8	8

All-Purpose	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
Totals	196	268	71	0	2	537
Bill Teas	32	42				74
Sam Hensley		73				73
Larry Ruffin	58	12				70
Glenn Turner	32	37			0	69
Leon Hardeman	31	20				51
Charlie Brannon			44	0		44
Paul Rotenberry	15		27			42
Dave Davis		42				42
Henry Hair		29				29
George Humphreys	21					21
Johnny Menger		12				12
Johnny Hunsinger	5					5
Dick Mattison	2					2
Joe Hall					2	2
Jimmy Durham		1				1

All-Purpose	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
Totals	253	78	132	0	8	471
Joe Papetti	6	51	28			85
Carl Norman	32		45			77
Jack Stone	25		44			69
Ted Anderson	57					57
Joe Marconi	28		15			43
Danny Williams	29				8	37
Bob Moss	36					36
Tom Allman	23	13				36
Eddie Dugan	15					15
Bill Hillen		14				14
Jim Starkey	2					2

	Georgia Tech	West Virginia
First Downs	20	19
Rushing	8	16
Passing	12	3
Penalty	0	0
NET YARDS RUSHING	170	223
Rushing Attempts	34	57
Average Per Rush	5.0	3.9
Rushing Touchdowns	3	3
Yards Gained Rushing	208	261
Yards Lost Rushing	38	38
NET YARDS PASSING	268	78
Completions-Attempts-Int	20-35-2	7-18-2
Average Per Attempt	7.7	4.3
Average Per Completion	13.4	11.1
Passing Touchdowns	3	0
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS	438	301
Total Offense Plays	69	75
Average Gain Per Play	6.3	4.0
Fumbles: Number-Lost	3-1	5-4
Penalties: Number-Yards	7-45	5-35
PUNTS-YARDS	1-36	2-57
Average Yards Per Punt	36.0	28.5
Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD	1-0-0	0-0-0
Average Per Return	0.0	0.0
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD	3-71-0	8-132-0
Average Per Return	23.7	16.5
Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD	2-2-0	2-8-0
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	-	-

Georgia Tech

Name	Solo	Ast	Total	Yds	Yds	FF	FR	Yds	Int	Yds	BrUp	Blks
Totals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Glenn Turner									1	0
Joe Hall									1	2

West Virginia

Name	Solo	Ast	Total	Yds	Yds	FF	FR	Yds	Int	Yds	BrUp	Blks
Totals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	0	0
Fred Wyant									1	0
Danny Williams									1	8

Scoring Summary

Qtr	Scoring Play	Score
1	GT - Sam Hensley 24 yd TD pass from Pepper Rodgers (Kick by Pepper Rodgers Good)	0-7
1	GT - Jimmy Durham 1 yd TD pass from Pepper Rodgers (Kick by Pepper Rodgers Good)	0-14
2	WVU - Danny Williams 5 yd rush TD	6-14
2	GT - Henry Hair 5 yd TD pass from Pepper Rodgers	6-20
3	GT - Pepper Rodgers 18 yd FG	6-23
3	GT - Leon Hardeman 23 yd rush TD	6-29
4	WVU - Joe Marconi 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Tom Allman Good)	13-29
4	GT - Larry Ruffin 43 yd rush TD	13-35
4	WVU - Tom Allman 1 yd rush TD	19-35
4	GT - Bill Teas 9 yd rush TD (Kick by Glenn Turner Good)	19-42

Attendance: 71,666

Score By Quarter

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Georgia Tech	14	6	9	13	42
West Virginia	0	6	0	13	19

Officials: Tatum Gressette (Field Judge), Bee Harper (Head Linesman), T.G. Kain (Referee), William Luttrell (Umpire)

Georgia Tech

Pos	Offense
LE	Sam Hensley
LT	Ed Gossage
LG	Orville Vereen
C	Larry Morris
RE	Dave Davis
RG	Jake Shoemaker
RT	Bob Sherman
QB	Pepper Rodgers
FB	Glenn Turner
RH	Bill Teas
LH	Charlie Brannon

West Virginia

Pos	Offense
LE	Joe Papetti
LT	Bruce Bosley
LG	Gene Lamone
C	Bob Orders
RE	Bill Marker
RG	Sam Huff
RT	Ralph Starkey
QB	Fred Wyant
FB	Tom Allman
RH	Joe Marconi
LH	Jack Stone

Johnny Hunsinger, Jim Carlen, Joe Hall, Johnny Menger, Jimmy Durham, Henry Hair, Wade Mitchell, George Humphreys, Leon Hardeman, Larry Ruffin, Bill Brigman, Paul Rotenberry, Dick Mattison, Dick Inman, Jim Summer, Frank Givens, Ray Willoch, Franklin Brooks, Carl Vereen, Don Miller, Dave Powers, Ed Carithers, Frank Christy, Ben Daugherty, Bill Sennett, Mot Jon Morrison, Juhan, Cramp, Buddy Jones, George Volkert, Cecil Trainer, Bill Fulcher, Tommy Gossage

Ted Anderson, Jim Starkey, Bill Hillen, Bob Moss, Carl Norman, Dick Nicholson, Danny Williams, Eddie Dugan, 12-Gerry McInerney, 31-Don Wilson, 36-Charles Donaldson, 43-Bill Jarrett, 55-John Kernic, 62-Frank Federovitch, 63-Paul Starr, 66-Phil Canton, 72-Clyde Sweeney, 81-Max Ludwig, 86-Gary Bunn, 87-Ray Walsh

#8 Georgia Tech vs #10 West VirginiaJanuary 1, 1954 at Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, LA

#8 Georgia Tech vs #10 West Virginia
January 1, 1954 at Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, LA