#11 Oklahoma State vs West Virginia
December 25, 1987 12:47pm at Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, TX
Oklahoma State
West Virginia
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 47 | 194 | 9 | 185 | 4 | 19 | 3.9 |
| Thurman Thomas | 33 | 160 | 3 | 157 | 4 | 19 | 4.8 |
| Barry Sanders | 6 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 3.2 |
| Mike Gundy | 8 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1.1 |
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 70 | 356 | 25 | 331 | 3 | 23 | 4.7 |
| Anthony "A.B." Brown | 32 | 167 | 0 | 167 | 2 | 23 | 5.2 |
| Major Harris | 24 | 128 | 25 | 103 | 0 | 16 | 4.3 |
| Craig Taylor | 12 | 58 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 18 | 4.8 |
| Eugene Napoleon | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 12 | 18 | 2 | 161 | 1 | 44 | 0 |
| Mike Gundy | 12 | 18 | 2 | 161 | 1 | 44 | 0 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 2 | 7 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 45 | 1 |
| Major Harris | 2 | 7 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 45 | 1 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 12 | 161 | 1 | 44 | 13.4 |
| Hart Lee Dykes | 3 | 72 | 0 | 44 | 24.0 |
| Thurman Thomas | 3 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 6.7 |
| Ron Williams | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 |
| J.R. Dillard | 3 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 6.0 |
| Brien Keith | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| Jarrod Green | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 2 | 54 | 0 | 45 | 27.0 |
| Grantis Bell | 1 | 45 | 0 | 45 | 45.0 |
| Keith Winn | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 56 |
| Cary Cooper | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 |
| TEAM | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 3 | 123 | 41.0 | 43 |
| Lance Carion | 3 | 123 | 41.0 | 43 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 3 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 58 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Barry Sanders | 3 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 28 | 28 | |||
| Thurman Thomas | 2 | 30 | 20 | ||||||
| Wade Weller | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jerry Deckard | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 72 | 21 | 2 | 23 | 23 |
| Grantis Bell | 3 | 51 | 19 | ||||||
| John Talley | 1 | 21 | 21 | ||||||
| Darnell Warren | 1 | 23 | 23 | ||||||
| Rodney Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 185 | 161 | 58 | 29 | 3 | 436 |
| Thurman Thomas | 157 | 20 | 30 | 207 | ||
| Barry Sanders | 19 | 28 | 29 | 76 | ||
| Hart Lee Dykes | 72 | 72 | ||||
| Ron Williams | 19 | 19 | ||||
| J.R. Dillard | 18 | 18 | ||||
| Brien Keith | 16 | 16 | ||||
| Jarrod Green | 16 | 16 | ||||
| Mike Gundy | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Jerry Deckard | 3 | 3 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 331 | 54 | 72 | 0 | 23 | 480 |
| Anthony "A.B." Brown | 167 | 167 | ||||
| Major Harris | 103 | 103 | ||||
| Grantis Bell | 45 | 51 | 96 | |||
| Craig Taylor | 58 | 58 | ||||
| Darnell Warren | 23 | 23 | ||||
| John Talley | 21 | 21 | ||||
| Keith Winn | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Eugene Napoleon | 3 | 3 |
| Oklahoma State | West Virginia | |
|---|---|---|
| First Downs | 23 | 22 |
| Rushing | 13 | 20 |
| Passing | 9 | 2 |
| Penalty | 1 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 185 | 331 |
| Rushing Attempts | 47 | 70 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.9 | 4.7 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 4 | 3 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 194 | 356 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 9 | 25 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 161 | 54 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 12-18-2 | 2-7-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 8.9 | 7.7 |
| Average Per Completion | 13.4 | 27.0 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 346 | 385 |
| Total Offense Plays | 65 | 77 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.3 | 5.0 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 2-15 | 8-79 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 2-66 | 3-123 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 33.0 | 41.0 |
| Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-29-0 | 0-0- |
| Average Per Return | 9.7 | 0.0 |
| Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-58-0 | 4-72-0 |
| Average Per Return | 19.3 | 18.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD | 1-3-0 | 2-23-1 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 27:31 | 32:29 |
| Third Down Conversions | of | of |
| Fourth Down Conversions | of | of |
| Red Zone Scores-Chances | - | - |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 1-8 | 0-0 |
Oklahoma State
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 65 | 21 | 86 | 2.0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jerry Deckard | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| Sim Drain | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Ricky Shaw | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||
| Ken Cumby | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Melvin Gilliam | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Robert Nunn | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| David Bailey | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Ron Williams | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||
| Kim Johnson | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Milton Cockrell | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Brandon Colbert | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Marcus Jones | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Shawn Mackey | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Wade Weller | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Rod Smith | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Greg McCallister | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Vernon Victor | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Brent Parker | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Vernon Brown | 1 | 0 | 1 |
West Virginia
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 45 | 22 | 67 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2 | Terry White | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 70 | Brad Hunt | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1.0 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Bo Orlando | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 66 | Theron Ellis | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 98 | David Grant | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1.0 | ||||||||||
| 94 | Chris Parker | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2.0 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Preston Waters | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 45 | Robert Pickett | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 53 | Ted Kester | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 89 | Rodney Wilson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 49 | Chris Haering | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 59 | Eric Lester | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Stacy Smith | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 93 | Dale Jackson | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 47 | Willie Edwards | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 54 | Darnell Warren | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 23 | ||||||||
| 25 | Lawrence Drumgoole | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 73 | Scott Summits | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 88 | Harvey Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Scoring Summary
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13:28 | OSU - Thurman Thomas 5 yd rush TD (Kick by Cary Blanchard Good), 2-49 0:28 | 7-0 |
| 1 | 8:49 | WVU - Anthony "A.B." Brown 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Charlie Baumann Good), 13-80 4:39 | 7-7 |
| 1 | 5:16 | OSU - Thurman Thomas 9 yd rush TD (Kick by Cary Blanchard Good), 8-68 3:33 | 14-7 |
| 2 | 13:56 | WVU - Anthony "A.B." Brown 5 yd rush TD (Kick by Charlie Baumann Good), 16-76 6:20 | 14-14 |
| 2 | 5:40 | WVU - Charlie Baumann 33 yd FG, 5-26 1:46 | 14-17 |
| 2 | 4:54 | WVU - Darnell Warren 23 yd interception return TD (Kick by Charlie Baumann Good) | 14-24 |
| 3 | 11:25 | OSU - Thurman Thomas 4 yd rush TD (Kick by Cary Blanchard Good), 6-56 2:03 | 21-24 |
| 3 | 7:12 | WVU - Charlie Baumann 38 yd FG, 9-59 4:13 | 21-27 |
| 3 | 1:43 | OSU - J.R. Dillard 6 yd TD pass from Mike Gundy (Kick by Cary Blanchard Good), 6-39 2:06 | 28-27 |
| 4 | 5:13 | OSU - Thurman Thomas 4 yd rush TD (Kick by Cary Blanchard Good), 13-74 5:24 | 35-27 |
| 4 | 1:13 | WVU - Craig Taylor 6 yd rush TD (Pass by Major Harris Fail), 10-58 4:00 | 35-33 |
Attendance: 43,240
Score By Quarter
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma State | 14 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
| West Virginia | 7 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 33 |
Start Time: 12:47pm
Officials: Robert Mantooth (Back Judge), Charles Caraway (Field Judge), Phil Oyler (Head Linesman), David Hettema (Line Judge), Pat Sweeney (Referee), Richard Katte (Side Judge), Mike Rhoads (Umpire)
Temperature: 35 • Wind: E 8mph • Weather: Cold, intermittent snow
Oklahoma State
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| TE | Brien Keith |
| LT | Jason Kidder |
| LG | Chris Stanley |
| C | John Boisvert |
| RG | Doug Meacham |
| RT | Bryron Woodward |
| FL | Ron Williams |
| SE | Hart Lee Dykes |
| QB | Mike Gundy |
| TB | Thurman Thomas |
| FB | Garrett Limbrick |
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 |
| FL | John Talley |
| QB | Major Harris |
| TB | Anthony "A.B." Brown |
| FB | Craig Taylor |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| RCB | Wade Weller |
| LCB | Melvin Gilliam |
| LB | Robert Nunn |
| DE | Ron Williams |
| FS | Jerry Deckard |
| SS | Rod Smith |
| DE | Ricky Shaw |
| LB | Sim Drain |
| NG | Kim Johnson |
| RDT | David Bailey |
| LDT | Marcus Jones |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| ILB | Eric Lester |
| ILB | Chris Haering |
| WLB | Theron Ellis |
| SS | Bo Orlando |
| SLB | Robert Pickett |
| FS | Terry White |
| DT | Chris Parker |
| DT | Brad Hunt |
| WCB | Preston Waters |
| SCB | Willie Edwards |
| MG | David Grant |
Barry Sanders, Cary Cooper, Jarrod Green, J.R. Dillard, Vernon Brown, Ken Cumby, Brent Parker, Brandon Colbert, Shawn Mackey, Greg McCallister, Vernon Victor, Milton Cockrell, Cary Blanchard
1-Grantis Bell, 4-Stacy Smith, 8-Charlie Baumann, 18-Lance Carion, 25-Lawrence Drumgoole, 33-Eugene Napoleon, 53-Ted Kester, 54-Darnell Warren, 73-Scott Summits, 89-Rodney Wilson, 93-Dale Jackson