1953
| H/A/N | Games | Wins | Losses | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Games | 10 | 8 | 2 | .800 |
| Home | 4 | 3 | 1 | .750 |
| Away | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Neutral | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Date | Rank | Opponent | Opp. Rank | Conf. | Site | Location | H/A | OTs | WVU | Opp | W/L | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | 16 | Pitt | 17 | Pitt Stadium | Pittsburgh, PA | A | 17 | 7 | W | 43,446 | ||
| Oct 3 | 13 | Waynesburg | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 47 | 19 | W | 18,000 | |||
| Oct 10 | 12 | Washington & Lee | * | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 40 | 14 | W | 14,000 | ||
| Oct 16 | 10 | George Washington | * | Griffith Stadium | Washington, DC | A | 27 | 6 | W | 10,633 | ||
| Oct 24 | 8 | VMI | * | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 52 | 20 | W | 24,000 | ||
| Oct 31 | 5 | Penn State | Beaver Field | University Park, PA | A | 20 | 19 | W | 25,000 | |||
| Nov 7 | 7 | Virginia Tech | * | Mitchell Stadium | Bluefield, WV | N | 12 | 7 | W | 12,300 | ||
| Nov 14 | 8 | South Carolina | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 14 | 20 | L | 32,000 | |||
| Nov 21 | 19 | North Carolina State | Riddick Stadium | Raleigh, NC | A | 61 | 0 | W | 5,800 | |||
| Jan 1 | 10 | Georgia Tech | 8 | Tulane Stadium | New Orleans, LA | N | 19 | 42 | L | 71,666 |
| Rushing | GP | No. | Rg | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg./g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 10 | 540 | 3030 | 271 | 2759 | 33 | 0 | 275.9 |
| Tom Allman | 10 | 86 | 505 | 4 | 501 | 5 | 50.1 | |
| Jack Stone | 10 | 70 | 408 | 39 | 369 | 3 | 36.9 | |
| Joe Marconi | 8 | 74 | 374 | 27 | 347 | 6 | 43.4 | |
| Carl Norman | 10 | 62 | 354 | 12 | 342 | 3 | 34.2 | |
| Ted Anderson | 8 | 33 | 347 | 17 | 330 | 3 | 41.3 | |
| Danny Williams | 8 | 20 | 155 | 0 | 155 | 3 | 19.4 | |
| Bob Moss | 9 | 23 | 140 | 3 | 137 | 2 | 15.2 | |
| Fred Wyant | 10 | 78 | 275 | 140 | 135 | 4 | 13.5 | |
| Bill Jarrett | 9 | 24 | 118 | 0 | 118 | 1 | 13.1 | |
| Bob Snider | 3 | 16 | 95 | 0 | 95 | 1 | 31.7 | |
| Eddie Dugan | 5 | 10 | 67 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 13.4 | |
| Don Wilson | 9 | 9 | 57 | 3 | 54 | 2 | 6.0 | |
| Dick Nicholson | 7 | 9 | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 7.1 | |
| Bill Marker | 10 | 5 | 28 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 2.4 | |
| Bill Forrelli | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.5 | |
| Harry Sweeney | 6 | 12 | 29 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 1.2 | |
| Joe Papetti | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.6 | |
| John Kernic | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.7 | |
| Ray Surbaugh | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.3 | |
| Gerry McInerney | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | |
| Jim Starkey | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Passing | GP | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked | Avg./g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 10 | 56 | 134 | 11 | 940 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 94.0 |
| Fred Wyant | 10 | 41 | 102 | 8 | 642 | 4 | 64.2 | ||
| Ted Anderson | 8 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 170 | 1 | 21.3 | ||
| Eddie Dugan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 1 | 12.8 | ||
| Harry Sweeney | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 6.3 | ||
| Bob Snider | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 8.7 | ||
| Gerry McInerney | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Bob Moss | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Carl Norman | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Joe Marconi | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Bill Jarrett | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Receiving | GP | No. | Yds | Avg. | TD | Long | Avg./G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 10 | 55 | 941 | 17.1 | 7 | 0 | 94.1 |
| Bill Marker | 10 | 16 | 301 | 18.8 | 1 | 30.1 | |
| Joe Papetti | 10 | 12 | 183 | 15.3 | 1 | 18.3 | |
| Jack Stone | 10 | 5 | 120 | 24.0 | 2 | 12.0 | |
| Dick Nicholson | 7 | 1 | 64 | 64.0 | 1 | 9.1 | |
| Tom Allman | 10 | 7 | 63 | 9.0 | 0 | 6.3 | |
| Bill Hillen | 10 | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 0 | 4.0 | |
| Carl Norman | 10 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 3.1 | |
| Bill Forrelli | 2 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 15.0 | |
| Bob Moss | 9 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 1 | 3.1 | |
| Jim Starkey | 7 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 3.9 | |
| Bill Jarrett | 9 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 1 | 2.2 | |
| Eddie Dugan | 5 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 3.6 | |
| Bob Snider | 3 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 5.7 | |
| Joe Marconi | 8 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 19 | 279 | 0 | 34 | 647 | 0 | 19 | 266 | 8 |
| Jack Stone | 13 | 233 | 6 | 158 | 1 | 12 | |||
| Joe Marconi | 2 | 24 | 8 | 151 | 1 | 13 | |||
| Tom Allman | 1 | 10 | 4 | 45 | 4 | 15 | |||
| Eddie Dugan | 1 | 6 | 2 | 47 | |||||
| Bill Jarrett | 1 | 5 | 2 | 40 | |||||
| Dick Nicholson | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Carl Norman | 5 | 130 | 1 | 15 | |||||
| Fred Wyant | 3 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Papetti | 2 | 28 | 3 | 75 | |||||
| Bill Marker | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| Bob Moss | 1 | 15 | |||||||
| Ted Anderson | 2 | 34 | |||||||
| Bill Hillen | 1 | 21 | |||||||
| Danny Williams | 1 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| Bill Forrelli | 1 | 10 | |||||||
| Charles Donaldson | 2 | 25 | |||||||
| Bob Orders | 1 | 38 |
| # | Name | Pos | Ht | Wt | Class | Letter | Captain | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Fred Wyant | QB | 5' 11" | 195 | So | * | Weston, WV | |
| 12 | Gerry McInerney | QB | 6' 0" | 189 | Sr | * | Niagara Falls, NY | |
| 15 | Harry Sweeney | HB | 5' 10" | 170 | Jr | * | Wheeling, WV | |
| 21 | Jack Stone | HB | 5' 11" | 175 | Sr | * | Mt. Hope, WV | |
| 23 | Ted Anderson | QB | 5' 11" | 173 | Sr | * | Mt. Hope, WV | |
| 24 | Carl Norman | HB | 5' 8" | 175 | Jr | * | Valley Grove, WV | |
| 25 | Bob Moss | HB | 6' 1" | 194 | So | * | Huntington, WV | |
| 26 | Bob Snider | HB | 5' 11" | 185 | Jr | * | Elizabeth, WV | |
| 31 | Don Wilson | C | 6' 1" | 205 | Jr | * | Moundsville, WV | |
| 32 | Ray Surbaugh | HB | 5' 11" | 178 | So | Hinton, WV | ||
| 33 | Tom Allman | FB | 6' 0" | 200 | Sr | * | * | Charleston, WV |
| 34 | Joe Marconi | FB | 6' 1" | 218 | So | * | Fredericktown, PA | |
| 35 | Danny Williams | FB | 5' 11" | 190 | Jr | * | Belle, WV | |
| 36 | Charles Donaldson | C | 5' 10" | 217 | Jr | * | Jeannette, PA | |
| 41 | Bob Davis | E | 6' 1" | 180 | So | Beckley, WV | ||
| 42 | Dick Nicholson | HB | 5' 9" | 180 | Jr | * | Richwood, WV | |
| 43 | Bill Jarrett | HB | 6' 2" | 180 | Sr | * | * | Charleston, WV |
| 44 | Bill Forrelli | HB | 6' 0" | 185 | Sr | * | Morgantown, WV | |
| 47 | Eddie Dugan | HB | 5' 9" | 165 | So | * | Uniontown, PA | |
| 54 | Bob Orders | C | 6' 3" | 215 | Sr | * | Huntington, WV | |
| 55 | John Kernic | C | 5' 11" | 175 | Jr | * | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 61 | Charles Hartline | G | 6' 2" | 195 | Jr | Tiltonsville, OH | ||
| 62 | Frank Federovitch | G | 6' 0" | 190 | Sr | * | Allison, PA | |
| 63 | Paul Starr | C | 5' 10" | 190 | Jr | Parkersburg, WV | ||
| 65 | Rollin McCleary | FB | 5' 11" | 205 | Sr | Romney, WV | ||
| 66 | Phil Canton | G | 5' 11" | 185 | Sr | * | Uniontown, PA | |
| 67 | Jim Peyton | G | 5' 10" | 185 | Sr | * | Wheeling, WV | |
| 69 | Larry Doljac | G | 5' 9" | 200 | So | Uniontown, PA | ||
| 71 | Benton Dunkerley | T | 5' 11" | 225 | Jr | Glassport, PA | ||
| 72 | Clyde Sweeney | T | 6' 5" | 218 | So | * | West Union, WV | |
| 72 | Gene Lamone | G | 6' 2" | 215 | Jr | * | Wellsburg, WV | |
| 74 | Ralph Starkey | T | 6' 3" | 220 | Sr | * | * | Circleville, OH |
| 75 | Sam Huff | G | 6' 1" | 230 | So | * | Farmington, WV | |
| 76 | Dick Tredway | E | 6' 2" | 180 | Jr | Ceredo, WV | ||
| 77 | Bruce Bosley | T | 6' 2" | 235 | So | * | Green Bank, WV | |
| 81 | Max Ludwig | E | 6' 0" | 185 | Jr | * | Ripley, WV | |
| 82 | Jim Starkey | E | 6' 4" | 205 | Sr | * | Circleville, OH | |
| 83 | Bill Marker | E | 6' 1" | 196 | Sr | * | Uniontown, PA | |
| 85 | Joe Papetti | E | 6' 2" | 215 | So | * | Fairmont, WV | |
| 86 | Gary Bunn | E | 6' 3" | 205 | So | * | Barboursville, WV | |
| 87 | Ray Walsh | T | 6' 3" | 205 | Sr | * | Morgantown, WV | |
| 88 | Bill Underdonk | T | 6' 2" | 220 | So | * | Moundsville, WV | |
| 89 | Bill Hillen | E | 6' 1" | 200 | Jr | * | Uniontown, PA |
Southern Conference Standings
| # | Team | Conf. Games | W | L | T | % | Overall | W | L | T | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Furman | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 |
| 3 | George Washington | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 |
| 4 | William & Mary | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .550 |
| 5 | VMI | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 |
| 6 | Richmond | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .611 |
| 7 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 |
| 8 | Washington & Lee | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 |
| 9 | Citadel | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .222 |
| 10 | Davidson | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .000 |