Regular Season Week 4: Hokies at Blue Devils
September 26, 1937 65° Wallace Wade Stadium
Attendance: 36,450 (91%)
Hokies 10 3 3 13 - 29
Blue Devils 0 0 14 0 - 14
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Hokies: 2-4-VaT 49 (12:55) 17-Johnnie Ambriz pass complete to 11-Lowell Hamilton for 51 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Rick Golding. DUK 0 VaT 7
(Qtr 1) Hokies: 4-8-DUK 13 (0:40) 7-Rick Golding 31 yard field goal is GOOD. DUK 0 VaT 10
(Qtr 2) Hokies: 4-1-DUK 4 (7:58) 7-Rick Golding 22 yard field goal is GOOD. DUK 0 VaT 13
(Qtr 3) Blue Devils: (15:00) 7-Rick Golding kicks 74 yards from VaT 35 to DUK -9. 26-Gregory Ellis for 110yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Marlin Lancaster. DUK 7 VaT 13
(Qtr 3) Blue Devils: 2-10-DUK 34 (12:19) 26-Gregory Ellis ran for 66 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Marlin Lancaster. DUK 14 VaT 13
(Qtr 3) Hokies: 4-2-DUK 2 (4:35) 7-Rick Golding 20 yard field goal is GOOD. DUK 14 VaT 16
(Qtr 4) Hokies: 1-1-DUK 1 (4:49) 42-Thomas Thomas ran to DUK 0 for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Rick Golding. DUK 14 VaT 23
(Qtr 4) Hokies: 4-1-DUK 23 (2:00) 7-Rick Golding 41 yard field goal is GOOD. DUK 14 VaT 26
(Qtr 4) Hokies: 4-2-DUK 27 (0:53) 7-Rick Golding 45 yard field goal is GOOD. DUK 14 VaT 29
Team Statistics
Blue Devils Hokies
First Downs 8 23
- Rushing 3 7
- Passing 3 13
- Penalty 2 3
Total Net Yards 199 422
- Offensive Plays 51 77
- Yards Per Play 3.90 5.48
Net Rushing Yards 129 123
- Rushing Attempts 12 28
- Yards Per Rush 10.75 4.39
Net Passing Yards 70 299
- Att/Comp/Int 33 / 15 / 1 47 / 34 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 117 315
- Sacks/Yards Lost 6 / 47 2 / 16
- Yards Per Pass Play 1.79 6.10
- Yards Per Completion 7.80 9.26
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 14 9 / 18
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.3 5.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 2 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 52 3 / 26
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 23 4 / 35
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 130 1 / 20
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 5 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 1 / 3
Avg Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 33
Time of Possession 22:40 37:05
Drive Charts
Blue Devils
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:46 1:42 OWN 21 3 6 Punt
1 9:33 2:06 OWN 29 3 1 Punt
1 0:37 1:32 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
2 7:55 4:19 OWN 25 9 60 Interception
2 1:46 1:40 OWN 40 3 -9 Punt
3 14:45 1:34 OPP 21 3 -8 Punt
3 13:11 1:04 OWN 22 4 78 Touchdown
3 4:33 1:40 OWN 25 4 20 Punt
3 0:25 3:21 OWN 27 6 17 Punt
4 8:20 0:47 OWN 11 3 -8 Punt
4 4:46 1:15 OWN 25 4 13 Downs
4 1:57 0:51 OWN 25 6 17 Downs
4 0:49 0:49 OWN 25 3 12 Game
Hokies
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:14 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
1 11:04 1:31 OWN 32 3 -2 Punt
1 7:27 6:50 OWN 24 14 63 Field Goal
2 14:04 6:09 OWN 31 9 64 Field Goal
2 3:37 1:51 OWN 6 7 53 Interception
2 0:06 0:06 OWN 29 1 7 Half
3 12:07 7:34 OWN 25 11 73 Field Goal
3 2:53 2:28 OWN 20 5 16 Punt
4 12:04 3:45 OWN 20 9 27 Punt
4 7:32 2:46 OPP 46 5 46 Touchdown
4 3:31 1:34 OPP 33 3 10 Field Goal
4 1:06 0:17 OPP 35 3 8 Field Goal
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Blue Devils
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#26 Gregory Ellis 6 93 15.50 66 3 1
#4 Stephen Nichols 2 25 12.50 14 2 0
#34 Andrew Walker 4 11 2.75 8 0 0
Hokies
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#42 Thomas Thomas 17 62 3.65 11 2 1
#31 George Lyons 11 61 5.55 13 1 0
Passing Stats
Blue Devils
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#4 Stephen Nichols 33 15 117 6 / 47 0 36 1 42.11
Hokies
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#17 Johnnie Ambriz 47 34 315 2 / 16 1 51 1 88.52
Receiving Stats
Blue Devils
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#10 Edward Garcia 4 53 13.25 36 0
#26 Gregory Ellis 7 32 4.57 9 0
#88 Harry Nichols 2 22 11.00 13 0
#85 Daniel Ogletree 1 8 8.00 8 0
#17 Floyd Mullet 1 2 2.00 2 0
Hokies
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#82 Gordon Murphy 8 101 12.63 27 0
#11 Lowell Hamilton 5 93 18.60 51 1
#86 Edward Todd 5 31 6.20 9 0
#31 George Lyons 8 31 3.88 18 0
#81 Ronald Crockett 2 23 11.50 13 0
#42 Thomas Thomas 3 21 7.00 10 0
#89 Lloyd Brown 1 10 10.00 10 0
#19 Jeff Brown 2 5 2.50 3 0
Blocking Stats
Blue Devils
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#70 Sean Hartwell 40 17 2 2
#51 Raymond Young 50 11 1 2
#65 Ryan Phillips 43 18 1 1
#63 Milton Klein 3 4 1 2
#94 Jose Martin 0 3 0 0
#91 Stanley Harris 2 3 0 0
#59 Richard Hughes 8 3 0 1
#24 Kasey Bentz 0 3 0 0
#28 William Dawson 0 3 0 1
#92 William Charland 0 4 0 0
#99 Gary Havens 9 5 0 0
#64 Walter Jones 2 2 0 0
#54 Peter Tews 50 15 0 0
#10 Edward Garcia 0 7 0 1
#50 Wayne Schubert 50 18 0 1
#43 Gary Brownlee 33 8 0 0
#88 Harry Nichols 11 12 0 1
#55 Harvey Burkett 9 1 0 0
#85 Daniel Ogletree 0 6 0 0
#17 Floyd Mullet 0 8 0 0
#34 Andrew Walker 5 5 0 0
#14 Mark Cummins 0 1 0 0
#39 Travis Haney 0 2 0 1
#89 Brian Bruno 1 6 0 0
#37 Jason Cauley 0 2 0 0
#45 Larry Wieczorek 0 1 0 0
#26 Gregory Ellis 8 4 0 0
#82 Norman Hogan 0 1 0 0
#98 Leon Morris 0 1 0 0
Hokies
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#72 Jon Joyner 58 36 1 2
#70 Michael Johnson 50 35 0 1
#66 Jonathan Reed 60 41 0 1
#82 Gordon Murphy 21 33 0 2
#58 William Keith 51 45 0 1
#50 Jack Daniels 42 33 0 3
#31 George Lyons 25 17 0 1
#86 Edward Todd 0 27 0 2
#42 Thomas Thomas 15 9 0 0
#51 Rodney Choi 20 3 0 2
#64 George Odonnell 11 4 0 0
#63 Jayson Jones 11 0 0 0
#65 Juan Ward 7 0 0 0
#20 Darnell Bing 0 3 0 0
#48 Charley McWilliams 0 3 0 1
#90 Jason Young 0 3 0 0
#81 Ronald Crockett 0 17 0 2
#57 Michael Martin 0 3 0 0
#11 Lowell Hamilton 0 20 0 1
#19 Jeff Brown 0 3 0 1
#89 Lloyd Brown 1 6 0 0
#61 David Spitz 0 3 0 0
#36 Bryan Bernstein 0 2 0 0
#99 Ernest Rodriguez 0 1 0 0
#56 James Seamon 0 1 0 0
#95 Rich Goddard 0 1 0 0
#79 Frank Henry 3 0 0 0
#60 Jason Toney 9 2 0 1
#23 Jason Henry 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Blue Devils
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#28 William Dawson 1 5 5.00 0
Hokies
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#23 Jason Henry 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Blue Devils
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Hokies
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Punting
Blue Devils
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#16 Vernon Fuller 7 365 52.14 40.43 61 0
Hokies
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#18 Francisco Castro 4 191 47.75 42.75 51 1
Kicking
Blue Devils
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#12 Marlin Lancaster 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 2 / 2
Hokies
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Rick Golding 5 / 5 2 / 2 0 / 0 45 2 / 2
Punt Return
Blue Devils
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#34 Andrew Walker 3 23 7.7 13 0
Hokies
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#81 Ronald Crockett 4 35 8.8 10 0
Kick Return
Blue Devils
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#26 Gregory Ellis 2 130 65.0 1
Hokies
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#11 Lowell Hamilton 1 20 20.0 0
Defensive Stats
Blue Devils
Name Tackles Sacks
#45 Larry Wieczorek 10 0
#37 Jason Cauley 8 1
#29 Kenneth Driscoll 8 0
#90 Brian Nickelson 7 0
#24 Kasey Bentz 6 0
#59 Richard Hughes 5 0
#64 Walter Jones 4 0
#96 Pedro Ladner 3 0
#55 Harvey Burkett 3 0
#28 William Dawson 2 0
#92 William Charland 2 0
#44 Charles Zamora 2 0
#99 Gary Havens 2 0
#61 Ray King 2 1
#94 Jose Martin 1 0
#91 Stanley Harris 1 0
#88 Harry Nichols 1 0
#98 Leon Morris 1 0
Hokies
Name Tackles Sacks
#57 Michael Martin 6 1
#99 Ernest Rodriguez 5 0
#22 Joe Lucas 4 0
#61 David Spitz 3 2
#41 Eric Dowdell 3 1
#36 Bryan Bernstein 2 0
#79 Frank Henry 2 0
#98 Ray Knox 2 0
#20 Darnell Bing 1 0
#56 James Seamon 1 1
#36 Mathew Peterson 1 0
#42 Thomas Thomas 1 0
#91 Kevin Buck 1 0
#70 Michael Johnson 1 0
#52 Richard Jensen 1 1
#29 Allen Coffman 1 0