WVUStats - Football - Nov 5, 1977

#12 Pitt vs West Virginia
November 5, 1977 at Old Mountaineer Field, Morgantown, WV

Pitt

West Virginia

Rushing	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	46	239	5	234	4	17	5.1
Elliott Walker	11	69	1	68	0	17	6.2
Fred Jacobs	11	57	1	56	1	14	5.1
Matt Cavanaugh	9	37	2	35	1	12	3.9
Steve Harris	4	26	0	26	0	8	6.5
Rick Trocano	5	21	1	20	0	8	4.0
Larry Sims	3	16	0	16	1	8	5.3
Ray Jones	1	7	0	7	1	7	7.0
Jo Jo Heath	2	6	0	6	0	6	3.0

Rushing	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	Long	Avg.
Totals	42	140	43	97	18	2.3
Robert Alexander	10	37	1	36	12	3.6
Danny Williams	11	41	21	20	13	1.8
Walter Easley	7	20	0	20	5	2.9
Rich Duggan	1	18	0	18	18	18.0
Dave Riley	8	14	0	14	4	1.8
Paul Lumley	1	4	0	4	4	4.0
Dan Kendra	4	6	21	-15	6	-3.8

Passing	Comp	Att	Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sacked
Totals	16	31	1	217	2	27	0
Matt Cavanaugh	16	29	1	217	2	27
Rick Trocano	0	2	0	0	0	0

Passing	Comp	Att	Int	Yds	Long	Sacked
Totals	7	19	3	77	36	0
Dan Kendra	4	8	2	49	36
Danny Williams	3	11	1	28	22

Receiving	No.	Yds	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	16	217	2	27	13.6
Steve Gaustad	7	88	1	17	12.6
Elliott Walker	4	58	0	27	14.5
Gordon Jones	3	52	1	23	17.3
Willie Taylor	2	19	0	14	9.5

Receiving	No.	Yds	Long	Avg.
Totals	7	77	36	11.0
Cedric Thomas	1	36	36	36.0
Robert Alexander	3	34	22	11.3
Dave Riley	2	4	3	2.0
Randy Swinson	1	3	3	3.0

Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Totals	6	293	48.8	62
Joseph Gasparovic	6	293	48.8	62

Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Totals	9	308	34.2	46
Ken Hatton	9	308	34.2	46

Returns	PR	Yds	Long	KR	Yds	Long	Int	Yds	Long
Totals	6	14	21	2	46	28	3	67	36
Gordon Jones	5	21	21	1	28	28
J.C. Wilson	1	-7	-7
Mike Balzer				1	18	18
Bob Jury							2	67	36
Jeff Pelusi							1	0	0

Returns	PR	Yds	Long	KR	Yds	Long	Int	Yds	Long
Totals	2	19	16	4	44	15	1	10	10
Fulton Walker	1	3	3
Tom Pridemore	1	16	16				1	10	10
Robert Alexander				3	32	15
Jim Tackett				1	12	12

All-Purpose	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
Totals	234	217	46	21	67	585
Elliott Walker	68	58				126
Gordon Jones		52	28	21		101
Steve Gaustad		88				88
Bob Jury					67	67
Fred Jacobs	56					56
Matt Cavanaugh	35					35
Steve Harris	26					26
Rick Trocano	20					20
Willie Taylor		19				19
Mike Balzer			18			18
Larry Sims	16					16
Ray Jones	7					7
Jo Jo Heath	6					6

All-Purpose	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
Totals	112	77	44	19	10	262
Robert Alexander	36	34	32			102
Cedric Thomas		36				36
Tom Pridemore				16	10	26
Walter Easley	20					20
Danny Williams	20					20
Rich Duggan	18					18
Dave Riley	14	4				18
Jim Tackett			12			12
Paul Lumley	4					4
Fulton Walker				3		3
Randy Swinson		3				3

	West Virginia	Pitt
First Downs	12	22
Rushing	5	13
Passing	2	8
Penalty	5	1
NET YARDS RUSHING	97	234
Rushing Attempts	42	46
Average Per Rush	2.3	5.1
Rushing Touchdowns	0	4
Yards Gained Rushing	140	239
Yards Lost Rushing	43	5
NET YARDS PASSING	77	217
Completions-Attempts-Int	7-19-3	16-31-1
Average Per Attempt	4.1	7.0
Average Per Completion	11.0	13.6
Passing Touchdowns	0	2
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS	174	451
Total Offense Plays	61	77
Average Gain Per Play	2.9	5.9
Fumbles: Number-Lost	3-2	4-2
Penalties: Number-Yards	6-52	15-156
PUNTS-YARDS	9-308	6-293
Average Yards Per Punt	34.2	48.8
Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD	2-19-0	6-14-0
Average Per Return	9.5	2.3
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD	4-44-0	2-46-0
Average Per Return	11.0	23.0
Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD	1-10-0	3-67-0
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	-	-

Pitt

Name	Solo	Ast	Total	Sacks	Yds	TFL	Yds	FF	FR	Yds	Int	Yds	BrUp	Blks
Totals	54	17	71	3.0	17	4.0	31	0	0	0	3	67	2	0
Randy Holloway	8	2	10	1.0	8	1.0	8
Jerry Boyarsky	8	1	9										1
Jeff Pelusi	4	4	8	1.0	9	1.0	9				1	0
Alvin Chesley	4	2	6										1
Dave DiCiccio	3	2	5
Desmond Robinson	4	0	4
Carlton Williamson	4	0	4
Rickey Jackson	3	0	3
Gary Silvestri	3	0	3
Mike Balzer	3	0	3
Hugh Green	2	1	3	1.0		2.0	14
Bob Jury	1	2	3								2	67
Bill Neill	2	0	2
Jeff Delaney	0	2	2
Glenn Meyer	1	0	1
Mark Reichard	1	0	1
Greg Meisner	1	0	1
Mike Lenosky	1	0	1
J.C. Wilson	1	0	1
Leroy Felder	0	1	1

West Virginia

#	Name	Solo	Ast	Total	Yds	TFL	Yds	FF	FR	Yds	Int	Yds	BrUp	Blks
	Totals	66	31	97	0	6.0	10	0	0	0	1	10	1	0
55	Jeff Macerelli	9	7	16		1.0	1
22	Tom Pridemore	9	0	9							1	10	1
15	Kevin Berkey	5	4	9		1.0	5
65	Joe Jelich	7	1	8		3.0	3
1	Harold Woods	4	4	8
	Fulton Walker	6	1	7
56	Doc Holliday	4	2	6
45	Lester Johnson	3	2	5
58	Bob Tomko	3	1	4
82	Robin Meeley	1	3	4
43	Billy McLee	3	0	3
87	Pete McConnell	3	0	3		1.0	1
95	Delbert Fowler	2	1	3
11	Jody McKown	2	0	2
96	Tim Mackin	1	1	2
16	Danny Williams	1	0	1
50	James "Rocky" Gianola	1	0	1
32	Dave Riley	1	0	1
	Jim Tackett	1	0	1
25	Larry Holbert	0	1	1
71	Al Pisula	0	1	1
18	Rich Duggan	0	1	1
	Robert Alexander	0	1	1

Scoring Summary

Qtr	Time	Scoring Play	Score
1	12:27	WVU - Bill McKenzie 45 yd FG	0-3
1	8:47	Pitt - Fred Jacobs 4 yd rush TD (Kick by Mark Schubert Good)	7-3
2	7:17	Pitt - Matt Cavanaugh 4 yd rush TD (Kick by Mark Schubert Good)	14-3
2	1:56	Pitt - Mark Schubert 36 yd FG	17-3
3	4:32	Pitt - Elliott Walker 2 yd rush TD (Kick by Mark Schubert Good)	24-3
3	4:19	Pitt - Gordon Jones 15 yd TD pass from Matt Cavanaugh (Kick by Dave Trout Good)	3-31
4	13:33	Pitt - Steve Gaustad 12 yd TD pass from Matt Cavanaugh (Kick by Mark Schubert Good)	38-3
4	7:44	Pitt - Ray Jones 7 yd rush TD (Kick by Dave Trout Fail)	44-3

Attendance: 37,031

Score By Quarter

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Pitt	7	10	14	13	44
West Virginia	3	0	0	0	3

Officials: J.P. Eagan (Back Judge), John O'Rourke (Field Judge), James McGuckin (Head Linesman), Joseph Carroll (Linesman), William R. Parkinson (Referee), Foster Grose (Umpire)

Pitt

Pos	Offense
TE	Steve Gaustad
LT	Art Bortnick
LG	Jim Buoy
C	Tom Brzoza
RG	George Link
RT	Matt Carroll
SE	Gordon Jones
FL	Willie Taylor
QB	Matt Cavanaugh
HB	Fred Jacobs
FB	Elliott Walker

West Virginia

Pos	Offense
TE	Randy Swinson
LT	Wayne Gatewood
LG	Jim Himic
C	Clay Singletary
RG	Randy Weppler
RT	Tom Creeden
FL	Rich Duggan
SE	Cedric Thomas
QB	Dan Kendra
TB	Dave Riley
FB	Walter Easley

Pos	Defense
LCB	J.C. Wilson
RCB	Leroy Felder
RLB	Alvin Chesley
FS	Bob Jury
SS	Jeff Delaney
LLB	Jeff Pelusi
RDE	Hugh Green
LDT	Gary Silvestri
RDT	Randy Holloway
MG	Dave Logan
LDE	Dave DiCiccio

Pos	Defense
CB	Harold Woods
CB	John LaSavage
FS	Tom Pridemore
DE	Doc Holliday
DE	Fran Gleason
LB	Bob Tomko
SS	Kevin Berkey
LB	Jeff Macerelli
DT	Robin Meeley
DT	Lester Johnson
MG	Joe Jelich

Jo Jo Heath, Mark Reichard, Rick Trocano, Carlton Williamson, Ed Gallagher, Glenn Meyer, Jim Morsillo, Mark Schubert, Ralph Still, Lynn Thomas, Joseph Gasparovic, Mike Lenosky, D. Scott Hartman, John Takacs, Ray Jones, Steve Harris, Benjie Pryor, Bill Neill, Greg Meisner, Mike Balzer, Randy Reutershan, Bob Gruber, Dave Trout, Walt Brown, Willie Marsh, Larry Sims, Mark May, Jerry Boyarsky, Willie Collier, Steve Fedell, Rickey Jackson, Jeff Matthews, John Richardson, Greg McCray, Walter Sylvester, Scott McKeel, Randy Bentley, Dan Noble, Russ Grimm, Desmond Robinson, Tom Yewcic, Stephen Clemons, Gary Tyra

Robert Alexander, Jim Tackett, Fulton Walker, 7-Mark "Dutch" Hoffman, 11-Jody McKown, 16-Danny Williams, 23-Reggie Hughey, 24-Reggie McLee, 25-Larry Holbert, 30-Bill McKenzie, 35-Paul Lumley, 37-Terry Bowden, 43-Billy McLee, 47-Ken Hatton, 50-James "Rocky" Gianola, 52-Jack Palmer, 60-Chuck Gambill, 61-Terry Alessi, 63-Bob Ochs, 64-Al Thomas, 71-Al Pisula, 72-Jeff Cortileso, 79-Jay Krohe, 83-Ben McDay, 87-Pete McConnell, 88-Manuel Rodriguez, 89-Matt Grimone, 95-Delbert Fowler, 96-Tim Mackin, 97-John Bendana

#12 Pitt vs West VirginiaNovember 5, 1977 at Old Mountaineer Field, Morgantown, WV

#12 Pitt vs West Virginia
November 5, 1977 at Old Mountaineer Field, Morgantown, WV