Kentucky vs #18 West Virginia
December 23, 1983 7:10pm at Legion Field, Birmingham, AL
Kentucky
West Virginia
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 36 | 123 | 33 | 90 | 0 | 13 | 2.5 |
| George Adams | 19 | 75 | 6 | 69 | 0 | 13 | 3.6 |
| Lawrence Lee | 6 | 26 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 4.2 |
| Curtis Cochran | 7 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 3.1 |
| Eric Pitts | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | -4 | -4.0 |
| Bill Ransdell | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 | -5 | -5.0 |
| Randy Jenkins | 2 | 0 | 17 | -17 | 0 | -4 | -8.5 |
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 49 | 231 | 31 | 200 | 0 | 37 | 4.1 |
| Tom Gray | 32 | 150 | 1 | 149 | 0 | 14 | 4.7 |
| Jeff Hostetler | 6 | 53 | 23 | 30 | 0 | 37 | 5.0 |
| Ron Wolfley | 6 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 3.3 |
| King Harvey | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1.7 |
| Pat Randolph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wayne Brown | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | -4 | -4.0 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 19 | 34 | 1 | 216 | 2 | 26 | 3 |
| Bill Ransdell | 9 | 15 | 0 | 117 | 1 | 21 | 1 |
| Randy Jenkins | 9 | 17 | 1 | 73 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| Tony Mayes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 26 | 0 |
| Doug Martin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 10 | 23 | 1 | 88 | 2 | 16 | 3 |
| Jeff Hostetler | 10 | 23 | 1 | 88 | 2 | 16 | 3 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 19 | 216 | 2 | 26 | 11.4 |
| Joe Phillips | 6 | 78 | 1 | 19 | 13.0 |
| Eric Pitts | 3 | 37 | 0 | 21 | 12.3 |
| George Adams | 4 | 32 | 0 | 14 | 8.0 |
| Cornell Burbage | 2 | 29 | 0 | 19 | 14.5 |
| Randy Jenkins | 1 | 26 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 |
| Oliver White | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 |
| Lawrence Lee | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 10 | 88 | 2 | 16 | 8.8 |
| Rich Hollins | 3 | 32 | 1 | 16 | 10.7 |
| Rob Bennett | 3 | 28 | 1 | 14 | 9.3 |
| Tom Gray | 3 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 6.0 |
| Wayne Brown | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 4 | 138 | 34.5 | 42 |
| Paul Calhoun | 4 | 138 | 34.5 | 42 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 6 | 238 | 39.7 | 48 |
| Steve Superick | 6 | 238 | 39.7 | 48 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 3 | 63 | 34 | 3 | 46 | 22 | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Brian Williams | 3 | 63 | 34 | ||||||
| George Adams | 2 | 24 | 16 | ||||||
| Tony Mayes | 1 | 22 | 22 | ||||||
| Russell Hairston | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 1 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 16 |
| Steve Newberry | 1 | 15 | 15 | ||||||
| John Holifield | 2 | 19 | 14 | ||||||
| Wayne Brown | 1 | 7 | 7 | ||||||
| King Harvey | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Tim Agee | 1 | 16 | 16 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 95 | 216 | 46 | 63 | 12 | 432 |
| George Adams | 69 | 32 | 24 | 125 | ||
| Joe Phillips | 78 | 78 | ||||
| Brian Williams | 63 | 63 | ||||
| Eric Pitts | -4 | 37 | 33 | |||
| Cornell Burbage | 29 | 29 | ||||
| Lawrence Lee | 25 | 2 | 27 | |||
| Tony Mayes | 22 | 22 | ||||
| Curtis Cochran | 22 | 22 | ||||
| Russell Hairston | 12 | 12 | ||||
| Oliver White | 12 | 12 | ||||
| Randy Jenkins | -17 | 26 | 9 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 200 | 88 | 29 | 15 | 16 | 348 |
| Tom Gray | 149 | 18 | 167 | |||
| Rich Hollins | 32 | 32 | ||||
| Jeff Hostetler | 30 | 30 | ||||
| Rob Bennett | 28 | 28 | ||||
| Ron Wolfley | 20 | 20 | ||||
| John Holifield | 19 | 19 | ||||
| Tim Agee | 16 | 16 | ||||
| Steve Newberry | 15 | 15 | ||||
| Wayne Brown | -4 | 10 | 7 | 13 | ||
| King Harvey | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Kentucky | West Virginia | |
|---|---|---|
| First Downs | 19 | 18 |
| Rushing | 7 | 13 |
| Passing | 12 | 5 |
| Penalty | 0 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 90 | 200 |
| Rushing Attempts | 36 | 49 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.5 | 4.1 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 123 | 231 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 33 | 31 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 216 | 88 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 19-34-1 | 10-23-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 6.4 | 3.8 |
| Average Per Completion | 11.4 | 8.8 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 2 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 306 | 288 |
| Total Offense Plays | 70 | 72 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.4 | 4.0 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 1-15 | 1-5 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 4-138 | 6-238 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 34.5 | 39.7 |
| Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-63-0 | 1-15-0 |
| Average Per Return | 21.0 | 15.0 |
| Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-62-0 | 4-29-0 |
| Average Per Return | 20.7 | 7.3 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD | 1-12-0 | 1-16-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 29:12 | 30:48 |
| Third Down Conversions | 9 of 16 | 5 of 16 |
| Fourth Down Conversions | of | of |
| Red Zone Scores-Chances | - | - |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 3-23 | 3-22 |
Kentucky
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 40 | 42 | 82 | 2.0 | 14 | 5.0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | |
| Kevin McClelland | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1.0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Keith Martin | 3 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| John Grimsley | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Kerry Baird | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Brian Williams | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1.0 | 11 | 1.0 | 11 | ||||||||
| Paul Calhoun | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Jeff Smith | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1.0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Russell Hairston | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||
| Scott Schroeder | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Cam Jacobs | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Gordon Jackson | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Mark Paslick | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Dave Thompson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| D.J. Wallace | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Steve Mazza | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Todd Bitler | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chris Dorazio | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Dan McMillan | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jon Dumbauld | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Don Yarano | 0 | 1 | 1 |
West Virginia
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 31 | 50 | 81 | 2.0 | 18 | 4.0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | |
| 37 | Van Richardson | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1.0 | 4 | |||||||||
| 44 | Tim Agee | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 1 | ||||||||
| 96 | Jim Merritts | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 38 | Dave Preston | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 28 | Steve Newberry | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 47 | Ed Hughes | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 50 | Matt Smith | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 49 | Derek Christian | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Travis Curtis | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Anthony Daniels | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 45 | Steve Hathaway | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 3 | |||||||||
| 97 | Rich Walters | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 27 | Mike Scott | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 55 | Dave Oblak | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | 13 | 1.0 | 13 | |||||||
| 22 | Tom Bowman | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 95 | Ernie Anderson | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 88 | Rich Hollins | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 99 | Jeff Lucas | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 25 | Jim Dixon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 5 | 1.0 | 5 | |||||||
| 23 | Rich Rodriguez | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 32 | Tom Gray | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Scoring Summary
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:54 | WVU - Paul Woodside 39 yd FG, 11-29 3:58 | 3-0 |
| 2 | 10:59 | UK - Randy Jenkins 26 yd TD pass from Tony Mayes (Kick by John Hutcherson Good), 8-54 3:44 | 3-7 |
| 2 | 0:38 | UK - John Hutcherson 32 yd FG, 9-49 3:34 | 3-10 |
| 3 | 11:10 | WVU - Rich Hollins 16 yd TD pass from Jeff Hostetler (Kick by Paul Woodside Good), 8-48 3:50 | 10-10 |
| 4 | 11:15 | WVU - Rob Bennett 2 yd TD pass from Jeff Hostetler (Kick by Paul Woodside Good), 10-81 4:56 | 17-10 |
| 4 | 9:18 | WVU - Paul Woodside 23 yd FG, 4-4 0:57 | 20-10 |
| 4 | 5:50 | UK - Joe Phillips 13 yd TD pass from Bill Ransdell (Kick by John Hutcherson Fail), 11-92 3:28 | 20-16 |
Attendance: 42,000
Score By Quarter
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| West Virginia | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 20 |
Start Time: 7:10pm
Officials: Gil Rushton (Back Judge), Don Robertson (Field Judge), A.B. Elliott (Head Linesman), Ray Menton (Line Judge), Donald Safrit (Referee), Scott Dawson (Umpire)
Temperature: 32 • Wind: NW 7-8mph • Weather: Partly cloudy
Kentucky
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| TE | Oliver White |
| LT | Bob Shurleff |
| LG | Don Portis |
| C | Jerry Klein |
| RG | Ron Bojalad |
| RT | Don Corbin |
| WR | Joe Phillips |
| SE | Eric Pitts |
| QB | Randy Jenkins |
| TB | George Adams |
| FB | Curtis Cochran |
West Virginia
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| TE | Rob Bennett |
| LT | Brian Jozwiak |
| LG | Dave DeJarnett |
| C | Bill Legg |
| RG | Scott Barrows |
| RT | Kurt Kehl |
| SE | Rich Hollins |
| FL | Wayne Brown |
| QB | Jeff Hostetler |
| TB | Tom Gray |
| FB | Ron Wolfley |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| LCB | Kerry Baird |
| RCB | Gordon Jackson |
| RLB | Kevin McClelland |
| LLB | John Grimsley |
| S | Paul Calhoun |
| RDT | Cam Jacobs |
| DG | Chris Dorazio |
| RDE | Brian Williams |
| DG | Keith Martin |
| LDE | Steve Mazza |
| LDT | Jeff Smith |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| CB | Mike Scott |
| CB | Steve Newberry |
| ILB | Derek Christian |
| ILB | Dave Preston |
| FS | Tim Agee |
| OLB | Ed Hughes |
| OLB | Steve Hathaway |
| SS | Anthony Daniels |
| NG | Dave Oblak |
| LDT | Jim Merritts |
| RDT | Rich Walters |
Russell Hairston, Cornell Burbage, Lawrence Lee, Tony Mayes, Bill Ransdell, John Hutcherson, Jon Dumbauld, Dan McMillan, Todd Bitler, Don Yarano, Dave Thompson, D.J. Wallace, Mark Paslick, Scott Schroeder, Doug Martin
3-Paul Woodside, 5-Travis Curtis, 11-Steve Superick, 20-John Holifield, 22-Tom Bowman, 23-Rich Rodriguez, 24-Pat Randolph, 25-Jim Dixon, 33-King Harvey, 37-Van Richardson, 39-Chris Peccon, 50-Matt Smith, 95-Ernie Anderson, 99-Jeff Lucas
