#2 Penn State vs West Virginia
October 28, 1978 at Old Mountaineer Field, Morgantown, WV
Penn State
West Virginia
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 54 | 273 | 13 | 260 | 5 | 52 | 4.8 |
| Booker Moore | 15 | 77 | 5 | 72 | 0 | 52 | 4.8 |
| Matt Suhey | 12 | 58 | 3 | 55 | 2 | 15 | 4.6 |
| Bob Torrey | 7 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 15 | 6.3 |
| Anthony Alguero | 4 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 17 | 8.0 |
| Joel Coles | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 |
| Mike Guman | 4 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 4.0 |
| Chuck Fusina | 5 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 2.2 |
| Leo McClelland | 4 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 1.8 |
| Tony Capozzolli | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Tom Donovan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 40 | 124 | 41 | 83 | 1 | 21 | 2.1 |
| Garnet Edwards | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 |
| Fulton Walker | 4 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 4.8 |
| Robert Alexander | 4 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 4.3 |
| Dane Conwell | 6 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 2.5 |
| Terry Bowden | 3 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Billy McLee | 2 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 4.0 |
| Darrell Miller | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Eldridge Dixon | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 |
| Billy Evans | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | -2 | -2.0 |
| Oliver Luck | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 | 0 | -3.0 |
| Mark "Dutch" Hoffman | 13 | 21 | 29 | -8 | 0 | 3 | -0.6 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 9 | 15 | 1 | 161 | 1 | 37 | 0 |
| Chuck Fusina | 9 | 13 | 1 | 161 | 1 | 37 | |
| Tony Capozzolli | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 19 | 37 | 3 | 205 | 2 | 38 | 0 |
| Mark "Dutch" Hoffman | 18 | 32 | 2 | 204 | 2 | 38 | |
| Oliver Luck | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 9 | 161 | 1 | 37 | 17.9 |
| Scott Fitzkee | 3 | 81 | 1 | 37 | 27.0 |
| Brad Scovill | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| Mike Guman | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| Bob Bassett | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 |
| Tom Donovan | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Bob Torrey | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Matt Suhey | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 19 | 205 | 2 | 38 | 10.8 |
| Steve Lewis | 6 | 91 | 1 | 21 | 15.2 |
| Rich Duggan | 6 | 86 | 1 | 38 | 14.3 |
| Darrell Miller | 2 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 9.0 |
| Eldridge Dixon | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 3.7 |
| Dane Conwell | 2 | -1 | 0 | 4 | -0.5 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 6 | 217 | 36.2 | 44 |
| Scott Fitzkee | 4 | 139 | 34.8 | 43 |
| Pete Harris | 2 | 78 | 39.0 | 44 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 9 | 337 | 37.4 | 52 |
| Curt Carion | 8 | 337 | 42.1 | 52 |
| TEAM | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 6 | 133 | 85 | 4 | 57 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 27 |
| Mike Guman | 4 | 105 | 85 | ||||||
| Tom Donovan | 1 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 15 | ||||
| Joe Lally | 1 | 12 | 12 | ||||||
| Joel Coles | 2 | 22 | |||||||
| Booker Moore | 1 | 20 | |||||||
| Pete Harris | 1 | 27 | 27 | ||||||
| Karl McCoy | 1 | 6 | 6 | ||||||
| Gene Gladys | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 93 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Fulton Walker | 3 | 4 | 3 | 43 | |||||
| Jerry Holmes | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Dane Conwell | 2 | 26 | |||||||
| Robert Alexander | 1 | 16 | |||||||
| Terry Bowden | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| John LaSavage | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 260 | 161 | 57 | 133 | 39 | 650 |
| Mike Guman | 16 | 16 | 105 | 137 | ||
| Booker Moore | 72 | 20 | 92 | |||
| Scott Fitzkee | 81 | 81 | ||||
| Matt Suhey | 55 | 6 | 61 | |||
| Bob Torrey | 44 | 10 | 54 | |||
| Tom Donovan | 0 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 41 | |
| Joel Coles | 18 | 22 | 40 | |||
| Anthony Alguero | 32 | 32 | ||||
| Pete Harris | 27 | 27 | ||||
| Brad Scovill | 24 | 24 | ||||
| Bob Bassett | 14 | 14 | ||||
| Joe Lally | 12 | 12 | ||||
| Chuck Fusina | 11 | 11 | ||||
| Leo McClelland | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Gene Gladys | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Karl McCoy | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Tony Capozzolli | 5 | 5 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 99 | 205 | 93 | 6 | 10 | 413 |
| Steve Lewis | 91 | 91 | ||||
| Rich Duggan | 86 | 86 | ||||
| Fulton Walker | 19 | 43 | 4 | 66 | ||
| Dane Conwell | 15 | -1 | 26 | 40 | ||
| Robert Alexander | 17 | 16 | 33 | |||
| Darrell Miller | 4 | 18 | 22 | |||
| Garnet Edwards | 21 | 21 | ||||
| Terry Bowden | 12 | 8 | 20 | |||
| Eldridge Dixon | 3 | 11 | 14 | |||
| John LaSavage | 10 | 10 | ||||
| Billy McLee | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Jerry Holmes | 2 | 2 |
| West Virginia | Penn State | |
|---|---|---|
| First Downs | 19 | 17 |
| Rushing | 7 | 10 |
| Passing | 10 | 7 |
| Penalty | 2 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 83 | 260 |
| Rushing Attempts | 40 | 54 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.1 | 4.8 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 5 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 124 | 273 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 41 | 13 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 205 | 161 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 19-37-3 | 9-15-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 5.5 | 10.7 |
| Average Per Completion | 10.8 | 17.9 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 288 | 421 |
| Total Offense Plays | 77 | 69 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 3.7 | 6.1 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 4-21 | 10-60 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 9-337 | 6-217 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 37.4 | 36.2 |
| Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 4-6-0 | 6-133-1 |
| Average Per Return | 1.5 | 22.2 |
| Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 7-93-0 | 4-57-0 |
| Average Per Return | 13.3 | 14.3 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD | 1-10-0 | 3-39-0 |
| 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 | - | - |
Penn State
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 64 | 3 | 67 | 3.0 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 3 | 0 | |
| Bruce Clark | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Lally | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Gene Gladys | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| Grover Edwards | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Rich Milot | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Karl McCoy | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Paul Suhey | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Lance Mehl | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Greg Jones | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
| Matt Millen | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
| Pete Kugler | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Tom Wise | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Mike Gilsenan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Larry Kubin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||
| Michael Urquhart | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Fred Ragucci | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Scott Hettinger | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Brad Scovill | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| John Walsh | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Joe Diminick | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Matt Bahr | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tony Petruccio | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Pete Harris | 1 | 27 |
West Virginia
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 69 | 21 | 90 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 90 | Ken Braswell | 13 | 2 | 15 | 1.0 | ||||||||||
| 17 | John LaSavage | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1.0 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||
| 95 | Delbert Fowler | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2.0 | ||||||||||
| 80 | Jeff Seals | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 71 | Al Pisula | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1.0 | ||||||||||
| 73 | Keith Jones | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 23 | Jerry Holmes | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 51 | John Garcia | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 55 | Jeff Macerelli | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 41 | Calvin Turner | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 56 | Doc Holliday | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Sedrick King | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Jamie Keys | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 97 | John Bendana | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | ||||||||||
| 63 | Bob Ochs | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 19 | Mark Pupilli | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 54 | Bob Crites | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 86 | Dave Sarkus | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 26 | Malcolm Hunter | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 60 | Chuck Gambill | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 11 | Jody McKown | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Scoring Summary
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12:31 | WVU - Rich Duggan 11 yd TD pass from Mark "Dutch" Hoffman (Kick by Steve Sinclair Good) | 0-7 |
| 1 | 11:19 | WVU - Dane Conwell 12 yd rush TD (Kick by Steve Sinclair Good) | 0-14 |
| 1 | 2:37 | PSU - Matt Suhey 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Matt Bahr Good) | 7-14 |
| 1 | 0:20 | PSU - Mike Guman 85 yd punt return TD (Kick by Matt Bahr Good) | 14-14 |
| 2 | 6:34 | PSU - Chuck Fusina 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Matt Bahr Good) | 21-14 |
| 3 | 9:34 | PSU - Matt Suhey 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Matt Bahr Good) | 28-14 |
| 3 | 4:53 | PSU - Scott Fitzkee 37 yd TD pass from Chuck Fusina (Kick by Matt Bahr Good) | 35-14 |
| 3 | 0:22 | PSU - Bob Torrey 3 yd rush TD (Kick by Matt Bahr Good) | 42-14 |
| 4 | 5:51 | WVU - Steve Lewis 12 yd TD pass from Mark "Dutch" Hoffman (Kick by Steve Sinclair Good) | 42-21 |
| 4 | 3:12 | PSU - Anthony Alguero 17 yd rush TD (Kick by Herb Menhardt Good) | 49-21 |
Attendance: 34,010
Score By Quarter
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn State | 14 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 49 |
| West Virginia | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
Officials: Joseph DiRenzo, Jr (Back Judge), Edward Stakem (Field Judge), Rich Farina (Head Linesman), Joseph Carroll (Line Judge), Raymond Bower (Referee), Donald G. McDonnell (Umpire)
Penn State
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| TE | Irv Pankey |
| LT | Keith Dorney |
| LG | Eric Cunningham |
| C | Chuck Correal |
| RG | Jim Romano |
| RT | Jim Brown |
| FL | Bob Bassett |
| SE | Scott Fitzkee |
| QB | Chuck Fusina |
| TB | Booker Moore |
| FB | Matt Suhey |
West Virginia
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| TE | Rich Duggan |
| LT | Tom Creeden |
| LG | Al Thomas |
| C | Pat Conachan |
| RG | Jim Himic |
| RT | Randy Weppler |
| SE | Darrell Miller |
| FL | Steve Lewis |
| QB | Mark "Dutch" Hoffman |
| RB | Fulton Walker |
| RB | Robert Alexander |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| CB | Mike Gilsenan |
| CB | Joe Diminick |
| SS | Rick Donaldson |
| LB | Paul Suhey |
| S | Pete Harris |
| LB | Lance Mehl |
| MG | Tony Petruccio |
| LDE | Fred Ragucci |
| LDT | Bruce Clark |
| RDE | Joe Lally |
| RDT | Matt Millen |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| RCB | John LaSavage |
| LCB | Malcolm Hunter |
| SS | Sedrick King |
| FS | Jerry Holmes |
| WLB | Ken Braswell |
| SLB | Jeff Macerelli |
| LDT | John Bendana |
| MG | Joe Jelich |
| LDE | Delbert Fowler |
| RDT | Al Pisula |
| LDE | Doc Holliday |
Tom Donovan, Leo McClelland, Bob Torrey, Brad Scovill, Herb Menhardt, Joel Coles, Anthony Alguero, Larry Kubin, Gene Gladys, Grover Edwards, Tony Capozzolli, Matt Bahr, Mike Guman, Karl McCoy, Rich Milot, Scott Hettinger, Pete Kugler, Greg Jones, Steve Griffiths, John Walsh, Tom Wise, Michael Urquhart
1-Steve Sinclair, 2-Jamie Keys, 3-Billy Evans, 5-Curt Carion, 11-Jody McKown, 12-Oliver Luck, 19-Mark Pupilli, 21-Terry Bowden, 24-Eldridge Dixon, 32-Dane Conwell, 41-Calvin Turner, 42-Garnet Edwards, 50-Billy McLee, 51-John Garcia, 54-Bob Crites, 60-Chuck Gambill, 63-Bob Ochs, 73-Keith Jones, 80-Jeff Seals, 86-Dave Sarkus