WVUStats - Football - Sep 19, 1959

Maryland vs West Virginia
September 19, 1959 at Byrd Stadium, College Park, MD

Maryland

West Virginia

Rushing	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	Long	Avg.
Totals	27	137	20	117	0	4.3
Dick Novak	6	56	12	44		7.3
Dwayne Fletcher	3	29	0	29		9.7
Jim Joyce	7	24	6	18		2.6
Dale Betty	2	12	0	12		6.0
Jim Davidson	2	11	2	9		4.5
Pat Drass	5	5	0	5		1.0
Ken Houser	2	0	0	0		0.0

Rushing	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	59	184	31	153	1	0	2.6
Dick Herrig	7	36	2	34	0		4.9
Carmen Pomponio	11	47	17	30	1		2.7
Ray Peterson	10	28	0	28	0		2.8
Tom Huston	9	29	2	27	0		3.0
Dave Rider	4	16	0	16	0		4.0
Bob Benke	3	9	0	9	0		3.0
Curt Harmon	4	8	0	8	0		2.0
John Marra	6	6	2	4	0		0.7
Danny Williams	4	5	6	-1	0		-0.3
Dale Evans	1	0	2	-2	0		-2.0

Passing	Comp	Att	Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sacked
Totals	18	34	2	232	3	0	0
Dick Novak	11	18	0	184	3
Dale Betty	5	13	2	34	0
Gary Collins	1	1	0	10	0
Dwayne Fletcher	1	2	0	4	0

Passing	Comp	Att	Int	Yds	Long	Sacked
Totals	5	14	2	75	0	0
Carmen Pomponio	5	10	0	75
Danny Williams	0	3	1	0
Dale Evans	0	1	1	0

Receiving	No.	Yds	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	18	232	3	0	12.9
Gary Collins	3	61	1		20.3
Jim Davidson	3	56	1		18.7
Tony Scotti	3	37	1		12.3
Joe Mona	4	28	0		7.0
Vincent Scott	1	12	0		12.0
Everett Cloud	1	11	0		11.0
Bob Gallagher	1	11	0		11.0
Hank Poniatowski	1	10	0		10.0
Ken Houser	1	6	0		6.0

Receiving	No.	Yds	Long	Avg.
Totals	5	75	0	15.0
Dick Struck	2	39		19.5
Dick Herrig	2	20		10.0
Ray Borlie	1	16		16.0

Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Totals	3	129	43.0	0
Gary Collins	3	129	43.0

Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Totals	4	140	35.0	0
Danny Williams	4	140	35.0

Returns	PR	Yds	Long	KR	Yds	Long	Int	Yds	Long
Totals	2	33	0	2	23	0	2	36	0
Dwayne Fletcher	1	5
Don Van Reenan	1	28
Hank Poniatowski				1	10
Ron Shaffer				1	13
Jim Davidson							1	21
Vincent Scott							1	15

Returns	PR	Yds	Long	KR	Yds	Long	Int	Yds	Long
Totals	3	25	0	7	151	0	2	0	0
Carmen Pomponio	2	11
Ray Peterson	1	14		1	17
John Marra				4	108
Dick Herrig				1	11
Dave Rider				1	15
Elmer "Pete" Tolley							1	0
Joe Wirth							1	0

All-Purpose	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
Totals	117	232	23	33	36	441
Jim Davidson	9	56			21	86
Gary Collins		61				61
Dick Novak	44					44
Tony Scotti		37				37
Dwayne Fletcher	29			5		34
Joe Mona		28				28
Don Van Reenan				28		28
Vincent Scott		12			15	27
Hank Poniatowski		10	10			20
Jim Joyce	18					18
Ron Shaffer			13			13
Dale Betty	12					12
Bob Gallagher		11				11
Everett Cloud		11				11
Ken Houser	0	6				6
Pat Drass	5					5

All-Purpose	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
Totals	156	75	151	25	0	407
John Marra	4		108			112
Dick Herrig	34	20	11			65
Ray Peterson	28		17	14		59
Carmen Pomponio	30			11		41
Dick Struck		39				39
Dave Rider	16		15			31
Tom Huston	27					27
Ray Borlie		16				16
Bob Benke	9					9
Curt Harmon	8					8

	Maryland	West Virginia
First Downs	16	16
Rushing	5	11
Passing	10	4
Penalty	1	1
NET YARDS RUSHING	117	153
Rushing Attempts	27	59
Average Per Rush	4.3	2.6
Rushing Touchdowns	0	1
Yards Gained Rushing	137	184
Yards Lost Rushing	20	31
NET YARDS PASSING	232	75
Completions-Attempts-Int	18-34-2	5-14-2
Average Per Attempt	6.8	5.4
Average Per Completion	12.9	15.0
Passing Touchdowns	3	0
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS	349	228
Total Offense Plays	61	73
Average Gain Per Play	5.7	3.1
Fumbles: Number-Lost	1-0	1-1
Penalties: Number-Yards	11-105	5-55
PUNTS-YARDS	3-129	4-140
Average Yards Per Punt	43.0	35.0
Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD	2-33-0	3-25-0
Average Per Return	16.5	8.3
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD	2-23-0	7-151-0
Average Per Return	11.5	21.6
Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD	2-36-0	2-0-0
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	-	-

Maryland

Name	Solo	Ast	Total	Yds	Yds	FF	FR	Yds	Int	Yds	BrUp	Blks
Totals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	36	0	0
Jim Davidson									1	21
Vincent Scott									1	15

West Virginia

#	Name	Solo	Ast	Total	Yds	Yds	FF	FR	Yds	Int	BrUp	Blks
	Totals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
67	Elmer "Pete" Tolley									1
51	Joe Wirth									1

Scoring Summary

Qtr	Scoring Play	Score
1	MD - Tony Scotti 6 yd TD pass from Dick Novak	0-6
2	MD - Vincent Scott 38 yd FG	0-9
3	MD - Gary Collins 14 yd TD pass from Dick Novak	0-15
3	MD - Vincent Scott 31 yd FG	0-18
3	WVU - Carmen Pomponio 3 yd rush TD (Kick by John Thackston Good)	7-18
4	MD - Jim Davidson 40 yd TD pass from Dick Novak	7-24
4	MD - Vincent Scott 38 yd FG	7-27

Attendance: 28,000

Score By Quarter

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
West Virginia	0	0	7	0	7
Maryland	6	3	9	9	27

Officials: Hackney (Back Judge), C.L. Harper (Field Judge), W.M. Wilbanks (Head Linesman), W.C. Clary (Referee), J.D. Patton (Umpire)

Maryland

Pos	Offense
LE	Ron Shaffer
LT	Kurt Schwarz
LG	Pete Boinis
C	Victor Schwartz
RG	Tom Gunderman
RE	Vincent Scott
RT	Joe Gardi
QB	Dick Novak
FB	Jim Joyce
LH	Don Van Reenan
RH	Bob Gallagher

West Virginia

Pos	Offense
LE	Ben McComb
LT	Carl Dannenberg
LG	Bill Lopasky
C	Charles Lanasa
RG	Elmer "Pete" Tolley
RE	Dave Hess
RT	Glenn Bowman
QB	Danny Williams
FB	Tom Huston
RH	Dave Rider
LH	Ray Peterson

Dale Betty, Gene Verardi, Tony Scotti, Tom Sankovich, Hank Poniatowski, Joe Mona, Bill Lazaro, Bill Kirchiro, Bob Hacker, Tom Flor, Dwayne Fletcher, Dick Barlund, Rod Breedlove, Everett Cloud, Gary Collins, Jim Davidson, Leroy Dietrich, Pat Drass, Lou Ingram, Jim Boff, George Draksler, Steve Shimkus, Ken Houser

10-Carmen Pomponio, 12-Dale Evans, 25-Dick Herrig, 31-Glenn Bennett, 34-Curt Harmon, 35-Bob Benke, 41-John Marra, 45-John Thackston, 51-Joe Wirth, 54-Charles Bonar, 63-Paul Gatto, 64-Fred Adkins, 66-Dick Struck, 68-Jerry Keeney, 70-Bill Dumbauld, 73-Bill Winter, 76-Larry Foltz, 82-Ray Borlie, 87-Charles Downs, 88-Bob Timmerman

Maryland vs West VirginiaSeptember 19, 1959 at Byrd Stadium, College Park, MD

Maryland vs West Virginia
September 19, 1959 at Byrd Stadium, College Park, MD