#1 Notre Dame vs #3 West Virginia
January 2, 1989 2:44pm at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ
Notre Dame
West Virginia
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 59 | 245 | 3 | 242 | 2 | 31 | 4.1 |
| Tony Rice | 13 | 75 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 31 | 5.8 |
| Mark Green | 13 | 62 | 1 | 61 | 0 | 14 | 4.7 |
| Tony Brooks | 11 | 36 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 10 | 3.2 |
| Anthony Johnson | 5 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 4.0 |
| Rodney Culver | 4 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 5.0 |
| Braxston Banks | 5 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2.4 |
| Steve Belles | 3 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 3.3 |
| Ricky Watters | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1.7 |
| Pat Eilers | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Ryan Mihalko | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 37 | 141 | 33 | 108 | 1 | 18 | 2.9 |
| Anthony "A.B." Brown | 11 | 49 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 17 | 4.5 |
| Rico Tyler | 2 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 18 | 10.5 |
| Craig Taylor | 6 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2.0 |
| Major Harris | 13 | 42 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 0.8 |
| Eugene Napoleon | 3 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 2.3 |
| Undra Johnson | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Reggie Rembert | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 7 | 11 | 1 | 213 | 2 | 57 | 0 |
| Tony Rice | 7 | 11 | 1 | 213 | 2 | 57 | 0 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 14 | 30 | 2 | 174 | 1 | 36 | 3 |
| Major Harris | 13 | 26 | 1 | 166 | 1 | 36 | 3 |
| Greg Jones | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 7 | 213 | 2 | 57 | 30.4 |
| Derek Brown | 2 | 70 | 0 | 47 | 35.0 |
| Ricky Watters | 1 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 57.0 |
| Mark Green | 1 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 35.0 |
| Raghib Ismail | 1 | 29 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 |
| Anthony Johnson | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 |
| Frank Jacobs | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 14 | 174 | 1 | 36 | 12.4 |
| Grantis Bell | 4 | 44 | 1 | 17 | 11.0 |
| Reggie Rembert | 2 | 40 | 0 | 36 | 20.0 |
| Craig Taylor | 3 | 34 | 0 | 16 | 11.3 |
| Keith Winn | 3 | 31 | 0 | 15 | 10.3 |
| Anthony "A.B." Brown | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
| Rico Tyler | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 4 | 147 | 36.8 | 48 |
| Jim Sexton | 4 | 147 | 36.8 | 48 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 7 | 316 | 45.1 | 57 |
| Lance Carion | 7 | 316 | 45.1 | 57 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 3 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 36 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky Watters | 3 | 28 | 19 | ||||||
| Raghib Ismail | 2 | 36 | 25 | ||||||
| Pat Terrell | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 1 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 131 | 24 | 1 | 14 | 14 |
| Grantis Bell | 1 | 11 | 11 | ||||||
| Eugene Napoleon | 6 | 107 | 22 | ||||||
| Tim Williams | 1 | 24 | 24 | ||||||
| Willie Edwards | 1 | 14 | 14 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 242 | 213 | 36 | 28 | 0 | 519 |
| Mark Green | 61 | 35 | 96 | |||
| Ricky Watters | 5 | 57 | 28 | 90 | ||
| Tony Rice | 75 | 75 | ||||
| Derek Brown | 70 | 70 | ||||
| Raghib Ismail | 29 | 36 | 65 | |||
| Anthony Johnson | 20 | 19 | 39 | |||
| Tony Brooks | 35 | 35 | ||||
| Rodney Culver | 20 | 20 | ||||
| Braxston Banks | 12 | 12 | ||||
| Steve Belles | 10 | 10 | ||||
| Frank Jacobs | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Pat Eilers | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Ryan Mihalko | 2 | 2 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 108 | 174 | 131 | 11 | 14 | 438 |
| Eugene Napoleon | 7 | 107 | 114 | |||
| Anthony "A.B." Brown | 49 | 17 | 66 | |||
| Grantis Bell | 44 | 11 | 55 | |||
| Craig Taylor | 12 | 34 | 46 | |||
| Reggie Rembert | 3 | 40 | 43 | |||
| Keith Winn | 31 | 31 | ||||
| Rico Tyler | 21 | 8 | 29 | |||
| Tim Williams | 24 | 24 | ||||
| Willie Edwards | 14 | 14 | ||||
| Major Harris | 11 | 11 | ||||
| Undra Johnson | 5 | 5 |
| Notre Dame | West Virginia | |
|---|---|---|
| First Downs | 19 | 19 |
| Rushing | 13 | 4 |
| Passing | 6 | 10 |
| Penalty | 0 | 5 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 242 | 108 |
| Rushing Attempts | 59 | 37 |
| Average Per Rush | 4.1 | 2.9 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 245 | 141 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 3 | 33 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 213 | 174 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 7-11-1 | 14-30-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 19.4 | 5.8 |
| Average Per Completion | 30.4 | 12.4 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 455 | 282 |
| Total Offense Plays | 70 | 67 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 6.5 | 4.2 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 11-102 | 3-38 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 4-147 | 7-316 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 36.8 | 45.1 |
| Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-28-0 | 2-35-0 |
| Average Per Return | 9.3 | 17.5 |
| Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-36-0 | 6-107-0 |
| Average Per Return | 18.0 | 17.8 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD | 1-0-0 | 1-14-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 36:43 | 23:17 |
| Third Down Conversions | 8 of 15 | 4 of 14 |
| Fourth Down Conversions | 1 of 1 | 1 of 1 |
| Red Zone Scores-Chances | - | - |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 3-28 | 0-0 |
Notre Dame
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 54 | 4 | 58 | 3.0 | 28 | 3.0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Todd Lyght | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Donn Grimm | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Stan Smagala | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||
| George Streeter | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Flash Gordon | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Wes Pritchett | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Chris Zorich | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Frank Stams | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2.0 | 22 | 2.0 | 22 | ||||||||
| Bob Dahl | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Pat Terrell | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Scott Kowalkowski | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Ned Bolcar | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Corny Southall | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Michael Stonebreaker | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| George Williams | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 6 | 1.0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Michael Smalls | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arnold Ale | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Andre Jones | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Raghib Ismail | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Bryan Flannery | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Braxston Banks | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Alm | 1 | 0 | 1 |
West Virginia
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 65 | 3 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 93 | Dale Jackson | 7 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 49 | Chris Haering | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 45 | Robert Pickett | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 22 | Bo Orlando | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 87 | Renaldo Turnbull | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 25 | Lawrence Drumgoole | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 73 | Scott Summits | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 61 | Mike Fox | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 66 | Theron Ellis | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Alvoid Mays | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 94 | Chris Parker | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Ron Weaver | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 99 | Basil Proctor | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Preston Waters | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 47 | Willie Edwards | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | |||||||||
| 95 | Pat Marlatt | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 81 | Keith Winn | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Scoring Summary
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10:25 | ND - Billy Hackett 45 yd FG, 7-37 3:00 | 0-3 |
| 1 | 4:34 | ND - Anthony Johnson 1 yd rush TD (Rush by Kent Graham Fail), 10-61 4:20 | 0-9 |
| 2 | 9:41 | ND - Rodney Culver 5 yd rush TD (Kick by Reggie Ho Good), 11-84 5:07 | 0-16 |
| 2 | 6:18 | WVU - Charlie Baumann 29 yd FG, 11-52 3:23 | 3-16 |
| 2 | 1:48 | ND - Raghib Ismail 29 yd TD pass from Tony Rice (Kick by Reggie Ho Good), 8-63 4:30 | 3-23 |
| 2 | 0:00 | WVU - Charlie Baumann 31 yd FG, 9-69 1:48 | 6-23 |
| 3 | 5:34 | ND - Reggie Ho 32 yd FG, 7-50 3:35 | 6-26 |
| 3 | 3:32 | WVU - Grantis Bell 17 yd TD pass from Major Harris (Kick by Charlie Baumann Good), 7-74 2:02 | 13-26 |
| 4 | 13:05 | ND - Frank Jacobs 3 yd rush TD (Rush by Tony Rice Good), 7-80 3:07 | 13-34 |
| 4 | 1:14 | WVU - Reggie Rembert 3 yd rush TD (Pass by Reggie Rembert Good), 11-59 2:57 | 21-34 |
Attendance: 74,911
Score By Quarter
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame | 9 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 34 |
| West Virginia | 0 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
Start Time: 2:44pm
Officials: Jim Evans (Back Judge), Tommy Moore (Field Judge), Buddy Coleman (Head Linesman), Ron Underwood (Line Judge), Frank Shepard (Referee), John Lewis (Side Judge), Bill Voss (Umpire)
Temperature: 55 • Wind: W 5mph • Weather: Cloudy, light rain, 26% humidity
Notre Dame
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| TE | Derek Brown |
| LT | Dean Brown |
| LG | Tim Ryan |
| C | Mike Heldt |
| RG | Tim Grunhard |
| RT | Andy Heck |
| FL | Pat Eilers |
| SE | Raghib Ismail |
| QB | Tony Rice |
| TB | Mark Green |
| FB | Anthony Johnson |
West Virginia
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| TE | Keith Winn |
| LT | Rick Phillips |
| LG | John Stroia |
| C | Kevin Koken |
| RG | Bob Kovach |
| RT | Brian Smider |
| SE | Calvin Phillips |
| FL | Reggie Rembert |
| QB | Major Harris |
| TB | Anthony "A.B." Brown |
| FB | Craig Taylor |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| LCB | Todd Lyght |
| RCB | Stan Smagala |
| LB | Michael Stonebreaker |
| DE | Frank Stams |
| DE | Arnold Ale |
| FS | Pat Terrell |
| SS | George Streeter |
| LB | Wes Pritchett |
| DT | George Williams |
| DT | Jeff Alm |
| NT | Chris Zorich |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| ILB | Chris Haering |
| ILB | Theron Ellis |
| WLB | Renaldo Turnbull |
| SS | Lawrence Drumgoole |
| FS | Bo Orlando |
| SLB | Robert Pickett |
| DT | Chris Parker |
| DT | Mike Fox |
| SCB | Willie Edwards |
| WCB | Alvoid Mays |
| MG | Scott Summits |
Braxston Banks, Ricky Watters, Rodney Culver, Steve Belles, Ryan Mihalko, Frank Jacobs, Jim Sexton, Reggie Ho, Billy Hackett, Tony Brooks, Corny Southall, Ned Bolcar, Bob Dahl, Bryan Flannery, Donn Grimm, Flash Gordon, Andre Jones, Scott Kowalkowski, Michael Smalls, Kent Graham
1-Grantis Bell, 3-Ron Weaver, 5-Preston Waters, 8-Charlie Baumann, 14-Greg Jones, 18-Lance Carion, 24-Tim Williams, 29-Rico Tyler, 33-Eugene Napoleon, 34-Undra Johnson, 93-Dale Jackson, 95-Pat Marlatt, 99-Basil Proctor