WVUStats - Football - Oct 31, 1987

#18 Penn State vs West Virginia
October 31, 1987 at Beaver Stadium, University Park, PA

Penn State

West Virginia

Rushing	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	63	286	26	260	3	21	4.1
Blair Thomas	36	184	3	181	1	21	5.0
Gary Brown	9	57	5	52	1	19	5.8
John Greene	8	16	3	13	1	4	1.6
Matt Knizner	8	24	15	9	0	9	1.1
Sean Barowski	2	5	0	5	0	3	2.5

Rushing	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	42	191	23	168	1	26	4.0
Anthony "A.B." Brown	22	85	8	77	0	21	3.5
Major Harris	9	55	15	40	1	26	4.4
Craig Taylor	6	39	0	39	0	14	6.5
Eugene Napoleon	3	11	0	11	0	9	3.7
John Talley	2	1	0	1	0	1	0.5

Passing	Comp	Att	Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sacked
Totals	13	25	2	130	0	20	3
Matt Knizner	13	25	2	130	0	20	3

Passing	Comp	Att	Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sacked
Totals	11	20	2	128	2	30	1
Major Harris	11	20	2	128	2	30	1

Receiving	No.	Yds	Long	Avg.
Totals	13	130	20	10.0
Mike Alexander	5	65	20	13.0
Blair Thomas	6	41	13	6.8
Michael Timpson	1	13	13	13.0
Bob Mrosko	1	11	11	11.0

Receiving	No.	Yds	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	11	128	2	30	11.6
John Talley	3	49	1	30	16.3
Keith Winn	3	35	1	18	11.7
Calvin Phillips	2	24	0	18	12.0
Grantis Bell	1	11	0	11	11.0
Harvey Smith	1	5	0	5	5.0
Rico Tyler	1	4	0	4	4.0

Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Totals	5	224	44.8	51
Chris Clauss	5	224	44.8	51

Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Totals	8	358	44.8	50
Lance Carion	8	358	44.8	50

Returns	PR	Yds	Long	KR	Yds	Long	Int	Yds	Long
Totals	5	49	11	4	99	35	2	16	16
Jim Coates	3	27	10
Michael Timpson	2	22	11
Leroy Thompson				4	99	35
Hernon Henderson							1	0	0
Gary Wilkerson							1	16	16

Returns	PR	Yds	Long	KR	Yds	Long	Int	Yds	Long
Totals	3	33	18	5	98	27	2	5	5
Grantis Bell	3	33	18
John Talley				3	65	27
Eugene Napoleon				2	33	17
Chris Haering							1	5	5
Terry White							1	0	0

All-Purpose	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
Totals	260	130	99	49	16	554
Blair Thomas	181	41				222
Leroy Thompson			99			99
Mike Alexander		65				65
Gary Brown	52					52
Michael Timpson		13		22		35
Jim Coates				27		27
Gary Wilkerson					16	16
John Greene	13					13
Bob Mrosko		11				11
Matt Knizner	9					9
Sean Barowski	5					5

All-Purpose	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
Totals	168	128	98	33	5	432
John Talley	1	49	65			115
Anthony "A.B." Brown	77					77
Grantis Bell		11		33		44
Eugene Napoleon	11		33			44
Major Harris	40					40
Craig Taylor	39					39
Keith Winn		35				35
Calvin Phillips		24				24
Chris Haering					5	5
Harvey Smith		5				5
Rico Tyler		4				4

	Penn State	West Virginia
First Downs	27	15
Rushing	18	7
Passing	8	8
Penalty	1	0
NET YARDS RUSHING	260	168
Rushing Attempts	63	42
Average Per Rush	4.1	4.0
Rushing Touchdowns	3	1
Yards Gained Rushing	286	191
Yards Lost Rushing	26	23
NET YARDS PASSING	130	128
Completions-Attempts-Int	13-25-2	11-20-2
Average Per Attempt	5.2	6.4
Average Per Completion	10.0	11.6
Passing Touchdowns	0	2
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS	390	296
Total Offense Plays	88	62
Average Gain Per Play	4.4	4.8
Fumbles: Number-Lost	1-0	2-0
Penalties: Number-Yards	7-54	5-45
PUNTS-YARDS	5-224	8-358
Average Yards Per Punt	44.8	44.8
Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD	5-49-0	3-33-0
Average Per Return	9.8	11.0
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD	4-99-0	5-98-0
Average Per Return	24.8	19.6
Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD	2-16-0	2-5-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD	0-0-0	0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards	0	0
Possession Time	34:56	25:04
Third Down Conversions	8 of 18	5 of 13
Fourth Down Conversions	of	of
Red Zone Scores-Chances	-	-
Sacks By: Number-Yards	1-6	3-13

Penn State

Name	Solo	Ast	Total	Sacks	Yds	TFL	Yds	FF	FR	Yds	Int	Yds	BrUp	Blks
Totals	51	23	74	1.0	6	1.0	6	0	0	0	2	16	8	0
Trey Bauer	9	2	11
Gary Wilkerson	9	1	10								1	16	1
Scott Gob	6	3	9
Brian Chizmar	4	2	6
Quintus McDonald	3	3	6	1.0	6	1.0	6
Pete Curkendall	3	2	5
Keith Karpinski	1	4	5										1
Dwayne Downing	2	2	4										1
Hernon Henderson	2	1	3								1	0	3
Aoatoa Polamalu	2	0	2
Darryl Washington	1	1	2										1
Joe Novitski	1	1	2
Dave Szott	1	0	1
Kevin Woods	1	0	1										1
Matt Johnson	1	0	1
Sherrod Rainge	1	0	1
Tim Gearhart	1	0	1
Brennan Gaertner	1	0	1
Pete Giftopoulos	1	0	1
Mark Wateska	1	0	1
David Jakob	0	1	1

West Virginia

#	Name	Solo	Ast	Total	Sacks	Yds	TFL	Yds	FF	FR	Yds	Int	Yds	BrUp	Blks
	Totals	76	32	108	3.0	13	1.5	8	0	0	0	2	5	10	0
98	David Grant	7	7	14	1.0	6	1.0	6						1
54	Darnell Warren	9	4	13
49	Chris Haering	8	3	11								1	5	2
2	Terry White	7	2	9								1	0	2
70	Brad Hunt	6	3	9	0.5	2	0.5	2
45	Robert Pickett	4	5	9
47	Willie Edwards	8	0	8										3
94	Chris Parker	7	1	8	1.5	5
22	Bo Orlando	4	4	8
4	Stacy Smith	4	0	4
84	James "Skip" Fuller	4	0	4
93	Dale Jackson	2	0	2
66	Theron Ellis	1	1	2
92	Darren Whitten	0	2	2
5	Preston Waters	1	0	1										2
12	Chuck LeVinus	1	0	1
75	John Stroia	1	0	1
89	Rodney Wilson	1	0	1
25	Lawrence Drumgoole	1	0	1

Scoring Summary

Qtr	Time	Scoring Play	Score
1	9:57	PSU - John Greene 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Ray Tarasi Good), 11-68 4:04	0-7
1	6:14	WVU - Major Harris 3 yd rush TD (Kick by Charlie Baumann Good), 10-73 3:38	7-7
2	0:14	PSU - Ray Tarasi 33 yd FG, 14-48 2:04	7-10
3	1:16	WVU - Keith Winn 6 yd TD pass from Major Harris (Kick by Charlie Baumann Good), 6-29 2:11	14-10
4	9:54	WVU - John Talley 30 yd TD pass from Major Harris (Kick by Charlie Baumann Good), 6-71 2:08	21-10
4	7:59	PSU - Blair Thomas 1 yd rush TD (Pass by Blair Thomas Good), 6-58 1:48	21-18
4	3:04	PSU - Gary Brown 19 yd rush TD (Kick by Ray Tarasi Good), 7-62 2:39	21-25

Attendance: 85,108

Score By Quarter

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
West Virginia	7	0	7	7	21
Penn State	7	3	0	15	25

Officials: Frederick DeFillippo (Back Judge), Tom Tomczyk (Field Judge), Joseph Reichwein (Head Linesman), Joseph Carroll (Line Judge), Joe Klimschot (Referee), Carter Lohr (Side Judge), Carl Crawley (Umpire)

Temperature: 53 • Wind: ESE Light • Weather: Clear and cold

Penn State

Pos	Offense
TE	Paul Pomfret
LT	Tim Freeman
LG	Steve Wisniewski
C	Roger Duffy
RG	Rich Kuzy
RT	Mark Sickler
SE	Jim Coates
FL	Mike Alexander
QB	Matt Knizner
TB	Blair Thomas
FB	John Greene

West Virginia

Pos	Offense
TE	Keith Winn
LT	Rick Phillips
LG	John Stroia
C	Kevin Koken
RG	Bob Kovach
RT	Brian Smider
SE	Harvey Smith
WR	John Talley
QB	Major Harris
TB	Anthony "A.B." Brown
FB	Craig Taylor

Pos	Defense
LCB	Dwayne Downing
RCB	Kevin Woods
ILB	Trey Bauer
ILB	Scott Gob
SS	Brian Chizmar
OLB	David Jakob
OLB	Keith Karpinski
S	Hernon Henderson
NT	Aoatoa Polamalu
LDT	Pete Curkendall
RDT	Matt Johnson

Pos	Defense
ILB	Chris Haering
ILB	Darnell Warren
SS	Bo Orlando
FS	Terry White
OLB	Robert Pickett
OLB	Theron Ellis
SCB	Willie Edwards
LDT	Brad Hunt
MG	David Grant
WCB	Preston Waters
RDT	Chris Parker

Pete Giftopoulos, Mark Wateska, Dave Szott, Gary Wilkerson, Joe Novitski, Darryl Washington, Ray Tarasi, Leroy Thompson, Gary Brown, Sherrod Rainge, Tim Gearhart, Brennan Gaertner, Chris Clauss, Sean Barowski, Bob Mrosko, Quintus McDonald, Michael Timpson

1-Grantis Bell, 4-Stacy Smith, 8-Charlie Baumann, 12-Chuck LeVinus, 18-Lance Carion, 25-Lawrence Drumgoole, 29-Rico Tyler, 33-Eugene Napoleon, 82-Calvin Phillips, 84-James "Skip" Fuller, 89-Rodney Wilson, 92-Darren Whitten, 93-Dale Jackson

#18 Penn State vs West VirginiaOctober 31, 1987 at Beaver Stadium, University Park, PA

#18 Penn State vs West Virginia
October 31, 1987 at Beaver Stadium, University Park, PA