1948
| H/A/N | Games | Wins | Losses | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Games | 12 | 9 | 3 | .750 |
| Home | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Away | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Neutral | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Date | Rank | Opponent | Opp. Rank | Conf. | Site | Location | H/A | OTs | WVU | Opp | W/L | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18 | Waynesburg | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 29 | 16 | W | 10,000 | ||||
| Sep 25 | Wooster | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 34 | 6 | W | 8,000 | ||||
| Oct 2 | Temple | Chocolate Bowl | Hershey, PA | N | 27 | 7 | W | 5,000 | ||||
| Oct 9 | Pitt | Pitt Stadium | Pittsburgh, PA | A | 6 | 16 | L | 18,401 | ||||
| Oct 16 | Penn State | 9 | Beaver Field | University Park, PA | A | 7 | 37 | L | 20,000 | |||
| Oct 23 | Washington & Lee | Laidley Field | Charleston, WV | N | 14 | 7 | W | 11,000 | ||||
| Oct 30 | South Carolina | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 35 | 12 | W | 24,000 | ||||
| Nov 6 | Ohio | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 48 | 6 | W | 5,000 | ||||
| Nov 13 | Virginia | Scott Stadium | Charlottesville, VA | A | 0 | 7 | L | 16,000 | ||||
| Nov 20 | Western Reserve | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 20 | 0 | W | 10,000 | ||||
| Nov 27 | Maryland | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 16 | 14 | W | 20,000 | ||||
| Jan 1 | UTEP | Sun Bowl Stadium | El Paso, TX | N | 21 | 12 | W | 13,000 |
| Rushing | GP | No. | Rg | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg./g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 12 | 544 | 2557 | 321 | 2236 | 22 | 0 | 186.3 |
| Vic Bonfili | 12 | 125 | 573 | 48 | 525 | 5 | 43.8 | |
| Pete Zinaich | 11 | 108 | 557 | 44 | 513 | 6 | 46.6 | |
| Jim Devonshire | 12 | 49 | 277 | 15 | 262 | 5 | 21.8 | |
| Walt Malyk | 12 | 34 | 182 | 5 | 177 | 1 | 14.8 | |
| Alva Richmond | 10 | 37 | 145 | 4 | 141 | 0 | 14.1 | |
| Russ Combs | 8 | 24 | 151 | 11 | 140 | 1 | 17.5 | |
| Charles Becca | 11 | 38 | 143 | 14 | 129 | 1 | 11.7 | |
| Ray Caldwell | 10 | 25 | 125 | 3 | 122 | 0 | 12.2 | |
| John Murphy | 10 | 19 | 117 | 5 | 112 | 1 | 11.2 | |
| Jack Morton | 12 | 23 | 113 | 29 | 84 | 0 | 7.0 | |
| Bill Allen | 12 | 16 | 71 | 30 | 41 | 0 | 3.4 | |
| Bernie Huntz | 8 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2.3 | |
| Len Bellas | 12 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1.3 | |
| Roy Lester | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.3 | |
| Robert Fought | 9 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0.2 | |
| Fred Cialli | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | -13 | 0 | -4.3 | |
| Jim Walthall | 11 | 27 | 52 | 88 | -36 | 2 | -3.3 |
| Passing | GP | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked | Avg./g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 12 | 118 | 232 | 25 | 1552 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 129.3 |
| Jim Walthall | 11 | 89 | 178 | 16 | 1222 | 13 | 111.1 | ||
| Bill Allen | 12 | 23 | 41 | 6 | 218 | 2 | 18.2 | ||
| Pete Zinaich | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 69 | 0 | 6.3 | ||
| Fred Cialli | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 13.3 | ||
| Vic Bonfili | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.3 | ||
| Charles Becca | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Receiving | GP | No. | Yds | Avg. | TD | Long | Avg./G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 12 | 113 | 1516 | 13.4 | 15 | 36 | 126.3 |
| Roy Lester | 12 | 16 | 259 | 16.2 | 2 | 21.6 | |
| Vic Bonfili | 12 | 22 | 244 | 11.1 | 1 | 20.3 | |
| Clarence "Bud" Cox | 12 | 15 | 215 | 14.3 | 5 | 17.9 | |
| Charles Becca | 11 | 8 | 150 | 18.8 | 1 | 13.6 | |
| Russ Combs | 8 | 4 | 105 | 26.3 | 1 | 17 | 13.1 |
| Ray Caldwell | 10 | 4 | 101 | 25.3 | 0 | 10.1 | |
| John Murphy | 10 | 7 | 81 | 11.6 | 3 | 8.1 | |
| Alva Richmond | 10 | 9 | 78 | 8.7 | 1 | 7.8 | |
| Frank Reno | 12 | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 1 | 6.1 | |
| Pete Zinaich | 11 | 8 | 68 | 8.5 | 0 | 6 | 6.2 |
| Bernie Huntz | 8 | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | 5.8 | |
| Jim Walthall | 11 | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 0 | 36 | 3.3 |
| Jim Devonshire | 12 | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 1.5 | |
| Jack Morton | 12 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | 1.2 |
| Len Bellas | 12 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 1.0 | |
| Robert Fought | 9 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.7 | |
| Walt Malyk | 12 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.4 | |
| Bill Allen | 12 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 29 | 369 | 10 | 31 | 585 | 42 | 20 | 130 | 30 |
| Vic Bonfili | 9 | 167 | 10 | 10 | 166 | 1 | 30 | 30 | |
| Charles Becca | 7 | 87 | 5 | 8 | 194 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Fought | 4 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 111 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Jim Devonshire | 4 | 42 | 3 | 25 | 18 | ||||
| Ray Caldwell | 3 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 14 | |||
| Alva Richmond | 1 | 24 | 3 | 50 | 16 | ||||
| John Murphy | 1 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Lester | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| Clarence "Bud" Cox | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Pete Zinaich | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Len Bellas | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Jack Morton | 1 | 7 | 7 | ||||||
| Russ Combs | 4 | 23 | 21 | ||||||
| Dave Stephenson | 1 | 15 | |||||||
| Adle Joseph | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| # | Name | Pos | Ht | Wt | Class | Letter | Captain | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Nesbit | ||||||||
| Pat Guido | G | 5' 7" | 185 | So | Chicago, IL | |||
| Charles Knabe | T | 6' 2" | 200 | So | Wheeling, WV | |||
| Robert McDermott | G | 5' 9" | 180 | So | Kingtson, PA | |||
| 10 | Bill Allen | QB | 5' 9" | 168 | So | * | Parkersburg, WV | |
| 11 | Jim Priester | QB | 5' 11" | 176 | So | Fairmont, WV | ||
| 12 | Jim Walthall | QB | 6' 0" | 170 | Jr | * | Princeton, WV | |
| 14 | Fred Cialli | HB | 5' 9" | 165 | Fr | * | Bronx, NY | |
| 15 | Gene Simmons | K | 5' 7" | 147 | So | * | Elkins, WV | |
| 21 | George Kocaka | HB | 5' 11" | 171 | Fr | Monongalhela, PA | ||
| 22 | Charles Becca | HB | 5' 7" | 160 | Jr | Martins Ferry, OH | ||
| 23 | Ray Caldwell | HB | 5' 9" | 169 | So | * | Mullens, WV | |
| 24 | Alva Richmond | HB | 5' 10" | 164 | Sr | * | Mullens, WV | |
| 25 | Russ Combs | QB | 5' 10" | 175 | Sr | * | * | Penns Grove, NJ |
| 31 | Len Bellas | FB | 5' 11" | 200 | So | * | Dallas, PA | |
| 35 | Pete Zinaich | FB | 5' 11" | 189 | Jr | * | Weirton, WV | |
| 36 | Walt Malyk | FB | 6' 0" | 245 | Jr | * | Vineland, NJ | |
| 41 | Bill Galand | E | So | Dunbar, WV | ||||
| 41 | Jack Morton | FB | 6' 1" | 185 | Jr | * | Parkersburg, WV | |
| 42 | Jim Devonshire | HB | 6' 2" | 185 | Jr | * | Penns Grove, NJ | |
| 43 | Robert Fought | HB | 5' 9" | 160 | Jr | Parkersburg, WV | ||
| 44 | Vic Bonfili | HB | 5' 11" | 170 | Sr | * | * | Morgantown, WV |
| 45 | John Murphy | HB | 5' 10" | 196 | So | * | Bridgeport, WV | |
| 51 | Adle Joseph | C | 5' 9" | 175 | So | * | Charleston, WV | |
| 52 | Richard Pence | C | 5' 10" | 170 | Sr | Parkersburg, WV | ||
| 53 | Anthony Ware | C | 5' 10" | 185 | Fr | * | Enterprise, WV | |
| 53 | Frank Allen | E | 6' 5" | 185 | So | * | Parkersburg, WV | |
| 54 | Frank Kazmierski | T | 5' 11" | 227 | So | * | Weirton, WV | |
| 55 | Dave Stephenson | C | 6' 1" | 220 | So | * | Clendenin, WV | |
| 61 | Ambrose Zubel | G | 5' 10" | 180 | Jr | * | Wheeling, WV | |
| 62 | David Richards | G | 5' 9" | 207 | So | Mansfield, OH | ||
| 63 | John Bobbitt | G | 5' 10" | 194 | So | * | Penns Grove, NJ | |
| 65 | Fred Stuvek | T | 6' 1" | 245 | Jr | * | Besco, PA | |
| 66 | Augustine Hovanski | G | 5' 9" | 170 | So | Beckley, WV | ||
| 66 | Charles Boyles | G | 6' 0" | 190 | Sr | * | Philippi, WV | |
| 67 | Mario Cavatassi | G | 6' 1" | 189 | Jr | Follansbee, WV | ||
| 68 | Charles Rolfe | G | 5' 10" | 208 | Fr | Huntington, WV | ||
| 69 | Louis Birurakis | G | 5' 10" | 219 | So | * | Morgantown, WV | |
| 71 | James Moran | T | 6' 1" | 195 | Sr | * | Wilkes-Barre, PA | |
| 72 | John Bove | T | 6' 1" | 230 | So | * | Auburn, NY | |
| 73 | Ervin Queen | T | 6' 0" | 215 | Fr | * | Logan, WV | |
| 74 | Anthony Torchio | T | 6' 0" | 220 | Jr | * | Weirton, WV | |
| 75 | Gene Remenar | T | 6' 2" | 220 | Sr | * | Weirton, WV | |
| 76 | Ralph Main | T | 6' 0" | 210 | Jr | * | Coeburn, VA | |
| 77 | Richard Hoffman | T | 6' 0" | 220 | Jr | * | Greensburg, PA | |
| 79 | Stoner Parsons | G | 6' 1" | 186 | So | Poca, WV | ||
| 82 | Kenneth Wilson | E | 6' 2" | 198 | So | * | Morgantown, WV | |
| 83 | Larry Ciccarelli | E | 6' 0" | 201 | So | * | Shinnston, WV | |
| 84 | Bernie Huntz | E | 6' 1" | 200 | Jr | * | Wyoming, PA | |
| 85 | Clarence "Bud" Cox | E | 6' 0" | 203 | Jr | * | Parkersburg, WV | |
| 86 | Keith Allen | E | 6' 0" | 168 | Fr | Franklin, WV | ||
| 87 | Sid Metro | E | 6' 1" | 195 | So | * | Moundsville, WV | |
| 88 | Frank Reno | E | 6' 0" | 190 | Jr | * | * | Greensburg, PA |
| 89 | Roy Lester | E | 6' 3" | 195 | Jr | * | Spencer, WV |
Not in a conference.