Pre-Season Week 1: Bearcats at Nittany Lions
August 19, 1939 60° Beaver Stadium
Attendance: 70,806 (66%)
Bearcats 0 0 3 0 - 3
Nittany Lions 14 3 0 7 - 24
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Nittany Lions: 1-10-PSt 47 (14:14) 17-John Bishop pass complete to 84-Matthew Simmons for 53 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-William Cox. PSt 7 CIN 0
(Qtr 1) Nittany Lions: 2-1-CIN 1 (4:37) 27-Vance Emanuel ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-William Cox. PSt 14 CIN 0
(Qtr 2) Nittany Lions: 4-11-CIN 27 (4:53) 7-William Cox 45 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 17 CIN 0
(Qtr 3) Bearcats: 4-12-PSt 17 (4:30) 5-Andre West 34 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 17 CIN 3
(Qtr 4) Nittany Lions: 1-1-CIN 1 (2:31) 38-Brandon Sperling ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-William Cox. PSt 24 CIN 3
Team Statistics
Nittany Lions Bearcats
First Downs 18 10
- Rushing 10 4
- Passing 4 6
- Penalty 4 0
Total Net Yards 309 176
- Offensive Plays 69 51
- Yards Per Play 4.48 3.45
Net Rushing Yards 188 61
- Rushing Attempts 53 15
- Yards Per Rush 3.55 4.07
Net Passing Yards 121 115
- Att/Comp/Int 16 / 11 / 0 30 / 17 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 121 165
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 6 / 50
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.56 3.19
- Yards Per Completion 11.00 9.71
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 10 / 17 3 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.7 8.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 0 / 0 6 / 44
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 65 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 74 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 23
Time of Possession 36:07 23:53
Drive Charts
Nittany Lions
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:55 OWN 34 2 66 Touchdown
1 10:36 6:01 OWN 31 11 69 Touchdown
1 3:03 3:46 OWN 29 6 17 Punt
2 12:51 3:01 OWN 43 7 47 Fumble
2 8:14 3:25 OPP 43 6 16 Field Goal
2 1:45 1:45 OWN 16 3 4 Half
3 13:33 3:53 OWN 27 6 21 Punt
3 4:27 6:59 OWN 34 13 48 Missed FG
4 10:16 1:29 OWN 47 3 0 Punt
4 7:01 4:32 OPP 47 9 47 Touchdown
4 1:05 0:21 OWN 19 3 -3 Punt
Bearcats
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:05 3:29 OWN 25 5 7 Punt
1 4:35 1:32 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
2 14:17 1:27 OWN 20 3 -6 Punt
2 9:50 1:36 OWN 4 3 5 Punt
2 4:49 3:04 OWN 25 8 53 Interception
3 15:00 1:27 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
3 9:40 5:13 OWN 20 9 63 Field Goal
4 12:28 2:12 OWN 25 5 20 Interception
4 8:47 1:46 OWN 14 4 18 Punt
4 2:28 1:23 OWN 25 6 11 Punt
4 0:44 0:44 OWN 40 2 -10 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Nittany Lions
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#36 Peter Bradford 18 80 4.44 18 3 0
#27 Vance Emanuel 14 40 2.86 10 2 1
#37 Roy Dallas 12 32 2.67 8 0 0
#25 Jerome Tardiff 1 21 21.00 21 1 0
#38 Brandon Sperling 7 19 2.71 10 1 1
#23 Sam Marsh 1 -4 -4.00 -4 0 0
Bearcats
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#38 Joseph Coker 6 24 4.00 15 2 0
#43 Carl Delossantos 2 17 8.50 15 1 0
#42 Kenny Collier 5 16 3.20 9 0 0
#46 Raymond Johnston 2 4 2.00 3 0 0
Passing Stats
Nittany Lions
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#17 John Bishop 8 6 78 0 / 0 1 53 0 144.79
#17 Harvey Rainey 8 5 43 0 / 0 0 18 0 76.56
Bearcats
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#12 Jacob Rice 19 10 93 3 / 19 0 29 1 44.41
#16 Thomas Webb 11 7 72 3 / 31 0 15 1 44.51
Receiving Stats
Nittany Lions
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#84 Matthew Simmons 1 53 53.00 53 1
#37 Roy Dallas 3 18 6.00 12 0
#82 Saul Pitts 1 18 18.00 18 0
#80 Daniel Tallent 1 10 10.00 10 0
#36 Peter Bradford 1 8 8.00 8 0
#85 Earl Gross 2 7 3.50 4 0
#83 John Farrington 1 5 5.00 5 0
#14 Stanley Stinson 1 2 2.00 2 0
Bearcats
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#43 Carl Delossantos 2 29 14.50 29 0
#84 Mark Valdez 1 25 25.00 25 0
#84 Roosevelt Gonzales 2 21 10.50 11 0
#19 Maynard Gilliam 1 16 16.00 16 0
#42 Kenny Collier 1 15 15.00 15 0
#82 Lee Medina 2 15 7.50 12 0
#12 Robert Ritchie 1 14 14.00 14 0
#46 Raymond Johnston 4 10 2.50 5 0
#38 Joseph Coker 1 8 8.00 8 0
#41 Zachary Overton 1 7 7.00 7 0
#80 Ronnie Burns 1 5 5.00 5 0
Blocking Stats
Nittany Lions
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#28 Lawrence Paxton 0 2 0 0
#99 Richard Jones 0 4 0 0
#90 Francisco Moore 0 2 0 0
#91 Brent Burch 0 4 0 0
#62 Jonathan Hernandez 1 1 0 0
#53 Robert Price 2 3 0 0
#29 James Arellano 0 2 0 0
#56 Scott Jones 1 5 0 0
#93 David Braun 3 2 0 0
#95 David Dempsey 2 2 0 0
#64 Ryan Hunt 10 21 0 3
#68 Frank Terrill 11 22 0 1
#54 Robert Zamora 12 27 0 1
#66 George Robinson 11 28 0 0
#70 James Varney 10 28 0 1
#27 Vance Emanuel 1 1 0 0
#89 Sean Damian 1 23 0 3
#37 Roy Dallas 9 25 0 1
#78 James King 14 28 0 2
#80 Daniel Tallent 13 26 0 2
#71 Kevin Denis 18 34 0 2
#85 Earl Gross 0 33 0 1
#83 John Farrington 0 12 0 0
#69 Carl McLean 10 33 0 1
#36 Peter Bradford 4 1 0 0
#14 Stanley Stinson 3 22 0 0
#82 Saul Pitts 6 34 0 2
#38 Brandon Sperling 12 23 0 1
#23 Sam Marsh 2 15 0 1
#96 Dennis Beahm 3 2 0 0
#12 Edward Hass 3 15 0 3
#84 Matthew Simmons 2 6 0 1
#96 Leroy Hopkins 2 1 0 0
#95 Terry Walling 5 2 0 0
#86 Earnest Crawford 0 4 0 0
#56 Joseph Hammond 0 2 0 0
#25 Jerome Tardiff 1 3 0 0
#93 Robert Sterling 0 1 0 0
#97 Randy Moore 0 1 0 0
Bearcats
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#79 Loren Maynes 15 11 1 2
#38 Joseph Coker 9 2 1 1
#19 Maynard Gilliam 2 7 1 1
#69 Philip Day 31 13 1 2
#60 Glenn Lindsey 25 15 1 1
#15 David Gonzalez 6 1 1 1
#54 Glenn Spalding 44 20 0 1
#75 Wayne Schubert 18 11 0 1
#84 Roosevelt Gonzales 1 9 0 1
#73 Eric Sears 16 10 0 0
#74 Tobias Holloway 18 14 0 0
#46 Raymond Johnston 12 9 0 0
#42 Kenny Collier 4 2 0 0
#41 Zachary Overton 6 15 0 0
#92 George Storey 7 5 0 0
#43 Carl Delossantos 2 8 0 0
#40 Peter Williams 1 1 0 0
#82 Lee Medina 0 11 0 0
#53 Johnny Aldridge 1 0 0 0
#57 David Whitfield 3 0 0 0
#34 Matthew Jones 1 1 0 0
#50 Keith Brown 0 1 0 1
#30 James Blackmon 0 1 0 0
#80 Ronnie Burns 0 4 0 1
#89 John Schuyler 15 13 0 0
#85 Hector Cousin 15 9 0 1
#84 Mark Valdez 1 5 0 0
#91 Freddie Jones 4 0 0 0
#92 Micheal Sears 2 0 0 0
#12 Robert Ritchie 0 4 0 0
#32 Gary Lemelin 1 1 0 0
#18 Joshua Hutchinson 3 0 0 0
#54 Paul Norman 1 0 0 0
Interception Stats
Nittany Lions
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#95 David Dempsey 1 0 0.00 0
#56 Joseph Hammond 1 0 0.00 0
Bearcats
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Nittany Lions
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#38 Brandon Sperling 1 0 0 0
Bearcats
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#99 Richard Eckles 0 1 0 0
#34 Matthew Jones 0 0 1 0
Punting
Nittany Lions
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#11 Sang Oliver 4 152 38.00 37.25 56 1
Bearcats
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#9 William Childs 7 329 47.00 38.00 53 1
Kicking
Nittany Lions
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 William Cox 1 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 45 3 / 3
Bearcats
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#5 Andre West 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 34 0 / 0
Punt Return
Nittany Lions
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#38 Brandon Sperling 1 36 36.0 36 0
#27 Vance Emanuel 3 29 9.7 11 0
Bearcats
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
Nittany Lions
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#36 Peter Bradford 1 39 39.0 0
#83 John Farrington 1 35 35.0 0
Bearcats
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Nittany Lions
Name Tackles Sacks
#29 James Arellano 4 0
#96 Dennis Beahm 4 0
#95 Terry Walling 4 0
#99 Richard Jones 3 1
#38 Leon Cameron 3 0
#63 Bud Gilchrist 2 2
#98 Robert Atkins 2 0
#96 Leroy Hopkins 2 0
#93 Robert Sterling 2 1
#74 Damon Herrera 2 1
#90 Francisco Moore 1 0
#66 George Robinson 1 0
#93 David Braun 1 0
#28 Lawrence Paxton 1 0
#52 Alexander Kier 1 0
#97 Randy Moore 1 0
#57 Lonnie Swanson 1 0
#76 Alonzo Johnson 1 0
#91 Brent Burch 1 1
#56 Joseph Hammond 1 0
Bearcats
Name Tackles Sacks
#91 Freddie Jones 8 0
#57 David Whitfield 7 0
#90 Jason Leist 6 0
#40 Peter Williams 5 0
#30 James Blackmon 5 0
#96 Sal Bingham 5 0
#53 Johnny Aldridge 4 0
#91 Bruce Greaves 4 0
#99 Richard Eckles 3 0
#50 Keith Brown 3 0
#92 George Storey 3 0
#95 Lawrence Alexander 2 0
#34 Matthew Jones 2 0
#5 Andre West 1 0
#69 Philip Day 1 0
#74 Tobias Holloway 1 0
#38 Joseph Coker 1 0
#64 Philip Terrill 1 0
#84 Mark Valdez 1 0
#54 Paul Norman 1 0
#92 Micheal Sears 1 0
#43 Carl Delossantos 1 0
#41 Zachary Overton 1 0
#60 Mark Marquez 1 0