Virginia Tech vs West Virginia
November 23, 1974 at Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, VA
Virginia Tech
West Virginia
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 60 | 226 | 23 | 203 | 3 | 43 | 3.4 |
| Roscoe Coles | 15 | 90 | 2 | 88 | 2 | 43 | 5.9 |
| Phil Rogers | 16 | 55 | 4 | 51 | 1 | 8 | 3.2 |
| Morris Blueford | 7 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 11 | 5.3 |
| George Heath | 9 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 2.0 |
| Paul Adams | 4 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2.8 |
| Greg Toal | 3 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 3.0 |
| Moses Foster | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | -2 | -2.0 |
| Bruce Arians | 5 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 0 | 0 | -1.8 |
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 45 | 246 | 27 | 219 | 1 | 85 | 4.9 |
| Artie Owens | 16 | 158 | 2 | 156 | 1 | 85 | 9.8 |
| Ron Lee | 15 | 56 | 5 | 51 | 0 | 12 | 3.4 |
| Kirk Lewis | 7 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1.4 |
| Heywood Smith | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 5.0 |
| Dan Kendra | 5 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 0 | 3 | -1.6 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 13 | 20 | 1 | 191 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Arians | 13 | 20 | 1 | 191 | 0 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 8 | 15 | 4 | 115 | 1 | 22 | 0 |
| Dan Kendra | 4 | 8 | 2 | 75 | 1 | 22 | |
| Kirk Lewis | 4 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 16 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 13 | 191 | 0 | 11 | 14.7 |
| Ricky Scales | 6 | 82 | 0 | 13.7 | |
| Roscoe Coles | 3 | 53 | 0 | 17.7 | |
| Kevin Dick | 3 | 45 | 0 | 15.0 | |
| Morris Blueford | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 8 | 115 | 1 | 22 | 14.4 |
| Danny Buggs | 3 | 51 | 0 | 22 | 17.0 |
| Marshall Mills | 3 | 38 | 0 | 20 | 12.7 |
| John "Bubba" Coker | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| Bernie Kirchner | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 5 | 188 | 37.6 | 49 |
| Bruce McDaniel | 5 | 188 | 37.6 | 49 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 5 | 182 | 36.4 | 44 |
| Chuck Brooks | 5 | 182 | 36.4 | 44 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 71 | 0 |
| Billy Hardee, Jr | 2 | 9 | |||||||
| Tony Houff | 2 | 17 | |||||||
| Morris Blueford | 1 | 18 | |||||||
| Greg Toal | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| John Bell | 3 | 71 | |||||||
| Henry Bradley | 1 | 0 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 99 | 99 |
| Jack Eastwood | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| Artie Owens | 1 | 17 | |||||||
| Paul Jordan | 1 | 15 | |||||||
| Rich Cecil | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Marcus Mauney | 1 | 99 | 99 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 214 | 191 | 42 | 9 | 71 | 527 |
| Roscoe Coles | 88 | 53 | 141 | |||
| Ricky Scales | 82 | 82 | ||||
| John Bell | 71 | 71 | ||||
| Morris Blueford | 37 | 11 | 18 | 66 | ||
| Phil Rogers | 51 | 51 | ||||
| Kevin Dick | 45 | 45 | ||||
| George Heath | 18 | 18 | ||||
| Tony Houff | 17 | 17 | ||||
| Greg Toal | 9 | 7 | 16 | |||
| Paul Adams | 11 | 11 | ||||
| Billy Hardee, Jr | 9 | 9 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 227 | 115 | 41 | 4 | 99 | 486 |
| Artie Owens | 156 | 17 | 173 | |||
| Marcus Mauney | 99 | 99 | ||||
| Danny Buggs | 51 | 51 | ||||
| Ron Lee | 51 | 51 | ||||
| Marshall Mills | 38 | 38 | ||||
| John "Bubba" Coker | 16 | 16 | ||||
| Paul Jordan | 15 | 15 | ||||
| Heywood Smith | 10 | 10 | ||||
| Kirk Lewis | 10 | 10 | ||||
| Bernie Kirchner | 10 | 10 | ||||
| Rich Cecil | 9 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Jack Eastwood | 4 | 4 |
| Virginia Tech | West Virginia | |
|---|---|---|
| First Downs | 21 | 16 |
| Rushing | 10 | 10 |
| Passing | 8 | 6 |
| Penalty | 3 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 203 | 219 |
| Rushing Attempts | 60 | 45 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.4 | 4.9 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 3 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 226 | 246 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 23 | 27 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 191 | 115 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 13-20-1 | 8-15-4 |
| Average Per Attempt | 9.6 | 7.7 |
| Average Per Completion | 14.7 | 14.4 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 394 | 334 |
| Total Offense Plays | 81 | 60 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.9 | 5.6 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 3-1 | 4-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 5-25 | 7-90 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 5-188 | 5-182 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 37.6 | 36.4 |
| Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-9-0 | 1-4-0 |
| Average Per Return | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 4-42-0 | 3-41-0 |
| Average Per Return | 10.5 | 13.7 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD | 4-71-0 | 1-99-1 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | ||
| Possession Time | ||
| Third Down Conversions | of | of |
| Fourth Down Conversions | of | of |
| Red Zone Scores-Chances | - | - |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | - | - |
Virginia Tech
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 48 | 34 | 82 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 71 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rick Razzano | 11 | 4 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| Charlie Martin | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2.0 | |||||||||||
| Doug Thacker | 6 | 5 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Ken Lambert | 8 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Tom Beasley | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Henry Bradley | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Keith McCarter | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Larry Bearekman | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Billy Hardee, Jr | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Brent Bledsoe | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Tom Cooper | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Stuart Patterson | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| John Bell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 71 | 1 | |||||||||
| Andre Tennessee | 0 | 1 | 1 |
West Virginia
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 71 | 27 | 98 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 99 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 90 | Jeff Merrow | 14 | 0 | 14 | 1.0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 | Jack Eastwood | 8 | 4 | 12 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 63 | Ray Marshall | 6 | 5 | 11 | |||||||||||
| 91 | John Spraggins | 6 | 3 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 17 | Rory Fields | 6 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 55 | Steve Dunlap | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 21 | Charlie Miller | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 78 | Chuck Smith | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 35 | Marcus Mauney | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 99 | |||||||||
| 50 | Ken Culbertson | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 71 | Rick Lukowski | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 84 | Bruce Huffman | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 95 | Andy Peters | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 47 | Paul Jordan | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 25 | Mark Burke | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 40 | Ron Lee | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 85 | Chuck Kelly | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 37 | Rich Cecil | 1 | 0 |
Scoring Summary
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1:28 | WVU - Marcus Mauney 99 yd interception return TD (Kick by Bill McKenzie Good) | 7-0 |
| 2 | 0:11 | VT - Phil Rogers 4 yd rush TD (Kick by Wayne Latimer Fail) | 7-6 |
| 3 | 14:42 | WVU - Artie Owens 85 yd rush TD (Kick by Bill McKenzie Good) | 14-6 |
| 3 | 10:48 | VT - Roscoe Coles 43 yd rush TD (Pass by Ricky Scales Good) | 14-14 |
| 4 | 6:29 | VT - Roscoe Coles 2 yd rush TD (Kick by Wayne Latimer Good) | 14-21 |
| 4 | 1:28 | WVU - Bernie Kirchner 12 yd TD pass from Dan Kendra (Pass by Marshall Mills Good) | 22-21 |
Attendance: 36,000
Score By Quarter
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 0 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| Virginia Tech | 0 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 |
Officials: Ernest Hackey (Referee)
Temperature: 55 • Wind: S 5-15mph • Weather: Sunny
Virginia Tech
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| TE | Kevin Dick |
| LT | Keith Gibson |
| LG | Steve Philbrick |
| C | Randy Vey |
| RG | Bill Wallace |
| RT | Rondal Davis |
| SE | Ricky Scales |
| QB | Bruce Arians |
| FB | Paul Adams |
| RH | George Heath |
| LH | Phil Rogers |
West Virginia
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| TE | John "Bubba" Coker |
| LT | Tom Brandner |
| LG | Steve Earley |
| C | Al Gluchoski |
| RG | Bob Kaminski |
| RT | Chuck Kelly |
| SE | Marshall Mills |
| FL | Danny Buggs |
| QB | Dan Kendra |
| TB | Artie Owens |
| FB | Heywood Smith |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| LCB | John Bell |
| RCB | Billy Hardee, Jr |
| LLB | Rick Razzano |
| RLB | Doug Thacker |
| FS | Henry Bradley |
| SS | Tom Cooper |
| RDE | Keith McCarter |
| RDT | Larry Bearekman |
| LDE | Ken Lambert |
| LDT | Brent Bledsoe |
| MG | Charlie Martin |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| RCB | Charlie Miller |
| LCB | Rory Fields |
| MLB | Steve Dunlap |
| LLB | Ken Culbertson |
| FS | Marcus Mauney |
| SS | Jack Eastwood |
| RLB | Bruce Huffman |
| NG | Jeff Merrow |
| LDE | John Spraggins |
| RDT | Rick Lukowski |
| LDT | John Adams |
Tony Houff, Blair Buskirk, Don Rudzinski, Greg Birtsch, Greg Payne, Greg Toal, Jay Neal, Larry Capps, Mike Brammer, Mitcheal Barnes, Moses Foster, Nick Rapone, Rick Harman, Rickey Bush, Roscoe Coles, Stuart Patterson, Bill Schrews, Barry Miller, Andre Tennessee, Barry Garber, Chuck Perdue, Bruce McDaniel, Curt Lowery, Greg Mullinax, Jerry Inge, Larry Blunt, Lynn McCoy, Allen Cure, Wayne Latimer, Tom Turner, Tom Beasley, Ron Davis, Morris Blueford, Mike Arbaugh, Norris Rutherford, John Groover, Greg Fry, John Goodwin, Jerry Sheehan, Eddie Snell, Larry Schmidt, Dave Dolphin, Billy King, David Wood
Steve Lewis, Bill McKenzie, 1-Ben Williams, Jr, 10-Kirk Lewis, 12-Tommy Bowden, 13-Johnny Schell, 15-Chuck Braswell, 16-Chuck Fiorante, 20-Leon Carter, 25-Mark Burke, 37-Rich Cecil, 40-Ron Lee, 42-Emil Ros, 44-Dwyane Woods, 45-Chuck Brooks, 47-Paul Jordan, 53-Greg Dorn, 60-Brian Gates, 62-Dave Wilcher, 63-Ray Marshall, 66-Rick Pennypacker, 70-Clay Singletary, 76-Mike Zakowski, 77-Rick Shaffer, 78-Chuck Smith, 82-Bill Robb, 86-Bernie Kirchner, 88-Gary Lombard, 95-Andy Peters