#5 Penn State vs #17 West Virginia
October 11, 1969 at Beaver Stadium, University Park, PA

Penn State
West Virginia
RushingNo.GainLossNetTDLongAvg.
Totals5625153198303.5
Charlie Pittman18862841 4.7
Franco Harris11484441 4.0
Gary Carter3340340 11.3
Don Abbey5306240 4.8
Lydell Mitchell93918211 2.3
Gary Deuel25140 2.0
Joel Ramich24040 2.0
Mike Cooper102-20 -2.0
Chuck Burkhart5520-150 -3.0
RushingNo.GainLossNetTDLongAvg.
Totals4917234138002.8
Jim Braxton23960960 4.2
Bob Gresham175111400 2.4
Ed Williams28080 4.0
Eddie Silverio14040 4.0
Mike Sherwood61323-100 -1.7
PassingCompAttIntYdsTDLongSacked
Totals9162185000
Chuck Burkhart5911410  
Mike Cooper450440  
Bob Parsons02100  
PassingCompAttIntYdsTDLongSacked
Totals719487000
Mike Sherwood7194870  
ReceivingNo.YdsTDLongAvg.
Totals91850020.6
Lydell Mitchell2760 38.0
Greg Edmonds3390 13.0
Franco Harris1380 38.0
Jim McCord1260 26.0
Joel Ramich170 7.0
Gary Deuel1-10 -1.0
ReceivingNo.YdsTDLongAvg.
Totals7870012.4
Robin Kaser3330 11.0
Bob Gresham2230 11.5
Wayne Porter1220 22.0
Jim Braxton190 9.0
PuntingNo.YdsAvgLong
Totals412731.80
Bob Parsons412731.8 
PuntingNo.YdsAvgLong
Totals827334.10
Thad Kucherawy827334.1 
ReturnsPRYdsLongKRYdsLongIntYdsLong
Totals365012525400
Dennis Onkotz259       
Paul Johnson16 12525   
George Landis      100
Mike Smith      100
Neal Smith      200
ReturnsPRYdsLongKRYdsLongIntYdsLong
Totals2-20469023520
Leon Jenkins1-2-2      
Ron Pobolish100      
Jim Braxton   357    
Andrew "Pete" Wood   112    
Mike Slater      11515
Terry Snively      12020
All-PurposeRushRecKRPRIRTotal
Totals21518525650490
Lydell Mitchell2176   97
Charlie Pittman84    84
Franco Harris4438   82
Dennis Onkotz   59 59
Greg Edmonds 39   39
Gary Carter34    34
Paul Johnson  256 31
Jim McCord 26   26
Don Abbey24    24
Joel Ramich47   11
Gary Deuel4-1   3
All-PurposeRushRecKRPRIRTotal
Totals1488769035339
Jim Braxton96957  162
Bob Gresham4023   63
Robin Kaser 33   33
Wayne Porter 22   22
Terry Snively    2020
Mike Slater    1515
Andrew "Pete" Wood  12  12
Ed Williams8    8
Eddie Silverio4    4
 Penn StateWest Virginia
First Downs1911
 Rushing107
 Passing84
 Penalty10
NET YARDS RUSHING198138
 Rushing Attempts5649
 Average Per Rush3.52.8
 Rushing Touchdowns30
 Yards Gained Rushing251172
 Yards Lost Rushing5334
NET YARDS PASSING18587
 Completions-Attempts-Int9-16-27-19-4
 Average Per Attempt11.64.6
 Average Per Completion20.612.4
 Passing Touchdowns00
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS383215
 Total Offense Plays7268
 Average Gain Per Play5.33.2
Fumbles: Number-Lost2-21-0
Penalties: Number-Yards3-356-68
PUNTS-YARDS4-1278-273
 Average Yards Per Punt31.834.1
Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD3-65-02-(-2)-0
 Average Per Return21.7-1.0
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD1-25-04-69-0
 Average Per Return25.017.3
Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD4-0-02-35-0
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--
Penn State
#NameSoloAstTotalSacksYdsTFLYdsFFFRYdsIntYdsBrUpBlks
 Totals000 0 00004000
 George Landis          10  
 Mike Smith          10  
 Neal Smith          20  
West Virginia
#NameSoloAstTotalSacksYdsTFLYdsFFFRYdsIntYdsBrUpBlks
 Totals000 0 000023500
24Mike Slater          115  
25Terry Snively          120  
Scoring Summary
QtrTimeScoring PlayScore
2 PSU - Franco Harris 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Mike Reitz Good)0-7
3 PSU - Lydell Mitchell 7 yd rush TD (Kick by Mike Reitz Good)0-14
4 PSU - Charlie Pittman 1 yd rush TD0-20
Attendance: 52,072
Score By Quarter
Team1234Total
West Virginia00000
Penn State077620
Officials: James Egan (Back Judge), Louis Koerber (Field Judge), J.J. Daly (Head Linesman), Donald Dwyer (Referee), Calvert Clifford (Umpire)
Temperature: 76 • Wind: SE 10-12mph • Weather: Clear
Penn State
PosOffense
TEJim McCord
LTTom Jackson
LGBob Holuba
CWarren Koegel
RGCharlie Zapiec
RTVic Surma
SEGreg Edmonds
QBChuck Burkhart
FBDon Abbey
RHCharlie Pittman
LHLydell Mitchell
West Virginia
PosOffense
TEJim Smith
LTWayne Brooks
LGRon Cecil
CDick Roberts
RGTim Horvath
RTJohn Flinchum
SEOscar Patrick
QBMike Sherwood
TBBob Gresham
FBJim Braxton
WBWayne Porter
PosDefense
RCBPaul Johnson
LCBGeorge Landis
ILBJim Kates
ILBDennis Onkotz
SNeal Smith
OLBJack Ham
OLBMike Smith
LDTMike Reid
RDEGary Hull
LDEJohn Ebersole
RDTSteve Smear
PosDefense
RCBMike Slater
LCBLeon Jenkins
LLBDale Farley
RLBDavid Benn
FSRon Pobolish
SSTerry Snively
RDEBob Starford
RDTGeorge Henshaw
MGCarl Crennel
LDTCharlie Fisher
LDEArt Holdt
Wally Cirafesi, Bob Garthwaite, Frank Ahrenhold, Gregg Ducatte, Gary Gray, Franco Harris, Dave Joyner, Charlie Mesko, Bob Parsons, Mike Reitz, Stan Baran, Charlie Adams, Dave Rakiecki, Ron Pavlechko, Gary Carter, Mike Cooper, Gary Deuel, Fran Ganter, Steve Prue, Joel Ramich, Wayne Munson, Pat Lukasavich, Terry Stump, Ed Stofko, Charlie Wilson, Eric Bass, Glen Cole, Bill Ericsson, Paul Hrabovsky
20-Thad Kucherawy, 26-Garland Hudson, 27-Algie LaBrasca, 28-Mike Gillespie, 31-Robin Kaser, 35-Eddie Silverio, 36-Tom Williams, 40-Andrew "Pete" Wood, 41-Richard "Doc" Weiss, 42-Ed Williams, 53-Terry King, 55-Danny Smith, 67-George Boyd, 75-Danny Wilfong, 77-John Houghton, 80-Ron Goodwin, 82-John Hale, 86-Ken Osleger, 87-Lew Schooles