#20 Pitt vs West Virginia
October 17, 1959 at Old Mountaineer Field, Morgantown, WV

Pitt
West Virginia
RushingNo.GainLossNetTDLongAvg.
Totals4222220202104.8
Joseph Scisly7750750 10.7
Fred Cox7351340 4.9
Fred Riddle8310310 3.9
Curt Plowman2200200 10.0
Andy Sepsi4160161 4.0
Ray Tarasi3150150 5.0
Chuck Reinhold6207130 2.2
John Yacinno25320 1.0
Ivan Toncic359-40 -1.3
RushingNo.GainLossNetTDLongAvg.
Totals391403137103.5
Ray Peterson6330330 5.5
Bob Benke11320320 2.9
Danny Williams6280281 4.7
John Marra3170170 5.7
Curt Harmon4110110 2.8
Roger Holdinsky6133100 1.7
Dick Herrig26060 3.0
Carmen Pomponio10000 0.0
PassingCompAttIntYdsTDLongSacked
Totals614535000
Ivan Toncic6145350  
PassingCompAttIntYdsTDLongSacked
Totals11211123100
Danny Williams111901231  
Carmen Pomponio02100  
ReceivingNo.YdsTDLongAvg.
Totals635005.8
Mike Ditka3260 8.7
Bob Rathi150 5.0
Fred Riddle240 2.0
ReceivingNo.YdsTDLongAvg.
Totals111231011.2
John Marra5491 9.8
Ray Peterson3380 12.7
Ben McComb2270 13.5
Bob Benke190 9.0
PuntingNo.YdsAvgLong
Totals517635.20
Mike Ditka26834.0 
Ray Tarasi26633.0 
Fred Cox14242.0 
PuntingNo.YdsAvgLong
Totals821026.30
Danny Williams617829.7 
Tom Huston13232.0 
TEAM100.0 
ReturnsPRYdsLongKRYdsLongIntYdsLong
Totals21511510401100
Fred Riddle14 126    
Richard Mills11111      
John Yacinno   365    
Ivan Toncic   113    
Ray Tarasi      110 
ReturnsPRYdsLongKRYdsLongIntYdsLong
Totals2110351056830
John Marra19 117    
Ray Peterson12    10 
Dick Herrig   117 13030
Roger Holdinsky   117    
Curt Harmon      114 
Bill Lopasky      124 
Bob Timmerman      10 
All-PurposeRushRecKRPRIRTotal
Totals202351041510366
Joseph Scisly75    75
John Yacinno2 65  67
Fred Riddle314264 65
Fred Cox34    34
Mike Ditka 26   26
Ray Tarasi15   1025
Curt Plowman20    20
Andy Sepsi16    16
Chuck Reinhold13    13
Richard Mills   11 11
Ivan Toncic-4 13  9
Bob Rathi 5   5
All-PurposeRushRecKRPRIRTotal
Totals137123511168390
John Marra1749179 92
Ray Peterson3338 2073
Dick Herrig6 17 3053
Bob Benke329   41
Danny Williams28    28
Roger Holdinsky10 17  27
Ben McComb 27   27
Curt Harmon11   1425
Bill Lopasky    2424
 West VirginiaPitt
First Downs1412
 Rushing811
 Passing51
 Penalty10
NET YARDS RUSHING137202
 Rushing Attempts3942
 Average Per Rush3.54.8
 Rushing Touchdowns11
 Yards Gained Rushing140222
 Yards Lost Rushing320
NET YARDS PASSING12335
 Completions-Attempts-Int11-21-16-14-5
 Average Per Attempt5.92.5
 Average Per Completion11.25.8
 Passing Touchdowns10
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS260237
 Total Offense Plays6056
 Average Gain Per Play4.34.2
Fumbles: Number-Lost1-00-0
Penalties: Number-Yards5-444-50
PUNTS-YARDS8-2105-176
 Average Yards Per Punt26.335.2
Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD2-11-02-15-1
 Average Per Return5.57.5
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD3-51-05-104-0
 Average Per Return17.020.8
Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD5-68-11-(-10)-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--
Pitt
#NameSoloAstTotalSacksYdsTFLYdsFFFRYdsIntYdsBrUpBlks
 Totals000 0 000011000
 Ray Tarasi          110  
West Virginia
#NameSoloAstTotalSacksYdsTFLYdsFFFRYdsIntYdsBrUpBlks
 Totals000 0 000056800
34Curt Harmon          114  
25Dick Herrig          130  
65Bill Lopasky          124  
21Ray Peterson          10  
88Bob Timmerman          10  
Scoring Summary
QtrTimeScoring PlayScore
2 Pitt - Richard Mills 11 yd punt return TD (Kick by Norton Seaman Good)7-0
2 WVU - John Marra 12 yd TD pass from Danny Williams (Kick by John Thackston Good)7-7
2 WVU - John Thackston 20 yd FG7-10
3 WVU - Danny Williams 1 yd rush TD (Kick by John Thackston Good)7-17
4 Pitt - Andy Sepsi 2 yd rush TD (Pass by Steve Jastrzembski Good)15-17
4 WVU - Dick Herrig 30 yd interception return TD15-23
Attendance: 31,500
Score By Quarter
Team1234Total
Pitt070815
West Virginia0107623
Officials: Harry Montgomery (Back Judge), Cliff Montgomery (Field Judge), G.T. Watson (Head Linesman), W.H. Averette (Referee), George Sargisson (Umpire)
Pitt
PosOffense
LEMike Ditka
LTKen Montanari
LGNorton Seaman
CFoge Fazio
RGLarry Vignali
REBob Rathi
RTWilliam Lindner
QBIvan Toncic
FBFred Riddle
LHChuck Reinhold
RHFred Cox
West Virginia
PosOffense
LEBob Timmerman
LTJohn Peters
LGBill Winter
CVearl Haynes
RGCharles Martin
REBob Lavelle
RTBob Fletcher
QBCarmen Pomponio
FBCurt Harmon
RHDick Herrig
LHRoger Holdinsky
Curt Plowman, Dave Walker, Dave Kraus, Paul Hodge, John Yacinno, Andy Kuzneski, Steve Jastrzembski, Robert Guzik, Robert Longfellow, Richard Mills, Tony Delfine, Ernest Westwood, Andy Sepsi, Joseph Scisly, Ray Tarasi
15-Danny Williams, 21-Ray Peterson, 32-Tom Huston, 35-Bob Benke, 36-Bob Lively, 41-John Marra, 45-John Thackston, 51-Joe Wirth, 53-Charles Lanasa, 61-Glenn Bowman, 62-Carl Dannenberg, 64-Fred Adkins, 65-Bill Lopasky, 66-Dick Struck, 67-Elmer "Pete" Tolley, 68-Jerry Keeney, 70-Bill Dumbauld, 81-Ben McComb, 89-Dave Hess