#3 Penn State vs West Virginia
October 26, 1985 at Beaver Stadium, University Park, PA
Penn State
West Virginia
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 45 | 231 | 14 | 217 | 1 | 52 | 4.8 |
| D.J. Dozier | 17 | 125 | 0 | 125 | 1 | 52 | 7.4 |
| Dave Clark | 3 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 19 | 9.3 |
| S. Smith | 9 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 2.9 |
| Tim Manoa | 7 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 2.7 |
| Eufard Cooper | 2 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 7.5 |
| Blair Thomas | 3 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 3.7 |
| Matt Knizner | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Woods | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Shaffer | 1 | 0 | 12 | -12 | 0 | -12 | -12.0 |
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 35 | 164 | 26 | 138 | 0 | 18 | 3.9 |
| John Talley | 16 | 93 | 8 | 85 | 0 | 18 | 5.3 |
| Tom Gray | 10 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 13 | 4.4 |
| John Holifield | 6 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 2.5 |
| John Gay | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Chris Peccon | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Grantis Bell | 1 | 2 | 13 | -11 | 0 | 2 | -11.0 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 10 | 19 | 0 | 132 | 2 | 51 | 1 |
| Shaffer | 4 | 11 | 0 | 81 | 2 | 51 | 1 |
| Matt Knizner | 6 | 8 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 16 | 35 | 3 | 130 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| John Talley | 14 | 32 | 3 | 106 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| Mike Timko | 2 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 10 | 132 | 2 | 51 | 13.2 |
| Roundtree | 3 | 70 | 2 | 51 | 23.3 |
| Siverling | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 |
| S. Smith | 2 | 16 | 0 | 17 | 8.0 |
| Mike Alexander | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Darrell Giles | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| Tim Manoa | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 |
| Woods | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 | -4.0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 16 | 130 | 0 | 18 | 8.1 |
| Tom Gray | 6 | 55 | 0 | 18 | 9.2 |
| Robert White | 5 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 5.6 |
| Calvin Phillips | 2 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 11.0 |
| Harvey Smith | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| Keith Winn | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| John Holifield | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 7 | 298 | 42.6 | 51 |
| John Bruno, Jr | 7 | 298 | 42.6 | 51 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 6 | 218 | 36.3 | 48 |
| Steve Superick | 6 | 218 | 36.3 | 48 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 3 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| Jim Coates | 2 | 13 | 6 | ||||||
| Timpson | 1 | 15 | 15 | ||||||
| Rogers Alexander | 1 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| Duffy Cobbs | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ray Isom | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 3 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 35 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Johnson | 3 | 4 | 18 | ||||||
| Greg Cutrone | 1 | 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Undra Johnson | 1 | 19 | 19 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 229 | 136 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 401 |
| D.J. Dozier | 125 | 125 | ||||
| Roundtree | 70 | 70 | ||||
| S. Smith | 26 | 16 | 42 | |||
| Dave Clark | 28 | 28 | ||||
| Siverling | 25 | 25 | ||||
| Tim Manoa | 19 | 6 | 25 | |||
| Eufard Cooper | 15 | 15 | ||||
| Timpson | 15 | 15 | ||||
| Jim Coates | 13 | 13 | ||||
| Blair Thomas | 11 | 11 | ||||
| Mike Alexander | 10 | 10 | ||||
| Darrell Giles | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Rogers Alexander | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Matt Knizner | 5 | 5 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 149 | 130 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 318 |
| Tom Gray | 44 | 55 | 99 | |||
| John Talley | 85 | 85 | ||||
| Robert White | 28 | 28 | ||||
| Calvin Phillips | 22 | 22 | ||||
| John Holifield | 15 | 4 | 19 | |||
| Undra Johnson | 19 | 19 | ||||
| Harvey Smith | 16 | 16 | ||||
| Greg Cutrone | 16 | 16 | ||||
| Keith Winn | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Tony Johnson | 4 | 4 | ||||
| John Gay | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Chris Peccon | 2 | 2 |
| Penn State | West Virginia | |
|---|---|---|
| First Downs | 16 | 18 |
| Rushing | 9 | 10 |
| Passing | 6 | 7 |
| Penalty | 1 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 217 | 138 |
| Rushing Attempts | 45 | 35 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.8 | 3.9 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 231 | 164 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 14 | 26 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 132 | 130 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 10-19-0 | 16-35-3 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.9 | 3.7 |
| Average Per Completion | 13.2 | 8.1 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 349 | 268 |
| Total Offense Plays | 65 | 71 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.4 | 3.8 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-1 | 2-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 4-30 | 9-61 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 7-298 | 6-218 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 42.6 | 36.3 |
| Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-28-0 | 3-3-0 |
| Average Per Return | 9.3 | 1.0 |
| Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0- | 2-35-0 |
| Average Per Return | 0.0 | 17.5 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD | 3-8-0 | 0-0- |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 1-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 31:03 | 28:57 |
| Third Down Conversions | 6 of 17 | 5 of 13 |
| Fourth Down Conversions | of | of |
| Red Zone Scores-Chances | - | - |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 1-5 | 1-12 |
Penn State
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 39 | 31 | 70 | 1.0 | 5 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 0 | |
| Shane Conlan | 10 | 4 | 14 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Rogers Alexander | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1.0 | 5 | 1.0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | |||||
| Dwayne Downing | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Trey Bauer | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Tim Johnson | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Duffy Cobbs | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| Zordich | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Bob Ontko | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Mike Russo | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Ray Isom | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Chris Collins | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lance Hamilton | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Don Graham | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Eddie Johnson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Pete Curkendall | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Danne Anderson | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Aoatoa Polamalu | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Bob White | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mike Beckish | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kurt Bernier | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Pete Giftopoulos | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Matt Johnson | 0 | 1 | 1 |
West Virginia
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 40 | 31 | 71 | 1.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 49 | Derek Christian | 9 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 4 | Stacy Smith | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 98 | David Grant | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 50 | Matt Smith | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1.0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 5 | Travis Curtis | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Larry Holley | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 37 | Van Richardson | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 70 | Brad Hunt | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 30 | Fred Smalls | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 51 | Mike Herzog | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 99 | Jeff Lucas | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 45 | Robert Pickett | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 94 | Chris Parker | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 74 | John Moses | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 7 | John Talley | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Andrew Jones | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 97 | Jeff Casto | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 41 | Dave Lockwood | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jim Duffield | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Scoring Summary
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8:06 | PSU - Massimo Manca 22 yd FG, 11-24 5:59 | 0-3 |
| 1 | 0:53 | PSU - Roundtree 51 yd TD pass from Shaffer (Kick by Massimo Manca Good), 4-68 1:50 | 0-10 |
| 2 | 1:49 | PSU - Roundtree 15 yd TD pass from Shaffer (Kick by Massimo Manca Good), 3-68 0:52 | 0-17 |
| 3 | 6:58 | PSU - Massimo Manca 31 yd FG, 4-0 1:28 | 0-20 |
| 4 | 13:39 | PSU - D.J. Dozier 14 yd rush TD (Kick by Massimo Manca Good), 6-45 2:07 | 0-27 |
Attendance: 85,534
Score By Quarter
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn State | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Temperature: 65 • Wind: Slight from the NW • Weather: Sunny and warm
Penn State
West Virginia
Massimo Manca, Jim Coates, Pete Curkendall, Dwayne Downing, Pete Giftopoulos, Matt Johnson, Matt Knizner, Eddie Johnson, Mike Alexander, Blair Thomas, Woods, Timpson, Bob White, Mike Russo, S. Smith, Roundtree, Shaffer, Siverling, Dave Clark, Eufard Cooper, Danne Anderson, Rogers Alexander, Darrell Giles, Lance Hamilton, Bob Ontko, Duffy Cobbs, Chris Collins, Shane Conlan, D.J. Dozier, Don Graham, Tim Johnson, Tim Manoa, John Bruno, Jr, Mike Beckish, Ray Isom, Trey Bauer, Kurt Bernier, Aoatoa Polamalu, Zordich
Jim Duffield, 1-Grantis Bell, 2-Robert White, 4-Stacy Smith, 5-Travis Curtis, 6-Andrew Jones, 7-John Talley, 9-Larry Holley, 11-Steve Superick, 16-Greg Cutrone, 16-Tony Johnson, 17-Mike Timko, 20-John Holifield, 30-Fred Smalls, 32-Tom Gray, 34-Undra Johnson, 37-Van Richardson, 39-Chris Peccon, 41-Dave Lockwood, 45-Robert Pickett, 46-John Gay, 49-Derek Christian, 50-Matt Smith, 51-Mike Herzog, 57-Kevin Koken, 70-Brad Hunt, 74-John Moses, 81-Keith Winn, 82-Calvin Phillips, 88-Harvey Smith, 94-Chris Parker, 97-Jeff Casto, 98-David Grant, 99-Jeff Lucas