1959
| H/A/N | Games | Wins | Losses | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Games | 10 | 3 | 7 | .300 |
| Home | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 |
| Away | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 |
| Date | Rank | Opponent | Opp. Rank | Conf. | Site | Location | H/A | OTs | WVU | Opp | W/L | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | Maryland | Byrd Stadium | College Park, MD | A | 7 | 27 | L | 28,000 | ||||
| Sep 26 | Richmond | * | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 10 | 7 | W | 10,000 | |||
| Oct 2 | George Washington | * | Griffith Stadium | Washington, DC | A | 10 | 8 | W | 10,000 | |||
| Oct 9 | Boston University | BU Field | Boston, MA | A | 0 | 7 | L | 8,500 | ||||
| Oct 17 | Pitt | 20 | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 23 | 15 | W | 31,500 | |||
| Oct 24 | Syracuse | 6 | Archbold Stadium | Syracuse, NY | A | 0 | 44 | L | 35,000 | |||
| Oct 31 | Penn State | 7 | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 10 | 28 | L | 15,000 | |||
| Nov 7 | USC | 6 | L.A. Memorial Coliseum | Los Angeles, CA | A | 0 | 36 | L | 34,000 | |||
| Nov 14 | Virginia Tech | * | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 0 | 12 | L | 8,000 | |||
| Nov 21 | Citadel | * | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 14 | 20 | L | 7,000 |
| Rushing | GP | No. | Rg | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg./g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 10 | 499 | 1891 | 218 | 1673 | 7 | 0 | 167.3 |
| Ray Peterson | 10 | 116 | 542 | 37 | 505 | 2 | 50.5 | |
| John Marra | 8 | 47 | 222 | 3 | 219 | 0 | 27.4 | |
| Bob Benke | 10 | 58 | 197 | 3 | 194 | 1 | 19.4 | |
| Dave Rider | 9 | 48 | 188 | 10 | 178 | 0 | 19.8 | |
| Tom Huston | 10 | 57 | 150 | 6 | 144 | 0 | 14.4 | |
| Danny Williams | 10 | 39 | 133 | 30 | 103 | 1 | 10.3 | |
| Curt Harmon | 9 | 29 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 11.1 | |
| Dick Herrig | 8 | 27 | 99 | 22 | 77 | 0 | 9.6 | |
| Roger Holdinsky | 7 | 19 | 73 | 13 | 60 | 1 | 8.6 | |
| Carmen Pomponio | 10 | 24 | 81 | 26 | 55 | 2 | 5.5 | |
| Jim Bargeloh | 8 | 20 | 61 | 14 | 47 | 0 | 5.9 | |
| Dale Evans | 6 | 9 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 2.0 | |
| Bob Lively | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.6 | |
| John Keller | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 0 | -1.4 | |
| TEAM | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | -19 | 0 | -4.8 |
| Passing | GP | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked | Avg./g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 10 | 51 | 160 | 16 | 578 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57.8 |
| Danny Williams | 10 | 28 | 99 | 10 | 310 | 1 | 31.0 | ||
| Carmen Pomponio | 10 | 19 | 48 | 4 | 224 | 0 | 22.4 | ||
| Dale Evans | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 4.3 | ||
| Ray Peterson | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1.8 | ||
| Roger Holdinsky | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Receiving | GP | No. | Yds | Avg. | TD | Long | Avg./G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 10 | 51 | 580 | 11.4 | 1 | 0 | 58.0 |
| John Marra | 8 | 16 | 177 | 11.1 | 1 | 22.1 | |
| Bob Timmerman | 10 | 6 | 89 | 14.8 | 0 | 8.9 | |
| Ray Peterson | 10 | 7 | 61 | 8.7 | 0 | 6.1 | |
| Dave Hess | 10 | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 0 | 5.8 | |
| Ben McComb | 6 | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 0 | 8.0 | |
| Bob Benke | 10 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 4.1 | |
| Dick Struck | 8 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 4.9 | |
| Dave Rider | 9 | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | 3.4 | |
| Dick Herrig | 8 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 2.5 | |
| Ray Borlie | 9 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 1.8 | |
| Roger Holdinsky | 7 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 2.1 | |
| Dale Evans | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.5 | |
| Curt Harmon | 9 | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | 0 | -1.0 | |
| Tom Huston | 10 | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | 0 | -0.9 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 25 | 202 | 0 | 43 | 798 | 0 | 15 | 129 | 30 |
| Ray Peterson | 8 | 34 | 10 | 228 | 2 | 21 | |||
| John Marra | 7 | 122 | 5 | 125 | |||||
| Dick Herrig | 3 | 6 | 5 | 72 | 1 | 30 | 30 | ||
| Carmen Pomponio | 3 | 20 | 3 | 58 | |||||
| Dave Rider | 2 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 33 | |||
| Roger Holdinsky | 1 | 6 | 5 | 78 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bob Benke | 1 | 9 | 1 | 22 | |||||
| Danny Williams | 4 | 83 | |||||||
| Jim Bargeloh | 3 | 38 | |||||||
| Curt Harmon | 2 | 19 | 2 | 16 | |||||
| John Keller | 2 | 33 | |||||||
| Ray Borlie | 1 | 10 | |||||||
| Bill Lopasky | 1 | 24 | |||||||
| Elmer "Pete" Tolley | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| Dale Evans | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Glenn Bowman | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Bob Timmerman | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Joe Wirth | 1 | 0 |
| # | Name | Pos | Ht | Wt | Class | Letter | Captain | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Carmen Pomponio | QB | 5' 11" | 185 | Jr | * | Youngstown, OH | |
| 11 | Dick Dailey | QB | 6' 1" | 185 | So | Martinsburg, WV | ||
| 12 | Dale Evans | QB | 5' 11" | 190 | So | Thomas, WV | ||
| 14 | John Hanlon | QB | 6' 4" | 200 | So | Silver Spring, MD | ||
| 15 | Danny Williams | QB | 6' 0" | 175 | Jr | * | Beckley, WV | |
| 21 | Ray Peterson | HB | 5' 11" | 175 | Sr | * | Falls Church, VA | |
| 22 | Dave Rider | HB | 5' 11" | 180 | Sr | * | War, WV | |
| 23 | Jim Bargeloh | HB | 5' 8" | 175 | So | Parkersburg, WV | ||
| 24 | Roger Holdinsky | HB | 5' 11" | 175 | So | * | Moundsville, WV | |
| 25 | Dick Herrig | HB | 6' 1" | 165 | So | * | Point Pleasant, WV | |
| 26 | John Keller | QB | 5' 10" | 170 | So | Dunbar, WV | ||
| 31 | Glenn Bennett | FB | 5' 9" | 207 | So | Hinton, WV | ||
| 32 | Tom Huston | FB | 6' 1" | 205 | Jr | * | Arlington, VA | |
| 33 | Harry Criss | FB | 5' 9" | 185 | Jr | Library, PA | ||
| 34 | Curt Harmon | FB | 6' 1" | 200 | So | * | Caretta, WV | |
| 35 | Bob Benke | FB | 6' 0" | 210 | Jr | * | Star Junction, PA | |
| 36 | Bob Lively | C | 6' 2" | 195 | Jr | Oceana, WV | ||
| 37 | Bob Heeter | FB | 5' 11" | 185 | So | Falls Church, VA | ||
| 41 | John Marra | HB | 5' 10" | 180 | Jr | * | Shinnston, WV | |
| 42 | Eli Kosanovich | HB | 6' 1" | 190 | So | Weirton, WV | ||
| 43 | Allen Burger | HB | 6' 0" | 180 | So | Moorestown, NJ | ||
| 44 | Henry David | HB | 5' 9" | 170 | So | Moorestown, NJ | ||
| 45 | John Thackston | P-K | 6' 0" | 170 | Sr | Beckley, WV | ||
| 46 | Sam Day | HB | 6' 1" | 180 | Jr | Sarasota, FL | ||
| 51 | Joe Wirth | C | 6' 0" | 200 | Sr | * | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 52 | Ed Kensky | C | 6' 0" | 190 | Jr | Clairton, PA | ||
| 53 | Charles Lanasa | C | 5' 11" | 200 | Jr | Etna, PA | ||
| 54 | Charles Bonar | G | 6' 1" | 210 | Jr | Moundsville, WV | ||
| 55 | Vearl Haynes | C | 6' 2" | 197 | So | * | Grantsville, WV | |
| 60 | Jay Yeardley | G | 5' 11" | 185 | So | Parkersburg, WV | ||
| 61 | Glenn Bowman | G | 6' 0" | 210 | Jr | * | Charleston, WV | |
| 62 | Carl Dannenberg | G | 6' 1" | 220 | Sr | * | Wheeling, WV | |
| 63 | Paul Gatto | G | 6' 1" | 200 | So | Vandergrift, PA | ||
| 64 | Fred Adkins | G | 5' 11" | 206 | So | * | Huntington, WV | |
| 65 | Bill Lopasky | G | 6' 0" | 220 | Sr | * | * | Lehman, PA |
| 66 | Dick Struck | E | 6' 2" | 226 | So | * | Upper Darby, PA | |
| 67 | Elmer "Pete" Tolley | G | 6' 0" | 200 | Jr | * | Bartley, WV | |
| 68 | Jerry Keeney | T | 6' 0" | 210 | Sr | Clairton, PA | ||
| 69 | Gerald Gerwig | G | 5' 10" | 185 | So | Gassaway, WV | ||
| 70 | Bill Dumbauld | T | 6' 5" | 245 | Jr | Huntington, WV | ||
| 71 | Tom Bateman | T | 5' 11" | 210 | So | Perryopolis, PA | ||
| 72 | Fred Deluzio | T | 6' 2" | 205 | So | Jeannette, PA | ||
| 73 | Bill Winter | T | 6' 1" | 230 | So | * | Ripley, WV | |
| 75 | Tom Arrigan | T | 6' 3" | 210 | So | Meadville, PA | ||
| 76 | Larry Foltz | T | 6' 1" | 225 | Jr | Newell, WV | ||
| 77 | Bob Fletcher | T | 6' 0" | 260 | So | * | Winchester, VA | |
| 78 | John Peters | T | 6' 1" | 205 | So | Shady Spring, WV | ||
| 79 | Charles Martin | G | 6' 2" | 200 | So | Lookout, WV | ||
| 80 | Tom McFadden | E | 6' 2" | 195 | Jr | Euclid, OH | ||
| 81 | Ben McComb | E | 6' 2" | 200 | Sr | * | Sewickley, PA | |
| 82 | Ray Borlie | E | 6' 4" | 200 | Jr | * | Portage, PA | |
| 83 | Ray Bazzoli | E | 6' 2" | 198 | So | Meadowlands, PA | ||
| 84 | Bob Lavelle | E | 6' 1" | 205 | So | Jeannette, PA | ||
| 85 | Dieter Garrett | E | 6' 1" | 180 | So | Dunbar, WV | ||
| 86 | Frank Monerris | E | 6' 3" | 180 | So | Madison, WV | ||
| 87 | Charles Downs | E | 6' 3" | 180 | So | Harrisville, WV | ||
| 88 | Bob Timmerman | E | 6' 3" | 188 | So | * | Ellwood City, PA | |
| 89 | Dave Hess | E | 6' 2" | 200 | So | * | Bridgeport, WV |
Southern Conference Standings
| # | Team | Conf. Games | W | L | T | % | Overall | W | L | T | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VMI | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .917 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .850 |
| 2 | Citadel | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 |
| 3 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 |
| 4 | Furman | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 |
| 5 | Richmond | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .563 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .450 |
| 6 | West Virginia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 |
| 7 | William & Mary | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 |
| 8 | Davidson | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .111 |
| 8 | George Washington | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .111 |