Rutgers vs West Virginia
November 15, 1980 at Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway, NJ
Rutgers
West Virginia
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 36 | 145 | 44 | 101 | 0 | 12 | 2.8 |
| Albert Ray | 18 | 87 | 4 | 83 | 0 | 12 | 4.6 |
| Ted Blackwell | 11 | 47 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 8 | 4.3 |
| Bryant Moore | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1.5 |
| David Dorn | 1 | 0 | 13 | -13 | 0 | -13 | -13.0 |
| Ed McMichael | 4 | 6 | 25 | -19 | 0 | 6 | -4.8 |
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 58 | 245 | 21 | 224 | 2 | 13 | 3.9 |
| Walter Easley | 23 | 94 | 1 | 93 | 2 | 12 | 4.0 |
| Mickey Walczak | 18 | 85 | 2 | 83 | 0 | 13 | 4.6 |
| Robert Alexander | 6 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 4.7 |
| Oliver Luck | 9 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1.2 |
| Eldridge Dixon | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 4.5 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 17 | 38 | 4 | 194 | 2 | 35 | 0 |
| Ed McMichael | 17 | 36 | 4 | 194 | 2 | 35 | |
| Ralph Leek | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Blackwell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 15 | 26 | 1 | 194 | 1 | 23 | 0 |
| Oliver Luck | 15 | 26 | 1 | 194 | 1 | 23 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 17 | 194 | 2 | 35 | 11.4 |
| David Dorn | 5 | 93 | 1 | 35 | 18.6 |
| Tim Odell | 3 | 38 | 0 | 17 | 12.7 |
| Dave Palumbo | 2 | 32 | 0 | 21 | 16.0 |
| Ted Blackwell | 5 | 22 | 1 | 12 | 4.4 |
| Albert Ray | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 4.5 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 15 | 194 | 1 | 23 | 12.9 |
| Cedric Thomas | 3 | 58 | 0 | 23 | 19.3 |
| Mickey Walczak | 5 | 55 | 1 | 23 | 11.0 |
| Darryl Weatherspoon | 3 | 39 | 0 | 16 | 13.0 |
| Walter Easley | 2 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 11.0 |
| Billy Evans | 2 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 6 | 216 | 36.0 | 36 |
| Deron Cherry | 6 | 216 | 36.0 | 36 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 5 | 242 | 48.4 | 56 |
| Curt Carion | 5 | 242 | 48.4 | 56 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 97 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| William Hill | 2 | 24 | |||||||
| Ken Smith | 2 | 69 | |||||||
| Joe Burke | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| Bob Ciampaglio | 1 | 0 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 112 | 52 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Fulton Walker | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 52 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Newberry | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Mickey Walczak | 1 | 25 | 25 | ||||||
| Darryl Weatherspoon | 1 | 35 | 35 | ||||||
| Allen Moreland | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 120 | 194 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 411 |
| Albert Ray | 83 | 9 | 92 | |||
| David Dorn | -13 | 93 | 80 | |||
| Ted Blackwell | 47 | 22 | 69 | |||
| Ken Smith | 69 | 69 | ||||
| Tim Odell | 38 | 38 | ||||
| Dave Palumbo | 32 | 32 | ||||
| William Hill | 24 | 24 | ||||
| Joe Burke | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Bryant Moore | 3 | 3 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 224 | 194 | 112 | 7 | 4 | 541 |
| Mickey Walczak | 83 | 55 | 25 | 163 | ||
| Walter Easley | 93 | 22 | 115 | |||
| Darryl Weatherspoon | 39 | 35 | 74 | |||
| Cedric Thomas | 58 | 58 | ||||
| Fulton Walker | 52 | 6 | 0 | 58 | ||
| Robert Alexander | 28 | 28 | ||||
| Billy Evans | 20 | 20 | ||||
| Oliver Luck | 11 | 11 | ||||
| Eldridge Dixon | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Steve Newberry | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Rutgers | West Virginia | |
|---|---|---|
| First Downs | 18 | 25 |
| Rushing | 7 | 13 |
| Passing | 8 | 12 |
| Penalty | 3 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 101 | 224 |
| Rushing Attempts | 36 | 58 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.8 | 3.9 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 145 | 245 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 44 | 21 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 194 | 194 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 17-38-4 | 15-26-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 5.1 | 7.5 |
| Average Per Completion | 11.4 | 12.9 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 295 | 418 |
| Total Offense Plays | 74 | 84 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 4-2 | 2-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 9-76 | 5-59 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-216 | 5-242 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 36.0 | 48.4 |
| Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-0 | 2-7-0 |
| Average Per Return | 0.0 | 3.5 |
| Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 5-97-0 | 3-113-0 |
| Average Per Return | 19.4 | 37.7 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD | 1--0 | 4--0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | ||
| Possession Time | 28:12 | 31:48 |
| Third Down Conversions | of | of |
| Fourth Down Conversions | of | of |
| Red Zone Scores-Chances | - | - |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | - | - |
Rutgers
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 73 | 44 | 117 | 2.0 | 31 | 5.0 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Mike Knight | 13 | 5 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| Keith Woetzel | 8 | 9 | 17 | ||||||||||||
| Mike Rustemeyer | 8 | 7 | 15 | 0.5 | 12 | 1.0 | 12 | 1 | |||||||
| William Pickel | 10 | 3 | 13 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Jeff Blanchard | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1.0 | 7 | 1.0 | 7 | ||||||||
| Mark Pineiro | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Ed Steward | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.5 | 12 | 1.0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Ken Smith | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Ken Bercier | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1.0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Deron Cherry | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
| William Hill | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Andy Carino | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Rickey Butler | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Bob Ciampaglio | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Palumbo | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Mark Seger | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Nick Marotta | 1 | 0 | 1 |
West Virginia
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 59 | 31 | 90 | 3.0 | 26 | 10.0 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| 50 | Dennis Fowlkes | 11 | 9 | 20 | 1.0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 25 | Jim Dixon | 10 | 4 | 14 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 2 | Lind Murray | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 95 | Delbert Fowler | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1.0 | 9 | 1.0 | 9 | 1 | ||||||
| 38 | Dave Preston | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1.0 | 4 | |||||||||
| 90 | Darryl Talley | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1.5 | 16 | 2.0 | 16 | |||||||
| 28 | Steve Newberry | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 11 | Everett Pettaway | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 82 | John Foy | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 99 | Calvin Turner | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 35 | Don Stemple | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 91 | Todd Campbell | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 80 | Jeff Seals | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 54 | Bob Crites | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | |||||||
| 47 | Ed Hughes | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 29 | Mike Engle | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 44 | Tim Agee | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 92 | Nate Smith | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 13 | |||||||||
| 58 | Andre Gist | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 26 | Allen Moreland | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 40 | Fulton Walker | 1 | 0 |
Scoring Summary
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:05 | RU - David Dorn 35 yd TD pass from Ed McMichael (Kick by Alex Falcinelli Good), 1-35 | 0-7 |
| 2 | 13:45 | WVU - Mickey Walczak 7 yd TD pass from Oliver Luck (Kick by Steve Sinclair Good), 11-48 | 7-7 |
| 2 | 10:51 | WVU - Walter Easley 7 yd rush TD (Kick by Steve Sinclair Good), 5-44 | 14-7 |
| 2 | 5:14 | WVU - Walter Easley 3 yd rush TD (Kick by Steve Sinclair Good), 2-14 | 21-7 |
| 4 | 11:30 | RU - Ted Blackwell 3 yd TD pass from Ed McMichael (Pass by David Dorn Good), 15-80 | 21-15 |
| 4 | 6:28 | WVU - Steve Sinclair 29 yd FG, 9-38 | 24-15 |
Attendance: 16,400
Score By Quarter
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| Rutgers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 |
Temperature: 46 • Wind: NW 5-8mph • Weather: Cloudy
Rutgers
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| TE | Brian Crockett |
| LT | Kevin Kurdyla |
| LG | Jeff George |
| C | Frank Naylor |
| RG | Tony Cella |
| RT | Rich Spitzer |
| SE | Tim Odell |
| FL | Dave Palumbo |
| QB | Ed McMichael |
| TB | Albert Ray |
| FB | Ted Blackwell |
West Virginia
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| TE | Jim Kaser |
| LT | Al Thomas |
| LG | Gordon Gordon |
| C | Pat Conachan |
| RG | Chuck Gambill |
| RT | Keith Jones |
| SE | Cedric Thomas |
| FL | Darrell Miller |
| QB | Oliver Luck |
| TB | Robert Alexander |
| FB | Walter Easley |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| LCB | Ken Smith |
| RCB | William Hill |
| FS | Dan Errico |
| OLB | Jeff Blanchard |
| LLB | Mike Knight |
| RLB | Keith Woetzel |
| SS | Deron Cherry |
| LDT | William Pickel |
| RDT | Mike Rustemeyer |
| MG | Ed Steward |
| LDE | Ken Bercier |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| ILB | Dennis Fowlkes |
| CB | Steve Newberry |
| ILB | Dave Preston |
| CB | Fulton Walker |
| OLB | Darryl Talley |
| OLB | Delbert Fowler |
| SS | Lind Murray |
| FS | Allen Moreland |
| DT | Bob Crites |
| DT | Calvin Turner |
| MG | Todd Campbell |
Joe Burke, Andy Carino, Nick Marotta, Bryant Moore, Mark Pineiro, Rickey Butler, Bob Ciampaglio, Alex Falcinelli, Michael Flynn, Ralph Leek, Mark Seger, David Dorn
1-Steve Sinclair, 3-Billy Evans, 4-Eldridge Dixon, 5-Curt Carion, 11-Everett Pettaway, 15-Sedrick King, 18-Ed Armstrong, 25-Jim Dixon, 29-Mike Engle, 35-Don Stemple, 44-Tim Agee, 47-Ed Hughes, 58-Andre Gist, 59-Kevin Osborne, 80-Jeff Seals, 82-John Foy, 88-Mickey Walczak, 89-Darryl Weatherspoon, 92-Nate Smith
