1961
| H/A/N | Games | Wins | Losses | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Games | 10 | 4 | 6 | .400 |
| Home | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 |
| Away | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 |
| Date | Rank | Opponent | Opp. Rank | Conf. | Site | Location | H/A | OTs | WVU | Opp | W/L | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16 | Richmond | * | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 26 | 35 | L | 12,000 | |||
| Sep 23 | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field | Nashville, TN | A | 6 | 16 | L | 18,000 | ||||
| Sep 30 | Syracuse | 5 | Archbold Stadium | Syracuse, NY | A | 14 | 29 | L | 25,000 | |||
| Oct 7 | Virginia Tech | * | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 28 | 0 | W | 15,000 | |||
| Oct 14 | Pitt | Pitt Stadium | Pittsburgh, PA | A | 20 | 6 | W | 28,450 | ||||
| Oct 21 | Boston University | BU Field | Boston, MA | A | 6 | 12 | L | 7,100 | ||||
| Oct 28 | Army | Michie Stadium | West Point, NY | A | 7 | 3 | W | 23,525 | ||||
| Nov 4 | George Washington | * | D.C. Stadium | Washington, DC | A | 12 | 7 | W | 9,395 | |||
| Nov 11 | Penn State | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 6 | 20 | L | 30,000 | ||||
| Nov 18 | Indiana | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 9 | 17 | L | 17,000 |
| Rushing | GP | No. | Rg | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg./g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 10 | 473 | 2079 | 301 | 1778 | 12 | 22 | 177.8 |
| Glenn Holton | 10 | 79 | 385 | 13 | 372 | 3 | 6 | 37.2 |
| Jim Moss | 10 | 64 | 348 | 6 | 342 | 0 | 7 | 34.2 |
| Tom Woodeshick | 10 | 68 | 352 | 15 | 337 | 1 | 22 | 33.7 |
| Steve Berzansky | 10 | 61 | 235 | 2 | 233 | 2 | 3 | 23.3 |
| Fred Colvard | 10 | 81 | 343 | 154 | 189 | 3 | 14 | 18.9 |
| Roger Holdinsky | 8 | 39 | 167 | 4 | 163 | 2 | 6 | 20.4 |
| Eli Kosanovich | 10 | 30 | 105 | 30 | 75 | 0 | 14 | 7.5 |
| John Bosley | 6 | 15 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 7.3 | |
| John Burnison | 8 | 10 | 36 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 3.4 | |
| Jim Procopio | 8 | 10 | 35 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 2.8 | |
| Don Myers | 4 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3.3 | |
| Joel Hicks | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.8 | |
| Jerry Yost | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 0 | -2.7 | |
| Dale Evans | 10 | 7 | 4 | 29 | -25 | 0 | -2 | -2.5 |
| TEAM | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | -11 | 0 | -3.7 |
| Passing | GP | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked | Avg./g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 10 | 42 | 106 | 8 | 624 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 62.4 |
| Fred Colvard | 10 | 32 | 72 | 3 | 493 | 3 | 41 | 49.3 | |
| Dale Evans | 10 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 124 | 0 | 20 | 12.4 | |
| Jerry Yost | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2.3 | ||
| John Burnison | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Receiving | GP | No. | Yds | Avg. | TD | Long | Avg./G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 10 | 42 | 624 | 14.9 | 4 | 41 | 62.4 |
| Steve Berzansky | 10 | 10 | 116 | 11.6 | 0 | 20 | 11.6 |
| Dick Struck | 9 | 5 | 112 | 22.4 | 1 | 22 | 12.4 |
| Roger Holdinsky | 8 | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 1 | 15 | 11.6 |
| Glenn Holton | 10 | 7 | 79 | 11.3 | 0 | 33 | 7.9 |
| Eli Kosanovich | 10 | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | 12 | 5.7 |
| Ken Herock | 10 | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 1 | 4.7 | |
| Jim Procopio | 8 | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 1 | 41 | 5.1 |
| Paul Gray | 10 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 2.7 | |
| Dieter Garrett | 10 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 14 | 2.1 |
| Jim Moss | 10 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 2.1 | |
| Tom Woodeshick | 10 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 1.4 | |
| Don Myers | 4 | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 | -1.0 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 32 | 381 | 68 | 29 | 617 | 41 | 16 | 223 | 53 |
| Fred Colvard | 12 | 196 | 68 | 4 | 85 | ||||
| Jim Moss | 11 | 124 | 30 | 10 | 259 | 33 | 4 | 89 | 0 |
| Roger Holdinsky | 5 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 74 | ||||
| Jim Procopio | 1 | 11 | 2 | 36 | 19 | ||||
| John Burnison | 1 | 13 | 2 | 57 | 41 | 5 | 45 | 21 | |
| Eli Kosanovich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 53 | 53 | |
| Joel Hicks | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| Tom Woodeshick | 4 | 80 | 20 | ||||||
| Ken Herock | 1 | 6 | 6 | ||||||
| Dick Struck | 1 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| Pete Goimarac | 3 | 36 | 16 | ||||||
| John Skinner | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| # | Name | Pos | Ht | Wt | Class | Letter | Captain | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | John Burnison | QB | 5' 9" | 170 | So | * | Gaylord, MI | |
| 11 | Ronald Rumora | HB | 5' 11" | 175 | Jr | Weirton, WV | ||
| 12 | Dale Evans | QB | 5' 11" | 190 | Sr | * | Thomas, WV | |
| 15 | Jerry Yost | QB | 6' 2" | 195 | So | Rogersville, PA | ||
| 21 | Jim Procopio | HB | 5' 8" | 173 | So | St. Marys, WV | ||
| 22 | Bill Fleming | HB | 6' 0" | 173 | So | Monongah, WV | ||
| 23 | Steve Berzansky | FB | 6' 1" | 220 | So | * | Portage, PA | |
| 24 | Roger Holdinsky | HB | 5' 11" | 175 | Sr | * | Moundsville, WV | |
| 25 | Jim Moss | HB | 6' 1" | 205 | Jr | * | Huntington, WV | |
| 26 | Vic Green | G | 5' 10" | 203 | So | Rupert, WV | ||
| 31 | Glenn Bennett | FB | 5' 9" | 207 | Jr | * | Hinton, WV | |
| 32 | John Bosley | FB | 5' 11" | 220 | So | Green Bank, WV | ||
| 33 | Glenn Holton | FB | 6' 2" | 210 | So | * | Barboursville, WV | |
| 34 | Don Myers | FB | 5' 11" | 190 | Jr | Greensburg, PA | ||
| 41 | Tom Woodeshick | HB | 6' 0" | 194 | Jr | * | Wilkes-Barre, PA | |
| 42 | Eli Kosanovich | HB | 6' 1" | 190 | Jr | * | Weirton, WV | |
| 44 | Joel Hicks | HB | 5' 11" | 185 | So | Richwood, WV | ||
| 45 | Fred Colvard | QB | 6' 0" | 185 | So | * | Logan, WV | |
| 46 | Dieter Garrett | E | 6' 1" | 180 | Jr | * | Dunbar, WV | |
| 51 | Joe Kiselica | C | 6' 0" | 210 | So | * | Tarentum, PA | |
| 52 | John Skinner | C | 6' 0" | 206 | Jr | * | Charles Town, WV | |
| 54 | Pete Goimarac | C | 6' 1" | 228 | So | * | Charleroi, PA | |
| 55 | Vearl Haynes | C | 6' 2" | 197 | Sr | Grantsville, WV | ||
| 56 | Bill Shillings | C | 6' 1" | 201 | Jr | * | Isabella, PA | |
| 61 | John Blake | T | 6' 3" | 250 | Sr | Cumberland, MD | ||
| 62 | Keith Melenyzer | G | 6' 0" | 198 | Jr | * | Charleroi, PA | |
| 63 | Tom Brindle | G | 6' 1" | 234 | So | Huntington, WV | ||
| 64 | Fred Adkins | G | 5' 11" | 206 | Sr | * | Huntington, WV | |
| 65 | Dave Santrock | G | 6' 0" | 195 | Jr | * | Dunbar, WV | |
| 66 | Charles Martin | G | 6' 2" | 200 | Sr | Lookout, WV | ||
| 68 | Bernie Carney | T | 6' 1" | 225 | So | Wheeling, WV | ||
| 69 | George Nedeff | G | 5' 9" | 200 | Jr | Parkersburg, WV | ||
| 70 | Ron Haggerty | T | 6' 0" | 230 | Jr | * | Monongah, WV | |
| 71 | Bunky Brooks | T | 6' 3" | 246 | So | Bluefield, WV | ||
| 72 | Steve H. Edwards | T | 6' 1" | 225 | Jr | * | St. Albans, WV | |
| 73 | Bill Winter | T | 6' 1" | 230 | Sr | * | * | Ripley, WV |
| 74 | Phil Sizemore | T | 6' 1" | 234 | Jr | * | East Bank, WV | |
| 76 | Jay Yeardley | G | 5' 11" | 185 | Jr | Parkersburg, WV | ||
| 77 | Frank Sirianni | T | 5' 11" | 220 | Jr | * | Clarksburg, WV | |
| 78 | Bob DeLorenzo | G | 5' 11" | 214 | Jr | * | Fairmont, WV | |
| 79 | Larry Niedzalkoski | T | 6' 2" | 233 | Jr | * | Greensburg, PA | |
| 80 | Dick Struck | E | 6' 2" | 226 | Sr | * | Upper Darby, PA | |
| 80 | Gene Heeter | E | 6' 3" | 205 | Jr | * | Windber, PA | |
| 81 | Ken Herock | E | 6' 2" | 215 | Jr | * | Munhall, PA | |
| 83 | Ray Bazzoli | E | 6' 2" | 198 | Jr | * | Meadowlands, PA | |
| 85 | Frank Schneider | E | 6' 2" | 192 | Jr | Columbus, OH | ||
| 86 | Virgil Rice | G | 6' 0" | 190 | Jr | Point Pleasant, WV | ||
| 87 | Gerald Gerwig | E | 5' 10" | 185 | Sr | Gassaway, WV | ||
| 88 | Bob Timmerman | E | 6' 3" | 188 | Sr | * | * | Ellwood City, PA |
| 89 | Paul Gray | E | 6' 3" | 212 | So | * | Library, PA |
Southern Conference Standings
| # | Team | Conf. Games | W | L | T | % | Overall | W | L | T | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Citadel | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 |
| 2 | Richmond | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 |
| 3 | West Virginia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 |
| 4 | VMI | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 |
| 5 | Furman | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 |
| 6 | George Washington | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 |
| 7 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 |
| 8 | Davidson | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 |
| 9 | William & Mary | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .100 |