WVUStats - Football - Oct 13, 1979

Boston College vs West Virginia
October 13, 1979 1:30pm at Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, MA

Boston College

West Virginia

Rushing	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	51	256	37	219	2	69	4.3
Jay Palazola	17	157	23	134	1	69	7.9
Shelby Gamble	21	63	12	51	1	17	2.4
Dan Conway	11	32	2	30	0	6	2.7
Kevin Benjamin	1	3	0	3	0	3	3.0
Leo Smith	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.0

Rushing	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	59	296	21	275	1	27	4.7
Robert Alexander	20	103	3	100	0	19	5.0
Oliver Luck	21	112	18	94	0	27	4.5
Eldridge Dixon	14	61	0	61	1	13	4.4
Ray Armstrong	2	11	0	11	0	10	5.5
Cedric Thomas	1	6	0	6	0	6	6.0
Curlin Beck	1	3	0	3	0	3	3.0

Passing	Comp	Att	Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sacked
Totals	7	19	0	113	0	43	2
Jay Palazola	7	19	0	113	0	43	2

Passing	Comp	Att	Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sacked
Totals	8	14	2	97	2	24	1
Oliver Luck	8	14	2	97	2	24	1

Receiving	No.	Yds	Long	Avg.
Totals	7	113	43	16.1
Robert Rikard	2	56	43	28.0
Tom Carr	1	24	24	24.0
Jon Schoen	2	19	13	9.5
Tim Sherwin	1	12	12	12.0
Scott Nizolek	1	2	2	2.0

Receiving	No.	Yds	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	8	97	2	24	12.1
Rich Duggan	3	43	1	24	14.3
Cedric Thomas	3	37	0	24	12.3
Darrell Miller	1	9	1	9	9.0
Robert Alexander	1	8	0	8	8.0

Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Totals	6	243	40.5	0
John Cooper	6	243	40.5

Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Totals	4	150	37.5	0
Curt Carion	4	150	37.5

Returns	PR	Yds	Long	KR	Yds	Long	Int	Yds	Long
Totals	1	9	9	3	14	13	2	21	21
Cyril Keniry	1	9	9
Kevin Benjamin				2	14	13
Steve Giordano				1	0	0
Jeff Dziama							1	21	21
Jerry Stabile							1	0	0

Returns	PR	Yds	Long	KR	Yds	Long	Int	Yds	Long
Totals	3	11	10	4	40	19	0	0	0
Fulton Walker	3	11	10
Ray Armstrong				2	19	19
Curlin Beck				1	11	11
Reggie McLee				1	10	10

All-Purpose	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
Totals	219	113	14	9	21	376
Jay Palazola	134					134
Robert Rikard		56				56
Shelby Gamble	51					51
Dan Conway	30					30
Tom Carr		24				24
Jeff Dziama					21	21
Jon Schoen		19				19
Kevin Benjamin	3		14			17
Tim Sherwin		12				12
Cyril Keniry				9		9
Scott Nizolek		2				2
Leo Smith	1					1

All-Purpose	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
Totals	275	97	40	11	0	423
Robert Alexander	100	8				108
Oliver Luck	94					94
Eldridge Dixon	61					61
Cedric Thomas	6	37				43
Rich Duggan		43				43
Ray Armstrong	11		19			30
Curlin Beck	3		11			14
Fulton Walker				11		11
Reggie McLee			10			10
Darrell Miller		9				9

	Boston College	West Virginia
First Downs	15	19
Rushing	9	13
Passing	5	6
Penalty	1	0
NET YARDS RUSHING	219	275
Rushing Attempts	51	59
Average Per Rush	4.3	4.7
Rushing Touchdowns	2	1
Yards Gained Rushing	256	296
Yards Lost Rushing	37	21
NET YARDS PASSING	113	97
Completions-Attempts-Int	7-19-0	8-14-2
Average Per Attempt	5.9	6.9
Average Per Completion	16.1	12.1
Passing Touchdowns	0	2
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS	332	372
Total Offense Plays	70	73
Average Gain Per Play	4.7	5.1
Fumbles: Number-Lost	5-2	5-3
Penalties: Number-Yards	3-25	3-25
PUNTS-YARDS	6-243	4-150
Average Yards Per Punt	40.5	37.5
Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD	1-9-0	3-11-0
Average Per Return	9.0	3.7
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD	3-14-0	4-40-0
Average Per Return	4.7	10.0
Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD	2-21-0	0-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD	0-0-0	0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards	0	0
Possession Time
Third Down Conversions	7 of 16	5 of 12
Fourth Down Conversions	of	of
Red Zone Scores-Chances	-	-
Sacks By: Number-Yards	1-10	2-10

Boston College

#	Name	Solo	Ast	Total	Sacks	Yds	TFL	Yds	FF	FR	Yds	Int	Yds	BrUp	Blks
	Totals	36	51	87	1.0	12	3.0	5	0	3	0	2	21	3	0
	Jeff Dziama	4	11	15								1	21	1
	Jim Budness	4	6	10	0.5	6								1
	Bill Stephanos	3	6	9
	Cyril Keniry	5	1	6						1	0
	Jerry Stabile	2	4	6						1	0	1	0
	Clint Gaffney	2	4	6			1.0	3						1
	Joe Nash	2	3	5
	Jack Kent	2	3	5
	Joe Ferraro	1	4	5	0.5	6
	Rich Dyer	1	2	3						1	0
	Jeff Ryan	2	0	2			1.0	1
	Steve Moriarty	1	1	2
	Doug Alston	1	1	2
	Russell Joyner	1	1	2			1.0	1
	Kevin Jez	1	0	1
	Robert Poles, Jr	1	0	1
	Vic Crawford	1	0	1
	Steve Giordano	1	0	1
	Leo Smith	1	0	1
	Jon Schoen	0	1	1
	Mike Gunn	0	1	1
	Lew Reynolds	0	1	1
93	Danny Fox	0	1	1

West Virginia

#	Name	Solo	Ast	Total	Sacks	Yds	TFL	Yds	FF	FR	Yds	Int	Yds	BrUp	Blks
	Totals	30	41	71	1.0	21	2.0	9	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
46	Walter Easley	4	5	9			1.0	7		2	0
40	Fulton Walker	6	2	8
27	Jerry Holmes	3	5	8	1.0	21								1
97	John Bendana	2	5	7
23	Everett Pettaway	4	2	6										1
15	Sedrick King	2	3	5										3
90	Darryl Talley	2	2	4										1
95	Delbert Fowler	1	3	4
98	Danny Lee	1	3	4
91	Todd Campbell	0	4	4
55	Mike Dawson	2	1	3			1.0	2
65	Dave Oblak	1	2	3
26	Allen Moreland	1	0	1
70	Mark Cuneo	1	0	1
	Andy Holliday	0	1	1
50	Dennis Fowlkes	0	1	1
	Mike Engle	0	1	1
99	Calvin Turner	0	1	1

Scoring Summary

Qtr	Time	Scoring Play	Score
1	11:38	BC - Shelby Gamble 17 yd rush TD (Kick by John Cooper Fail)	0-6
2	13:36	WVU - Rich Duggan 7 yd TD pass from Oliver Luck (Kick by Steve Sinclair Good)	7-6
2	10:11	WVU - Eldridge Dixon 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Steve Sinclair Good)	14-6
2	0:49	BC - John Cooper 42 yd FG	14-9
3	8:35	BC - Jay Palazola 69 yd rush TD (Pass by Jay Palazola Fail)	14-15
3	1:32	BC - John Cooper 42 yd FG	14-18
4	3:50	WVU - Darrell Miller 9 yd TD pass from Oliver Luck (Kick by Steve Sinclair Fail)	20-18

Attendance: 21,640

Score By Quarter

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
West Virginia	0	14	0	6	20
Boston College	6	3	9	0	18

Start Time: 1:30pm

Officials: John Joyce (Back Judge), John Tierney (Field Judge), John Hillard (Head Linesman), Paul Tighe (Line Judge), Joe Klimschot (Referee), James Reilly (Umpire)

Temperature: 54 • Wind: SW 16mph • Weather: Overcast, cold

Boston College

Pos	Offense
TE	Tim Sherwin
LT	Karl Swanke
LG	Gerry Raymond
C	Bill Chaplick
RG	Casey Muldoon
RT	Greg Cantone
SE	Robert Rikard
FL	Kevin Dempsey
QB	Jay Palazola
HB	Shelby Gamble
FB	Dan Conway

West Virginia

Pos	Offense
TE	Rich Duggan
LT	Frank Kinczel
LG	Al Thomas
C	Pat Conachan
RG	Jim Himic
RT	Gordon Gordon
SE	Darrell Miller
FL	Cedric Thomas
QB	Oliver Luck
TB	Ray Armstrong
FB	Curlin Beck

Pos	Defense
CB	Jerry Stabile
CB	Jeff Ryan
FS	Rich Dyer
DE	Clint Gaffney
LB	Jim Budness
SS	Doug Alston
LB	Jeff Dziama
DE	Jack Kent
DT	Joe Nash
DT	Bill Stephanos
NG	Joe Ferraro

Pos	Defense
CB	Everett Pettaway
CB	Sedrick King
LB	Walter Easley
LB	Mike Dawson
FS	Jerry Holmes
DE	Delbert Fowler
DE	Darryl Talley
SS	Fulton Walker
DT	Calvin Turner
DT	Danny Lee
NG	Todd Campbell

Steve Andrien, John Loughery, Steve Moriarty, Scott Nizolek, Robert Poles, Jr, Lew Reynolds, Mark Roopenian, Jon Schoen, Leo Smith, Bob Walton, Lee Wezenski, Ed Kulas, Gary Kowalski, Jack Belcher, Kevin Benjamin, Tom Carr, John Cooper, Vic Crawford, Steve Giordano, Mike Gunn, Kevin Jez, Russell Joyner, Cyril Keniry, 93-Danny Fox, 97-Bob Good

Andy Holliday, Billy Evans, Mike Engle, 1-Steve Sinclair, 4-Eldridge Dixon, 5-Curt Carion, 14-Doug Banda, 24-Reggie Armstead, 26-Allen Moreland, 31-Robert Alexander, 44-Reggie McLee, 50-Dennis Fowlkes, 59-Kevin Osborne, 60-Chuck Gambill, 65-Dave Oblak, 70-Mark Cuneo, 78-Kenny Allen, 79-Jay Krohe, 82-John Foy, 84-Dave Johnson, 85-Mark Raugh, 97-John Bendana

Boston College vs West VirginiaOctober 13, 1979 1:30pm at Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, MA

Boston College vs West Virginia
October 13, 1979 1:30pm at Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, MA