Pre-Season Week 1: Sun Devils at Nittany Lions
August 24, 1940 78° Beaver Stadium
Attendance: 62,404 (59%)
Sun Devils 0 3 0 17 - 20
Nittany Lions 6 0 7 14 - 27
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Nittany Lions: 4-4-AZS 42 (12:42) 7-William Cox 59 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 3 AZS 0
(Qtr 1) Nittany Lions: 4-12-AZS 32 (9:04) 7-William Cox 50 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 6 AZS 0
(Qtr 2) Sun Devils: 4-2-PSt 4 (0:27) 2-Christopher Hockenberry 22 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 6 AZS 3
(Qtr 3) Nittany Lions: 1-3-AZS 3 (6:30) 38-Brandon Sperling ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-William Cox. PSt 13 AZS 3
(Qtr 4) Sun Devils: 4-11-PSt 40 (13:32) Punt BLOCKED by 13-Billy Blake! recovered by AZS-13-Billy Blake for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Christopher Hockenberry. PSt 13 AZS 10
(Qtr 4) Sun Devils: 4-8-PSt 34 (7:51) Punt BLOCKED by 87-Michael Kruger! recovered by AZS-87-Michael Kruger for 17 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Christopher Hockenberry. PSt 13 AZS 17
(Qtr 4) Sun Devils: 4-11-PSt 29 (2:59) 2-Christopher Hockenberry 47 yard field goal is GOOD. AZS 93-Roger Alexander was injured on the play. PSt 13 AZS 20
(Qtr 4) Nittany Lions: 1-5-AZS 5 (1:26) 17-Harvey Rainey pass complete to 80-Daniel Tallent for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-William Cox. PSt 20 AZS 20
(Qtr 4) Nittany Lions: 2-5-AZS 5 (0:57) 37-Roy Dallas ran to AZS 0 for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-William Cox. PSt 27 AZS 20
Team Statistics
Nittany Lions Sun Devils
First Downs 15 9
- Rushing 4 6
- Passing 9 3
- Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 319 173
- Offensive Plays 72 50
- Yards Per Play 4.43 3.46
Net Rushing Yards 161 103
- Rushing Attempts 33 28
- Yards Per Rush 4.88 3.68
Net Passing Yards 158 70
- Att/Comp/Int 35 / 21 / 0 21 / 14 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 188 77
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4 / 30 1 / 7
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.05 3.18
- Yards Per Completion 8.95 5.50
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 2 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 16 1 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.5 9.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 10 3 / 21
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 20 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 33 2 / 62
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 0 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 44
Time of Possession 30:03 29:56
Drive Charts
Nittany Lions
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:23 OWN 25 5 33 Field Goal
1 11:49 2:49 OPP 42 5 9 Field Goal
1 5:25 2:41 OWN 9 5 32 Punt
1 0:23 1:16 OWN 2 4 18 Punt
2 12:41 3:21 OWN 25 5 23 Punt
2 5:15 3:24 OWN 15 6 -4 Punt
2 0:25 0:25 OWN 25 1 9 Half
3 12:12 1:36 OWN 18 3 3 Punt
3 9:06 2:38 OWN 40 5 60 Touchdown
3 4:27 2:05 OWN 30 3 3 Punt
3 0:50 2:24 OWN 30 6 9 Punt
4 11:15 3:30 OWN 10 6 23 Punt
4 2:55 1:31 OWN 33 7 67 Touchdown
Sun Devils
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:37 0:48 OWN 25 2 3 Fumble
1 9:00 3:35 OWN 25 6 28 Punt
1 2:44 2:21 OWN 34 4 25 Punt
2 14:07 1:25 OWN 41 3 -2 Punt
2 9:20 4:06 OWN 22 6 15 Punt
2 1:51 1:26 OPP 33 6 29 Field Goal
3 15:00 2:48 OWN 25 4 13 Punt
3 10:35 1:29 OPP 39 3 7 Missed FG
3 6:28 2:01 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
3 2:22 1:32 OPP 43 3 3 Interception
4 13:25 1:35 OPP 25 3 -10 Fumble
4 11:50 0:36 OPP 16 2 -2 Interception
4 7:45 0:52 OPP 25 3 1 Punt
4 6:53 3:59 OWN 46 6 25 Field Goal
4 1:23 0:31 OWN 25 5 -25 Touchdown
4 0:52 0:52 OWN 20 2 0 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Nittany Lions
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#23 Sam Marsh 2 52 26.00 50 1 0
#27 Vance Emanuel 8 50 6.25 13 2 0
#38 Brandon Sperling 5 30 6.00 17 1 1
#37 Roy Dallas 18 29 1.61 9 0 1
Sun Devils
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#28 John Coe 7 42 6.00 18 2 0
#33 William Harrison 11 40 3.64 12 2 0
#30 Jay Marini 9 14 1.56 6 0 0
#7 Garrett Ford 1 7 7.00 7 0 0
Passing Stats
Nittany Lions
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#17 Harvey Rainey 35 21 188 4 / 30 1 24 0 83.99
Sun Devils
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#8 Raymond Garcia 15 11 62 0 / 0 0 18 0 80.42
#7 Garrett Ford 6 3 15 1 / 7 0 12 2 16.67
Receiving Stats
Nittany Lions
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#16 Porfirio Raine 3 48 16.00 18 0
#83 John Farrington 6 41 6.83 21 0
#80 Daniel Tallent 3 37 12.33 24 1
#89 Sean Damian 3 28 9.33 15 0
#38 Brandon Sperling 3 13 4.33 8 0
#37 Roy Dallas 1 9 9.00 9 0
#27 Vance Emanuel 1 8 8.00 8 0
#23 Sam Marsh 1 4 4.00 4 0
Sun Devils
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#82 Gordon Murphy 2 27 13.50 18 0
#30 Jay Marini 2 13 6.50 12 0
#89 Modesto Crowe 1 12 12.00 12 0
#33 William Harrison 4 11 2.75 6 0
#28 John Coe 3 8 2.67 9 0
#18 Juan Laura 1 4 4.00 4 0
#18 John Hill 1 2 2.00 2 0
Blocking Stats
Nittany Lions
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#66 George Robinson 22 14 1 1
#70 James Varney 23 16 1 2
#89 Sean Damian 16 34 1 3
#69 Carl McLean 40 44 1 5
#54 Robert Zamora 54 37 0 1
#37 Roy Dallas 12 8 0 0
#83 John Farrington 0 16 0 1
#16 Porfirio Raine 0 21 0 1
#71 Kevin Denis 54 40 0 2
#38 Brandon Sperling 12 18 0 0
#78 James King 34 26 0 1
#95 David Dempsey 9 7 0 0
#96 Dennis Beahm 11 1 0 0
#95 Terry Walling 15 5 0 0
#80 Daniel Tallent 9 7 0 0
#27 Vance Emanuel 6 1 0 0
#86 Earnest Crawford 0 10 0 0
#23 Sam Marsh 6 9 0 0
#84 Matthew Simmons 0 4 0 0
#34 Justin Murphy 3 4 0 0
#61 Frederick Richard 18 19 0 1
#56 Joseph Hammond 1 1 0 0
#35 Rex Kerstetter 8 3 0 0
#91 Brent Burch 0 2 0 0
#93 Robert Sterling 0 1 0 0
#38 Leon Cameron 0 2 0 1
#99 Richard Jones 0 1 0 0
#53 Robert Price 0 1 0 0
#29 James Arellano 0 1 0 0
#97 Randy Moore 0 1 0 0
#25 Jerome Tardiff 1 0 0 0
Sun Devils
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#72 Arthur Smith 28 24 1 1
#33 William Harrison 7 8 0 0
#61 John Stearns 20 15 0 1
#82 Gordon Murphy 2 12 0 0
#64 Cory Panella 20 14 0 1
#60 David Cowan 13 13 0 1
#74 Leroy Spotts 20 13 0 1
#30 Jay Marini 12 17 0 1
#56 Arthur Givens 12 18 0 0
#89 Modesto Crowe 8 21 0 3
#18 Juan Laura 0 18 0 1
#28 John Coe 4 3 0 0
#13 Billy Blake 1 7 0 1
#14 Troy Houston 2 14 0 1
#84 Tyson Robinson 0 8 0 0
#50 Warren Purdy 3 2 0 0
#73 William Fichter 13 8 0 0
#17 Danny Taylor 0 6 0 2
#65 David Watson 16 16 0 3
#92 John Dodd 2 2 0 0
#76 Anthony Vega 14 16 0 1
#53 Charles Dubose 1 0 0 0
#67 Jacob McGowan 10 10 0 1
#74 William Smith 5 10 0 1
#93 Roger Alexander 5 2 0 0
#66 Gary Malone 6 2 0 0
#87 Michael Kruger 2 1 0 0
#95 Ira Batt 0 4 0 0
#51 John Tolentino 0 4 0 0
#94 Joshua Barnett 0 3 0 0
#18 John Hill 0 2 0 0
#75 Alan Villareal 0 2 0 1
#91 Everett Vaughn 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Nittany Lions
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#34 Justin Murphy 1 0 0.00 0
#95 David Dempsey 1 0 0.00 0
Sun Devils
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Nittany Lions
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#38 Leon Cameron 0 1 1 0
#34 Justin Murphy 0 1 1 0
Sun Devils
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#28 John Coe 1 0 0 0
#33 William Harrison 1 0 0 0
#13 Billy Blake 0 1 0 1
#14 Troy Houston 0 1 0 0
#87 Michael Kruger 0 1 0 1
Punting
Nittany Lions
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#7 William Cox 7 144 20.57 25.00 38 0
Sun Devils
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#11 Jan Gehring 6 261 43.50 40.67 49 4
Kicking
Nittany Lions
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 William Cox 2 / 2 2 / 2 1 / 1 59 3 / 3
Sun Devils
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#2 Christopher Hockenberry 2 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 1 47 2 / 2
Punt Return
Nittany Lions
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#27 Vance Emanuel 2 10 5.0 9 0
#83 John Farrington 1 10 10.0 10 0
Sun Devils
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
Nittany Lions
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#38 Brandon Sperling 1 33 33.0 0
Sun Devils
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#33 William Harrison 2 62 31.0 0
Defensive Stats
Nittany Lions
Name Tackles Sacks
#38 Leon Cameron 8 0
#29 James Arellano 4 0
#95 Terry Walling 4 0
#53 Robert Price 4 0
#99 Richard Jones 3 0
#57 Lonnie Swanson 3 0
#52 Alexander Kier 2 0
#74 Damon Herrera 2 0
#62 Jonathan Hernandez 1 0
#96 Dennis Beahm 1 0
#98 Robert Atkins 1 0
#90 Francisco Moore 1 0
#63 Bud Gilchrist 1 0
#34 Justin Murphy 1 0
#7 William Cox 1 0
#32 Charles Warf 1 0
#95 David Dempsey 1 0
#56 Joseph Hammond 1 0
#93 Robert Sterling 1 1
Sun Devils
Name Tackles Sacks
#46 Michael Conley 7 0
#47 Kelvin Arvin 5 0
#21 Christopher Cole 4 0
#49 Stephen McClure 4 0
#91 Everett Vaughn 4 0
#50 Warren Purdy 3 0
#92 John Dodd 3 0
#31 Jeffrey Sloan 3 0
#93 Roger Alexander 3 0
#23 Cordell Griffin 3 0
#91 Willard Vaughn 2 1
#99 Rafael Merritt 2 1
#65 David Watson 2 0
#63 James Lane 2 1
#95 Ira Batt 2 1
#51 John Tolentino 2 0
#94 Joshua Barnett 2 0
#75 Alan Villareal 2 0
#17 Danny Taylor 1 0
#54 John Odell 1 0
#18 John Hill 1 0
#89 Modesto Crowe 1 0
#2 Christopher Hockenberry 1 0
#18 Juan Laura 1 0