Temple vs West Virginia
October 21, 1978 at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, PA
Temple
West Virginia
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 37 | 164 | 6 | 158 | 2 | 22 | 4.3 |
| Zachary Dixon | 22 | 96 | 1 | 95 | 2 | 11 | 4.3 |
| Anthony Anderson | 6 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 15 | 5.2 |
| Brian Broomell | 7 | 34 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 22 | 4.1 |
| Mark Bright | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Fitzgerald Benson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 54 | 192 | 26 | 166 | 3 | 13 | 3.1 |
| Dane Conwell | 13 | 50 | 3 | 47 | 1 | 8 | 3.6 |
| Fulton Walker | 8 | 47 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 13 | 5.9 |
| Mark "Dutch" Hoffman | 14 | 49 | 19 | 30 | 1 | 10 | 2.1 |
| Eldridge Dixon | 9 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 2.7 |
| Robert Alexander | 10 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1.8 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 11 | 27 | 0 | 162 | 1 | 29 | 0 |
| Brian Broomell | 11 | 27 | 0 | 162 | 1 | 29 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 12 | 22 | 1 | 192 | 1 | 28 | 0 |
| Mark "Dutch" Hoffman | 12 | 22 | 1 | 192 | 1 | 28 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 11 | 162 | 1 | 29 | 14.7 |
| Wiley Pitts | 5 | 56 | 1 | 21 | 11.2 |
| Steve Watson | 3 | 48 | 0 | 19 | 16.0 |
| Anthony Anderson | 2 | 29 | 0 | 23 | 14.5 |
| Curt Parvin | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 12 | 192 | 1 | 28 | 16.0 |
| Steve Lewis | 4 | 89 | 1 | 28 | 22.3 |
| Rich Duggan | 3 | 59 | 0 | 28 | 19.7 |
| Darrell Miller | 2 | 28 | 0 | 26 | 14.0 |
| Dane Conwell | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| Robert Alexander | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Eldridge Dixon | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 5 | 231 | 46.2 | 52 |
| Casey Murphy | 5 | 231 | 46.2 | 52 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 4 | 163 | 40.8 | 44 |
| Curt Carion | 4 | 163 | 40.8 | 44 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerald Lucear | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22 | |||||
| Mark Weaver | 1 | 7 | 1 | 15 | |||||
| Drew Wesnak | 1 | 11 | |||||||
| Mark McCants | 1 | 0 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 3 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 83 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Fulton Walker | 3 | 27 | 3 | 61 | |||||
| Robert Alexander | 2 | 22 | |||||||
| Al Pisula | 1 | -1 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 158 | 162 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 377 |
| Zachary Dixon | 95 | 95 | ||||
| Anthony Anderson | 31 | 29 | 60 | |||
| Wiley Pitts | 56 | 56 | ||||
| Steve Watson | 48 | 48 | ||||
| Brian Broomell | 29 | 29 | ||||
| Curt Parvin | 29 | 29 | ||||
| Gerald Lucear | 22 | 2 | 24 | |||
| Mark Weaver | 15 | 7 | 22 | |||
| Drew Wesnak | 11 | 11 | ||||
| Mark Bright | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Fitzgerald Benson | 1 | 1 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 166 | 192 | 83 | 27 | 0 | 468 |
| Fulton Walker | 47 | 61 | 27 | 135 | ||
| Steve Lewis | 89 | 89 | ||||
| Rich Duggan | 59 | 59 | ||||
| Dane Conwell | 47 | 9 | 56 | |||
| Robert Alexander | 18 | 5 | 22 | 45 | ||
| Mark "Dutch" Hoffman | 30 | 30 | ||||
| Darrell Miller | 28 | 28 | ||||
| Eldridge Dixon | 24 | 2 | 26 |
| Temple | West Virginia | |
|---|---|---|
| First Downs | 19 | 23 |
| Rushing | 9 | 12 |
| Passing | 7 | 9 |
| Penalty | 3 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 158 | 166 |
| Rushing Attempts | 37 | 54 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.3 | 3.1 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 3 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 164 | 192 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 6 | 26 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 162 | 192 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 11-27-1 | 12-22-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.0 | 8.7 |
| Average Per Completion | 14.7 | 16.0 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 320 | 358 |
| Total Offense Plays | 64 | 76 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.0 | 4.7 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-0 | 4-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 6-64 | 3-38 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 5-231 | 4-163 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 46.2 | 40.8 |
| Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-9-0 | 3-27-0 |
| Average Per Return | 4.5 | 9.0 |
| Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-48-0 | 5-83-0 |
| Average Per Return | 16.0 | 16.6 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD | 1-0-0 | 1-(-1)-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 | - | - |
Temple
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 23 | 70 | 93 | 2.0 | 13 | 2.0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Curcio | 5 | 11 | 16 | ||||||||||||
| Mike King | 0 | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Mark McCants | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Rosati | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1.0 | 11 | 1.0 | 11 | ||||||||
| Kenneth Streich | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Colin McCarty | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Seth Demberg | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | ||||||||
| Robert Keels | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Brett Egan | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Bob Verrelle | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Rich McCoy | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Brian Wensel | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Donald Carden | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Sam Shaffer | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Michael Fuoco | 0 | 1 | 1 |
West Virginia
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 16 | 44 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 55 | Jeff Macerelli | 2 | 10 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 51 | John Garcia | 2 | 6 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 65 | Joe Jelich | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 56 | Doc Holliday | 1 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 95 | Delbert Fowler | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 17 | John LaSavage | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 23 | Jerry Holmes | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 97 | John Bendana | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Jamie Keys | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 41 | Calvin Turner | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 80 | Jeff Seals | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 71 | Al Pisula | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | |||||||||
| 86 | Dave Sarkus | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Scoring Summary
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10:54 | WVU - Mark "Dutch" Hoffman 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Steve Sinclair Good) | 7-0 |
| 1 | 8:16 | TEM - Ronald Fioravanti 44 yd FG | 7-3 |
| 2 | 8:01 | WVU - Steve Lewis 25 yd TD pass from Mark "Dutch" Hoffman ( by Steve Sinclair ) | 14-3 |
| 2 | 0:07 | TEM - Ronald Fioravanti 23 yd FG | 14-6 |
| 3 | 5:41 | WVU - Dane Conwell 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Steve Sinclair Good) | 21-6 |
| 3 | 3:29 | TEM - Zachary Dixon 11 yd rush TD (Pass by Anthony Anderson Good) | 21-14 |
| 4 | 12:20 | TEM - Zachary Dixon 5 yd rush TD (Kick by Ronald Fioravanti Good) | 21-21 |
| 4 | 5:32 | TEM - Wiley Pitts 21 yd TD pass from Brian Broomell (Kick by Ronald Fioravanti Good) | 21-28 |
| 4 | 1:02 | WVU - Eldridge Dixon 1 yd rush TD (Rush by Dane Conwell Fail) | 27-28 |
Attendance: 11,445
Score By Quarter
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| Temple | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 28 |
Temperature: 64 • Wind: SW 8mph • Weather: Sunny, 56% humidity
Temple
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| LT | Jim Masker |
| LG | Bob Brewer |
| C | Barry Collins |
| RG | Joe Nedley |
| RE | Curt Parvin |
| RT | Phil Prohaska |
| SE | Steve Watson |
| FL | Wiley Pitts |
| QB | Brian Broomell |
| RB | Anthony Anderson |
| RB | Zachary Dixon |
West Virginia
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| TE | Rich Duggan |
| LT | Tom Creeden |
| LG | Al Thomas |
| C | Pat Conachan |
| RG | Jim Himic |
| RT | Randy Weppler |
| FL | Darrell Miller |
| SE | Steve Lewis |
| QB | Mark "Dutch" Hoffman |
| RB | Robert Alexander |
| RB | Dane Conwell |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| RCB | Rich McCoy |
| LCB | Joe Rosati |
| LLB | Sam Sakocius |
| FS | Mark McCants |
| RLB | Mike Curcio |
| SS | Robert Keels |
| LDE | Brett Egan |
| RDT | Bob Verrelle |
| RDE | Kenneth Streich |
| MG | Seth Demberg |
| LDT | Colin McCarty |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| CB | John LaSavage |
| CB | Malcolm Hunter |
| LB | John Garcia |
| LB | Jeff Macerelli |
| SS | Jamie Keys |
| FS | Jerry Holmes |
| RDT | Al Pisula |
| LDE | Doc Holliday |
| RDE | Delbert Fowler |
| LDT | John Bendana |
| MG | Joe Jelich |
Mark Bright, Mike King, Donald Carden, Sam Shaffer, Gerald Lucear, Drew Wesnak, Brian Wensel, Michael Fuoco, Ronald Fioravanti, Fitzgerald Benson, Casey Murphy, Mark Weaver
1-Steve Sinclair, 5-Curt Carion, 24-Eldridge Dixon, 40-Fulton Walker, 41-Calvin Turner, 80-Jeff Seals, 86-Dave Sarkus