Vanderbilt at West Virginia

Saturday, September 22, 1962

West Virginia beat Vanderbilt 26–⁠0. It was their second meeting; the series is even at 1–⁠1.

AwayVanderbilt1–⁠9 in 1962
0
HomeWest Virginia8–⁠2 in 1962
26

FinalHigh 60°F, low 42°F, 0.22 in. of rainAttendance 24,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: PozzogIiu Top Posser Despite CIV Defeats

    Evening star, District of Columbia, September 27, 1962, page 63

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    PozzogIiu Top Posser Despite CIV Defeats George Washington, the only football team to lose two Southern Conference games this early, nevertheless has the leagues leading passer in Frank Pazzaglia. The 6-foot senior quarter back fron Peckville, Pa, has connected II times in % passes for a .773 average in accuracy. He leads Davidson’s Earl Cole by four competitions, as Cole has found his receivers Is times in 35 passes. Last year, playing behind Co. Capt. Bill Hardy at quarter back, Pazzaglia completed only Is Of 81 tosses all season and had five intercepted. Virginia Military and Virginia Tech haven’t stolen a single pass from Frank this year. Cole Leads in Yardage Pazzaglia also is tied for third in conference scoring with two touch downs, and ranks fourth in total offense with 156 yards-149 coming from his passes. Frank gained only 80 yards with his eight competitions against VPI last Saturday and Cole now leads in passing yard age with a 1877 total. Pace setter in passing percentage is West Virginia’s surprising Jerry YoSt, who completed six for seven for two touchdowns and an .857 average in the 26–⁠0 conquest of Vanderbilt. Dick Drummond of CIV is fifth in rushing with 81 yards and fourth in pass receiving with four catches for 46 yards. Teammate Warren Corbin is the leagues No. 4 punter so far with a 36.9-yard average in II kicks. Cole leads the conference in total offense with ITS yards, followed by Yost with 1859 and Fullback Elliott Keller of Fur man with 161 ahead of Pazzaglia. Keller’s total all has come from % carries and ranks him No. / in rushing. John (The Jet) Cook, a Fur man halfback, ranks next to Keller in rushing with 123

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

West Virginia 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tied 1–⁠1 in two meetings.

Recent meetings
1962West Virginia 26, Vanderbilt 0
1961Vanderbilt 16, West Virginia 6

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