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National Championship: Syracuse Orange vs. West Virginia Mountaineers

January 20, 1935
70°
JMA Wireless Dome (Syracuse, NY) Attendance: 47,446 (97%)
Orange 0 0 3 3 - 6
Mountaineers 10 6 0 3 - 19

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Mountaineers: 2-5-Syr 43 (8:46) 16-Frank Clay pass complete to 85-Derek Weaver for 43 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Marvin Allen. WVU 7 Syr 0
(Qtr 1) Mountaineers: 4-6-Syr 6 (0:43) 1-Marvin Allen 24 yard field goal is GOOD. WVU 10 Syr 0
(Qtr 2) Mountaineers: 4-2-Syr 33 (12:43) 1-Marvin Allen 50 yard field goal is GOOD. WVU 13 Syr 0
(Qtr 2) Mountaineers: 4-9-Syr 12 (6:08) 1-Marvin Allen 29 yard field goal is GOOD. WVU 16 Syr 0
(Qtr 3) Orange: 4-5-WVU 5 (5:13) 12-Marlin Lancaster 22 yard field goal is GOOD. WVU 16 Syr 3
(Qtr 4) Mountaineers: 4-7-Syr 19 (14:23) 1-Marvin Allen 37 yard field goal is GOOD. WVU 19 Syr 3
(Qtr 4) Orange: 4-5-WVU 9 (9:36) 12-Marlin Lancaster 26 yard field goal is GOOD. WVU 19 Syr 6

Team Statistics

Mountaineers Orange
First Downs 16 11
- Rushing 13 3
- Passing 2 6
- Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 324 166
- Offensive Plays 58 56
- Yards Per Play 5.59 2.96
Net Rushing Yards 223 74
- Rushing Attempts 44 24
- Yards Per Rush 5.07 3.08
Net Passing Yards 101 92
- Att/Comp/Int 14 / 11 / 0 30 / 17 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 101 110
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 2 / 18
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.21 2.88
- Yards Per Completion 9.18 6.47
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 2 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 1 / 10 5 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.2 9.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 1
Penalties/Yards 4 / 31 3 / 22
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 27 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 35 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 17 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 3 0 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 34
Time of Possession 34:00 25:59

Drive Charts

West Virginia Mountaineers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:51 2:01 OWN 23 3 9 Punt
1 9:18 0:40 OPP 47 2 47 Touchdown
1 7:46 7:05 OWN 37 12 57 Field Goal
2 14:52 2:13 OWN 40 4 27 Field Goal
2 10:44 4:38 OWN 36 7 52 Field Goal
2 2:34 1:32 OWN 7 3 8 Punt
3 15:00 1:56 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
3 5:10 5:51 OWN 25 10 56 Field Goal
4 12:07 0:43 OWN 8 2 5 Fumble
4 9:33 4:44 OWN 33 7 26 Missed FG
4 2:37 2:37 OWN 26 6 27 Punt

Syracuse Orange

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:09 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
1 10:50 1:32 OWN 24 3 -18 Punt
1 8:38 0:53 OWN 25 3 -2 Punt
1 0:40 0:48 OWN 25 3 -9 Punt
2 12:39 1:56 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
2 6:05 3:31 OWN 25 6 25 Punt
2 1:02 1:02 OWN 38 5 33 Half
3 13:04 7:53 OWN 29 14 67 Field Goal
4 14:19 2:12 OWN 25 5 22 Punt
4 11:24 1:51 OPP 14 3 5 Field Goal
4 4:49 2:12 OWN 48 8 35 Interception

Rushing Stats

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Dale Farmer 21 103 4.90 18 4 0
Gary Bartos 10 73 7.30 18 4 0
Donald Barton 8 28 3.50 9 0 0
Alexander Montgomery 2 11 5.50 9 0 0
Frank Clay 3 8 2.67 8 0 0

Syracuse Orange

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jared Spurgeon 14 40 2.86 8 0 0
Edison Salmons 6 26 4.33 11 1 0
Thomas Thomas 3 5 1.67 7 0 0
Larry Loughran 1 3 3.00 3 0 0

Passing Stats

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Frank Clay 14 11 101 0 / 0 1 43 0 120.54

Syracuse Orange

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Wesley Briley 30 17 110 2 / 18 0 18 1 50.69

Receiving Stats

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Derek Weaver 4 54 13.50 43 1
Leonard Forbes 2 32 16.00 23 0
Chris Martinez 1 7 7.00 7 0
Louis Morales 1 4 4.00 4 0
Jessie Rodriguez 1 2 2.00 2 0
Dale Farmer 1 2 2.00 2 0
Shawn Collins 1 0 0.00 0 0

Syracuse Orange

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Thomas Rearick 2 30 15.00 18 0
Raymond Johnston 5 23 4.60 11 0
Jerry Hughes 2 17 8.50 15 0
Robert Light 1 14 14.00 14 0
Jared Spurgeon 3 12 4.00 6 0
Edison Salmons 2 11 5.50 9 0
Thomas Thomas 2 3 1.50 3 0

Blocking Stats

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Lawrence McLaughlin 0 3 0 0
Nestor Wendell 0 2 0 0
Arthur Smith 6 3 0 0
Edward Patterson 0 1 0 0
Scott Young 0 2 0 0
Dale Farmer 3 1 0 0
Alexander Montgomery 0 3 0 0
Edward Garcia 0 7 0 1
David Sepulveda 0 1 0 0
Shawn Collins 0 15 0 2
Donald Barton 1 1 0 0
Joseph Simmons 0 2 0 0
Peter Brown 0 1 0 0
James Medina 0 1 0 0
Manuel Gibbons 0 1 0 0
Arturo Long 0 1 0 0
William Sawyer 6 6 0 0
Larry Seng 0 5 0 2
Timmy Smith 0 4 0 0
George Sommers 21 42 0 2
Chris Martinez 3 37 0 0
Loren Reynolds 21 42 0 2
Jessie Rodriguez 0 16 0 1
Keith Nesmith 21 46 0 2
David Black 20 43 0 1
Leonard Forbes 17 25 0 1
Michael Wagner 19 37 0 1
Kenneth Garcia 4 2 0 0
Derek Weaver 0 16 0 2
Gary Bartos 1 10 0 1
Earl Wright 4 27 0 1
Louis Morales 10 14 0 0
Michael McSwain 4 0 0 0
Antonio Stevenson 4 3 0 0
Ricky Wheeler 4 3 0 0
Giuseppe Fitzgerald 0 1 0 0

Syracuse Orange

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Albert Acevedo 41 35 1 1
Larry Cowan 39 30 1 2
Samuel Benson 0 9 0 0
Frankie Persaud 3 2 0 0
Leonardo Newcombe 0 1 0 0
Leon Barber 0 1 0 0
Thomas Thomas 3 0 0 0
Benjamin Bradley 0 1 0 0
Nelson Callihan 0 3 0 0
Robert Light 0 5 0 0
Thomas Rearick 0 8 0 0
Kelly Acevedo 0 14 0 0
Reggie White 3 0 0 0
Lucas Garcia 7 0 0 0
Jared Spurgeon 4 2 0 1
Jerry Hughes 7 25 0 1
Larry Loughran 14 4 0 1
Nicholas Phillips 4 0 0 0
Steve Woods 32 25 0 0
Edison Salmons 4 5 0 0
John Deleon 9 7 0 0
Raymond Johnston 12 21 0 1
Darren Alexander 38 35 0 0
Eduardo Johnson 40 29 0 1
Darrick Foote 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Bruce Bright 1 17 17.00 0

Syracuse Orange

Fumble Stats

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Frank Clay 1 0 0 0
Jason Wallace 0 0 1 0

Syracuse Orange

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jared Spurgeon 2 0 0 0
Larry Cowan 0 1 0 0
Nicholas Phillips 0 1 0 0
Reggie White 0 1 0 0

Punting

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Stephen Ulrich 4 182 45.50 40.75 48 0

Syracuse Orange

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Robert Vega 7 321 45.86 42.43 52 2

Kicking

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Marvin Allen 4 / 5 1 / 2 1 / 2 50 1 / 1

Syracuse Orange

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Marlin Lancaster 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 26 0 / 0

Punt Return

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joseph Simmons 4 27 6.8 10 0

Syracuse Orange

Kick Return

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Alexander Montgomery 1 35 35.0 0

Syracuse Orange

Defensive Stats

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Tackles Sacks
Scott Young 8 0
Giuseppe Fitzgerald 6 0
Nestor Wendell 6 0
Bruce Bright 4 0
Arturo Long 4 0
Aaron Montgomery 3 0
Jason Wallace 2 1
Lawrence McLaughlin 2 0
Antonio Stevenson 2 0
Ricky Wheeler 2 0
Peter Brown 1 1
Joseph Simmons 1 0
Keith Nesmith 1 0
Timmy Smith 1 0
Richard Brennan 1 0

Syracuse Orange

Name Tackles Sacks
Nicholas Phillips 8 0
Thomas Barnes 7 0
Jeff Polson 5 0
Gregory Humphreys 5 0
John Patterson 5 0
Richard Haskell 4 0
Leonardo Newcombe 3 0
Jose Sneed 3 0
Stephen Rapoza 3 0
Benjamin Bradley 3 0
Peter Barham 2 0
Reggie White 2 0
Leon Barber 1 0
Larry Cowan 1 0
Kevin Russo 1 0
Marlin Lancaster 1 0
James McDonald 1 0
Michael Goldstein 1 0
Darren Alexander 1 0