WVUStats - Football - Nov 11, 1978

#20 Pitt vs West Virginia
November 11, 1978 at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA

Pitt

West Virginia

Rushing	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	47	297	10	287	6	50	6.2
Ray Jones	18	169	0	169	2	50	9.4
Larry Sims	11	54	0	54	2	12	4.9
Rick Trocano	6	27	6	21	1	18	3.5
Barry Compton	4	21	2	19	0	11	4.8
Russell Carter	4	14	0	14	1	8	3.5
Gordon Jones	1	9	0	9	0	9	9.0
Steve Harris	2	3	0	3	0	2	1.5
Willie Collier	1	0	2	-2	0	-2	-2.0

Rushing	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	Long	Avg.
Totals	40	100	65	35	13	0.9
Robert Alexander	11	39	8	31	8	2.8
Garnet Edwards	3	21	0	21	13	7.0
Mike Williams	5	9	0	9	7	1.8
Eldridge Dixon	1	6	0	6	6	6.0
Terry Bowden	3	2	1	1	1	0.3
Billy McLee	3	2	2	0	1	0.0
Dane Conwell	1	0	4	-4	-4	-4.0
Mark "Dutch" Hoffman	13	21	50	-29	5	-2.2

Passing	Comp	Att	Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sacked
Totals	17	21	2	218	1	32	0
Rick Trocano	13	17	0	146	0	23
Richard Delaney	4	4	2	72	1	32

Passing	Comp	Att	Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sacked
Totals	9	24	1	113	1	31	0
Mark "Dutch" Hoffman	8	20	1	101	1	31
Mike Williams	1	4	0	12	0	12

Receiving	No.	Yds	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	17	218	1	32	12.8
Gordon Jones	4	67	1	32	16.8
Larry Sims	4	52	0	11	13.0
Steve Gaustad	4	42	0	13	10.5
Ray Jones	3	24	0	12	8.0
Benjie Pryor	1	23	0	23	23.0
K. Williams	1	10	0	10	10.0

Receiving	No.	Yds	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	9	113	1	31	12.6
Steve Lewis	2	36	1	31	18.0
Robert Alexander	2	26	0	15	13.0
Darrell Miller	2	26	0	14	13.0
Rich Duggan	1	13	0	13	13.0
Dane Conwell	1	6	0	6	6.0
Robin Meeley	1	6	0	6	6.0

Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Totals	3	139	46.3	50
Joseph Gasparovic	3	139	46.3	50

Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Totals	10	358	35.8	54
Curt Carion	10	358	35.8	54

Returns	PR	Yds	Long	KR	Yds	Long	Int	Yds	Long
Totals	4	33	0	1	13	13	1	5	5
Jo Jo Heath	3	32
Ray Jones	1	1		1	13	13
Dave DiCiccio							1	5	5

Returns	PR	Yds	Long	KR	Yds	Long	Int	Yds	Long
Totals	2	12	0	5	95	0	2	-2	0
Jerry Holmes	2	12					1	0	0
Robert Alexander				3	67
Terry Bowden				1	13
Billy McLee				1	15
John Garcia							1	-2	-2

All-Purpose	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
Totals	293	218	13	33	5	562
Ray Jones	169	24	13	1		207
Larry Sims	54	52				106
Gordon Jones	9	67				76
Steve Gaustad		42				42
Jo Jo Heath				32		32
Benjie Pryor		23				23
Rick Trocano	21					21
Barry Compton	19					19
Russell Carter	14					14
K. Williams		10				10
Dave DiCiccio					5	5
Richard Delaney	4					4
Steve Harris	3					3

All-Purpose	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
Totals	64	113	95	12	0	284
Robert Alexander	31	26	67			124
Steve Lewis		36				36
Darrell Miller		26				26
Garnet Edwards	21					21
Billy McLee	0		15			15
Terry Bowden	1		13			14
Rich Duggan		13				13
Jerry Holmes				12	0	12
Mike Williams	9					9
Robin Meeley		6				6
Eldridge Dixon	6					6
Dane Conwell	-4	6				2

	Pitt	West Virginia
First Downs	27	12
Rushing	14	4
Passing	12	6
Penalty	1	2
NET YARDS RUSHING	283	35
Rushing Attempts	50	40
Average Per Rush	5.7	0.9
Rushing Touchdowns	6	0
Yards Gained Rushing	297	100
Yards Lost Rushing	14	65
NET YARDS PASSING	218	113
Completions-Attempts-Int	17-26-2	9-24-1
Average Per Attempt	8.4	4.7
Average Per Completion	12.8	12.6
Passing Touchdowns	1	1
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS	501	148
Total Offense Plays	76	64
Average Gain Per Play	6.6	2.3
Fumbles: Number-Lost	4-3	0-0
Penalties: Number-Yards	8-106	5-66
PUNTS-YARDS	3-139	10-358
Average Yards Per Punt	46.3	35.8
Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD	4-33-0	2-12-0
Average Per Return	8.3	6.0
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD	2-34-0	5-95-0
Average Per Return	17.0	19.0
Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD	1-5-0	2-(-2)-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	Yds	TFL	Yds	FF	FR	Yds	Int	Yds	BrUp	Blks
Totals	39	37	76	0	10.0	86	0	0	0	1	5	2	0
Mike Balzer	5	2	7
Dave DiCiccio	3	3	6		1.0	6				1	5
Richard Delaney	5	0	5		1.0	9
Glenn Meyer	3	2	5
Steve Fedell	1	4	5
Lynn Thomas	2	2	4
Dave Bucklew	2	2	4
Rickey Jackson	2	2	4		2.0	17
Jo Jo Heath	2	2	4
Jeff Pelusi	2	2	4
Alvin Chesley	1	3	4
Yogi Jones	0	4	4		0.0							1
Hugh Green	3	0	3		2.0	14						1
Jimbo Covert	2	1	3		2.5	29
Carlton Williamson	1	2	3
Sal Sunseri	1	2	3
Wallace Thomas	2	0	2
Dave Trout	1	1	2
Dave Logan	1	0	1
Mark Reichard	0	1	1
Greg Meisner	0	1	1		1.5	11
Bill Neill	0	1	1

West Virginia

#	Name	Solo	Ast	Total	Yds	TFL	Yds	FF	FR	Yds	Int	Yds	BrUp	Blks
	Totals	38	40	78	0	1.0	5	0	2	0	2	-2	1	0
51	John Garcia	6	4	10							1	-2
17	John LaSavage	3	7	10
23	Jerry Holmes	8	1	9					1		1	0	1
65	Joe Jelich	2	6	8
80	Jeff Seals	2	3	5					1
91	Norm Patterson	4	0	4
95	Delbert Fowler	4	0	4		1.0	5
56	Doc Holliday	0	4	4
42	Garnet Edwards	3	0	3
90	Ken Braswell	2	1	3
73	Keith Jones	1	2	3
97	John Bendana	0	3	3
86	Dave Sarkus	0	3	3
15	Sedrick King	1	1	2
2	Jamie Keys	1	1	2
5	Curt Carion	1	0	1
26	Malcolm Hunter	0	1	1
21	Terry Bowden	0	1	1
55	Jeff Macerelli	0	1	1
52	Jack Palmer	0	1	1

Scoring Summary

Qtr	Time	Scoring Play	Score
1	9:51	Pitt - Rick Trocano 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Mark Schubert Good), 11-86 5:09	0-7
1	5:00	Pitt - Larry Sims 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Mark Schubert Good), 10-56 3:34	0-14
2	0:21	Pitt - Larry Sims 4 yd rush TD (Kick by Mark Schubert Good), 14-70 4:54	0-21
3	11:51	Pitt - Ray Jones 3 yd rush TD (Kick by Mark Schubert Good), 5-55 2:11	0-28
3	8:56	WVU - Steve Lewis 5 yd TD pass from Mark "Dutch" Hoffman (Kick by Steve Sinclair Good), 7-74 3:25	7-28
3	6:34	Pitt - Ray Jones 10 yd rush TD (Kick by Mark Schubert Good), 5-82 1:35	7-35
3	4:35	Pitt - Gordon Jones 32 yd TD pass from Richard Delaney (Kick by Dave Trout Good), 2-27 0:35	7-42
4	14:13	Pitt - Russell Carter 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Dave Trout Good), 2-24 0:47	7-49
4	7:35	Pitt - Dave Trout 51 yd FG, 7-17 1:45	7-52

Attendance: 53,074

Score By Quarter

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
West Virginia	0	0	7	0	7
Pitt	7	14	21	10	52

Officials: John O'Rourke (Back Judge), Vincent Price (Field Judge), Alvin Kelley (Head Linesman), Thomas Adams (Line Judge), William R. Parkinson (Referee), Foster Grose (Umpire)

Temperature: 58 • Wind: SW 7-8mph • Weather: Sunny

Pitt

Pos	Offense
TE	Steve Gaustad
LT	Ed Gallagher
LG	Dan Fidler
C	Walt Brown
RG	Matt Carroll
RT	Bob Gruber
SE	Gordon Jones
FL	Ralph Still
QB	Rick Trocano
HB	Ray Jones
HB	Larry Sims

West Virginia

Pos	Offense
TE	Rich Duggan
LT	Tom Creeden
LG	Al Thomas
C	Pat Conachan
RG	Jim Himic
RT	Randy Weppler
FL	Billy Evans
SE	Steve Lewis
QB	Mark "Dutch" Hoffman
RB	Dane Conwell
RB	Fulton Walker

Pos	Defense
CB	Jo Jo Heath
CB	Lynn Thomas
FS	Mike Balzer
LLB	Jeff Pelusi
SS	Jeff Delaney
RLB	Alvin Chesley
DT	Bill Neill
DT	Jimbo Covert
RDE	Dave DiCiccio
LDE	Hugh Green
MG	Dave Logan

Pos	Defense
CB	John LaSavage
CB	Malcolm Hunter
SLB	Calvin Turner
SS	Jamie Keys
FS	Jerry Holmes
DE	Delbert Fowler
DE	Doc Holliday
WLB	Ken Braswell
DT	John Bendana
DT	Al Pisula
MG	Dave Sarkus

Richard Delaney, Rocky DeStefano, Joseph Gasparovic, Emil Boures, Wallace Thomas, Yogi Jones, Dave Bucklew, Terry White, Cliff Moore, Russell Carter, Steve Harris, Dan Noble, Dan Spiranic, Barry Compton, Mark Schubert, Jim Morsillo, Kurt Brechbill, Willie Marsh, Jerry Boyarsky, Willie Collier, Steve Fedell, Rickey Jackson, Mark May, Greg Meisner, Glenn Meyer, Carlton Williamson, Dave Trout, Mark Reichard, Benjie Pryor, K. Williams, Sal Sunseri, Randy Bentley, Michael Chobany

1-Steve Sinclair, 5-Curt Carion, 6-Mike Williams, 11-Jody McKown, 15-Sedrick King, 21-Terry Bowden, 24-Eldridge Dixon, 31-Robert Alexander, 42-Garnet Edwards, 44-Reggie McLee, 50-Billy McLee, 51-John Garcia, 52-Jack Palmer, 55-Jeff Macerelli, 59-James "Rocky" Gianola, 60-Chuck Gambill, 65-Joe Jelich, 70-Mark Cuneo, 73-Keith Jones, 77-Gordon Gordon, 79-Jay Krohe, 80-Jeff Seals, 81-Darrell Miller, 82-Robin Meeley, 91-Norm Patterson

#20 Pitt vs West VirginiaNovember 11, 1978 at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA

#20 Pitt vs West Virginia
November 11, 1978 at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA