WVUStats - Football - Nov 21, 1987

Syracuse

West Virginia

Rushing	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	46	271	24	247	2	31	5.4
Robert Drummond	13	100	0	100	0	31	7.7
Daryl Johnston	11	76	0	76	1	19	6.9
Michael Owens	10	77	5	72	0	30	7.2
Byron Abraham	2	2	0	2	1	2	1.0
Don McPherson	10	16	19	-3	0	6	-0.3

Rushing	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	59	287	11	276	3	16	4.7
Undra Johnson	21	120	1	119	1	16	5.7
Major Harris	18	79	10	69	1	9	3.8
Eugene Napoleon	7	46	0	46	0	15	6.6
Craig Taylor	13	42	0	42	1	11	3.2

Passing	Comp	Att	Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sacked
Totals	15	28	4	246	2	65	2
Don McPherson	15	28	4	246	2	65	2

Passing	Comp	Att	Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sacked
Totals	7	15	1	197	1	50	0
Major Harris	7	15	1	197	1	50	0

Receiving	No.	Yds	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	15	246	2	65	16.4
Michael Owens	2	71	1	65	35.5
Thomas Kane	3	58	0	30	19.3
Patrick Kelly	6	50	1	17	8.3
Deval Glover	2	43	0	30	21.5
Daryl Johnston	2	24	0	20	12.0

Receiving	No.	Yds	TD	Long	Avg.
Totals	7	197	1	50	28.1
John Talley	4	113	1	45	28.3
Harvey Smith	1	50	0	50	50.0
Craig Taylor	1	31	0	31	31.0
Eugene Napoleon	1	3	0	3	3.0

Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Totals	1	50	50.0	50
Cooper Gardiner	1	50	50.0	50

Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Totals	4	191	47.8	51
Lance Carion	4	191	47.8	51

Returns	PR	Yds	Long	KR	Yds	Long	Int	Yds	Long
Totals	3	25	16	5	136	43	1	0	0
Thomas Kane	3	25	16
Michael Owens				3	64	28
Christopher Ingram				2	72	43
Markus Paul							1	0	0

Returns	PR	Yds	Long	KR	Yds	Long	Int	Yds	Long
Totals	0	0	0	3	61	26	4	31	20
John Talley				3	61	26
Willie Edwards							1	0	0
Darnell Warren							1	11	11
Preston Waters							1	20	20
Terry White							1	0	0

All-Purpose	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
Totals	250	246	136	25	0	657
Michael Owens	72	71	64			207
Robert Drummond	100					100
Daryl Johnston	76	24				100
Thomas Kane		58		25		83
Christopher Ingram			72			72
Patrick Kelly		50				50
Deval Glover		43				43
Byron Abraham	2					2

All-Purpose	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
Totals	276	197	61	0	31	565
John Talley		113	61			174
Undra Johnson	119					119
Craig Taylor	42	31				73
Major Harris	69					69
Harvey Smith		50				50
Eugene Napoleon	46	3				49
Preston Waters					20	20
Darnell Warren					11	11

	Syracuse	West Virginia
First Downs	25	23
Rushing	16	17
Passing	9	6
Penalty	0	0
NET YARDS RUSHING	247	276
Rushing Attempts	46	59
Average Per Rush	5.4	4.7
Rushing Touchdowns	2	3
Yards Gained Rushing	271	287
Yards Lost Rushing	24	11
NET YARDS PASSING	246	197
Completions-Attempts-Int	15-28-4	7-15-1
Average Per Attempt	8.8	13.1
Average Per Completion	16.4	28.1
Passing Touchdowns	2	1
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS	493	473
Total Offense Plays	74	74
Average Gain Per Play	6.7	6.4
Fumbles: Number-Lost	3-2	3-2
Penalties: Number-Yards	1-5	4-35
PUNTS-YARDS	1-50	4-191
Average Yards Per Punt	50.0	47.8
Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD	3-25-0	0-0-
Average Per Return	8.3	0.0
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD	5-136-0	3-61-0
Average Per Return	27.2	20.3
Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD	1-0-0	4-31-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD	2-0-0	2-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards	0	0
Possession Time	28:11	31:49
Third Down Conversions	9 of 14	7 of 14
Fourth Down Conversions	of	of
Red Zone Scores-Chances	-	-
Sacks By: Number-Yards	0-0	2-13

Syracuse

#	Name	Solo	Ast	Total	Sacks	Yds	TFL	Yds	FF	FR	Yds	Int	Yds	BrUp	Blks
	Totals	0	0	0		0		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	Markus Paul											1	0

West Virginia

Scoring Summary

Qtr	Time	Scoring Play	Score
1	0:59	WVU - John Talley 45 yd TD pass from Major Harris (Kick by Charlie Baumann Good), 1-45 0:07	7-0
2	12:33	SU - Byron Abraham 2 yd rush TD (Kick by Timothy Vesling Good), 9-38 3:18	7-7
2	6:09	SU - Timothy Vesling 30 yd FG, 10-70 3:14	7-10
2	2:56	WVU - Craig Taylor 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Charlie Baumann Good), 8-80 3:13	14-10
3	0:36	WVU - Charlie Baumann 30 yd FG, 19-86 8:45	17-10
4	13:29	SU - Michael Owens 65 yd TD pass from Don McPherson (Kick by Timothy Vesling Good), 5-73 2:02	17-17
4	10:06	WVU - Major Harris 3 yd rush TD (Kick by Charlie Baumann Good), 8-75 3:14	24-17
4	5:34	SU - Daryl Johnston 19 yd rush TD (Kick by Timothy Vesling Good), 9-73 4:26	24-24
4	1:32	WVU - Undra Johnson 10 yd rush TD (Kick by Charlie Baumann Good), 9-67 3:56	31-24
4	0:10	SU - Patrick Kelly 17 yd TD pass from Don McPherson (Rush by Michael Owens Good), 5-74 1:17	31-32

Attendance: 49,866

Score By Quarter

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
West Virginia	7	7	3	14	31
Syracuse	0	10	0	22	32

Start Time: 8:07pm

Syracuse

West Virginia

Byron Abraham, Timothy Vesling, Cooper Gardiner, Michael Owens

8-Charlie Baumann, 18-Lance Carion, 33-Eugene Napoleon