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VMI vs West Virginia
November 11, 1972 at Old Mountaineer Field, Morgantown, WV

VMI
West Virginia
RushingNo.GainLossNetTDLongAvg.
Totals50167601073262.1
Ronnie Norman19852831264.4
Mac Bowman12530530204.4
Ronnie Moore11401401414.0
Tony Farry1202022.0
Gene Williams324-202-0.7
Tom Schultze141154-4323-3.1
RushingNo.GainLossNetTDLongAvg.
Totals40255202354455.9
Danny Buggs36035714519.0
Marcus Mauney9483451215.0
Bernie Galiffa75511440266.3
Kerry Marbury8452431225.4
Artie Owens421021185.3
Brian Chiles517017073.4
Ron Lee3514031.3
Mike Nelson1404044.0
PassingCompAttIntYdsTDLongSacked
Totals142842090360
Tom Schultze14284209036 
PassingCompAttIntYdsTDLongSacked
Totals102311942680
Bernie Galiffa10231194268 
ReceivingNo.YdsTDLongAvg.
Totals1420903614.9
Ronnie Moore511303622.6
Bruce Torbett24803124.0
Tony Farry34002213.3
Allen Morgan18088.0
Gene Williams12022.0
Ronnie Norman2-201-1.0
ReceivingNo.YdsTDLongAvg.
Totals1019426819.4
Kerry Marbury26516832.5
Nate Stephens36302421.0
Danny Buggs35013216.7
Bernie Kirchner19099.0
Ron Lee17077.0
PuntingNo.YdsAvgLong
Totals518336.648
Ron Bongiovanni518336.648
PuntingNo.YdsAvgLong
Totals312341.045
Bob Sims312341.045
ReturnsPRYdsLongKRYdsLongIntYdsLong
Totals0006912311212
Ronnie Moore   34316   
Gene Williams   34823   
Jimmy Lofton      11212
ReturnsPRYdsLongKRYdsLongIntYdsLong
Totals2576051074345332
Danny Buggs25760      
Marcus Mauney   25443   
Artie Owens   11717   
Mike Nelson   11313   
Kerry Marbury   12323   
Doug Charley      100
Tom Geishauser      13232
David Morris      11818
Billy Joe Mantooth      133
All-PurposeRushRecKRPRIRTotal
Totals15020991012462
Ronnie Moore1411343  170
Ronnie Norman83-2   81
Mac Bowman53    53
Gene Williams-2248  48
Bruce Torbett 48   48
Tony Farry240   42
Jimmy Lofton    1212
Allen Morgan 8   8
All-PurposeRushRecKRPRIRTotal
Totals2351941075753646
Danny Buggs5750 57 164
Kerry Marbury436523  131
Marcus Mauney45 54  99
Nate Stephens 63   63
Bernie Galiffa44    44
Artie Owens21 17  38
Tom Geishauser    3232
David Morris    1818
Brian Chiles17    17
Mike Nelson4 13  17
Ron Lee47   11
Bernie Kirchner 9   9
Billy Joe Mantooth    33
 West VirginiaVMI
First Downs1918
 Rushing116
 Passing811
 Penalty01
NET YARDS RUSHING235107
 Rushing Attempts4050
 Average Per Rush5.92.1
 Rushing Touchdowns43
 Yards Gained Rushing255167
 Yards Lost Rushing2060
NET YARDS PASSING194209
 Completions-Attempts-Int10-23-114-28-4
 Average Per Attempt8.47.5
 Average Per Completion19.414.9
 Passing Touchdowns20
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS429316
 Total Offense Plays6378
 Average Gain Per Play6.84.1
Fumbles: Number-Lost5-53-3
Penalties: Number-Yards10-1101-5
PUNTS-YARDS3-1235-183
 Average Yards Per Punt41.036.6
Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD2-57-10-0-0
 Average Per Return28.50.0
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD5-107-06-91-0
 Average Per Return21.415.2
Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD4-53-01-12-0
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--
VMI
#NameSoloAstTotalSacksYdsTFLYdsFFFRYdsIntYdsBrUpBlks
 Totals000 0 000011200
 Jimmy Lofton          112  
West Virginia
#NameSoloAstTotalSacksYdsTFLYdsFFFRYdsIntYdsBrUpBlks
 Totals000 0 000045300
10Doug Charley          10  
23Tom Geishauser          132  
18David Morris          118  
50Billy Joe Mantooth          13  
Scoring Summary
QtrTimeScoring PlayScore
19:35WVU - Frank Nester 28 yd FG0-3
14:34VMI - Mike Cole 29 yd FG3-3
14:16WVU - Kerry Marbury 68 yd TD pass from Bernie Galiffa (Kick by Frank Nester Fail)3-9
11:47WVU - Danny Buggs 60 yd punt return TD (Kick by Frank Nester Good)3-16
210:49WVU - Danny Buggs 45 yd rush TD (Kick by Frank Nester Good)3-23
311:36VMI - Tom Schultze 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Mike Cole Good)10-23
37:34WVU - Kerry Marbury 2 yd rush TD (Kick by Frank Nester Good)10-30
30:52WVU - Danny Buggs 32 yd TD pass from Bernie Galiffa10-36
414:16VMI - Ronnie Norman 15 yd rush TD (Kick by Mike Cole Good)17-36
410:58WVU - Artie Owens 3 yd rush TD (Kick by Frank Nester Good)17-43
45:24VMI - Tom Schultze 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Mike Cole Good)24-43
41:44WVU - Marcus Mauney 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Frank Nester Good)24-50
Attendance: 21,000
Score By Quarter
Team1234Total
VMI3071424
West Virginia167131450
Officials: C.E. Webb (Back Judge), Paul Baetz (Field Judge), William Klein (Head Linesman), Ray Wren (Referee), James Reilly (Umpire)
VMI
PosOffense
TEAllen Morgan
LTJohn Hall
LGTom Napier
CMilt Salter
RGLarry Schaudies
RTAndy Dearman
FLTony Farry
SERonnie Moore
QBTom Schultze
TBMac Bowman
FBGene Williams
West Virginia
PosOffense
TENate Stephens
LTDan Larcamp
LGRick Stump
CGerald Schultze
RGDoug Stevens
RTBill Samuelson
SEMarshall Mills
FLDanny Buggs
QBBernie Galiffa
TBKerry Marbury
FBRon Lee
PosDefense
RCBJohn Landry
LCBJimmy Lofton
LLBMark Weiss
RLBGeorge Brooks
OLBBruce Crawford
OLBMarvin Watts
SRick Thomas
RDERaleigh James
LDEJay Newcomer
LDTBob Ball
RDTPhil Upton
PosDefense
LCBRick Weiskircher
RCBTom Geishauser
RLBBruce Huffman
LLBTom Zakowski
MLBBilly Joe Mantooth
SSDavid Morris
FSDoug Charley
RDTJeff Merrow
LDEBob Sims
RDEFrank Samsa
LDTDennis Reid
Ronnie Norman, Bruce Torbett, Ron Bongiovanni, Mike Cole, Oscar Richardson, Cliff Biram, Mark McIntyre, Tom Parker, Sam Moultrie, Harry McKnight, Terry White, Mike Tucker, Ray Brooks, Bruce Chambers, Ted Kirk, Mike Dugan, Donnie Cumberland, Bob Franks, Rick Townsend
15-Ade Dillon, 21-Charlie Miller, 22-John Everly, 24-Artie Owens, 25-John Billetz, 27-Dick Hart, 28-Harry Blake, 31-Eddie Russell, 33-Mike Nelson, 34-Frank Nester, 35-Marcus Mauney, 37-James Roark, 41-Steve Soroka, 42-Jeff Rice, 44-Brian Chiles, 51-John Withers, 52-Sam Nastase, 54-Fred McMillan, 61-Pat White, 62-Dan Resenic, 75-Ron Brown, 81-Tom Tamburino, 82-David Jagdmann, 85-Russ Sweickert, 86-Bernie Kirchner, 87-John Adams