Regular Season Week 16: Tigers at Buckeyes
December 17, 1939 31° The Horseshoe
Attendance: 73,645 (72%)
Tigers 0 3 3 3 - 9
Buckeyes 0 6 3 2 - 11
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 2) Buckeyes: 2-1-LSU 1 (8:49) 28-Fred Sauer ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 2) Tigers: 4-1-OSt 10 (0:47) 10-Leslie Coley 28 yard field goal is GOOD. OSt 6 LSU 3
(Qtr 3) Tigers: 4-3-OSt 17 (10:53) 10-Leslie Coley 34 yard field goal is GOOD. OSt 6 LSU 6
(Qtr 3) Buckeyes: 4-4-LSU 32 (4:41) 3-John Easterly 50 yard field goal is GOOD. OSt 9 LSU 6
(Qtr 4) Tigers: 4-10-OSt 24 (6:22) 10-Leslie Coley 41 yard field goal is GOOD. OSt 9 LSU 9
(Qtr 4) Buckeyes: 2-9-LSU 6 (1:10) 18-Dean Varga sacked at LSU -3 for -8 yards (76-Luis McRae). Sack allowed by 75-Richard Witherell. SAFETY! (76-Luis McRae) OSt 11 LSU 9
Team Statistics
Buckeyes Tigers
First Downs 8 16
- Rushing 6 11
- Passing 2 3
- Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 162 252
- Offensive Plays 41 64
- Yards Per Play 3.95 3.94
Net Rushing Yards 97 144
- Rushing Attempts 25 40
- Yards Per Rush 3.88 3.60
Net Passing Yards 65 108
- Att/Comp/Int 14 / 11 / 0 23 / 17 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 83 116
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 18 1 / 8
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.06 4.50
- Yards Per Completion 7.55 6.82
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 9 7 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.4 6.1
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 5 / 32 3 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 1 2 / 13
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 77 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 0 / 3
Avg Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 23
Time of Possession 28:26 31:35
Drive Charts
Buckeyes
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:12 2:14 OWN 20 3 2 Punt
1 5:11 2:10 OWN 49 3 -3 Punt
2 14:13 5:26 OWN 17 9 83 Touchdown
2 6:45 2:00 OWN 21 3 8 Punt
2 0:45 0:45 OWN 25 1 3 Half
3 15:00 4:11 OWN 34 6 -17 Field Goal
3 10:49 6:13 OWN 25 9 43 Field Goal
3 0:40 2:06 OWN 3 5 13 Punt
4 6:19 1:36 OWN 33 3 1 Punt
4 1:53 0:39 OWN 39 3 3 Punt
4 1:06 0:29 OPP 0 5 -40 Downs
4 0:37 0:37 OPP 40 2 2 Game
Tigers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:48 OWN 25 8 22 Punt
1 7:59 2:48 OWN 34 4 24 Missed FG
1 3:01 3:49 OWN 8 6 31 Punt
2 8:47 2:02 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
2 4:45 4:00 OWN 28 7 62 Field Goal
3 4:37 3:57 OWN 25 6 20 Punt
4 13:33 7:14 OWN 36 12 40 Field Goal
4 4:43 2:49 OWN 21 6 31 Fumble
4 1:15 0:08 OWN 4 2 -9 Safety
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Buckeyes
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#28 Fred Sauer 18 70 3.89 13 4 1
#27 Byron Veith 6 27 4.50 12 1 0
#8 William Stinson 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Tigers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#43 Nicholas Dunham 29 82 2.83 11 4 0
#34 Richard Fuller 11 62 5.64 19 3 0
Passing Stats
Buckeyes
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#8 William Stinson 14 11 83 2 / 18 0 30 0 91.37
Tigers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#18 Dean Varga 23 17 116 1 / 8 0 19 0 84.69
Receiving Stats
Buckeyes
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#18 Shawn Collins 2 30 15.00 30 0
#88 Brendon Dingman 2 18 9.00 11 0
#17 Roger Wood 1 12 12.00 12 0
#89 David Greenman 1 9 9.00 9 0
#31 Kevin Knox 2 7 3.50 5 0
#19 Russel Mikell 1 4 4.00 4 0
#28 Fred Sauer 2 3 1.50 2 0
Tigers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#80 David Smith 5 39 7.80 11 0
#89 Jewel Griffin 4 26 6.50 9 0
#34 Richard Fuller 2 20 10.00 19 0
#44 Roger Williams 2 15 7.50 8 0
#13 Jason Camacho 2 10 5.00 5 0
#17 Mario Carder 1 5 5.00 5 0
#43 Nicholas Dunham 1 1 1.00 1 0
Blocking Stats
Buckeyes
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#68 Albert Corker 24 30 2 2
#61 Marlin Austin 24 24 0 2
#64 John Clifton 24 24 0 0
#88 Brendon Dingman 1 24 0 0
#62 Shawn Maggi 24 25 0 2
#17 Roger Wood 0 6 0 0
#57 Larry Bell 24 29 0 3
#19 Russel Mikell 0 15 0 0
#31 Kevin Knox 5 20 0 0
#18 Shawn Collins 0 17 0 0
#28 Fred Sauer 3 5 0 0
#69 Kenneth Beach 8 1 0 0
#80 Peter Aparicio 6 0 0 0
#23 David Morris 6 2 0 0
#89 David Greenman 0 9 0 2
#45 Thomas Stebbins 2 2 0 0
#63 James Abner 2 0 0 0
#39 Adam Kendrick 0 3 0 1
#43 Kerry Moore 0 3 0 0
#49 Linwood Meade 0 3 0 0
#77 Robert Rubinstein 0 3 0 0
#27 Byron Veith 2 7 0 0
#78 Ronald Schmidt 0 1 0 0
#22 Eric Peterson 0 2 0 0
#48 Clarence Morton 0 2 0 0
#37 Michael Long 0 2 0 0
#15 Frederick Thrush 0 1 0 0
#73 Ernest Boyer 0 1 0 0
#42 Matthew Collins 0 1 0 1
Tigers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#75 Richard Witherell 32 44 1 5
#13 Jason Camacho 0 22 0 0
#71 Ollie Wade 31 46 0 1
#77 John Rugg 31 39 0 2
#79 Jerry Jones 29 46 0 4
#80 David Smith 5 41 0 5
#53 Michael Sorensen 32 40 0 2
#44 Roger Williams 15 27 0 2
#89 Jewel Griffin 0 24 0 1
#17 Mario Carder 0 13 0 0
#34 Richard Fuller 5 9 0 2
#96 Leonard Seals 7 3 0 0
#95 Calvin Jeffries 8 2 0 0
#76 Matthew Dole 0 1 0 0
#64 Matthew Jones 1 1 0 0
#42 Nathan Stevenson 0 2 0 0
#25 Dave Briggs 0 2 0 0
#24 Larry Wieczorek 0 3 0 0
#81 Roger McCall 0 15 0 2
#90 Trevor Fuller 4 2 0 0
#52 Willie Mack 5 0 0 0
#72 Millard Bynum 3 2 0 0
#43 Nicholas Dunham 4 1 0 0
#63 Timothy Wong 0 1 0 0
#36 Fredrick Kidd 0 1 0 1
#26 Mark Brandt 0 2 0 0
Interception Stats
Buckeyes
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Tigers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Buckeyes
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#17 Roger Wood 1 0 0 0
#39 Adam Kendrick 0 1 0 0
#33 Jeff Polson 0 0 1 0
Tigers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#44 Roger Williams 1 0 0 0
#10 Leslie Coley 0 1 1 0
#87 Joseph Do 0 1 0 0
Punting
Buckeyes
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#1 Frederick Husk 6 240 40.00 47.17 51 2
Tigers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#4 James Shock 4 204 51.00 43.75 61 2
Kicking
Buckeyes
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#3 John Easterly 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 50 0 / 1
Tigers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#10 Leslie Coley 3 / 4 1 / 2 0 / 1 41 0 / 0
Punt Return
Buckeyes
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#17 Roger Wood 1 1 1.0 1 0
Tigers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#43 Nicholas Dunham 2 13 6.5 8 0
Kick Return
Buckeyes
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#17 Roger Wood 2 77 38.5 0
Tigers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Buckeyes
Name Tackles Sacks
#42 Matthew Collins 9 0
#39 Adam Kendrick 7 0
#45 Thomas Stebbins 7 0
#49 Linwood Meade 6 0
#71 Robert Neill 5 0
#22 Eric Peterson 5 0
#23 David Morris 4 0
#21 Forrest Bernard 4 0
#76 Luis McRae 4 1
#77 Robert Rubinstein 3 0
#33 Jeff Polson 2 0
#37 Michael Long 1 0
#78 Ronald Schmidt 1 0
#79 James Greene 1 0
#69 Kenneth Beach 1 0
#73 Ernest Boyer 1 0
Tigers
Name Tackles Sacks
#97 Anthony Moncrief 7 0
#36 Fredrick Kidd 6 0
#90 Trevor Fuller 6 0
#25 Dave Briggs 4 0
#42 Nathan Stevenson 4 0
#95 Thomas Lesko 2 0
#96 Leonard Seals 1 0
#63 Timothy Wong 1 1
#30 Kevin King 1 0
#76 Matthew Dole 1 0
#49 Oscar Jordan 1 0
#72 Millard Bynum 1 0
#53 Joseph Hewlett 1 0
#10 Leslie Coley 1 0
#44 Roger Williams 1 0
#51 Kenneth Hines 1 1