Regular Season Week 3: Nittany Lions at Mountaineers
September 18, 1938 60° Milan Puskar Stadium
Attendance: 53,543 (89%)
Nittany Lions 0 7 0 0 - 7
Mountaineers 3 3 3 20 - 29
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Mountaineers: 4-3-PSt 17 (9:49) 7-Jerry Cusick 35 yard field goal is GOOD. WVU 3 PSt 0
(Qtr 2) Mountaineers: 4-2-PSt 7 (7:39) 7-Jerry Cusick 25 yard field goal is GOOD. WVU 6 PSt 0
(Qtr 2) Nittany Lions: 1-1-WVU 1 (1:51) 17-John Bishop pass complete to 83-John Farrington for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-William Cox. WVU 6 PSt 7
(Qtr 3) Mountaineers: 4-4-PSt 4 (1:33) 7-Jerry Cusick 23 yard field goal is GOOD. WVU 9 PSt 7
(Qtr 4) Mountaineers: 1-10-PSt 27 (10:58) 12-Ricardo Stevenson pass complete to 82-Sheldon McKee for 27 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Jerry Cusick. WVU 16 PSt 7
(Qtr 4) Mountaineers: 3-3-PSt 3 (4:13) 23-Jimmy Ladner ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Mountaineers: 1-2-PSt 2 (2:04) 23-Jimmy Ladner ran to PSt 0 for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Jerry Cusick. WVU 29 PSt 7
Team Statistics
Mountaineers Nittany Lions
First Downs 20 10
- Rushing 16 4
- Passing 4 4
- Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 354 160
- Offensive Plays 68 49
- Yards Per Play 5.21 3.27
Net Rushing Yards 263 65
- Rushing Attempts 53 13
- Yards Per Rush 4.96 5.00
Net Passing Yards 91 95
- Att/Comp/Int 14 / 12 / 0 32 / 18 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 101 124
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 10 4 / 29
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.07 2.64
- Yards Per Completion 8.42 6.89
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 8 / 15 4 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 4.5 6.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 2 / 16 0 / 0
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 49 1 / 24
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 20 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 6 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 3 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 40 OWN 27
Time of Possession 38:32 21:30
Drive Charts
Mountaineers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:15 OWN 25 3 10 Punt
1 11:55 2:10 OPP 24 3 7 Field Goal
1 8:06 1:26 OWN 21 3 7 Punt
1 4:59 3:47 OWN 17 6 18 Punt
2 14:14 6:37 OWN 16 10 77 Field Goal
2 1:48 1:48 OWN 25 6 33 Half
3 12:04 1:58 OWN 11 3 4 Punt
3 7:17 5:46 50 9 46 Field Goal
3 0:01 4:09 OWN 20 8 80 Touchdown
4 10:02 5:52 OPP 39 10 39 Touchdown
4 3:18 1:17 OPP 18 3 18 Touchdown
4 1:27 1:27 OPP 27 3 11 Game
Nittany Lions
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:45 0:50 OWN 21 3 -1 Punt
1 9:46 1:40 OWN 25 3 10 Punt
1 6:40 1:42 OWN 26 6 11 Punt
1 1:12 1:57 OWN 39 3 8 Punt
2 7:37 5:49 OWN 25 11 75 Touchdown
3 15:00 2:56 OWN 25 6 15 Punt
3 10:07 2:50 OWN 38 5 20 Missed FG
3 1:31 1:30 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
4 10:52 0:50 OWN 25 2 27 Interception
4 4:10 0:52 OWN 25 5 -7 Downs
4 2:01 0:34 OWN 25 3 -3 Fumble
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Mountaineers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#36 John Salazar 26 146 5.62 17 7 0
#23 Jimmy Ladner 22 91 4.14 14 5 2
#31 Leonard Forbes 5 26 5.20 9 0 0
Nittany Lions
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#27 Vance Emanuel 10 40 4.00 11 2 0
#17 John Bishop 1 13 13.00 13 1 0
#36 Peter Bradford 2 12 6.00 9 0 0
Passing Stats
Mountaineers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#12 Ricardo Stevenson 14 12 101 1 / 10 1 27 0 120.54
Nittany Lions
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#17 John Bishop 32 18 124 4 / 29 1 27 1 62.50
Receiving Stats
Mountaineers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#82 Sheldon McKee 5 41 8.20 27 1
#43 Thomas Abrams 3 35 11.67 16 0
#81 Cameron Vella 2 16 8.00 8 0
#31 Leonard Forbes 1 7 7.00 7 0
#36 John Salazar 1 2 2.00 2 0
Nittany Lions
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#87 Cedric Bynum 4 40 10.00 21 0
#83 John Farrington 7 29 4.14 8 1
#14 Stanley Stinson 1 27 27.00 27 0
#27 Vance Emanuel 4 18 4.50 10 0
#89 Jessie Rodriguez 1 10 10.00 10 0
#36 Peter Bradford 1 0 0.00 0 0
Blocking Stats
Mountaineers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#31 Leonard Forbes 8 35 0 0
#56 George Sommers 24 53 0 3
#81 Cameron Vella 0 29 0 0
#76 Anthony Bertram 24 56 0 0
#82 Sheldon McKee 0 23 0 1
#60 Robert Mead 24 56 0 1
#43 Thomas Abrams 1 43 0 2
#61 Roderick Clarke 20 52 0 1
#57 Brian Sosa 15 53 0 4
#89 Jay Green 0 18 0 3
#23 Jimmy Ladner 2 11 0 1
#99 Adam Santana 9 3 0 0
#90 Kenneth Garcia 9 4 0 0
#67 William Peters 9 0 0 0
#51 Roger Mallett 9 4 0 0
#69 James Medina 0 1 0 0
#91 Joshua Foshee 0 1 0 0
#78 Walter Rigby 0 2 0 0
#97 Carmelo Bunting 0 2 0 0
#96 Daniel Renn 5 2 0 0
#27 Joseph Arthur 0 2 0 0
#83 John Suter 0 1 0 0
#15 William Erwin 0 18 0 0
#73 Manuel Gibbons 1 0 0 0
#36 John Salazar 7 5 0 0
#2 Francis Roundtree 1 0 0 0
#42 Juan Currin 0 5 0 0
#70 Jason Wallace 0 1 0 0
#98 Raymond Brown 0 1 0 0
#32 Caleb Ferree 0 2 0 0
Nittany Lions
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#78 James King 45 20 2 2
#55 Richard Cheney 45 15 1 1
#54 Robert Zamora 45 15 1 1
#70 Ralph Campbell 45 18 0 1
#68 Frank Terrill 40 20 0 1
#37 Roy Dallas 24 15 0 0
#27 Vance Emanuel 14 4 0 1
#87 Cedric Bynum 6 13 0 1
#82 Saul Pitts 0 7 0 0
#77 Richard Wilkins 8 0 0 0
#90 Francisco Moore 4 1 0 0
#14 Stanley Stinson 0 6 0 1
#40 Bryce Curtis 4 4 0 0
#80 Daniel Tallent 3 0 0 0
#42 Fredrick Kidd 0 1 0 0
#24 Harold Corley 0 1 0 0
#63 Bud Gilchrist 0 1 0 1
#99 William Grant 0 1 0 0
#56 Scott Jones 0 2 0 0
#96 Dennis Beahm 0 2 0 0
#89 Jessie Rodriguez 0 2 0 0
#83 John Farrington 0 3 0 0
#93 David Braun 2 1 0 0
#71 Kevin Denis 6 3 0 0
#36 Peter Bradford 0 1 0 0
#95 David Dempsey 1 0 0 0
Interception Stats
Mountaineers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#97 Carmelo Bunting 1 20 20.00 0
Nittany Lions
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Mountaineers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#27 Joseph Arthur 0 1 0 0
#2 Francis Roundtree 0 0 1 0
Nittany Lions
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#27 Vance Emanuel 1 0 0 0
Punting
Mountaineers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#3 Stephen Ulrich 4 188 47.00 41.00 50 0
Nittany Lions
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#11 Sang Oliver 6 275 45.83 37.67 50 3
Kicking
Mountaineers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Jerry Cusick 3 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 35 2 / 2
Nittany Lions
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 William Cox 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 1 / 1
Punt Return
Mountaineers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#82 Sheldon McKee 2 49 24.5 38 0
Nittany Lions
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#35 John Carroll 1 24 24.0 24 0
Kick Return
Mountaineers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Nittany Lions
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Mountaineers
Name Tackles Sacks
#96 Daniel Renn 6 0
#97 Carmelo Bunting 6 0
#40 Timmy Smith 3 0
#93 Joseph Russell 3 0
#33 Lawrence McLaughlin 3 0
#27 Joseph Arthur 2 0
#2 Francis Roundtree 2 0
#32 Caleb Ferree 2 0
#76 Anthony Bertram 1 0
#78 Walter Rigby 1 0
#90 Kenneth Garcia 1 1
#70 Jason Wallace 1 1
#91 Joshua Foshee 1 1
#73 Manuel Gibbons 1 1
Nittany Lions
Name Tackles Sacks
#42 Fredrick Kidd 13 0
#98 Robert Atkins 11 0
#95 David Dempsey 8 1
#24 Harold Corley 8 0
#29 James Arellano 7 0
#99 William Grant 5 0
#65 Michael Fritz 3 0
#63 Bud Gilchrist 3 0
#35 John Carroll 3 0
#93 David Braun 2 0
#90 Francisco Moore 1 0
#17 John Bishop 1 0
#87 Cedric Bynum 1 0