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Week 1: West Virginia Mountaineers at Texas Longhorns

September 02, 1928
89°
Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (Austin, TX) Attendance: 89,641 (90%)
Mountaineers 3 3 0 8 - 14
Longhorns 3 0 0 3 - 6

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Longhorns: 4-1-WVU 5 (5:12) 19-Richard Rios 22 yard field goal is GOOD. TEX 3 WVU 0
(Qtr 1) Mountaineers: 4-2-TEX 2 (1:00) 1-Marvin Allen 19 yard field goal is GOOD. TEX 3 WVU 3
(Qtr 2) Mountaineers: 4-2-TEX 18 (8:06) 1-Marvin Allen 35 yard field goal is GOOD. TEX 3 WVU 6
(Qtr 4) Longhorns: 4-5-WVU 22 (14:20) 19-Richard Rios 39 yard field goal is GOOD. TEX 6 WVU 6
(Qtr 4) Mountaineers: 4-1-TEX 39 (12:13) 1-Marvin Allen 56 yard field goal is GOOD. TEX 75-Scott Pinto was injured on the play. TEX 6 WVU 9
(Qtr 4) Mountaineers: 4-6-TEX 21 (4:57) 1-Marvin Allen 38 yard field goal is GOOD. TEX 6 WVU 12
(Qtr 4) Mountaineers: 1-10-TEX 7 (1:50) 3-Daniel Stephens sacked at TEX -3 for -10 yards (77-Kevin Wessels). Sack allowed by 48-Carlos Gayle. SAFETY! (77-Kevin Wessels) TEX 6 WVU 14

Team Statistics

Longhorns Mountaineers
First Downs 16 8
- Rushing 5 4
- Passing 10 3
- Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 272 203
- Offensive Plays 67 49
- Yards Per Play 4.06 4.14
Net Rushing Yards 102 63
- Rushing Attempts 29 18
- Yards Per Rush 3.52 3.50
Net Passing Yards 170 140
- Att/Comp/Int 36 / 25 / 1 28 / 20 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 187 165
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 17 3 / 25
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.47 4.52
- Yards Per Completion 7.48 8.25
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 14 2 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.3 6.1
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 1 / 15 2 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 5 / 58
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 22 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 1 1 / 17
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 0 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 37
Time of Possession 31:45 28:16

Drive Charts

Texas Longhorns

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:43 7:34 OWN 10 12 86 Field Goal
1 0:57 1:41 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
2 12:08 1:58 OWN 26 4 11 Interception
2 8:03 5:27 OWN 25 8 35 Punt
2 1:15 1:15 OWN 11 2 9 Half
3 15:00 3:42 OWN 17 6 24 Punt
3 9:11 2:02 OWN 33 3 3 Punt
3 6:21 2:15 OPP 25 3 8 Missed FG
3 2:41 3:25 OWN 25 8 53 Field Goal
4 12:09 0:54 OWN 25 3 -2 Punt
4 4:53 1:29 OWN 25 3 -3 Punt
4 1:50 0:03 OWN 7 1 -11 Safety

West Virginia Mountaineers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:17 OWN 25 5 15 Punt
1 5:09 4:12 OWN 25 6 73 Field Goal
2 14:17 2:09 OWN 23 3 6 Punt
2 10:10 2:07 OPP 26 3 8 Field Goal
2 2:36 1:21 OWN 33 6 21 Punt
3 11:18 2:07 OWN 16 3 2 Punt
3 7:09 0:48 OWN 28 3 -8 Interception
3 4:06 1:25 OWN 24 3 5 Punt
4 14:17 2:08 OWN 25 4 36 Field Goal
4 11:14 6:21 OWN 33 10 46 Field Goal
4 3:24 1:34 OWN 40 3 6 Punt
4 1:47 1:47 OPP 0 12 -94 Downs

Rushing Stats

Texas Longhorns

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Freeman Wilmes 19 66 3.47 18 2 0
Carlos Gayle 8 20 2.50 9 0 0
William Chung 1 13 13.00 13 1 0
John Hamilton 1 3 3.00 3 0 0

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Dale Farmer 14 46 3.29 12 1 0
Mark Levine 3 9 3.00 10 1 0
Matthew Marshall 1 8 8.00 8 0 0

Passing Stats

Texas Longhorns

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Daniel Stephens 36 25 187 2 / 17 0 18 1 70.02

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Donnie Wright 28 20 165 3 / 25 0 63 1 71.28

Receiving Stats

Texas Longhorns

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Chung 8 59 7.38 17 0
Shawn Schwab 5 42 8.40 18 0
Steven Hardaway 2 28 14.00 14 0
Vernon Scarberry 2 21 10.50 14 0
Carlos Gayle 5 16 3.20 12 0
Thomas Pennington 2 15 7.50 8 0
Carlos Travis 1 6 6.00 6 0

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Donald Uecker 3 78 26.00 63 0
Arthur Bell 7 40 5.71 12 0
Dale Farmer 6 20 3.33 8 0
Leonardo Brookover 3 15 5.00 8 0
Steven Menzel 1 12 12.00 12 0

Blocking Stats

Texas Longhorns

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Carlos Gayle 7 13 1 3
Christopher Felipe 47 36 1 3
Gilbert Weiss 0 3 0 0
Ben Baker 3 0 0 0
Craig Knight 0 1 0 1
Rocky Gomez 0 1 0 0
Scott Pinto 0 1 0 0
Justin Rivers 0 1 0 0
Donald Thompson 3 3 0 1
John Runyon 0 1 0 0
William Kline 0 1 0 0
Jeremy Brassard 0 2 0 0
Al Burleson 0 1 0 0
Barry Sandoval 0 1 0 0
Jerry Peters 0 1 0 0
Richard Poindexter 6 3 0 0
Ben Cass 9 1 0 0
William Burton 9 0 0 0
Austin Teachout 41 33 0 2
Steven Hardaway 0 11 0 0
John Hamilton 2 4 0 0
Carlos Travis 0 19 0 1
Michael Thomas 0 2 0 0
Shawn Schwab 9 31 0 0
William Chung 7 22 0 0
Freeman Wilmes 8 2 0 0
Tyler Wells 45 38 0 1
Vernon Scarberry 0 14 0 1
Gerald Havens 46 30 0 2
Thomas Pennington 0 10 0 0
William Nelson 47 35 0 2
Owen Inman 0 2 0 0

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Robert Kay 36 27 2 3
Jason Ingram 41 26 1 4
Patrick Murphy 37 22 0 0
Steven Cooney 4 0 0 0
Leo Wagner 0 2 0 0
Thomas Andrews 0 1 0 0
Jean Johnson 0 1 0 0
Robert Fortune 0 3 0 1
Matt Anstett 0 2 0 0
Lou Holyfield 0 1 0 0
Mark Levine 6 2 0 0
Donald Uecker 0 11 0 2
Jeffrey Olmeda 0 3 0 0
George Kaiser 0 5 0 0
Larry Johnson 4 1 0 0
Armando Rogers 0 2 0 0
Matthew Marshall 0 1 0 0
Manuel Hood 6 5 0 0
Lorenzo Brumbaugh 7 3 0 1
Charles Bragdon 6 6 0 0
Dale Farmer 12 1 0 0
Arthur Bell 0 9 0 1
Brian Vargas 11 20 0 0
Steven Menzel 0 11 0 0
Anthony Roberts 35 26 0 0
Irvin Torpey 41 23 0 2
Michael Carter 7 1 0 0
Leonardo Brookover 11 11 0 0
Rudy Moss 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Texas Longhorns

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Allen Mata 1 1 1.00 0

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Richard Brennan 1 17 17.00 0

Fumble Stats

Texas Longhorns

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Carlos Gayle 0 1 0 0

West Virginia Mountaineers

Punting

Texas Longhorns

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Jan Gehring 6 225 37.50 35.50 51 1

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
William Aten 6 273 45.50 45.50 51 3

Kicking

Texas Longhorns

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Richard Rios 2 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 39 0 / 0

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Marvin Allen 4 / 4 1 / 1 1 / 1 56 0 / 0

Punt Return

Texas Longhorns

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Donald Uecker 5 58 11.6 27 0

Kick Return

Texas Longhorns

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Michael Thomas 1 22 22.0 0

West Virginia Mountaineers

Defensive Stats