Detroit vs West Virginia
October 23, 1931 at Dinan Field, Detroit, MI

Detroit
West Virginia
RushingNo.GainLossNetTDLongAvg.
Totals6027822256004.3
Rocky Parasca1812371160 6.4
Edwin Turashoff6480480 8.0
Peter Rajkovich10470470 4.7
Louis Berg5240240 4.8
Chris Schearer7180180 2.6
John Tooker9161150 1.7
Clifford Marsh22020 1.0
William Rajkovich20000 0.0
Bill O'Neill1014-140 -14.0
RushingNo.GainLossNetTDLongAvg.
Totals3211513102103.2
John Doyle5566501 10.0
Leo Dotson16392370 2.3
Harry Marker9195140 1.6
Douglas Stone11010 1.0
Morris Drobeck10000 0.0
PassingCompAttIntYdsTDLongSacked
Totals38158000
Rocky Parasca241430  
Bill O'Neill110150  
John Tooker03000  
PassingCompAttIntYdsTDLongSacked
Totals514365000
John Doyle4112410  
Bill Parriott131240  
ReceivingNo.YdsTDLongAvg.
Totals3580019.3
Henry Sharkey1310 31.0
John Hackett2270 13.5
ReceivingNo.YdsTDLongAvg.
Totals5650013.0
Harry Marker2360 18.0
Wilbur Sortet2250 12.5
Leo Dotson140 4.0
PuntingNo.YdsAvgLong
Totals514929.80
John Tooker312140.3 
Chris Schearer22814.0 
PuntingNo.YdsAvgLong
Totals721630.90
John Doyle721630.9 
ReturnsPRYdsLongKRYdsLongIntYdsLong
Totals41702680300
Chris Schearer28       
Rocky Parasca19       
George Hess10       
Louis Berg   151    
Peter Rajkovich   117 10 
Norbert Reisterer      10 
Edwin Turashoff      10 
ReturnsPRYdsLongKRYdsLongIntYdsLong
Totals1603540180
John Doyle16       
Jake Sebulsky   238    
Earl Sprouse   116    
Harry Marker      18 
All-PurposeRushRecKRPRIRTotal
Totals2705868170413
Rocky Parasca116  9 125
Louis Berg24 51  75
Peter Rajkovich47 17 064
Edwin Turashoff48   048
Henry Sharkey 31   31
John Hackett 27   27
Chris Schearer18  8 26
John Tooker15    15
Clifford Marsh2    2
All-PurposeRushRecKRPRIRTotal
Totals102655468235
Harry Marker1436  858
John Doyle50  6 56
Leo Dotson374   41
Jake Sebulsky  38  38
Wilbur Sortet 25   25
Earl Sprouse  16  16
Douglas Stone1    1
 DetroitWest Virginia
First Downs145
 Rushing132
 Passing12
 Penalty01
NET YARDS RUSHING25665
 Rushing Attempts6032
 Average Per Rush4.32.0
 Rushing Touchdowns01
 Yards Gained Rushing278115
 Yards Lost Rushing2213
NET YARDS PASSING5865
 Completions-Attempts-Int3-8-15-14-3
 Average Per Attempt7.34.6
 Average Per Completion19.313.0
 Passing Touchdowns00
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS314167
 Total Offense Plays6846
 Average Gain Per Play4.63.6
Fumbles: Number-Lost5-31-1
Penalties: Number-Yards9-956-65
PUNTS-YARDS5-1497-216
 Average Yards Per Punt29.830.9
Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD3-17-11-6-0
 Average Per Return5.76.0
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD2-68-03-54-0
 Average Per Return34.018.0
Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD3-0-01-8-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD0-0-00-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards  
Possession Time  
Third Down Conversions of of
Fourth Down Conversions of of
Red Zone Scores-Chances--
Sacks By: Number-Yards--
Detroit
#NameSoloAstTotalSacksYdsTFLYdsFFFRYdsIntYdsBrUpBlks
 Totals000 0 00003000
 Peter Rajkovich          10  
Norbert Reisterer          10  
Edwin Turashoff          10  
West Virginia
#NameSoloAstTotalSacksYdsTFLYdsFFFRYdsIntYdsBrUpBlks
 Totals000 0 00001800
13Harry Marker          18  
Scoring Summary
QtrTimeScoring PlayScore
2 DET - Rocky Parasca 15 yd FG0-3
2 WVU - John Doyle 53 yd rush TD (Kick by Wilbur Sortet Good)7-3
2 DET - George Hess 0 yd punt return TD7-9
Attendance: 15,000
Score By Quarter
Team1234Total
West Virginia07007
Detroit09009
Officials: Hamilton (Field Judge), Maxwell (Head Linesman), Larry McPhail (Referee), Russ Finsterwald (Umpire)
Detroit
PosOffense
LEHenry Sharkey
LTJohn Metras
LGJoe Weiss
CGeorge Howell
REJohn Hackett
RGJoseph Keenig
RTJoseph Beer
QBWilliam Rajkovich
FBPeter Rajkovich
LHRocky Parasca
RHJohn Tooker
West Virginia
PosOffense
LEBill Karr
LTIsaac Lewis
LGJames Mazzei
CBen Schwartzwalder
RGCharles Anderson
REWilbur Sortet
RTFred Schweitzer
QBJohn Doyle
FBLeo Dotson
LHHarry Marker
RHJake Sebulsky
William Rajkovich, George Hess, Louis Berg, Bill O'Neill, Clifford Marsh, James McNamara, Norbert Reisterer, Chris Schearer, Edwin Turashoff
10-Bill Parriott, 14-Morris Drobeck, 16-Earl Sprouse, 19-Thomas Canich, 21-Douglas Stone, 38-Homer White, 46-Leland Brown