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Regular Season Week 2: Fighting Irish at Hokies
September 12, 1937 71° Lane Stadium
Attendance: 52,327 (79%)
Fighting Irish 3 0 2 0 - 5
Hokies 3 6 7 0 - 16
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Hokies: 4-7-NDI 20 (8:57) 7-Rick Golding 38 yard field goal is GOOD. VaT 3 NDI 0
(Qtr 1) Fighting Irish: 4-5-VaT 36 (1:27) 1-Craig Williams 53 yard field goal is GOOD. VaT 3 NDI 3
(Qtr 2) Hokies: 4-2-NDI 18 (12:16) 7-Rick Golding 36 yard field goal is GOOD. VaT 6 NDI 3
(Qtr 2) Hokies: 4-1-NDI 6 (3:49) 7-Rick Golding 24 yard field goal is GOOD. VaT 9 NDI 3
(Qtr 3) Fighting Irish: 1-10-VaT 2 (6:47) 17-Johnnie Ambriz sacked at VaT -4 for -6 yards (96-Nigel Brewer). Sack allowed by 72-Jon Joyner. SAFETY! (96-Nigel Brewer) VaT 9 NDI 5
(Qtr 3) Hokies: 2-4-NDI 4 (1:30) 32-Aaron Gibson ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Rick Golding. VaT 16 NDI 5
Team Statistics
Hokies Fighting Irish
First Downs 12 10
- Rushing 6 4
- Passing 6 5
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 239 201
- Offensive Plays 56 61
- Yards Per Play 4.27 3.30
Net Rushing Yards 115 94
- Rushing Attempts 38 18
- Yards Per Rush 3.03 5.22
Net Passing Yards 124 107
- Att/Comp/Int 17 / 13 / 0 40 / 22 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 130 128
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 6 3 / 21
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.89 2.49
- Yards Per Completion 10.00 5.82
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 1 / 12 4 / 18
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.1 7.1
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 20 1 / 10
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 7 / 62
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 36
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 2 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 3 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 34
Time of Possession 31:39 28:19
Drive Charts
Hokies
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 6:06 OWN 25 10 55 Field Goal
1 6:51 2:09 OWN 23 3 3 Punt
1 1:23 4:10 OWN 25 8 57 Field Goal
2 8:05 4:19 OWN 34 7 60 Field Goal
2 1:54 1:54 OWN 6 3 15 Half
3 11:34 2:01 OWN 20 3 5 Punt
3 6:46 0:04 OWN 2 1 -6 Safety
3 5:42 2:08 OWN 16 4 25 Punt
3 2:12 0:45 OPP 10 2 10 Touchdown
3 0:01 1:30 OWN 18 3 9 Punt
4 11:10 1:59 OWN 12 3 0 Punt
4 8:17 2:00 OWN 20 3 0 Punt
4 5:08 2:10 OWN 18 3 -10 Punt
4 1:58 0:24 OWN 11 3 7 Punt
Fighting Irish
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 8:54 2:02 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
1 4:43 3:20 OWN 34 7 30 Field Goal
2 12:12 4:07 OWN 25 7 28 Interception
2 3:46 1:52 OWN 25 4 25 Punt
3 15:00 3:26 OWN 25 6 28 Punt
3 9:33 2:47 OWN 32 5 19 Punt
3 6:43 1:01 OWN 34 3 5 Punt
3 3:33 1:21 OWN 12 3 0 Interception
3 1:27 1:26 OWN 25 3 10 Punt
4 13:30 2:20 OWN 28 6 21 Punt
4 9:11 0:54 OPP 45 3 2 Punt
4 6:17 1:10 OWN 44 3 -6 Punt
4 2:57 0:59 OPP 48 3 -3 Punt
4 1:34 1:34 OPP 45 6 37 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Hokies
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#43 Fred Goss 17 67 3.94 13 4 0
#42 Thomas Thomas 15 32 2.13 13 2 0
#32 Aaron Gibson 6 16 2.67 11 1 1
Fighting Irish
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#26 Francis Fann 13 62 4.77 14 2 0
#6 Beau Wilson 2 18 9.00 14 1 0
#35 Willie Fox 3 14 4.67 10 1 0
Passing Stats
Hokies
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#17 Johnnie Ambriz 17 13 130 1 / 6 0 28 0 97.67
Fighting Irish
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#6 Beau Wilson 40 22 128 3 / 21 0 16 2 40.42
Receiving Stats
Hokies
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#82 Gordon Murphy 4 46 11.50 16 0
#86 Edward Todd 2 34 17.00 28 0
#81 Ronald Crockett 1 21 21.00 21 0
#11 Lowell Hamilton 4 12 3.00 5 0
#89 Lloyd Brown 1 11 11.00 11 0
#42 Thomas Thomas 1 6 6.00 6 0
Fighting Irish
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#88 Gerald Knecht 3 29 9.67 13 0
#26 Francis Fann 5 22 4.40 9 0
#17 Ronald Lane 5 21 4.20 6 0
#87 Ronnie Watson 1 16 16.00 16 0
#35 Willie Fox 2 14 7.00 12 0
#39 Fred Morales 2 13 6.50 7 0
#15 Christopher Pena 2 10 5.00 6 0
#86 Josue Torres 1 2 2.00 2 0
#45 Oscar Holbert 1 1 1.00 1 0
Blocking Stats
Hokies
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#72 Jon Joyner 30 37 1 4
#59 Vernon Choi 26 31 0 0
#66 Jonathan Reed 26 41 0 1
#32 Aaron Gibson 16 24 0 0
#58 William Keith 18 40 0 3
#50 Jack Daniels 19 36 0 1
#82 Gordon Murphy 6 26 0 1
#86 Edward Todd 0 24 0 0
#11 Lowell Hamilton 0 11 0 0
#43 Fred Goss 6 2 0 0
#70 Michael Johnson 13 5 0 0
#74 Nick Santana 11 0 0 0
#64 George Odonnell 15 1 0 0
#63 Jayson Jones 7 0 0 0
#76 Roland McIntosh 0 1 0 0
#89 Lloyd Brown 0 8 0 1
#42 Thomas Thomas 3 4 0 1
#61 David Spitz 3 0 0 0
#81 Ronald Crockett 0 7 0 1
#65 Juan Ward 3 0 0 0
#19 Jeff Brown 0 1 0 0
#79 Frank Henry 3 0 0 0
#99 Ernest Rodriguez 0 1 0 0
#68 Alfredo Harris 0 1 0 0
#90 Jason Young 0 1 0 0
#36 Bryan Bernstein 0 1 0 0
#56 James Seamon 0 1 0 0
#41 Eric Dowdell 0 1 0 0
Fighting Irish
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#61 Richard Lyles 55 25 2 2
#52 Richard West 53 21 1 1
#87 Ronnie Watson 0 10 0 0
#70 John Tedesco 55 22 0 1
#74 Anthony Morris 47 23 0 3
#39 Fred Morales 20 19 0 1
#88 Gerald Knecht 5 15 0 0
#79 James Wood 14 5 0 1
#86 Josue Torres 11 10 0 0
#76 Charles Wilson 8 2 0 1
#65 Lesley Love 10 0 0 0
#24 Clint Andrus 0 7 0 1
#25 George Viles 0 5 0 1
#71 Alonzo Rogers 47 20 0 1
#26 Francis Fann 8 4 0 0
#17 Ronald Lane 0 7 0 1
#45 Oscar Holbert 2 7 0 0
#15 Christopher Pena 0 6 0 0
#81 William Paulson 0 1 0 0
#83 Robert Roof 0 1 0 0
#96 Nigel Brewer 0 3 0 1
#98 Jim Gatton 0 3 0 0
#40 Peter Williams 0 4 0 0
#35 Willie Fox 7 2 0 0
#93 Joseph Raymond 0 2 0 0
#56 Erick Roach 0 3 0 0
#72 David Gualtieri 0 3 0 1
#59 Alton McGinnis 0 4 0 0
Interception Stats
Hokies
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#98 Ray Knox 1 2 2.00 0
#22 Joe Lucas 1 0 0.00 0
Fighting Irish
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Hokies
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Fighting Irish
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#6 Beau Wilson 1 0 0 0
#74 Anthony Morris 0 1 0 0
Punting
Hokies
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#18 Francisco Castro 8 370 46.25 39.13 54 1
Fighting Irish
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#16 Ryan Salvador 10 445 44.50 40.20 50 7
Kicking
Hokies
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Rick Golding 3 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 38 1 / 1
Fighting Irish
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 Craig Williams 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 53 0 / 0
Punt Return
Hokies
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Fighting Irish
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#26 Francis Fann 5 44 8.8 18 0
#87 Ronnie Watson 2 18 9.0 12 0
Kick Return
Hokies
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Fighting Irish
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#26 Francis Fann 1 36 36.0 0
Defensive Stats
Hokies
Name Tackles Sacks
#22 Joe Lucas 12 0
#98 Ray Knox 6 0
#99 Ernest Rodriguez 5 0
#36 Bryan Bernstein 5 0
#79 Frank Henry 4 3
#76 Roland McIntosh 3 0
#57 Michael Martin 3 0
#59 Vernon Choi 2 0
#41 Eric Dowdell 2 0
#56 James Seamon 2 0
#23 Jason Henry 2 0
#20 Darnell Bing 2 0
#72 Jon Joyner 1 0
#93 Cecil Hallam 1 0
Fighting Irish
Name Tackles Sacks
#72 David Gualtieri 8 0
#24 Clint Andrus 6 0
#98 Jim Gatton 6 0
#56 Erick Roach 5 0
#40 Peter Williams 5 0
#25 George Viles 4 0
#95 Issac Wilson 3 0
#91 Peter Reed 2 0
#26 Wayne Small 2 0
#59 Alton McGinnis 2 0
#45 Chester Jordan 2 0
#76 Charles Wilson 2 0
#96 Nigel Brewer 2 1
#57 Michael Aguirre 2 0
#39 Fred Morales 1 0
#6 Beau Wilson 1 0