Bowl Week: Mountaineers at Jayhawks
December 24, 1939 21° David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 47,000 (100%)
Mountaineers 7 10 3 7 - 27
Jayhawks 7 0 0 3 - 10
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Jayhawks: 1-3-WVU 3 (9:00) 23-Denver Degroot ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 14-Ted Fellman. Kan 7 WVU 0
(Qtr 1) Mountaineers: 1-10-Kan 22 (6:40) 12-Ricardo Stevenson pass complete to 81-Cameron Vella for 22 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Jerry Cusick. Kan 7 WVU 7
(Qtr 2) Mountaineers: 2-2-Kan 2 (3:51) 28-James Taylor ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Jerry Cusick. Kan 7 WVU 14
(Qtr 2) Mountaineers: 2-9-Kan 14 (0:05) 7-Jerry Cusick 32 yard field goal is GOOD. Kan 7 WVU 17
(Qtr 3) Mountaineers: 4-3-Kan 31 (7:19) 7-Jerry Cusick 49 yard field goal is GOOD. Kan 7 WVU 20
(Qtr 4) Jayhawks: 4-7-WVU 22 (11:33) 14-Ted Fellman 40 yard field goal is GOOD. Kan 10 WVU 20
(Qtr 4) Mountaineers: 2-2-Kan 3 (1:57) 36-John Salazar ran to Kan 4 for -1 yards. 36-John Salazar FUMBLES (79-Joshua Mosley) TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Jerry Cusick. Kan 10 WVU 27
Team Statistics
Jayhawks Mountaineers
First Downs 15 20
- Rushing 12 5
- Passing 2 12
- Penalty 1 3
Total Net Yards 288 319
- Offensive Plays 55 57
- Yards Per Play 5.24 5.60
Net Rushing Yards 209 107
- Rushing Attempts 44 23
- Yards Per Rush 4.75 4.65
Net Passing Yards 79 212
- Att/Comp/Int 11 / 6 / 0 29 / 23 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 79 251
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 5 / 39
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.18 6.24
- Yards Per Completion 13.17 10.91
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 13 5 / 10
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.7 8.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 28 1 / 2
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 8 1 / 6
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 32 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 2 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 29
Time of Possession 31:19 28:41
Drive Charts
Jayhawks
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 6:03 OWN 25 10 75 Touchdown
1 6:34 1:52 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
1 2:30 6:45 OWN 15 10 48 Missed FG
2 3:48 1:35 OWN 24 3 9 Punt
2 0:02 0:02 OWN 25 1 1 Half
3 12:14 1:38 OWN 4 3 4 Punt
3 7:15 2:05 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
3 2:52 6:22 OWN 32 11 46 Field Goal
4 10:34 3:54 OWN 43 6 39 Missed FG
4 1:54 0:54 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
4 0:09 0:09 OWN 20 2 49 Game
Mountaineers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 8:57 2:23 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
1 4:43 2:12 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
2 10:45 6:57 OWN 44 11 56 Touchdown
2 2:13 2:11 OWN 22 9 64 Field Goal
3 15:00 2:46 OWN 25 6 18 Punt
3 10:36 3:21 OWN 46 5 23 Field Goal
3 5:10 2:18 OWN 22 4 6 Punt
4 11:29 0:56 OWN 25 3 21 Interception
4 6:39 4:46 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
4 1:00 0:51 OWN 28 3 4 Punt
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Jayhawks
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#23 Denver Degroot 29 145 5.00 19 5 1
#3 Bill Hinton 14 63 4.50 14 4 0
#2 Jonathan Grizzard 1 1 1.00 1 0 0
Mountaineers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#36 John Salazar 17 63 3.71 15 3 0
#28 James Taylor 6 44 7.33 15 2 1
Passing Stats
Jayhawks
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#5 Michael Rasmussen 11 6 79 0 / 0 0 49 0 77.46
Mountaineers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#12 Ricardo Stevenson 29 23 251 5 / 39 1 24 1 99.86
Receiving Stats
Jayhawks
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#13 Bryan Bergquist 2 55 27.50 49 0
#23 Denver Degroot 3 20 6.67 10 0
#85 Louis Watkins 1 4 4.00 4 0
Mountaineers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#43 Thomas Abrams 5 79 15.80 24 0
#36 John Salazar 5 70 14.00 21 0
#31 Leonard Forbes 6 63 10.50 18 0
#81 Cameron Vella 1 22 22.00 22 1
#15 William Erwin 4 14 3.50 5 0
#82 Sheldon McKee 1 2 2.00 2 0
#21 James Avina 1 1 1.00 1 0
Blocking Stats
Jayhawks
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#77 Herbert Krug 20 40 0 1
#74 John Worley 11 42 0 1
#13 Bryan Bergquist 8 45 0 3
#81 Joseph Marcus 8 27 0 0
#68 Walter Willis 20 44 0 1
#62 Ira Miller 18 45 0 2
#59 Donald Books 20 45 0 3
#87 John Marshall 0 13 0 1
#85 Louis Watkins 0 19 0 5
#86 Joseph May 0 11 0 0
#3 Bill Hinton 1 10 0 1
#80 John Belt 0 9 0 1
#63 Benjamin Warren 4 0 0 0
#78 Larry Maginnis 4 2 0 0
#57 William Johnson 9 2 0 0
#52 Richard Wallen 9 0 0 0
#16 Tim Chow 0 3 0 0
#16 Charles Gonzales 0 1 0 0
#2 Jonathan Grizzard 0 1 0 0
#54 Sean Sanders 0 2 0 0
#42 Elmer Eisenberg 0 1 0 0
#94 Ralph Harrison 0 1 0 0
#97 Alexander Ramos 2 1 0 0
#24 Chris Vail 0 2 0 0
#33 Timothy Andrews 0 1 0 0
#51 Anthony Ragland 0 1 0 0
#96 Jeremy Mosby 0 1 0 0
#36 Raul Urbina 0 2 0 0
#35 George Shaw 0 2 0 1
#23 Denver Degroot 1 0 0 0
#64 Ronald Jordan 0 1 0 0
#79 Joshua Mosley 0 1 0 0
#91 John Goodson 0 1 0 1
Mountaineers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#76 Anthony Bertram 44 30 2 3
#67 William Peters 40 30 1 1
#36 John Salazar 9 5 1 1
#73 Laverne Wilkins 14 0 1 1
#31 Leonard Forbes 18 14 0 1
#50 Santiago Hester 43 31 0 0
#61 Roderick Clarke 40 26 0 0
#78 Paul Williams 32 21 0 2
#28 James Taylor 3 9 0 0
#42 Juan Currin 0 14 0 0
#21 James Avina 2 5 0 0
#15 William Erwin 0 14 0 0
#94 George Griffith 5 0 0 0
#75 Robert Gonzalez 9 2 0 0
#96 Daniel Renn 9 2 0 0
#62 Bo Ogan 5 0 0 0
#43 Thomas Abrams 1 19 0 1
#82 Sheldon McKee 0 15 0 0
#81 Cameron Vella 0 7 0 1
#89 Jay Green 0 2 0 0
#23 Jimmy Ladner 0 1 0 0
#27 Joseph Arthur 0 1 0 0
#83 John Suter 0 3 0 0
#80 George Runion 0 1 0 0
#70 Jason Wallace 1 0 0 0
Interception Stats
Jayhawks
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#43 Calvin McLellan 1 0 0.00 0
Mountaineers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Jayhawks
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#79 Joshua Mosley 0 0 1 0
Mountaineers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#36 John Salazar 1 0 0 0
Punting
Jayhawks
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#8 Clarence Lowman 5 234 46.80 45.60 52 0
Mountaineers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#3 Stephen Ulrich 4 209 52.25 50.25 59 3
Kicking
Jayhawks
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#14 Ted Fellman 1 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 1 40 1 / 1
Mountaineers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Jerry Cusick 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 49 3 / 3
Punt Return
Jayhawks
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#85 Louis Watkins 1 8 8.0 8 0
Mountaineers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#15 William Erwin 1 6 6.0 6 0
Kick Return
Jayhawks
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#85 Louis Watkins 1 32 32.0 0
Mountaineers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Jayhawks
Name Tackles Sacks
#43 Calvin McLellan 8 0
#91 John Goodson 6 0
#33 Timothy Andrews 6 0
#42 Elmer Eisenberg 5 0
#54 Sean Sanders 5 3
#94 Ralph Harrison 5 0
#97 Alexander Ramos 3 0
#36 Raul Urbina 3 0
#24 Chris Vail 2 0
#35 George Shaw 2 0
#79 Joshua Mosley 2 1
#25 Clayton Tyrrell 1 1
Mountaineers
Name Tackles Sacks
#27 Joseph Arthur 8 0
#10 Giuseppe Fitzgerald 7 0
#94 George Griffith 6 0
#96 Daniel Renn 6 0
#62 Jeremiah Smith 5 0
#39 Joshua Danielson 3 0
#32 Caleb Ferree 3 0
#91 Joshua Foshee 3 0
#40 Timmy Smith 2 0
#93 Joseph Russell 2 0
#26 Arturo Long 1 0
#70 Jason Wallace 1 0
#98 Raymond Brown 1 0
#58 Roy Anderson 1 0
#54 Kyle Andersen 1 0
#75 Robert Gonzalez 1 0
#15 William Erwin 1 0