1958
| H/A/N | Games | Wins | Losses | Ties | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Games | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .450 |
| Home | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 |
| Away | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 |
| Neutral | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Date | Rank | Opponent | Opp. Rank | Conf. | Site | Location | H/A | OTs | WVU | Opp | W/L | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20 | Richmond | * | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 66 | 22 | W | 20,000 | |||
| Sep 27 | 13 | Oklahoma | 2 | Owen Field at Memorial Stadium | Norman, OK | A | 14 | 47 | L | 55,432 | ||
| Oct 4 | Indiana | Memorial Stadium | Bloomington, IN | A | 12 | 13 | L | 20,000 | ||||
| Oct 11 | Boston University | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 30 | 36 | L | 18,000 | ||||
| Oct 18 | Pitt | Pitt Stadium | Pittsburgh, PA | A | 8 | 15 | L | 42,000 | ||||
| Oct 25 | Virginia Tech | * | Richmond City Stadium | Richmond, VA | N | 21 | 20 | W | 22,000 | |||
| Nov 1 | George Washington | * | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 35 | 12 | W | 13,000 | |||
| Nov 8 | Penn State | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 14 | 14 | T | 26,000 | ||||
| Nov 15 | William & Mary | * | Cary Field | Williamsburg, VA | A | 56 | 6 | W | 6,000 | |||
| Nov 22 | Syracuse | 10 | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 12 | 15 | L | 25,000 |
| Rushing | GP | No. | Rg | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg./g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 10 | 499 | 2172 | 295 | 1877 | 25 | 0 | 187.7 |
| Ray Peterson | 10 | 81 | 365 | 32 | 333 | 2 | 33.3 | |
| Mel Reight | 10 | 77 | 308 | 23 | 285 | 5 | 28.5 | |
| Dick Longfellow | 10 | 86 | 424 | 170 | 254 | 5 | 25.4 | |
| Danny Williams | 10 | 51 | 239 | 26 | 213 | 5 | 21.3 | |
| Bob Benke | 10 | 48 | 194 | 4 | 190 | 2 | 19.0 | |
| Noel Whipkey | 10 | 39 | 140 | 0 | 140 | 1 | 14.0 | |
| Dave Rider | 10 | 35 | 135 | 12 | 123 | 1 | 12.3 | |
| John Marra | 8 | 20 | 77 | 7 | 70 | 1 | 8.8 | |
| Glen Shamblin | 7 | 17 | 72 | 3 | 69 | 1 | 9.9 | |
| Bob Lively | 5 | 6 | 64 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 12.8 | |
| Bill McClure | 8 | 24 | 65 | 10 | 55 | 0 | 6.9 | |
| Chuck Simpson | 7 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 5.3 | |
| Carmen Pomponio | 3 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 9.7 | |
| Bob Connolly | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.5 | |
| Harry Criss | 3 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1.3 | |
| Sam Day | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.0 |
| Passing | GP | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked | Avg./g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 10 | 107 | 208 | 16 | 1451 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 145.1 |
| Dick Longfellow | 10 | 79 | 150 | 12 | 948 | 6 | 94.8 | ||
| Danny Williams | 10 | 20 | 38 | 1 | 344 | 1 | 34.4 | ||
| Chuck Simpson | 7 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 102 | 1 | 14.6 | ||
| Carmen Pomponio | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 57 | 1 | 19.0 |
| Receiving | GP | No. | Yds | Avg. | TD | Long | Avg./G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 10 | 107 | 1441 | 13.5 | 9 | 80 | 144.1 |
| Terry Fairbanks | 10 | 16 | 331 | 20.7 | 1 | 80 | 33.1 |
| Mel Reight | 10 | 31 | 329 | 10.6 | 2 | 32.9 | |
| Dave Rider | 10 | 10 | 219 | 21.9 | 2 | 50 | 21.9 |
| Ray Peterson | 10 | 15 | 168 | 11.2 | 1 | 16.8 | |
| Tony Tallarico | 10 | 6 | 83 | 13.8 | 1 | 8.3 | |
| John Marra | 8 | 7 | 76 | 10.9 | 0 | 9.5 | |
| Bruce McClung | 10 | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 0 | 6.8 | |
| Noel Whipkey | 10 | 7 | 64 | 9.1 | 0 | 6.4 | |
| Ben McComb | 10 | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 1 | 4.4 | |
| Phil Messinger | 9 | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 1 | 3.3 | |
| Sam Day | 1 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 30.0 | |
| Bill McClure | 8 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 35 | 374 | 79 | 27 | 586 | 0 | 14 | 175 | 37 |
| Ray Peterson | 9 | 82 | 8 | 217 | 2 | 23 | |||
| Mel Reight | 8 | 91 | 5 | 126 | 3 | 74 | 37 | ||
| John Marra | 6 | 107 | 79 | ||||||
| Dave Rider | 3 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 21 | |||
| Bill McClure | 2 | 10 | 1 | 25 | |||||
| Danny Williams | 1 | 13 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 20 | |||
| Ben McComb | 1 | 6 | 1 | 30 | |||||
| Bob Benke | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | |||||
| Bill Lopasky | 1 | 14 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Harry Criss | 1 | 15 | |||||||
| Tony Tallarico | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| Terry Fairbanks | 1 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| Noel Whipkey | 3 | 44 | |||||||
| Dick Longfellow | 3 | 50 | |||||||
| Elmer "Pete" Tolley | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| Bob Connolly | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Carmen Pomponio | 1 | 19 | |||||||
| John Bowles | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Glen Shamblin | 1 | 9 | |||||||
| Charles Lanasa | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Bill Dumbauld | 1 | 0 |
| # | Name | Pos | Ht | Wt | Class | Letter | Captain | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Carmen Pomponio | QB | 5' 11" | 185 | So | Youngstown, OH | ||
| 11 | Dick Longfellow | QB | 5' 9" | 175 | Sr | * | Spencer, WV | |
| 12 | Chuck Simpson | QB | 6' 0" | 185 | Sr | * | Charleston, WV | |
| 14 | Bob Connolly | QB | 6' 0" | 185 | Sr | Pittsburgh, PA | ||
| 15 | Danny Williams | QB | 6' 0" | 175 | So | * | Beckley, WV | |
| 21 | Ray Peterson | HB | 5' 11" | 175 | Jr | * | Falls Church, VA | |
| 22 | Dave Rider | HB | 5' 11" | 180 | Jr | * | War, WV | |
| 32 | Glen Shamblin | FB | 5' 10" | 200 | Jr | * | Sissonville, WV | |
| 33 | Harry Criss | FB | 5' 9" | 185 | So | Library, PA | ||
| 34 | Noel Whipkey | FB | 5' 10" | 200 | Sr | * | Charleston, WV | |
| 35 | Bob Benke | FB | 6' 0" | 210 | So | * | Star Junction, PA | |
| 36 | Elmer "Pete" Tolley | G | 6' 0" | 200 | So | * | Bartley, WV | |
| 41 | John Marra | HB | 5' 10" | 180 | So | * | Shinnston, WV | |
| 42 | Mel Reight | HB | 5' 10" | 180 | Sr | * | Etna, PA | |
| 44 | Bill McClure | HB | 6' 0" | 180 | Sr | * | Charleston, WV | |
| 45 | Terry Fairbanks | E | 6' 1" | 200 | Sr | * | * | Parsons, WV |
| 46 | Sam Day | HB | 6' 1" | 180 | So | Sarasota, FL | ||
| 51 | Joe Wirth | C | 6' 0" | 200 | Jr | * | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 52 | Ed Kensky | C | 6' 0" | 190 | So | Clairton, PA | ||
| 53 | Bob Lively | C | 6' 2" | 195 | So | Oceana, WV | ||
| 54 | Charles Bonar | C | 6' 1" | 210 | So | Moundsville, WV | ||
| 55 | J.D. Miller | G | 6' 1" | 210 | Sr | * | Sewickley, PA | |
| 56 | Chuck Billak | C | 5' 11" | 190 | Jr | * | Ronco, PA | |
| 60 | Bill Ford | G | 5' 11" | 202 | Sr | Centerville, PA | ||
| 61 | Glenn Bowman | G | 6' 0" | 210 | So | * | Charleston, WV | |
| 62 | Carl Dannenberg | G | 6' 1" | 220 | Jr | * | Wheeling, WV | |
| 64 | Dick Such | G | 6' 1" | 225 | So | Ravenswood, WV | ||
| 65 | Bill Lopasky | G | 6' 0" | 220 | Jr | * | Lehman, PA | |
| 68 | Jerry Keeney | G | 6' 0" | 210 | Jr | Clairton, PA | ||
| 69 | Charles Lanasa | C | 5' 11" | 200 | So | * | Etna, PA | |
| 70 | Bill Dumbauld | T | 6' 5" | 245 | So | Huntington, WV | ||
| 73 | Bill Trozzo | T | 6' 1" | 230 | Sr | * | Rillton, PA | |
| 74 | Blaine Staats | T | 6' 2" | 250 | So | * | Mason, WV | |
| 75 | Jim Hillen | T | 6' 1" | 230 | Sr | * | Smock, PA | |
| 76 | Larry Foltz | T | 6' 1" | 225 | So | Newell, WV | ||
| 77 | Dick Guesman | T | 6' 4" | 245 | Sr | * | Brownsville, PA | |
| 78 | Ted Zets | T | 6' 1" | 225 | So | Centerville, PA | ||
| 79 | Ed Sommer | G | 5' 11" | 210 | Sr | * | Point Pleasant, WV | |
| 81 | Ben McComb | E | 6' 2" | 200 | Jr | * | Sewickley, PA | |
| 82 | Ray Borlie | E | 6' 4" | 200 | So | Portage, PA | ||
| 83 | John Bowles | E | 6' 2" | 200 | Sr | * | Bluefield, WV | |
| 85 | Bruce McClung | E | 6' 4" | 205 | Sr | * | Rupert, WV | |
| 86 | Tony Tallarico | E | 6' 2" | 180 | Jr | * | Lorado, WV | |
| 87 | Tom McFadden | E | 6' 2" | 195 | So | Euclid, OH | ||
| 88 | Phil Messinger | E | 6' 3" | 190 | Sr | * | Clarksburg, WV |
Southern Conference Standings
| # | Team | Conf. Games | W | L | T | % | Overall | W | L | T | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Virginia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .450 |
| 2 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .550 |
| 3 | George Washington | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 |
| 4 | VMI | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .700 |
| 5 | Richmond | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 |
| 6 | Davidson | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 |
| 7 | Citadel | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 |
| 8 | Furman | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .222 |
| 9 | William & Mary | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .278 |