1940 Gator Bowl

[Old Coach]

Below are stats and a few pictures from my 1940 Gator Bowl game. I'm not sure that the Gator Bowl was played back then, but its my little world of MaxFB so here it is. Turnovers and allowing an 80 yard punt return for a TD are what killed West Virginia in this game. You can see by the stats, that it should have been an even game.



Louisiana State 14 13 00 00 00 27
West Virginia 00 00 00 07 00 07

LSU W.VA
1st Downs 16 13
Rushing 175 143
Passing 79 94
Net Yards 254 237
Penalties 1/05 1/05
Total Plays 54 49

Rushing
Att/Yds 42/175 38/143
Avg Gain 4.2 3.8
Fumbles/Lost 00/00 03/03

Passing
Comp/Att/INT 5/12/0 5/10/1
Yards 79 94
Avg Gain 15.8 18.8
Avg Per Att 6.6 9.4
Sacks Against 0 1

Kicking
Punts 4/153 4/132
Field Goals 0 of 1 0 of 0

POSSESSION 24:40 23:20

Individual Offense

Passing:
LSU -- TITTLE 5-12, 79 YDS, 0 TD, 0 INT, 6.6YPA, 64.2R
W.VA -- MAJORS 5-8, 94 YDS, 0 TD, 1 INT, 11.8YPA, 63.5R
WHITE 0-2, 0 YDS, 0 TD, 0 INT, 0.0YPA, 39.6R

Receiving:
LSU -- PITT 1-6 0 TD, ROBINSON 1-13 0 TD,
HAMILTON 3-60 0 TD,
W.VA -- FRENCH 3-27 0 TD, SINGER 1-19 0 TD,
BEASLEY 2-48 0 TD,

Rushing:
LSU -- ROBINSON 20-102 1 TD, SCHWAB 10-25 1 TD,
LABRUZZO 2-7 0 TD, HAMILTON 1-0 0 TD,
TITTLE 9-41 1 TD,
W.VA -- BOBROWSKI 11-43 0 TD, BRYANT 4-16 0 TD,
MELILLO 17-72 1 TD, FRENCH 4-10 0 TD,
MAJORS 2-2 0 TD,


---- SCORING SUMMARY ----
03:01 1ST DWN: 1 TOGO: 10 LSU TD TITTLE ON A 7 RUN
02:55 1ST DWN: 1 TOGO: 10 LSU PAT TITTLE
00:30 1ST DWN: 4 TOGO: 5 LSU TD Grezaffi 80 punt return
00:16 1ST DWN: 1 TOGO: 10 LSU PAT TITTLE
06:47 2ND DWN: 2 TOGO: 7 LSU TD ROBINSON ON A 5 RUN
06:42 2ND DWN: 1 TOGO: 10 LSU PAT TITTLE
01:28 2ND DWN: 4 TOGO: 1 LSU TD SCHWAB ON A 4 RUN
05:34 4TH DWN: 3 TOGO: 5 W.VA TD MELILLO ON A 3 RUN
05:29 4TH DWN: 1 TOGO: 10 W.VA PAT BRENNAN

[Tbird]

Nice work Coach
all you need is theblack and white Television

[Marauders]

all you need is the black and white Television

 
Considering that commercial broadcasting of television in the United States didn't start until July 1, 1941, I would have to believe a nice radio would have been in order here.  Then again, a Bell & Howell 8mm movie camera could have caught the action in either color or B&W.