Regular Season Week 4: Golden Gophers at Nittany Lions
September 29, 1940 55° Beaver Stadium
Attendance: 85,565 (80%)
Golden Gophers 3 9 0 6 - 18
Nittany Lions 3 0 6 6 - 15
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Nittany Lions: 4-6-MIN 23 (8:08) 7-William Cox 40 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 3 MIN 0
(Qtr 1) Golden Gophers: 4-7-PSt 26 (3:24) 3-William Colella 43 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 3 MIN 3
(Qtr 2) Golden Gophers: 4-8-PSt 13 (13:06) 3-William Colella 30 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 3 MIN 6
(Qtr 2) Golden Gophers: 4-7-PSt 27 (5:18) 3-William Colella 44 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 3 MIN 9
(Qtr 2) Golden Gophers: 4-12-PSt 15 (0:16) 3-William Colella 32 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 3 MIN 12
(Qtr 3) Nittany Lions: 4-6-MIN 33 (9:20) 7-William Cox 50 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 6 MIN 12
(Qtr 3) Nittany Lions: 4-9-MIN 9 (5:43) 7-William Cox 26 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 9 MIN 12
(Qtr 4) Nittany Lions: 4-7-MIN 34 (13:03) 7-William Cox 51 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 12 MIN 12
(Qtr 4) Golden Gophers: 4-5-PSt 34 (7:33) 3-William Colella 51 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 57-Gus Flores was injured on the play. PSt 12 MIN 15
(Qtr 4) Nittany Lions: 4-6-MIN 20 (2:55) 7-William Cox 37 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 54-Robert Zamora was injured on the play. PSt 15 MIN 15
(Qtr 4) Golden Gophers: 4-14-PSt 32 (1:29) 3-William Colella 49 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 15 MIN 18
Team Statistics
Nittany Lions Golden Gophers
First Downs 15 11
- Rushing 6 8
- Passing 5 2
- Penalty 4 1
Total Net Yards 221 154
- Offensive Plays 66 54
- Yards Per Play 3.35 2.85
Net Rushing Yards 89 101
- Rushing Attempts 29 39
- Yards Per Rush 3.07 2.59
Net Passing Yards 132 53
- Att/Comp/Int 37 / 19 / 0 13 / 9 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 132 66
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 2 / 13
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.57 3.53
- Yards Per Completion 6.95 7.33
Fumbles/Lost 3 / 2 2 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 16 2 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.7 9.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 37 6 / 43
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 22 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 30 2 / 70
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 0 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 42
Time of Possession 33:10 26:51
Drive Charts
Nittany Lions
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 6:55 OWN 25 11 52 Field Goal
1 3:20 2:07 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
2 13:03 4:37 OWN 25 7 32 Missed FG
2 5:14 0:59 OWN 25 4 5 Punt
2 0:13 0:13 OWN 25 1 3 Half
3 12:55 2:09 OWN 48 3 4 Punt
3 10:05 0:49 OPP 37 3 4 Field Goal
3 8:36 2:56 OPP 29 5 20 Field Goal
3 3:52 5:54 OWN 22 12 44 Field Goal
4 10:40 1:22 OWN 29 3 9 Fumble
4 7:29 4:38 OWN 25 9 55 Field Goal
4 1:51 0:09 OWN 27 2 0 Fumble
4 1:25 0:22 OWN 26 4 18 Downs
Golden Gophers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 8:05 4:45 OWN 30 8 44 Field Goal
1 1:13 3:10 OWN 48 5 39 Field Goal
2 8:25 3:11 50 5 24 Field Goal
2 4:15 4:03 OPP 48 11 33 Field Goal
3 15:00 2:05 OWN 21 3 -8 Punt
3 10:46 0:41 OWN 34 2 -1 Fumble
3 9:16 0:40 OWN 25 2 -1 Fumble
3 5:40 1:48 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
4 12:59 2:19 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
4 9:18 1:49 OPP 39 3 5 Field Goal
4 2:51 1:00 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
4 1:42 0:17 OPP 28 3 -4 Field Goal
4 1:03 1:03 OPP 26 3 2 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Nittany Lions
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#27 Vance Emanuel 18 49 2.72 14 2 0
#37 Roy Dallas 8 33 4.13 8 0 0
#38 Brandon Sperling 2 7 3.50 4 0 0
#17 Harvey Rainey 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Golden Gophers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#40 Frank Garza 28 66 2.36 12 4 0
#22 Willie Stoltzfus 8 25 3.13 10 1 0
#46 William Boyce 1 10 10.00 10 1 0
#4 Charlie Sheehan 2 0 0.00 0 0 0
Passing Stats
Nittany Lions
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#17 Harvey Rainey 37 19 132 0 / 0 0 19 0 59.74
Golden Gophers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#4 Charlie Sheehan 13 9 66 2 / 13 0 26 0 80.93
Receiving Stats
Nittany Lions
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#27 Vance Emanuel 6 47 7.83 19 0
#89 Sean Damian 3 28 9.33 11 0
#16 Porfirio Raine 2 21 10.50 12 0
#37 Roy Dallas 3 19 6.33 10 0
#83 John Farrington 3 8 2.67 4 0
#84 Matthew Simmons 1 5 5.00 5 0
#80 Daniel Tallent 1 4 4.00 4 0
Golden Gophers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#40 Frank Garza 4 24 6.00 26 0
#87 Norman Allsup 2 17 8.50 10 0
#16 Melvin Walters 2 13 6.50 11 0
#12 Thomas Baker 1 12 12.00 12 0
Blocking Stats
Nittany Lions
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#54 Robert Zamora 45 33 0 1
#66 George Robinson 47 34 0 1
#70 James Varney 44 41 0 0
#37 Roy Dallas 24 14 0 2
#83 John Farrington 0 16 0 0
#69 Carl McLean 38 41 0 3
#27 Vance Emanuel 11 1 0 0
#71 Kevin Denis 47 34 0 2
#89 Sean Damian 4 28 0 0
#86 Earnest Crawford 0 5 0 0
#16 Porfirio Raine 0 11 0 0
#80 Daniel Tallent 8 8 0 0
#38 Brandon Sperling 9 14 0 1
#23 Sam Marsh 2 4 0 0
#78 James King 12 1 0 0
#95 David Dempsey 9 9 0 0
#96 Dennis Beahm 7 5 0 0
#95 Terry Walling 9 1 0 0
#84 Matthew Simmons 0 1 0 0
#29 James Arellano 0 3 0 0
#34 Justin Murphy 0 3 0 1
#32 Charles Warf 0 2 0 1
#38 Leon Cameron 0 2 0 0
#99 Richard Jones 0 3 0 0
#62 Jonathan Hernandez 0 2 0 0
#57 Lonnie Swanson 0 1 0 0
#53 Robert Price 0 3 0 1
#56 Joseph Hammond 0 3 0 0
#91 Brent Burch 0 2 0 0
#90 Francisco Moore 0 1 0 0
Golden Gophers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#56 George Sommers 25 33 2 8
#78 Paul McGee 2 3 0 0
#42 Carl Doughty 0 2 0 0
#51 Earl Riley 0 3 0 0
#98 Dustin McNamara 10 4 0 0
#90 Kenneth Espinoza 7 2 0 0
#68 Michael Hernandez 8 4 0 1
#26 Wayne Small 0 3 0 0
#92 Rick Lance 0 2 0 0
#52 Edward Vang 0 1 0 0
#60 Kevin Sutton 15 39 0 5
#73 Ralph Prim 25 38 0 2
#55 Ivory Li 16 38 0 1
#62 Gregory Wood 25 32 0 0
#87 Norman Allsup 0 28 0 0
#12 Thomas Baker 0 11 0 0
#16 Melvin Walters 0 16 0 0
#13 Scott Coghill 0 11 0 0
#46 William Boyce 5 17 0 1
#89 Thomas Colbert 0 11 0 0
#45 Johnny Coleman 0 4 0 0
#81 Jason West 8 0 0 0
#57 Gus Flores 10 2 0 0
#76 James Barnhart 6 2 0 0
#22 Willie Stoltzfus 7 2 0 0
#40 Frank Garza 1 0 0 0
#70 Vincent Ozment 0 1 0 1
#53 Robert Hudson 0 1 0 0
#19 Manuel Morris 0 1 0 0
#99 William Grant 0 2 0 0
#30 John Richardson 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Nittany Lions
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Golden Gophers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Nittany Lions
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#27 Vance Emanuel 2 0 0 0
#17 Harvey Rainey 1 0 0 0
#37 Roy Dallas 0 1 0 0
#53 Robert Price 0 1 1 0
#98 Robert Atkins 0 1 0 0
#96 Dennis Beahm 0 0 1 0
Golden Gophers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#40 Frank Garza 2 0 0 0
#42 Carl Doughty 0 0 1 0
#53 Robert Hudson 0 1 0 0
#99 William Grant 0 0 1 0
#97 Wayne Parks 0 1 0 0
Punting
Nittany Lions
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#7 William Cox 3 38 12.67 17.33 20 0
Golden Gophers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#10 Clayton Jones 4 182 45.50 40.50 49 0
Kicking
Nittany Lions
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 William Cox 5 / 6 2 / 3 2 / 3 51 0 / 0
Golden Gophers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#3 William Colella 6 / 6 4 / 4 1 / 1 51 0 / 0
Punt Return
Nittany Lions
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#27 Vance Emanuel 3 22 7.3 10 0
Golden Gophers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
Nittany Lions
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#83 John Farrington 1 30 30.0 0
Golden Gophers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#12 Thomas Baker 2 70 35.0 0
Defensive Stats
Nittany Lions
Name Tackles Sacks
#63 Bud Gilchrist 12 2
#38 Leon Cameron 6 0
#62 Jonathan Hernandez 6 0
#29 James Arellano 5 0
#53 Robert Price 4 0
#34 Justin Murphy 3 0
#57 Lonnie Swanson 2 0
#98 Robert Atkins 2 0
#96 Dennis Beahm 2 0
#7 William Cox 1 0
#90 Francisco Moore 1 0
#91 Brent Burch 1 0
#93 Robert Sterling 1 0
#69 Carl McLean 1 0
#71 Kevin Denis 1 0
#95 Terry Walling 1 0
Golden Gophers
Name Tackles Sacks
#37 Mohammad Gonzalez 9 0
#99 William Grant 7 0
#50 Charles Rotella 6 0
#30 John Richardson 6 0
#68 Michael Hernandez 4 0
#90 Kenneth Espinoza 3 0
#42 Carl Doughty 3 0
#97 Wayne Parks 2 0
#92 Rick Lance 2 0
#53 Robert Hudson 2 0
#78 Paul McGee 1 0
#81 Jason West 1 0
#13 Scott Coghill 1 0
#26 Wayne Small 1 0
#73 Ralph Prim 1 0
#70 Vincent Ozment 1 0
#51 Earl Riley 1 0