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National Championship: West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Kentucky Wildcats

January 24, 1926
70°
Carrier Dome (Syracuse, NY) Attendance: 43,058 (87%)
Mountaineers 3 6 0 3 - 12
Wildcats 7 3 0 3 - 13

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Wildcats: 2-9-Ken 26 (14:16) 47-Glenn Diaz ran for 74 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Robert Morales. Ken 7 WVU 0
(Qtr 1) Mountaineers: 4-2-Ken 11 (2:25) 1-Marvin Allen 29 yard field goal is GOOD. Ken 7 WVU 3
(Qtr 2) Wildcats: 4-6-WVU 30 (10:44) 13-Robert Morales 48 yard field goal is GOOD. Ken 10 WVU 3
(Qtr 2) Mountaineers: 4-1-Ken 3 (4:43) 1-Marvin Allen 21 yard field goal is GOOD. Ken 10 WVU 6
(Qtr 2) Mountaineers: 4-1-Ken 36 (0:55) 1-Marvin Allen 55 yard field goal is GOOD. Ken 10 WVU 9
(Qtr 4) Wildcats: 4-3-WVU 29 (14:15) 13-Robert Morales 46 yard field goal is GOOD. Ken 13 WVU 9
(Qtr 4) Mountaineers: 4-4-Ken 13 (4:17) 1-Marvin Allen 31 yard field goal is GOOD. WVU 63-Jimmy Sanchez was injured on the play. Ken 13 WVU 12

Team Statistics

Wildcats Mountaineers
First Downs 12 14
- Rushing 7 8
- Passing 4 6
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 244 338
- Offensive Plays 52 66
- Yards Per Play 4.69 5.12
Net Rushing Yards 170 152
- Rushing Attempts 28 31
- Yards Per Rush 6.07 4.90
Net Passing Yards 74 186
- Att/Comp/Int 23 / 14 / 1 32 / 26 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 86 211
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 12 3 / 25
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.08 5.31
- Yards Per Completion 6.14 8.12
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 10 8 / 18
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.6 5.8
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 4 / 30
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 28 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 0 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 0 / 3
Avg Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 32
Time of Possession 24:16 35:45

Drive Charts

Kentucky Wildcats

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:58 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown
1 8:42 0:49 OWN 10 3 0 Punt
1 2:22 6:42 OWN 18 12 52 Field Goal
2 4:41 1:20 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
2 0:51 0:50 OWN 25 4 37 Missed FG
3 11:30 1:41 OWN 11 3 4 Punt
3 7:52 2:07 OWN 49 5 11 Interception
3 2:39 3:28 OWN 37 7 35 Field Goal
4 12:10 2:54 OWN 15 5 18 Punt
4 4:14 3:03 OWN 25 7 28 Punt
4 0:24 0:24 OPP 22 1 0 Game

West Virginia Mountaineers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:02 5:20 OWN 25 8 31 Punt
1 7:53 5:32 OPP 50 8 40 Field Goal
2 10:40 5:59 OWN 25 10 72 Field Goal
2 3:20 2:30 OWN 31 8 30 Field Goal
2 0:01 0:01 OWN 45 1 1 Half
3 15:00 3:30 OWN 25 6 32 Punt
3 9:49 1:57 OWN 49 3 9 Missed FG
3 5:45 3:05 OWN 38 6 33 Missed FG
4 14:11 2:01 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
4 9:16 5:03 OWN 26 9 61 Field Goal
4 1:11 0:47 OWN 14 4 5 Downs

Rushing Stats

Kentucky Wildcats

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Glenn Diaz 10 116 11.60 74 3 1
Robert Lau 12 34 2.83 12 2 0
Joseph Hale 2 11 5.50 11 1 0
Monte Morgan 4 9 2.25 10 1 0

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Mark Levine 14 89 6.36 19 4 0
Travis Reese 9 48 5.33 9 0 0
Ryan Donnelly 1 13 13.00 13 1 0
Arthur Bell 6 5 0.83 4 0 0
Mike Salinas 1 -3 -3.00 -3 0 0

Passing Stats

Kentucky Wildcats

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Joseph Hale 23 14 86 1 / 12 0 11 1 50.27

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ryan Donnelly 32 26 211 3 / 25 0 37 0 94.14

Receiving Stats

Kentucky Wildcats

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joesph Alcantar 3 24 8.00 11 0
Terry Hall 2 16 8.00 10 0
Glenn Diaz 2 14 7.00 9 0
Robert Lau 4 11 2.75 5 0
Donald Garrett 1 11 11.00 11 0
Robert Quisenberry 2 10 5.00 8 0

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Toby Oleson 6 77 12.83 37 0
Arthur Bell 4 36 9.00 13 0
Travis Reese 4 29 7.25 13 0
Brian Vargas 3 21 7.00 9 0
Steven Menzel 2 15 7.50 8 0
Leonardo Brookover 1 12 12.00 12 0
Armando Rogers 3 8 2.67 7 0
Mike Salinas 1 7 7.00 7 0
Lorenzo Brumbaugh 1 7 7.00 7 0
Mark Levine 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0

Blocking Stats

Kentucky Wildcats

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jarrod Rico 34 29 1 1
Terry Hall 11 28 0 4
Glenn Diaz 7 15 0 1
Monte Morgan 3 7 0 0
Franklin Payne 0 3 0 0
Larry Lopez 0 1 0 0
Erin Hale 0 1 0 0
James Alanis 0 1 0 0
Martin Jefferson 0 1 0 0
Clayton Epps 0 1 0 0
Jack Torres 0 1 0 0
Donald Sindelar 0 1 0 1
David Irwin 5 2 0 0
Robert Lau 3 1 0 0
Bobby Small 0 2 0 0
Leo Salinas 33 31 0 5
James Wood 4 1 0 0
Scott Gregory 9 0 0 0
Gary Carter 4 0 0 0
Robert Brown 6 0 0 0
Donald Garrett 0 13 0 0
John Mayes 0 15 0 0
Robert Quisenberry 0 13 0 0
Joesph Alcantar 7 10 0 0
Justin Graf 33 34 0 1
Bruce Hudson 34 28 0 0
Wesley Kresge 26 30 0 5
Greg Hoosier 0 4 0 0

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jimmy Sanchez 9 2 1 1
Robert Kay 30 33 1 3
Brian Vargas 13 27 1 1
Nicholas Braswell 35 32 0 1
Michael Carter 10 2 0 0
Johnnie Kidd 0 1 0 0
Richard Brennan 0 1 0 1
Matt Anstett 0 1 0 0
Charles Bragdon 1 0 0 0
Andrew Jones 0 5 0 0
Lewis Olson 15 2 0 0
Carlos Armstrong 0 1 0 0
Jimmie Carney 0 3 0 0
Jason Ingram 15 5 0 2
George Kaiser 3 2 0 1
Travis Reese 1 4 0 1
Michael Lindstrom 3 3 0 0
Kyle Sanjuan 39 32 0 0
Mike Salinas 7 1 0 0
Arthur Bell 1 15 0 2
Lorenzo Brumbaugh 12 8 0 0
Armando Rogers 0 17 0 1
Steven Menzel 0 18 0 2
Toby Oleson 0 21 0 0
Mark Levine 4 4 0 0
Irvin Torpey 34 34 0 2
Nathan Kelly 45 38 0 0
Leonardo Brookover 8 21 0 3
Michael Houle 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Kentucky Wildcats

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Andrew King 1 1 1.00 0

Fumble Stats

Kentucky Wildcats

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Glenn Diaz 1 0 0 0
James Alanis 0 0 1 0
Bruce Hudson 0 1 0 0

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Travis Reese 1 0 0 0
Arthur Bell 0 1 0 0
Raymond Woolard 0 0 1 0

Punting

Kentucky Wildcats

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Russell Nicosia 5 224 44.80 39.40 52 1

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
William Aten 3 119 39.67 39.67 52 3

Kicking

Kentucky Wildcats

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Morales 2 / 3 2 / 3 0 / 1 48 1 / 1

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Marvin Allen 4 / 6 1 / 3 1 / 2 55 0 / 0

Punt Return

Kentucky Wildcats

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Mike Salinas 4 30 7.5 13 0

Kick Return

Kentucky Wildcats

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
David Irwin 1 28 28.0 0

West Virginia Mountaineers

Defensive Stats

Kentucky Wildcats

Name Tackles Sacks
James Anderson 9 0
David Long 8 0
Larry Lopez 6 0
James Alanis 5 0
Richard Buckle 4 0
Erin Hale 4 2
George Robinson 3 0
Bobby Small 2 0
Martin Jefferson 2 0
Carlton Gamez 2 0
Jack Torres 2 0
David Irwin 2 0
Robert Wright 2 0
Samuel Westfall 2 0
Eric Moore 2 0
Kenneth McElroy 1 0
Bruce Hudson 1 0
Terry Hall 1 0
John Mayes 1 0
Donald Sindelar 1 0
William Watson 1 0
Jarrod Rico 1 0
John Connelly 1 1

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Tackles Sacks
Peter Brown 8 1
Aaron Russell 6 0
Jimmie Carney 5 0
Johnnie Kidd 4 0
Albert Sprayberry 3 0
Raymond Woolard 3 0
Herbert Miller 2 0
Michael Lindstrom 2 0
Andrew King 2 0
Michael Houle 2 0
Richard Brennan 1 0
George Kaiser 1 0
Larry Bland 1 0
Ira Jiminez 1 0