Today's Tidbit... Joe Kershella, The Point-A-Minute Man

The NFL record for the most points scored in a game by one player is 36, and the NCAA's major college record is 48. Both records are shared by three players, but neither record has anything on Joe Kershella of West Liberty Teacher's College (now West Liberty U.), who notched 71 points in a game against Cedarville in 1932.

West Liberty played some fine football back then, while Cedarville did not. The West Liberty Hilltoppers were in their seventh and last season under Harry Sweeney, winning multiple West Virginia Conference championships. They habitually walloped lesser foes, including 71-0, 78-0, 98-0, and 77-0 wins. The 1931 team had Bob Caniglio, who led the nation in scoring and scored 67 points in one game before moving on to the NFL, where he placed third in the league in rushing in 1932 with the Staten Island Stapletons.