Pre-Season Week 1: Golden Gophers at Wolfpack
August 24, 1940 85° Carter-Finley Stadium
Attendance: 33,550 (59%)
Golden Gophers 3 0 0 0 - 3
Wolfpack 3 3 3 18 - 27
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Golden Gophers: 4-8-NCS 37 (11:29) 3-William Colella 54 yard field goal is GOOD. NCS 51-James Florian was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. NCS 0 MIN 3
(Qtr 1) Wolfpack: 4-8-MIN 19 (0:30) 4-Joe Schramm 38 yard field goal is GOOD. NCS 3 MIN 3
(Qtr 2) Wolfpack: 4-7-MIN 18 (7:35) 4-Joe Schramm 36 yard field goal is GOOD. NCS 6 MIN 3
(Qtr 3) Wolfpack: 4-3-MIN 33 (7:32) 4-Joe Schramm 51 yard field goal is GOOD. NCS 9 MIN 3
(Qtr 4) Wolfpack: 4-2-MIN 24 (3:39) 4-Joe Schramm 42 yard field goal is GOOD. NCS 12 MIN 3
(Qtr 4) Wolfpack: 1-2-MIN 2 (1:53) 49-Walton Thibodeaux ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 26-Edward Silva ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! NCS 20 MIN 3
(Qtr 4) Wolfpack: 2-1-MIN 1 (1:35) 49-Walton Thibodeaux ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Joe Schramm. NCS 27 MIN 3
Team Statistics
Wolfpack Golden Gophers
First Downs 15 7
- Rushing 11 5
- Passing 3 2
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 284 105
- Offensive Plays 66 55
- Yards Per Play 4.30 1.91
Net Rushing Yards 217 91
- Rushing Attempts 47 13
- Yards Per Rush 4.62 7.00
Net Passing Yards 67 14
- Att/Comp/Int 16 / 11 / 0 31 / 14 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 86 108
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 19 11 / 94
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.53 0.33
- Yards Per Completion 7.82 7.71
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 15 3 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.0 9.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 2 / 20 3 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 30 3 / 10
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 63
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 2 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 37 OWN 27
Time of Possession 34:46 25:14
Drive Charts
Wolfpack
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:24 2:52 OWN 25 5 20 Punt
1 7:35 1:30 OWN 39 3 0 Punt
1 3:51 3:25 OWN 37 6 44 Field Goal
2 14:50 7:18 OWN 16 11 65 Field Goal
2 6:32 2:19 OWN 20 3 9 Punt
2 2:05 1:37 OWN 8 8 52 Missed FG
3 15:00 3:49 OWN 25 5 16 Punt
3 9:35 2:06 OPP 40 3 7 Field Goal
3 3:51 1:57 OWN 13 3 6 Punt
3 0:20 1:44 OWN 14 3 1 Punt
4 8:03 4:27 OWN 45 7 31 Field Goal
4 2:45 0:55 OPP 16 4 16 Touchdown
4 1:38 0:06 OPP 3 2 3 Touchdown
4 0:41 0:41 OWN 36 2 16 Game
Golden Gophers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:36 OWN 25 6 38 Field Goal
1 8:32 0:57 OWN 9 3 4 Punt
1 6:05 2:14 OWN 15 3 6 Punt
1 0:26 0:37 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
2 7:32 1:00 OWN 33 3 5 Punt
2 4:13 2:07 OWN 26 4 20 Punt
2 0:28 0:28 OWN 47 3 4 Half
3 11:11 1:36 OWN 16 3 -16 Punt
3 7:28 3:37 OWN 25 7 25 Punt
3 1:54 1:35 OWN 43 3 10 Punt
4 13:36 5:33 OWN 42 9 20 Missed FG
4 3:36 0:51 OWN 25 4 -9 Downs
4 1:50 0:12 OWN 27 1 0 Fumble
4 1:33 0:51 OWN 25 3 -4 Punt
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Wolfpack
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#26 Edward Silva 22 74 3.36 16 5 0
#49 Walton Thibodeaux 12 72 6.00 21 3 2
#46 Jimmy Christensen 11 61 5.55 15 4 0
#35 James Guest 2 10 5.00 7 0 0
Golden Gophers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#32 Kenneth Boggs 7 46 6.57 15 2 0
#39 Robert Brown 5 33 6.60 13 1 0
#40 Frank Garza 1 12 12.00 12 1 0
Passing Stats
Wolfpack
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#5 James Elliott 12 7 66 1 / 10 0 17 0 73.61
#12 Manuel Hall 4 4 20 2 / 9 0 12 0 87.50
Golden Gophers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#6 William Walker 16 9 76 10 / 85 0 24 0 68.75
#4 Charlie Sheehan 15 5 32 1 / 9 0 9 0 42.36
Receiving Stats
Wolfpack
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#80 Jeffrey Juarez 2 29 14.50 17 0
#86 Ralph Davis 2 22 11.00 12 0
#85 Timothy Adames 1 12 12.00 12 0
#26 Edward Silva 2 7 3.50 4 0
#46 Jimmy Christensen 1 6 6.00 6 0
#49 Walton Thibodeaux 2 5 2.50 5 0
#81 John Navarre 1 5 5.00 5 0
Golden Gophers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#81 Jason West 2 32 16.00 24 0
#39 Robert Brown 4 28 7.00 10 0
#13 Scott Coghill 2 19 9.50 14 0
#32 Kenneth Boggs 1 9 9.00 9 0
#89 Thomas Colbert 1 6 6.00 6 0
#85 Grant Austin 1 5 5.00 5 0
#46 William Boyce 1 4 4.00 4 0
#40 Frank Garza 1 3 3.00 3 0
#19 Manuel Morris 1 2 2.00 2 0
Blocking Stats
Wolfpack
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#62 Anthony Walker 15 23 2 3
#78 Bruce Manning 13 25 1 3
#63 Raymond Larson 14 25 0 3
#65 Stephen Huckabee 17 22 0 0
#2 James Hernandez 10 31 0 4
#35 James Guest 10 15 0 0
#53 Donald Thatcher 16 23 0 1
#75 John Hummel 19 29 0 1
#74 Larry Dean 16 23 0 2
#80 Jeffrey Juarez 1 18 0 1
#85 Timothy Adames 0 28 0 0
#16 Fred Ritzman 0 9 0 0
#81 John Navarre 0 20 0 1
#86 Ralph Davis 0 11 0 0
#61 Arthur Evans 20 29 0 0
#72 David Lewis 15 4 0 1
#46 Jimmy Christensen 7 4 0 0
#29 Christian Gonzalez 2 2 0 0
#96 Irvin Johnson 0 2 0 0
#26 Edward Silva 2 2 0 0
#66 Ricky Drumm 8 23 0 0
#73 Mathew Malone 0 1 0 0
#50 Gregorio Heffner 5 0 0 0
#27 Bernard Britton 0 11 0 2
#76 Edward Draughn 12 25 0 0
#19 Jason Stewart 0 13 0 0
#87 Thomas Miller 0 9 0 0
#77 David Deschamps 5 0 0 0
#56 Dennis Chance 0 1 0 0
#49 Walton Thibodeaux 0 1 0 0
#64 Ronald Jordan 0 1 0 0
#39 David Simmons 0 1 0 0
#67 Francisco Lee 0 1 0 0
#58 Douglas Green 0 1 0 0
#36 Thomas Osullivan 0 1 0 0
#79 Richard Logan 0 1 0 0
Golden Gophers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#76 James Barnhart 32 6 3 2
#57 Gus Flores 43 12 2 2
#62 John Martens 26 9 2 2
#64 John Cathcart 26 10 2 2
#46 William Boyce 25 14 1 2
#61 Joseph Heller 30 13 1 1
#60 Kevin Sutton 16 14 0 0
#73 Ralph Prim 22 11 0 1
#56 George Sommers 22 14 0 0
#89 Thomas Colbert 3 9 0 0
#62 Gregory Wood 22 11 0 0
#81 Jason West 9 7 0 0
#45 Johnny Coleman 2 5 0 0
#16 Melvin Walters 0 5 0 1
#13 Scott Coghill 0 6 0 0
#39 Robert Brown 11 1 0 0
#90 Kenneth Espinoza 10 6 0 1
#68 Michael Hernandez 6 3 0 0
#94 Bradley Hanks 5 2 0 0
#12 Thomas Baker 0 7 0 1
#32 Kenneth Boggs 4 2 0 0
#51 Earl Riley 1 2 0 0
#70 Vincent Ozment 0 1 0 1
#78 Paul McGee 0 1 0 0
#53 Robert Hudson 2 1 0 0
#42 Carl Doughty 0 1 0 0
#26 Wayne Small 0 1 0 0
#92 Rick Lance 0 2 0 0
#40 Frank Garza 5 0 0 0
#88 Willie Suarez 1 3 0 0
#19 Manuel Morris 0 4 0 0
#52 Edward Vang 4 1 0 0
#39 Joseph Whitten 0 2 0 0
#47 John Reed 0 2 0 0
#18 John Wolfe 1 1 0 0
#49 Timothy Dombrowski 4 1 0 0
#85 Grant Austin 0 1 0 0
#97 Erik Moore 0 1 0 0
#30 John Richardson 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Wolfpack
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Golden Gophers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Wolfpack
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#26 Edward Silva 1 0 0 0
#90 Vernon Brown 1 1 0 0
#2 James Hernandez 0 1 0 0
#64 Ronald Jordan 0 0 1 0
Golden Gophers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#6 William Walker 1 0 0 0
#52 Edward Vang 0 0 1 0
#64 John Cathcart 0 0 1 0
Punting
Wolfpack
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#7 Mark Elliott 6 271 45.17 43.83 47 3
Golden Gophers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#10 Clayton Jones 9 414 46.00 42.78 56 4
Kicking
Wolfpack
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#4 Joe Schramm 4 / 5 2 / 3 1 / 2 51 1 / 1
Golden Gophers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#3 William Colella 1 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 2 54 0 / 0
Punt Return
Wolfpack
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#46 Jimmy Christensen 3 21 7.0 14 0
#26 Edward Silva 1 9 9.0 9 0
Golden Gophers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#19 Manuel Morris 3 10 3.3 9 0
Kick Return
Wolfpack
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Golden Gophers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#32 Kenneth Boggs 1 33 33.0 0
#12 Thomas Baker 1 30 30.0 0
Defensive Stats
Wolfpack
Name Tackles Sacks
#67 Francisco Lee 5 5
#52 Marcus King 4 0
#29 Christian Gonzalez 3 0
#50 Gregorio Heffner 3 0
#39 David Simmons 3 0
#38 George Gray 2 0
#51 James Florian 2 0
#40 David Stevens 2 0
#79 Richard Logan 2 2
#64 Ronald Jordan 2 2
#36 Thomas Osullivan 2 0
#31 Erasmo Adkins 1 0
#96 Irvin Johnson 1 1
#70 Mark Bland 1 0
#54 Dominick Bullard 1 0
#73 Mathew Malone 1 0
#57 Peter Barham 1 0
#90 Vernon Brown 1 1
#35 James Guest 1 0
#32 Trevor Pepin 1 0
#97 Edwin Sweeney 1 0
#56 Dennis Chance 1 0
Golden Gophers
Name Tackles Sacks
#30 John Richardson 8 0
#92 Rick Lance 7 1
#97 Erik Moore 5 0
#39 Joseph Whitten 5 0
#37 Mohammad Gonzalez 4 0
#47 John Reed 4 0
#99 William Grant 3 0
#50 Charles Rotella 3 0
#97 Wayne Parks 3 0
#81 Jason West 2 0
#70 Vincent Ozment 2 1
#42 Carl Doughty 2 0
#26 Wayne Small 2 0
#72 Glenn Hancock 2 0
#51 Earl Riley 2 1
#52 Edward Vang 2 0
#90 Kenneth Espinoza 2 0
#68 Michael Hernandez 1 0
#78 Paul McGee 1 0
#57 Gus Flores 1 0
#62 John Martens 1 0