Penn State vs West Virginia
October 31, 1970 at Beaver Stadium, University Park, PA

Penn State
West Virginia
RushingNo.GainLossNetTDLongAvg.
Totals613494345505.7
Lydell Mitchell13930930 7.2
Franco Harris13630631 4.8
Gary Deuel2540541 27.0
Joel Ramich5300300 6.0
Glen Cole2300300 15.0
Fran Ganter9240241 2.7
John Hufnagel6234191 3.2
Mike Cooper4180181 4.5
Mike Reitz38080 2.7
Eric Bass33030 1.0
Ken Andrews13030 3.0
RushingNo.GainLossNetTDLongAvg.
Totals401128527000.7
Ed Williams15571560 3.7
Bob Gresham8223190 2.4
Andrew "Pete" Wood5204160 3.2
Jim Braxton2110110 5.5
Bernie Galiffa2010-100 -5.0
Mike Sherwood8267-650 -8.1
PassingCompAttIntYdsTDLongSacked
Totals7160108100
John Hufnagel5100691  
Mike Cooper130260  
Bob Parsons130130  
PassingCompAttIntYdsTDLongSacked
Totals20323251100
Bernie Galiffa91611501  
Mike Sherwood111621010  
ReceivingNo.YdsTDLongAvg.
Totals71081015.4
Greg Edmonds3481 16.0
Scott Skarzynski1260 26.0
Franco Harris1130 13.0
Paul Gabel1130 13.0
Fran Ganter180 8.0
ReceivingNo.YdsTDLongAvg.
Totals202511012.6
Chris Potts7940 13.4
Jim Braxton1471 47.0
Nate Stephens2390 19.5
Wayne Porter3300 10.0
Andrew "Pete" Wood3170 5.7
Robin Kaser1110 11.0
Ed Williams280 4.0
John Billetz150 5.0
PuntingNo.YdsAvgLong
Totals518737.457
Bob Parsons518737.457
PuntingNo.YdsAvgLong
Totals821226.540
Kim West721230.340
TEAM100.00
ReturnsPRYdsLongKRYdsLongIntYdsLong
Totals713501535332718
Mike Smith491    199
Gary Hull112       
George Landis16       
Steve Prue126       
Lydell Mitchell   15353   
Jack Ham      100
Jim Laslavic      11818
ReturnsPRYdsLongKRYdsLongIntYdsLong
Totals110106950000
Leon Jenkins11010      
Ed Williams   349    
Jim Braxton   115    
Frank Samsa   112    
Andrew "Pete" Wood   119    
All-PurposeRushRecKRPRIRTotal
Totals3451085313527668
Lydell Mitchell93 53  146
Mike Smith   919100
Franco Harris6313   76
Gary Deuel54    54
Greg Edmonds 48   48
Fran Ganter248   32
Glen Cole30    30
Joel Ramich30    30
Steve Prue   26 26
Scott Skarzynski 26   26
John Hufnagel19    19
Mike Cooper18    18
Jim Laslavic    1818
Paul Gabel 13   13
Gary Hull   12 12
Mike Reitz8    8
George Landis   6 6
Eric Bass3    3
Ken Andrews3    3
All-PurposeRushRecKRPRIRTotal
Totals10225195100458
Ed Williams56849  113
Chris Potts 94   94
Jim Braxton114715  73
Andrew "Pete" Wood161719  52
Nate Stephens 39   39
Wayne Porter 30   30
Bob Gresham19    19
Frank Samsa  12  12
Robin Kaser 11   11
Leon Jenkins   10 10
John Billetz 5   5
 Penn StateWest Virginia
First Downs1816
 Rushing135
 Passing59
 Penalty02
NET YARDS RUSHING34527
 Rushing Attempts6140
 Average Per Rush5.70.7
 Rushing Touchdowns50
 Yards Gained Rushing349112
 Yards Lost Rushing485
NET YARDS PASSING108251
 Completions-Attempts-Int7-16-020-32-3
 Average Per Attempt6.87.8
 Average Per Completion15.412.6
 Passing Touchdowns11
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS453278
 Total Offense Plays7772
 Average Gain Per Play5.93.9
Fumbles: Number-Lost0-01-1
Penalties: Number-Yards10-902-30
PUNTS-YARDS5-1878-212
 Average Yards Per Punt37.426.5
Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD6-123-01-10-0
 Average Per Return20.510.0
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD1-53-07-99-0
 Average Per Return53.014.1
Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD3-27-00-0-0
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
 Totals112031 0 000032700
 Jack Ham459       10  
 Jim Heller156           
 Gary Gray066           
 Steve Prue325           
 Mike Smith325       19  
 Jim Laslavic          118  
West Virginia
#NameSoloAstTotalSacksYdsTFLYdsFFFRYdsIntYdsBrUpBlks
 Totals101424 0 00000000
82John Hale347           
50Dale Farley336           
72Cliff Harris156           
73Charlie Fisher325           
Scoring Summary
QtrTimeScoring PlayScore
111:36PSU - Fran Ganter 1 yd rush TD (Kick by John Hull Good), 3-60-7
19:27PSU - John Hufnagel 8 yd rush TD (Kick by John Hull Good), 1-80-14
213:23PSU - Gary Deuel 51 yd rush TD (Kick by John Hull Good), 4-690-21
23:16PSU - Greg Edmonds 42 yd TD pass from John Hufnagel (Kick by John Hull Good), 2-460-28
311:54PSU - Franco Harris 4 yd rush TD (Kick by John Hull Good), 8-450-35
48:14PSU - Mike Cooper 1 yd rush TD ( by John Hull ), 17-890-42
41:27PSU - Jim Braxton 47 yd TD pass from Bernie Galiffa (Pass by Robin Kaser Good), 6-858-42
Attendance: 48,932
Score By Quarter
Team1234Total
West Virginia00088
Penn State14147742
Officials: Daniel Martino (Back Judge), Louis Koerber (Field Judge), J. Vincent Presto (Head Linesman), Paul Bertha (Referee), Lawrence Ellis (Umpire)
Temperature: 52 • Wind: SE 12-15mph • Weather: Overcast
Penn State
PosOffense
TEJim McCord
LTVic Surma
LGBob Holuba
CWarren Koegel
RGBob Knechtel
RTDave Joyner
SEGreg Edmonds
QBJohn Hufnagel
TBLydell Mitchell
FBFranco Harris
WBGary Deuel
West Virginia
PosOffense
LTJohn Houghton
LGB.C. Williams
CDick Roberts
RGTim Horvath
RTTerry Voithofer
SEChris Potts
SEWayne Porter
QBMike Sherwood
FBEd Williams
LHBob Gresham
RHJim Braxton
PosDefense
LCBGeorge Landis
RCBMike Smith
ILBGary Gray
ILBJack Ham
OLBGary Hull
OLBJohn Skorupan
STerry Stump
LDTFrank Ahrenhold
RDTJim Heller
RDESteve Prue
LDEBruce Bannon
PosDefense
LCBLeon Jenkins
RCBMike Slater
SSDavid Morris
LLBDavid Benn
FSRick Weiskircher
MLBDanny Smith
RLBDan Hannahs
LDTCharlie Fisher
LDEBob Sims
RDTDanny Wilfong
RDERuss Sweickert
Doug McArthur, Bill Ericsson, Mark Koiwai, Glen Cole, John Hull, Craig Lyle, Jim Laslavic, Paul Gabel, Scott Skarzynski, Ken Andrews, Mike Reitz, Jerry Bulvin, Eric Bass, Fran Ganter, Mike Cooper, Joel Ramich, Doug Allen, Gary Carter, Gregg Ducatte, Charlie Mesko, Bob Parsons, Doug Rothgaber, Charlie Wilson, Kevin Ward, John Lewchenko, Marshall Wagner, Gary Klosser, George San Fillipo, John Susko, John Williams, Bob Swartz, Darrell Rutter, Bob Spirnak, Carl Cayette, Mike Botts, Charlie Adams, Wayne Munson, Jack Aumiller, John Booth, Barry Johnson, Larry Ludwig, Steve Davis, Carl Schaukowitch, Tom Shoemaker, Bob Rickenbach, Mike Spires, Jim Trent, Ron Pavlechko
10-Doug Charley, 12-Bernie Galiffa, 15-Kim West, 23-Tom Geishauser, 25-John Billetz, 26-Jack Hines, 27-Algie LaBrasca, 31-Robin Kaser, 36-Ralph "Tom" Williams, 40-Andrew "Pete" Wood, 41-Steve Fleming, 50-Dale Farley, 53-Terry King, 57-Gerald Schultze, 60-Bill Samuelson, 65-Bob Zitelli, 71-Fred McMillan, 72-Cliff Harris, 79-John Flinchum, 82-John Hale, 83-Frank Samsa, 84-Art Holdt, 86-Ken Osleger, 87-Scott Hindsley, 88-Nate Stephens