Statistics Summary for 1979 
 

  Date Opponent   Score   Attend   Site Notes
09/08/1979 BLOOMSBURG W 13-6 - Ithaca, N.Y.
09/15/1979 ST. LAWRENCE W 15-13 - Ithaca, N.Y.
09/22/1979 CORTLAND W 42-7 - Ithaca, N.Y.
09/29/1979 at Alfred W 34-12 - Alfred, N.Y.
10/06/1979 at Clarion L 10-12 - Clarion, Pa.
10/13/1979 at Springfield W 21-14 - Springfield, Mass.
10/20/1979 AM. INTERNATIONAL L 19-24 - Ithaca, N.Y.
10/27/1979 at Canisius W 33-14 - Buffalo, N.Y.
11/03/1979 ALBANY W 46-6 - Ithaca, N.Y.
11/10/1979 at Brockport W 35-7 - Brockport, N.Y.
!p 11/17/1979 at Dubuque W 27-7 - Dubuque, Iowa
!p 11/24/1979 CARNEGIE MELLON W 15-6 - Ithaca, N.Y.
&p 12/01/1979 vs Wittenberg W 14-10 - Phenix City, Ala.
 
! NCAA playoffs
& Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl

Overall: 11-2
Conference: 0-0
Home: 5-1
Away: 5-1
Neutral: 1-0

Rushing g att gain loss net avg td long avg/g
Bob Ferrigno 13 153 906 0 906 5.9 10 58 69.7
John Nicolo 13 174 880 0 880 5.1 9 68 67.7
Matt Mees 7 73 361 0 361 4.9 4 18 51.6
Doug Bencsko 12 78 256 0 256 3.3 5 50 21.3
Doug DeCarr 11 72 152 0 152 2.1 4 15 13.8
Marty Conden 9 28 112 0 112 4.0 0 22 12.4
Fred Yaple 8 10 55 0 55 5.5 0 19 6.9
Kevin Didio 7 11 40 0 40 3.6 0 15 5.7
Terry Jarvie 13 1 14 0 14 14.0 0 14 1.1
Steve Manning 13 7 7 0 7 1.0 0 7 0.5
Dave Whalen 12 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 0.1
Team totals 10 608 2784 0 2784 4.6 32 68 278.4
Opp totals 10 622 1771 0 1771 2.8 12 27 177.1
 

Passing g comp-att-int pct yds td long avg/g effic
Doug Bencsko 12 68-145-10 46.9 923 7 0 76.9 102.50
Doug DeCarr 11 54-120-8 45.0 623 4 0 56.6 86.28
Steve Manning 13 4-10-1 40.0 45 0 0 3.5 57.80
Mike Biondi 13 1-2-0 50.0 9 1 9 0.7 252.80
Team totals 10 127-277-19 45.8 1600 12 54 160.0 94.95
Opp totals 10 119-285-32 41.8 1408 7 69 140.8 68.90
 
Receiving g no. yds avg td long avg/g
Jim Duncan 13 28 443 15.8 5 54 34.1
Terry Jarvie 13 21 288 13.7 1 27 22.2
Bob Ferrigno 13 16 190 11.9 2 42 14.6
Jim Meyer 13 15 256 17.1 1 32 19.7
John Nicolo 13 15 81 5.4 0 20 6.2
Mike Jordan 13 12 143 11.9 2 40 11.0
Steve Manning 13 7 93 13.3 0 20 7.2
Tucker Bradshaw 8 4 67 16.8 0 35 8.4
Matt Mees 7 4 16 4.0 0 7 2.3
Kevin Didio 7 2 13 6.5 0 10 1.9
Marty Conden 9 2 1 0.5 0 9 0.1
Matt Mackey 11 1 9 9.0 1 9 0.8
Team totals 10 127 1600 12.6 12 54 160.0
Opp totals 10 119 1408 11.8 7 69 140.8
 
Scoring g td fg k-pat 2xp dxp saf pts
Bob Ferrigno 13 12 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 72
John Nicolo 13 9 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 54
Tom Darling 13 0 3-8 29-34 0 0 0 38
Doug Bencsko 12 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 30
Jim Duncan 13 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 30
Matt Mees 7 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 24
Doug DeCarr 11 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 24
Mike Jordan 13 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 12
Matt Mackey 11 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Bob Campese 13 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Jim Meyer 13 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Bob Anton 3 0 0-3 6-8 0 0 0 6
Terry Jarvie 13 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Sam D'Agostino 13 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Team totals 10 46 3-11 35-42 0 0 2 324
Opp totals 10 20 7-11 12-14 0 0 0 153
 
Total offense g rush pass total avg/g
Doug Bencsko 12 256 923 1179 98.2
Bob Ferrigno 13 906 0 906 69.7
John Nicolo 13 880 0 880 67.7
Doug DeCarr 11 152 623 775 70.5
Matt Mees 7 361 0 361 51.6
Marty Conden 9 112 0 112 12.4
Fred Yaple 8 55 0 55 6.9
Steve Manning 13 7 45 52 4.0
Kevin Didio 7 40 0 40 5.7
Terry Jarvie 13 14 0 14 1.1
Mike Biondi 13 0 9 9 0.7
Dave Whalen 12 1 0 1 0.1
Team totals 10 2784 1600 4384 438.4
Opp totals 10 1771 1408 3179 317.9
 
Punt returns no. yards td long avg
John Nicolo 23 133 0 50 5.8
Jim Duncan 9 87 0 36 9.7
Doug Bertino 2 1 0 1 0.5
Team totals 34 221 0 50 6.5
Opp totals 14 21 0 9 1.5
 
Kick returns no. yards td long avg
Terry Jarvie 14 365 0 89 26.1
Tom Kleinhammer 7 178 0 30 25.4
Bob Ferrigno 2 28 0 15 14.0
Marty Conden 3 28 0 24 9.3
Fred Yaple 2 26 0 16 13.0
Jim Duncan 1 20 0 20 20.0
Matt Mees 1 15 0 15 15.0
John Nicolo 1 15 0 15 15.0
Matt Mackey 2 11 0 11 5.5
Mike Jordan 1 3 0 3 3.0
Allan MacDonald 1 0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 35 689 0 89 19.7
Opp totals 59 775 1 99 13.1
 
Interceptions no. yards td long avg
Steve Carloni 5 59 0 17 0.1
Mike Biondi 5 54 0 24 0.1
John Laper 5 27 0 8 0.2
Tony Smith 4 40 0 22 0.1
Doug Bertino 4 19 0 15 0.2
Bob Campese 2 65 1 65 0.0
Sam D'Agostino 2 33 1 26 0.1
Tom Kleinhammer 2 3 0 3 0.7
Dan LaNoir 1 14 0 14 0.1
Tom Schwan 1 0 0 0 0.0
Harry Moss 1 0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 32 314 2 65 0.1
Opp totals 19 140 0 63 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
Bob Ferrigno 13 906 190 0 28 0 1124 86.5
John Nicolo 13 880 81 133 15 0 1109 85.3
Terry Jarvie 13 14 288 0 365 0 667 51.3
Jim Duncan 13 0 443 87 20 0 550 42.3
Matt Mees 7 361 16 0 15 0 392 56.0
Jim Meyer 13 0 256 0 0 0 256 19.7
Doug Bencsko 12 256 0 0 0 0 256 21.3
Tom Kleinhammer 12 0 0 0 178 3 181 15.1
Doug DeCarr 11 152 0 0 0 0 152 13.8
Mike Jordan 13 0 143 0 3 0 146 11.2
Marty Conden 9 112 1 0 28 0 141 15.7
Steve Manning 13 7 93 0 0 0 100 7.7
Fred Yaple 8 55 0 0 26 0 81 10.1
Tucker Bradshaw 8 0 67 0 0 0 67 8.4
Bob Campese 13 0 0 0 0 65 65 5.0
Steve Carloni 10 0 0 0 0 59 59 5.9
Mike Biondi 13 0 0 0 0 54 54 4.2
Kevin Didio 7 40 13 0 0 0 53 7.6
Tony Smith 13 0 0 0 0 40 40 3.1
Sam D'Agostino 13 0 0 0 0 33 33 2.5
John Laper 13 0 0 0 0 27 27 2.1
Matt Mackey 11 0 9 0 11 0 20 1.8
Doug Bertino 13 0 0 1 0 19 20 1.5
Dan LaNoir 13 0 0 0 0 14 14 1.1
Dave Whalen 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1
Team totals 10 2784 1600 221 689 314 5608 560.8
Opp totals 10 1771 1408 21 775 140 4115 411.5
 
Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk
Dave Whalen 63 2055 32.6 63 0 0 0 0 1
John Nicolo 9 324 36.0 53 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Yaple 1 27 27.0 27 0 0 0 0 0
Team totals 73 2406 33.0 63 0 0 0 0 1
Opp totals 89 2906 32.7 52 0 0 0 0 4
 
Field goals made att pct long blkd
Tom Darling 3 8 37.5 33 0
Bob Anton 0 3 0.0 0 0
Team totals 3 11 27.3 33 0
Opp totals 7 11 63.6 37 0
 
Defensive Statistics g ua a tot tfl-yds sack-yds int-yds brup qbh fr-yds ff blk saf
Tom Kleinhammer 12 0 0 0 - - 2 - 3 - - - - - -
Bob Campese 13 0 0 0 - - 2 - 65 - - - - - -
Steve Carloni 10 0 0 0 - - 5 - 59 - - - - - -
Mike Biondi 13 0 0 0 - - 5 - 54 - - - - - -
Tony Smith 13 0 0 0 - - 4 - 40 - - - - - -
Sam D'Agostino 13 0 0 0 - - 2 - 33 - - - - - -
John Laper 13 0 0 0 - - 5 - 27 - - - - - -
Doug Bertino 13 0 0 0 - - 4 - 19 - - - - - -
Dan LaNoir 13 0 0 0 - - 1 - 14 - - - - - -
Harry Moss 13 0 0 0 - - 1 - 0 - - - - - -
Tom Schwan 10 0 0 0 - - 1 - 0 - - - - - -
Team totals 10 0 0 0 - - 32 - 314 - - - - - -
Opp totals 10 0 0 0 - - 19 - 140 - - - - - -
 
Team statistics Team totals Opponent
1st downs rushing 136 95
1st downs passing 67 70
1st downs penalty 16 11
1st downs total 219 176
Penalties against 82 64
Penalty yards 887 610
Fumbles 26 28
Fumbles lost 19 18
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