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Lucas Leads in Total Offense
Kasperian Tops
Scorers, Rushers
For the second successive year,
halfback Dave Kasperian ha s
emerged as the leading scorer and
rusher on Penn Statc's football
team.
Ki;perian, a senior from Wor
cester, Mass , tallied 46 points on
seven touchdowns and foie• extra
points and gained 381 yards in 98
carries on the ground.
Last year, th e diminutive
Kasperian also recorded seven
TDs but failed to notch an ex
tra point. All four of his PATs
this season were recorded in
the Furman tilt where he also
had two TDs. He rushed for
more yards in the 1957 season
469—but carried the ball more
times—l 22.
Kasperian also finished high in
yards in 123 plays to better Jacks'
1957 total offense record of 675
yards on 125 plays.
Passing-wise, Lucas completed
36 of 80 pass attempts (45 per
cent) for 483 yards and three
touchdowns Four passes were in
tercepted Jacks, in turn, hit on
27 of 69 flings for 285 yards and
one touchdown. He had three
passes stolen.
Lucas also topped the punters
with a 37.3 average on 29 boots
and was second in scoring with
the pass receiving department—
placing behind pace-setter Maury
Schleicher. Both grabbed nine
actials but Schleicher recorded
more yardage--127 to 107
However, Kasperian tied with
Summaries
INDIVIDUAL SCORING
Player 1 . 1)8 Extra Pta. Total
k:Asperisin ____ 7 4 40
lmen3 6 4 40
Herr 6 0 30
Jonns 3 11 29
nouk ' _- . 8 0 1$
l'aolone 2
Gilmore 2
Neff _ . _____ 2
SoheLak 1
110-field 1
141ovuny i
Selllekher ____
35 27 237
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS ~
RUSHING
..0
e .11 ..,1 ~ ..• c 4.;
iJa 72 o h g *.- g
z r,
g .'•-• U 1%.
_ 911 396 14 381 3.9
llM'il
Cl!mom 52 297 9 288 5.5
Doak 43 253 7 216 5.7
Lucas b 5 295 77 218 12
111oconyi MI 191 4 187 1.4
Kerr _ 48 155 3 152 i. 7
Sobcrak 41 180 3 177 4.3
rsoluns 51 178 5 173 3.4
Juobs 1 0 117 0 117 6 2
12 70 1 69 E.
runair 13 39 11 39 3.0
Jacks __ 14 28 22 6 0.4
Serabis 1 4 0 4 4 0
PASSING
No. No. Had TI)
Att. Compl. Int. WI. Pans
Lucas 1.0 36 4 03 3
Jni_kn 69 27 3 285 1
Mak 4 3 1 27 2
Nerstal Ii 3 1 20 0
•11)1111.1 1 1 0 26 0
hamwrinn _ 1 0 0 0 0
herr . I 0 1 0 0
PASS RECEIVING
Receiver No. lids. TDB
Schleicher _ . 0 127 0
R usperinn 9 107 2
Nef ( 0 106 2
herr 8 1111 1
Bonk6 S 4 0
liotola 6 36 0
Joni. 4 46 1
Rozick 4 19 0
Moon 1 4 24 0
Tl9lll 2 46 0
Opperman 2 36 0
Seim ab
Barber
rnolone
2 33 0
2 22 0
2 * 20 0
ZEE=
_ 1 12 0
_1 1 0
KICKOFF RETURNS
No. Yds.
6 136
3 92
2 90
67
2 34
Pla r
Kerr _
Paolone
Kaapet ian _-
Hoak _ _
Jacks
Dave Kasperian
... leader on offense
junior Norm Neff in touchdown
pass receptions with two. Neff al
so caught nine passes, gaining
106 yards.
Incidentally. Kasperian was
honored as Penn State's most
valuable player last Sunday by
the Pittsburgh Curbstone
Coaches—an organization simi
liar to the State College Quar
terback Club.
No. Yds.
. 9 115
.5
.
2 47
2 30
20
4 21
2 13
1 5
INTERCEPTION RETURNS
Player
Hoak
Jonaa _
Kerr
Poe _
Gilmore
Kasperian
Jack
Paolone
Lucas _
2 14
O 12
6 12
o 6
0 0
!Ns!mme
Stellatella
Berrield
Kabperinn 2 23
Moconyi 2 10
Gilmore 1 4
Schleicher 1
lackv 1
3anerette _________ 1 0
Hozick 1 0
Lucas _
Jacks _-
Pae
Hoak
2 342 4 2
TEAM STATISTICS
PENN STATE
179 First downs 126
3270 Total bards gained 2298
327.0 Yards per game 220
761 Total number of playa 609
4.3 Yards per play 3.3
Ru.hing vards 1417
242.9 Yards rushing per game 141 7
Number of rughes
4 1 Yards pei 1 ugh
841 Pasina YRlds
A 4 I Pag.ring card, per frame
Pa sea attempted
70 PIISCFS completed
Percent completed
5.1 Yards per attempt 5.0
12 0 Yard,' per completion 14.2
10 Pames had intercepted 27
52 Number of punts 61
Total yardage of Punta 2103
.152 Puntmg avev age
Number et punt returns
Yarn punt I eturns
69 Nunthe'r of penalties 46
610 Total yards, penalties 462
:16 1' ti mbles 27
22 Fumbles lon
35 Tnuchdow nq
27 Points after touchdown 33
7 By kick S
14 fly pat.% 4
ti By Ton
237 Total points
f i l l THESIS
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OPPONENTS
Lion
Again
Junior quarterback Richie Lu
cas was the Lions' total offense
and passing leader this year, tak
ing both titles from senior Al
Jacks. Lucas gained a total of 701
40 points—six TDs and four PATs.
A couple of sophomore half
backs led the other major in
dividual departments Jim
Kerr in interceptions and kick
off returns and Dick Hoak in
punt returns. Kerr swiped five
enemy aerials for 122 yards and
ran back six kickoffs for 136
yards. Hoak returned nine ,
punts for 135 yards.
Lucas made the longest touch
down run from scrimmage with
a 49 yard sprint against Mar
quette. However, sophomore cen- '
ter. Wayne Berefield's 98-yard
touchdown run on a pass 'inter- ]
ception against Boston Univer
sity ranks as the Lions' longest
scoring play. Sophomore Don Jo
nas' 58-yard punt runback against
Holy Cross rates behind Bere
field's dash.
A Lucas-to-Kerr pass for 381
yards in the Holy Cross tilt was
the longest pass scoring play.
Last fall, the longest scoring'
play was a 51-yard aerial from!
Jacks to end Les Walters, now
with the Washington Redskins.
However, the longest TD sprint!
from scrimmage in 1957 was and
8-yard scoot by Kasperian.
As a team, the Lions gained
3270 total yards to oppbnents'
2298 yards. That's an average
of 327 yards per game for Coach
Rip Engle's squad—one of the
best in the country.
On the ground, Penn State
gamed 2429 yards for a 242.9
game average—a figure that will
probably rank among the top five
in the nation. Final NCAA statis
tics will be released next week.
However, it's almost certain
that the Lions will capture the
major college interception crown
this season with 27. Army, the
closest rival, has 25 interceptions
but their season has also ended.
Last year, the Lions intercepted
only 11 enemy aerials.
As a passing team, the Lions
gained 841 yards on 70 comple
tions in 164 attempts for an 84.1
game average. Last year, they
ranked seventh in the nation with
a 131.9-yard average per game on
1187 yards. However, the 1957
ground game racked up only 1673
yards for a 185.9 average.
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MATT-erma-FACT
JUST FOR THE RECORDS—
I was talking the other day to a student who had to construct
an athletic area for a certain
. major university that had outdated
its facilities.•
It seems the major part of the assignment called for moving the
football stadium from one section of campus to the opposite direc
tion which Horace Greeley once suggested (although this land was
also more or less in the "wilds.")
Our• friend doesn't care for football stands that are far away
from the field, so he moved his up close. In doing so, he merely
eliminated the track, which he would "conveniently" build outside
of the stadium.
On the surface, the plans looked OK to this writer until I
asked him •if the track was suitable to establishing new records.
He didn't know and cared less. His only excuse—" After all, foot
ball's the only important sport."
I then asked him if breaking the four-minute mile would be
important enough. After his affirmative answer we checked the
plans more closely. The student had planned construction of his
track in an open Bred and running in an east-west direction.
Close observation showed that prevailing winds blew in those
directions so that any record set on the new track would be dis
allowed because the wind would be at the runner's back and
aiding him. (The international track body rejects records when
winds of 5 mile-an-hour or more aid the runner.) And if he ran
into the wind. no record could be set.
So we ruled out the directional layout
Then we checked the track composition and found out that
there were no plans. No soil drainage consideration, no plans on
the materials to be used in the track and no basis of authority on
which he planned the construction.
He flunked the project.
The University is now considering a second plan for the con
struction of a stadium—including # track inside the stadium
(which may run north and south so that the winds, blowing from
the side. may neither aid nor hinder the runners.)
It would be nice to see a four-minute mile at Penn State even
though Eddie Moran will never get the "perfect" home track on
which to set it. Some of the sophomores or freshmen may see it
here—and possibly a few other records if our "minor" sports are
given just consideration.
OTHER MATTERS—"Sports Illustrated" js presently off on its
pseudo-authoritative stories on the top winter sport basketball.
About the only worthwhile article, by Shirley Povich, is one mocking
the overruled sport of giants (which may be a highly practical com
ment since I agree with the view that basketball is over-officiated)
. . . From another source comes the news that Wilt "The Stilt"
Chamberlain is in favor of raising the basket above the present
10-foot height. It seems Wilt hits his head on the rim on shots from
underneath and "it hurts" his head. What a shame!
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 6. 1958
By MATT MATHEWS
Associate Sports Editor
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