Virginia Tech vs West Virginia
November 3, 1979 1:35pm at Old Mountaineer Field, Morgantown, WV
Virginia Tech
West Virginia
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 63 | 308 | 25 | 283 | 2 | 28 | 4.5 |
| Kenny Lewis | 18 | 105 | 1 | 104 | 1 | 28 | 5.8 |
| Cyrus Lawrence | 24 | 98 | 1 | 97 | 1 | 18 | 4.0 |
| Tony Blackmon | 11 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 9 | 5.1 |
| Mickey Fitzgerald | 4 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 16 | 7.3 |
| Sidney Snell | 2 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 2.0 |
| Steve Casey | 4 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 0 | 3 | -1.8 |
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 47 | 252 | 20 | 232 | 2 | 35 | 4.9 |
| Robert Alexander | 14 | 119 | 0 | 119 | 0 | 35 | 8.5 |
| Eldridge Dixon | 13 | 59 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 21 | 4.5 |
| Oliver Luck | 20 | 74 | 20 | 54 | 1 | 16 | 2.7 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 7 | 19 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Steve Casey | 7 | 19 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 13 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 8 | 17 | 0 | 125 | 2 | 27 | 0 |
| Oliver Luck | 8 | 17 | 0 | 125 | 2 | 27 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 7 | 40 | 1 | 11 | 5.7 |
| Sidney Snell | 4 | 29 | 1 | 11 | 7.3 |
| Paul Watkins | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| Cyrus Lawrence | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Kenny Lewis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 8 | 125 | 2 | 27 | 15.6 |
| Cedric Thomas | 3 | 53 | 1 | 25 | 17.7 |
| Darrell Miller | 2 | 45 | 1 | 27 | 22.5 |
| Mark Raugh | 2 | 24 | 0 | 19 | 12.0 |
| Eldridge Dixon | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 4 | 160 | 40.0 | 58 |
| Dave Smigelsky | 4 | 160 | 40.0 | 58 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 3 | 126 | 42.0 | 58 |
| Curt Carion | 3 | 126 | 42.0 | 58 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Dovel | 2 | 51 | |||||||
| Billy Hite | 1 | 41 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 2 | 87 | 85 | 5 | 61 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| Fulton Walker | 2 | 87 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Curlin Beck | 3 | 46 | |||||||
| Eldridge Dixon | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Mickey Walczak | 1 | 15 | |||||||
| Dennis Fowlkes | 1 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| Sedrick King | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 290 | 40 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 422 |
| Kenny Lewis | 104 | 1 | 105 | |||
| Cyrus Lawrence | 97 | 3 | 100 | |||
| Tony Blackmon | 56 | 56 | ||||
| Scott Dovel | 51 | 51 | ||||
| Billy Hite | 41 | 41 | ||||
| Sidney Snell | 4 | 29 | 33 | |||
| Mickey Fitzgerald | 29 | 29 | ||||
| Paul Watkins | 7 | 7 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 232 | 125 | 61 | 87 | 8 | 513 |
| Robert Alexander | 119 | 119 | ||||
| Fulton Walker | 87 | 0 | 87 | |||
| Eldridge Dixon | 59 | 3 | 0 | 62 | ||
| Oliver Luck | 54 | 54 | ||||
| Cedric Thomas | 53 | 53 | ||||
| Curlin Beck | 46 | 46 | ||||
| Darrell Miller | 45 | 45 | ||||
| Mark Raugh | 24 | 24 | ||||
| Mickey Walczak | 15 | 15 | ||||
| Dennis Fowlkes | 8 | 8 |
| West Virginia | Virginia Tech | |
|---|---|---|
| First Downs | 20 | 17 |
| Rushing | 13 | 14 |
| Passing | 5 | 2 |
| Penalty | 2 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 232 | 283 |
| Rushing Attempts | 47 | 63 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 2 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 252 | 308 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 20 | 25 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 125 | 40 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 8-17-0 | 7-19-3 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.4 | 2.1 |
| Average Per Completion | 15.6 | 5.7 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 357 | 323 |
| Total Offense Plays | 64 | 82 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.6 | 3.9 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 5-4 | 2-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 3-40 | 5-50 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 3-126 | 4-160 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 42.0 | 40.0 |
| Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-87-1 | 0-0- |
| Average Per Return | 43.5 | 0.0 |
| Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 5-61-0 | 3-92-0 |
| Average Per Return | 12.2 | 30.7 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD | 3-8-0 | 0-0- |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 1-0-0 | 4-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 46 | 17 | 63 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Danny Hill | 8 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Chris Cosh | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lewis Stuart | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2.0 | |||||||||||
| Padro Phillips | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Matt Mead | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Jerome Pannell | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Nate Parker | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
| Mike Faulkner | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Paul Davis | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Mike Scharnus | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Mike Kovac | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| John Gambone | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mickey Fitzgerald | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mike Borden | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Bill Britts | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Lawrence Young | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Rob Purdham | 0 | 1 | 1 |
West Virginia
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 66 | 19 | 85 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 90 | Darryl Talley | 11 | 3 | 14 | 1.0 | ||||||||||
| 46 | Walter Easley | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1.0 | ||||||||||
| 98 | Danny Lee | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1.0 | ||||||||||
| 97 | John Bendana | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 50 | Dennis Fowlkes | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2.0 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| 40 | Fulton Walker | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 15 | Sedrick King | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| 95 | Delbert Fowler | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1.0 | ||||||||||
| 99 | Calvin Turner | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 65 | Dave Oblak | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 27 | Jerry Holmes | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1.0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 55 | Mike Dawson | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 23 | Everett Pettaway | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Mike Engle | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 84 | Dave Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 24 | Reggie Armstead | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| No results found. | |||
Attendance: 27,531
Score By Quarter
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Tech | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| West Virginia | 0 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 34 |
Start Time: 1:35pm
Temperature: 49 • Wind: SW 10mph • Weather: Partly cloudy
Virginia Tech
West Virginia
Mike Faulkner, Scott Dovel, Steve Casey, Bill Britts, Billy Hite, Cyrus Lawrence, Dennis Laury, Jeremiah Thomas, John Scott, Mike Borden, Padro Phillips, Paul Davis, Rob Purdham, Paul Watkins, Nate Parker, Mike Kovac, Danny Hill, Mickey Fitzgerald, Chris Cosh, Jerome Pannell, Kenny Lewis, Lewis Stuart, Matt Mead, Sidney Snell, Dave Smigelsky, John Gambone, Lawrence Young, Mike Scharnus, Tony Blackmon
Mike Engle, 1-Steve Sinclair, 4-Eldridge Dixon, 5-Curt Carion, 9-Cedric Thomas, 12-Oliver Luck, 15-Sedrick King, 20-Curlin Beck, 23-Everett Pettaway, 24-Reggie Armstead, 27-Jerry Holmes, 30-Mickey Walczak, 31-Robert Alexander, 40-Fulton Walker, 46-Walter Easley, 50-Dennis Fowlkes, 55-Mike Dawson, 65-Dave Oblak, 81-Darrell Miller, 84-Dave Johnson, 85-Mark Raugh, 90-Darryl Talley, 95-Delbert Fowler, 97-John Bendana, 98-Danny Lee, 99-Calvin Turner