Regular Season Week 1: Mountaineers at Tigers
September 03, 1939 75° Jordan-Hare Stadium
Attendance: 77,926 (89%)
Mountaineers 0 14 3 0 - 17
Tigers 0 0 0 3 - 3
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 2) Mountaineers: 3-1-AUB 1 (15:00) 28-James Taylor ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Jerry Cusick. AUB 0 WVU 7
(Qtr 2) Mountaineers: 1-4-AUB 4 (11:07) 28-James Taylor ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Jerry Cusick. AUB 0 WVU 14
(Qtr 3) Mountaineers: 4-10-AUB 11 (2:01) 7-Jerry Cusick 29 yard field goal is GOOD. AUB 0 WVU 17
(Qtr 4) Tigers: 4-8-WVU 26 (9:42) 18-Anthony Wilson 44 yard field goal is GOOD. AUB 3 WVU 17
Team Statistics
Tigers Mountaineers
First Downs 13 14
- Rushing 6 9
- Passing 5 4
- Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 189 301
- Offensive Plays 60 54
- Yards Per Play 3.15 5.57
Net Rushing Yards 94 132
- Rushing Attempts 28 38
- Yards Per Rush 3.36 3.47
Net Passing Yards 95 169
- Att/Comp/Int 30 / 18 / 0 16 / 12 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 106 169
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 11 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 2.97 10.56
- Yards Per Completion 5.89 14.08
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 16 5 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.7 5.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 19 3 / 23
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 6 3 / 26
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 35 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 0 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 2 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 28
Time of Possession 30:00 29:59
Drive Charts
Tigers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:36 OWN 25 8 42 Missed FG
1 9:28 1:58 OWN 12 3 10 Punt
2 14:58 2:59 OWN 33 6 13 Punt
2 11:04 2:03 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
2 7:01 2:00 OWN 27 3 6 Punt
2 3:02 1:51 OWN 16 6 27 Punt
3 13:05 1:37 OWN 21 3 4 Punt
3 10:01 2:00 OWN 20 3 4 Punt
3 1:58 7:20 OWN 25 14 49 Field Goal
4 8:08 3:36 OWN 27 11 43 Downs
Mountaineers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:24 0:55 OWN 40 3 -2 Punt
1 7:31 7:33 OWN 29 13 71 Touchdown
2 11:59 0:55 OWN 6 3 94 Touchdown
2 9:00 2:00 OWN 23 3 3 Punt
2 5:00 1:58 OWN 32 3 10 Punt
2 1:11 1:11 OWN 18 2 11 Half
3 15:00 1:55 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
3 11:28 1:27 OWN 41 3 5 Punt
3 8:01 6:03 OWN 36 9 53 Field Goal
4 9:38 1:31 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
4 4:31 4:31 OWN 31 9 54 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Tigers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#41 Brian Walters 18 49 2.72 10 2 0
#43 Charles Sumner 9 36 4.00 10 1 0
#15 Jose Owens 1 9 9.00 9 0 0
Mountaineers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#28 James Taylor 12 75 6.25 17 3 2
#36 John Salazar 21 54 2.57 10 1 0
#31 Leonard Forbes 2 3 1.50 3 0 0
#12 Ricardo Stevenson 3 0 0.00 0 0 0
Passing Stats
Tigers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#15 Jose Owens 30 18 106 2 / 11 0 18 0 66.81
Mountaineers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#12 Ricardo Stevenson 16 12 169 0 / 0 0 75 0 108.59
Receiving Stats
Tigers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#43 Charles Sumner 6 43 7.17 18 0
#41 Brian Walters 7 36 5.14 16 0
#84 Dennis Green 2 12 6.00 7 0
#81 Steven Townsend 2 11 5.50 9 0
#82 Scott Crader 1 4 4.00 4 0
Mountaineers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#15 William Erwin 1 75 75.00 75 0
#83 John Suter 2 30 15.00 19 0
#43 Thomas Abrams 3 29 9.67 13 0
#81 Cameron Vella 1 9 9.00 9 0
#42 Juan Currin 1 8 8.00 8 0
#82 Sheldon McKee 2 8 4.00 5 0
#31 Leonard Forbes 1 6 6.00 6 0
#36 John Salazar 1 4 4.00 4 0
Blocking Stats
Tigers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#58 Quincy Perez 33 32 2 3
#43 Charles Sumner 11 17 0 1
#73 Woodrow Coles 39 33 0 1
#63 Pat Johnston 42 31 0 2
#57 Terry Herring 42 34 0 0
#77 Douglas Anderson 42 36 0 2
#41 Brian Walters 8 8 0 1
#82 Scott Crader 0 14 0 0
#12 Frank Bailey 0 4 0 0
#84 Dennis Green 0 25 0 0
#88 Wilbert Bethea 0 9 0 1
#81 Steven Townsend 0 4 0 0
#67 Kevin McCafferty 11 2 0 0
#83 Timothy Schmitz 4 10 0 0
#85 Mark Thomas 0 10 0 2
#98 Dustin McNamara 2 1 0 0
#54 Joshua Karr 2 0 0 0
#54 Paul Lafleur 9 4 0 0
#53 Kevin Spohn 5 2 0 0
#69 Sidney Spencer 1 1 0 0
#29 Anthony Davis 0 1 0 0
#95 Dale Wagner 0 1 0 0
#99 Howard Dolan 0 2 0 0
#44 Keith Toussaint 0 2 0 1
#33 Daniel Zepeda 0 1 0 0
#55 Benjamin Mendelson 0 1 0 0
#65 Rene Graves 0 2 0 0
#87 Douglas Chapman 0 4 0 0
Mountaineers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#31 Leonard Forbes 10 20 0 1
#76 Anthony Bertram 25 42 0 1
#50 Santiago Hester 24 38 0 3
#43 Thomas Abrams 1 34 0 1
#67 William Peters 25 39 0 0
#51 Roger Mallett 25 36 0 2
#61 Roderick Clarke 25 39 0 4
#36 John Salazar 5 8 0 0
#73 Manuel Gibbons 3 1 0 0
#90 Kenneth Garcia 9 1 0 0
#96 Daniel Renn 9 3 0 0
#82 Sheldon McKee 0 9 0 0
#28 James Taylor 4 9 0 2
#42 Juan Currin 1 25 0 0
#15 William Erwin 0 13 0 0
#81 Cameron Vella 0 10 0 1
#75 Robert Gonzalez 3 0 0 0
#73 Laverne Wilkins 4 0 0 0
#57 Brian Sosa 1 1 0 0
#83 John Suter 0 2 0 0
#80 George Runion 0 1 0 0
#97 Carmelo Bunting 0 2 0 0
#91 Joshua Foshee 0 1 0 0
#70 Jason Wallace 0 1 0 0
#94 George Griffith 0 1 0 0
#78 Walter Rigby 0 2 0 1
#98 Raymond Brown 0 1 0 0
#93 Joseph Russell 0 1 0 1
#89 Jay Green 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Tigers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Mountaineers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Tigers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Mountaineers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Punting
Tigers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#7 Jan Gehring 7 316 45.14 41.71 52 2
Mountaineers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#3 Stephen Ulrich 6 289 48.17 43.67 57 2
Kicking
Tigers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#18 Anthony Wilson 1 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 1 44 0 / 0
Mountaineers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Jerry Cusick 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 29 2 / 2
Punt Return
Tigers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#41 Brian Walters 1 6 6.0 6 0
Mountaineers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#82 Sheldon McKee 3 26 8.7 13 0
Kick Return
Tigers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#82 Scott Crader 1 35 35.0 0
Mountaineers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Tigers
Name Tackles Sacks
#54 Joshua Karr 7 0
#44 Keith Toussaint 6 0
#93 Raul Tait 5 0
#53 Kevin Spohn 4 0
#29 Anthony Davis 4 0
#71 Lawrence Slaughter 3 0
#98 Dustin McNamara 3 0
#37 John Glover 3 0
#54 Paul Lafleur 3 0
#65 Rene Graves 2 0
#94 Kyle Slama 2 0
#39 John See 2 0
#33 Daniel Zepeda 1 0
#95 Dale Wagner 1 0
#75 Kent Jones 1 0
#57 Terry Herring 1 0
Mountaineers
Name Tackles Sacks
#96 Daniel Renn 8 0
#78 Walter Rigby 5 2
#32 Caleb Ferree 5 0
#40 Timmy Smith 4 0
#27 Joseph Arthur 4 0
#10 Giuseppe Fitzgerald 4 0
#94 George Griffith 4 0
#26 Arturo Long 3 0
#90 Kenneth Garcia 3 0
#97 Carmelo Bunting 2 0
#39 Joshua Danielson 1 0
#98 Raymond Brown 1 0
#75 Robert Gonzalez 1 0
#7 Jerry Cusick 1 0
#70 Jason Wallace 1 0
#91 Joshua Foshee 1 0
#93 Joseph Russell 1 0