Regular Season Week 8: Gamecocks at Fighting Irish
October 27, 1940 43° Notre Dame Stadium
Attendance: 61,609 (79%)
Gamecocks 0 0 3 6 - 9
Fighting Irish 7 10 0 3 - 20
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Fighting Irish: 2-3-USC 6 (12:28) 21-Keith Meyers ran for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Jose Quijada. NDI 7 USC 0
(Qtr 2) Fighting Irish: 2-5-USC 5 (1:15) 17-John Bishop pass complete to 84-Michael Miller for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Jose Quijada. NDI 14 USC 0
(Qtr 2) Fighting Irish: 4-15-USC 20 (0:24) 10-Jose Quijada 39 yard field goal is GOOD. NDI 17 USC 0
(Qtr 3) Gamecocks: 4-2-NDI 2 (3:03) 4-Richard Burney 20 yard field goal is GOOD. NDI 17 USC 3
(Qtr 4) Fighting Irish: 4-4-USC 8 (7:36) 10-Jose Quijada 26 yard field goal is GOOD. NDI 20 USC 3
(Qtr 4) Gamecocks: 1-10-NDI 32 (6:39) 1-Duane Hartz pass complete to 87-John McClure for 32 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
Team Statistics
Fighting Irish Gamecocks
First Downs 18 9
- Rushing 12 2
- Passing 5 7
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 332 262
- Offensive Plays 70 42
- Yards Per Play 4.74 6.24
Net Rushing Yards 229 54
- Rushing Attempts 46 15
- Yards Per Rush 4.98 3.60
Net Passing Yards 103 208
- Att/Comp/Int 23 / 16 / 1 25 / 20 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 108 224
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 5 2 / 16
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.29 7.70
- Yards Per Completion 6.75 11.20
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 10 / 17 1 / 8
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.2 7.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 20 4 / 45
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 8 1 / 2
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 24 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 2 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 30
Time of Possession 37:02 22:57
Drive Charts
Fighting Irish
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:36 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
1 8:44 1:30 OWN 44 3 8 Punt
1 6:17 2:51 OWN 41 4 19 Missed FG
1 1:58 4:48 OWN 13 10 40 Interception
2 8:07 6:56 OWN 39 11 61 Touchdown
2 1:07 0:46 OPP 33 6 13 Field Goal
3 11:22 1:27 OWN 3 3 5 Punt
3 3:00 10:28 OWN 20 16 72 Field Goal
4 6:33 2:13 OWN 25 4 0 Punt
4 3:27 3:27 OWN 33 9 43 Game
Gamecocks
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:24 3:40 OWN 25 5 38 Missed FG
1 7:14 0:57 OWN 11 3 6 Punt
1 3:25 1:27 OWN 48 3 8 Punt
2 12:10 4:03 OWN 42 6 24 Missed FG
2 1:11 0:04 OWN 25 1 0 Fumble
2 0:21 0:21 OWN 25 1 0 Half
3 15:00 3:38 OWN 25 5 25 Punt
3 9:55 6:54 OWN 45 10 52 Field Goal
4 7:33 1:00 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
4 4:20 0:53 OWN 26 3 0 Punt
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#23 Bradley Delgado 29 173 5.97 53 6 0
#21 Keith Meyers 13 45 3.46 10 1 1
#17 John Bishop 4 11 2.75 11 1 0
Gamecocks
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#43 Fred Goss 10 41 4.10 17 2 0
#22 Mark Camp 5 13 2.60 6 0 0
Passing Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#17 John Bishop 23 16 108 1 / 5 1 19 1 76.00
Gamecocks
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#1 Duane Hartz 25 20 224 2 / 16 1 49 0 117.33
Receiving Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#83 Robert Roof 3 43 14.33 19 0
#89 Ryan Charbonneau 3 19 6.33 9 0
#88 Gerald Knecht 2 13 6.50 7 0
#13 Allen Helfrich 3 13 4.33 6 0
#84 Michael Miller 1 5 5.00 5 1
#23 Bradley Delgado 2 5 2.50 6 0
#21 Keith Meyers 1 5 5.00 5 0
#82 James Junkins 1 5 5.00 5 0
Gamecocks
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#43 Fred Goss 4 58 14.50 49 0
#83 William Troiano 4 55 13.75 39 0
#87 John McClure 1 32 32.00 32 1
#5 Luis Potts 4 27 6.75 9 0
#25 Richard Wooldridge 3 27 9.00 12 0
#86 Jorge Kenworthy 2 15 7.50 13 0
#81 James Fleetwood 1 8 8.00 8 0
#22 Mark Camp 1 2 2.00 2 0
Blocking Stats
Fighting Irish
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#70 John Tedesco 32 45 0 4
#21 Keith Meyers 7 9 0 0
#82 James Junkins 0 12 0 1
#83 Robert Roof 12 38 0 0
#61 Richard Lyles 32 43 0 1
#88 Gerald Knecht 3 42 0 2
#62 Timothy Gardener 33 48 0 3
#65 Paul Augustine 31 44 0 1
#67 Francis Kircher 25 43 0 4
#89 Ryan Charbonneau 0 23 0 2
#13 Allen Helfrich 0 24 0 0
#84 Michael Miller 0 11 0 0
#66 Tony Posner 1 1 0 0
#23 Bradley Delgado 7 9 0 1
#73 Cornelius Wooten 9 1 0 0
#91 Peter Reed 7 4 0 0
#57 Craig Matos 8 1 0 0
#52 Steve McGinnis 5 3 0 1
#79 Paul Stewart 8 0 0 0
#51 Stanley Ford 1 3 0 0
#42 Nathan Stevenson 0 2 0 1
#26 Gregory Humphreys 0 2 0 0
#69 Luis Buck 0 1 0 0
#20 Kendrick Quinn 0 2 0 0
#76 Charles Wilson 0 1 0 1
#25 George Viles 0 1 0 0
#53 Bruce Greaves 0 1 0 0
#80 Larry Newsom 0 1 0 0
#94 Michael Oh 0 1 0 0
#99 Christopher Royce 0 1 0 0
Gamecocks
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#65 Tyler Wells 33 23 1 3
#79 Armando Miller 5 4 1 1
#70 Paul Rosato 34 21 0 0
#83 William Troiano 0 11 0 0
#68 Jacob Scott 27 22 0 0
#25 Richard Wooldridge 7 12 0 0
#63 Larry Jolicoeur 29 16 0 1
#86 Jorge Kenworthy 5 15 0 1
#5 Luis Potts 0 11 0 0
#65 Frank Cox 34 23 0 0
#80 Christopher Boyd 0 8 0 0
#33 Richard Merritt 0 5 0 0
#43 Fred Goss 5 2 0 0
#97 Henry Castillo 5 3 0 0
#88 Robert Hays 3 0 0 0
#50 Joshua Prine 6 2 0 0
#98 Karl Hose 3 0 0 0
#22 Mark Camp 5 2 0 0
#28 Federico Lee 3 3 0 1
#35 Joseph Carr 0 1 0 0
#56 Christopher Finnerty 0 2 0 0
#58 John Brown 0 1 0 0
#81 James Fleetwood 0 3 0 1
#39 Gene Rowland 1 0 0 0
#99 Erick Woodyard 1 1 0 0
#87 John McClure 0 1 0 0
#62 William Sinn 0 1 0 0
#69 James Maguire 0 1 0 0
#40 Reginald Starkey 0 1 0 1
Interception Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Gamecocks
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#30 Corey Vantassel 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#52 Steve McGinnis 0 1 1 0
Gamecocks
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#43 Fred Goss 1 0 0 0
Punting
Fighting Irish
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#11 Joseph Sanchez 3 135 45.00 44.33 51 1
Gamecocks
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#9 Roger Brammer 4 171 42.75 41.00 49 2
Kicking
Fighting Irish
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#10 Jose Quijada 2 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 1 39 2 / 2
Gamecocks
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#4 Richard Burney 1 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 20 0 / 0
Punt Return
Fighting Irish
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#23 Bradley Delgado 1 8 8.0 8 0
Gamecocks
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#83 William Troiano 1 2 2.0 2 0
Kick Return
Fighting Irish
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#23 Bradley Delgado 1 24 24.0 0
Gamecocks
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Tackles Sacks
#25 George Viles 6 0
#26 Gregory Humphreys 5 0
#52 Steve McGinnis 4 0
#91 Peter Reed 4 0
#20 Kendrick Quinn 3 0
#42 Nathan Stevenson 3 0
#94 Michael Oh 2 0
#76 Charles Wilson 2 1
#30 Michael Jones 2 0
#88 Gerald Knecht 1 0
#69 Luis Buck 1 0
#56 Don Stauffer 1 0
#96 Nigel Brewer 1 1
Gamecocks
Name Tackles Sacks
#37 Barry Rupp 11 0
#50 Joshua Prine 7 0
#58 John Brown 7 0
#30 Corey Vantassel 5 1
#57 Ray Knox 5 0
#97 Henry Castillo 4 0
#28 Federico Lee 4 0
#99 Erick Woodyard 3 0
#56 Christopher Finnerty 3 0
#98 Karl Hose 3 0
#69 James Maguire 3 0
#35 Joseph Carr 2 0
#71 Micheal Peterson 2 0
#68 Jacob Scott 1 0
#40 Reginald Starkey 1 0