Statistics Summary for 1956 
 

  Date Opponent   Score   Attend   Site Notes
9/29/1956 at Johns Hopkins T 7-7 - Baltimore, Md.
10/6/1956 at Dickinson W 15-0 - Carlisle, Pa.
10/13/1956 UPSALA W 28-6 - Lancaster, Pa.
10/20/1956 ALBRIGHT W 20-6 - Lancaster, Pa.
10/27/1956 at Western Maryland W 12-6 - Westminster, Md.
11/3/1956 CARNEGIE TECH W 21-0 - Lancaster, Pa.
11/10/1956 at Muhlenberg L 0-13 - Allentown, Pa.
11/17/1956 GETTYSBURG L 0-21 - Lancaster, Pa.
 
Overall: 5-2-1
Conference: 0-0
Home: 3-1
Away: 2-1-1
Neutral: 0-0


Rushing g att gain loss net avg td long avg/g
George Darrah 8 109 549 26 523 4.8 2 0 65.4
Richard Wright 8 67 260 17 243 3.6 0 0 30.4
Wayne Dussinger 8 50 223 4 219 4.4 1 0 27.4
Mercer Johnston 8 37 162 3 159 4.3 1 0 19.9
Bob Souders 8 17 80 3 77 4.5 0 0 9.6
Rene Herbst 8 13 86 19 67 5.2 0 0 8.4
Earl Ebersole 8 10 44 0 44 4.4 0 0 5.5
Don Bair 8 12 42 0 42 3.5 0 0 5.2
Jay Powell 8 30 73 38 35 1.2 3 0 4.4
Fred Hesse 8 39 123 89 34 0.9 1 0 4.2
Roger Bogert 8 2 8 1 7 3.5 0 0 0.9
Fred Fisher 8 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 0 0.4
Fred Reed 8 7 11 17 -6 -0.9 0 0 -0.8
Tom Kirkup 8 2 0 6 -6 -3.0 0 0 -0.8
Team totals 8 401 1682 241 1441 3.6 10 0 180.1
Opp totals 8 363 1297 241 1056 2.9 4 0 132.0
 


Passing g comp-att-int pct yds td long avg/g effic
Jay Powell 8 19-42-7 45.2 312 3 0 39.0 97.88
Fred Hesse 8 7-28-3 25.0 121 1 0 15.1 51.66
George Darrah 8 6-10-1 60.0 106 1 0 13.2 162.04
Tom Kirkup 8 2-7-2 28.6 18 0 0 2.2 -6.97
Rene Herbst 8 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00
Fred Reed 8 0-3-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00
Team totals 8 34-91-13 37.4 557 5 0 69.6 78.34
Opp totals 8 52-131-12 39.7 607 4 0 75.9 70.37
 
Receiving g no. yds avg td long avg/g
George Darrah 8 6 87 14.5 1 0 10.9
Bob Herring 8 5 101 20.2 1 0 12.6
Bill Pettigrew 8 4 57 14.2 2 0 7.1
Bob Souders 8 3 110 36.7 1 0 13.8
Sid Robinson 8 3 59 19.7 0 0 7.4
Mercer Johnston 8 3 45 15.0 0 0 5.6
Richard Wright 8 3 37 12.3 0 0 4.6
Wayne Dussinger 8 3 16 5.3 0 0 2.0
Earl Ebersole 8 1 30 30.0 0 0 3.8
Roger Bogert 8 1 6 6.0 0 0 0.8
Rene Herbst 8 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.1
Team totals 8 34 557 16.4 5 0 69.6
Opp totals 8 52 607 11.7 4 0 75.9
 
Scoring g td fg k-pat 2xp dxp saf pts
Bill Pettigrew 8 2 0-0 10-12 0 0 0 22
George Darrah 8 3 0-0 1-3 0 0 0 19
Jay Powell 8 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 18
Bob Souders 8 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Fred Hesse 8 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Bob Herring 8 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Mercer Johnston 8 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Wayne Dussinger 8 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Team totals 8 15 0-0 11-15 0 0 1 103
Opp totals 8 8 0-0 5-9 0 0 0 53
 
Total offense g rush pass total avg/g
George Darrah 8 523 106 629 78.6
Jay Powell 8 35 312 347 43.4
Richard Wright 8 243 0 243 30.4
Wayne Dussinger 8 219 0 219 27.4
Mercer Johnston 8 159 0 159 19.9
Fred Hesse 8 34 121 155 19.4
Bob Souders 8 77 0 77 9.6
Rene Herbst 8 67 0 67 8.4
Earl Ebersole 8 44 0 44 5.5
Don Bair 8 42 0 42 5.2
Tom Kirkup 8 -6 18 12 1.5
Roger Bogert 8 7 0 7 0.9
Fred Fisher 8 3 0 3 0.4
Fred Reed 8 -6 0 -6 -0.8
Team totals 8 1441 557 1998 249.8
Opp totals 8 1056 607 1663 207.9
 
Punt returns no. yards td long avg
Bob Souders 6 85 0 0 14.2
Fred Hesse 2 29 0 0 14.5
Rene Herbst 2 24 0 0 12.0
Charlie Havens 2 23 0 0 11.5
Bob Herring 1 22 0 0 22.0
George Darrah 9 19 0 0 2.1
Mercer Johnston 2 16 0 0 8.0
Richard Wright 2 9 0 0 4.5
Jay Powell 2 3 0 0 1.5
Team totals 28 236 0 0 8.4
Opp totals 0 0 0 0 0.0
 
Kick returns no. yards td long avg
Richard Wright 2 39 0 0 19.5
Jay Powell 3 36 0 0 12.0
Bill Pettigrew 2 29 0 0 14.5
George Darrah 1 23 0 0 23.0
Fred Hesse 1 20 0 0 20.0
Bob Souders 1 13 0 0 13.0
Rich Hamilton 1 5 0 0 5.0
Olson 1 2 0 0 2.0
Team totals 13 183 0 0 14.1
Opp totals 0 0 0 0 0.0
 
Interceptions no. yards td long avg
Fred Hesse 2 37 0 0 0.1
Jay Powell 2 12 0 0 0.2
Wayne Dussinger 2 8 0 0 0.2
George Darrah 2 3 0 0 0.7
Don Bair 1 36 0 0 0.0
Scott Wallace 1 2 0 0 0.5
Rich Hamilton 1 0 0 0 0.0
Kent Weaver 1 0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 12 98 0 0 0.1
Opp totals 13 0 0 0 0.0
 
Fumble returns no. yards td long avg
Team totals 0 0 0 0 0.0
Opp totals 0 0 0 0 0.0
 
All purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g
George Darrah 8 523 87 19 23 3 655 81.9
Richard Wright 8 243 37 9 39 0 328 41.0
Bob Souders 8 77 110 85 13 0 285 35.6
Wayne Dussinger 8 219 16 0 0 8 243 30.4
Mercer Johnston 8 159 45 16 0 0 220 27.5
Bob Herring 8 0 101 22 0 0 123 15.4
Fred Hesse 8 34 0 29 20 37 120 15.0
Rene Herbst 8 67 -1 24 0 0 90 11.2
Bill Pettigrew 8 0 57 0 29 0 86 10.8
Jay Powell 8 35 0 3 36 12 86 10.8
Don Bair 8 42 0 0 0 36 78 9.8
Earl Ebersole 8 44 30 0 0 0 74 9.2
Sid Robinson 8 0 59 0 0 0 59 7.4
Charlie Havens 8 0 0 23 0 0 23 2.9
Roger Bogert 8 7 6 0 0 0 13 1.6
Rich Hamilton 8 0 0 0 5 0 5 0.6
Fred Fisher 8 3 0 0 0 0 3 0.4
Olson 8 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.2
Scott Wallace 8 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.2
Tom Kirkup 8 -6 0 0 0 0 -6 -0.8
Fred Reed 8 -6 0 0 0 0 -6 -0.8
Team totals 8 1441 557 236 183 98 2515 314.4
Opp totals 8 1056 607 0 0 0 1663 207.9
 
Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk
George Darrah 29 986 34.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Earl Ebersole 2 64 32.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team totals 31 1050 33.9 0 0 0 0 0 0
Opp totals 52 1481 28.5 0 0 0 0 0 5
 
Field goals made att pct long blkd
Team totals 0 0 0.0 0 0
Opp totals 0 0 0.0 0 0
 
Defensive Statistics g ua a tot tfl-yds sack-yds int-yds brup qbh fr-yds ff blk saf
No record 1956 0 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - -
Wayne Dussinger 8 0 0 0 - - 2 - 8 - - - - - -
Fred Hesse 8 0 0 0 - - 2 - 37 - - - - - -
Jay Powell 8 0 0 0 - - 2 - 12 - - - - - -
Don Bair 8 0 0 0 - - 1 - 36 - - - - - -
Rich Hamilton 8 0 0 0 - - 1 - 0 - - - - - -
Scott Wallace 8 0 0 0 - - 1 - 2 - - - - - -
Kent Weaver 8 0 0 0 - - 1 - 0 - - - - - -
George Darrah 8 0 0 0 - - 2 - 3 - - - - - -
Team totals 8 0 0 0 - - 12 - 98 - - - - - -
Opp totals 8 0 0 0 - - 13 - 0 - - - - - -
 
Team statistics Team totals Opponent
1st downs rushing 73 59
1st downs passing 18 26
1st downs penalty 7 4
1st downs total 98 89
Penalties against 35 35
Penalty yards 362 340
Fumbles 43 16
Fumbles lost 28 11
3rd-down convert 0-0 0-0
4th-down convert 0-0 0-0
Time of possession 0:00 0:00
Misc yards 0 0