East Carolina vs West Virginia
September 6, 1997 12:35pm at Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, WV
East Carolina
West Virginia
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 32 | 85 | 29 | 56 | 0 | 23 | 1.8 |
| Jamie Wilson | 16 | 42 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 9 | 2.2 |
| Andrew Bayes | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 |
| Scott Harley | 10 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1.2 |
| Dan Gonzalez | 5 | 2 | 16 | -14 | 0 | 2 | -2.8 |
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 44 | 275 | 17 | 258 | 2 | 48 | 5.9 |
| Amos Zereoue | 31 | 212 | 13 | 199 | 2 | 48 | 6.4 |
| Curtis Keaton | 4 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 17 | 8.5 |
| Marc Bulger | 5 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 3.0 |
| Leroy White | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4.0 |
| Anthony Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Mark Plants | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 30 | 46 | 0 | 319 | 2 | 40 | 3 |
| Dan Gonzalez | 29 | 45 | 0 | 279 | 1 | 31 | 3 |
| Jason Nichols | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 40 | 0 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 9 | 16 | 1 | 127 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| Marc Bulger | 9 | 16 | 1 | 127 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 30 | 319 | 2 | 40 | 10.6 |
| Troy Smith | 7 | 126 | 1 | 40 | 18.0 |
| Jason Nichols | 6 | 54 | 0 | 14 | 9.0 |
| Jamie Wilson | 7 | 44 | 1 | 13 | 6.3 |
| Buck Collins | 3 | 44 | 0 | 19 | 14.7 |
| Scott Harley | 2 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 10.0 |
| LaMont Chappell | 3 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 5.3 |
| Linwood DeBrew | 2 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 7.5 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 9 | 127 | 0 | 26 | 14.1 |
| Shawn Foreman | 7 | 126 | 0 | 26 | 18.0 |
| Carlos Osegueda | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Amos Zereoue | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 | -4.0 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 6 | 267 | 44.5 | 57 |
| Andrew Bayes | 6 | 267 | 44.5 | 57 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 4 | 172 | 43.0 | 51 |
| Bryan Baumann | 4 | 172 | 43.0 | 51 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 90 | 46 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| Troy Smith | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
| North | 2 | 61 | 46 | ||||||
| Jamie Wilson | 1 | 29 | 29 | ||||||
| Tavares Taylor | 1 | -2 | -2 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 114 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Fisher | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Nate Terry | 2 | 114 | 100 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 70 | 319 | 90 | 3 | 0 | 482 |
| Troy Smith | 126 | 3 | 129 | |||
| Jamie Wilson | 35 | 44 | 29 | 108 | ||
| North | 61 | 61 | ||||
| Jason Nichols | 54 | 54 | ||||
| Buck Collins | 44 | 44 | ||||
| Scott Harley | 12 | 20 | 32 | |||
| Andrew Bayes | 23 | 23 | ||||
| LaMont Chappell | 16 | 16 | ||||
| Linwood DeBrew | 15 | 15 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 258 | 127 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 499 |
| Amos Zereoue | 199 | -4 | 195 | |||
| Shawn Foreman | 126 | 126 | ||||
| Nate Terry | 114 | 114 | ||||
| Curtis Keaton | 34 | 34 | ||||
| Marc Bulger | 15 | 15 | ||||
| Leroy White | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Carlos Osegueda | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Anthony Green | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Mark Plants | 1 | 1 |
| West Virginia | East Carolina | |
|---|---|---|
| First Downs | 20 | 22 |
| Rushing | 12 | 4 |
| Passing | 7 | 15 |
| Penalty | 1 | 3 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 258 | 56 |
| Rushing Attempts | 44 | 32 |
| Average Per Rush | 5.9 | 1.8 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 275 | 85 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 17 | 29 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 127 | 319 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 9-16-1 | 30-46-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.9 | 6.9 |
| Average Per Completion | 14.1 | 10.6 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 385 | 375 |
| Total Offense Plays | 60 | 78 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 6.4 | 4.8 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 8-49 | 7-60 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 4-172 | 6-267 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 43.0 | 44.5 |
| Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 1-0-0 | 2-3-0 |
| Average Per Return | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-114-1 | 3-90-0 |
| Average Per Return | 57.0 | 30.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-0 | 1-(-2)-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 26:09 | 33:51 |
| Third Down Conversions | 5 of 10 | 8 of 18 |
| Fourth Down Conversions | 0 of 0 | 1 of 2 |
| Red Zone Scores-Chances | - | - |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 3-12 | 1-1 |
East Carolina
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 47 | 21 | 68 | 1.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Jeff Kerr | 8 | 5 | 13 | 1.0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Kelvin Suggs | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Forrest Foster | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Eric Reyes | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1.0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Norris McCleary | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2.0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Matt Semenza | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Dwight Henry | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Kendrick Phillips | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Travis Darden | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Tavares Taylor | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Tabari Wallace | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Roderick Coleman | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Devone Claybrooks | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Kwabena Green | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| P. Coleman | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Deeone McKeithan | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mondell Corbett | 0 | 1 | 1 |
West Virginia
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 59 | 18 | 77 | 3.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 55 | Gary Stills | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1.0 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | Damon Cogdell | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | |||||||
| 52 | John Hadley | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| 28 | Nate Terry | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | |||||||
| 78 | Henry Slay | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2.0 | 4 | |||||||||
| 4 | Charles Fisher | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 45 | Bob Baum | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 96 | John Thornton | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 3 | Perlo Bastien | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 43 | Ryan Brady | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 44 | Jason Williams | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 11 | Gary Thompkins | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 50 | Steve Lippe | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 8 | 1.0 | 8 | |||||||
| 33 | Barrett Green | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 35 | David Lightcap | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 3 | |||||||||
| 16 | Shawn Foreman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 21 | Pat Greene | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 27 | Kerry Siverand | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 38 | K.C. Schiller | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 51 | Ryan Price | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 98 | Kevin Landolt | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 19 | Boo Sensabaugh | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 54 | Charlton Forbes | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Scoring Summary
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4:47 | WVU - Jay Taylor 42 yd FG, 11-71 5:42 | 0-3 |
| 1 | 3:03 | ECU - Troy Smith 40 yd TD pass from Jason Nichols (Kick by Brantley Rivers Good), 5-59 1:44 | 7-3 |
| 2 | 0:07 | ECU - Andrew Bayes 46 yd FG, 8-34 2:57 | 10-3 |
| 3 | 8:45 | WVU - Amos Zereoue 7 yd rush TD (Kick by Jay Taylor Good), 6-80 2:38 | 10-10 |
| 3 | 2:51 | ECU - Jamie Wilson 4 yd TD pass from Dan Gonzalez (Kick by Brantley Rivers Good), 13-80 5:54 | 17-10 |
| 3 | 2:35 | WVU - Nate Terry 100 yd kickoff return TD (Kick by Jay Taylor Good) | 17-17 |
| 4 | 13:15 | WVU - Amos Zereoue 9 yd rush TD (Kick by Jay Taylor Good), 10-80 3:38 | 17-24 |
Attendance: 51,143
Score By Quarter
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Carolina | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| West Virginia | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 24 |
Start Time: 12:35pm
Officials: James Anderson (Back Judge), David Epperly (Field Judge), Bristol Martin (Head Linesman), Paul Tighe (Line Judge), Buddy Ward (Referee), Al Riveron (Side Judge), Mike Semcheski (Umpire)
Temperature: 72 • Wind: SW 8mph • Weather: Partly cloudy and mild
East Carolina
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| TE | Buck Collins |
| LT | Sherman Lacewell |
| LG | Mondell Corbett |
| C | Danny Moore |
| RG | Chris Nelson |
| RT | Stacy Whitehead |
| FL | Jason Nichols |
| SE | Troy Smith |
| QB | Dan Gonzalez |
| HB | Linwood DeBrew |
| FB | Scott Harley |
West Virginia
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| TE | Anthony Becht |
| LT | Solomon Page |
| LG | Randy Dunnigan |
| C | Eric de Groh |
| RG | Bill McElroy |
| RT | Sam Austin |
| SE | Shawn Foreman |
| FL | Carlos Osegueda |
| QB | Marc Bulger |
| TB | Amos Zereoue |
| FB | Leroy White |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| LCB | Kelvin Suggs |
| RCB | Forrest Foster |
| MLB | Eric Reyes |
| WLB | Jeff Kerr |
| OLB | Roderick Coleman |
| SS | Kendrick Phillips |
| FS | Dwight Henry |
| OLB | Matt Semenza |
| DT | Norris McCleary |
| DT | Dwayne Ledford |
| NG | Travis Darden |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| SS | Barrett Green |
| FS | Gary Thompkins |
| SLB | Jamie Sweeney |
| WLB | Damon Cogdell |
| DE | Bob Baum |
| MLB | John Hadley |
| DT | Henry Slay |
| NT | John Thornton |
| WCB | Perlo Bastien |
| RDE | Gary Stills |
| SCB | Nate Terry |
Devone Claybrooks, P. Coleman, Jamie Wilson, Tabari Wallace, Tavares Taylor, Brantley Rivers, Deeone McKeithan, Kwabena Green, LaMont Chappell, Andrew Bayes, North
2-Jerry Porter, 4-Charles Fisher, 7-Bryan Baumann, 9-Curtis Keaton, 12-Gregory Hernandez, 18-Ken Fisher, 19-Boo Sensabaugh, 21-Pat Greene, 27-Kerry Siverand, 35-David Lightcap, 38-K.C. Schiller, 43-Ryan Brady, 44-Jason Williams, 46-Mark Plants, 47-Jay Taylor, 49-Anthony Green, 50-Steve Lippe, 51-Ryan Price, 54-Charlton Forbes, 68-Rick Oleyar, 98-Kevin Landolt