JOHN DANTONIO
Defensive End
1975 / 1978
Zanesville, OH
Prior Schools
SchoolLocation


Roster Listings
YearRosterNumPosHtWtYrGmsGS
1975 Program vs Appalachian State 84 DE 6-4 195 Fr 0 0
1976 Media Guide DE 6-2 202 So
1976 Program vs Wake Forest 84 DE 6-2 202 So
1976 Fall 1976 84 DE 6-2 202 So 0 0
1977 Georgia Tech, Clemson progams 84 DE 6-3 210 Jr 6 6
1977 Media Guide DE 6-2 210 Jr
1978 Media Guide 84 DE 6-3 215 Sr 4 4
1978 Game Program vs. Duke 84 DE 6-3 215 Jr
Depth Chart Appearances
DescriptionPositionRank
1976 Media Guide Left Defensive End 2nd String
9/25/1976 vs. Georgia Left Defensive End 2nd String
1977 Media Guide Right Defensive End Starter
1978 Media Guide Right Defensive End Starter
9/23/1978 vs. Duke Left Defensive End Starter
Defense
YearSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUQBHFRFFBKIPCDSRZSIPPYPT
1976 0 0 34 2.0 0.0 0 0 1 1 0 13 3 2 25.76 4.17
1977 94 6.0 4.0 3 1 45 11 7 98.63 2.87
1978 35 18 53 8.0 3.0 1 0 0 1 34 6 2 70.4 2.73
Tot 35 18 181 16.0 7.0 1 0 4 3 0 92 20 11 194.79

IP - Impact Plays; CDS - Conversion Down Stops (3rd & 4th Down); RZS - Red Zone Stops; IPP - Impact Play Points; YPT - Yards Per Tackle
Games Started
DateOpponentPosition
1977-09-10 Georgia Tech Right Defensive End
1977-09-17 Miami (Ohio) Right Defensive End
1977-09-24 Georgia Right Defensive End
1977-10-01 East Carolina Right Defensive End
1977-11-19 Clemson Right Defensive End
1977-11-26 Hawaii Right Defensive End
1978-09-23 Duke Left Defensive End
1978-10-07 Georgia Tech Left Defensive End
1978-10-21 Mississippi Left Defensive End
1978-11-25 Clemson Right Defensive End
Scoring Plays
DateOpponentQtrTimeUSCOppPlay
Defense - Sacks
YearDateOpponentDownTo GoSideYdlinePlay
1976 1976-11-20 Clemson 3 5 USC 33 Steve Fuller sacked for loss of 7 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-09-10 Georgia Tech 3 17 GAT 36 Lanier sacked for loss of 8 (John Dantonio, Scott Blackman)
1977 1977-09-17 Miami (Ohio) 1 10 MOH 23 Fortner sacked for loss of 7 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-10-01 East Carolina 2 7 ECU 23 Green sacked for loss of 5 (John Dantonio, Roscoe Watson)
1977 1977-10-01 East Carolina 3 9 ECU 25 Southerland sacked for loss of 8 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-11-26 Hawaii 1 10 HAW 24 Duva sacked for loss of 1 (John Dantonio)
1978 1978-09-09 Furman 1 10 FUR 20 Henderson sacked for loss of 8 (John Dantonio)
1978 1978-09-09 Furman 3 14 FUR 16 Henderson sacked for loss of 5 (John Dantonio)
1978 1978-11-18 Wake Forest 3 8 USC 10 David Webber to throw, runs for loss of 1 (Bill Janus, John Dantonio)
1978 1978-11-18 Wake Forest 1 10 WFU 40 David Webber to pass, scrambles and is sacked (Brett Bond, John Dantonio)
Defense - Tackles For Loss
YearDateOpponentDownTo GoSideYdlinePlay
1975 1975-11-08 Appalachian State 1 10 USC 13 Simon rush for loss of 3 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-09-03 Appalachian State 1 10 APP 29 Price tackled for loss of 3 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-09-10 Georgia Tech 1 10 USC 11 Rucker rush for loss of 1 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-09-10 Georgia Tech 1 10 USC 25 Ivery rush for loss of 3 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-09-24 Georgia 2 1 USC 29 McLee rush for loss of 1 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-10-01 East Carolina 2 8 USC 16 Southerland rush for loss of 4 (Roscoe Watson, John Dantonio)
1977 1977-10-15 Mississippi 2 8 UMS 24 Ellis rush for loss of 2 (John Dantonio)
1978 1978-09-09 Furman 2 3 FUR 25 Glenn rush for loss of 1 (Scott Wade, John Dantonio)
1978 1978-09-23 Duke 1 10 DUK 33 Pitch to Rhett for loss of 4
1978 1978-09-23 Duke 2 12 DUK 45 Stanley Driskell around left end for loss of 5 (John Dantonio)
1978 1978-10-07 Georgia Tech 1 10 USC 48 Eddie Lee Ivery rush for loss of 1 (John Dantonio)
1978 1978-11-18 Wake Forest 2 8 WFU 40 David Webber fumbles and recovers, loss of 5 (John Dantonio)
Defense - Passes Broken Up
YearDateOpponentDownTo GoSideYdlinePlay
1976 1976-09-18 Duke 3 6 DUK 40 Dunn pass for Gore incomplete (John Dantonio)
1976 1976-10-16 Mississippi 1 10 UMS 38 Ellis pass for Woullard incomplete (John Dantonio)
1978 1978-09-16 Kentucky 2 8 UKY 20 Deaton pass for Brooks incomplete (John Dantonio, Fred Sinclair)
1978 1978-09-30 Georgia 3 6 UGA 47 Jeff Pyburn incomplete (John Dantonio)
Defense - Interceptions
YearDateOpponentDownTo GoSideYdlinePlay
1975 1975-10-04 Baylor 2 1 BAY 44 Jackson pass intercepted by John Dantonio at BU 46
Defensive Plays
YearDateOpponentDownTo GoSideYdlinePlay
1975 1975-09-20 Duke 2 9 USC 15 Corbett rush for 6 (Russ Manzari, John Dantonio)
1975 1975-10-11 Virginia 1 10 UVA 37 Copeland rush for 1 (John Dantonio)
1975 1975-10-18 Mississippi 2 5 UMS 29 James Storey rush for 4 (John Dantonio)
1975 1975-10-18 Mississippi 1 10 UMS 35 James Storey rush for 4 (Garry Mott, John Dantonio)
1975 1975-10-25 LSU 1 10 LSU 20 Terry Robiskie rush for 5 (John Dantonio, Ricky Payne)
1975 1975-11-01 N.C. State 1 10 NCS 26 Ted Brown, 14-yd pass from Dave Buckey (Garry Mott, John Dantonio)
1975 1975-11-08 Appalachian State 4 1 USC 11 Hamilton rush for 6 (John Dantonio)
1975 1975-11-08 Appalachian State 1 10 USC 23 Simon rush for 6 (John Dantonio)
1975 1975-11-08 Appalachian State 3 3 USC 5 Simon rush for no gain (John Dantonio)
1975 1975-11-08 Appalachian State 1 2 USC 2 Price rush for 1 (John Dantonio)
1975 1975-11-08 Appalachian State 1 10 APP 24 Simon rush for 3 (John Dantonio)
1975 1975-11-08 Appalachian State 1 10 APP 20 Hamilton rush for 4 (John Dantonio)
1975 1975-11-08 Appalachian State 1 10 APP 43 Price sacked, fumble, recovered by (John Dantonio)
1975 1975-11-08 Appalachian State 2 7 APP 39 Holt, 14-yd pass from Price (John Dantonio)
1975 1975-11-08 Appalachian State 2 9 USC 15 Simon rush for 5 (John Dantonio)
1975 1975-11-15 Wake Forest 2 13 WFU 18 Clark Gaines rush for 2 (John Dantonio)
1975 1975-11-15 Wake Forest 1 10 WFU 33 McManus rush for 3 (Bubba Shugart, John Dantonio)
1975 1975-11-15 Wake Forest 2 6 WFU 20 Clark Gaines rush for 2 (David Prezioso, John Dantonio)
1975 1975-11-15 Wake Forest 2 6 WFU 19 Clark Gaines rush for 5 (Ricky Payne, John Dantonio)
1975 1975-11-15 Wake Forest 1 10 WFU 27 Millner, 13-yd pass from McGlamry (John Dantonio)
1976 1976-09-04 Appalachian State 1 6 USC 6 Price rush for 2 (David Prezioso, John Dantonio)
1976 1976-09-11 Georgia Tech 2 10 GAT 18 Sims rush for 4 (John Dantonio)
1976 1976-09-18 Duke 2 10 DUK 20 Gore, 3-yd pass from Dunn (John Dantonio)
1976 1976-10-02 Baylor 3 1 BAY 41 Franklin rush for 2 (John Dantonio)
1976 1976-10-02 Baylor 1 10 USC 43 Blair rush for 1 (John Dantonio)
1976 1976-10-02 Baylor 3 2 USC 17 Blair rush for 3 (John Dantonio)
1976 1976-10-02 Baylor 1 10 USC 14 Blair rush for 3 (John Dantonio, David Prezioso)
1976 1976-10-02 Baylor 2 2 BAY 28 Blair rush for 3 (John Dantonio)
1976 1976-10-09 Virginia 2 10 UVA 44 Sloan rush for no gain (Joe McGregor, John Dantonio, Tim Singleton)
1976 1976-10-09 Virginia 1 10 UVA 39 Copeland rush for 4 (John Dantonio, Bubba Shugart) + SC personal foul
1976 1976-10-16 Mississippi 2 13 UMS 31 Ellis rush for 4 (John Dantonio, Bubba Shugart)
1976 1976-10-16 Mississippi 2 9 UMS 26 Storey, 12-yd pass from Ellis (Joe McGregor, John Dantonio)
1976 1976-10-23 Notre Dame 2 3 NDM 28 Brower rush for 10 (Charlie Barber, John Dantonio)
1976 1976-10-23 Notre Dame 1 10 USC 21 McLane rush for 7 (John Dantonio, Bernard Grant)
1976 1976-10-30 N.C. State 2 5 USC 45 Brown, 23-yd pass from Evans (John Dantonio)
1976 1976-10-30 N.C. State 1 10 NCS 15 Ted Brown rush for 7 (John Dantonio, David Prezioso)
1976 1976-11-13 Wake Forest 1 10 USC 11 McDougald rush for 9 (Tim Singleton, John Dantonio)
1976 1976-11-13 Wake Forest 1 10 USC 39 McDougald rush for 2 (Kerry DePasquale, John Dantonio)
1976 1976-11-20 Clemson 2 10 CLM 45 Jerry Butler rush for 4 (John Dantonio)
1976 1976-11-20 Clemson 1 5 USC 44 Tracy Perry rush for 6 (John Dantonio)
1976 1976-11-20 Clemson 3 8 CLM 22 Steve Fuller rush for loss of 2 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-09-03 Appalachian State 1 10 APP 9 Hamilton rush for 5 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-09-03 Appalachian State 2 7 APP 26 Hamilton rush for no gain (Steve Bernish, John Dantonio)
1977 1977-09-03 Appalachian State 1 10 USC 13 McConnell rush for 5 (Curtis Boyd, John Dantonio)
1977 1977-09-03 Appalachian State 4 2 USC 5 Simon rush for no gain (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-09-03 Appalachian State 3 11 USC 32 Price rush for no gain (John Dantonio, Joe McGregor)
1977 1977-09-03 Appalachian State 1 10 APP 20 APP rush for 4 (Roscoe Watson, John Dantonio)
1977 1977-09-03 Appalachian State 3 2 APP 28 APP rush for 2 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-09-03 Appalachian State 2 13 APP 26 Simon rush for 9 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-09-03 Appalachian State 3 4 APP 35 Price rush for 3 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-09-10 Georgia Tech 2 11 USC 12 Shamburger rush for 2 (Lance Garrett, John Dantonio)
1977 1977-09-10 Georgia Tech 1 10 GAT 16 Moriarty rush for 4 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-09-10 Georgia Tech 3 2 GAT 28 Ivery rush for 1 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-09-10 Georgia Tech 3 11 GAT 20 Lanier rush for 2 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-09-10 Georgia Tech 1 10 GAT 14 Shamburger rush for 4 (John Dantonio, Tim Singleton)
1977 1977-09-10 Georgia Tech 1 10 GAT 9 Lanier rush, fumble, recovered by (John Dantonio) at GT 11
1977 1977-09-17 Miami (Ohio) 2 7 USC 35 Hunter rush for 3 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-09-17 Miami (Ohio) 1 10 MOH 20 Fortner rush for 5 (Curtis Boyd, John Dantonio)
1977 1977-09-17 Miami (Ohio) 1 10 USC 49 Fortner rush for 4 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-09-24 Georgia 1 10 UGA 30 Pyburn rush for 7 (Lance Garrett, John Dantonio)
1977 1977-09-24 Georgia 2 3 UGA 37 McClendon rush for 3 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-09-24 Georgia 1 10 UGA 5 McLee rush for 2 (Joe McGregor, Roger Woolbright, John Dantonio)
1977 1977-09-24 Georgia 3 5 UGA 10 McLee rush for 3 (Steve Bernish, John Dantonio, Tim Singleton)
1977 1977-09-24 Georgia 3 10 UGA 33 Pyburn rush for 14 (Rick Sanford, John Dantonio)
1977 1977-09-24 Georgia 3 7 USC 35 Pyburn rush for 5 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-09-24 Georgia 3 3 UGA 46 Rogers rush for 1 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-10-01 East Carolina 2 7 ECU 34 Hawkins rush for 8 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-10-01 East Carolina 1 10 USC 29 Sutton rush for 3 (John Dantonio, Bill Janus)
1977 1977-10-01 East Carolina 1 10 USC 10 Hawkins rush for 3 (Mike Tisdale, John Dantonio, Tim Singleton)
1977 1977-10-01 East Carolina 1 10 ECU 20 Green rush for 1 (Roger Woolbright, John Dantonio)
1977 1977-10-01 East Carolina 2 9 ECU 21 Green rush for no gain (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-10-01 East Carolina 2 11 ECU 3 Southerland rush for 8, fumble, recovered by (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-10-08 Duke 1 10 USC 25 Broadie rush for 16 (John Dantonio, Rick Sanford)
1977 1977-10-08 Duke 1 10 USC 47 Gonet rush for 4 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-10-08 Duke 2 8 DUK 22 Dunn rush for 3 (John Dantonio, Tim Singleton)
1977 1977-10-15 Mississippi 1 10 USC 40 Ellis fumbles, forced by (Steve Bernish) recovered by (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-10-15 Mississippi 2 7 USC 32 Garner fumbles, forced by (Roger Woolbright) recovered by (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-10-15 Mississippi 1 10 UMS 49 Storey rush for 6 (Tim Singleton, John Dantonio)
1977 1977-10-15 Mississippi 1 10 UMS 46 Ellis rush for 1 (Joe McGregor, John Dantonio)
1977 1977-10-15 Mississippi 2 10 UMS 20 Perry rush for 5 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-10-22 North Carolina 1 10 USC 35 Doug Paschall rush for 3 (John Dantonio, Lance Garrett)
1977 1977-10-22 North Carolina 2 5 UNC 25 Amos Lawrence rush for no gain (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-10-22 North Carolina 3 7 USC 31 Mike Finn, 5-yd pass from Matt Kupec (Tim Singleton, John Dantonio)
1977 1977-10-22 North Carolina 1 10 UNC 26 Billy Johnson rush for 3 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-10-22 North Carolina 1 10 USC 35 Bill Paschall rush for 3 (Joe McGregor, John Dantonio)
1977 1977-10-22 North Carolina 2 7 USC 32 Billy Johnson rush for 9 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-10-22 North Carolina 4 1 USC 14 Bill Paschall rush for 6 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-11-12 Wake Forest 2 10 WFU 20 Steve Young, 7-yd pass from Mike McGlamry (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-11-12 Wake Forest 1 10 USC 24 Paterson, 7-yd pass from Mike mcGlamry (John Dantonio) + SC penalty
1977 1977-11-19 Clemson 1 10 CLM 10 Warren Ratchford rush for 2 (John Dantonio, Mike Tisdale)
1977 1977-11-19 Clemson 2 5 CLM 38 Warren Ratchford rush for 7 (Steve Bernish, John Dantonio, Curtis Boyd)
1977 1977-11-19 Clemson 1 7 USC 7 Marvin Sims rush for 1 (Fred Sinclair, John Dantonio)
1977 1977-11-19 Clemson 2 17 CLM 42 Steve Fuller rush for 7 (Joe McGregor, John Dantonio)
1977 1977-11-19 Clemson 2 10 CLM 43 Warren Ratchford rush for 5 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-11-19 Clemson 1 10 USC 42 Marvin Sims rush for 2 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-11-26 Hawaii 2 6 HAW 49 Duva rush for 8 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-11-26 Hawaii 3 5 HAW 25 Green, 12-yd pass from Duva (John Dantonio) - UH clipping
1977 1977-11-26 Hawaii 2 8 HAW 37 Bell rush for 5 (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-11-26 Hawaii 2 3 USC 3 Edralin rush for no gain (John Dantonio)
1977 1977-11-26 Hawaii 1 10 USC 44 Green rush for 7 (John Dantonio)
1978 1978-09-09 Furman 1 10 FUR 38 Woerner rush for 2 (Neal Timmons, John Dantonio)
1978 1978-09-09 Furman 2 7 USC 45 Henderson rush for 2 (Scott Wade, John Dantonio)
1978 1978-09-09 Furman 3 6 FUR 17 Glenn rush for 8 (Steve Bernish, John Dantonio)
1978 1978-09-09 Furman 2 9 FUR 26 Henderson rush for no gain (Steve Bernish, John Dantonio)
1978 1978-09-09 Furman 1 10 FUR 18 Stowers rush for 1 (Bob Orkis, John Dantonio)
1978 1978-09-16 Kentucky 1 10 UKY 28 Williams rush for 1 (John Dantonio)
1978 1978-09-16 Kentucky 1 10 UKY 20 Brooks rush for no gain (W.T. Williams, John Dantonio)
1978 1978-09-16 Kentucky 3 8 UKY 22 Hill rush for 6 (John Dantonio)
1978 1978-09-16 Kentucky 1 10 UKY 28 Brooks rush for 3 (John Dantonio)
1978 1978-09-23 Duke 2 8 USC 49 Mike Dunn keeps up middle for 2 (Fred Sinclair, Steve Bernish, John Dantonio)
1978 1978-09-23 Duke 1 15 DUK 34 Mike Dunn keeps for 2 (Neal Timmons, John Dantonio, Bill Janus)
1978 1978-10-07 Georgia Tech 3 4 GAT 10 Mike Kelley rush for 1 (John Dantonio)
1978 1978-10-07 Georgia Tech 2 18 GAT 12 Eddie Lee Ivery rush for 19 (John Dantonio)
1978 1978-10-07 Georgia Tech 2 7 USC 38 Eddie Lee Ivery rush for 3 (John Dantonio)
1978 1978-10-07 Georgia Tech 3 4 USC 35 Eddie Lee Ivery rush for 4 (John Dantonio, Bill Janus)
1978 1978-10-07 Georgia Tech 2 5 GAT 16 Eddie Lee Ivery rush for 2 (John Dantonio)
1978 1978-10-07 Georgia Tech 1 10 USC 22 Eddie Lee Ivery rush for 4 (John Dantonio)
1978 1978-10-28 North Carolina 1 10 UNC 37 Amos Lawrence rush for 33 (John Dantonio)
1978 1978-10-28 North Carolina 1 10 UNC 25 Amos Lawrence rush for 5 (Tim Singleton, John Dantonio)
1978 1978-10-28 North Carolina 2 9 USC 41 Chuck Sharp rush for 3 (John Dantonio)
1978 1978-10-28 North Carolina 2 1 USC 20 Doug Paschal rush for 3 (Lou Biondi, John Dantonio)
1978 1978-10-28 North Carolina 1 10 UNC 20 Amos Lawrence rush for no gain (John Dantonio)
1978 1978-11-04 N.C. State 2 9 NCS 24 Ted Brown rush for 2 (John Dantonio)
1978 1978-11-04 N.C. State 1 10 NCS 20 Ted Brown rush for 7 (John Dantonio)
1978 1978-11-04 N.C. State 3 5 NCS 47 Scott Smith rush for 6 (John Dantonio)
1978 1978-11-04 N.C. State 2 6 NCS 43 Chuckie Canady rush for 1 (John Dantonio)
1978 1978-11-18 Wake Forest 1 10 WFU 38 Kirby carries around right end, gain of 2 (Tim Singleton, John Dantonio)
1978 1978-11-18 Wake Forest 3 13 WFU 35 David Webber scrambles for 1 yard (John Dantonio, Steve Bernish)
1978 1978-11-18 Wake Forest 2 8 WFU 34 David Webber throws complete to Kirby over the middle, gain of 4 (Tim Singleton, John Dantonio)
1978 1978-11-18 Wake Forest 1 10 WFU 30 Kirby carries up left side, gain of 8 (John Dantonio)
1978 1978-11-18 Wake Forest 1 10 USC 36 James McDougal up the middle for 4
1978 1978-11-18 Wake Forest 3 3 WFU 45 James McDougal carries left on pitch for gain of 3 (John Dantonio)
1978 1978-11-18 Wake Forest 1 10 USC 43 David Webber throws complete to Wright on a screen left for no gain (Robert Perlotte, John Dantonio)
1978 1978-11-18 Wake Forest 1 10 USC 46 Daly complete to Ventresca for 7, fumble caused by John Dantonio, recovered by Chuck Allen
1978 1978-11-25 Clemson 1 10 USC 17 Brown rush for 2 (John Dantonio)
1978 1978-11-25 Clemson 2 1 USC 47 Sims rush for 11 (John Dantonio)
1978 1978-11-25 Clemson 3 1 USC 16 Perry rush for 6 (John Dantonio)