WVUStats - Football - Sep 22, 1956

#10 Pitt vs West Virginia
September 22, 1956 at Old Mountaineer Field, Morgantown, WV

Pitt

West Virginia

Rushing	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	44	111	42	69	2	0	1.6
Richard Bowen	11	40	4	36	0		3.3
Nick Passodelis	8	27	5	22	1		2.8
Charles Cost	6	12	1	11	0		1.8
Tom Jenkins	4	8	0	8	0		2.0
Ralph Jelic	2	4	0	4	0		2.0
Ray DiPasquale	3	4	2	2	1		0.7
Corny Salvaterra	3	3	8	-5	0		-1.7
Darrell Lewis	7	13	22	-9	0		-1.3

Rushing	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	45	158	12	146	2	0	3.2
Larry Krutko	13	57	2	55	0		4.2
Noel Whipkey	10	34	0	34	0		3.4
Bob Snider	6	20	1	19	0		3.2
Paul "Whitey" Mikanik	5	18	0	18	0		3.6
Ralph Anastasio	6	17	1	16	0		2.7
Ronnie Santicola	1	6	0	6	0		6.0
Jack Rabbits	1	4	0	4	0		4.0
Mickey Trimarki	3	2	8	-6	2		-2.0

Passing	Comp	Att	Int	Yds	Long	Sacked
Totals	2	5	1	27	0	0
Corny Salvaterra	1	3	1	21
Darrell Lewis	1	2	0	6

Passing	Comp	Att	Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sacked
Totals	7	19	4	93	0	0	0
Mickey Trimarki	7	19	4	93	0

Receiving	No.	Yds	Long	Avg.
Totals	2	27	0	13.5
Joe Walton	1	21		21.0
Charles Cost	1	6		6.0

Receiving	No.	Yds	Long	Avg.
Totals	7	93	0	13.3
Joe Kopnisky	3	44		14.7
Bob Snider	1	17		17.0
Ralph Anastasio	1	15		15.0
Bruce McClung	1	11		11.0
Larry Krutko	1	6		6.0

Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Totals	8	278	34.8	0
Tom Jenkins	5	208	41.6
Ralph Jelic	2	70	35.0
Corny Salvaterra	1	0	0.0

Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Totals	2	51	25.5	0
Paul "Whitey" Mikanik	1	36	36.0
Ralph Anastasio	1	15	15.0

Returns	PR	Yds	Long	KR	Yds	Long	Int	Yds	Long
Totals	0	0	0	3	89	0	4	35	0
Charles Cost				1	34
Nick Passodelis				1	36
Bob Pollock				1	19
Corny Salvaterra							1	0
Jim Theodore							1	10
Tom Jenkins							2	25

Returns	PR	Yds	Long	KR	Yds	Long	Int	Yds	Long
Totals	4	41	0	3	71	0	1	15	0
Ralph Anastasio	1	12		1	20
Joe Kopnisky	1	18
Jack Rabbits	1	6
Ronnie Santicola	1	5
Paul "Whitey" Mikanik				1	26
Bob Snider				1	25
Mickey Trimarki							1	15

All-Purpose	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
Totals	83	27	89	0	35	234
Nick Passodelis	22		36			58
Charles Cost	11	6	34			51
Richard Bowen	36					36
Tom Jenkins	8				25	33
Joe Walton		21				21
Bob Pollock			19			19
Jim Theodore					10	10
Ralph Jelic	4					4
Ray DiPasquale	2					2

All-Purpose	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
Totals	146	93	71	41	15	366
Ralph Anastasio	16	15	20	12		63
Joe Kopnisky		44		18		62
Bob Snider	19	17	25			61
Larry Krutko	55	6				61
Paul "Whitey" Mikanik	18		26			44
Noel Whipkey	34					34
Bruce McClung		11				11
Ronnie Santicola	6			5		11
Jack Rabbits	4			6		10
Mickey Trimarki	-6				15	9

	West Virginia	Pitt
First Downs	16	5
Rushing	8	4
Passing	5	1
Penalty	3	0
NET YARDS RUSHING	146	69
Rushing Attempts	45	44
Average Per Rush	3.2	1.6
Rushing Touchdowns	2	2
Yards Gained Rushing	158	111
Yards Lost Rushing	12	42
NET YARDS PASSING	93	27
Completions-Attempts-Int	7-19-4	2-5-1
Average Per Attempt	4.9	5.4
Average Per Completion	13.3	13.5
Passing Touchdowns	0	0
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS	239	96
Total Offense Plays	64	49
Average Gain Per Play	3.7	2.0
Fumbles: Number-Lost	3-2	5-3
Penalties: Number-Yards	6-30	10-100
PUNTS-YARDS	2-51	8-278
Average Yards Per Punt	25.5	34.8
Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD	4-41-0	0-0-0
Average Per Return	10.3	0.0
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD	3-71-0	3-89-0
Average Per Return	23.7	29.7
Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD	1-15-0	4-35-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD	0-0-0	0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards
Possession Time
Third Down Conversions	of	of
Fourth Down Conversions	of	of
Red Zone Scores-Chances	-	-
Sacks By: Number-Yards	-	-

Pitt

Name	Solo	Ast	Total	Yds	Yds	FF	FR	Yds	Int	Yds	BrUp	Blks
Totals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	35	0	0
Corny Salvaterra									1	0
Jim Theodore									1	10
Tom Jenkins									2	25

West Virginia

#	Name	Solo	Ast	Total	Sacks	Yds	TFL	Yds	FF	FR	Yds	Int	Yds	BrUp	Blks
	Totals	0	0	0		0		0	0	0	0	1	15	0	0
15	Mickey Trimarki											1	15

Scoring Summary

Qtr	Scoring Play	Score
2	WVU - Mickey Trimarki 1 yd rush TD	0-6
3	Pitt - Ray DiPasquale 2 yd rush TD (Kick by Ambrose Bagamery Good)	7-6
3	Pitt - Nick Passodelis 5 yd rush TD (Rush by Darrell Lewis Good)	14-6
4	WVU - Mickey Trimarki 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Jim Pickett Good)	14-13

Attendance: 34,800

Score By Quarter

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Pitt	0	0	14	0	14
West Virginia	0	6	0	7	13

Officials: Cliff Montgomery (Field Judge), Ed Clary (Head Linesman), J.D. Rogers (Referee), F.A. Rockwell (Umpire)

Pitt

Pos	Offense
LE	Joe Walton
LT	Bob Pollock
LG	Vincent Scorsone
C	Charles Brueckman
RE	Dick Scherer
RG	Dan Wisniewski
RT	Herman Canil
QB	Corny Salvaterra
FB	Tom Jenkins
RH	Ray DiPasquale
LH	Richard Bowen

West Virginia

Pos	Offense
LE	Roger Chancey
LT	Jim Pickett
LG	Joe Nicely
C	Chuck Howley
RE	Joe Kopnisky
RG	Bob Guenther
RT	Paul Sharkady
QB	Mickey Trimarki
FB	Larry Krutko
RH	Ralph Anastasio
LH	Bob Snider

Ambrose Bagamery, Tom Salwocki, Dick Carr, Bob Rosborough, Ralph Jelic, Dale Brown, Jim Theodore, Jim McCusker, Rod Kissel, Nick Passodelis, Darrell Lewis, Charles Cost, Don Crafton, John Guzik

22-Jack Rabbits, 25-Paul "Whitey" Mikanik, 34-Noel Whipkey, 41-Sammy Sizemore, 43-Ronnie Santicola, 45-Terry Fairbanks, 54-Tom Domen, 55-Barry Blake, 64-Gene Lathey, 73-Bill Underdonk, 77-Dick Guesman, 79-Ed Sommer, 85-Bruce McClung

#10 Pitt vs West VirginiaSeptember 22, 1956 at Old Mountaineer Field, Morgantown, WV

#10 Pitt vs West Virginia
September 22, 1956 at Old Mountaineer Field, Morgantown, WV