WVUStats - Football - Nov 6, 1954

Fordham vs #17 West Virginia
November 6, 1954 at Old Mountaineer Field, Morgantown, WV

Fordham

West Virginia

Rushing	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	Long	Avg.
Totals	36	68	91	-23	0	-0.6
Bob Carney	11	23	10	13		1.2
Bill Flanagan	3	10	2	8		2.7
Bob Biscaha	2	8	0	8		4.0
Bernard Feeney	3	6	2	4		1.3
John Hanlon	3	9	5	4		1.3
Dick Ruth	1	4	0	4		4.0
Joe Palmieri	2	3	0	3		1.5
John Allen	1	1	0	1		1.0
Richard Broderick	10	4	72	-68		-6.8

Rushing	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	51	336	48	288	4	0	5.6
Joe Marconi	8	91	0	91	1		11.4
Carl Norman	6	73	0	73	2		12.2
Fred Wyant	10	48	17	31	0		3.1
Dick Nicholson	6	28	0	28	1		4.7
Jack Rabbits	5	20	0	20	0		4.0
Don Wilson	2	18	0	18	0		9.0
Danny Williams	4	13	1	12	0		3.0
Harry Sweeney	3	8	0	8	0		2.7
Max Ludwig	1	5	0	5	0		5.0
Ray Surbaugh	2	4	0	4	0		2.0
Alex Szuch	1	2	0	2	0		2.0
Paul Shepherd	3	26	30	-4	0		-1.3

Passing	Comp	Att	Int	Yds	Long	Sacked
Totals	8	18	1	138	0	0
Richard Broderick	5	12	1	85
Bernard Feeney	3	6	0	53

Passing	Comp	Att	Yds	TD	Long	Sacked
Totals	5	16	134	2	0	0
Fred Wyant	5	12	134	2
Alex Szuch	0	2	0	0
Paul Shepherd	0	1	0	0
Walter Beene	0	1	0	0

Receiving	No.	Yds	Long	Avg.
Totals	8	139	0	17.4
Andrew Nacrelli	4	75		18.8
James Fay	1	31		31.0
Bob Biscaha	1	17		17.0
John Hanlon	1	13		13.0
Dick Ruth	1	3		3.0

Receiving	No.	Yds	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	5	134	2	0	26.8
Harry Sweeney	1	83	1		83.0
Bill Hillen	3	40	1		13.3
Danny Williams	1	11	0		11.0

Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Totals	6	213	35.5	0
Andrew Nacrelli	6	213	35.5

Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Totals	3	68	22.7	0
Jack Rabbits	3	68	22.7

Returns	PR	Yds	Long	KR	Yds	Long	Int	Yds	Long
Totals	3	47	0	8	149	0	0	0	0
John Hanlon	1	13		3	50
Paul Hunter	1	30
Bill Flanagan	1	4
Bob Biscaha				2	39
Bernard Feeney				1	17
Joe Palmieri				1	22
Bob Carney				1	21

Returns	PR	Yds	Long	KR	Yds	Long	Int	Yds	Long
Totals	2	35	0	2	52	0	1	0	0
Carl Norman	1	23
Jack Rabbits	1	12
Harry Sweeney				2	52		1	0

All-Purpose	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
Totals	45	139	149	47	0	380
John Hanlon	4	13	50	13		80
Andrew Nacrelli		75				75
Bob Biscaha	8	17	39			64
Bob Carney	13		21			34
James Fay		31				31
Paul Hunter				30		30
Joe Palmieri	3		22			25
Bernard Feeney	4		17			21
Bill Flanagan	8			4		12
Dick Ruth	4	3				7
John Allen	1					1

All-Purpose	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
Totals	292	134	52	35	0	513
Harry Sweeney	8	83	52		0	143
Carl Norman	73			23		96
Joe Marconi	91					91
Bill Hillen		40				40
Jack Rabbits	20			12		32
Fred Wyant	31					31
Dick Nicholson	28					28
Danny Williams	12	11				23
Don Wilson	18					18
Max Ludwig	5					5
Ray Surbaugh	4					4
Alex Szuch	2					2

	West Virginia	Fordham
First Downs	18	6
Rushing	13	2
Passing	5	4
Penalty	0	0
NET YARDS RUSHING	288	-23
Rushing Attempts	51	36
Average Per Rush	5.6	-0.6
Rushing Touchdowns	4	0
Yards Gained Rushing	336	68
Yards Lost Rushing	48	91
NET YARDS PASSING	134	138
Completions-Attempts-Int	5-16-0	8-18-1
Average Per Attempt	8.4	7.7
Average Per Completion	26.8	17.3
Passing Touchdowns	2	0
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS	422	115
Total Offense Plays	67	54
Average Gain Per Play	6.3	2.1
Fumbles: Number-Lost	2-1	5-2
Penalties: Number-Yards	10-50	3-
PUNTS-YARDS	3-68	6-213
Average Yards Per Punt	22.7	35.5
Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD	2-35-0	3-47-0
Average Per Return	17.5	15.7
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD	2-52-0	8-149-0
Average Per Return	26.0	18.6
Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD	1-0-0	0-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD	0-0-0	0-0-1
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	0	0	0
15	Harry Sweeney											1	0

Scoring Summary

Qtr	Scoring Play	Score
1	WVU - Carl Norman 9 yd rush TD (Kick by Charles Donaldson Good)	0-7
1	WVU - Carl Norman 7 yd rush TD	0-13
2	WVU - Bill Hillen 12 yd TD pass from Fred Wyant (Kick by Charles Donaldson Good)	0-20
2	FORD - Andrew Nacrelli 0 yd fumble return TD (Kick by Bob Biscaha Good)	7-20
2	FORD - Safety	9-20
3	WVU - Joe Marconi 6 yd rush TD (Kick by Charles Donaldson Good)	9-27
3	WVU - Harry Sweeney 83 yd TD pass from Fred Wyant	9-33
4	WVU - Dick Nicholson 2 yd rush TD	9-39

Attendance: 10,000

Score By Quarter

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Fordham	0	9	0	0	9
West Virginia	13	7	13	6	39

Officials: Raymond Bell (Field Judge), Dave Fawcett (Head Linesman), J.D. Rogers (Referee), F.A. Rockwell (Umpire)

Fordham

Pos	Offense
LE	Andrew Nacrelli
LT	Neil McDevitt
LG	Dick Well
C	Richard Patz
RG	Richard Algatt
RE	Bob Donahue
RT	John O'Brien
QB	Richard Broderick
FB	Bob Carney
LH	Joe Palmieri
RH	Bob Biscaha

West Virginia

Pos	Offense
LE	Max Ludwig
LT	Bruce Bosley
LG	Gene Lathey
C	Charles Donaldson
RG	Gene Lamone
RE	Bill Hillen
RT	Sam Huff
QB	Fred Wyant
FB	Joe Marconi
RH	Carl Norman
LH	Harry Sweeney

James Fay, John Allen, Dick Ruth, John Hanlon, Bill Flanagan, Bernard Feeney, Edward Zaweski, Paul Hunter, Arnold Polinskin, William Pare, Lawrence Gaboury, Frank Rzigalinski, Ken Harbace, John Yurblish

10-Alex Szuch, 12-Walter Beene, 21-Paul Shepherd, 22-Jack Rabbits, 23-Ray Borst, 31-Don Wilson, 32-Ray Surbaugh, 33-Max Cosper, 35-Danny Williams, 42-Dick Nicholson, 44-Allen Colebank, 53-Ron Klim, 55-John Kernic, 61-Barry Blake, 62-Phil Walsh, 63-Paul Starr, 65-Jerry Urda, 66-Ernest Fuchs, 69-Larry Doljac, 71-Cecil Huss, 76-Dick Tredway, 83-Ted Holmes, 84-Joe Kopnisky, 86-Gary Bunn, 88-Bill Underdonk

Fordham vs #17 West VirginiaNovember 6, 1954 at Old Mountaineer Field, Morgantown, WV

Fordham vs #17 West Virginia
November 6, 1954 at Old Mountaineer Field, Morgantown, WV