WVUStats - Football - Oct 9, 1959

Boston University vs West Virginia
October 9, 1959 at BU Field, Boston, MA

Boston University

West Virginia

Rushing	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	Long	Avg.
Totals	42	188	13	175	0	4.2
Paul Cancro	14	64	0	64		4.6
Hugo Bolin	12	55	4	51		4.3
Dick Robichauld	2	20	0	20		10.0
Dick Desmarais	7	24	5	19		2.7
Emo DeNitto	2	16	0	16		8.0
Jackie Farland	1	7	0	7		7.0
Jim Luker	1	0	0	0		0.0
George Bradley	3	2	4	-2		-0.7

Rushing	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	Long	Avg.
Totals	54	197	14	183	0	3.4
Ray Peterson	10	39	1	38		3.8
John Marra	7	30	0	30		4.3
Curt Harmon	7	28	0	28		4.0
Tom Huston	10	24	1	23		2.3
Dick Herrig	5	22	2	20		4.0
Danny Williams	3	17	0	17		5.7
Dave Rider	4	13	0	13		3.3
Jim Bargeloh	5	18	7	11		2.2
Carmen Pomponio	3	6	3	3		1.0

Passing	Comp	Att	Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sacked
Totals	3	7	2	57	1	0	0
Jackie Farland	2	5	2	38	0
Emo DeNitto	1	2	0	19	1

Passing	Comp	Att	Int	Yds	Long	Sacked
Totals	8	22	2	50	0	0
Carmen Pomponio	6	11	0	41
Danny Williams	1	8	1	5
Ray Peterson	1	1	0	4
Dale Evans	0	1	1	0
Roger Holdinsky	0	1	0	0

Receiving	No.	Yds	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	3	57	1	0	19.0
Geno Prebolla	2	40	1		20.0
Hugo Bolin	1	17	0		17.0

Receiving	No.	Yds	Long	Avg.
Totals	8	52	0	6.5
John Marra	4	33		8.3
Dave Rider	2	22		11.0
Ray Peterson	1	6		6.0
Tom Huston	1	-9		-9.0

Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Totals	4	191	47.8	0
George Bradley	4	191	47.8

Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Totals	3	101	33.7	0
Tom Huston	1	39	39.0
John Keller	1	32	32.0
John Marra	1	30	30.0

Returns	PR	Yds	Long	KR	Yds	Long	Int	Yds	Long
Totals	3	50	0	0	0	0	2	35	0
Paul Cancro	1	26
Dick Robichauld	1	18
Emo DeNitto	1	6					1	20
Bill DiLorenzo							1	15

Returns	PR	Yds	Long	KR	Yds	Long	Int	Yds	Long
Totals	4	50	0	3	54	0	2	21	0
Carmen Pomponio	1	9		1	17
Dick Herrig	1	3
John Marra	1	33
Dave Rider	1	5
Ray Peterson				1	22		1	21
John Keller				1	15
Roger Holdinsky							1	0

All-Purpose	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
Totals	177	57	0	50	35	319
Paul Cancro	64			26		90
Hugo Bolin	51	17				68
Emo DeNitto	16			6	20	42
Geno Prebolla		40				40
Dick Robichauld	20			18		38
Dick Desmarais	19					19
Bill DiLorenzo					15	15
Jackie Farland	7					7

All-Purpose	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
Totals	183	52	54	50	21	360
John Marra	30	33		33		96
Ray Peterson	38	6	22		21	87
Dave Rider	13	22		5		40
Carmen Pomponio	3		17	9		29
Curt Harmon	28					28
Dick Herrig	20			3		23
Danny Williams	17					17
John Keller			15			15
Tom Huston	23	-9				14
Jim Bargeloh	11					11

	Boston University	West Virginia
First Downs	12	17
Rushing	9	13
Passing	3	3
Penalty	0	1
NET YARDS RUSHING	175	183
Rushing Attempts	42	54
Average Per Rush	4.2	3.4
Rushing Touchdowns	0	0
Yards Gained Rushing	188	197
Yards Lost Rushing	13	14
NET YARDS PASSING	57	50
Completions-Attempts-Int	3-7-2	8-22-2
Average Per Attempt	8.1	2.3
Average Per Completion	19.0	6.3
Passing Touchdowns	1	0
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS	232	233
Total Offense Plays	49	62
Average Gain Per Play	4.7	3.8
Fumbles: Number-Lost	0-0	4-1
Penalties: Number-Yards	6-65	3-35
PUNTS-YARDS	4-191	3-101
Average Yards Per Punt	47.8	33.7
Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD	3-50-0	4-50-0
Average Per Return	16.7	12.5
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD	0-0-0	3-54-0
Average Per Return	0.0	18.0
Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD	2-35-0	2-21-0
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	-	-

Boston University

Name	Solo	Ast	Total	Yds	Yds	FF	FR	Yds	Int	Yds	BrUp	Blks
Totals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	35	0	0
Emo DeNitto									1	20
Bill DiLorenzo									1	15

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	21	0	0
24	Roger Holdinsky									1	0
21	Ray Peterson									1	21

Scoring Summary

Qtr	Time	Scoring Play	Score
1		BU - Geno Prebolla 19 yd TD pass from Elmo DiNitto (Kick by George Bradley Good)	0-7

Attendance: 8,500

Score By Quarter

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
West Virginia	0	0	0	0	0
Boston University	0	0	0	7	7

Officials: Stephen Juenger (Field Judge), N.F. Lord (Head Linesman), J.D. Rogers (Referee), James Brenan (Umpire)

Boston University

Pos	Offense
LE	Geno Prebolla
LT	Bob Minihane
LG	John Meschino
C	Jack Stephans
RE	Pat McCue
RG	Leonard Pare
RT	Paul Manganaro
QB	Emo DeNitto
FB	George Bradley
RH	Paul Cancro
LH	Hugo Bolin

West Virginia

Pos	Offense
LE	Ben McComb
LT	Carl Dannenberg
LG	Bill Lopasky
C	Joe Wirth
RE	Dave Hess
RG	Elmer "Pete" Tolley
RT	Glenn Bowman
QB	Carmen Pomponio
FB	Tom Huston
RH	John Marra
LH	Ray Peterson

Jackie Farland, Dick Desmarais, Dick Robichauld, Ralph Frazier, Gerry Gaudreau, Bob Morrissey, Jim Stack, Paul Urban, Don Aikens, Jim Pearson, Lopez, Jim Luker, John Fogarty, Bill DiLorenzo, Jim Rothwell, George Prodanas, Elmo DiNitto, Thomas Caito, Steve McGowan, Bob Marques, Steve Wright, Glenn Stefano, Joseph McMann, Hal McAvoy, Ron Shiesley, Steve Turkalo, Cosmo Piccolo, Pete Perreault

12-Dale Evans, 15-Danny Williams, 22-Dave Rider, 23-Jim Bargeloh, 24-Roger Holdinsky, 25-Dick Herrig, 26-John Keller, 34-Curt Harmon, 35-Bob Benke, 45-John Thackston, 52-Ed Kensky, 53-Charles Lanasa, 55-Vearl Haynes, 63-Paul Gatto, 64-Fred Adkins, 68-Jerry Keeney, 70-Bill Dumbauld, 71-Tom Bateman, 73-Bill Winter, 77-Bob Fletcher, 79-Charles Martin, 82-Ray Borlie, 84-Bob Lavelle, 87-Charles Downs, 88-Bob Timmerman

Boston University vs West VirginiaOctober 9, 1959 at BU Field, Boston, MA

Boston University vs West Virginia
October 9, 1959 at BU Field, Boston, MA