Northern Illinois vs West Virginia
September 6, 1986 1:00pm at Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, WV
Northern Illinois
West Virginia
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 60 | 201 | 35 | 166 | 2 | 20 | 2.8 |
| Rufus Taylor | 5 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 20 | 11.2 |
| Antonio Davis | 15 | 42 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 8 | 2.8 |
| Pete Genatempo | 12 | 33 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 2.2 |
| Tim Peshek | 7 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 3.6 |
| Marshall Taylor | 15 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 1.1 |
| Keith Hurley | 6 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0.2 |
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 42 | 362 | 21 | 341 | 4 | 96 | 8.1 |
| John Holifield | 11 | 102 | 4 | 98 | 2 | 34 | 8.9 |
| Pat Randolph | 3 | 96 | 8 | 88 | 1 | 96 | 29.3 |
| Undra Johnson | 12 | 72 | 2 | 70 | 0 | 16 | 5.8 |
| Ed Hill | 3 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 7.7 |
| Chris Peccon | 4 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 4.5 |
| Roman Nelson | 3 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 5.7 |
| Craig Taylor | 2 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 6.0 |
| Grantis Bell | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| Mike Timko | 3 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 2.0 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 8 | 16 | 1 | 103 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| Marshall Taylor | 8 | 15 | 1 | 103 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| Pete Genatempo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 10 | 25 | 1 | 189 | 2 | 51 | 0 |
| Mike Timko | 6 | 19 | 1 | 112 | 1 | 46 | 0 |
| Ben Reed | 3 | 5 | 0 | 71 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| John Talley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 8 | 103 | 0 | 22 | 12.9 |
| Rufus Taylor | 3 | 39 | 0 | 22 | 13.0 |
| Virgil Gerin | 3 | 39 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| Keith Hurley | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| Kendrick Cross | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 10 | 189 | 2 | 51 | 18.9 |
| Darren Fulton | 2 | 58 | 0 | 51 | 29.0 |
| Grantis Bell | 1 | 46 | 0 | 46 | 46.0 |
| John Talley | 2 | 30 | 1 | 22 | 15.0 |
| John Holifield | 2 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 10.5 |
| Harvey Smith | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 |
| Jamie LeMon | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| Undra Johnson | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 8 | 304 | 38.0 | 55 |
| Mike Kent | 8 | 304 | 38.0 | 55 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 4 | 162 | 40.5 | 45 |
| Lance Carion | 4 | 162 | 40.5 | 45 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 111 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rufus Taylor | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 21 | |||
| Kendrick Cross | 6 | 80 | 23 | ||||||
| Mike Manson | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 2 | 42 | 33 | 3 | 64 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harvey Smith | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 64 | 22 | |||
| Jamie LeMon | 1 | 33 | 33 | ||||||
| Dave Lockwood | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 166 | 103 | 111 | 9 | 0 | 389 |
| Rufus Taylor | 56 | 39 | 31 | 9 | 135 | |
| Kendrick Cross | 12 | 80 | 92 | |||
| Antonio Davis | 42 | 42 | ||||
| Virgil Gerin | 39 | 39 | ||||
| Pete Genatempo | 26 | 26 | ||||
| Tim Peshek | 25 | 25 | ||||
| Marshall Taylor | 16 | 16 | ||||
| Keith Hurley | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 341 | 189 | 64 | 42 | 0 | 636 |
| John Holifield | 98 | 21 | 119 | |||
| Pat Randolph | 88 | 88 | ||||
| Harvey Smith | 15 | 64 | 9 | 88 | ||
| Undra Johnson | 70 | 6 | 76 | |||
| Darren Fulton | 58 | 58 | ||||
| Grantis Bell | 9 | 46 | 55 | |||
| Jamie LeMon | 13 | 33 | 46 | |||
| John Talley | 30 | 30 | ||||
| Ed Hill | 23 | 23 | ||||
| Chris Peccon | 18 | 18 | ||||
| Roman Nelson | 17 | 17 | ||||
| Craig Taylor | 12 | 12 | ||||
| Mike Timko | 6 | 6 |
| West Virginia | Northern Illinois | |
|---|---|---|
| First Downs | 21 | 14 |
| Rushing | 15 | 6 |
| Passing | 5 | 7 |
| Penalty | 1 | 1 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 341 | 166 |
| Rushing Attempts | 42 | 60 |
| Average Per Rush | 8.1 | 2.8 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 4 | 2 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 362 | 201 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 21 | 35 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 189 | 103 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 10-25-1 | 8-16-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.6 | 6.4 |
| Average Per Completion | 18.9 | 12.9 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 530 | 269 |
| Total Offense Plays | 67 | 76 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 7.9 | 3.5 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-1 | 3-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 4-47 | 9-68 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 4-162 | 8-304 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 40.5 | 38.0 |
| Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-42-0 | 2-9-0 |
| Average Per Return | 21.0 | 4.5 |
| Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-64-0 | 8-132-0 |
| Average Per Return | 21.3 | 16.5 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD | 1-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 1-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 21:46 | 38:14 |
| Third Down Conversions | 4 of 9 | 9 of 18 |
| Fourth Down Conversions | of | of |
| Red Zone Scores-Chances | - | - |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 1-6 | 0-0 |
Northern Illinois
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 32 | 39 | 71 | 0 | 5.0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Clarence Vaughn | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1.0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Mike Hollingshed | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Steve Kmiec | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Mike Manson | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gene Belz | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Vernon Sims | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Mike Higgins | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Randall Townsel | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Tom Klein | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Tony Savegnago | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Ron Dilisi | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Rich Tremblay | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Ted Hennings | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Rufus Taylor | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Dan Schmeda | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Reggie Harris | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Kevin Frazier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Kent Iwema | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tim Peshek | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Darren Bowman | 0 | 1 | 1 |
West Virginia
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 55 | 49 | 104 | 1.0 | 6 | 12.0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Larry Holley | 6 | 7 | 13 | 1.0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 59 | Eric Lester | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 97 | Jeff Casto | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 99 | Jeff Lucas | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 22 | Bo Orlando | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 54 | Darnell Warren | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1.0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 41 | Dave Lockwood | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 4 | Stacy Smith | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 98 | David Grant | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2.0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 70 | Brad Hunt | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1.0 | 6 | 1.0 | 6 | |||||||
| 96 | Jim Duffield | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1.0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 50 | Matt Smith | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2.0 | 8 | |||||||||
| 89 | Rodney Wilson | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 73 | Scott Summits | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.0 | 4 | |||||||||
| 94 | Chris Parker | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 61 | Mike Fox | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 47 | Willie Edwards | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 14 | Brad Metheny | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Travis Curtis | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 74 | John Moses | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 45 | Robert Pickett | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 92 | Darren Whitten | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 24 | Pat Randolph | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 31 | Greg Cutrone | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 93 | Dale Jackson | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 23 | Darren Fulton | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Scoring Summary
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2:26 | NIU - Marshall Taylor 2 yd rush TD (Kick by Eric Nelson Good), 10-58 4:12 | 7-0 |
| 2 | 14:53 | WVU - John Talley 22 yd TD pass from Mike Timko (Kick by Robert Woods Good), 7-63 2:33 | 7-7 |
| 2 | 7:14 | NIU - Marshall Taylor 10 yd rush TD (Kick by Eric Nelson Good), 11-65 5:45 | 14-7 |
| 2 | 3:03 | WVU - John Holifield 33 yd rush TD (Kick by Robert Woods Good), 5-77 1:20 | 14-14 |
| 2 | 1:03 | WVU - John Holifield 3 yd rush TD (Kick by Robert Woods Good), 3-47 0:25 | 14-21 |
| 2 | 0:50 | WVU - Safety | 14-23 |
| 2 | 0:01 | WVU - Robert Woods 26 yd FG, 7-39 0:49 | 14-26 |
| 3 | 8:01 | WVU - Undra Johnson 6 yd TD pass from John Talley (Kick by Robert Woods Good), 2-6 0:09 | 14-33 |
| 3 | 0:00 | WVU - Pat Randolph 96 yd rush TD (Kick by Robert Woods Good), 1-96 0:07 | 14-40 |
| 4 | 2:50 | WVU - Roman Nelson 5 yd rush TD (Kick by Robert Woods Good), 6-80 1:38 | 14-47 |
Attendance: 56,665
Score By Quarter
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Illinois | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| West Virginia | 0 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 47 |
Start Time: 1:00pm
Officials: Albert Ferber (Back Judge), Joseph DiRenzo, Jr (Field Judge), William Cronin (Head Linesman), Gerald Hite (Line Judge), John Soffey (Referee), George Cullen (Side Judge), Ed Coukart (Umpire)
Temperature: 66 • Wind: NE 3knots • Weather: Bright and sunny
Northern Illinois
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| TE | Kent Iwema |
| LT | Bob Montel |
| LG | Ted Karamanos |
| C | Dan Graham |
| RG | Todd Peat |
| RT | Greg Heidel |
| SE | Virgil Gerin |
| QB | Marshall Taylor |
| FB | Tim Peshek |
| RH | Keith Hurley |
| LH | Rufus Taylor |
West Virginia
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| TE | Gary Basil |
| LT | Milton Redwine |
| LG | John Stroia |
| C | Kevin Koken |
| RG | John Barton |
| RT | Brian Smider |
| SE | Harvey Smith |
| FL | John Talley |
| QB | Mike Timko |
| TB | John Holifield |
| FB | Chris Peccon |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| WLB | Tony Savegnago |
| SS | Rich Tremblay |
| SLB | Clarence Vaughn |
| FS | Steve Kmiec |
| NG | Gene Belz |
| SCB | Randall Townsel |
| LDT | Ted Hennings |
| RDE | Kevin Frazier |
| LDE | Vernon Sims |
| RDT | Darren Bowman |
| WCB | Mike Manson |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| ILB | Eric Lester |
| ILB | Darnell Warren |
| OLB | Matt Smith |
| FS | Travis Curtis |
| OLB | Robert Pickett |
| SS | Larry Holley |
| WCB | Dave Lockwood |
| MG | David Grant |
| LDT | Brad Hunt |
| RDT | Jeff Lucas |
| SCB | Stacy Smith |
Reggie Harris, Mike Kent, Kendrick Cross, Pete Genatempo, Antonio Davis, Tom Klein, Mike Hollingshed, Dan Schmeda, Ron Dilisi, Mike Higgins, Eric Nelson
1-Grantis Bell, 6-Robert Woods, 13-Ben Reed, 14-Brad Metheny, 15-Jamie LeMon, 18-Lance Carion, 20-Craig Taylor, 22-Bo Orlando, 23-Darren Fulton, 24-Pat Randolph, 29-Ed Hill, 31-Greg Cutrone, 33-Roman Nelson, 34-Undra Johnson, 47-Willie Edwards, 61-Mike Fox, 73-Scott Summits, 74-John Moses, 89-Rodney Wilson, 92-Darren Whitten, 93-Dale Jackson, 94-Chris Parker, 96-Jim Duffield, 97-Jeff Casto
