Regular Season Week 1: Hokies at Blue Devils
September 04, 1938 70° Wallace Wade Stadium
Attendance: 35,244 (88%)
Hokies 7 6 6 0 - 19
Blue Devils 0 10 0 10 - 20
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Hokies: 1-1-DUK 1 (7:38) 40-Seth Williams ran to DUK 0 for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Rick Golding. DUK 0 VaT 7
(Qtr 2) Hokies: 4-8-DUK 32 (13:36) 7-Rick Golding 49 yard field goal is GOOD. DUK 0 VaT 10
(Qtr 2) Blue Devils: 4-3-VaT 35 (9:14) 12-Marlin Lancaster 52 yard field goal is GOOD. DUK 3 VaT 10
(Qtr 2) Hokies: 4-1-DUK 38 (4:14) 7-Rick Golding 55 yard field goal is GOOD. DUK 3 VaT 13
(Qtr 2) Blue Devils: 2-6-VaT 6 (0:28) 4-Stephen Nichols pass complete to 43-Eric Olson for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Marlin Lancaster. DUK 10 VaT 13
(Qtr 3) Hokies: 4-7-DUK 33 (9:38) 7-Rick Golding 50 yard field goal is GOOD. DUK 10 VaT 16
(Qtr 3) Hokies: 4-10-DUK 19 (3:02) 7-Rick Golding 37 yard field goal is GOOD. DUK 10 VaT 19
(Qtr 4) Blue Devils: 2-4-VaT 5 (11:29) 43-Eric Olson ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Marlin Lancaster. DUK 17 VaT 19
(Qtr 4) Blue Devils: 4-4-VaT 25 (1:50) 12-Marlin Lancaster 42 yard field goal is GOOD. DUK 20 VaT 19
Team Statistics
Blue Devils Hokies
First Downs 12 18
- Rushing 6 10
- Passing 6 7
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 219 332
- Offensive Plays 54 71
- Yards Per Play 4.06 4.68
Net Rushing Yards 137 149
- Rushing Attempts 27 36
- Yards Per Rush 5.07 4.14
Net Passing Yards 82 183
- Att/Comp/Int 23 / 13 / 1 34 / 19 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 113 191
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4 / 31 1 / 8
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.04 5.23
- Yards Per Completion 8.69 10.05
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 0 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 12 8 / 17
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.8 8.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 2
Penalties/Yards 3 / 21 3 / 29
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 30 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 36 OWN 25
Time of Possession 24:58 35:01
Drive Charts
Blue Devils
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:58 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
1 7:33 1:40 OWN 25 3 -4 Punt
1 3:01 1:27 OWN 20 3 6 Punt
2 13:32 4:22 OWN 25 8 40 Field Goal
2 4:09 3:45 OWN 25 11 75 Touchdown
3 9:33 1:28 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
3 2:59 5:02 OWN 25 12 49 Interception
4 12:05 0:39 OPP 11 2 11 Touchdown
4 9:23 2:03 OWN 25 3 -4 Punt
4 3:58 2:11 OWN 49 5 26 Field Goal
4 0:23 0:23 OPP 35 1 0 Game
Hokies
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:02 5:29 OWN 16 13 84 Touchdown
1 5:53 2:53 OWN 30 6 24 Punt
1 1:34 3:02 OWN 24 6 44 Field Goal
2 9:09 5:00 OWN 25 8 37 Field Goal
2 0:24 0:24 OWN 25 1 2 Half
3 15:00 5:27 OWN 25 9 42 Field Goal
3 8:05 5:06 OWN 26 10 54 Field Goal
4 12:57 0:52 OWN 17 2 -3 Fumble
4 11:25 2:02 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
4 7:21 3:23 OWN 38 5 20 Missed FG
4 1:46 1:23 OWN 25 8 10 Downs
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Blue Devils
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#34 Andrew Walker 18 88 4.89 24 4 0
#43 Eric Olson 6 37 6.17 12 1 1
#39 Travis Haney 2 12 6.00 9 0 0
#4 Stephen Nichols 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Hokies
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#39 Kelvin King 13 69 5.31 13 4 0
#43 Fred Goss 17 61 3.59 11 2 0
#40 Seth Williams 5 19 3.80 10 1 1
#6 George Mazzella 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Passing Stats
Blue Devils
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#4 Stephen Nichols 23 13 113 4 / 31 1 22 1 66.03
Hokies
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#6 George Mazzella 34 19 191 1 / 8 0 42 0 72.06
Receiving Stats
Blue Devils
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#82 Norman Hogan 3 29 9.67 22 0
#17 Floyd Mullet 2 27 13.50 21 0
#43 Eric Olson 2 25 12.50 19 1
#10 Edward Garcia 2 13 6.50 9 0
#80 Gregory Robles 1 12 12.00 12 0
#37 William Boyce 1 4 4.00 4 0
#34 Andrew Walker 2 3 1.50 2 0
Hokies
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#82 Gordon Murphy 5 99 19.80 42 0
#43 Fred Goss 4 37 9.25 19 0
#19 Jeff Brown 4 21 5.25 9 0
#15 Gary McVey 1 11 11.00 11 0
#39 Kelvin King 2 9 4.50 5 0
#86 Edward Todd 1 9 9.00 9 0
#40 Seth Williams 2 5 2.50 5 0
Blocking Stats
Blue Devils
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#51 Raymond Young 36 26 1 3
#54 Peter Tews 25 19 1 3
#65 Ryan Phillips 36 30 1 2
#89 Brian Bruno 0 6 0 1
#50 Wayne Schubert 36 31 0 2
#82 Norman Hogan 0 19 0 1
#70 Sean Hartwell 27 35 0 0
#37 William Boyce 12 15 0 1
#17 Floyd Mullet 0 8 0 0
#74 Scott Gillison 15 9 0 0
#92 William Charland 5 1 0 0
#55 Harvey Burkett 9 1 0 0
#99 Samuel Trudel 9 0 0 0
#91 Stewart Hathaway 0 1 0 0
#93 Zachery True 0 1 0 0
#90 Brian Nickelson 0 2 0 0
#36 Jason Cauley 0 2 0 0
#45 Larry Wieczorek 0 2 0 0
#72 Christopher Conant 0 1 0 0
#88 Joseph Barnes 1 1 0 0
#34 Andrew Walker 4 2 0 1
#10 Edward Garcia 0 13 0 2
#80 Gregory Robles 0 9 0 0
#27 Gary Brownlee 1 4 0 0
#63 Milton Klein 4 1 0 0
#74 Juan Meade 4 0 0 0
#39 Travis Haney 2 0 0 0
#43 Eric Olson 1 2 0 0
#96 Pedro Ladner 0 1 0 0
Hokies
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#72 Jon Joyner 44 48 1 2
#90 Jason Young 0 1 0 0
#59 Vernon Choi 42 43 0 2
#66 Jonathan Reed 44 42 0 0
#43 Fred Goss 9 14 0 1
#58 William Keith 36 44 0 2
#50 Jack Daniels 32 33 0 1
#86 Edward Todd 0 21 0 1
#40 Seth Williams 17 21 0 3
#39 Kelvin King 4 8 0 0
#89 Lloyd Brown 2 10 0 1
#15 Gary McVey 0 21 0 1
#19 Jeff Brown 0 7 0 0
#16 Porfirio Raine 0 1 0 0
#82 Gordon Murphy 11 22 0 0
#70 Michael Johnson 10 0 0 0
#51 Rodney Choi 6 0 0 0
#74 Nick Santana 6 0 0 0
#64 George Odonnell 8 0 0 0
#65 Juan Ward (IR) 7 0 0 0
#56 James Seamon 1 1 0 0
#55 Charles Ligon 0 1 0 0
#60 Jason Toney 5 0 0 0
Interception Stats
Blue Devils
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Hokies
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#36 Mathew Peterson 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Blue Devils
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#34 Andrew Walker 1 0 0 0
#43 Eric Olson 1 0 0 0
#51 Raymond Young 0 1 0 0
#29 Kenneth Driscoll 0 1 1 0
#90 Brian Nickelson 0 0 1 0
Hokies
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#39 Kelvin King 1 0 0 0
#40 Seth Williams 1 1 0 0
#67 Robert Mason 0 0 1 0
#22 Joe Lucas 0 0 1 0
Punting
Blue Devils
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#17 Jonathan Sharpe 5 236 47.20 47.20 51 1
Hokies
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#18 Francisco Castro 2 95 47.50 37.50 48 0
Kicking
Blue Devils
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#12 Marlin Lancaster 2 / 2 2 / 2 1 / 1 52 2 / 2
Hokies
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Rick Golding 4 / 5 3 / 4 2 / 3 55 1 / 1
Punt Return
Blue Devils
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Hokies
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#86 Edward Todd 1 0 0.0 0 0
Kick Return
Blue Devils
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#34 Andrew Walker 1 30 30.0 0
Hokies
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Blue Devils
Name Tackles Sacks
#36 Jason Cauley 17 0
#90 Brian Nickelson 9 0
#29 Kenneth Driscoll 7 0
#45 Larry Wieczorek 6 0
#92 William Charland 3 0
#99 Samuel Trudel 3 0
#55 Harvey Burkett 2 0
#98 Leon Morris 2 0
#91 Stewart Hathaway 2 1
#93 Zachery True 1 0
#73 Thomas Brown 1 0
#96 Pedro Ladner 1 0
#80 Gregory Robles 1 0
#71 Timothy Dion 1 0
Hokies
Name Tackles Sacks
#36 Mathew Peterson 9 0
#95 Rich Goddard 7 1
#67 Robert Mason 5 1
#57 Michael Martin 4 0
#23 Jason Henry 4 0
#99 Ernest Rodriguez 3 0
#22 Joe Lucas 2 0
#79 Frank Henry (IR) 2 0
#42 Fernando Therrien 1 0
#36 Bryan Bernstein 1 0
#55 Charles Ligon 1 0
#56 James Seamon 1 1
#66 Jonathan Reed 1 0
#68 Alfredo Harris 1 1