Pre-Season Week 2: Tigers at Mountaineers
August 26, 1939 71° Milan Puskar Stadium
Attendance: 41,294 (69%)
Tigers 0 0 14 0 0 - 14
Mountaineers 0 6 0 8 3 - 17
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 2) Mountaineers: 4-6-AUB 10 (11:05) 7-Jerry Cusick 28 yard field goal is GOOD. WVU 3 AUB 0
(Qtr 2) Mountaineers: 1-6-AUB 6 (0:04) 7-Jerry Cusick 24 yard field goal is GOOD. WVU 6 AUB 0
(Qtr 3) Tigers: 3-11-WVU 11 (10:15) 19-John Valladares pass complete to 83-Timothy Schmitz for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Anthony Wilson. WVU 6 AUB 7
(Qtr 3) Tigers: 3-5-WVU 5 (2:50) 19-John Valladares pass complete to 28-Steven Morano for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 18-Anthony Wilson. WVU 6 AUB 14
(Qtr 4) Mountaineers: 1-7-AUB 7 (1:17) 11-Frank Clay pass complete to 15-William Erwin to AUB 0 for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 21-James Avina ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! WVU 14 AUB 14
(OT) Mountaineers: 2-2-AUB 19 (0:03) 7-Jerry Cusick 37 yard field goal is GOOD. WVU 17 AUB 14
Team Statistics
Mountaineers Tigers
First Downs 23 12
- Rushing 6 8
- Passing 16 4
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 382 221
- Offensive Plays 80 63
- Yards Per Play 4.78 3.51
Net Rushing Yards 123 142
- Rushing Attempts 33 35
- Yards Per Rush 3.73 4.06
Net Passing Yards 259 79
- Att/Comp/Int 45 / 33 / 1 25 / 14 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 275 106
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 16 3 / 27
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.51 2.82
- Yards Per Completion 8.33 7.57
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 8 / 17 6 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.0 4.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 20 2 / 20
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 12 3 / 28
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 37 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 3 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 31
Time of Possession 42:43 32:17
Drive Charts
Mountaineers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:46 6:12 OWN 31 11 35 Missed FG
1 5:00 1:21 OWN 20 3 5 Punt
1 2:14 2:03 OWN 12 3 4 Punt
2 14:54 3:51 OPP 42 7 32 Field Goal
2 9:34 3:52 OWN 28 6 27 Punt
2 1:53 1:52 OWN 37 8 58 Field Goal
3 15:00 0:41 OWN 25 3 6 Interception
3 10:11 2:38 OWN 29 5 28 Missed FG
3 2:45 2:00 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
4 11:34 1:53 OWN 4 3 8 Punt
4 7:36 6:23 OWN 6 11 94 Touchdown
4 0:32 5:32 OWN 28 6 29 Half
OT 5:59 2:57 OWN 47 5 7 Punt
OT 1:28 1:28 OWN 38 5 44 Field Goal
Tigers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:14 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
1 6:34 1:34 OWN 41 3 9 Punt
1 3:39 1:25 OWN 37 3 7 Punt
1 0:11 0:18 OWN 36 2 6 Interception
2 11:02 1:28 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
2 5:43 3:49 OWN 10 6 4 Punt
2 0:01 0:01 OWN 25 1 16 Half
3 14:19 4:08 OPP 42 10 42 Touchdown
3 7:33 4:48 50 9 50 Touchdown
3 0:46 4:11 OWN 31 6 19 Punt
4 9:41 2:05 OWN 49 3 10 Punt
4 1:13 0:41 OWN 25 3 10 Punt
OT 10:00 4:01 OWN 25 7 35 Missed FG
OT 3:02 1:34 OWN 4 4 12 Punt
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Mountaineers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#28 James Taylor 14 54 3.86 15 2 0
#36 John Salazar 8 40 5.00 13 1 0
#21 James Avina 7 13 1.86 8 0 0
#23 Jimmy Ladner 3 11 3.67 9 0 0
#12 Ricardo Stevenson 1 5 5.00 5 0 0
Tigers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#43 Charles Sumner 16 46 2.88 8 0 0
#41 Brian Walters 11 43 3.91 16 1 0
#28 Steven Morano 5 38 7.60 12 2 0
#48 Anthony Frank 3 15 5.00 9 0 0
Passing Stats
Mountaineers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#11 Frank Clay 23 17 148 0 / 0 1 18 1 86.87
#12 Ricardo Stevenson 22 16 127 2 / 16 0 20 0 86.74
Tigers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#19 John Valladares 18 11 85 1 / 9 2 20 0 109.72
#15 Jose Owens 7 3 21 2 / 18 0 8 1 10.71
Receiving Stats
Mountaineers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#15 William Erwin 6 66 11.00 18 1
#28 James Taylor 7 41 5.86 10 0
#81 Cameron Vella 4 30 7.50 12 0
#36 John Salazar 3 28 9.33 20 0
#89 Jay Green 2 25 12.50 15 0
#43 Thomas Abrams 3 23 7.67 10 0
#31 Leonard Forbes 2 20 10.00 14 0
#21 James Avina 2 15 7.50 12 0
#42 Juan Currin 1 12 12.00 12 0
#82 Sheldon McKee 2 10 5.00 8 0
#83 John Suter 1 5 5.00 5 0
Tigers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#83 Timothy Schmitz 3 25 8.33 11 1
#43 Charles Sumner 2 20 10.00 17 0
#12 Frank Bailey 1 20 20.00 20 0
#84 Dennis Green 2 15 7.50 8 0
#28 Steven Morano 2 8 4.00 5 1
#82 Scott Crader 2 8 4.00 5 0
#81 Steven Townsend 1 6 6.00 6 0
#48 Anthony Frank 1 4 4.00 4 0
Blocking Stats
Mountaineers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#67 William Peters 29 17 1 1
#36 John Salazar 4 1 1 1
#93 Joseph Russell 3 2 0 0
#31 Leonard Forbes 31 26 0 2
#76 Anthony Bertram 31 19 0 2
#50 Santiago Hester 31 21 0 3
#43 Thomas Abrams 3 10 0 1
#51 Roger Mallett 31 15 0 1
#61 Roderick Clarke 30 16 0 0
#82 Sheldon McKee 0 2 0 0
#81 Cameron Vella 0 18 0 1
#83 John Suter 0 13 0 0
#15 William Erwin 0 16 0 2
#80 George Runion 0 3 0 0
#21 James Avina 4 6 0 0
#90 Kenneth Garcia 7 3 0 0
#60 Robert Mead 31 23 0 2
#96 Daniel Renn 4 0 0 0
#73 Laverne Wilkins 31 23 0 0
#28 James Taylor 10 7 0 0
#42 Juan Currin 5 20 0 0
#70 Jason Wallace 0 1 0 1
#94 George Griffith 0 1 0 0
#73 Robert Molloy 24 26 0 1
#57 Brian Sosa 21 25 0 3
#78 Paul Williams 23 24 0 0
#78 Walter Rigby 0 1 0 0
#98 Raymond Brown 0 1 0 0
#40 Timmy Smith 0 2 0 0
#23 Jimmy Ladner 3 4 0 1
#54 Kyle Andersen 0 1 0 0
#65 Leslie Lathrop 0 1 0 0
#89 Jay Green 4 9 0 0
#75 Robert Gonzalez 5 0 0 0
#84 John Godinez 5 5 0 1
#62 Bo Ogan 4 7 0 1
Tigers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#57 Terry Herring 14 15 2 2
#16 Brian Wilson 6 5 1 1
#73 Woodrow Coles 14 15 0 1
#48 Anthony Frank 13 22 0 1
#63 Pat Johnston 13 12 0 0
#77 Douglas Anderson 10 12 0 2
#41 Brian Walters 5 0 0 0
#58 Quincy Perez 9 12 0 1
#84 Dennis Green 0 11 0 2
#43 Charles Sumner 5 11 0 0
#82 Scott Crader 7 17 0 2
#67 Kevin McCafferty 28 22 0 1
#54 Paul Lafleur 5 1 0 0
#53 Kevin Spohn 2 0 0 0
#68 Alan Johnson 9 3 0 0
#99 Howard Dolan 0 2 0 0
#98 Dustin McNamara 4 4 0 1
#33 Daniel Zepeda 0 1 0 0
#61 Daniel Tapia 17 25 0 0
#83 Timothy Schmitz 5 32 0 2
#66 Charles Halfacre 20 25 0 1
#88 Wilbert Bethea 0 17 0 1
#81 Steven Townsend 0 2 0 0
#95 Dale Wagner 1 1 0 0
#55 Benjamin Mendelson 0 1 0 0
#93 Ralph Quintana 0 1 0 0
#69 Francesco Brown 0 1 0 0
#37 John Glover 0 1 0 0
#85 Mark Thomas 22 30 0 1
#89 Brian Kaye 19 21 0 0
#28 Steven Morano 5 11 0 1
#12 Frank Bailey 1 12 0 0
#87 Douglas Chapman 2 5 0 1
#81 David Campbell 1 1 0 0
#14 Paul Canterbury 1 0 0 0
#69 Sidney Spencer 7 1 0 0
#29 Anthony Davis 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Mountaineers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#10 Giuseppe Fitzgerald 1 0 0.00 0
Tigers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#99 Howard Dolan 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Mountaineers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Tigers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Punting
Mountaineers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#3 Stephen Ulrich 6 272 45.33 40.83 51 2
Tigers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#7 Jan Gehring 9 406 45.11 42.00 50 3
Kicking
Mountaineers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Jerry Cusick 3 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 2 37 0 / 0
Tigers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#18 Anthony Wilson 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 2 / 2
Punt Return
Mountaineers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#15 William Erwin 2 11 5.5 10 0
#82 Sheldon McKee 1 1 1.0 1 0
Tigers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#82 Scott Crader 2 20 10.0 12 0
#41 Brian Walters 1 8 8.0 8 0
Kick Return
Mountaineers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#21 James Avina 1 37 37.0 0
Tigers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Mountaineers
Name Tackles Sacks
#32 Caleb Ferree 8 0
#98 Raymond Brown 6 0
#93 Joseph Russell 6 0
#40 Timmy Smith 4 0
#75 Robert Gonzalez 4 0
#73 Manuel Gibbons 3 0
#97 Carmelo Bunting 3 0
#70 Jason Wallace 2 2
#96 Daniel Renn 2 0
#10 Giuseppe Fitzgerald 2 0
#54 Kyle Andersen 2 1
#65 Leslie Lathrop 2 0
#62 Jeremiah Smith 2 0
#26 Arturo Long 2 0
#90 Kenneth Garcia 2 0
#27 Joseph Arthur 1 0
#94 George Griffith 1 0
#81 Cameron Vella 1 0
#42 Juan Currin 1 0
Tigers
Name Tackles Sacks
#29 Anthony Davis 8 0
#98 Dustin McNamara 7 0
#37 John Glover 6 0
#33 Daniel Zepeda 5 0
#55 Emerson Reeves 5 0
#65 Rene Graves 4 1
#93 Ralph Quintana 4 0
#54 Paul Lafleur 3 0
#53 Kevin Spohn 3 0
#93 Raul Tait 3 0
#47 Raymond Wilson 3 0
#54 Joshua Karr 2 0
#95 Dale Wagner 2 0
#69 Francesco Brown 2 1
#39 John See 2 0
#44 Keith Toussaint 2 0
#68 Alan Johnson 2 0
#99 Howard Dolan 2 0
#55 Benjamin Mendelson 2 0
#81 Steven Townsend 1 0
#18 Anthony Wilson 1 0
#94 Kyle Slama 1 0
#69 Sidney Spencer 1 0