Pre-Season Week 1: Tigers at Commodores
August 24, 1940 86° FirstBank Stadium
Attendance: 23,208 (58%)
Tigers 6 7 3 6 - 22
Commodores 0 17 0 15 - 32
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Tigers: 4-2-VAN 35 (9:56) 10-Leslie Coley 52 yard field goal is GOOD. VAN 0 LSU 3
(Qtr 1) Tigers: 4-6-VAN 21 (3:30) 10-Leslie Coley 38 yard field goal is GOOD. VAN 0 LSU 6
(Qtr 2) Commodores: 4-6-LSU 36 (13:36) 7-Javier Lichtenstein 53 yard field goal is GOOD. VAN 3 LSU 6
(Qtr 2) Commodores: 3-2-LSU 2 (8:21) 45-Willie Thorp ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Javier Lichtenstein. VAN 10 LSU 6
(Qtr 2) Commodores: 1-10-LSU 45 (1:55) 3-Brandon Cobb pass complete to 82-Ismael Nealy for 45 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Javier Lichtenstein. VAN 17 LSU 6
(Qtr 2) Tigers: (1:49) 7-Javier Lichtenstein kicks 68 yards from VAN 35 to LSU -3. 43-Nicholas Dunham for 103yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Leslie Coley. VAN 17 LSU 13
(Qtr 3) Tigers: 4-6-VAN 38 (2:44) 10-Leslie Coley 55 yard field goal is GOOD. LSU 26-Mark Brandt was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. VAN 17 LSU 16
(Qtr 4) Tigers: 2-6-VAN 6 (4:27) 2-Robert Cruz pass complete to 81-Roger McCall for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Commodores: 4-5-LSU 42 (1:43) 8-Vernon Helmick pass complete to 85-Robert Lasalle to LSU 0 for 41 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 42-Adrian Reno ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! VAN 25 LSU 22
(Qtr 4) Commodores: 1-10-LSU 16 (0:37) 24-Alexander Montgomery ran to LSU 0 for 16 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Javier Lichtenstein. VAN 32 LSU 22
Team Statistics
Commodores Tigers
First Downs 13 9
- Rushing 6 3
- Passing 6 5
- Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 394 178
- Offensive Plays 67 52
- Yards Per Play 5.88 3.42
Net Rushing Yards 129 58
- Rushing Attempts 24 25
- Yards Per Rush 5.38 2.32
Net Passing Yards 265 120
- Att/Comp/Int 41 / 29 / 3 24 / 20 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 278 142
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 13 3 / 22
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.16 4.44
- Yards Per Completion 9.59 7.10
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 3 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 14 2 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.8 8.6
4th Down Conversions 3 / 3 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 3 / 23 4 / 26
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 13 1 / 9
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 30 4 / 191
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 1
2pt Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 1
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 43
Time of Possession 26:08 33:39
Drive Charts
Commodores
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:47 0:47 OWN 29 2 14 Interception
1 9:52 3:16 OWN 25 6 33 Interception
1 3:27 4:55 OWN 25 8 39 Field Goal
2 11:24 3:05 OWN 32 6 68 Touchdown
2 6:40 2:14 OWN 26 5 23 Punt
2 2:05 0:17 OWN 32 3 68 Touchdown
3 15:00 1:26 OWN 30 3 3 Fumble
3 6:53 2:12 OWN 8 3 -3 Punt
3 2:40 2:48 OWN 25 5 20 Punt
4 9:21 2:14 OWN 8 3 3 Punt
4 5:03 0:02 OWN 9 1 0 Interception
4 4:23 2:47 OWN 25 13 75 Touchdown
4 0:37 0:05 OPP 16 1 16 Touchdown
Tigers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:13 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
1 12:00 2:08 OPP 43 3 8 Field Goal
1 6:36 3:09 OWN 32 6 47 Field Goal
2 13:32 2:08 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
2 8:19 1:39 OWN 31 3 -1 Punt
2 4:27 2:21 OWN 6 4 19 Punt
2 1:33 1:33 OPP 25 3 -8 Half
3 13:34 3:15 OPP 2 5 -24 Punt
3 10:19 3:26 OWN 31 6 22 Punt
3 4:41 2:02 OPP 42 3 3 Field Goal
4 14:52 5:31 OWN 20 8 37 Punt
4 7:07 2:04 OWN 47 3 5 Punt
4 5:02 0:39 OPP 8 2 8 Touchdown
4 1:36 0:59 OWN 25 4 7 Downs
4 0:32 0:32 OWN 16 4 21 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Commodores
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#24 Alexander Montgomery 12 69 5.75 16 3 1
#45 Willie Thorp 7 50 7.14 14 3 1
#42 Adrian Reno 5 10 2.00 9 0 0
Tigers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#26 Mark Brandt 11 20 1.82 6 0 0
#39 John Diaz 4 16 4.00 8 0 0
#43 Nicholas Dunham 8 15 1.88 13 1 0
#18 Dean Varga 1 7 7.00 7 0 0
#12 Philip Mitchell 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Passing Stats
Commodores
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#3 Brandon Cobb 19 13 170 0 / 0 1 51 2 74.34
#8 Vernon Helmick 22 16 108 2 / 13 1 41 1 79.36
Tigers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#18 Dean Varga 11 9 74 1 / 8 0 20 0 94.70
#2 Robert Cruz 13 11 68 2 / 14 1 14 0 114.10
Receiving Stats
Commodores
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#85 Robert Lasalle 7 134 19.14 51 1
#82 Ismael Nealy 3 57 19.00 45 1
#10 William Wilson 2 19 9.50 10 0
#80 Gerald Usry 1 14 14.00 14 0
#16 Henry Rhodes 2 12 6.00 8 0
#83 Amado Burrell 2 12 6.00 11 0
#42 Adrian Reno 4 9 2.25 5 0
#24 Alexander Montgomery 6 8 1.33 5 0
#87 Frank Sims 1 8 8.00 8 0
#88 Rene Hughes 1 5 5.00 5 0
Tigers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#39 John Diaz 6 59 9.83 20 0
#13 Jason Camacho 5 29 5.80 10 0
#80 David Smith 1 12 12.00 12 0
#81 Roger McCall 2 12 6.00 6 1
#43 Nicholas Dunham 1 7 7.00 7 0
#87 Joseph Do 1 7 7.00 7 0
#26 Mark Brandt 2 6 3.00 6 0
#44 Roger Williams 1 5 5.00 5 0
#17 Mario Carder 1 5 5.00 5 0
Blocking Stats
Commodores
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#24 Alexander Montgomery 9 4 1 1
#73 Randall Hutchins 23 17 1 2
#76 Jason Herzberg 23 19 0 1
#78 Ollie Wade 22 18 0 1
#82 Ismael Nealy 0 9 0 1
#68 Michael Messina 18 14 0 0
#61 Brandon Warren 21 13 0 0
#42 Adrian Reno 11 19 0 1
#75 Alexander Guercio 19 19 0 0
#16 Henry Rhodes 0 18 0 0
#80 Gerald Usry 1 13 0 0
#85 Robert Lasalle 1 10 0 0
#45 Willie Thorp 3 3 0 0
#83 Amado Burrell 0 1 0 0
#53 Owen Inman 33 15 0 0
#57 Howard Marion 35 12 0 0
#67 Robert Martinez 34 20 0 2
#85 Mathew Ewing 5 7 0 0
#53 George Breed 9 2 0 0
#20 Ariel Skelley 0 2 0 1
#55 Jay Elson 1 2 0 0
#87 Frank Sims 3 10 0 0
#50 Kenneth Aiello 7 2 0 0
#93 Ryan Turner 0 1 0 0
#92 Donald Sipes 2 2 0 0
#62 Perry Corbin 0 2 0 0
#52 Bryan Andrus 1 1 0 0
#71 Gregory Damron 0 1 0 0
#99 Tyree Brown 0 1 0 0
#48 John Peterson 0 1 0 1
#10 William Wilson 0 5 0 0
#49 Blair Bautista 0 1 0 0
#72 Joseph Pollard 5 2 0 0
#79 Wesley Jarvis 24 15 0 2
#88 Rene Hughes 0 2 0 0
#82 Brian Stinson 0 1 0 0
Tigers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#58 Corey Smith 20 12 1 2
#12 Philip Mitchell 4 5 1 1
#60 Ronald Brooks 17 11 0 0
#69 Mike Brouillard 16 10 0 0
#77 John Rugg 20 9 0 0
#50 Brian Kim 36 25 0 3
#39 John Diaz 8 15 0 1
#80 David Smith 2 8 0 1
#43 Nicholas Dunham 4 1 0 0
#89 Jewel Griffin 0 7 0 2
#53 Michael Sorensen 27 20 0 4
#75 Charles Bizzell 26 22 0 1
#96 Leonard Seals 8 7 0 1
#92 Max Reilly 0 2 0 0
#63 Timothy Wong 0 4 0 0
#25 Dave Briggs 0 3 0 1
#49 Oscar Jordan 0 2 0 0
#52 Michael Shelton 0 4 0 0
#52 Willie Mack 0 1 0 0
#81 Roger McCall 7 24 0 0
#26 Mark Brandt 8 5 0 0
#13 Jason Camacho 0 14 0 1
#64 Matthew Jones 5 6 0 0
#90 Trevor Fuller 4 5 0 0
#30 Kevin King 1 5 0 0
#72 Millard Bynum 0 2 0 0
#24 Larry Wieczorek 0 2 0 0
#53 Joseph Hewlett 0 5 0 0
#17 Mario Carder 0 12 0 0
#36 Fredrick Kidd 0 1 0 0
#95 Calvin Jeffries 3 3 0 0
#94 William Davis 0 1 0 0
#84 Jaime Porter 10 19 0 0
#44 Roger Williams 5 8 0 0
#23 Frank Garcia 14 12 0 0
#32 Marcellus West 2 7 0 2
#87 Joseph Do 0 5 0 0
#80 Curtis Jones 2 3 0 0
#51 Kenneth Hines 0 1 0 0
#99 David Root 0 1 0 0
#77 Angel Sears 0 2 0 0
#28 Ronald Sipos 0 2 0 1
#59 John Ditch 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Commodores
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Tigers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#52 Willie Mack 1 1 1.00 0
#95 Thomas Lesko 1 0 0.00 0
#77 Angel Sears 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Commodores
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#8 Vernon Helmick 1 0 0 0
#53 Owen Inman 0 1 0 0
#73 Randall Hutchins 0 0 1 0
#71 Gregory Damron 0 0 1 0
#62 Perry Corbin 0 1 0 0
Tigers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#77 Angel Sears 1 1 1 0
#12 Philip Mitchell 1 0 0 0
#2 Robert Cruz 1 0 0 0
#53 Michael Sorensen 0 1 0 0
Punting
Commodores
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#12 Robert Vega 5 242 48.40 40.80 65 1
Tigers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#4 James Shock 7 297 42.43 40.71 50 3
Kicking
Commodores
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Javier Lichtenstein 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 53 3 / 3
Tigers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#10 Leslie Coley 3 / 3 2 / 2 2 / 2 55 1 / 1
Punt Return
Commodores
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#45 Willie Thorp 2 13 6.5 7 0
Tigers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#17 Mario Carder 1 9 9.0 9 0
Kick Return
Commodores
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#24 Alexander Montgomery 1 30 30.0 0
Tigers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#43 Nicholas Dunham 2 133 66.5 1
#17 Mario Carder 1 32 32.0 0
#80 Curtis Jones 1 26 26.0 0
Defensive Stats
Commodores
Name Tackles Sacks
#48 John Peterson 8 1
#99 Tyree Brown 6 0
#25 Clayton Velasquez 5 0
#22 Paul Temple 4 0
#55 Jay Elson 3 0
#92 Donald Sipes 3 0
#50 Kenneth Aiello 3 0
#57 Eric Luevano 2 0
#66 Christopher Kalish 2 0
#26 Dwayne Greenman 2 0
#20 Ariel Skelley 2 0
#62 Perry Corbin 2 1
#49 Blair Bautista 2 0
#94 Gary Frank 2 0
#90 Isidro Fowler 1 0
#42 Adrian Reno 1 0
#80 Gerald Usry 1 0
#93 Ryan Turner 1 1
#72 Joseph Pollard 1 0
#52 Bryan Andrus 1 0
#67 Robert Martinez 1 0
#10 William Wilson 1 0
Tigers
Name Tackles Sacks
#49 Oscar Jordan 6 1
#36 Fredrick Kidd 5 0
#59 John Ditch 5 0
#96 Leonard Seals 5 0
#25 Dave Briggs 4 0
#52 Michael Shelton 4 0
#24 Larry Wieczorek 3 0
#30 Kevin King 3 0
#77 Angel Sears 3 1
#91 Bobby Moreno 2 0
#51 Kenneth Hines 2 0
#52 Willie Mack 1 0
#95 Thomas Lesko 1 0
#63 Timothy Wong 1 0
#90 Trevor Fuller 1 0
#72 Millard Bynum 1 0
#95 Calvin Jeffries 1 0
#64 Matthew Jones 1 0
#53 Joseph Hewlett 1 0
#94 William Davis 1 0
#80 Curtis Jones 1 0
#28 Ronald Sipos 1 0
#99 David Root 1 0