1954
| H/A/N | Games | Wins | Losses | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Games | 9 | 8 | 1 | .889 |
| Home | 4 | 3 | 1 | .750 |
| Away | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Neutral | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Date | Rank | Opponent | Opp. Rank | Conf. | Site | Location | H/A | OTs | WVU | Opp | W/L | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2 | South Carolina | 15 | Carolina Stadium | Columbia, SC | A | 26 | 6 | W | 31,000 | |||
| Oct 9 | 16 | George Washington | * | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 13 | 7 | W | 20,000 | ||
| Oct 16 | 14 | Penn State | 9 | Beaver Field | University Park, PA | A | 19 | 14 | W | 32,321 | ||
| Oct 23 | 10 | VMI | * | Mitchell Stadium | Bluefield, WV | N | 40 | 6 | W | 11,000 | ||
| Oct 30 | 7 | Pitt | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 10 | 13 | L | 34,000 | |||
| Nov 6 | 17 | Fordham | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 39 | 9 | W | 10,000 | |||
| Nov 13 | 16 | William & Mary | * | Cary Field | Williamsburg, VA | A | 20 | 6 | W | 10,000 | ||
| Nov 20 | 14 | North Carolina State | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 28 | 3 | W | 20,000 | |||
| Nov 27 | 12 | Virginia | Scott Stadium | Charlottesville, VA | A | 14 | 10 | W | 10,000 |
| Rushing | GP | No. | Rg | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg./g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 9 | 478 | 2618 | 250 | 2361 | 25 | 0 | 262.3 |
| Dick Nicholson | 9 | 62 | 437 | 21 | 416 | 3 | 46.2 | |
| Carl Norman | 9 | 65 | 335 | 3 | 332 | 3 | 36.9 | |
| Bob Moss | 6 | 43 | 302 | 9 | 293 | 3 | 48.8 | |
| Fred Wyant | 9 | 103 | 393 | 115 | 278 | 8 | 30.9 | |
| Joe Marconi | 6 | 40 | 267 | 5 | 262 | 4 | 43.7 | |
| Danny Williams | 8 | 70 | 256 | 18 | 238 | 1 | 29.8 | |
| Harry Sweeney | 8 | 31 | 209 | 9 | 200 | 1 | 25.0 | |
| Jack Rabbits | 7 | 21 | 111 | 9 | 102 | 1 | 14.6 | |
| Ray Surbaugh | 5 | 7 | 68 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 13.6 | |
| Eddie Dugan | 5 | 5 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 12.0 | |
| Paul Shepherd | 5 | 12 | 91 | 37 | 47 | 0 | 9.4 | |
| Don Wilson | 5 | 10 | 39 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 7.8 | |
| Max Ludwig | 8 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3.0 | |
| Walter Beene | 2 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 6.5 | |
| Ray Borst | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1.5 | |
| Alex Szuch | 2 | 3 | 2 | 19 | -17 | 0 | -8.5 |
| Passing | GP | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked | Avg./g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 9 | 42 | 110 | 7 | 653 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 72.6 |
| Fred Wyant | 9 | 40 | 97 | 5 | 563 | 4 | 62.6 | ||
| Paul Shepherd | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 57 | 1 | 11.4 | ||
| Harry Sweeney | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 4.1 | ||
| Alex Szuch | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Walter Beene | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Receiving | GP | No. | Yds | Avg. | TD | Long | Avg./G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 9 | 42 | 653 | 15.5 | 5 | 0 | 72.6 |
| Harry Sweeney | 8 | 2 | 101 | 50.5 | 1 | 12.6 | |
| Bill Hillen | 9 | 9 | 98 | 10.9 | 2 | 10.9 | |
| John Kernic | 8 | 5 | 95 | 19.0 | 0 | 11.9 | |
| Bob Moss | 6 | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 0 | 15.5 | |
| Jack Rabbits | 7 | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 1 | 11.9 | |
| Max Ludwig | 8 | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | 6.0 | |
| Carl Norman | 9 | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | 4.7 | |
| Danny Williams | 8 | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 0 | 4.5 | |
| Joe Kopnisky | 6 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 4.3 | |
| Gary Bunn | 8 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 3.3 | |
| Eddie Dugan | 5 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 1 | 2.6 | |
| Joe Marconi | 6 | 3 | -8 | -2.7 | 0 | -1.3 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 24 | 207 | 0 | 24 | 503 | 0 | 13 | 57 | 0 |
| Carl Norman | 7 | 56 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 12 | |||
| Harry Sweeney | 4 | 40 | 4 | 94 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Bob Moss | 3 | 32 | 8 | 172 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Dick Nicholson | 3 | 27 | |||||||
| Jack Rabbits | 2 | 22 | 1 | 80 | |||||
| Joe Marconi | 1 | 2 | 2 | 56 | |||||
| Danny Williams | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Bill Underdonk | 1 | 12 | |||||||
| Paul Shepherd | 1 | 10 | |||||||
| Eddie Dugan | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Fred Wyant | 4 | 57 | 2 | 19 | |||||
| Don Wilson | 1 | 17 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Bill Hillen | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| Ray Surbaugh | 1 | 9 | |||||||
| Sam Huff | 1 | 0 |
| # | Name | Pos | Ht | Wt | Class | Letter | Captain | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Alex Szuch | QB | 5' 10" | 170 | So | Logan, WV | ||
| 11 | Fred Wyant | QB | 5' 11" | 195 | Jr | * | Weston, WV | |
| 12 | Walter Beene | E | 6' 0" | 195 | So | Mt. Hope, WV | ||
| 15 | Harry Sweeney | HB | 5' 10" | 170 | Sr | * | Wheeling, WV | |
| 21 | Paul Shepherd | HB | 5' 11" | 168 | So | St. Marys, WV | ||
| 22 | Jack Rabbits | HB | 5' 9" | 162 | So | * | Jeannette, PA | |
| 23 | Ray Borst | FB | 5' 11" | 200 | So | Pitcairn, PA | ||
| 24 | Carl Norman | HB | 5' 8" | 175 | Sr | * | Valley Grove, WV | |
| 25 | Bob Moss | HB | 6' 1" | 194 | Jr | * | Huntington, WV | |
| 31 | Don Wilson | C | 6' 1" | 205 | Sr | Moundsville, WV | ||
| 32 | Ray Surbaugh | HB | 5' 11" | 178 | Jr | Hinton, WV | ||
| 33 | Max Cosper | FB | 5' 9" | 195 | So | St. Marys, WV | ||
| 34 | Joe Marconi | FB | 6' 1" | 218 | Jr | * | Fredericktown, PA | |
| 35 | Danny Williams | FB | 5' 11" | 190 | Sr | * | Belle, WV | |
| 36 | Charles Donaldson | C | 5' 10" | 217 | Sr | * | * | Jeannette, PA |
| 42 | Dick Nicholson | HB | 5' 9" | 180 | Sr | * | Richwood, WV | |
| 44 | Allen Colebank | HB | 5' 10" | 175 | So | Morgantown, WV | ||
| 47 | Eddie Dugan | HB | 5' 9" | 165 | Jr | * | Uniontown, PA | |
| 53 | Ron Klim | C | 6' 1" | 220 | So | Carnegie, PA | ||
| 55 | John Kernic | C | 5' 11" | 175 | Sr | * | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 61 | Barry Blake | G | 6' 1" | 215 | So | * | Mt. Hope, WV | |
| 62 | Phil Walsh | G | 5' 11" | 192 | So | Verona, PA | ||
| 63 | Paul Starr | C | 5' 10" | 190 | Sr | * | Parkersburg, WV | |
| 64 | Gene Lathey | G | 5' 10" | 192 | So | * | Dunbar, WV | |
| 65 | Jerry Urda | G | 6' 0" | 215 | So | * | Carmichaels, PA | |
| 66 | Ernest Fuchs | G | 5' 10" | 165 | So | Wheeling, WV | ||
| 69 | Larry Doljac | G | 5' 9" | 200 | Jr | Uniontown, PA | ||
| 71 | Cecil Huss | T | 5' 11" | 235 | So | Wheeling, WV | ||
| 72 | Gene Lamone | G | 6' 2" | 215 | Sr | * | * | Wellsburg, WV |
| 75 | Sam Huff | G | 6' 1" | 230 | Jr | * | Farmington, WV | |
| 76 | Dick Tredway | E | 6' 2" | 180 | Sr | Ceredo, WV | ||
| 77 | Bruce Bosley | T | 6' 2" | 235 | Jr | * | Green Bank, WV | |
| 81 | Max Ludwig | E | 6' 0" | 185 | Sr | * | Ripley, WV | |
| 83 | Ted Holmes | G | 6' 0" | 200 | So | * | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 84 | Joe Kopnisky | E | 6' 2" | 210 | So | Pittsburgh, PA | ||
| 85 | Joe Papetti | E | 6' 2" | 215 | Jr | * | Fairmont, WV | |
| 86 | Gary Bunn | E | 6' 3" | 205 | Jr | * | Barboursville, WV | |
| 88 | Bill Underdonk | T | 6' 2" | 220 | Jr | * | Moundsville, WV | |
| 89 | Bill Hillen | E | 6' 1" | 200 | Sr | * | Uniontown, PA |
Southern Conference Standings
| # | Team | Conf. Games | W | L | T | % | Overall | W | L | T | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Furman | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 |
| 2 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .875 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | .944 |
| 4 | Davidson | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 |
| 5 | VMI | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 |
| 6 | Richmond | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 |
| 7 | William & Mary | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .400 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 |
| 8 | Citadel | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .200 |
| 8 | George Washington | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .100 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .167 |