1955
| H/A/N | Games | Wins | Losses | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Games | 10 | 8 | 2 | .800 |
| Home | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 |
| Away | 4 | 3 | 1 | .750 |
| Neutral | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Date | Rank | Opponent | Opp. Rank | Conf. | Site | Location | H/A | OTs | WVU | Opp | W/L | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 | Richmond | * | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 33 | 12 | W | 21,000 | |||
| Oct 1 | 13 | Wake Forest | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 46 | 0 | W | 25,000 | |||
| Oct 8 | 11 | VMI | * | Mitchell Stadium | Bluefield, WV | N | 47 | 12 | W | 11,000 | ||
| Oct 15 | 10 | William & Mary | * | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 39 | 13 | W | 22,000 | ||
| Oct 22 | 8 | Penn State | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 21 | 7 | W | 34,400 | |||
| Oct 29 | 7 | Marquette | Marquette Stadium | Milwaukee, WI | A | 39 | 0 | W | 16,000 | |||
| Nov 4 | 7 | George Washington | * | Griffith Stadium | Washington, DC | A | 13 | 7 | W | 22,500 | ||
| Nov 12 | 6 | Pitt | 17 | Pitt Stadium | Pittsburgh, PA | A | 7 | 26 | L | 57,996 | ||
| Nov 19 | 13 | Syracuse | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 13 | 20 | L | 22,000 | |||
| Nov 25 | North Carolina State | Riddick Stadium | Raleigh, NC | A | 27 | 7 | W | 4,500 |
| Rushing | GP | No. | Rg | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg./g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 10 | 489 | 2881 | 246 | 2635 | 29 | 2 | 263.5 |
| Bob Moss | 10 | 98 | 821 | 14 | 807 | 9 | 80.7 | |
| Larry Krutko | 10 | 73 | 423 | 3 | 420 | 3 | 42.0 | |
| Joe Marconi | 9 | 66 | 408 | 28 | 380 | 6 | 42.2 | |
| Jack Rabbits | 10 | 39 | 349 | 5 | 344 | 3 | 0 | 34.4 |
| Fred Wyant | 8 | 44 | 229 | 61 | 168 | 3 | 21.0 | |
| Tom Huston | 10 | 35 | 157 | 3 | 154 | 1 | 2 | 15.4 |
| Ralph Anastasio | 10 | 29 | 114 | 4 | 110 | 0 | -2 | 11.0 |
| Paul Shepherd | 9 | 29 | 114 | 32 | 82 | 1 | 9.1 | |
| Alex Szuch | 6 | 16 | 64 | 12 | 52 | 1 | 8.7 | |
| Eddie Dugan | 5 | 8 | 55 | 4 | 51 | 0 | 10.2 | |
| Max Cosper | 4 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 5.5 | |
| Mickey Trimarki | 10 | 39 | 90 | 71 | 19 | 2 | 1.9 | |
| Ray Surbaugh | 3 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 4.7 | |
| Tony Hosek | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.9 | |
| Ronnie Santicola | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.8 |
| Passing | GP | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked | Avg./g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 10 | 70 | 152 | 10 | 1198 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 119.8 |
| Fred Wyant | 8 | 37 | 73 | 5 | 583 | 5 | -3 | 72.9 | |
| Mickey Trimarki | 10 | 22 | 57 | 4 | 411 | 5 | 24 | 41.1 | |
| Alex Szuch | 6 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 204 | 2 | 0 | 34.0 | |
| Bob Moss | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Receiving | GP | No. | Yds | Avg. | TD | Long | Avg./G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 10 | 70 | 1198 | 17.1 | 12 | 24 | 119.8 |
| Bob Moss | 10 | 9 | 221 | 24.6 | 1 | 22.1 | |
| Gary Bunn | 10 | 8 | 176 | 22.0 | 3 | 17.6 | |
| Joe Kopnisky | 10 | 12 | 141 | 11.8 | 1 | 23 | 14.1 |
| Tony Hosek | 9 | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 1 | 10 | 12.2 |
| Joe Papetti | 10 | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 2 | -3 | 9.4 |
| Roger Chancey | 6 | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 2 | 15.5 | |
| Ralph Anastasio | 10 | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 1 | 24 | 8.8 |
| Larry Krutko | 10 | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 0 | 5.9 | |
| Dennis Jones | 6 | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 0 | 9.7 | |
| Joe Marconi | 9 | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 1 | 5.6 | |
| Eddie Dugan | 5 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 7.8 | |
| Paul Shepherd | 9 | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | 15 | 4.0 |
| Allen Colebank | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14.0 | |
| Jack Rabbits | 10 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 1.0 | |
| Tom Huston | 10 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0.9 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 27 | 263 | 0 | 23 | 340 | 0 | 13 | 166 | 0 |
| Ralph Anastasio | 5 | 40 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 14 | |||
| Fred Wyant | 5 | 22 | 1 | 60 | 2 | 28 | |||
| Jack Rabbits | 4 | 110 | 3 | 47 | 1 | 19 | |||
| Bob Moss | 3 | 17 | 4 | 60 | |||||
| Mickey Trimarki | 3 | 22 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 16 | |||
| Paul Shepherd | 2 | 25 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 23 | |||
| Eddie Dugan | 2 | 13 | 1 | 19 | |||||
| Bob Guenther | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Ray Surbaugh | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Joe Kopnisky | 1 | 14 | |||||||
| Joe Marconi | 3 | 39 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Larry Krutko | 2 | 23 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Roger Chancey | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Joe Papetti | 1 | 11 | |||||||
| Tom Huston | 1 | 13 | |||||||
| Tom Domen | 2 | 66 |
| # | Name | Pos | Ht | Wt | Class | Letter | Captain | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Alex Szuch | QB | 5' 10" | 170 | Jr | Logan, WV | ||
| 11 | Fred Wyant | QB | 5' 11" | 195 | Sr | * | * | Weston, WV |
| 12 | Chuck Simpson | QB | 6' 0" | 185 | So | Charleston, WV | ||
| 14 | Delton Mullennex | HB | 6' 1" | 175 | So | Parsons, WV | ||
| 15 | Mickey Trimarki | QB | 6' 1" | 195 | So | * | Burgettstown, PA | |
| 21 | Paul Shepherd | HB | 5' 11" | 168 | Jr | * | St. Marys, WV | |
| 22 | Jack Rabbits | HB | 5' 9" | 162 | Jr | * | Jeannette, PA | |
| 23 | Ray Borst | FB | 5' 11" | 200 | Jr | Pitcairn, PA | ||
| 24 | Ralph Anastasio | HB | 5' 11" | 165 | So | * | Follansbee, WV | |
| 25 | Bob Moss | HB | 6' 1" | 194 | Sr | * | Huntington, WV | |
| 26 | Mike Rader | FB | 5' 11" | 175 | So | Benwood, WV | ||
| 32 | Ray Surbaugh | HB | 5' 11" | 178 | Sr | Hinton, WV | ||
| 33 | Max Cosper | FB | 5' 9" | 195 | Jr | St. Marys, WV | ||
| 34 | Joe Marconi | FB | 6' 1" | 218 | Sr | * | Fredericktown, PA | |
| 35 | Tom Huston | FB | 6' 1" | 205 | So | * | Arlington, VA | |
| 41 | Joe Zimmerman | HB | 5' 11" | 160 | So | Lewisburg, WV | ||
| 43 | Ronnie Santicola | HB | 5' 11" | 180 | So | Oakmont, PA | ||
| 44 | Allen Colebank | HB | 5' 10" | 175 | Jr | Morgantown, WV | ||
| 47 | Eddie Dugan | HB | 5' 9" | 165 | Sr | Uniontown, PA | ||
| 49 | Larry Krutko | FB | 6' 1" | 210 | So | * | Carmichaels, PA | |
| 52 | Harry McFeater | C | 5' 11" | 195 | So | Swissvale, PA | ||
| 53 | Ron Klim | C | 6' 1" | 220 | Jr | * | Carnegie, PA | |
| 54 | Tom Domen | C | 5' 11" | 205 | So | * | Fredericktown, PA | |
| 55 | Barry Blake | G | 6' 1" | 215 | Jr | Mt. Hope, WV | ||
| 61 | Joe Nicely | G | 6' 1" | 220 | So | Rupert, WV | ||
| 62 | Ted Holmes | G | 6' 0" | 200 | Jr | Pittsburgh, PA | ||
| 63 | Bob Guenther | G | 6' 0" | 195 | So | * | Clairton, PA | |
| 64 | Gene Lathey | G | 5' 10" | 192 | Jr | * | Dunbar, WV | |
| 65 | Jerry Urda | G | 6' 0" | 215 | Jr | * | Carmichaels, PA | |
| 66 | Chuck Howley | G | 6' 2" | 220 | So | * | Wheeling, WV | |
| 67 | Dick Nichols | G | 6' 0" | 200 | Jr | Nitro, WV | ||
| 69 | Larry Doljac | G | 5' 9" | 200 | Sr | Uniontown, PA | ||
| 71 | Roy Blizzard | T | 6' 3" | 210 | So | Charleston, WV | ||
| 72 | Paul Sharkady | T | 6' 1" | 225 | So | * | Centerville, PA | |
| 73 | Bill Underdonk | T | 6' 2" | 220 | Jr | * | Moundsville, WV | |
| 74 | Jim Pickett | T | 6' 3" | 230 | So | Jeannette, PA | ||
| 75 | Sam Huff | G | 6' 1" | 230 | Sr | * | * | Farmington, WV |
| 76 | Jerry Cooper | T | 6' 3" | 225 | So | Princeton, WV | ||
| 77 | Bruce Bosley | T | 6' 2" | 235 | Sr | * | * | Green Bank, WV |
| 78 | Walter Beene | E | 6' 0" | 195 | Jr | Mt. Hope, WV | ||
| 79 | Bob Gange | T | 6' 3" | 250 | So | Pittsburgh, PA | ||
| 81 | Bob King | E | 6' 3" | 195 | So | Allegan, MI | ||
| 82 | Tony Hosek | E | 6' 4" | 215 | So | * | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 83 | Warren Bodkin | E | 6' 3" | 200 | So | South Charleston, WV | ||
| 84 | Joe Kopnisky | E | 6' 2" | 210 | Jr | * | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 85 | Joe Papetti | E | 6' 2" | 215 | Sr | Fairmont, WV | ||
| 86 | Gary Bunn | E | 6' 3" | 205 | Sr | * | Barboursville, WV | |
| 87 | Roger Chancey | E | 6' 2" | 225 | So | Pomeroy, OH | ||
| 88 | Johnny Plybon | E | 6' 4" | 189 | So | Gassaway, WV | ||
| 89 | Dennis Jones | E | 6' 2" | 205 | So | Monongah, WV |
Southern Conference Standings
| # | Team | Conf. Games | W | L | T | % | Overall | W | L | T | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Virginia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 |
| 2 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .625 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .650 |
| 3 | Richmond | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .571 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .556 |
| 4 | Davidson | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 |
| 4 | George Washington | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 |
| 6 | Furman | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .100 |
| 7 | Citadel | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 |
| 8 | William & Mary | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .300 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .167 |
| 9 | VMI | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .100 |
| 10 | Washington & Lee | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .000 |