WVUStats - Football - Oct 26, 1968

Virginia Tech vs West Virginia
October 26, 1968 at Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, VA

Virginia Tech

West Virginia

Rushing	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	68	277	23	254	2	0	3.7
Terry Smoot	30	122	0	122	1		4.1
Ken Edwards	9	74	0	74	1		8.2
Al Kincaid	16	44	16	28	0		1.8
Larry Kushner	8	20	1	19	0		2.4
George Constantinides	2	4	0	4	0		2.0
Wayne Humphries	2	10	6	4	0		2.0
Dickie Longerbeam	1	3	0	3	0		3.0

Rushing	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	Long	Avg.
Totals	28	118	21	97	0	3.5
Eddie Silverio	8	65	0	65		8.1
Jim Braxton	11	25	1	24		2.2
Mike Sherwood	7	24	20	4		0.6
Gary Thall	2	4	0	4		2.0

Passing	Comp	Att	Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sacked
Totals	10	20	0	116	0	0	0
Al Kincaid	10	20	0	116	0

Passing	Comp	Att	Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sacked
Totals	20	43	2	243	2	23	0
Mike Sherwood	20	43	2	243	2	23

Receiving	No.	Yds	Long	Avg.
Totals	10	116	0	11.6
Danny Cupp	4	53		13.3
Terry Smoot	2	25		12.5
Rick Piland	2	16		8.0
George Constantinides	1	13		13.0
Ken Edwards	1	9		9.0

Receiving	No.	Yds	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	20	243	2	23	12.2
Oscar Patrick	7	98	0	21	14.0
Jim Braxton	4	53	1	23	13.3
Jim Smith	5	46	1	17	9.2
Wayne Porter	4	46	0	18	11.5

Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Totals	5	217	43.4	0
Jack Simcsak	5	217	43.4

Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Totals	5	178	35.6	0
Thad Kucherawy	5	178	35.6

Returns	PR	Yds	Long	KR	Yds	Long	Int	Yds	Long
Totals	0	0	0	1	16	16	2	74	74
Larry Kushner				1	16	16
Mike Widger							1	74	74
Tim Mikulski							1	0	0

Returns	PR	Yds	Long	KR	Yds	Long	Int	Yds	Long
Totals	2	0	0	3	52	0	0	0	0
Ron Pobolish	1	0	0
Terry Snively	1	0	0
Gary Thall				2	42
Garland Hudson				1	10

All-Purpose	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
Totals	254	116	16	0	74	460
Terry Smoot	122	25				147
Ken Edwards	74	9				83
Mike Widger					74	74
Danny Cupp		53				53
Larry Kushner	19		16			35
Al Kincaid	28					28
George Constantinides	4	13				17
Rick Piland		16				16
Wayne Humphries	4					4
Dickie Longerbeam	3					3

All-Purpose	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
Totals	97	243	52	0	0	392
Oscar Patrick		98				98
Jim Braxton	24	53				77
Eddie Silverio	65					65
Wayne Porter		46				46
Jim Smith		46				46
Gary Thall	4		42			46
Garland Hudson			10			10
Mike Sherwood	4					4

	Virginia Tech	West Virginia
First Downs	25	21
Rushing	19	5
Passing	5	15
Penalty	1	1
NET YARDS RUSHING	254	97
Rushing Attempts	68	28
Average Per Rush	3.7	3.5
Rushing Touchdowns	2	0
Yards Gained Rushing	277	118
Yards Lost Rushing	23	21
NET YARDS PASSING	116	243
Completions-Attempts-Int	10-20-0	20-43-2
Average Per Attempt	5.8	5.7
Average Per Completion	11.6	12.2
Passing Touchdowns	0	2
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS	370	340
Total Offense Plays	88	71
Average Gain Per Play	4.2	4.8
Fumbles: Number-Lost	1-0	2-2
Penalties: Number-Yards	3-41	4-32
PUNTS-YARDS	5-217	5-178
Average Yards Per Punt	43.4	35.6
Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD	0-0-	2-0-0
Average Per Return	0.0	0.0
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD	1-16-0	3-52-0
Average Per Return	16.0	17.3
Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD	2-74-1	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	-	-

Virginia Tech

Name	Solo	Ast	Total	Yds	Yds	FF	FR	Yds	Int	Yds	BrUp	Blks
Totals	9	91	100	0	0	0	2	0	2	74	13	0
Mike Widger	2	19	21						1	74	2
Jud Brownell	0	8	8								1
Ron Davidson	2	5	7
Lenny Smith	1	6	7								1
Frank Beamer	0	7	7								2
Jim Pigninelli	0	6	6								1
Ken Edwards	0	6	6
Nick DelViscio	0	6	6								1
Steve Bocko	0	6	6
Larry Creekmore	2	3	5
Paul Ripley	1	3	4				1				3
Waddey Harvey	1	3	4
Eddie Carter	0	4	4
Pete Dawyot	0	2	2
Joe Tucker	0	2	2				1				1
John Ivanac	0	2	2
Preston Blackburn	0	1	1
George Hall	0	1	1
Tim Mikulski	0	1	1						1	0	1

West Virginia

#	Name	Solo	Ast	Total	Yds	Yds	FF	FR	Yds	Int	Yds	BrUp	Blks
	Totals	19	112	131	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
51	Carl Crennel	3	23	26
50	Baker Brown	2	23	25
21	John Hale	1	14	15
70	George Henshaw	1	11	12
73	Charlie Fisher	1	10	11
81	Dale Farley	3	6	9
	Terry Snively	4	3	7								4
53	Tom Thayer	1	6	7
83	Bob Starford	0	7	7
23	John Finnerty	1	4	5
84	Art Holdt	1	3	4
	Thad Kucherawy	1	0	1
	Ron Pobolish	0	1	1
82	Scott Criss	0	1	1

Scoring Summary

Qtr	Scoring Play	Score
1	VT - Mike Widger 74 yd interception return TD (Kick by Jack Simcsak Good)	0-7
1	WVU - Jim Braxton 8 yd TD pass from Mike Sherwood	6-7
2	VT - Jack Simcsak 24 yd FG	6-10
2	VT - Jack Simcsak 29 yd FG	6-13
3	WVU - Jim Smith 3 yd TD pass from Mike Sherwood	12-13
4	VT - Ken Edwards 4 yd rush TD (Kick by Jack Simcsak Good)	12-20
4	VT - Terry Smoot 3 yd rush TD (Kick by Jack Simcsak Good)	12-27

Attendance: 33,000

Score By Quarter

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
West Virginia	6	0	6	0	12
Virginia Tech	7	6	0	14	27

Officials: Earl Barnett (Back Judge), Lem Harper (Field Judge), Ron Girlolamo (Head Linesman), W.C. Clary (Referee), Donald Fergusson (Umpire)

Temperature: 44 • Wind: WNW 20mph • Weather:

Virginia Tech

Pos	Offense
TE	Rick Piland
C	Dave Bailey
SE	Bobby Slaughter
QB	Al Kincaid
TB	Terry Smoot
FB	George Constantinides
WB	Dickie Longerbeam
WT	Preston Blackburn
WG	George Hall
SG	John Maxwell
ST	Jerry Green

West Virginia

Pos	Offense
TE	Bob Zambo
LT	Mickey Plumley
LG	Wayne Brooks
C	Dick Roberts
RG	Danny Smith
RT	Thomas Kucer
FL	Wayne Porter
SE	Oscar Patrick
QB	Mike Sherwood
TB	Bob Gresham
FB	Jim Braxton

Pos	Defense
RCB	Frank Beamer
LCB	Randy Treadwell
LLB	Mike Widger
RLB	Ken Edwards
S	Ron Davidson
LDE	Jud Brownell
RDE	Joe Tucker
DG	Larry Creekmore
RDT	Waddey Harvey
LDT	Pete Dawyot
DG	Paul Ripley

Pos	Defense
RCB	John Finnerty
LCB	Terry Snively
RLB	David Benn
SS	John Hale
LLB	Baker Brown
FS	Ron Pobolish
RDT	George Henshaw
LDE	Dale Farley
MG	Carl Crennel
RDE	Bob Starford
LDT	Charlie Fisher

Danny Cupp, Wayne Humphries, Tommy Swords, Tom Parks, Tim Mikulski, Nick DelViscio, Lenny Smith, Larry Kushner, Jim Pigninelli, Jack Simcsak, Steve Bocko, Len Luongo, Eddie Carter, Dee Crigger, John Ivanac, Chris Collins

Ken Juskowich, Gary Thall, Jim Smith, Eddie Silverio, Thad Kucherawy, Garland Hudson, 53-Tom Thayer, 55-Richard "Doc" Weiss, 62-Clarence Fiber, 75-Ron Cecil, 82-Scott Criss, 84-Art Holdt, 86-Allen "Emo" Schupbach

Virginia Tech vs West VirginiaOctober 26, 1968 at Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, VA

Virginia Tech vs West Virginia
October 26, 1968 at Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, VA