Virginia Tech vs West Virginia
November 7, 1987 1:00pm at Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, WV

Virginia Tech
West Virginia
RushingNo.GainLossNetTDLongAvg.
Totals44182331491403.4
Earnie Jones24980980144.1
Erik Chapman115833251402.3
Jon Jeffries411011042.8
Rich Fox2808044.0
Sean Donnelly3707032.3
RushingNo.GainLossNetTDLongAvg.
Totals68342253173404.7
Anthony "A.B." Brown3016901691205.6
Major Harris188818700403.9
Eugene Napoleon5350351117.0
Craig Taylor617017162.8
Undra Johnson5196130112.6
John Talley2817083.5
Rico Tyler2606043.0
PassingCompAttIntYdsTDLongSacked
Totals9150631142
Erik Chapman9150631142
PassingCompAttIntYdsTDLongSacked
Totals6140951352
Major Harris5130801352
Ben Reed110150150
ReceivingNo.YdsTDLongAvg.
Totals9631147.0
David Everett22301411.5
Steve Johnson2150107.5
Sean Donnelly29064.5
Rich Fox16066.0
Karl Borden16066.0
Brian McCall14144.0
ReceivingNo.YdsTDLongAvg.
Totals69513515.8
Anthony "A.B." Brown24403522.0
Calvin Phillips11801818.0
John Talley11501515.0
Harvey Smith11311313.0
Grantis Bell15055.0
PuntingNo.YdsAvgLong
Totals726537.953
Eddie Neel726537.953
PuntingNo.YdsAvgLong
Totals517935.849
Lance Carion517935.849
ReturnsPRYdsLongKRYdsLongIntYdsLong
Totals2171147637000
Myron Richardson1111111515   
Ralph Brown166      
Jeff Roberts   22415   
Jon Jeffries   13737   
ReturnsPRYdsLongKRYdsLongIntYdsLong
Totals15545824000
Grantis Bell15511818   
Eugene Napoleon   155   
Jeff Price   11111   
John Talley   12424   
All-PurposeRushRecKRPRIRTotal
Totals1496376170305
Earnie Jones98    98
Jon Jeffries11 37  48
Myron Richardson  1511 26
Erik Chapman25    25
Jeff Roberts  24  24
David Everett 23   23
Sean Donnelly79   16
Steve Johnson 15   15
Rich Fox86   14
Karl Borden 6   6
Ralph Brown   6 6
Brian McCall 4   4
All-PurposeRushRecKRPRIRTotal
Totals317955850475
Anthony "A.B." Brown16944   213
Major Harris70    70
John Talley71524  46
Eugene Napoleon35 5  40
Grantis Bell 5185 28
Calvin Phillips 18   18
Craig Taylor17    17
Undra Johnson13    13
Harvey Smith 13   13
Jeff Price  11  11
Rico Tyler6    6
 West VirginiaVirginia Tech
First Downs2310
 Rushing179
 Passing41
 Penalty20
NET YARDS RUSHING317149
 Rushing Attempts6844
 Average Per Rush4.73.4
 Rushing Touchdowns31
 Yards Gained Rushing342182
 Yards Lost Rushing2533
NET YARDS PASSING9563
 Completions-Attempts-Int6-14-09-15-0
 Average Per Attempt6.84.2
 Average Per Completion15.87.0
 Passing Touchdowns11
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS412212
 Total Offense Plays8259
 Average Gain Per Play5.03.6
Fumbles: Number-Lost5-42-1
Penalties: Number-Yards5-448-68
PUNTS-YARDS5-1797-265
 Average Yards Per Punt35.837.9
Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD1-5-02-17-0
 Average Per Return5.08.5
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD4-58-04-76-0
 Average Per Return14.519.0
Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD0-0-00-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD1-0-04-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards00
Possession Time33:4026:20
Third Down Conversions7 of 155 of 16
Fourth Down Conversions1 of 20 of 1
Red Zone Scores-Chances--
Sacks By: Number-Yards2-92-16
Virginia Tech
#NameSoloAstTotalSacksYdsTFLYdsFFFRYdsIntYdsBrUpBlks
 Totals5324772.0165.0250200000
 Randy Cockrell729           
 Bobby Martin7181.091.09       
 Ralph Brown628           
 Greg Drew617  1.02 10    
 Scott Hill2571.071.07       
 Carter Wiley426  1.01       
 Eddie Neel336           
 Leslie Bailey415           
 John Granby235     10    
 Jock Jones303  1.06       
 Jimmy Whitten123           
 Darwin Herdman202           
 Scott Rice202           
 Rodney Varney101           
 Brian McCall101           
 Tim Boitnott101           
 Will Gowin101           
 Victor Jones011           
 Rich Williams011           
West Virginia
#NameSoloAstTotalSacksYdsTFLYdsFFFRYdsIntYdsBrUpBlks
 Totals3530652.093.0160100020
49Chris Haering437           
54Darnell Warren336           
98David Grant246           
59Eric Lester415           
2Terry White325           
94Chris Parker2351.051.05       
70Brad Hunt145     10    
22Bo Orlando314           
84James "Skip" Fuller2131.041.04       
5Preston Waters213           
66Theron Ellis213  1.07       
97Lonnie Brockman202           
93Dale Jackson112           
4Stacy Smith112         2 
42Dan "Zippy" Shearer022           
6Andrew Jones101           
65Scott Parker101           
41Joe Ayuso101           
47Willie Edwards011           
25Lawrence Drumgoole011           
Scoring Summary
QtrTimeScoring PlayScore
110:55VT - Chris Kinzer 45 yd FG, 7-26 3:353-0
13:09WVU - Harvey Smith 13 yd TD pass from Major Harris (Kick by Charlie Baumann Good), 6-32 3:233-7
25:50VT - Brian McCall 4 yd TD pass from Erik Chapman (Kick by Chris Kinzer Good), 7-30 3:0610-7
35:11WVU - Craig Taylor 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Charlie Baumann Good), 13-79 5:2910-14
413:59WVU - Anthony "A.B." Brown 2 yd rush TD (Kick by Charlie Baumann Good), 12-63 5:1710-21
46:46VT - Erik Chapman 40 yd rush TD (Pass by Erik Chapman Fail), 9-76 2:5716-21
43:22WVU - Eugene Napoleon 4 yd rush TD (Kick by Charlie Baumann Good), 9-74 3:2416-28
Attendance: 47,322
Score By Quarter
Team1234Total
Virginia Tech370616
West Virginia7071428
Start Time: 1:00pm
Officials: Gary Dancewicz (Back Judge), William Luper (Field Judge), Charles Neeley (Head Linesman), Al Hynes (Line Judge), Courtney Maury (Referee), James Grabowski (Side Judge), Ed Coukart (Umpire)
Temperature: 53 • Wind: SSW 10-15 knots • Weather: Cool & smoky, worsening as game goes on
Virginia Tech
PosOffense
TESteve Johnson
LTTodd Grantham
LGGlenn Watts
CJohn FitzHugh
RGKevin Keeffe
RTRodney Good
SEKarl Borden
FLMyron Richardson
QBErik Chapman
TBEarnie Jones
FBRich Fox
West Virginia
PosOffense
TEKeith Winn
LTRick Phillips
CKevin Koken
RGBob Kovach
RGJohn Stroia
RTBrian Smider
WRJohn Talley
WRHarvey Smith
QBMajor Harris
TBAnthony "A.B." Brown
FCraig Taylor
PosDefense
RCBRalph Brown
LCBJohn Granby
ILBVictor Jones
ILBRandy Cockrell
OLBBobby Martin
OLBJock Jones
SCarter Wiley
RDTGreg Drew
LDEDarwin Herdman
LDTScott Hill
RDEJimmy Whitten
PosDefense
ILBDarnell Warren
ILBChris Haering
WLBTheron Ellis
SSBo Orlando
OLBLonnie Brockman
FSTerry White
DTBrad Hunt
DTChris Parker
MGDavid Grant
WCBPreston Waters
SCBWillie Edwards
Chris Kinzer, Tim Boitnott, Rich Williams, Jon Jeffries, Scott Rice, Rodney Varney, Leslie Bailey, Jeff Roberts, Brian McCall, Sean Donnelly, Eddie Neel, Will Gowin
1-Grantis Bell, 4-Stacy Smith, 6-Andrew Jones, 8-Charlie Baumann, 13-Ben Reed, 18-Lance Carion, 25-Lawrence Drumgoole, 29-Rico Tyler, 33-Eugene Napoleon, 34-Undra Johnson, 41-Joe Ayuso, 42-Dan "Zippy" Shearer, 51-Jeff Price, 59-Eric Lester, 65-Scott Parker, 82-Calvin Phillips, 84-James "Skip" Fuller, 93-Dale Jackson