Pitt vs West Virginia
September 28, 1985 12:20pm at Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, WV
Pitt
West Virginia
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 34 | 155 | 30 | 125 | 1 | 38 | 3.7 |
| Anthony "A.B." Brown | 16 | 109 | 4 | 105 | 0 | 38 | 6.6 |
| Darnell Stone | 6 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 16 | 5.0 |
| Ezekial Gadson | 3 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2.3 |
| John Congemi | 9 | 7 | 24 | -17 | 1 | 3 | -1.9 |
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 34 | 96 | 35 | 61 | 1 | 10 | 1.8 |
| John Holifield | 16 | 58 | 10 | 48 | 0 | 10 | 3.0 |
| John Gay | 7 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 2.0 |
| Tom Gray | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 4.5 |
| Chris Peccon | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2.0 |
| Tony Reda | 6 | 9 | 25 | -16 | 1 | 4 | -2.7 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 18 | 27 | 1 | 209 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
| John Congemi | 18 | 27 | 1 | 209 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 19 | 32 | 0 | 166 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| Tony Reda | 16 | 25 | 0 | 146 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| John Talley | 3 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 18 | 209 | 0 | 22 | 11.6 |
| Michael Stewart | 5 | 80 | 0 | 22 | 16.0 |
| Chuck Scales | 7 | 68 | 0 | 14 | 9.7 |
| Clint Wilson | 3 | 37 | 0 | 22 | 12.3 |
| Matt Stennett | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| Anthony "A.B." Brown | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| Dave Shuck | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 19 | 166 | 0 | 19 | 8.7 |
| John Holifield | 7 | 66 | 0 | 19 | 9.4 |
| Gary Basil | 2 | 30 | 0 | 16 | 15.0 |
| Tom Gray | 4 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 6.3 |
| Robert White | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 |
| Grantis Bell | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 |
| John Gay | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 |
| Chris Peccon | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| Harvey Smith | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 |
| Tom Hamilton | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 4 | 184 | 46.0 | 53 |
| Bill Rudison | 4 | 184 | 46.0 | 53 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 9 | 387 | 43.0 | 48 |
| Steve Superick | 9 | 387 | 43.0 | 48 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Teryl Austin | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 27 | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Tony Johnson | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 27 | |||
| Willie Edwards | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 142 | 209 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 358 |
| Anthony "A.B." Brown | 105 | 7 | 112 | |||
| Michael Stewart | 80 | 80 | ||||
| Chuck Scales | 68 | 68 | ||||
| Clint Wilson | 37 | 37 | ||||
| Darnell Stone | 30 | 30 | ||||
| Matt Stennett | 12 | 12 | ||||
| Teryl Austin | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Ezekial Gadson | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Dave Shuck | 5 | 5 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 77 | 166 | 40 | 1 | 15 | 299 |
| John Holifield | 48 | 66 | 114 | |||
| Tony Johnson | 40 | 1 | 41 | |||
| Tom Gray | 9 | 25 | 34 | |||
| Gary Basil | 30 | 30 | ||||
| John Gay | 14 | 8 | 22 | |||
| Willie Edwards | 15 | 15 | ||||
| Chris Peccon | 6 | 7 | 13 | |||
| Robert White | 11 | 11 | ||||
| Grantis Bell | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Harvey Smith | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Tom Hamilton | 5 | 5 |
| West Virginia | Pitt | |
|---|---|---|
| First Downs | 13 | 22 |
| Rushing | 4 | 13 |
| Passing | 7 | 6 |
| Penalty | 2 | 3 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 61 | 203 |
| Rushing Attempts | 34 | 52 |
| Average Per Rush | 1.8 | 3.9 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 96 | 236 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 35 | 33 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 166 | 209 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 19-32-0 | 18-27-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 5.2 | 7.7 |
| Average Per Completion | 8.7 | 11.6 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 227 | 412 |
| Total Offense Plays | 66 | 79 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 3.4 | 5.2 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 4-1 | 6-3 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 13-111 | 7-80 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 9-387 | 4-184 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 43.0 | 46.0 |
| Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-1-0 | 6-7-0 |
| Average Per Return | 0.5 | 1.2 |
| Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-40-0 | 0-0- |
| Average Per Return | 13.3 | 0.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD | 1-15-0 | 0-0- |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 27:29 | 32:31 |
| Third Down Conversions | 6 of 19 | 4 of 15 |
| Fourth Down Conversions | of | of |
| Red Zone Scores-Chances | - | - |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 3-23 | 2-27 |
Pitt
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 53 | 13 | 66 | 2.0 | 28 | 5.0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| William Sapio | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1.0 | 11 | 1.0 | 11 | ||||||||
| Steve Apke | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Teryl Austin | 8 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Matt LaVigna | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Tony Woods | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1.0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Bill Callahan | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Dennis Atiyeh | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Troy Washington | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| John Lewis | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Bob Buczkowski | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Walter Johnson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 17 | 1.0 | 17 | ||||||||
| Chris Ross | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Bill Osborn | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jerry Wall | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Brian Shields | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chris Merchant | 1 | 0 | 1 |
West Virginia
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 69 | 22 | 91 | 3.0 | 23 | 9.0 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | |
| 49 | Derek Christian | 8 | 5 | 13 | |||||||||||
| 70 | Brad Hunt | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0.5 | 7 | 1.0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 6 | Andrew Jones | 7 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 47 | Willie Edwards | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | |||||||
| 30 | Fred Smalls | 6 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Travis Curtis | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 45 | Robert Pickett | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 37 | Van Richardson | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1.0 | 9 | 1.0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 9 | Larry Holley | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 98 | David Grant | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 51 | Mike Herzog | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 3 | |||||||
| 50 | Matt Smith | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| John Kempf | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.5 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Tony Johnson | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 36 | Eric Lester | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 69 | Dale McDonald | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 83 | Bryant McAllister | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 99 | Jeff Lucas | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 74 | John Moses | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 86 | Bryan Dick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 94 | Chris Parker | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Scoring Summary
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 12:16 | Pitt - Mark Brasco 20 yd FG, 10-66 5:23 | 3-0 |
| 2 | 2:06 | Pitt - John Congemi 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Mark Brasco Good), 12-83 4:56 | 10-0 |
| 3 | 11:28 | WVU - Charlie Baumann 32 yd FG, 6-18 2:52 | 10-3 |
| 4 | 4:38 | WVU - Tony Reda 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Charlie Baumann Good), 12-57 5:10 | 10-10 |
Attendance: 62,453
Score By Quarter
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitt | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
Start Time: 12:20pm
Temperature: 60 • Wind: W 5mph • Weather: Clear and sunny
Pitt
West Virginia
Anthony "A.B." Brown, Teryl Austin, Ezekial Gadson, Matt LaVigna, Jerry Wall, Mark Brasco, Dave Shuck, Bill Osborn, Chris Ross, Troy Washington, Michael Stewart, Chris Merchant, Matt Stennett, Brian Shields, Bob Buczkowski, Clint Wilson, Bill Callahan, William Sapio, John Lewis, Darnell Stone, Steve Apke, John Congemi, Walter Johnson, Chuck Scales, Tony Woods, Dennis Atiyeh, Bill Rudison
John Kempf, 1-Grantis Bell, 2-Robert White, 5-Travis Curtis, 6-Andrew Jones, 7-John Talley, 8-Charlie Baumann, 9-Larry Holley, 10-Tony Reda, 11-Steve Superick, 16-Tony Johnson, 20-John Holifield, 30-Fred Smalls, 32-Tom Gray, 35-Gary Basil, 36-Eric Lester, 37-Van Richardson, 39-Chris Peccon, 45-Robert Pickett, 46-John Gay, 47-Willie Edwards, 49-Derek Christian, 50-Matt Smith, 51-Mike Herzog, 69-Dale McDonald, 70-Brad Hunt, 72-Tom Hamilton, 74-John Moses, 83-Bryant McAllister, 86-Bryan Dick, 88-Harvey Smith, 94-Chris Parker, 98-David Grant, 99-Jeff Lucas