Virginia Tech vs West Virginia
October 14, 1978 at Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, VA
Virginia Tech
West Virginia
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 74 | 363 | 17 | 346 | 2 | 0 | 4.7 |
| Steve Casey | 20 | 110 | 9 | 101 | 0 | 5.1 | |
| Dennis Scott | 6 | 70 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 11.7 | |
| Mickey Fitzgerald | 16 | 65 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 4.1 | |
| Scott Dovel | 17 | 52 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 3.1 | |
| Kenny Lewis | 10 | 49 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 4.9 | |
| Mike Romagnoli | 4 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 4.3 | |
| Chip Keatley | 1 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 0 | -8 | -8.0 |
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 39 | 200 | 9 | 177 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| Robert Alexander | 14 | 75 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 5.4 | |
| Dane Conwell | 9 | 66 | 1 | 65 | 0 | 7.2 | |
| Oliver Luck | 5 | 37 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 7.2 | |
| Eldridge Dixon | 6 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3.0 | |
| Fulton Walker | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.0 | |
| Doug Banda | 1 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 0 | -7 | -7.0 |
| TEAM | 2 | -14 | 0 | -7.0 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 7 | 15 | 0 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Casey | 7 | 15 | 0 | 130 | 0 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 5 | 20 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Luck | 3 | 10 | 2 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Mark "Dutch" Hoffman | 2 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 7 | 130 | 0 | 17 | 18.6 |
| Ron Zollicoffer | 2 | 71 | 0 | 35.5 | |
| Dave Dolphin | 3 | 40 | 0 | 13.3 | |
| Ellis Savage | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| Dennis Scott | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 5 | 50 | 0 | 9 | 10.0 |
| Darrell Miller | 2 | 26 | 0 | 13.0 | |
| Eldridge Dixon | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| Steve Lewis | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 |
| Rich Duggan | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 4 | 170 | 42.5 | 0 |
| Dave Smigelsky | 4 | 170 | 42.5 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 6 | 216 | 36.0 | 0 |
| Curt Carion | 6 | 216 | 36.0 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Larry Fallen | 1 | 23 | |||||||
| Mike Romagnoli | 1 | 16 | |||||||
| Chip Keatley | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Gene Bunn | 2 | 6 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fulton Walker | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Dane Conwell | 3 | 18 | |||||||
| Terry Bowden | 1 | 4 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 346 | 130 | 39 | 0 | 9 | 524 |
| Steve Casey | 101 | 101 | ||||
| Dennis Scott | 70 | 2 | 72 | |||
| Ron Zollicoffer | 71 | 71 | ||||
| Mickey Fitzgerald | 65 | 65 | ||||
| Scott Dovel | 52 | 52 | ||||
| Kenny Lewis | 49 | 49 | ||||
| Dave Dolphin | 40 | 40 | ||||
| Mike Romagnoli | 17 | 16 | 33 | |||
| Larry Fallen | 23 | 23 | ||||
| Ellis Savage | 17 | 17 | ||||
| Gene Bunn | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Chip Keatley | -8 | 3 | -5 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 198 | 50 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 273 |
| Dane Conwell | 65 | 18 | 83 | |||
| Robert Alexander | 75 | 75 | ||||
| Oliver Luck | 36 | 36 | ||||
| Eldridge Dixon | 18 | 9 | 27 | |||
| Darrell Miller | 26 | 26 | ||||
| Steve Lewis | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Rich Duggan | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Fulton Walker | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||
| Terry Bowden | 4 | 4 |
| Virginia Tech | West Virginia | |
|---|---|---|
| First Downs | 23 | 13 |
| Rushing | 19 | 9 |
| Passing | 3 | 4 |
| Penalty | 1 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 346 | 171 |
| Rushing Attempts | 74 | 41 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 363 | 202 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 17 | 31 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 130 | 50 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 7-15-0 | 5-20-3 |
| Average Per Attempt | 8.7 | 2.5 |
| Average Per Completion | 18.6 | 10.0 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 476 | 221 |
| Total Offense Plays | 89 | 91 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.3 | 2.4 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 8-3 | 7-2 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 10-70 | 3-23 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 4-170 | 6-216 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 42.5 | 36.0 |
| Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-0 | 1-3-0 |
| Average Per Return | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-39-0 | 4-22-0 |
| Average Per Return | 19.5 | 5.5 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD | 3-9-0 | 0-0-0 |
| 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 | 47 | 25 | 72 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Danny Hill | 9 | 4 | 13 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
| Doug McDougald | 5 | 7 | 12 | 1.0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Nate Parker | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
| Chip Keatley | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Mike Hughes | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| James Johnson | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
| Mike Faulkner | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Lewis Stuart | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Jerome Pannell | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
| Denny Windmuller | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Gary Smith | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Lawrence Young | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Chris Cosh | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gene Bunn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||
| John Gambone | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
| Chris Albrittain | 0 | 1 | 1 |
West Virginia
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 81 | 35 | 116 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 55 | Jeff Macerelli | 16 | 7 | 23 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 97 | John Bendana | 9 | 5 | 14 | 1.0 | ||||||||||
| 90 | Ken Braswell | 9 | 5 | 14 | |||||||||||
| 56 | Doc Holliday | 7 | 6 | 13 | |||||||||||
| 23 | Jerry Holmes | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1.0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 15 | Sedrick King | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 96 | Jim Backna | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1.0 | ||||||||||
| 95 | Delbert Fowler | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 51 | John Garcia | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 26 | Malcolm Hunter | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 17 | John LaSavage | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 91 | Norm Patterson | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.0 | ||||||||||
| 80 | Jeff Seals | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 73 | Keith Jones | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 54 | Bob Crites | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 71 | Al Pisula | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Mark Pupilli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 88 | Rich Duggan | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 33 | Steve Lewis | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 11 | Jody McKown | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Scoring Summary
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0:02 | VT - Eric King 22 yd FG | 0-3 |
| 3 | 4:39 | VT - Scott Dovel 2 yd rush TD (Kick by Eric King Fail) | 0-9 |
| 4 | 14:14 | WVU - Steve Sinclair 27 yd FG | 3-9 |
| 4 | 0:04 | VT - Mike Romagnoli 2 yd rush TD (Kick by Eric King Good) | 3-16 |
Attendance: 40,000
Score By Quarter
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Virginia Tech | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
Officials: Weldon Waites (Back Judge), James Knight (Field Judge), Bill Cummings (Head Linesman), Thomas Adams (Line Judge), Joe Long (Referee), Lawrence Ellis (Umpire)
Virginia Tech
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| TE | Paul Watkins |
| LT | Ed Lewis |
| LG | Steve Wirt |
| C | Roe Waldron |
| RG | Tory Smith |
| RT | Leonard Walker |
| SE | Ron Zollicoffer |
| QB | Steve Casey |
| TB | Kenny Lewis |
| FB | Mickey Fitzgerald |
| WB | Dennis Scott |
West Virginia
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| TE | Rich Duggan |
| LT | Tom Creeden |
| LG | Al Thomas |
| C | Pat Conachan |
| RG | Jim Himic |
| RT | Randy Weppler |
| FL | Darrell Miller |
| SE | Steve Lewis |
| QB | Mark "Dutch" Hoffman |
| RB | Dane Conwell |
| RB | Robert Alexander |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| LCB | Denny Windmuller |
| RCB | Lawrence Young |
| LB | Nate Parker |
| LB | Lewis Stuart |
| FS | Gene Bunn |
| SS | Gary Smith |
| NG | Danny Hill |
| LDT | Doug McDougald |
| RDE | Charles Novell |
| RDT | Mike Faulkner |
| LDE | James Johnson |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| LCB | Malcolm Hunter |
| RCB | John LaSavage |
| SS | Sedrick King |
| FS | Jerry Holmes |
| LB | Ken Braswell |
| LB | Jeff Macerelli |
| RDE | Delbert Fowler |
| MG | Dave Sarkus |
| RDT | Al Pisula |
| LDE | Doc Holliday |
| LDT | John Bendana |
Dave Dolphin, John Gambone, Eric King, Dave Smigelsky, Mike Romagnoli, Mike Hughes, Larry Fallen, Jerome Pannell, Chris Albrittain, Chris Cosh, Kent Knupp, Ellis Savage, Chip Keatley, David Lamie, Scott Dovel
1-Steve Sinclair, 5-Curt Carion, 11-Jody McKown, 12-Oliver Luck, 14-Doug Banda, 19-Mark Pupilli, 21-Terry Bowden, 24-Eldridge Dixon, 40-Fulton Walker, 54-Bob Crites, 73-Keith Jones, 80-Jeff Seals, 91-Norm Patterson, 96-Jim Backna