Vanderbilt vs West Virginia
September 23, 1961 8:00pm at Dudley Field, Nashville, TN

Vanderbilt
West Virginia
RushingNo.GainLossNetTDLongAvg.
Totals5729138253104.4
Hank Lesesne168312711 4.4
Jeff Starling8530530 6.6
Steve Shaw8469370 4.6
Billy Crawford9362340 3.8
Arthur Guepe3230230 7.7
Buddy Barrett32311120 4.0
Jack Yusk39090 3.0
Thom Garden28080 4.0
Terrell Dye34040 1.3
Roger Fish26420 1.0
RushingNo.GainLossNetTDLongAvg.
Totals3612313110003.1
John Bosley8250250 3.1
Glenn Holton5210210 4.2
Jim Moss5170170 3.4
Roger Holdinsky4170170 4.3
Steve Berzansky3110110 3.7
Fred Colvard5211380 1.6
Eli Kosanovich37070 2.3
Tom Woodeshick22020 1.0
Dale Evans12020 2.0
PassingCompAttIntYdsTDLongSacked
Totals310256100
Hank Lesesne382561  
Buddy Barrett01000  
Jon Cleveland01000  
PassingCompAttIntYdsTDLongSacked
Totals290280160
Fred Colvard15016016 
Dale Evans14012012 
ReceivingNo.YdsTDLongAvg.
Totals35613618.7
Jeff Starling13613636.0
Arthur Guepe11301313.0
Bruce Hammer17077.0
ReceivingNo.YdsTDLongAvg.
Totals22801614.0
Glenn Holton11601616.0
Eli Kosanovich11201212.0
PuntingNo.YdsAvgLong
Totals310936.30
Hank Lesesne28241.0 
Sam Sullins12727.0 
PuntingNo.YdsAvgLong
Totals829436.80
Dieter Garrett726638.0 
Ken Herock12828.0 
ReturnsPRYdsLongKRYdsLongIntYdsLong
Totals625024523000
Steve Shaw320 12222   
Ed Greagh22       
Thom Garden13       
Billy Crawford   12323   
ReturnsPRYdsLongKRYdsLongIntYdsLong
Totals166343026953
Roger Holdinsky166230    
Fred Colvard   113    
Pete Goimarac      11616
Eli Kosanovich      15353
All-PurposeRushRecKRPRIRTotal
Totals2535645250379
Jeff Starling5336   89
Steve Shaw37 2220 79
Hank Lesesne71    71
Billy Crawford34 23  57
Arthur Guepe2313   36
Buddy Barrett12    12
Thom Garden8  3 11
Jack Yusk9    9
Bruce Hammer 7   7
Terrell Dye4    4
Roger Fish2    2
Ed Greagh   2 2
All-PurposeRushRecKRPRIRTotal
Totals1102843669256
Eli Kosanovich712  5372
Roger Holdinsky17 306 53
Glenn Holton2116   37
John Bosley25    25
Fred Colvard8 13  21
Jim Moss17    17
Pete Goimarac    1616
Steve Berzansky11    11
Dale Evans2    2
Tom Woodeshick2    2
 VanderbiltWest Virginia
First Downs229
 Rushing186
 Passing22
 Penalty21
NET YARDS RUSHING253110
 Rushing Attempts5736
 Average Per Rush4.43.1
 Rushing Touchdowns10
 Yards Gained Rushing291123
 Yards Lost Rushing3813
NET YARDS PASSING5628
 Completions-Attempts-Int3-10-22-9-0
 Average Per Attempt5.63.1
 Average Per Completion18.714.0
 Passing Touchdowns10
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS309138
 Total Offense Plays6745
 Average Gain Per Play4.63.1
Fumbles: Number-Lost3-12-2
Penalties: Number-Yards6-487-87
PUNTS-YARDS3-1098-294
 Average Yards Per Punt36.336.8
Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD6-33-01-6-0
 Average Per Return5.56.0
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD2-45-03-43-0
 Average Per Return22.514.3
Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD0-0-02-69-1
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--
Vanderbilt
#NameSoloAstTotalSacksYdsTFLYdsFFFRYdsIntYdsBrUpBlks
 Totals16420 0 01300010
 Bill Waldrup426    11     
 George McGugin505           
 Jule Crocker415     1     
 John Cropp314     1   1 
West Virginia
#NameSoloAstTotalSacksYdsTFLYdsFFFRYdsIntYdsBrUpBlks
 Totals18826 0 000026920
72Steve H. Edwards639           
62Keith Melenyzer426           
77Frank Sirianni426           
 Ken Herock415           
 Pete Goimarac          116  
 Eli Kosanovich          1532 
Scoring Summary
QtrTimeScoring PlayScore
2 Vandy - Steve Shaw 10 yd rush TD0-6
3 Vandy - Jeff Starling 36 yd TD pass from Hank Lesesne (Kick by Grady Wade Good)0-13
3 WVU - Eli Kosanovich 53 yd interception return TD6-13
4 Vandy - Grady Wade 40 yd FG6-16
Attendance: 18,000
Score By Quarter
Team1234Total
West Virginia00606
Vanderbilt067316
Start Time: 8:00pm
Officials: Jimmy Cole (Back Judge), Reid Staton (Field Judge), A.C. Williams (Head Linesman), R.P. Williams (Referee), Robert Littrell (Umpire)
Temperature: 82 • Wind: S 6mph • Weather:
Vanderbilt
PosOffense
LEWade Butcher
LTBill Corbin
LGJohn Cropp
CCody Binkley
RGJule Crocker
REBruce Hammer
RTSam Sullins
QBHank Lesesne
FBBilly Crawford
LHSteve Shaw
RHTerrell Dye
West Virginia
PosOffense
LEBob Timmerman
LTBill Winter
LGBob DeLorenzo
CPete Goimarac
RGKeith Melenyzer
REGene Heeter
RTSteve H. Edwards
QBFred Colvard
FBGlenn Holton
LHJim Moss
RHTom Woodeshick
George McGugin, Grady Wade, Ed Greagh, Jon Cleveland, Roger Fish, Jack Yusk, Arthur Guepe, Jeff Starling, Matt Howard, Thom Garden, Buddy Barrett, Mike Reese, Bill Waldrup, Davison Thompson, Gary Smith, Charley Wells, Bill Thomas, Nat Bullock, Dave Longley, Stewart Elliott, Wayne Hall, Dan Boone, George Smith, Wayne Anthony, Bob Sullins, Gary Hudson, Clark Williams, Larry Banks
John Bosley, Eli Kosanovich, Steve Berzansky, Dale Evans, Dieter Garrett, Roger Holdinsky, Ken Herock, 51-Joe Kiselica, 52-John Skinner, 56-Bill Shillings, 63-Tom Brindle, 64-Fred Adkins, 65-Dave Santrock, 70-Ron Haggerty, 74-Phil Sizemore, 77-Frank Sirianni, 79-Larry Niedzalkoski, 83-Ray Bazzoli, 85-Frank Schneider, 89-Paul Gray