1947
| H/A/N | Games | Wins | Losses | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Games | 10 | 6 | 4 | .600 |
| Home | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 |
| Away | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 |
| Neutral | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Date | Rank | Opponent | Opp. Rank | Conf. | Site | Location | H/A | OTs | WVU | Opp | W/L | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27 | Otterbein | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 59 | 0 | W | 15,000 | ||||
| Oct 4 | Washington & Lee | Laidley Field | Charleston, WV | N | 35 | 6 | W | 11,000 | ||||
| Oct 11 | Waynesburg | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 60 | 7 | W | 4,000 | ||||
| Oct 18 | New York University | Yankee Stadium | New York, NY | A | 40 | 0 | W | 6,000 | ||||
| Oct 25 | Penn State | 9 | Beaver Field | University Park, PA | A | 14 | 21 | L | 22,000 | |||
| Nov 1 | Maryland | Old Byrd Stadium | College Park, MD | A | 0 | 27 | L | 16,500 | ||||
| Nov 8 | Kentucky | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 6 | 15 | L | 26,500 | ||||
| Nov 15 | Virginia | 15 | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 0 | 6 | L | 18,000 | |||
| Nov 22 | Temple | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 21 | 0 | W | 10,000 | ||||
| Nov 29 | Pitt | Pitt Stadium | Pittsburgh, PA | A | 17 | 2 | W | 15,000 |
| Rushing | GP | No. | Rg | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg./g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 10 | 399 | 1917 | 255 | 1662 | 24 | 0 | 166.2 |
| Rex Bumgardner | 10 | 41 | 226 | 19 | 207 | 4 | 20.7 | |
| Pete Zinaich | 9 | 39 | 154 | 8 | 146 | 4 | 16.2 | |
| Jim Walthall | 10 | 19 | 127 | 9 | 118 | 2 | 11.8 | |
| Walt Malyk | 10 | 31 | 91 | 7 | 84 | 4 | 8.4 | |
| Vic Bonfili | 10 | 30 | 94 | 13 | 81 | 2 | 8.1 | |
| Tom Keane | 9 | 8 | 76 | 7 | 69 | 2 | 7.7 | |
| Jim Devonshire | 10 | 19 | 61 | 7 | 54 | 1 | 5.4 | |
| Charles Schrader | 7 | 9 | 29 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 3.9 | |
| George Freese | 4 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6.3 | |
| Charles Becca | 6 | 13 | 42 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 3.7 | |
| Alva Richmond | 10 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1.4 | |
| Jack Morton | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Len Bellas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -0.3 | |
| Russ Combs | 10 | 11 | 10 | 62 | -52 | 0 | -5.2 | |
| TEAM | 5 | 160 | 964 | 96 | 868 | 0 | 173.6 |
| Passing | GP | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked | Avg./g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 10 | 60 | 158 | 17 | 980 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 98.0 |
| Russ Combs | 10 | 15 | 31 | 2 | 254 | 5 | 25.4 | ||
| Tom Keane | 9 | 10 | 36 | 4 | 206 | 6 | 22.9 | ||
| Jim Walthall | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1.0 | ||
| Charles Becca | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1.2 | ||
| Rex Bumgardner | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| TEAM | 5 | 33 | 83 | 10 | 503 | 0 | 100.6 |
| Receiving | GP | No. | Yds | Avg. | TD | Long | Avg./G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 10 | 51 | 842 | 16.5 | 5 | 0 | 84.2 |
| Bernie Huntz | 10 | 6 | 179 | 29.8 | 3 | 17.9 | |
| Rex Bumgardner | 10 | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 1 | 6.4 | |
| Jim Walthall | 10 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 4.1 | |
| Frank Reno | 10 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 3.4 | |
| Pete Zinaich | 9 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 1.1 | |
| Alva Richmond | 10 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.6 | |
| Vic Bonfili | 10 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.5 | |
| TEAM | 5 | 33 | 503 | 15.2 | 1 | 100.6 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 24 | 248 | 50 | 13 | 176 | 0 | 14 | 126 | 0 |
| Rex Bumgardner | 8 | 58 | 3 | 64 | 1 | 24 | |||
| Tom Keane | 5 | 41 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 43 | |||
| Jim Walthall | 4 | 86 | 50 | 2 | 18 | ||||
| Charles Becca | 3 | 11 | 3 | 44 | |||||
| Vic Bonfili | 1 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 21 | |||
| Jim Devonshire | 1 | 23 | 1 | 20 | |||||
| George Freese | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Pete Zinaich | 1 | 13 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| Russ Combs | 1 | 9 | |||||||
| Leo Benjamin | 2 | 15 | |||||||
| Fred Morecraft | 1 | ||||||||
| Charles Schrader | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| Robert Thomas | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Robert Fought | 1 | 10 |
| # | Name | Pos | Ht | Wt | Class | Letter | Captain | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Tom Keane | QB | 6' 0" | 185 | Sr | * | Bellaire, OH | |
| 11 | Russ Combs | QB | 5' 10" | 175 | Jr | * | Penns Grove, NJ | |
| 12 | Randy Thornton | QB | 5' 8" | 160 | Fr | Princeton, WV | ||
| 14 | James White | HB | 5' 9" | 168 | So | Holden, WV | ||
| 21 | George Freese | QB | 5' 11" | 172 | Sr | * | Wheeling, WV | |
| 22 | Charles Becca | HB | 5' 7" | 160 | So | * | Martins Ferry, OH | |
| 23 | Ray Caldwell | HB | 5' 9" | 169 | Fr | Mullens, WV | ||
| 24 | Jim Walthall | QB | 6' 0" | 170 | So | * | Princeton, WV | |
| 25 | Rex Bumgardner | HB | 5' 11" | 180 | Sr | * | Clarksburg, WV | |
| 31 | Len Bellas | FB | 5' 11" | 200 | Fr | Dallas, PA | ||
| 32 | Pete Zinaich | FB | 5' 11" | 189 | So | * | Weirton, WV | |
| 33 | Charles Schrader | FB | 6' 0" | 180 | Sr | * | Charleston, WV | |
| 35 | Jack Morton | FB | 6' 1" | 185 | So | * | Parkersburg, WV | |
| 36 | Walt Malyk | FB | 6' 0" | 245 | So | * | Vineland, NJ | |
| 41 | John Daley | HB | 5' 5" | 150 | Fr | Brownsville, PA | ||
| 42 | Jim Devonshire | HB | 6' 2" | 185 | So | * | Penns Grove, NJ | |
| 43 | Alva Richmond | HB | 5' 10" | 164 | Jr | * | Mullens, WV | |
| 44 | Vic Bonfili | HB | 5' 11" | 170 | Jr | * | Morgantown, WV | |
| 45 | Robert Fought | HB | 5' 9" | 160 | So | * | Parkersburg, WV | |
| 51 | Robert Thomas | C | 6' 5" | 197 | Sr | * | Mt. Morris, PA | |
| 52 | Richard Pence | C | 5' 10" | 170 | Jr | * | Parkersburg, WV | |
| 53 | Russell Lopez | C | 6' 3" | 190 | Sr | * | Clarksburg, WV | |
| 54 | George Feher | C | 5' 11" | 190 | Fr | Uniontown, PA | ||
| 55 | Leo Benjamin | C | 6' 1" | 179 | Sr | * | New Philadelphia, OH | |
| 61 | Ambrose Zubel | G | 5' 10" | 180 | So | * | Wheeling, WV | |
| 62 | John Pozega | G | 5' 11" | 181 | Sr | * | Dehue, WV | |
| 63 | Gene Corum | G | 6' 1" | 181 | Sr | * | * | Huntington, WV |
| 64 | Robert Bom | G | 6' 0" | 202 | Sr | * | Wheeling, WV | |
| 65 | Fred Stuvek | T | 6' 1" | 245 | So | * | Besco, PA | |
| 66 | Charles Boyles | G | 6' 0" | 190 | Jr | * | Philippi, WV | |
| 67 | Mario Cavatassi | G | 6' 1" | 189 | So | Follansbee, WV | ||
| 68 | Anthony Vrotsos | T | 5' 10" | 183 | So | Martins Ferry, OH | ||
| 69 | Clare Wilson | HB | 6' 0" | 185 | Fr | Parkersburg, WV | ||
| 71 | James Moran | T | 6' 1" | 195 | Jr | * | Wilkes-Barre, PA | |
| 72 | Edmund Kulakowski | T | 6' 3" | 201 | Sr | * | Kingston, PA | |
| 73 | Charles Harris | T | 6' 1" | 185 | Sr | Hinton, WV | ||
| 74 | Anthony Torchio | T | 6' 0" | 220 | So | Weirton, WV | ||
| 75 | Gene Remenar | T | 6' 2" | 220 | Jr | * | Weirton, WV | |
| 76 | Ralph Main | T | 6' 0" | 210 | So | * | Coeburn, VA | |
| 77 | Richard Hoffman | T | 6' 0" | 220 | So | * | Greensburg, PA | |
| 81 | Fred Morecraft | E | 6' 2" | 190 | Sr | * | South Charleston, WV | |
| 82 | Kenneth Wilson | E | 6' 2" | 198 | Fr | Morgantown, WV | ||
| 83 | Chester Spelock | E | 6' 0" | 181 | Sr | * | Glasgow, WV | |
| 84 | Bernie Huntz | E | 6' 1" | 200 | So | * | Wyoming, PA | |
| 85 | Clarence "Bud" Cox | E | 6' 0" | 203 | So | * | Parkersburg, WV | |
| 86 | Dick Maylander | 6' 0" | 185 | Sr | Hoboken, NJ | |||
| 87 | Sid Metro | E | 6' 1" | 195 | Fr | * | Moundsville, WV | |
| 88 | Frank Reno | E | 6' 0" | 190 | So | * | Greensburg, PA | |
| 89 | Roy Lester | E | 6' 3" | 195 | So | Spencer, WV |
Not in a conference.