#14 Clemson vs #23 West Virginia
January 4, 2012 8:30pm at Sun Life Stadium, Miami, FL
Clemson
West Virginia
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 27 | 210 | 17 | 193 | 2 | 68 | 7.1 |
| Andre Ellington | 10 | 119 | 3 | 116 | 1 | 68 | 11.6 |
| Roderick McDowell | 4 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 14 | 8.5 |
| Tajh Boyd | 10 | 46 | 14 | 32 | 0 | 24 | 3.2 |
| Cole Stoudt | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| D.J. Howard | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Sammy Watkins | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 43 | 196 | 14 | 182 | 3 | 23 | 4.2 |
| Shawne Alston | 20 | 78 | 1 | 77 | 2 | 11 | 3.9 |
| Andrew Buie | 13 | 52 | 7 | 45 | 0 | 11 | 3.5 |
| Tavon Austin | 3 | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 23 | 13.3 |
| Geno Smith | 5 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 5.2 |
| TEAM | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 | 0 | -3.0 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 24 | 47 | 2 | 250 | 2 | 28 | 3 |
| Tajh Boyd | 24 | 46 | 2 | 250 | 2 | 28 | 3 |
| Cole Stoudt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 32 | 46 | 1 | 407 | 6 | 37 | 0 |
| Geno Smith | 32 | 43 | 0 | 407 | 6 | 37 | 0 |
| Paul Millard | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 24 | 250 | 2 | 28 | 10.4 |
| DeAndre Hopkins | 10 | 107 | 1 | 28 | 10.7 |
| Sammy Watkins | 5 | 66 | 1 | 27 | 13.2 |
| Jaron Brown | 2 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 12.0 |
| Dwayne Allen | 2 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 10.5 |
| Martavis Bryant | 2 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 10.0 |
| Adam Humphries | 2 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 6.0 |
| Brandon Ford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 32 | 407 | 6 | 37 | 12.7 |
| Tavon Austin | 12 | 123 | 4 | 37 | 10.3 |
| Stedman Bailey | 5 | 82 | 1 | 30 | 16.4 |
| Devon Brown | 5 | 71 | 0 | 33 | 14.2 |
| Willie Milhouse | 3 | 71 | 1 | 34 | 23.7 |
| Andrew Buie | 4 | 32 | 0 | 17 | 8.0 |
| J.D. Woods | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| Ivan McCartney | 2 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 6.5 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 6 | 238 | 39.7 | 48 |
| Dawson Zimmerman | 6 | 238 | 39.7 | 48 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 5 | 175 | 35.0 | 48 |
| Corey Smith | 5 | 175 | 35.0 | 48 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 190 | 38 | 1 | 24 | 24 |
| DeAndre Hopkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Sammy Watkins | 7 | 143 | 38 | ||||||
| Jaron Brown | 2 | 36 | 21 | ||||||
| Chad Diehl | 1 | 11 | 11 | ||||||
| Rashard Hall | 1 | 24 | 24 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 1 | -2 | 0 | 5 | 117 | 36 | 2 | 24 | 18 |
| Devon Brown | 1 | -2 | 0 | ||||||
| Tavon Austin | 5 | 117 | 36 | ||||||
| Keith Tandy | 1 | 18 | 18 | ||||||
| Pat Miller | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 193 | 250 | 190 | 0 | 24 | 657 |
| Sammy Watkins | 2 | 66 | 143 | 211 | ||
| Andre Ellington | 116 | 116 | ||||
| DeAndre Hopkins | 107 | 0 | 107 | |||
| Jaron Brown | 24 | 36 | 60 | |||
| Roderick McDowell | 34 | 34 | ||||
| Tajh Boyd | 32 | 32 | ||||
| Rashard Hall | 24 | 24 | ||||
| Dwayne Allen | 21 | 21 | ||||
| Martavis Bryant | 20 | 20 | ||||
| Adam Humphries | 12 | 12 | ||||
| Chad Diehl | 11 | 11 | ||||
| Cole Stoudt | 5 | 5 | ||||
| D.J. Howard | 4 | 4 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 188 | 407 | 117 | -2 | 24 | 734 |
| Tavon Austin | 40 | 123 | 117 | 280 | ||
| Stedman Bailey | 82 | 82 | ||||
| Andrew Buie | 45 | 32 | 77 | |||
| Shawne Alston | 77 | 77 | ||||
| Willie Milhouse | 71 | 71 | ||||
| Devon Brown | 71 | -2 | 69 | |||
| Geno Smith | 26 | 26 | ||||
| Keith Tandy | 18 | 18 | ||||
| J.D. Woods | 15 | 15 | ||||
| Ivan McCartney | 13 | 13 | ||||
| Pat Miller | 6 | 6 |
| Clemson | West Virginia | |
|---|---|---|
| First Downs | 24 | 31 |
| Rushing | 8 | 13 |
| Passing | 14 | 16 |
| Penalty | 2 | 2 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 193 | 182 |
| Rushing Attempts | 27 | 43 |
| Average Per Rush | 7.1 | 4.2 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 3 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 210 | 196 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 17 | 14 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 250 | 407 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 24-47-2 | 32-46-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 5.3 | 8.8 |
| Average Per Completion | 10.4 | 12.7 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 6 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 443 | 589 |
| Total Offense Plays | 74 | 89 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 6.0 | 6.6 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 6-65 | 4-40 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 6-238 | 5-175 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 39.7 | 35.0 |
| Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 1-0-0 | 1-(-2)-0 |
| Average Per Return | 0.0 | -2.0 |
| Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 10-190-0 | 5-117-0 |
| Average Per Return | 19.0 | 23.4 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD | 1-24-0 | 2-24-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-0 | 2-103-1 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 23:05 | 36:55 |
| Third Down Conversions | 3 of 13 | 10 of 16 |
| Fourth Down Conversions | 2 of 2 | 0 of 0 |
| Red Zone Scores-Chances | 1-2 | 7-7 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 0-0 | 3-14 |
Clemson
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 56 | 8 | 64 | 0 | 5.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 31 | Rashard Hall | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 24 | |||||||||
| 17 | Bashaud Breeland | 6 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 42 | Hawkins | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1.0 | 4 | |||||||||
| 5 | Jonathan Meeks | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1.0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 29 | Zavier Brewer | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 40 | Andre Branch | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 90 | Kourtnei Brown | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 15 | Coty Sensabaugh | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 46 | Jonathan Willard | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 93 | Corey Crawford | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 94 | Rennie Moore | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 97 | Malliciah Goodman | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Sammy Watkins | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 83 | Dwayne Allen | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 43 | Tyler Shatley | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 41 | Daniel Andrews | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 98 | Brandon Thompson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 5 | |||||||||
| 33 | Spencer Shuey | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 21 | Darius Robinson | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 14 | Martin Jenkins | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 13 | Spencer Benton | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 6B | Tavaris Barnes | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 34 | Quandon Christian | 0 | 1 | 1 |
West Virginia
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 50 | 6 | 56 | 3.0 | 14 | 5.0 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 103 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 0 | |
| 24 | Eain Smith | 12 | 1 | 13 | 0.5 | 1 | |||||||||
| 8 | Keith Tandy | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 18 | |||||||||
| 33 | Jared Barber | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 23 | Brodrick Jenkins | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Darwin Cook | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 99 | |||||||||
| 52 | Najee Goode | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.0 | 5 | 1.5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 34 | Ishmael Banks | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 49 | Troy Gloster | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 85 | Willie Milhouse | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 11 | Bruce Irvin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 7 | 1.0 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
| 97 | Julian Miller | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Pat Miller | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
| 47 | Doug Rigg | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 98 | Will Clarke | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | |||||||
| 3 | Stedman Bailey | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 90 | Shaq Rowell | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 99 | Jorge Wright | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 46 | Matt Moro | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Scoring Summary
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9:33 | CLEM - Andre Ellington 68 yd rush TD (Kick by Chandler Catanzaro Good), 6-96 1:39 | 0-7 |
| 1 | 6:54 | WVU - Shawne Alston 4 yd rush TD (Kick by Tyler Bitancurt Good), 8-72 2:39 | 7-7 |
| 1 | 4:38 | CLEM - Sammy Watkins 27 yd TD pass from Tajh Boyd (Kick by Chandler Catanzaro Good), 9-62 2:16 | 7-14 |
| 1 | 2:49 | WVU - Tavon Austin 8 yd TD pass from Geno Smith (Kick by Tyler Bitancurt Good), 6-57 1:49 | 14-14 |
| 1 | 0:45 | CLEM - Chandler Catanzaro 42 yd FG, 6-40 2:04 | 14-17 |
| 2 | 13:25 | WVU - Tavon Austin 27 yd TD pass from Geno Smith (Kick by Tyler Bitancurt Good), 9-80 2:20 | 21-17 |
| 2 | 10:28 | WVU - Darwin Cook 99 yd fumble return TD (Kick by Tyler Bitancurt Good) | 28-17 |
| 2 | 4:49 | CLEM - Chandler Catanzaro 43 yd FG, 8-56 1:36 | 28-20 |
| 2 | 2:29 | WVU - Geno Smith 7 yd rush TD (Kick by Tyler Bitancurt Good), 6-64 2:20 | 35-20 |
| 2 | 1:13 | WVU - Tavon Austin 3 yd TD pass from Geno Smith (Kick by Tyler Bitancurt Good), 3-32 0:52 | 42-20 |
| 2 | 0:04 | WVU - Shawne Alston 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Tyler Bitancurt Good), 5-22 0:58 | 49-20 |
| 3 | 12:35 | WVU - Stedman Bailey 6 yd TD pass from Geno Smith (Kick by Tyler Bitancurt Good), 7-73 2:25 | 56-20 |
| 3 | 9:18 | WVU - Tavon Austin 37 yd TD pass from Geno Smith (Kick by Tyler Bitancurt Good), 5-74 2:25 | 63-20 |
| 3 | 1:37 | CLEM - DeAndre Hopkins 28 yd TD pass from Tajh Boyd (Pass by Tajh Boyd Fail), 5-41 1:39 | 63-26 |
| 4 | 6:21 | WVU - Willie Milhouse 7 yd TD pass from Geno Smith (Kick by Tyler Bitancurt Good), 12-66 6:14 | 70-26 |
| 4 | 1:01 | CLEM - Roderick McDowell 4 yd rush TD (Kick by Chandler Catanzaro Good), 6-39 1:55 | 70-33 |
Attendance: 67,563
Score By Quarter
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clemson | 17 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 33 |
| West Virginia | 14 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 70 |
Start Time: 8:30pm
Clemson
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| TE | Dwayne Allen |
| LT | Phillip Price |
| LG | Brandon Thomas |
| C | Dalton Freeman |
| RG | Antoine McClain |
| RT | Landon Walker |
| WR | Jaron Brown |
| WR | DeAndre Hopkins |
| WR | Sammy Watkins |
| QB | Tajh Boyd |
| RB | Andre Ellington |
West Virginia
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| LT | Don Barclay |
| LG | Jeff Braun |
| C | Joe Madsen |
| RG | Tyler Rader |
| RT | Pat Eger |
| IR | Tavon Austin |
| WR | Stedman Bailey |
| WR | J.D. Woods |
| QB | Geno Smith |
| RB | Shawne Alston |
| RB | Ryan Clarke |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| CB | Bashaud Breeland |
| CB | Coty Sensabaugh |
| WLB | Jonathan Willard |
| FS | Rashard Hall |
| MLB | Hawkins |
| SS | Zavier Brewer |
| DE | Malliciah Goodman |
| SLB | Quandon Christian |
| DT | Rennie Moore |
| NG | Brandon Thompson |
| BE | Andre Branch |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| RCB | Brodrick Jenkins |
| LCB | Keith Tandy |
| FS | Eain Smith |
| SLB | Doug Rigg |
| WLB | Najee Goode |
| MLB | Jared Barber |
| BS | Darwin Cook |
| SS | Wes Tonkery |
| DE | Will Clarke |
| DT | Julian Miller |
| NT | Jorge Wright |
1-Martavis Bryant, 5-Jonathan Meeks, 6B-Tavaris Barnes, 8-Justin Parker, 8S-Cole Stoudt, 9-Joe Craig, 12-Stephone Anthony, 13-Spencer Benton, 14-Martin Jenkins, 16-Adam Humphries, 19-Charone Peake, 20-Lateek Townsend, 21-Darius Robinson, 22-D.J. Howard, 25-Roderick McDowell, 26-Marquan Jones, 27-Robert Smith, 30-Chad Diehl, 32-Carlton Lewis, 33-Spencer Shuey, 35-Mansa Joseph, 37-Kantrell Brown, 38-Garry Peters, 39-Chandler Catanzaro, 41-Daniel Andrews, 43-Tyler Shatley, 47-Will Harrison, 48-Dante Stewart, 50-Grady Jarrett, 52-Phillip Fajgenbaum, 62-Mason Cloy, 67-Kalon Davis, 68-David Beasley, 70-Gifford Timothy, 73-David Smith, 75-Michael Sobeski, 77-Reid Webster, 80-Brandon Ford, 82-Drew Traylor, 84-Darrell Smith, 86-Sam Cooper, 90-Kourtnei Brown, 91-Josh Watson, 93-Corey Crawford, 96-Dawson Zimmerman, 99-DeShawn Williams
4-Devon Brown, 5-Ivan McCartney, 6-Pat Miller, 11-Bruce Irvin, 13-Andrew Buie, 14-Paul Millard, 15-Coley White, 17-Josh Francis, 18-Brantwon Bowser, 19-William Marable, 22-Avery Williams, 26-Travis Bell, 34-Ishmael Banks, 36-Shaq Petteway, 38-Matt Lindamood, 40-Tyler Bitancurt, 41-Ricky Kovatch, 42-Donovan Miles, 43-Casey Vance, 44-Corey Smith, 45-Cecil Level, 46-Matt Moro, 48-Mike Molinari, 49-Troy Gloster, 50-Taige Redman, 53-Tyler Anderson, 60-John Bassler, 62-Curtis Feigt, 65-Chad Snodgrass, 67-Quinton Spain, 79-Nick Kindler, 80-Ryan Nehlen, 85-Willie Milhouse, 87-Cody Nutter, 89-Tyler Urban, 90-Shaq Rowell, 91-J.B. Lageman
