Richmond vs West Virginia
September 16, 1961 1:30pm at Old Mountaineer Field, Morgantown, WV

Richmond
West Virginia
RushingNo.GainLossNetTDLongAvg.
Totals3514510135203.9
Mel Rideout7670671 9.6
Earl Stoudt14480480 3.4
Bill Sommers2110110 5.5
Billy Nix28080 4.0
Steve Stevenson12020 2.0
Larry Deco22110 0.5
Robert Hodgson10000 0.0
Brent Vann679-21 -0.3
RushingNo.GainLossNetTDLongAvg.
Totals4623434200304.3
Fred Colvard138618682 5.2
Jim Moss4560560 14.0
Tom Woodeshick4240240 6.0
Roger Holdinsky7191180 2.6
John Bosley6170171 2.8
Eli Kosanovich3170170 5.7
Glenn Holton7131030 0.4
John Burnison225-30 -1.5
PassingCompAttIntYdsTDLongSacked
Totals12312168300
Mel Rideout112921583  
Earl Stoudt110100  
Bill Sommers01000  
PassingCompAttIntYdsTDLongSacked
Totals39027000
Fred Colvard380270  
John Burnison01000  
ReceivingNo.YdsTDLongAvg.
Totals121683014.0
John Hilton4692 17.3
George Rapp2310 15.5
Earl Stoudt3271 9.0
Brent Vann2270 13.5
Art McGee1140 14.0
ReceivingNo.YdsTDLongAvg.
Totals327009.0
Ken Herock2360 18.0
Glenn Holton1-90 -9.0
PuntingNo.YdsAvgLong
Totals620434.00
Mel Rideout620434.0 
PuntingNo.YdsAvgLong
Totals613622.70
Dieter Garrett48020.0 
Ken Herock14747.0 
TEAM199.0 
ReturnsPRYdsLongKRYdsLongIntYdsLong
Totals3004750000
Earl Stoudt100240    
Jack Yaffa100      
Billy Nix100      
Steve Stevenson   122    
Brent Vann   113    
ReturnsPRYdsLongKRYdsLongIntYdsLong
Totals67568512602160
Fred Colvard27268372    
Roger Holdinsky233      
Jim Moss100254 10 
Eli Kosanovich100      
John Burnison      116 
All-PurposeRushRecKRPRIRTotal
Totals1351687500378
Earl Stoudt4827400 115
John Hilton 69   69
Mel Rideout67    67
Brent Vann-22713  38
George Rapp 31   31
Steve Stevenson2 22  24
Art McGee 14   14
Bill Sommers11    11
Billy Nix8  0 8
Larry Deco1    1
All-PurposeRushRecKRPRIRTotal
Totals200271267516444
Fred Colvard68 7272 212
Jim Moss56 5400110
Ken Herock 36   36
Tom Woodeshick24    24
Roger Holdinsky18  3 21
Eli Kosanovich17  0 17
John Bosley17    17
John Burnison-3   1613
Glenn Holton3-9   -6
 West VirginiaRichmond
First Downs1213
 Rushing105
 Passing28
 Penalty00
NET YARDS RUSHING200135
 Rushing Attempts4635
 Average Per Rush4.33.9
 Rushing Touchdowns32
 Yards Gained Rushing234151
 Yards Lost Rushing3416
NET YARDS PASSING27168
 Completions-Attempts-Int3-9-012-31-2
 Average Per Attempt3.05.4
 Average Per Completion9.014.0
 Passing Touchdowns03
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS227303
 Total Offense Plays5566
 Average Gain Per Play4.14.6
Fumbles: Number-Lost6-51-1
Penalties: Number-Yards7-667-45
PUNTS-YARDS6-1366-204
 Average Yards Per Punt22.734.0
Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD6-75-13-0-0
 Average Per Return12.50.0
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD5-126-04-75-0
 Average Per Return25.218.8
Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD2-16-00-0-0
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--
#NameSoloAstTotalSacksYdsTFLYdsFFFRYdsIntYdsBrUpBlks
 Totals000 0 00000000
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West Virginia
#NameSoloAstTotalSacksYdsTFLYdsFFFRYdsIntYdsBrUpBlks
 Totals000 0 000021600
 John Burnison          116  
 Jim Moss          10  
Scoring Summary
QtrTimeScoring PlayScore
1 WVU - Fred Colvard 4 yd rush TD0-6
1 WVU - Fred Colvard 68 yd punt return TD0-12
2 RICH - John Hilton 20 yd TD pass from Mel Rideout (Kick by Earl Stoudt Good)7-12
2 RICH - Brent Vann 4 yd rush TD (Kick by Earl Stoudt Good)14-12
2 WVU - John Bosley 2 yd rush TD (Rush by Fred Colvard Good)14-20
3 RICH - Earl Stoudt 7 yd TD pass from Mel Rideout (Kick by Earl Stoudt Good)21-20
3 WVU - Fred Colvard 12 yd rush TD21-26
3 RICH - Mel Rideout 3 yd rush TD (Kick by Earl Stoudt Good)28-26
4 RICH - John Hilton 21 yd TD pass from Mel Rideout (Kick by Earl Stoudt Good)35-26
Attendance: 12,000
Score By Quarter
Team1234Total
Richmond01414735
West Virginia1286026
Start Time: 1:30pm
Officials: J.C. Hambright (Back Judge), Lem Harper (Field Judge), D.W. Carr (Head Linesman), H.V. Hooper (Referee), J.D. Patton (Umpire)
Temperature: 64 • Wind: 4-5mph • Weather: Partly cloudy
Richmond
PosOffense
LEGeorge Rapp
LTJoe Teefey
LGBen Davis
CDon Christman
REArt McGee
RGFred Mancuso
RTDon Thompson
QBMel Rideout
FBLarry Deco
LHEarl Stoudt
RHBrent Vann
West Virginia
PosOffense
LEBob Timmerman
LTBill Winter
LGBob DeLorenzo
CPete Goimarac
RGKeith Melenyzer
REGene Heeter
RTFrank Sirianni
QBFred Colvard
FBGlenn Holton
LHJim Moss
RHTom Woodeshick
John Hilton, Billy Nix, Robert Hodgson, Linky Pratt, Steve Stevenson, Dick Huffman, Dick Curl, Bill Sommers, Bill Ventura, Bob Drobney, Al Mitchell, Joe Kessel, Tom Bondurant, Jack Yaffa, Gerald Lofstead, Buddy Waite, John Sheranek, Ken Labik
John Bosley, Eli Kosanovich, Roger Holdinsky, Ken Herock, Dieter Garrett, Dale Evans, John Burnison, Glenn Bennett, 21-Jim Procopio, 23-Steve Berzansky, 44-Joel Hicks, 51-Joe Kiselica, 52-John Skinner, 56-Bill Shillings, 63-Tom Brindle, 64-Fred Adkins, 65-Dave Santrock, 66-Charles Martin, 70-Ron Haggerty, 72-Steve H. Edwards, 74-Phil Sizemore, 79-Larry Niedzalkoski, 80-Dick Struck, 83-Ray Bazzoli, 85-Frank Schneider, 89-Paul Gray