1958

H/A/NGamesWinsLossesTies%
All Games10451.450
Home5221.500
Away4130.250
Neutral11001.000
DateRankOpponentOpp. RankConf.SiteLocationH/AOTsWVUOppW/LAttendance
Sep 20 Richmond *Old Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WVH 6622W20,000
Sep 2713Oklahoma2Owen Field at Memorial StadiumNorman, OKA 1447L55,432
Oct 4 Indiana Memorial StadiumBloomington, INA 1213L20,000
Oct 11 Boston University Old Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WVH 3036L18,000
Oct 18 Pitt Pitt StadiumPittsburgh, PAA 815L42,000
Oct 25 Virginia Tech *Richmond City StadiumRichmond, VAN 2120W22,000
Nov 1 George Washington *Old Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WVH 3512W13,000
Nov 8 Penn State Old Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WVH 1414T26,000
Nov 15 William & Mary *Cary FieldWilliamsburg, VAA 566W6,000
Nov 22 Syracuse10Old Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WVH 1215L25,000
RushingGPNo.RgLossNetTDLongAvg./g
Totals1049921722951877250187.7
Ray Peterson1081365323332 33.3
Mel Reight1077308232855 28.5
Dick Longfellow10864241702545 25.4
Danny Williams1051239262135 21.3
Bob Benke104819441902 19.0
Noel Whipkey103914001401 14.0
Dave Rider1035135121231 12.3
John Marra820777701 8.8
Glen Shamblin717723691 9.9
Bob Lively56640640 12.8
Bill McClure8246510550 6.9
Chuck Simpson76370371 5.3
Carmen Pomponio32290290 9.7
Bob Connolly217070 3.5
Harry Criss3512841 1.3
Sam Day114040 4.0
PassingGPCompAttIntYdsTDLongSackedAvg./g
Totals10107208161451900145.1
Dick Longfellow1079150129486  94.8
Danny Williams10203813441  34.4
Chuck Simpson751621021  14.6
Carmen Pomponio3341571  19.0
ReceivingGPNo.YdsAvg.TDLongAvg./G
Totals10107144113.5980144.1
Terry Fairbanks101633120.718033.1
Mel Reight103132910.62 32.9
Dave Rider101021921.925021.9
Ray Peterson101516811.21 16.8
Tony Tallarico1068313.81 8.3
John Marra877610.90 9.5
Bruce McClung1046817.00 6.8
Noel Whipkey107649.10 6.4
Ben McComb106447.31 4.4
Phil Messinger933010.01 3.3
Sam Day113030.00 30.0
Bill McClure81-1-1.00 -0.1
ReturnsPRYdsLongKRYdsLongIntYdsLong
Totals35374792758601417537
Ray Peterson982 8217 223 
Mel Reight891 5126 37437
John Marra610779      
Dave Rider320 112 121 
Bill McClure210 125    
Danny Williams113 241 120 
Ben McComb16 130    
Bob Benke12 113    
Bill Lopasky114    15 
Harry Criss115       
Tony Tallarico14       
Terry Fairbanks11010      
Noel Whipkey   344    
Dick Longfellow   350    
Elmer "Pete" Tolley   17    
Bob Connolly   121 12 
Carmen Pomponio      119 
John Bowles      10 
Glen Shamblin      19 
Charles Lanasa      12 
Bill Dumbauld      10 
#NamePosHtWtClassLetterCaptainHometown
10Carmen PomponioQB5' 11"185So  Youngstown, OH
11Dick LongfellowQB5' 9"175Sr* Spencer, WV
12Chuck SimpsonQB6' 0"185Sr* Charleston, WV
14Bob ConnollyQB6' 0"185Sr  Pittsburgh, PA
15Danny WilliamsQB6' 0"175So* Beckley, WV
21Ray PetersonHB5' 11"175Jr* Falls Church, VA
22Dave RiderHB5' 11"180Jr* War, WV
32Glen ShamblinFB5' 10"200Jr* Sissonville, WV
33Harry CrissFB5' 9"185So  Library, PA
34Noel WhipkeyFB5' 10"200Sr* Charleston, WV
35Bob BenkeFB6' 0"210So* Star Junction, PA
36Elmer "Pete" TolleyG6' 0"200So* Bartley, WV
41John MarraHB5' 10"180So* Shinnston, WV
42Mel ReightHB5' 10"180Sr* Etna, PA
44Bill McClureHB6' 0"180Sr* Charleston, WV
45Terry FairbanksE6' 1"200Sr**Parsons, WV
46Sam DayHB6' 1"180So  Sarasota, FL
51Joe WirthC6' 0"200Jr* Pittsburgh, PA
52Ed KenskyC6' 0"190So  Clairton, PA
53Bob LivelyC6' 2"195So  Oceana, WV
54Charles BonarC6' 1"210So  Moundsville, WV
55J.D. MillerG6' 1"210Sr* Sewickley, PA
56Chuck BillakC5' 11"190Jr* Ronco, PA
60Bill FordG5' 11"202Sr  Centerville, PA
61Glenn BowmanG6' 0"210So* Charleston, WV
62Carl DannenbergG6' 1"220Jr* Wheeling, WV
64Dick SuchG6' 1"225So  Ravenswood, WV
65Bill LopaskyG6' 0"220Jr* Lehman, PA
68Jerry KeeneyG6' 0"210Jr  Clairton, PA
69Charles LanasaC5' 11"200So* Etna, PA
70Bill DumbauldT6' 5"245So  Huntington, WV
73Bill TrozzoT6' 1"230Sr* Rillton, PA
74Blaine StaatsT6' 2"250So* Mason, WV
75Jim HillenT6' 1"230Sr* Smock, PA
76Larry FoltzT6' 1"225So  Newell, WV
77Dick GuesmanT6' 4"245Sr* Brownsville, PA
78Ted ZetsT6' 1"225So  Centerville, PA
79Ed SommerG5' 11"210Sr* Point Pleasant, WV
81Ben McCombE6' 2"200Jr* Sewickley, PA
82Ray BorlieE6' 4"200So  Portage, PA
83John BowlesE6' 2"200Sr* Bluefield, WV
85Bruce McClungE6' 4"205Sr* Rupert, WV
86Tony TallaricoE6' 2"180Jr* Lorado, WV
87Tom McFaddenE6' 2"195So  Euclid, OH
88Phil MessingerE6' 3"190Sr* Clarksburg, WV
Southern Conference Standings
#TeamConf. GamesWLT%OverallWLT%
1West Virginia44001.00010451.450
2Virginia Tech4310.75010541.550
3George Washington5320.6008350.375
4VMI5221.50010622.700
5Richmond7340.42910370.300
6Davidson5230.4009540.556
7Citadel5230.40010460.400
8Furman3120.3339270.222
9William & Mary6141.2509261.278