Regular Season Week 2: Commodores at Mountaineers
September 10, 1939 61° Milan Puskar Stadium
Attendance: 58,675 (98%)
Commodores 3 7 0 7 - 17
Mountaineers 7 10 10 6 - 33
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Commodores: 4-1-WVU 7 (6:51) 7-Javier Lichtenstein 24 yard field goal is GOOD. WVU 0 VAN 3
(Qtr 1) Mountaineers: 2-5-VAN 5 (1:23) 12-Ricardo Stevenson pass complete to 15-William Erwin for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Jerry Cusick. WVU 7 VAN 3
(Qtr 2) Mountaineers: 1-10-WVU 22 (14:52) 12-Ricardo Stevenson pass complete to 15-William Erwin for 78 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Jerry Cusick. WVU 14 VAN 3
(Qtr 2) Commodores: 2-4-WVU 19 (7:18) 45-Willie Thorp ran for 19 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Javier Lichtenstein. WVU 98-Raymond Brown was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. WVU 14 VAN 10
(Qtr 2) Mountaineers: 4-2-VAN 9 (0:39) 7-Jerry Cusick 27 yard field goal is GOOD. WVU 17 VAN 10
(Qtr 3) Mountaineers: 2-10-WVU 39 (14:52) 12-Ricardo Stevenson pass complete to 15-William Erwin for 61 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Jerry Cusick. WVU 24 VAN 10
(Qtr 3) Mountaineers: 4-1-VAN 38 (6:30) 7-Jerry Cusick 57 yard field goal is GOOD. WVU 27 VAN 10
(Qtr 4) Mountaineers: 4-7-VAN 18 (9:09) 7-Jerry Cusick 37 yard field goal is GOOD. WVU 90-Kenneth Garcia was injured on the play. WVU 51-Roger Mallett was injured on the play. WVU 30 VAN 10
(Qtr 4) Mountaineers: 4-1-VAN 34 (5:42) 7-Jerry Cusick 53 yard field goal is GOOD. WVU 33 VAN 10
(Qtr 4) Commodores: 1-1-WVU 1 (3:35) 3-Brandon Cobb pass complete to 82-Ismael Nealy for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Javier Lichtenstein. WVU 33 VAN 17
Team Statistics
Mountaineers Commodores
First Downs 15 12
- Rushing 11 6
- Passing 3 6
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 399 265
- Offensive Plays 58 57
- Yards Per Play 6.88 4.65
Net Rushing Yards 183 101
- Rushing Attempts 37 20
- Yards Per Rush 4.95 5.05
Net Passing Yards 216 164
- Att/Comp/Int 20 / 16 / 0 36 / 25 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 226 172
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 10 1 / 8
- Yards Per Pass Play 10.29 4.43
- Yards Per Completion 14.13 6.88
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 11 4 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.4 7.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 15 4 / 30
Punt Returns/Yards 6 / 62 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 3 / 101 2 / 66
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 2 2 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 24
Time of Possession 33:09 26:50
Drive Charts
Mountaineers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 6:48 5:28 OWN 25 11 75 Touchdown
2 14:52 0:10 OWN 22 1 78 Touchdown
2 12:23 2:47 OWN 26 4 16 Punt
2 8:35 1:25 OWN 38 3 -39 Touchdown
2 7:10 6:34 OWN 31 10 60 Field Goal
3 15:00 0:17 OWN 39 2 61 Touchdown
3 13:11 1:38 OWN 39 3 4 Punt
3 8:35 2:09 OPP 47 3 9 Field Goal
3 2:09 1:34 OWN 11 3 8 Punt
4 14:04 4:58 OWN 45 8 36 Field Goal
4 8:16 2:38 OWN 39 4 26 Field Goal
4 3:31 3:31 OWN 38 9 34 Game
Commodores
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 8:12 OWN 25 13 68 Field Goal
1 1:19 1:28 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
2 14:42 2:18 OWN 24 3 10 Punt
2 9:36 1:01 OWN 20 3 -4 Punt
2 0:36 0:36 OWN 25 1 -1 Half
3 14:43 1:33 OWN 30 3 4 Punt
3 11:33 2:58 OWN 1 5 9 Punt
3 6:26 4:17 OWN 25 8 29 Punt
3 0:34 1:30 OWN 36 4 9 Fumble
4 9:06 0:50 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
4 5:38 2:07 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Mountaineers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#36 John Salazar 21 128 6.10 17 5 0
#28 James Taylor 13 55 4.23 12 2 0
#12 Ricardo Stevenson 3 0 0.00 0 0 0
Commodores
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#45 Willie Thorp 17 97 5.71 19 4 1
#24 Alexander Montgomery 2 5 2.50 5 0 0
#42 Adrian Reno 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0
Passing Stats
Mountaineers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#12 Ricardo Stevenson 20 16 226 1 / 10 3 78 0 153.33
Commodores
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#3 Brandon Cobb 36 25 172 1 / 8 1 44 0 89.12
Receiving Stats
Mountaineers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#15 William Erwin 8 166 20.75 78 3
#31 Leonard Forbes 3 34 11.33 16 0
#43 Thomas Abrams 2 15 7.50 8 0
#81 Cameron Vella 1 7 7.00 7 0
#36 John Salazar 2 4 2.00 2 0
Commodores
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#80 Gerald Usry 2 53 26.50 44 0
#24 Alexander Montgomery 4 32 8.00 15 0
#82 Ismael Nealy 4 30 7.50 23 1
#81 Young Noah 4 17 4.25 8 0
#45 Willie Thorp 3 14 4.67 12 0
#42 Adrian Reno 4 13 3.25 6 0
#16 Henry Rhodes 3 10 3.33 4 0
#85 Robert Lasalle 1 3 3.00 3 0
Blocking Stats
Mountaineers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#51 Roger Mallett 31 35 1 3
#76 Anthony Bertram 31 39 0 1
#50 Santiago Hester 29 37 0 1
#36 John Salazar 7 4 0 0
#67 William Peters 29 34 0 1
#61 Roderick Clarke 28 35 0 3
#31 Leonard Forbes 13 19 0 1
#81 Cameron Vella 0 15 0 0
#15 William Erwin 0 21 0 0
#43 Thomas Abrams 3 36 0 2
#28 James Taylor 2 6 0 0
#42 Juan Currin 0 13 0 0
#21 James Avina 0 2 0 0
#82 Sheldon McKee 0 15 0 0
#90 Kenneth Garcia 9 5 0 1
#60 Robert Mead 12 1 0 0
#96 Daniel Renn 7 6 0 1
#73 Laverne Wilkins 7 0 0 0
#91 Joshua Foshee 0 6 0 1
#70 Jason Wallace 0 3 0 0
#89 Jay Green 1 1 0 0
#97 Carmelo Bunting 0 6 0 0
#75 Robert Gonzalez 3 5 0 0
#27 Joseph Arthur 0 6 0 0
#93 Joseph Russell 0 6 0 0
#73 Manuel Gibbons 1 5 0 1
#10 Giuseppe Fitzgerald 0 2 0 0
#94 George Griffith 0 3 0 0
#32 Caleb Ferree 0 3 0 0
#40 Timmy Smith 0 2 0 0
#83 John Suter 0 2 0 0
#78 Walter Rigby 0 1 0 0
#98 Raymond Brown 0 5 0 0
#57 Brian Sosa 0 4 0 1
Commodores
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#68 Michael Messina 41 21 1 5
#76 Jason Herzberg 47 31 0 2
#82 Ismael Nealy 0 15 0 0
#61 Brandon Warren 39 17 0 0
#16 Henry Rhodes 0 19 0 0
#42 Adrian Reno 16 19 0 2
#70 Thomas Morgan 47 27 0 1
#81 Young Noah 0 10 0 0
#75 Alexander Guercio 40 29 0 0
#87 Frank Sims 0 8 0 0
#80 Gerald Usry 0 20 0 0
#32 David Walker 3 4 0 0
#24 Alexander Montgomery 4 3 0 0
#45 Willie Thorp 4 3 0 0
#57 Howard Marion 14 7 0 0
#67 Robert Martinez 12 7 0 0
#50 Kenneth Aiello 5 2 0 0
#96 James Foster 2 2 0 1
#53 George Breed 10 2 0 0
#57 Eric Luevano 6 3 0 0
#52 Bryan Andrus 0 2 0 0
#92 Donald Sipes 0 2 0 0
#54 Chester Huffman 0 3 0 0
#39 David Cox 0 1 0 0
#62 Perry Corbin 0 2 0 0
#20 Ariel Skelley 0 3 0 0
#90 Isidro Fowler 0 2 0 0
#73 Randall Hutchins 2 0 0 0
#71 Gregory Damron 1 1 0 1
#85 Robert Lasalle 0 1 0 0
#10 William Wilson 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Mountaineers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Commodores
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Mountaineers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#82 Sheldon McKee 1 0 0 0
#31 Leonard Forbes 1 0 0 0
#70 Jason Wallace 0 0 1 0
#27 Joseph Arthur 0 1 1 0
Commodores
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#3 Brandon Cobb 1 1 0 0
#45 Willie Thorp 1 0 0 0
#70 Thomas Morgan 0 1 1 0
#34 Antonio Gillis 0 0 1 0
Punting
Mountaineers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#3 Stephen Ulrich 3 162 54.00 47.00 60 1
Commodores
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#12 Robert Vega 7 324 46.29 38.43 50 1
Kicking
Mountaineers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Jerry Cusick 4 / 4 2 / 2 2 / 2 57 3 / 3
Commodores
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Javier Lichtenstein 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 24 2 / 2
Punt Return
Mountaineers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#82 Sheldon McKee 6 62 10.3 23 0
Commodores
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
Mountaineers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#82 Sheldon McKee 3 101 33.7 0
Commodores
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#24 Alexander Montgomery 2 66 33.0 0
Defensive Stats
Mountaineers
Name Tackles Sacks
#96 Daniel Renn 7 0
#94 George Griffith 5 0
#27 Joseph Arthur 5 0
#97 Carmelo Bunting 3 0
#93 Joseph Russell 3 0
#32 Caleb Ferree 3 0
#98 Raymond Brown 3 0
#39 Joshua Danielson 2 0
#70 Jason Wallace 2 1
#91 Joshua Foshee 2 0
#26 Arturo Long 2 0
#54 Kyle Andersen 2 0
#10 Giuseppe Fitzgerald 2 0
#40 Timmy Smith 2 0
#90 Kenneth Garcia 1 0
Commodores
Name Tackles Sacks
#57 Eric Luevano 7 0
#39 David Cox 7 0
#20 Ariel Skelley 6 0
#56 Kevin Dobson 5 0
#26 Dwayne Greenman 5 0
#62 Perry Corbin 4 0
#92 Donald Sipes 4 0
#54 Chester Huffman 3 0
#53 George Breed 3 1
#34 Antonio Gillis 2 0
#48 John Peterson 2 0
#25 Clayton Velasquez 2 0
#96 James Foster 2 0
#90 Isidro Fowler 1 0
#7 Javier Lichtenstein 1 0