WVUStats - Football - Oct 17, 1959

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

Pitt

West Virginia

Rushing	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	42	222	20	202	1	0	4.8
Joseph Scisly	7	75	0	75	0		10.7
Fred Cox	7	35	1	34	0		4.9
Fred Riddle	8	31	0	31	0		3.9
Curt Plowman	2	20	0	20	0		10.0
Andy Sepsi	4	16	0	16	1		4.0
Ray Tarasi	3	15	0	15	0		5.0
Chuck Reinhold	6	20	7	13	0		2.2
John Yacinno	2	5	3	2	0		1.0
Ivan Toncic	3	5	9	-4	0		-1.3

Rushing	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	39	140	3	137	1	0	3.5
Ray Peterson	6	33	0	33	0		5.5
Bob Benke	11	32	0	32	0		2.9
Danny Williams	6	28	0	28	1		4.7
John Marra	3	17	0	17	0		5.7
Curt Harmon	4	11	0	11	0		2.8
Roger Holdinsky	6	13	3	10	0		1.7
Dick Herrig	2	6	0	6	0		3.0
Carmen Pomponio	1	0	0	0	0		0.0

Passing	Comp	Att	Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sacked
Totals	6	14	5	35	0	0	0
Ivan Toncic	6	14	5	35	0

Passing	Comp	Att	Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sacked
Totals	11	21	1	123	1	0	0
Danny Williams	11	19	0	123	1
Carmen Pomponio	0	2	1	0	0

Receiving	No.	Yds	Long	Avg.
Totals	6	35	0	5.8
Mike Ditka	3	26		8.7
Bob Rathi	1	5		5.0
Fred Riddle	2	4		2.0

Receiving	No.	Yds	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	11	123	1	0	11.2
John Marra	5	49	1		9.8
Ray Peterson	3	38	0		12.7
Ben McComb	2	27	0		13.5
Bob Benke	1	9	0		9.0

Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Totals	5	176	35.2	0
Mike Ditka	2	68	34.0
Ray Tarasi	2	66	33.0
Fred Cox	1	42	42.0

Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Totals	8	210	26.3	0
Danny Williams	6	178	29.7
Tom Huston	1	32	32.0
TEAM	1	0	0.0

Returns	PR	Yds	Long	KR	Yds	Long	Int	Yds	Long
Totals	2	15	11	5	104	0	1	10	0
Fred Riddle	1	4		1	26
Richard Mills	1	11	11
John Yacinno				3	65
Ivan Toncic				1	13
Ray Tarasi							1	10

Returns	PR	Yds	Long	KR	Yds	Long	Int	Yds	Long
Totals	2	11	0	3	51	0	5	68	30
John Marra	1	9		1	17
Ray Peterson	1	2					1	0
Dick Herrig				1	17		1	30	30
Roger Holdinsky				1	17
Curt Harmon							1	14
Bill Lopasky							1	24
Bob Timmerman							1	0

All-Purpose	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
Totals	202	35	104	15	10	366
Joseph Scisly	75					75
John Yacinno	2		65			67
Fred Riddle	31	4	26	4		65
Fred Cox	34					34
Mike Ditka		26				26
Ray Tarasi	15				10	25
Curt Plowman	20					20
Andy Sepsi	16					16
Chuck Reinhold	13					13
Richard Mills				11		11
Ivan Toncic	-4		13			9
Bob Rathi		5				5

All-Purpose	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
Totals	137	123	51	11	68	390
John Marra	17	49	17	9		92
Ray Peterson	33	38		2	0	73
Dick Herrig	6		17		30	53
Bob Benke	32	9				41
Danny Williams	28					28
Roger Holdinsky	10		17			27
Ben McComb		27				27
Curt Harmon	11				14	25
Bill Lopasky					24	24

	West Virginia	Pitt
First Downs	14	12
Rushing	8	11
Passing	5	1
Penalty	1	0
NET YARDS RUSHING	137	202
Rushing Attempts	39	42
Average Per Rush	3.5	4.8
Rushing Touchdowns	1	1
Yards Gained Rushing	140	222
Yards Lost Rushing	3	20
NET YARDS PASSING	123	35
Completions-Attempts-Int	11-21-1	6-14-5
Average Per Attempt	5.9	2.5
Average Per Completion	11.2	5.8
Passing Touchdowns	1	0
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS	260	237
Total Offense Plays	60	56
Average Gain Per Play	4.3	4.2
Fumbles: Number-Lost	1-0	0-0
Penalties: Number-Yards	5-44	4-50
PUNTS-YARDS	8-210	5-176
Average Yards Per Punt	26.3	35.2
Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD	2-11-0	2-15-1
Average Per Return	5.5	7.5
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD	3-51-0	5-104-0
Average Per Return	17.0	20.8
Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD	5-68-1	1-(-10)-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	-	-

Pitt

#	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	10	0	0
	Ray Tarasi											1	10

West Virginia

#	Name	Solo	Ast	Total	Yds	Yds	FF	FR	Yds	Int	Yds	BrUp	Blks
	Totals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	68	0	0
34	Curt Harmon									1	14
25	Dick Herrig									1	30
65	Bill Lopasky									1	24
21	Ray Peterson									1	0
88	Bob Timmerman									1	0

Scoring Summary

Qtr	Scoring Play	Score
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 FG	7-10
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 TD	15-23

Attendance: 31,500

Score By Quarter

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Pitt	0	7	0	8	15
West Virginia	0	10	7	6	23

Officials: Harry Montgomery (Back Judge), Cliff Montgomery (Field Judge), G.T. Watson (Head Linesman), W.H. Averette (Referee), George Sargisson (Umpire)

Pitt

Pos	Offense
LE	Mike Ditka
LT	Ken Montanari
LG	Norton Seaman
C	Foge Fazio
RG	Larry Vignali
RE	Bob Rathi
RT	William Lindner
QB	Ivan Toncic
FB	Fred Riddle
LH	Chuck Reinhold
RH	Fred Cox

West Virginia

Pos	Offense
LE	Bob Timmerman
LT	John Peters
LG	Bill Winter
C	Vearl Haynes
RE	Bob Lavelle
RG	Charles Martin
RT	Bob Fletcher
QB	Carmen Pomponio
FB	Curt Harmon
LH	Roger Holdinsky
RH	Dick Herrig

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

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

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