Statistics Summary for 1978 
 

  Date Opponent   Score   Attend   Site Notes
09/09/1978 at Bloomsburg W 25-7 - Bloomsburg, Pa.
09/16/1978 at St. Lawrence W 15-14 - Canton, N.Y.
09/23/1979 at Cortland W 27-13 - Cortland, N.Y.
09/30/1978 ALFRED W 35-0 - Ithaca, N.Y.
10/07/1978 CLARION W 17-0 - Ithaca, N.Y.
10/14/1979 SPRINGFIELD W 28-14 - Ithaca, N.Y.
10/21/1979 CANISIUS W 54-0 - Ithaca, N.Y.
10/28/1978 at Hobart W 49-0 - Geneva, N.Y.
11/04/1978 at Albany L 6-9 - Albany, N.Y.
11/11/1978 TOWSON STATE W 35-22 - Ithaca, N.Y.
!p 11/18/1978 WITTENBERG L 3-6 - Ithaca, N.Y.
 
! NCAA playoffs

Overall: 9-2
Conference: 0-0
Home: 5-1
Away: 4-1
Neutral: 0-0

Rushing g att gain loss net avg td long avg/g
Matt Mees 10 154 830 0 830 5.4 5 44 83.0
John Nicolo 9 104 567 0 567 5.5 7 42 63.0
Bob Ferrigno 7 59 485 0 485 8.2 7 85 69.3
Doug Bencsko 9 66 389 0 389 5.9 8 68 43.2
Bob Veruto 10 70 297 0 297 4.2 1 19 29.7
Doug Getzke 9 63 252 0 252 4.0 3 24 28.0
Steve Manning 4 36 164 0 164 4.6 2 24 41.0
Paul Morrissey 10 46 138 0 138 3.0 2 25 13.8
Mike Biondi 8 16 34 0 34 2.1 0 27 4.2
Terry Jarvie 5 4 23 0 23 5.8 1 12 4.6
Steve Ludwig 10 9 22 0 22 2.4 1 9 2.2
Team totals 10 627 3201 0 3201 5.1 37 85 320.1
Opp totals 10 475 1366 0 1366 2.9 4 26 136.6
 

Passing g comp-att-int pct yds td long avg/g effic
Doug Bencsko 9 16-41-4 39.0 269 1 0 29.9 82.67
Steve Manning 4 12-30-3 40.0 142 1 0 35.5 70.76
Mike Biondi 8 5-16-1 31.2 83 1 0 10.4 82.95
Paul Morrissey 10 2-7-0 28.6 27 0 0 2.7 60.97
Team totals 10 35-94-8 37.2 521 3 38 52.1 77.30
Opp totals 10 94-230-24 40.9 1337 7 78 133.7 78.87
 
Receiving g no. yds avg td long avg/g
Jim Meyer 10 13 197 15.2 3 34 19.7
Terry Coholan 10 6 111 18.5 0 38 11.1
Paul Morrissey 10 4 87 21.8 0 34 8.7
Jim Duncan 10 4 46 11.5 0 17 4.6
Matt Mees 10 2 22 11.0 0 11 2.2
John Nicolo 9 2 12 6.0 0 10 1.3
Terry Jarvie 5 1 22 22.0 0 22 4.4
Tim Faughnan 4 1 15 15.0 0 15 3.8
Bob Veruto 10 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.7
Steve Ludwig 10 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.2
Team totals 10 35 521 14.9 3 38 52.1
Opp totals 10 94 1337 14.2 7 78 133.7
 
Scoring g td fg k-pat 2xp dxp saf pts
Doug Bencsko 9 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 48
Bob Ferrigno 7 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 42
John Nicolo 9 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 42
Tom Darling 10 0 2-2 35-38 0 0 0 41
Matt Mees 10 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 30
Jim Meyer 10 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 20
Doug Getzke 9 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 18
Steve Manning 4 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 12
Paul Morrissey 10 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 12
John Laper 9 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Terry Jarvie 5 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Bob Veruto 10 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Steve Ludwig 10 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Team totals 10 41 2-2 35-38 1 0 0 289
Opp totals 10 11 2-3 7-9 0 0 0 79
 
Total offense g rush pass total avg/g
Matt Mees 10 830 0 830 83.0
Doug Bencsko 9 389 269 658 73.1
John Nicolo 9 567 0 567 63.0
Bob Ferrigno 7 485 0 485 69.3
Steve Manning 4 164 142 306 76.5
Bob Veruto 10 297 0 297 29.7
Doug Getzke 9 252 0 252 28.0
Paul Morrissey 10 138 27 165 16.5
Mike Biondi 8 34 83 117 14.6
Terry Jarvie 5 23 0 23 4.6
Steve Ludwig 10 22 0 22 2.2
Team totals 10 3201 521 3722 372.2
Opp totals 10 1366 1337 2703 270.3
 
Punt returns no. yards td long avg
John Nicolo 20 164 0 28 8.2
Jim Duncan 9 34 0 9 3.8
Tom Kleinhammer 1 1 0 1 1.0
Team totals 30 199 0 28 6.6
Opp totals 21 61 0 13 2.9
 
Kick returns no. yards td long avg
Tom Kleinhammer 10 298 0 70 29.8
Doug Getzke 3 56 0 22 18.7
Jim Duncan 2 39 0 21 19.5
Steve Ludwig 1 25 0 25 25.0
Bob Veruto 2 23 0 13 11.5
Bill George 1 1 0 1 1.0
Paul Morrissey 1 0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 20 437 0 70 21.9
Opp totals 49 794 0 36 16.2
 
Interceptions no. yards td long avg
Scott Colton 6 78 0 40 0.1
Kevin Vogt 4 63 0 27 0.1
John Furey 4 22 0 13 0.2
Tom Kleinhammer 2 28 0 27 0.1
Joe Agnello 2 12 0 12 0.2
Sam D'Agostino 2 9 0 9 0.2
John Laper 1 55 1 55 0.0
Phil Bianco 1 49 0 49 0.0
Matt Riley 1 22 0 22 0.0
John Tompkins 1 0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 24 338 1 55 0.1
Opp totals 8 131 0 40 0.1
 
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
Matt Mees 10 830 22 0 0 0 852 85.2
John Nicolo 9 567 12 164 0 0 743 82.6
Bob Ferrigno 7 485 0 0 0 0 485 69.3
Doug Bencsko 9 389 0 0 0 0 389 43.2
Tom Kleinhammer 10 0 0 1 298 28 327 32.7
Bob Veruto 10 297 7 0 23 0 327 32.7
Doug Getzke 9 252 0 0 56 0 308 34.2
Paul Morrissey 10 138 87 0 0 0 225 22.5
Jim Meyer 10 0 197 0 0 0 197 19.7
Steve Manning 4 164 0 0 0 0 164 41.0
Jim Duncan 10 0 46 34 39 0 119 11.9
Terry Coholan 10 0 111 0 0 0 111 11.1
Scott Colton 10 0 0 0 0 78 78 7.8
Kevin Vogt 10 0 0 0 0 63 63 6.3
John Laper 9 0 0 0 0 55 55 6.1
Phil Bianco 10 0 0 0 0 49 49 4.9
Steve Ludwig 10 22 2 0 25 0 49 4.9
Terry Jarvie 5 23 22 0 0 0 45 9.0
Mike Biondi 8 34 0 0 0 0 34 4.2
Matt Riley 10 0 0 0 0 22 22 2.2
John Furey 10 0 0 0 0 22 22 2.2
Tim Faughnan 4 0 15 0 0 0 15 3.8
Joe Agnello 10 0 0 0 0 12 12 1.2
Sam D'Agostino 10 0 0 0 0 9 9 0.9
Bill George 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.0
Team totals 10 3201 521 199 437 338 4696 469.6
Opp totals 10 1366 1337 61 794 131 3689 368.9
 
Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk
Tom Hansen 46 1662 36.1 54 0 0 0 0 1
Tim Faughnan 8 272 34.0 41 0 0 0 0 0
Team totals 54 1934 35.8 54 0 0 0 0 1
Opp totals 76 2422 31.9 55 0 0 0 0 2
 
Field goals made att pct long blkd
Tom Darling 2 2 100.0 36 0
Team totals 2 2 100.0 36 0
Opp totals 2 3 66.7 45 0
 
Defensive Statistics g ua a tot tfl-yds sack-yds int-yds brup qbh fr-yds ff blk saf
John Schiemann 9 20 72 92 1.0 - 0 - - 1 - 2 - 0 - - -
John Laper 9 27 55 82 2.0 - 0 1.0 - 0 1 - 55 3 - - - 1 -
Dick Timpano 9 13 64 77 1.0 - 0 - - - - 1 - 0 - - -
Sam D'Agostino 10 21 42 63 3.0 - 0 1.0 - 0 2 - 9 2 - 1 - 0 - 1 -
Dan Dougherty 10 14 37 51 18.0 - 0 6.0 - 0 - 1 - 2 - 0 - - -
Jimmy Hoffman 10 11 40 51 9.0 - 0 5.0 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 0 - - -
Pete Giordano 10 12 37 49 4.0 - 0 2.0 - 0 - - - 2 - 0 - - -
Joe Agnello 10 10 39 49 2.0 - 0 - 2 - 12 - - 2 - 0 - - -
Kevin Vogt 10 18 23 41 - - 4 - 63 5 - - - - -
Phil Bianco 10 13 27 40 5.0 - 0 4.0 - 0 1 - 49 - - - - - -
Don Phillips 10 9 29 38 3.0 - 0 2.0 - 0 - - - 1 - 0 - - -
Harry Moss 10 15 22 37 1.0 - 0 - - - - - - - -
Scott Colton 10 15 18 33 1.0 - 0 - 6 - 78 2 - - - - -
Tom Kleinhammer 10 15 18 33 1.0 - 0 - 2 - 28 2 - - - - -
Bill Rosecrans 10 8 25 33 4.0 - 0 1.0 - 0 - - - - - - -
Carl Guidotti 10 6 27 33 3.0 - 0 3.0 - 0 - - - - - - -
Rick Jordan 10 12 16 28 1.0 - 0 1.0 - 0 - 1 - - - - -
Dan LaNoir 10 6 14 20 1.0 - 0 - - - - 2 - 0 - - -
Larry Schunk 10 5 15 20 1.0 - 0 1.0 - 0 - 2 - - - - -
Pat Sullivan 10 4 14 18 - - - - - 1 - 0 - - -
Matt Riley 10 7 8 15 1.0 - 0 - 1 - 22 3 - 1 - 0 - - -
John Furey 10 5 9 14 - - 4 - 22 1 - - - - -
Tony Smith 10 6 4 10 - - - - - - - - -
John Tompkins 8 0 6 6 - - 1 - 0 - - - - - -
Doug DeCarr 8 1 4 5 - - - - - - - - -
Dean Kroll 10 1 3 4 - - - - - - - - -
Jimmy Gold 10 0 2 2 - - - - - - - - -
Mike Gyles 10 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Mike Lovett 10 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Team totals 10 274 672 946 62.0 - 0 27.0 - 0 24 - 338 24 - 14 - 0 - 2 -
Opp totals 10 0 0 0 - - 8 - 131 - - - - - -
 
Team statistics Team totals Opponent
1st downs rushing 141 92
1st downs passing 22 52
1st downs penalty 10 12
1st downs total 173 156
Penalties against 70 62
Penalty yards 653 596
Fumbles 39 25
Fumbles lost 15 13
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