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National Championship: Louisville Cardinals vs. West Virginia Mountaineers

January 25, 1931
70°
JMA Wireless Dome (Syracuse, NY) Attendance: 45,200 (92%)
Cardinals 0 7 0 0 - 7
Mountaineers 7 10 0 3 - 20

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Mountaineers: 3-9-Lou 47 (11:33) 11-Donnie Wright pass complete to 23-Arthur Bell for 47 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Marvin Allen. WVU 7 Lou 0
(Qtr 2) Mountaineers: 4-6-Lou 17 (10:48) 1-Marvin Allen 34 yard field goal is GOOD. Lou 94-Taylor Hunt was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. WVU 10 Lou 0
(Qtr 2) Cardinals: 2-6-WVU 26 (5:41) 16-Anthony Rivera pass complete to 87-Leonard Donaldson for 26 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-William Cox. Lou 58-Taylor Fuller was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. WVU 10 Lou 7
(Qtr 2) Mountaineers: 1-10-WVU 25 (5:36) 11-Donnie Wright pass complete to 23-Arthur Bell for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Marvin Allen. WVU 17 Lou 7
(Qtr 4) Mountaineers: 4-10-Lou 22 (12:17) 1-Marvin Allen 39 yard field goal is GOOD. WVU 20 Lou 7

Team Statistics

Mountaineers Cardinals
First Downs 10 13
- Rushing 6 6
- Passing 4 6
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 298 262
- Offensive Plays 55 64
- Yards Per Play 5.42 4.09
Net Rushing Yards 111 124
- Rushing Attempts 29 36
- Yards Per Rush 3.83 3.44
Net Passing Yards 187 138
- Att/Comp/Int 24 / 15 / 0 28 / 18 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 202 138
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 15 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.19 4.93
- Yards Per Completion 13.47 7.67
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 15 7 / 17
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.6 5.8
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 2
Penalties/Yards 3 / 20 2 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 17 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 25
Time of Possession 29:51 30:09

Drive Charts

West Virginia Mountaineers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:58 1:33 OPP 48 3 48 Touchdown
1 9:17 1:23 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
1 6:29 1:20 OWN 24 3 4 Punt
1 3:00 2:42 OWN 20 4 19 Punt
2 14:15 3:30 OPP 33 6 16 Field Goal
2 5:35 0:11 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
2 1:49 1:49 OWN 3 3 14 Half
3 15:00 2:13 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
3 8:44 4:56 OWN 11 9 37 Punt
3 1:47 4:34 OWN 41 11 37 Field Goal
4 9:30 4:02 OWN 5 6 23 Punt
4 1:40 1:38 OWN 15 3 -3 Punt

Louisville Cardinals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:02 OWN 25 5 16 Interception
1 11:25 2:08 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
1 7:54 1:25 OWN 21 3 9 Punt
1 5:09 2:09 OWN 30 3 2 Punt
1 0:17 1:03 OWN 18 3 13 Fumble
2 10:45 5:09 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
2 5:24 3:36 OWN 25 6 25 Punt
3 12:47 4:03 OWN 20 7 20 Punt
3 3:48 2:01 OWN 14 3 4 Punt
4 12:13 2:43 OWN 25 4 17 Punt
4 5:28 3:48 OWN 24 17 61 Downs
4 0:02 0:02 OWN 44 1 0 Game

Rushing Stats

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Dale Farmer 18 70 3.89 15 4 0
Matthew Marshall 11 41 3.73 7 0 0

Louisville Cardinals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Rusty Case 22 84 3.82 14 2 0
Michael Astle 10 24 2.40 9 0 0
William Black 2 11 5.50 7 0 0
Hai Longo 2 5 2.50 4 0 0

Passing Stats

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Donnie Wright 24 15 202 2 / 15 2 75 0 117.01

Louisville Cardinals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Anthony Rivera 28 18 138 0 / 0 1 26 1 73.21

Receiving Stats

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Arthur Bell 5 147 29.40 75 2
Dale Farmer 1 18 18.00 18 0
Donald Uecker 3 14 4.67 12 0
Matthew Marshall 2 12 6.00 10 0
James Wunder 2 10 5.00 6 0
Andrew Jones 1 2 2.00 2 0
Brian Vargas 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0

Louisville Cardinals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Leonard Donaldson 5 57 11.40 26 1
Elton Hatcher 3 29 9.67 12 0
William Rivera 3 21 7.00 11 0
Rusty Case 3 11 3.67 9 0
Roy Elliott 1 7 7.00 7 0
Timothy Sanders 1 7 7.00 7 0
Michael Astle 1 4 4.00 4 0
Hai Longo 1 2 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Irvin Torpey 32 29 2 3
Jean Johnson 0 1 0 0
Houston Tyson 7 5 0 0
Aaron Montgomery 0 1 0 0
Jeffrey Olmeda 0 1 0 0
Manuel Hood 0 1 0 0
Alexander Montgomery 1 3 0 0
Matthew Marshall 1 0 0 0
Andrew Jones 0 9 0 1
Leo Wagner 0 1 0 0
Sean Clarke 0 1 0 0
Kevin Wessels 0 1 0 0
Dale Farmer 5 2 0 0
Nestor Wendell 6 0 0 0
Cecil Hatter 7 2 0 0
Jessie Rodriguez 0 4 0 2
Ira Jiminez 0 2 0 0
Wayne Rodrigues 7 1 0 0
Thomas Andrews 0 1 0 0
Keith Nesmith 4 0 0 0
George Gardner 13 12 0 1
Anthony Roberts 4 0 0 0
Nathan Kelly 5 1 0 0
Donald Uecker 0 13 0 1
Michael Wagner 26 28 0 1
George Sommers 26 33 0 0
Arthur Bell 0 23 0 2
Brian Vargas 20 17 0 1
Larry Johnson 30 35 0 0
Gary Thoms 30 35 0 0
James Wunder 15 30 0 3
Edward Patterson 3 4 0 1
Rex Grimes 1 0 0 0

Louisville Cardinals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Richard Parish 3 4 0 0
Taylor Fuller 12 4 0 0
Jay Kendrick 1 0 0 0
David Yamada 8 1 0 0
Anthony Easter 0 2 0 0
William Black 2 7 0 1
Richard Maher 0 8 0 0
Scott Young 2 0 0 0
Andres Lewis 4 2 0 0
Michael Astle 17 9 0 1
Herbert Pierson 29 37 0 6
Roy Elliott 30 37 0 3
Hai Longo 2 19 0 1
Rusty Case 7 4 0 0
Elton Hatcher 0 19 0 1
Travis Thomas 0 17 0 0
Fredrick Michelson 29 39 0 1
Leonard Donaldson 6 27 0 2
Peter Tews 34 41 0 3
William Rivera 20 28 0 0
Robert Poole 29 37 0 1
Timothy Sanders 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Nestor Wendell 1 0 0.00 0

Louisville Cardinals

Fumble Stats

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Donald Uecker 1 1 0 0
Manuel Hood 0 0 1 0
Peter Brown 0 1 0 0

Louisville Cardinals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Michael Astle 1 0 0 0

Punting

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
William Aten 7 313 44.71 44.71 49 2

Louisville Cardinals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Terry Marcos 7 361 51.57 46.86 68 2

Kicking

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Marvin Allen 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 39 2 / 2

Louisville Cardinals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
William Cox 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 1 / 1

Punt Return

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Donald Uecker 2 17 8.5 9 0

Louisville Cardinals

Kick Return

West Virginia Mountaineers

Louisville Cardinals

Defensive Stats

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Tackles Sacks
Edward Patterson 8 0
Peter Brown 6 0
George Kaiser 5 0
Richard Brennan 4 0
Wayne Rodrigues 3 0
Nestor Wendell 3 0
Aaron Montgomery 3 0
Leo Wagner 2 0
Rudy Moss 2 0
Houston Tyson 2 0
Ira Jiminez 2 0
Kevin Wessels 2 0
Jean Johnson 2 0
Cecil Hatter 2 0
Thomas Andrews 1 0
Joshua Ehlert 1 0
Manuel Hood 1 0
Jeffrey Olmeda 1 0

Louisville Cardinals

Name Tackles Sacks
Robert Dobson 7 1
Dallas Webster 6 0
Reuben Gonzales 6 0
Andres Lewis 5 0
Roger Alexander 4 0
Stephen Segal 3 0
Scott Young 3 0
Thomas Reynolds 3 0
Keith Waymire 3 0
David Bilger 2 0
Simon Osorio 2 0
Hai Longo 1 0
Michael Astle 1 0
Taylor Hunt 1 0
Chester Huffman 1 1
Eric Luevano 1 0