TUESDAY. NOVEMBER Pen Engle i..'''' For Noril (Continued from pag most disasterous quarter wise, since four ba 1 dropped. That time, thi sure-handed Kasperian trot of the ball on the 4-yard line and ended march. ,Paolone's first fumbli opening period stoppe• 12-yard drive on the ho 21-yard marker. Lucas' the Mounties 32 halte thieat which had start. Lion 20. Although the fumble most damage, there the 85 yards in marked off against t luck Lions. Four of t ties were for 15-yards • one for holding which an BO yard run by s• 1 halfback Dick Hoak. On that play, Hoak two yard-flat pass from the Penn State 20 and r the left sidelines. He sl! TEAM STATIST First downs rushing First downs passing First downs penalties ___. Ruihing yardage Paining yardage Total offense Passes attempted riViie.4 completed Passes had intercepted Fumbles _ Fumbles lost Penalties _ Yard. penalized ___ Punk Punting average 0 135 148 253 22 tyrnan Ray Peterson loose at the Lion 40 and scooted the rest of tli way untouched. But holding 1... - as detected back at the scrim wage line. However, with all the disheart ening fumbles and penalty calls the Lions must be given credit for their spirit. "We've had as much tough luck as any team in the country," Coach Rip Engle said after the skirmish, "but I ad mire these kids for the way they fight back. They really fought ad versity out there today." Backfield coach Joe Paterno also added his comments on the subject. "For as many limes -as we gave up the ball in their ter ritory, they should have scored more," Ptterno said. "I was glad to see that we didn't give up even with all the fumbles. That's something to be proud of. Paterno also credited the Lion defense with playing "a great game" and he had reason to. For it was the Lion passing de fense which kept West Virginia from turning the game into a Mountaineer victory. Five West Virginia aerials were intercepted, including two each by Ruslavage and Kerr and one by John Bozick. 1, 1958 Ity Ruins Hook's T,* .cf'ti,un raises Lions Giving Up fumble s were usually ost con- Mountie 37-yard in the a short e team's error on another cl on the did the Flare also •enalties e hard y penal eluding 'nullified ~i•homore —Photo by flab Thompson MAURY - SCHLtICHER, Lion end, grabs a pass from Richie Lucas for a 11-yard gain. rabbed a Lucas on ced down ook safe- Ruslavage stole one on the Lion 35 and another on the Penn State 13. Kerr grabbed h is first on the Niltany 25 and five minutes later swiped another on the West Vir ginia 15. That second interception by Kerr set-up the second Penn State touchdown. Kerr was also an offensive sparkplug, gaining 38 yards in seven carries and scoring the first Lion TD. That came on a 13-yard dart around left end af ter a 47 yard drive. Lucas tacked on the two extra points on a dash around right end on a fake-kick formation. It was the first time this season that the Lions had pulled the fake kick play. West Virginia knotted the score just before halftime on the pass- INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS No. Yds. 13 68 8 58 7 38 Kotula Kasperian _ Kerr Hoak Moeonyi laical Jacky Paolnne Att. Cp. Int. Yds. Td. Lucas 9 5 0 57 0 Jacks 1 0 0 0 0 Hoak 1 1 0 7 ' 0 PASS RECEIVING Schleicher Kasperian 1 10 Kerr ___ 1 7 ing wizardry of quarterback Dick Long fellow. Longfellow, - who completed 15 of 28 passes for 135 yards during the game, led an outstanding comeback perform ance as the Mounties charged 66 yards on 11 plays in the last two (Continued on page ten) * * * THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA RUSHING 4 6 5 1 PASSING No. Ydi. 1 24 * * —Daily Collegian photos by Bob Thompson A HIT AND A MlSS—Penn State halfback Dick Hoak (top picture) cracks off tackle-for five yards and a touchdown against West Virginia Saturday but Mountie tackle Dick Guesman (bottom photo) misses the extra point which would have given West Virginia a 15-14 win. Penn State Should Pass More—Longfellow 14-14---Kick, Pass or Run By MATT MATHEWS with the score tied, 14-14. He Associate Sports Editor pointed out that his ace kicker, tackle Dick Guesman, had won "If I had another chance to o for the extra p ointrd do lthe VPI game, 21-20, by success g, fully kicking the final extra point. the same thing. He's a good Guesman was unavailable for kicker ana I thought we had comment after the game. the best chance of scoring by Dick Longfellow was more co kicking." operative. The Mountie senior quarterback scored both touch- Although the previous state- downs on option rollouts and ment sounded almost like the sit-i passed for the two points that uations Lion Coach Rip Engle; tied the game, 8-8, after time was telling this writer about last? rah out in the first half. week, the previous comment was! made by the opposing coach Sat-i "Coach Lewis and I decided urday—Art "Pappy" Lew i s of 'that we would let Guesman kick West Virginia.i the extra point," Longfellow drawled. "We only needed that attempt in the fourth quarter ' Lewis was explaining the kick one point for the win and we fig . • PAGE NINE tired that was our best chance." "We had a real easy time run ning against your right end, Long fellow said, "but that right tackle (Jo Bohart) was really rugged. So was your center (Steve Gar ban). He was the best we faced all year." "You know, your passing game wasn't bad at all."In fact, _I thought they should have thrown a lot more. They (the passing attack) didn't lose the ball once and your running game, which we were set for, was fumblin' all over the place. During the traditional c•'n"rat (Continued on page twelve)
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