Regular Season Week 4: Boilermakers at Nittany Lions
September 24, 1939 62° Beaver Stadium
Attendance: 84,350 (79%)
Boilermakers 0 2 7 9 - 18
Nittany Lions 7 3 0 0 - 10
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Nittany Lions: 2-9-PUR 12 (2:15) 36-Peter Bradford ran to PUR 0 for 12 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-William Cox. PUR 96-Ronald Crocker was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. PSt 7 PUR 0
(Qtr 2) Nittany Lions: 4-3-PUR 27 (9:20) 7-William Cox 45 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 10 PUR 0
(Qtr 2) Boilermakers: 1-10-PSt 8 (4:03) 17-John Bishop sacked at PSt -1 for -8 yards (92-Richard Triana). Sack allowed by 70-James Varney. SAFETY! (92-Richard Triana) PSt 10 PUR 2
(Qtr 3) Boilermakers: 3-10-PSt 10 (9:12) 3-Roderick Willis pass complete to 85-Michael Perrigo for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 8-David Waid. PSt 10 PUR 9
(Qtr 4) Boilermakers: 1-10-PUR 20 (9:17) 3-Roderick Willis pass complete to 81-Eddie Rizzo for 80 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Boilermakers: 4-1-PSt 27 (1:56) 8-David Waid 44 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 10 PUR 18
Team Statistics
Nittany Lions Boilermakers
First Downs 8 16
- Rushing 2 11
- Passing 6 4
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 179 361
- Offensive Plays 47 62
- Yards Per Play 3.81 5.82
Net Rushing Yards 76 181
- Rushing Attempts 25 41
- Yards Per Rush 3.04 4.41
Net Passing Yards 103 180
- Att/Comp/Int 21 / 17 / 0 20 / 15 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 111 188
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 8 1 / 8
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.68 8.57
- Yards Per Completion 6.53 12.53
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 2 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 11 6 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.7 5.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 33 2 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 16
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 22 1 / 28
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 32
Time of Possession 25:37 34:23
Drive Charts
Nittany Lions
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:14 OWN 25 4 27 Punt
1 6:59 4:49 OWN 49 8 51 Touchdown
2 13:29 4:13 50 6 23 Field Goal
2 4:02 0:03 OWN 8 1 -9 Safety
2 1:56 1:56 OWN 7 3 3 Half
3 9:08 2:01 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
3 4:12 4:20 OWN 13 8 35 Punt
4 12:43 3:26 OWN 36 5 18 Punt
4 9:05 1:30 OWN 25 4 0 Punt
4 4:09 0:44 OWN 41 2 4 Fumble
4 1:52 0:21 OWN 27 4 7 Downs
Boilermakers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:46 5:47 OWN 20 10 37 Missed FG
1 2:10 3:41 OWN 25 6 32 Missed FG
2 9:16 5:14 OWN 25 9 59 Fumble
2 3:59 2:04 OWN 39 3 6 Punt
3 15:00 5:52 OWN 25 11 75 Touchdown
3 7:06 2:55 OWN 31 5 20 Punt
4 14:52 2:09 OWN 13 3 2 Punt
4 9:16 0:11 OWN 20 1 80 Touchdown
4 7:35 3:27 OWN 28 6 22 Fumble
4 3:25 1:33 OPP 46 4 19 Field Goal
4 1:30 1:30 OPP 33 3 0 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Nittany Lions
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#27 Vance Emanuel 16 47 2.94 14 1 0
#36 Peter Bradford 7 22 3.14 12 1 1
#37 Roy Dallas 2 7 3.50 4 0 0
Boilermakers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#23 Christopher Ball 19 86 4.53 11 3 0
#36 Anthony Jones 16 83 5.19 14 3 0
#48 Ken Bautista 3 12 4.00 8 0 0
#3 Roderick Willis 3 0 0.00 0 0 0
Passing Stats
Nittany Lions
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#17 John Bishop 21 17 111 1 / 8 0 31 0 88.69
Boilermakers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#3 Roderick Willis 20 15 188 1 / 8 2 80 0 137.08
Receiving Stats
Nittany Lions
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#82 Saul Pitts 1 31 31.00 31 0
#37 Roy Dallas 4 31 7.75 11 0
#89 Sean Damian 4 16 4.00 8 0
#27 Vance Emanuel 6 16 2.67 9 0
#83 John Farrington 1 9 9.00 9 0
#85 Earl Gross 1 8 8.00 8 0
Boilermakers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#81 Eddie Rizzo 4 91 22.75 80 1
#85 Michael Perrigo 4 55 13.75 23 1
#16 Heath Higham 3 25 8.33 16 0
#23 Christopher Ball 3 12 4.00 9 0
#36 Anthony Jones 1 5 5.00 5 0
Blocking Stats
Nittany Lions
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#70 James Varney 29 28 1 1
#64 Ryan Hunt 27 31 0 4
#68 Frank Terrill 29 29 0 1
#54 Robert Zamora 25 25 0 2
#66 George Robinson 29 30 0 0
#37 Roy Dallas 16 22 0 2
#27 Vance Emanuel 4 6 0 1
#89 Sean Damian 3 23 0 3
#82 Saul Pitts 4 10 0 0
#38 Brandon Sperling 2 9 0 1
#62 Jonathan Hernandez 4 2 0 0
#71 Kevin Denis 8 4 0 0
#83 John Farrington 0 11 0 0
#78 James King 4 0 0 0
#36 Peter Bradford 2 2 0 0
#85 Earl Gross 0 10 0 0
#93 David Braun 2 1 0 0
#95 David Dempsey 2 1 0 0
#14 Stanley Stinson 0 5 0 0
#53 Robert Price 0 2 0 0
#38 Leon Cameron 0 1 0 0
#34 Justin Murphy 0 3 0 0
#28 Lawrence Paxton 0 1 0 0
#29 James Arellano 0 2 0 1
#63 Bud Gilchrist 0 1 0 0
#32 Charles Warf 0 1 0 0
#99 Richard Jones 0 1 0 0
#90 Francisco Moore 0 1 0 0
#91 Brent Burch 0 1 0 0
#56 Scott Jones 0 1 0 0
Boilermakers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#65 Rudolph Pearce 21 39 1 2
#96 Ronald Crocker 0 2 0 0
#59 Richard Hearn 0 3 0 0
#98 Keith Pace 0 2 0 0
#92 Richard Triana 0 2 0 0
#1 Richard Kintzel 0 2 0 0
#53 Jose Dyer 0 1 0 0
#2 John Shoulders 0 2 0 0
#85 Michael Perrigo 8 33 0 1
#69 Jeffrey Burris 27 40 0 0
#27 Jerry Smith 11 21 0 0
#72 Richard Scott 21 41 0 5
#51 Harry Campbell 26 35 0 2
#89 Ben Ortega 0 18 0 1
#23 Christopher Ball 6 7 0 0
#69 Daniel Aragon 20 42 0 0
#81 Eddie Rizzo 0 17 0 1
#16 Heath Higham 0 20 0 0
#48 Ken Bautista 6 4 0 0
#36 Anthony Jones 3 4 0 0
#62 Randall Pasko 8 1 0 0
#57 Hugh Santos 5 0 0 0
#81 Pasquale Baier 6 3 0 0
#76 Steven Young 8 9 0 1
#75 Troy Green 8 0 0 0
#49 Rodger Coleman 3 3 0 0
#30 Ronald Cooper 0 1 0 0
#32 Walter Collins 0 2 0 0
#21 Anthony Turnipseed 0 1 0 0
#4 Andrew Shaw 0 1 0 0
#99 Donnell Mueller 0 1 0 0
#60 Jonathan Rosario 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Nittany Lions
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Boilermakers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Nittany Lions
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#36 Peter Bradford 1 0 0 0
#28 Lawrence Paxton 0 1 1 0
#96 Dennis Beahm 0 0 1 0
#38 Leon Cameron 0 1 0 0
Boilermakers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#36 Anthony Jones 1 0 0 0
#23 Christopher Ball 1 0 0 0
#1 Richard Kintzel 0 1 1 0
Punting
Nittany Lions
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#11 Sang Oliver 5 221 44.20 36.80 47 1
Boilermakers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#6 Jon Bradley 3 133 44.33 44.33 49 2
Kicking
Nittany Lions
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 William Cox 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 45 1 / 1
Boilermakers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#8 David Waid 1 / 3 1 / 3 0 / 2 44 1 / 1
Punt Return
Nittany Lions
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Boilermakers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#23 Christopher Ball 1 16 16.0 16 0
Kick Return
Nittany Lions
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#83 John Farrington 1 22 22.0 0
Boilermakers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#23 Christopher Ball 1 28 28.0 0
Defensive Stats
Nittany Lions
Name Tackles Sacks
#28 Lawrence Paxton 10 0
#29 James Arellano 7 0
#34 Justin Murphy 6 0
#53 Robert Price 5 0
#32 Charles Warf 5 0
#95 David Dempsey 4 0
#38 Leon Cameron 3 0
#98 Robert Atkins 3 0
#99 Richard Jones 3 0
#62 Jonathan Hernandez 2 0
#57 Lonnie Swanson 2 0
#90 Francisco Moore 1 1
#89 Sean Damian 1 0
Boilermakers
Name Tackles Sacks
#59 Richard Hearn 9 0
#4 Andrew Shaw 6 0
#96 Ronald Crocker 4 0
#49 Rodger Coleman 4 0
#98 Keith Pace 4 0
#32 Walter Collins 3 0
#1 Richard Kintzel 3 0
#99 Donnell Mueller 2 0
#60 Jonathan Rosario 2 0
#2 John Shoulders 2 0
#53 Jose Dyer 1 0
#70 Kim Moon 1 0
#16 Heath Higham 1 0
#92 Richard Triana 1 1
#27 Jerry Smith 1 0