Rutgers vs #15 West Virginia
November 12, 1983 1:30pm at Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, WV
Rutgers
West Virginia
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 37 | 140 | 94 | 46 | 1 | 17 | 1.2 |
| Vernon Williams | 15 | 81 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 17 | 5.4 |
| Albert Smith | 7 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 10 | 5.0 |
| Len Bellezza | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Dwayne Hooper | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 0 | 1 | -2.0 |
| Jacque LaPrarie | 11 | 22 | 87 | -65 | 0 | 17 | -5.9 |
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 45 | 97 | 20 | 77 | 2 | 16 | 1.7 |
| Ron Wolfley | 13 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 2.2 |
| Pat Randolph | 17 | 26 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 1.3 |
| Jeff Hostetler | 5 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 2.8 |
| Tom Bowman | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 4.0 |
| Tom Gray | 6 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1.2 |
| John Holifield | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Gary Mullen | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 | -5 | -5.0 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 14 | 31 | 1 | 130 | 0 | 18 | 9 |
| Jacque LaPrarie | 14 | 31 | 1 | 130 | 0 | 18 | 9 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 17 | 30 | 1 | 279 | 3 | 45 | 1 |
| Jeff Hostetler | 17 | 28 | 1 | 279 | 3 | 45 | 1 |
| Kevin White | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 14 | 130 | 0 | 18 | 9.3 |
| Andrew Baker | 5 | 55 | 0 | 16 | 11.0 |
| Len Bellezza | 4 | 35 | 0 | 18 | 8.8 |
| Alan Andrews | 2 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 10.0 |
| Boris Pendergrass | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| Albert Smith | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 17 | 279 | 3 | 45 | 16.4 |
| Rich Hollins | 7 | 97 | 0 | 22 | 13.9 |
| Willie Drewrey | 3 | 64 | 1 | 45 | 21.3 |
| Gary Mullen | 2 | 54 | 1 | 40 | 27.0 |
| Rob Bennett | 2 | 33 | 1 | 21 | 16.5 |
| Wayne Brown | 2 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 11.0 |
| Ron Wolfley | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 11 | 350 | 31.8 | 36 |
| Gary Liska | 11 | 350 | 31.8 | 36 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 7 | 300 | 42.9 | 55 |
| Steve Superick | 7 | 300 | 42.9 | 55 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 3 | 37 | 20 | 5 | 115 | 38 | 1 | 26 | 26 |
| Dan Errico | 2 | 29 | 20 | 1 | 34 | 34 | 1 | 26 | 26 |
| Jim Schedeneck | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 64 | 38 | |||
| Albert Smith | 1 | 17 | 17 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 2 | 33 | 30 | 2 | 37 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Willie Drewrey | 2 | 33 | 30 | ||||||
| Gary Mullen | 2 | 37 | 19 | ||||||
| Steve Newberry | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 117 | 130 | 115 | 37 | 26 | 425 |
| Dan Errico | 34 | 29 | 26 | 89 | ||
| Vernon Williams | 81 | 81 | ||||
| Jim Schedeneck | 64 | 8 | 72 | |||
| Albert Smith | 35 | 4 | 17 | 56 | ||
| Andrew Baker | 55 | 55 | ||||
| Len Bellezza | 1 | 35 | 36 | |||
| Alan Andrews | 20 | 20 | ||||
| Boris Pendergrass | 16 | 16 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 77 | 279 | 37 | 33 | 20 | 446 |
| Rich Hollins | 97 | 97 | ||||
| Willie Drewrey | 64 | 33 | 97 | |||
| Gary Mullen | -5 | 54 | 37 | 86 | ||
| Ron Wolfley | 29 | 9 | 38 | |||
| Rob Bennett | 33 | 33 | ||||
| Wayne Brown | 22 | 22 | ||||
| Pat Randolph | 22 | 22 | ||||
| Steve Newberry | 20 | 20 | ||||
| Jeff Hostetler | 14 | 14 | ||||
| Tom Bowman | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Tom Gray | 7 | 7 | ||||
| John Holifield | 2 | 2 |
| West Virginia | Rutgers | |
|---|---|---|
| First Downs | 20 | 13 |
| Rushing | 2 | 6 |
| Passing | 15 | 6 |
| Penalty | 3 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 77 | 46 |
| Rushing Attempts | 45 | 37 |
| Average Per Rush | 1.7 | 1.2 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 97 | 140 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 20 | 94 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 279 | 130 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 17-30-1 | 14-31-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 9.3 | 4.2 |
| Average Per Completion | 16.4 | 9.3 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 3 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 356 | 176 |
| Total Offense Plays | 75 | 68 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.7 | 2.6 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-1 | 2-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 7-48 | 7-75 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 7-300 | 11-350 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 42.9 | 31.8 |
| Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-33-0 | 3-37-0 |
| Average Per Return | 16.5 | 12.3 |
| Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-37-0 | 5-115-0 |
| Average Per Return | 18.5 | 23.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD | 1-20-0 | 1-26-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 30:48 | 29:12 |
| Third Down Conversions | of | of |
| Fourth Down Conversions | of | of |
| Red Zone Scores-Chances | - | - |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 9-87 | 1-9 |
Rutgers
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 54 | 11 | 65 | 1.0 | 9 | 5.0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tyronne Stowe | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Dumont | 10 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Carl Howard | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1.0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Robert Dumont | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1.0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Dan Errico | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 1 | |||||||
| Lionel Washington | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Barry Buchowski | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | 9 | 1.0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Bill Beschner | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Harold Young | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Andre Cox | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Joe Corbin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| John Cummins | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Harry Swayne | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Will Dunster | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Anthony Sagnella | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| William Houston | 0 | 1 | 1 |
West Virginia
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 58 | 18 | 76 | 9.0 | 87 | 12.0 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 0 | |
| 45 | Steve Hathaway | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2.5 | 29 | 4.0 | 31 | |||||||
| 8 | Anthony Daniels | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 49 | Derek Christian | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 37 | Van Richardson | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1.0 | 6 | 1.0 | 6 | |||||||
| 50 | Matt Smith | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 27 | Mike Scott | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 47 | Ed Hughes | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 96 | Jim Merritts | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 44 | Tim Agee | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 92 | Brad Minetree | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.5 | 6 | |||||||||
| 28 | Steve Newberry | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 1 | ||||||||
| 95 | Ernie Anderson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 | 6 | 1.0 | 11 | |||||||
| 59 | Scott Dixon | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 17 | 2.0 | 17 | |||||||
| 97 | Rich Walters | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | 6 | 1.0 | 6 | |||||||
| 94 | Chris Genther | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 17 | 1.0 | 12 | |||||||
| 31 | Arthur Ashe | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 91 | West Turner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 11 | |||||||||
| 5 | Travis Curtis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 55 | Dave Oblak | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Paul Woodside | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 38 | Dave Preston | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 99 | Jeff Lucas | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 30 | Fred Smalls | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Scoring Summary
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12:20 | WVU - Gary Mullen 40 yd TD pass from Jeff Hostetler (Kick by Paul Woodside Good), 6-80 2:40 | 0-7 |
| 1 | 7:57 | WVU - Willie Drewrey 45 yd TD pass from Jeff Hostetler (Kick by Paul Woodside Good), 6-61 2:53 | 0-14 |
| 1 | 3:44 | RU - Albert Smith 4 yd rush TD (Kick by Tom Angstadt Good), 12-81 4:13 | 7-14 |
| 2 | 9:19 | WVU - Jeff Hostetler 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Paul Woodside Good), 15-74 5:28 | 7-21 |
| 3 | 6:26 | WVU - Rob Bennett 21 yd TD pass from Jeff Hostetler (Kick by Paul Woodside Good), 3-42 1:11 | 7-28 |
| 4 | 13:15 | WVU - Ron Wolfley 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Paul Woodside Good), 6-49 1:32 | 7-35 |
Attendance: 51,317
Score By Quarter
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutgers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| West Virginia | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
Start Time: 1:30pm
Officials: Michael Donato (Back Judge), Joseph Carroll (Field Judge), Joseph Reichwein (Head Linesman), David Anderson (Line Judge), Thomas Thamert (Referee), James Reilly (Umpire)
Temperature: 29 • Wind: NW 10-20mph • Weather: Bitter cold and overcast
Rutgers
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| TE | Alan Andrews |
| LT | James Keating |
| LG | Clement Udovich |
| C | Joe DiGilio |
| RG | John Owens |
| RT | Michael Brenner |
| SE | Boris Pendergrass |
| FL | Andrew Baker |
| QB | Jacque LaPrarie |
| TB | Dwayne Hooper |
| FB | Vernon Williams |
West Virginia
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| TE | Rob Bennett |
| LT | Brian Jozwiak |
| LG | Scott Barrows |
| C | Bill Legg |
| RG | Dave DeJarnett |
| RT | Kurt Kehl |
| FL | Wayne Brown |
| SE | Rich Hollins |
| QB | Jeff Hostetler |
| TB | Tom Gray |
| FB | Ron Wolfley |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| LCB | Carl Howard |
| RCB | Dan Errico |
| SS | Joe Corbin |
| LB | Jim Dumont |
| LB | Tyronne Stowe |
| FS | William Houston |
| NG | Bill Beschner |
| LDT | Anthony Sagnella |
| RDE | Robert Dumont |
| RDT | Harry Swayne |
| LDE | Lionel Washington |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| CB | Mike Scott |
| CB | Steve Newberry |
| ILB | Derek Christian |
| ILB | Dave Preston |
| OLB | Steve Hathaway |
| SS | Anthony Daniels |
| FS | Tim Agee |
| OLB | Ed Hughes |
| DT | Jim Merritts |
| DT | Rich Walters |
| MG | Dave Oblak |
Jim Schedeneck, Harold Young, Barry Buchowski, John Cummins, Albert Smith, Tom Angstadt, Len Bellezza, Andre Cox, Will Dunster, Gary Liska
1-Gary Mullen, 3-Paul Woodside, 5-Travis Curtis, 11-Steve Superick, 14-Kevin White, 20-John Holifield, 22-Tom Bowman, 24-Pat Randolph, 30-Fred Smalls, 31-Arthur Ashe, 37-Van Richardson, 48-Willie Drewrey, 50-Matt Smith, 59-Scott Dixon, 91-West Turner, 92-Brad Minetree, 94-Chris Genther, 95-Ernie Anderson, 99-Jeff Lucas