Pitt vs West Virginia
November 28, 1997 2:40pm at Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, WV
Pitt
West Virginia
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 38 | 207 | 44 | 163 | 1 | 31 | 4.3 |
| Billy West | 22 | 93 | 6 | 87 | 1 | 26 | 4.0 |
| Pete Gonzalez | 14 | 80 | 38 | 42 | 0 | 21 | 3.0 |
| Kevan Barlow | 2 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 31 | 17.0 |
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 46 | 168 | 34 | 134 | 3 | 18 | 2.9 |
| Amos Zereoue | 41 | 161 | 10 | 151 | 3 | 18 | 3.7 |
| Leroy White | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Marc Bulger | 4 | 3 | 24 | -21 | 0 | 3 | -5.3 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 22 | 34 | 2 | 273 | 5 | 27 | 5 |
| Pete Gonzalez | 22 | 34 | 2 | 273 | 5 | 27 | 5 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 26 | 43 | 1 | 348 | 1 | 56 | 3 |
| Marc Bulger | 26 | 43 | 1 | 348 | 1 | 56 | 3 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 22 | 273 | 5 | 27 | 12.4 |
| Jake Hoffart | 9 | 124 | 1 | 22 | 13.8 |
| Terry Murphy | 6 | 78 | 3 | 27 | 13.0 |
| Andy Molinaro | 4 | 35 | 0 | 17 | 8.8 |
| Billy West | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| Kevan Barlow | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| Juan Williams | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 26 | 348 | 1 | 56 | 13.4 |
| Pat Greene | 12 | 205 | 1 | 56 | 17.1 |
| Shawn Foreman | 6 | 87 | 0 | 24 | 14.5 |
| Jerry Porter | 3 | 33 | 0 | 12 | 11.0 |
| Amos Zereoue | 3 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 4.0 |
| Anthony Becht | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 |
| Leroy White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 4 | 165 | 41.3 | 51 |
| Grant Coffield | 4 | 165 | 41.3 | 51 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 3 | 106 | 35.3 | 41 |
| Bryan Baumann | 3 | 106 | 35.3 | 41 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 124 | 43 | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| John Jenkins | 2 | 9 | 10 | ||||||
| Hank Poteat | 5 | 124 | 43 | ||||||
| Curtis McGhee | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 4 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 75 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Terry | 4 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 19 | |||
| Curtis Keaton | 2 | 30 | 19 | ||||||
| Anthony Green | 1 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| Leroy White | 1 | 18 | 18 | ||||||
| David Lightcap | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gary Thompkins | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 163 | 273 | 124 | 9 | 7 | 576 |
| Hank Poteat | 124 | 124 | ||||
| Jake Hoffart | 124 | 124 | ||||
| Billy West | 87 | 15 | 102 | |||
| Terry Murphy | 78 | 78 | ||||
| Kevan Barlow | 34 | 12 | 46 | |||
| Pete Gonzalez | 42 | 42 | ||||
| Andy Molinaro | 35 | 35 | ||||
| John Jenkins | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Juan Williams | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Curtis McGhee | 7 | 7 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 155 | 348 | 75 | 29 | 0 | 607 |
| Pat Greene | 205 | 205 | ||||
| Amos Zereoue | 151 | 12 | 163 | |||
| Shawn Foreman | 87 | 87 | ||||
| Shawn Terry | 19 | 29 | 48 | |||
| Jerry Porter | 33 | 33 | ||||
| Curtis Keaton | 30 | 30 | ||||
| Leroy White | 4 | 0 | 18 | 22 | ||
| Anthony Becht | 11 | 11 | ||||
| Anthony Green | 8 | 8 |
| West Virginia | Pitt | |
|---|---|---|
| First Downs | 24 | 26 |
| Rushing | 9 | 9 |
| Passing | 15 | 15 |
| Penalty | 0 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 134 | 163 |
| Rushing Attempts | 46 | 38 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.9 | 4.3 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 3 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 168 | 207 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 34 | 44 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 348 | 273 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 26-43-1 | 22-34-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 8.1 | 8.0 |
| Average Per Completion | 13.4 | 12.4 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 5 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 482 | 436 |
| Total Offense Plays | 89 | 72 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.4 | 6.1 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 1-1 | 2-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 7-53 | 3-16 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 3-106 | 4-165 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 35.3 | 41.3 |
| Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 4-29-0 | 2-9-0 |
| Average Per Return | 7.3 | 4.5 |
| Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 5-75-0 | 5-124-0 |
| Average Per Return | 15.0 | 24.8 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD | 2-0-0 | 1-7-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-0-0 | 1-6-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 46:10 | 45:53 |
| Third Down Conversions | 9 of 18 | 7 of 13 |
| Fourth Down Conversions | 1 of 2 | 2 of 2 |
| Red Zone Scores-Chances | - | - |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 5-46 | 3-24 |
Pitt
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 72 | 31 | 103 | 3.0 | 24 | 9.0 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
| John Jenkins | 9 | 3 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Curtis McGhee | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||||||
| Chuck Brown | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Demond Gibson | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1.0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Phil Clarke | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2.0 | 14 | 2.0 | 14 | ||||||||
| Eric Kasperowicz | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1.0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tray Crayton | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Seth Hornack | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Rod Humphrey | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1.0 | 10 | 2.0 | 11 | ||||||||
| Frank Moore | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Jeff McCurley | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Marlin Young | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Julian Graham | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Jason Soboleski | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Ernest Coakley | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jon Marzoch | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Ken Kashubara | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Hank Poteat | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chiffon Allen | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| D.J. Dinkins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Grant Coffield | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tony Thompson | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Karim Thompson | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Juan Williams | 0 | 1 | 1 |
West Virginia
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 50 | 23 | 73 | 5.0 | 46 | 7.0 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| 3 | Perlo Bastien | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 48 | Jamie Sweeney | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.5 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| 45 | Bob Baum | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1.0 | 11 | 1.0 | 1 | |||||||
| 96 | John Thornton | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 50 | Steve Lippe | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 44 | Jason Williams | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Nate Terry | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1.0 | 11 | 1.0 | 11 | 1 | ||||||
| 78 | Henry Slay | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1.0 | 8 | 1.0 | 8 | |||||||
| 43 | Ryan Brady | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.0 | 10 | 1.0 | 10 | |||||||
| 33 | Barrett Green | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.5 | 3 | 2.0 | 9 | |||||||
| 38 | K.C. Schiller | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 11 | Gary Thompkins | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 52 | John Hadley | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 18 | Ken Fisher | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 41 | Chris Edmonds | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 4 | Charles Fisher | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 67 | Eric de Groh | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 16 | Shawn Foreman | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 46 | Mark Plants | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Jerry Porter | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 35 | David Lightcap | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 49 | Anthony Green | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 51 | Ryan Price | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Scoring Summary
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9:15 | WVU - Amos Zereoue 6 yd rush TD (Kick by Jay Taylor Good), 13-80 5:45 | 0-7 |
| 1 | 4:31 | Pitt - Billy West 13 yd rush TD (Kick by Chris Ferencik Good), 3-28 1:14 | 7-7 |
| 1 | 0:02 | Pitt - Jake Hoffart 16 yd TD pass from Pete Gonzalez (Kick by Chris Ferencik Good), 7-74 2:09 | 14-7 |
| 2 | 9:34 | WVU - Jay Taylor 47 yd FG, 14-50 5:28 | 14-10 |
| 2 | 0:52 | Pitt - Terry Murphy 27 yd TD pass from Pete Gonzalez (Kick by Chris Ferencik Good), 3-61 0:31 | 21-10 |
| 3 | 11:14 | WVU - Amos Zereoue 10 yd rush TD (Pass by Shawn Foreman Good), 5-84 1:23 | 21-18 |
| 3 | 2:08 | Pitt - Terry Murphy 10 yd TD pass from Pete Gonzalez (Kick by Chris Ferencik Good), 7-48 3:17 | 28-18 |
| 4 | 14:57 | WVU - Amos Zereoue 3 yd rush TD (Kick by Jay Taylor Good), 8-57 2:11 | 28-25 |
| 4 | 10:00 | Pitt - Juan Williams 9 yd TD pass from Pete Gonzalez (Kick by Chris Ferencik Good), 12-65 4:57 | 35-25 |
| 4 | 7:23 | WVU - Pat Greene 53 yd TD pass from Marc Bulger (Kick by Jay Taylor Good), 6-87 2:37 | 35-32 |
| 4 | 1:19 | WVU - Jay Taylor 34 yd FG, 11-47 4:22 | 35-35 |
| 7 | 15:00 | WVU - Jay Taylor 52 yd FG, 4--10 0:00 | 35-38 |
| 7 | 15:00 | Pitt - Terry Murphy 12 yd TD pass from Pete Gonzalez, 6-25 0:00 | 41-38 |
Attendance: 48,044
Score By Quarter
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2 OT | 3 OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitt | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 41 |
| West Virginia | 7 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 |
Start Time: 2:40pm
Officials: J.H. Preas (Back Judge), Robert Sokolowski (Field Judge), George Geyer (Head Linesman), Maurice Scherrens (Line Judge), John Smith (Referee), Al Riveron (Side Judge), Bruce Palmer (Umpire)
Temperature: 56 • Wind: SW 8mph • Weather: Cloudy, showers
Pitt
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| TE | Juan Williams |
| LT | Tony Orlandini |
| LG | Jon Marzoch |
| C | Andrew Grischow |
| RG | Reggie Thomas |
| RT | Ethan Weidle |
| FL | Terry Murphy |
| SE | Jake Hoffart |
| QB | Pete Gonzalez |
| HB | Billy West |
| FB | Tony Thompson |
West Virginia
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| TE | Chad Wable |
| LT | Solomon Page |
| LG | Randy Dunnigan |
| C | Eric de Groh |
| RG | Bryan Pukenas |
| RT | Sam Austin |
| FL | Shawn Foreman |
| SE | Pat Greene |
| QB | Marc Bulger |
| TB | Amos Zereoue |
| FB | Leroy White |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| RC | Hank Poteat |
| LC | Tray Crayton |
| FS | John Jenkins |
| DE | Julian Graham |
| LB | Phil Clarke |
| LB | Rod Humphrey |
| LB | Eric Kasperowicz |
| SS | Curtis McGhee |
| DE | Marlin Young |
| DT | Jeff McCurley |
| DT | Frank Moore |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| WLB | Steve Lippe |
| DE | Bob Baum |
| MLB | John Hadley |
| SLB | Jamie Sweeney |
| SS | Barrett Green |
| FS | Gary Thompkins |
| DT | Henry Slay |
| NT | John Thornton |
| WCB | Perlo Bastien |
| RDE | Ryan Brady |
| SCB | Nate Terry |
Kevan Barlow, Jason Soboleski, Andy Molinaro, Ernest Coakley, Chris Ferencik, Chuck Brown, D.J. Dinkins, Ken Kashubara, Chiffon Allen, Seth Hornack, Karim Thompson, Demond Gibson, Grant Coffield
2-Jerry Porter, 4-Charles Fisher, 7-Bryan Baumann, 9-Curtis Keaton, 9-Shawn Terry, 18-Ken Fisher, 35-David Lightcap, 38-K.C. Schiller, 41-Chris Edmonds, 44-Jason Williams, 46-Mark Plants, 47-Jay Taylor, 49-Anthony Green, 51-Ryan Price, 82-Anthony Becht