Boston College vs West Virginia
November 2, 1974 at Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, MA
Boston College
West Virginia
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 62 | 334 | 14 | 320 | 5 | 17 | 5.2 |
| Earl Strong | 19 | 118 | 0 | 118 | 1 | 15 | 6.2 |
| Keith Barnette | 20 | 91 | 0 | 91 | 4 | 15 | 4.6 |
| Mike Kruczek | 7 | 47 | 14 | 33 | 0 | 17 | 4.7 |
| Glen Capriola | 6 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 13 | 5.2 |
| Mike Esposito | 6 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 5.0 |
| Tony Melchiorre | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 4.5 |
| Mike Godbolt | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 |
| Jerry Concannon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 34 | 118 | 18 | 100 | 0 | 16 | 2.9 |
| Ron Lee | 10 | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 16 | 5.0 |
| Artie Owens | 15 | 48 | 6 | 42 | 0 | 10 | 2.8 |
| Heywood Smith | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Ben Williams, Jr | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Steve Lewis | 7 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0.1 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 8 | 14 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Mike Kruczek | 8 | 12 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 19 | |
| Jerry Concannon | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 11 | 22 | 1 | 106 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Chuck Fiorante | 4 | 8 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 19 | |
| Steve Lewis | 7 | 12 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 20 | |
| Ben Williams, Jr | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 8 | 83 | 0 | 19 | 10.4 |
| Howie Richardson | 4 | 44 | 0 | 19 | 11.0 |
| Dave Zumbach | 2 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 10.0 |
| Mike Esposito | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| Bob Watts | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 11 | 106 | 0 | 20 | 9.6 |
| Randy Swinson | 3 | 44 | 0 | 20 | 14.7 |
| Danny Buggs | 3 | 34 | 0 | 19 | 11.3 |
| Marshall Mills | 4 | 26 | 0 | 15 | 6.5 |
| Artie Owens | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 4 | 174 | 43.5 | 47 |
| Jim Walton | 4 | 174 | 43.5 | 47 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 7 | 237 | 33.9 | 44 |
| Chuck Brooks | 7 | 237 | 33.9 | 44 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 32 | 1 | 13 | 13 |
| Mike Godbolt | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Kevin Cunniff | 1 | 9 | 9 | ||||||
| Howie Richardson | 1 | 32 | 32 | ||||||
| Ken Ladd | 1 | 13 | 13 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 4 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 108 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Mauney | 2 | 9 | 7 | ||||||
| Mark Burke | 1 | 9 | 9 | ||||||
| Danny Buggs | 1 | 11 | 11 | ||||||
| Leon Carter | 3 | 51 | 24 | ||||||
| Artie Owens | 2 | 57 | 33 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 320 | 83 | 41 | 0 | 13 | 457 |
| Earl Strong | 118 | 118 | ||||
| Keith Barnette | 91 | 91 | ||||
| Howie Richardson | 44 | 32 | 76 | |||
| Mike Esposito | 30 | 15 | 45 | |||
| Mike Kruczek | 33 | 33 | ||||
| Glen Capriola | 31 | 31 | ||||
| Dave Zumbach | 20 | 20 | ||||
| Ken Ladd | 13 | 13 | ||||
| Tony Melchiorre | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Kevin Cunniff | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Mike Godbolt | 8 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Bob Watts | 4 | 4 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 100 | 106 | 108 | 29 | 0 | 343 |
| Artie Owens | 42 | 2 | 57 | 101 | ||
| Leon Carter | 51 | 51 | ||||
| Ron Lee | 50 | 50 | ||||
| Danny Buggs | 34 | 11 | 45 | |||
| Randy Swinson | 44 | 44 | ||||
| Marshall Mills | 26 | 26 | ||||
| Marcus Mauney | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Mark Burke | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Heywood Smith | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Ben Williams, Jr | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Steve Lewis | 1 | 1 |
| Boston College | West Virginia | |
|---|---|---|
| First Downs | 25 | 12 |
| Rushing | 21 | 7 |
| Passing | 3 | 4 |
| Penalty | 1 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 320 | 100 |
| Rushing Attempts | 62 | 34 |
| Average Per Rush | 5.2 | 2.9 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 5 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 334 | 118 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 14 | 18 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 83 | 106 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 8-14-0 | 11-22-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 5.9 | 4.8 |
| Average Per Completion | 10.4 | 9.6 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 403 | 206 |
| Total Offense Plays | 76 | 56 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.3 | 3.7 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 8-70 | 7-69 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 4-174 | 7-237 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 43.5 | 33.9 |
| Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-0-0 | 4-29-0 |
| Average Per Return | 0.0 | 7.3 |
| Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-41-0 | 5-108-0 |
| Average Per Return | 20.5 | 21.6 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD | 1-13-0 | 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 | - | - |
Boston College
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 56 | 11 | 67 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Murphy | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Tom Lynch | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Joe Glandorf | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Dave Almeida | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Steve Turner | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Alex MacLellan | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Steve Scialabba | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Bob Moore | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Paul Murphy | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Brian Clemente | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Bill Smith | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Kelly Elias | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Brian Murdock | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
| Gene Brown | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Rich Ramirez | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Byron Hemingway | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
| John Halcovich | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Ken Ladd | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
West Virginia
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 81 | 20 | 101 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 55 | Steve Dunlap | 11 | 6 | 17 | |||||||||||
| 50 | Ken Culbertson | 10 | 3 | 13 | 1.0 | ||||||||||
| 84 | Bruce Huffman | 10 | 1 | 11 | |||||||||||
| 21 | Charlie Miller | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 91 | John Spraggins | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1.0 | ||||||||||
| 90 | Jeff Merrow | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 78 | Chuck Smith | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 17 | Rory Fields | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 71 | Rick Lukowski | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 25 | Mark Burke | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 77 | Rick Shaffer | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 95 | Andy Peters | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 70 | Clay Singletary | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Jack Eastwood | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 83 | John "Bubba" Coker | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 87 | John Adams | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 47 | Paul Jordan | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 35 | Marcus Mauney | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 13 | Johnny Schell | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 63 | Ray Marshall | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 00 | Randy Swinson | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 56 | Mark Eliopulos | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 75 | Steve Earley | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 18 | Tom Florence | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Scoring Summary
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BC - Keith Barnette 13 yd rush TD (Kick by Fred Steinfort Good) | 0-7 | |
| 1 | WVU - Emil Ros 36 yd FG | 3-7 | |
| 2 | BC - Keith Barnette 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Fred Steinfort Good) | 3-14 | |
| 2 | BC - Keith Barnette 4 yd rush TD (Kick by Fred Steinfort Good) | 3-21 | |
| 3 | BC - Earl Strong 13 yd rush TD (Kick by Fred Steinfort Good) | 3-28 | |
| 4 | BC - Keith Barnette 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Fred Steinfort Good) | 3-35 |
Attendance: 19,063
Score By Quarter
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Boston College | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
Officials: Francis Keough (Back Judge), L.J. Drew (Field Judge), John Millard (Head Linesman), Tom Elliott (Referee), Lawrence Ellis (Umpire)
Temperature: 58 • Wind: NE 12-16mph • Weather: Sunny and cool
Boston College
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| TE | Bob Watts |
| LT | Tom Marinelli |
| LG | Jack Magee |
| C | Dan Macek |
| RG | Steve Schindler |
| RT | Al Krevis |
| WR | Howie Richardson |
| WR | Dave Zumbach |
| QB | Mike Kruczek |
| RB | Mike Esposito |
| FB | Keith Barnette |
West Virginia
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| TE | Randy Swinson |
| LT | Tom Brandner |
| LG | Steve Earley |
| C | Roy Podbesek |
| RG | Dave Wilcher |
| RT | David Van Halanger |
| SE | Marshall Mills |
| FL | Bernie Kirchner |
| QB | Ben Williams, Jr |
| TB | Artie Owens |
| FB | Heywood Smith |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| RCB | Ken Ladd |
| LCB | John Murphy |
| RLB | Bill Smith |
| LLB | Alex MacLellan |
| MLB | Brian Clemente |
| S | John Petersen |
| S | Dave Almeida |
| RDT | Peter Cronan |
| LDE | Joe Glandorf |
| LDT | Steve Turner |
| RDE | Bob Moore |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| RCB | Mark Burke |
| LCB | Charlie Miller |
| SS | Jack Eastwood |
| FS | Marcus Mauney |
| RLB | Steve Dunlap |
| LLB | Ken Culbertson |
| NG | Jeff Merrow |
| RDT | Rick Lukowski |
| LDT | John Adams |
| RDE | Bruce Huffman |
| LDE | John Spraggins |
Steve Anzalone, Tony Melchiorre, Brian Murdock, Paul Murphy, Gary O'Hagan, Bill Paulsen, Joe Pedergast, Rich Ramirez, Steve Scialabba, Fred Steinfort, John Strollo, Earl Strong, John Maxwell, Paul Martin, Gene Brown, Glen Capriola, Jerry Concannon, Kevin Cunniff, Kelly Elias, Mike Godbolt, Byron Hemingway, Tom Lynch, Steve Manni, Jim Walton, John Halcovich, Terry Henninger
Steve Lewis, 8-Danny Buggs, 13-Johnny Schell, 15-Chuck Braswell, 16-Chuck Fiorante, 17-Rory Fields, 18-Tom Florence, 20-Leon Carter, 37-Rich Cecil, 40-Ron Lee, 42-Emil Ros, 45-Chuck Brooks, 47-Paul Jordan, 53-Greg Dorn, 56-Mark Eliopulos, 60-Brian Gates, 63-Ray Marshall, 66-Rick Pennypacker, 70-Clay Singletary, 76-Mike Zakowski, 77-Rick Shaffer, 78-Chuck Smith, 80-John Sheehan, 83-John "Bubba" Coker, 85-Chuck Kelly, 88-Gary Lombard, 95-Andy Peters