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Preseason Week 2: Purdue Boilermakers at West Virginia Mountaineers

August 31, 1929
69°
Milan Puskar Stadium (Morgantown, WV) Attendance: 42,559 (71%)
Boilermakers 0 10 0 0 - 10
Mountaineers 7 0 0 6 - 13

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Mountaineers: 1-10-PUR 41 (7:41) 11-Donnie Wright pass complete to 88-James Wunder for 41 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Marvin Allen. WVU 7 PUR 0
(Qtr 2) Boilermakers: 4-2-WVU 17 (2:39) 7-Noah Ku 34 yard field goal is GOOD. WVU 7 PUR 3
(Qtr 2) Boilermakers: 3-5-WVU 5 (0:46) 13-Eric Becker pass complete to 83-William Self for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Noah Ku. WVU 7 PUR 10
(Qtr 4) Mountaineers: 4-3-PUR 40 (4:25) 1-Marvin Allen 57 yard field goal is GOOD. WVU 10 PUR 10
(Qtr 4) Mountaineers: 3-8-PUR 13 (0:03) 1-Marvin Allen 30 yard field goal is GOOD. WVU 13 PUR 10

Team Statistics

Mountaineers Boilermakers
First Downs 18 12
- Rushing 10 5
- Passing 6 7
- Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 362 240
- Offensive Plays 63 62
- Yards Per Play 5.75 3.87
Net Rushing Yards 142 112
- Rushing Attempts 27 30
- Yards Per Rush 5.26 3.73
Net Passing Yards 220 128
- Att/Comp/Int 36 / 22 / 2 29 / 17 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 220 149
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 3 / 21
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.11 4.00
- Yards Per Completion 10.00 8.76
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 11 5 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.8 7.1
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 1 / 10 4 / 26
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 9 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 23 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 3
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 24
Time of Possession 29:09 30:50

Drive Charts

West Virginia Mountaineers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:34 2:16 OWN 24 5 16 Interception
1 8:20 0:47 OWN 40 2 60 Touchdown
1 6:10 3:43 OWN 24 7 50 Fumble
1 0:30 1:11 OWN 30 3 7 Punt
2 12:05 3:24 OWN 24 6 23 Punt
2 2:35 0:45 OWN 25 3 13 Interception
2 0:42 0:42 OWN 25 2 1 Half
3 15:00 3:00 OWN 23 6 21 Punt
3 8:22 3:05 OWN 1 6 34 Punt
3 3:10 1:31 OWN 39 3 5 Punt
4 11:29 7:09 OWN 3 11 57 Field Goal
4 1:56 0:48 OWN 23 6 32 Punt
4 0:48 0:48 OWN 45 3 41 Field Goal

Purdue Boilermakers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:26 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
1 11:18 2:58 OWN 47 6 20 Missed FG
1 7:33 1:22 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
1 2:28 1:57 OWN 18 3 1 Punt
2 14:20 2:15 OWN 18 3 10 Punt
2 8:41 6:06 OWN 20 10 63 Field Goal
2 1:50 1:08 OPP 37 7 37 Touchdown
3 12:00 3:38 OWN 20 7 29 Punt
3 5:17 2:07 OWN 19 3 -5 Punt
3 1:39 5:10 OWN 1 8 50 Punt
4 4:20 2:24 OWN 25 6 8 Punt
4 1:07 0:19 OWN 7 3 3 Punt

Rushing Stats

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Dale Farmer 11 61 5.55 18 2 0
Mark Levine 8 58 7.25 14 4 0
Matthew Marshall 6 15 2.50 8 0 0
Alexander Montgomery 2 8 4.00 7 0 0

Purdue Boilermakers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Calvin Elder 12 39 3.25 14 2 0
Jack Coles 10 37 3.70 18 2 0
John Fryer 6 36 6.00 15 1 0
Scott Bradley 1 1 1.00 1 0 0
Robert Robbins 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0

Passing Stats

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Joseph Weiss 22 13 139 0 / 0 0 40 0 77.65
Donnie Wright 14 9 81 0 / 0 1 41 2 63.99

Purdue Boilermakers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Eric Becker 16 10 83 1 / 8 1 11 0 96.61
Frankie Walls 9 6 63 2 / 13 0 21 0 86.81
Richard Negrete 4 1 3 0 / 0 0 3 0 39.58

Receiving Stats

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Mark Levine 3 65 21.67 40 0
James Wunder 3 52 17.33 41 1
Alexander Montgomery 2 19 9.50 14 0
Brian Collins 2 16 8.00 12 0
Jessie Rodriguez 2 15 7.50 9 0
Andrew Jones 3 14 4.67 9 0
Matthew Marshall 1 14 14.00 14 0
Arthur Bell 1 9 9.00 9 0
Michael Carter 2 8 4.00 6 0
Brian Vargas 1 8 8.00 8 0
Donald Uecker 1 1 1.00 1 0
Dale Farmer 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0

Purdue Boilermakers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Self 4 43 10.75 21 1
Roy Sanchez 4 27 6.75 16 0
John Fryer 2 18 9.00 10 0
Alexander Crist 2 13 6.50 8 0
Calvin Elder 1 11 11.00 11 0
Jack Coles 1 11 11.00 11 0
William Frame 1 10 10.00 10 0
Andrew Singleton 1 8 8.00 8 0
Robert Robbins 1 8 8.00 8 0

Blocking Stats

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Brian Vargas 10 13 0 0
Edward Patterson 3 2 0 0
Randall Smith 0 1 0 0
Alexander Montgomery 2 6 0 0
Keith Nesmith 24 18 0 2
William Jensen 24 20 0 1
Leo Wagner 0 2 0 0
Manuel Hood 2 1 0 0
Ira Jiminez 0 2 0 0
Justin Vanderbilt 0 2 0 0
Charles Bragdon 2 2 0 1
Lou Holyfield 0 1 0 0
Matthew Marshall 7 5 0 1
Jessie Rodriguez 0 12 0 0
Andrew Jones 0 14 0 0
Larry Johnson 29 21 0 1
Nathan Kelly 13 16 0 0
Cecil Hatter 9 3 0 0
Patrick Murphy 11 1 0 1
Donald Uecker 0 5 0 0
Robert Kay 31 18 0 1
Dale Farmer 4 0 0 0
Mark Levine 7 8 0 1
Brian Collins 4 13 0 0
Michael Carter 20 23 0 0
Arthur Bell 0 11 0 0
William Sawyer 14 16 0 0
Gary Thoms 42 33 0 1
James Wunder 1 12 0 2
Jason Ingram 16 15 0 1
Irvin Torpey 15 16 0 1
Houston Tyson 2 0 0 0

Purdue Boilermakers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Paul Valdez 2 4 1 1
Dave Williams 19 14 1 1
Wesley Mantz 28 14 1 2
Nathan Williams 24 21 0 1
George Landers 3 1 0 0
Jerry Hanna 0 1 0 1
Marvin Isham 0 2 0 0
Garrett Dube 0 1 0 0
Jeff Hood 2 1 0 0
William Frame 0 2 0 0
Cornell Stackpole 0 1 0 0
Robert Camp 0 1 0 0
Gary Farrar 0 1 0 0
William Self 0 14 0 0
Ricardo Posey 15 17 0 1
Jeffrey Place 15 12 0 1
Scott Bradley 8 2 0 0
Raul Pena 2 0 0 0
John Wallace 21 17 0 0
Robert Robbins 17 13 0 0
Raymond Petrosky 1 18 0 0
Merrill Schmidt 12 1 0 0
Calvin Elder 2 1 0 0
Errol Madsen 22 22 0 1
Duane Fleming 17 21 0 0
Andrew Singleton 6 16 0 2
Roy Sanchez 0 16 0 0
Kenneth Brannon 12 12 0 0
David Watson 26 17 0 1
Gerald Beaupre 17 19 0 3
Jack Coles 7 5 0 1
Sylvester Jones 0 2 0 0
Matthew Jung 0 1 0 0
Francis McKeown 0 1 0 1
Fredrick Kidd 0 1 0 0
Alexander Crist 0 3 0 0
Nathaniel Middleton 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

West Virginia Mountaineers

Purdue Boilermakers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Jerry Hanna 1 3 3.00 0
Carl Hazard 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
James Wunder 1 0 0 0

Purdue Boilermakers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Gary Farrar 0 1 0 0
Travis Wilson 0 0 1 0

Punting

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
William Aten 6 303 50.50 42.00 63 4

Purdue Boilermakers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Micheal Webb 9 426 47.33 46.78 51 2

Kicking

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Marvin Allen 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 57 1 / 1

Purdue Boilermakers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Noah Ku 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 34 1 / 1

Punt Return

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Matthew Marshall 2 9 4.5 5 0

Purdue Boilermakers

Kick Return

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Matthew Marshall 1 23 23.0 0

Purdue Boilermakers

Defensive Stats