Regular Season Week 2: Mountaineers at Hokies
September 15, 1940 53° Lane Stadium
Attendance: 50,280 (76%)
Mountaineers 0 3 3 3 - 9
Hokies 3 6 3 0 - 12
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Hokies: 4-10-WVU 10 (6:10) 5-Jame Flood 29 yard field goal is GOOD. VaT 3 WVU 0
(Qtr 2) Hokies: 4-3-WVU 4 (11:04) 5-Jame Flood 22 yard field goal is GOOD. WVU 69-Carroll Calvert was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. VaT 6 WVU 0
(Qtr 2) Mountaineers: 4-1-VaT 27 (7:06) 7-Jerry Cusick 45 yard field goal is GOOD. VaT 6 WVU 3
(Qtr 2) Hokies: 4-5-WVU 8 (0:19) 5-Jame Flood 27 yard field goal is GOOD. VaT 9 WVU 3
(Qtr 3) Mountaineers: 4-2-VaT 14 (10:36) 7-Jerry Cusick 33 yard field goal is GOOD. VaT 9 WVU 6
(Qtr 3) Hokies: 4-5-WVU 33 (1:53) 5-Jame Flood 52 yard field goal is GOOD. VaT 12 WVU 6
(Qtr 4) Mountaineers: 4-13-VaT 15 (12:58) 7-Jerry Cusick 33 yard field goal is GOOD. VaT 12 WVU 9
Team Statistics
Hokies Mountaineers
First Downs 24 12
- Rushing 12 4
- Passing 10 7
- Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 323 193
- Offensive Plays 65 46
- Yards Per Play 4.97 4.20
Net Rushing Yards 189 75
- Rushing Attempts 36 16
- Yards Per Rush 5.25 4.69
Net Passing Yards 134 118
- Att/Comp/Int 26 / 22 / 1 28 / 19 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 160 133
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 26 2 / 15
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.62 3.93
- Yards Per Completion 7.27 7.00
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 13 3 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.4 4.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 2
Penalties/Yards 3 / 21 2 / 21
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 1
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 123
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 3 0 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 31
Time of Possession 38:05 21:52
Drive Charts
Hokies
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 8:52 OWN 25 13 65 Field Goal
1 3:24 7:22 OWN 20 11 76 Field Goal
2 7:02 6:46 OWN 25 13 67 Field Goal
3 10:33 3:38 OWN 25 7 32 Interception
3 5:28 3:39 OWN 29 6 38 Field Goal
4 12:55 2:56 OWN 25 5 1 Punt
4 6:28 4:16 OWN 6 7 30 Punt
4 0:36 0:36 OPP 42 3 22 Game
Mountaineers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 6:08 2:43 OWN 30 5 27 Punt
2 11:02 3:59 OWN 38 6 36 Field Goal
2 0:16 0:16 OWN 25 1 1 Half
3 15:00 4:27 OWN 25 10 61 Field Goal
3 6:56 1:27 OWN 18 3 5 Punt
3 1:49 3:54 OPP 36 7 21 Field Goal
4 9:58 3:30 OWN 29 6 28 Punt
4 2:12 1:36 OWN 20 8 33 Downs
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Hokies
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#24 Jonathan Johnson 15 93 6.20 14 4 0
#2 Gary Smith 16 81 5.06 13 6 0
#6 George Mazzella 2 14 7.00 14 1 0
#19 Charles Shoop 3 1 0.33 9 0 0
Mountaineers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#36 John Salazar 11 56 5.09 13 2 0
#28 James Taylor 5 19 3.80 6 0 0
Passing Stats
Hokies
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#6 George Mazzella 26 22 160 3 / 26 0 17 1 76.28
Mountaineers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#16 James Busby 28 19 133 2 / 15 0 27 0 78.42
Receiving Stats
Hokies
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#15 Gary McVey 3 40 13.33 17 0
#82 Ronald Costin 4 39 9.75 15 0
#19 Charles Shoop 3 23 7.67 11 0
#2 Gary Smith 4 19 4.75 9 0
#81 Reed Loney 1 11 11.00 11 0
#85 Jeffrey Joseph 2 10 5.00 7 0
#15 George Smith 2 10 5.00 7 0
#24 Jonathan Johnson 2 7 3.50 6 0
#70 Michael Johnson 1 1 1.00 1 0
Mountaineers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#43 Thomas Abrams 6 63 10.50 13 0
#36 John Salazar 4 30 7.50 27 0
#15 William Erwin 2 11 5.50 8 0
#14 Ronnie Burns 2 10 5.00 6 0
#28 James Taylor 3 10 3.33 5 0
#41 Ronald Castro 2 9 4.50 7 0
Blocking Stats
Hokies
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#66 Jonathan Reed 36 43 1 2
#64 George Odonnell 36 38 1 2
#63 Jayson Jones 33 36 1 1
#59 Vernon Choi 36 33 0 1
#2 Gary Smith 4 9 0 2
#50 Jack Daniels 30 33 0 1
#24 Jonathan Johnson 7 9 0 1
#85 Jeffrey Joseph 12 25 0 4
#15 Gary McVey 0 22 0 1
#82 Ronald Costin 0 20 0 2
#15 George Smith 1 14 0 1
#81 Reed Loney 0 11 0 1
#70 Michael Johnson 12 8 0 0
#52 Larry Cowan 6 0 0 0
#74 Nick Santana 6 1 0 0
#65 Juan Ward 7 5 0 0
#19 Charles Shoop 0 2 0 0
#1 Ronald Butler 2 0 0 0
#78 Gregory Moyer 2 0 0 0
#60 Jason Toney 0 1 0 0
Mountaineers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#43 Thomas Abrams 2 15 1 1
#67 William Peters 34 23 1 1
#94 George Griffith 1 3 0 0
#78 Walter Rigby 0 4 0 0
#98 Raymond Brown 0 3 0 0
#32 Caleb Ferree 0 5 0 0
#96 Daniel Renn 4 3 0 0
#93 Joseph Russell 0 3 0 0
#40 Timmy Smith 0 4 0 1
#27 Joseph Arthur 0 3 0 0
#23 Jimmy Ladner 0 6 0 0
#41 Ronald Castro 17 13 0 3
#76 Anthony Bertram 36 26 0 0
#68 William Keith 33 25 0 1
#28 James Taylor 4 5 0 0
#42 Juan Currin 0 10 0 1
#51 Roger Mallett 36 22 0 1
#61 Roderick Clarke 36 19 0 0
#82 Sheldon McKee 0 3 0 0
#15 William Erwin 0 9 0 1
#14 Ronnie Burns 0 12 0 0
#73 Laverne Wilkins 6 0 0 0
#62 Bo Ogan 6 0 0 0
#89 Jay Green 0 1 0 0
#36 John Salazar 7 2 0 0
#60 Robert Mead 4 0 0 0
#92 Lucas Schmidt 0 1 0 0
#81 Cameron Vella 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Hokies
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Mountaineers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#33 Cletus Williamson 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Hokies
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Mountaineers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Punting
Hokies
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#7 Sang Oliver 2 90 45.00 45.00 46 1
Mountaineers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#3 Stephen Ulrich 3 130 43.33 36.00 48 1
Kicking
Hokies
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#5 Jame Flood 4 / 4 1 / 1 1 / 1 52 0 / 0
Mountaineers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Jerry Cusick 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 45 0 / 0
Punt Return
Hokies
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Mountaineers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#15 William Erwin 1 1 1.0 1 0
Kick Return
Hokies
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Mountaineers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#82 Sheldon McKee 3 123 41.0 0
Defensive Stats
Hokies
Name Tackles Sacks
#94 Kurt Harrison 8 0
#41 Jamie Weber 8 0
#20 Robert Manley 5 0
#22 Joe Lucas 5 0
#95 Rich Goddard 4 0
#23 Jason Henry 2 0
#90 James Seamon 2 0
#57 Michael Martin 2 0
#78 Gregory Moyer 2 2
#68 Alfredo Harris 1 0
#85 Jeffrey Joseph 1 0
#11 Frank Valles 1 0
#97 Albert Stephenson 1 0
Mountaineers
Name Tackles Sacks
#96 Daniel Renn 8 0
#27 Joseph Arthur 8 0
#94 George Griffith 6 0
#32 Caleb Ferree 6 0
#33 Cletus Williamson 6 0
#39 Joshua Danielson 5 0
#98 Raymond Brown 4 0
#78 Walter Rigby 4 0
#93 Joseph Russell 3 0
#40 Timmy Smith 3 0
#92 Lucas Schmidt 3 2
#65 Leslie Lathrop 2 1