Rice vs West Virginia
October 3, 1964 at Rice Stadium, Houston, TX
Rice
West Virginia
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 54 | 227 | 16 | 211 | 1 | 0 | 3.9 |
| Gene Fleming | 15 | 69 | 1 | 68 | 0 | 4.5 | |
| Gene Walker | 16 | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 3.1 | |
| Paul Piper | 3 | 39 | 8 | 31 | 1 | 10.3 | |
| Chuck Latourette | 5 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 5.4 | |
| Billy Hale | 3 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3.0 | |
| Mike O'Grady | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.5 | |
| Walter McReynolds | 5 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1.4 | |
| Ronnie Waldo | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1.8 | |
| Russell Wayt | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.0 |
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 42 | 153 | 18 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 |
| Ron Colaw | 19 | 86 | 1 | 85 | 0 | 4.5 | |
| Homer Criddle | 7 | 29 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 3.9 | |
| Roger Blackwell | 8 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2.6 | |
| Doug Stanley | 6 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1.7 | |
| Bob Uchic | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.0 | |
| Ed Pastilong | 1 | 0 | 13 | -13 | 0 | -13.0 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 7 | 9 | 0 | 121 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter McReynolds | 7 | 9 | 0 | 121 | 2 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 11 | 26 | 2 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Allen McCune | 4 | 9 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Bob Uchic | 3 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Ed Pastilong | 4 | 13 | 1 | 22 | 0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 7 | 121 | 2 | 0 | 17.3 |
| Gene Walker | 1 | 32 | 0 | 32.0 | |
| Gene Fleming | 1 | 32 | 1 | 32.0 | |
| Billy Hale | 2 | 28 | 0 | 14.0 | |
| Preston Johnson | 1 | 11 | 1 | 11.0 | |
| David Ferguson | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10.0 | |
| Bert Barron | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8.0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 11 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 |
| Homer Criddle | 4 | 21 | 0 | 5.3 | |
| Gordon Lambert | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18.0 | |
| Larry Canterbury | 2 | 15 | 0 | 7.5 | |
| Doug Stanley | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6.0 | |
| Ron Colaw | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10.0 | |
| Bob Dunlevy | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9.0 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 3 | 107 | 35.7 | 0 |
| Chuck Latourette | 3 | 107 | 35.7 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 6 | 168 | 28.0 | 0 |
| Doug Stanley | 6 | 168 | 28.0 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 4 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 23 | 23 |
| David Ferguson | 2 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Malcolm Walker | 1 | 28 | |||||||
| Ronnie Cervenka | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Gene Fleming | 1 | 22 | 22 | ||||||
| James Doyle | 1 | 23 | 23 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Stanley | 3 | 68 | |||||||
| Roger Blackwell | 2 | 40 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 211 | 121 | 22 | 69 | 23 | 446 |
| Gene Fleming | 68 | 32 | 22 | 122 | ||
| Gene Walker | 50 | 32 | 82 | |||
| David Ferguson | 10 | 40 | 0 | 50 | ||
| Billy Hale | 9 | 28 | 37 | |||
| Paul Piper | 31 | 31 | ||||
| Malcolm Walker | 28 | 28 | ||||
| Chuck Latourette | 27 | 27 | ||||
| James Doyle | 23 | 23 | ||||
| Preston Johnson | 11 | 11 | ||||
| Mike O'Grady | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Bert Barron | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Ronnie Waldo | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Walter McReynolds | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Russell Wayt | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Ronnie Cervenka | 1 | 1 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 148 | 85 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 341 |
| Ron Colaw | 85 | 10 | 95 | |||
| Doug Stanley | 10 | 12 | 68 | 90 | ||
| Roger Blackwell | 21 | 40 | 61 | |||
| Homer Criddle | 27 | 21 | 48 | |||
| Gordon Lambert | 18 | 18 | ||||
| Larry Canterbury | 15 | 15 | ||||
| Bob Dunlevy | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Bob Uchic | 5 | 5 |
| Rice | West Virginia | |
|---|---|---|
| First Downs | 16 | 13 |
| Rushing | 11 | 8 |
| Passing | 4 | 4 |
| Penalty | 1 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 211 | 135 |
| Rushing Attempts | 54 | 42 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.9 | 3.2 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 227 | 153 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 16 | 18 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 121 | 85 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 7-9-0 | 11-26-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 13.4 | 3.3 |
| Average Per Completion | 17.3 | 7.7 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 348 | 220 |
| Total Offense Plays | 63 | 68 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.5 | 3.2 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 4-2 | 4-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 5-75 | 3-44 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 3-107 | 6-168 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 35.7 | 28.0 |
| Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 4-69-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Average Per Return | 17.3 | 0.0 |
| Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 1-22-0 | 5-108-0 |
| Average Per Return | 22.0 | 21.6 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD | 2-23-0 | 0-0-0 |
| 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 | - | - |
Rice
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 34 | 50 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Dale Callihan | 5 | 8 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| Malcolm Walker | 7 | 4 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Harlon Dearing | 2 | 8 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Ronnie Cervenka | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Billy Hale | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Russell Wayt | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Dan Hunt | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| James Doyle | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Craig Christopher | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Bill Walker | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Jim Vining | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| David Ferguson | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| Joel Smith | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Bert Barron | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jim Swanson | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Chuck Miller | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Leroy Ryza | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Richard Bowe | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Ronnie Holliday | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Virgil Phelps | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Wayne Bertsch | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Will Jay Hubbard | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Thomas Tyner | 0 | 1 | 1 |
West Virginia
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 28 | 65 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 78 | Joe Taffoni | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 62 | Charles Bursich | 3 | 8 | 11 | |||||||||||
| 33 | Wayne Vassalotti | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 55 | Jim Mazzella | 1 | 8 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 61 | Alan Hoover | 1 | 8 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 64 | Donnie Young | 2 | 6 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 80 | Fred Hauff | 1 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 41 | Karl Busic | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 44 | George Morris | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 76 | Don Vail | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 44 | Don Cookman | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 23 | Doug Stanley | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 10 | Jim Sypult | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 12 | Allen McCune | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 52 | Jim Karwoski | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 81 | Bill Sullivan | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 46 | John Piscorik | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 21 | Richie Martha | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 88 | Gordon Lambert | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 67 | John Kuzmiak | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 35 | Doug Hoover | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Scoring Summary
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RICE - Preston Johnson 11 yd TD pass from Walter McReynolds (Kick by Larry Rice Good) | 0-7 | |
| 2 | RICE - Gene Fleming 32 yd TD pass from Walter McReynolds (Kick by Larry Rice Good) | 0-14 | |
| 4 | RICE - Larry Rice 32 yd FG | 0-17 | |
| 4 | RICE - Paul Piper 35 yd rush TD (Kick by Larry Rice Good) | 0-24 |
Attendance: 25,000
Score By Quarter
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rice | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
Officials: Gullie Davis (Back Judge), R.E. Blount (Field Judge), N.F. Lord (Head Linesman), Everett Hebel (Referee), Bruno Schroeder (Umpire)
Temperature: 80 • Wind: NNW 15mph • Weather: Dry, humidity 65%
Rice
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| LE | Howard Ayers |
| LT | Harlon Dearing |
| LG | Bill Walker |
| C | Malcolm Walker |
| RG | Wayne Bertsch |
| RE | Dale Callihan |
| RT | Jim Vining |
| QB | Walter McReynolds |
| TB | Paul Piper |
| FB | Gene Walker |
| WB | Billy Hale |
West Virginia
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| TE | Milt Clegg |
| C | Gary Barnette |
| SE | Bob Dunlevy |
| QB | Ed Pastilong |
| TB | Doug Stanley |
| FB | Ron Colaw |
| WT | Gene Cicarelli |
| ST | Stan Lysick |
| WG | Roger Alford |
| SG | Steve Kush |
| WB | Homer Criddle |
Gene Fleming, Mike O'Grady, Ronnie Cervenka, Larry Rice, James Doyle, Bert Barron, David Ferguson, Preston Johnson, Chuck Latourette, Ronnie Waldo, West, Virgil Phelps, Ronnie Holliday, Ricky Blume, Chuck Miller, Russell Wayt, Joel Smith, Richard Bowe, Jim Swanson, Dan Hunt, Craig Christopher, Joe Ruland, Will Jay Hubbard, Leroy Ryza, Neal Branscum, Thomas Tyner
10-Jim Sypult, 12-Allen McCune, 14-Bob Uchic, 21-Richie Martha, 25-Roger Blackwell, 31-Dick Leftridge, 33-Wayne Vassalotti, 35-Doug Hoover, 41-Karl Busic, 44-Don Cookman, 44-George Morris, 45-Dick Madison, 46-John Piscorik, 52-Jim Karwoski, 53-Francis Nickler, 54-Gregory Dragovich, 55-Jim Mazzella, 61-Alan Hoover, 62-Charles Bursich, 64-Donnie Young, 67-John Kuzmiak, 69-Don Arthur, 71-Stanley Bem, 74-Mike George, 76-Don Vail, 77-Dale Stortz, 78-Joe Taffoni, 80-Fred Hauff, 81-Bill Sullivan, 82-Jim Hawkins, 87-Larry Canterbury, 88-Gordon Lambert, 89-Rich Juriga