Regular Season Week 15: Fighting Irish at Boilermakers
December 12, 1937 42° Ross–Ade Stadium
Attendance: 54,251 (88%)
Fighting Irish 0 0 7 0 - 7
Boilermakers 10 10 3 3 - 26
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Boilermakers: 4-1-NDI 41 (12:05) 8-David Waid 58 yard field goal is GOOD. PUR 3 NDI 0
(Qtr 1) Boilermakers: 3-2-NDI 2 (0:43) 3-Roderick Willis pass complete to 16-Heath Higham for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-David Waid. PUR 10 NDI 0
(Qtr 2) Boilermakers: 1-8-NDI 8 (8:30) 3-Roderick Willis pass complete to 81-Eddie Rizzo for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-David Waid. PUR 17 NDI 0
(Qtr 2) Boilermakers: 4-1-NDI 15 (1:15) 8-David Waid 32 yard field goal is GOOD. PUR 20 NDI 0
(Qtr 3) Boilermakers: 4-1-NDI 23 (10:17) 8-David Waid 40 yard field goal is GOOD. PUR 23 NDI 0
(Qtr 3) Fighting Irish: 3-11-PUR 17 (1:57) 6-Beau Wilson pass complete to 83-Robert Roof to PUR 0 for 17 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Craig Williams. PUR 23 NDI 7
(Qtr 4) Boilermakers: 4-8-NDI 10 (0:19) 8-David Waid 27 yard field goal is GOOD. PUR 26 NDI 7
Team Statistics
Boilermakers Fighting Irish
First Downs 20 11
- Rushing 15 3
- Passing 3 8
- Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 342 236
- Offensive Plays 73 48
- Yards Per Play 4.68 4.92
Net Rushing Yards 212 47
- Rushing Attempts 46 8
- Yards Per Rush 4.61 5.88
Net Passing Yards 130 189
- Att/Comp/Int 27 / 21 / 0 38 / 24 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 130 205
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 2 / 16
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.81 4.73
- Yards Per Completion 6.19 8.54
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 15 4 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.1 7.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 0 / 0 5 / 50
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 29 1 / 3
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 33
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 2 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 28
Time of Possession 39:17 20:43
Drive Charts
Boilermakers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:41 2:41 OWN 37 4 22 Field Goal
1 9:55 1:37 OWN 11 3 3 Punt
1 5:36 4:55 OWN 45 8 55 Touchdown
2 14:19 5:52 OWN 37 12 63 Touchdown
2 6:49 5:37 OWN 25 9 60 Field Goal
3 15:00 4:47 OWN 25 9 52 Field Goal
3 8:09 2:07 OWN 7 3 8 Punt
3 1:52 1:26 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
4 14:14 2:56 OWN 32 5 20 Punt
4 9:48 0:40 OWN 41 2 9 Fumble
4 6:41 6:25 OWN 20 14 70 Field Goal
4 0:14 0:14 OPP 26 1 0 Game
Fighting Irish
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:19 OWN 25 3 -5 Punt
1 12:01 2:06 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
1 8:18 2:42 OWN 45 6 17 Missed FG
1 0:40 1:21 OWN 31 3 25 Fumble
2 8:27 1:38 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
2 1:12 1:12 OWN 25 2 9 Half
3 10:13 2:04 OWN 25 5 21 Punt
3 6:02 4:10 OWN 36 9 64 Touchdown
3 0:26 1:12 OWN 23 3 7 Punt
4 11:18 1:30 OWN 10 3 8 Punt
4 9:08 2:27 OWN 37 7 56 Interception
4 0:16 0:02 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Boilermakers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#38 James Lozano 26 120 4.62 13 4 0
#23 Christopher Ball 17 78 4.59 12 5 0
#28 John Fryer 2 14 7.00 8 0 0
#3 Roderick Willis 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Fighting Irish
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#26 Francis Fann 8 47 5.88 17 3 0
Passing Stats
Boilermakers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#3 Roderick Willis 27 21 130 0 / 0 2 13 0 111.42
Fighting Irish
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#6 Beau Wilson 38 24 205 2 / 16 1 17 2 64.04
Receiving Stats
Boilermakers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#81 Eddie Rizzo 3 30 10.00 13 1
#88 Paul Valdez 3 23 7.67 12 0
#16 Heath Higham 5 20 4.00 7 1
#38 James Lozano 2 13 6.50 12 0
#82 Ronald Brown 1 10 10.00 10 0
#11 Michael Pearson 2 10 5.00 5 0
#23 Christopher Ball 2 9 4.50 7 0
#81 Pasquale Baier 1 7 7.00 7 0
#28 John Fryer 1 5 5.00 5 0
#20 Dean Limon 1 3 3.00 3 0
Fighting Irish
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#88 Gerald Knecht 9 72 8.00 14 0
#39 Fred Morales 3 32 10.67 13 0
#35 Willie Fox 2 25 12.50 13 0
#87 Ronnie Watson 2 20 10.00 11 0
#17 Ronald Lane 3 17 5.67 7 0
#83 Robert Roof 1 17 17.00 17 1
#15 Christopher Pena 1 9 9.00 9 0
#86 Josue Torres 1 7 7.00 7 0
#81 William Paulson 1 4 4.00 4 0
#26 Francis Fann 1 2 2.00 2 0
Blocking Stats
Boilermakers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#54 Michael Epling 4 1 0 1
#22 Gabriel Christensen 0 3 0 0
#32 Walter Collins 0 4 0 0
#1 Richard Kintzel 0 4 0 1
#63 Duane Fleming 30 48 0 4
#88 Paul Valdez 7 36 0 1
#11 Michael Pearson 0 19 0 0
#57 Hugh Santos 23 35 0 1
#73 Jeffrey Fouts 35 46 0 1
#75 Troy Green 36 50 0 3
#59 Harry Campbell 36 49 0 6
#81 Eddie Rizzo 0 17 0 1
#20 Dean Limon 6 21 0 0
#16 Heath Higham 0 21 0 2
#66 George Robinson 14 10 0 3
#25 Keith Meyers 10 1 0 0
#62 Randall Pasko 13 8 0 0
#81 Pasquale Baier 7 11 0 0
#38 James Lozano 5 6 0 0
#23 Christopher Ball 3 4 0 0
#28 John Fryer 2 4 0 0
#31 Raymond Hare 0 1 0 0
#82 Ronald Brown 0 1 0 0
#50 Thomas Schwartz 1 2 0 0
#91 David Lewis 0 1 0 0
#96 Ronald Crocker 0 2 0 0
#98 Keith Pace 0 1 0 0
#2 John Shoulders 0 2 0 0
#49 Rodger Coleman 0 1 0 0
#70 Vincent Ozment 0 1 0 0
#92 Richard Triana 0 2 0 0
#5 Michael Groff 0 1 0 1
#99 Donnell Mueller 0 1 0 0
Fighting Irish
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#65 Lesley Love 47 13 1 2
#52 Richard West 48 20 0 0
#70 John Tedesco 47 15 0 0
#26 Francis Fann 15 4 0 0
#74 Anthony Morris 37 16 0 1
#61 Richard Lyles 41 13 0 0
#45 Oscar Holbert 1 3 0 0
#39 Fred Morales 22 6 0 0
#79 James Wood 16 3 0 0
#71 Alonzo Rogers 10 3 0 0
#17 Ronald Lane 0 10 0 0
#87 Ronnie Watson 0 7 0 0
#88 Gerald Knecht 4 10 0 1
#40 Peter Williams 2 2 0 0
#86 Josue Torres 0 4 0 0
#93 Joseph Raymond 2 2 0 0
#91 Peter Reed 2 2 0 0
#57 Craig Matos 1 0 0 0
#96 Nigel Brewer 0 2 0 0
#56 Erick Roach 0 2 0 1
#76 Charles Wilson 0 2 0 0
#24 Clint Andrus 0 2 0 1
#32 Harley Quinn 0 2 0 0
#59 Alton McGinnis 0 3 0 0
#25 George Viles 0 2 0 1
#15 Christopher Pena 0 6 0 0
#35 Willie Fox 3 1 0 0
#83 Robert Roof 0 1 0 0
#94 Michael Oh 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Boilermakers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#99 Donnell Mueller 1 0 0.00 0
#49 Rodger Coleman 1 0 0.00 0
Fighting Irish
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Boilermakers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#23 Christopher Ball 1 0 0 0
#38 James Lozano 1 0 0 0
#49 Rodger Coleman 0 1 0 0
#32 Walter Collins 0 0 1 0
#73 Jeffrey Fouts 0 1 0 0
Fighting Irish
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#26 Francis Fann 1 0 0 0
#24 Clint Andrus 0 1 1 0
#69 Luis Buck 0 0 1 0
Punting
Boilermakers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#6 Jon Bradley 4 178 44.50 43.75 48 1
Fighting Irish
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#16 Ryan Salvador 6 300 50.00 45.33 55 2
Kicking
Boilermakers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#8 David Waid 4 / 4 2 / 2 1 / 1 58 2 / 2
Fighting Irish
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 Craig Williams 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 1 / 1
Punt Return
Boilermakers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#23 Christopher Ball 3 29 9.7 13 0
Fighting Irish
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#26 Francis Fann 1 3 3.0 3 0
Kick Return
Boilermakers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Fighting Irish
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#26 Francis Fann 1 33 33.0 0
Defensive Stats
Boilermakers
Name Tackles Sacks
#98 Keith Pace 7 0
#32 Walter Collins 5 0
#47 Raymond Wilson 5 0
#54 Michael Epling 4 0
#99 Donnell Mueller 3 0
#31 Raymond Hare 3 0
#22 Gabriel Christensen 2 1
#96 Ronald Crocker 2 1
#49 Rodger Coleman 2 0
#4 Andrew Shaw 1 0
#23 Christopher Ball 1 0
Fighting Irish
Name Tackles Sacks
#56 Erick Roach 10 0
#24 Clint Andrus 8 0
#25 George Viles 8 0
#59 Alton McGinnis 7 0
#91 Peter Reed 6 0
#40 Peter Williams 6 0
#69 Luis Buck 5 0
#34 Raymond Armstrong 5 0
#32 Harley Quinn 4 0
#76 Charles Wilson 2 0
#72 David Gualtieri 2 0
#79 James Wood 1 0
#96 Nigel Brewer 1 0
#57 Michael Aguirre 1 0
#65 Lesley Love 1 0
#86 Josue Torres 1 0
#88 Gerald Knecht 1 0