2012 WVU Orange Bowl Guide

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For additional information on the West Virginia Mountaineers, contact director of football communications Mike Montoro.wvu aT-a-glanceLocation Morgantown, W.Va.Founded 1867Enrollment 29,617Nickname MountaineersColors Old Gold (PMS 124) and Blue (PMS 295)Conference BIG EASTPresident Dr. James P. ClementsDirector of Athletics Oliver LuckHead Coach Dana Holgorsen (Iowa Wesleyan, ’93)2011 Record/BIG EAST record 9-3/5-2WVU’s All-Time Record 700-457-45 (.597)WVU’s All-Time Bowl Record 13-17 (.433)

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DISCOVER ORANGE BOwlpreview

2West Virginia University

West Virginia will take on ACC

champion Clemson in the 2012

Discover Orange Bowl to be played

on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, at Sun Life Stadium

in Miami Gardens, Fla.

West Virginia (9-3) earned its bid by winning

a share of the Big East title in coach Dana

Holgorsen’s first season guiding the Mountaineers.

WVU defeated Cincinnati, Pitt and USF in its final

three regular season games to capture its third

BCS bowl appearance since 2006, and its first

since 2008.

The 23rd-ranked Mountaineers are making

their sixth major bowl appearance in school

history.

Clemson (10-3) is making its first-ever trip to

a BCS bowl game by routing Virginia Tech, 38-

10, in last night’s ACC championship game

in Charlotte. Led by third-year coach Dabo

Swinney, the 15th-ranked Tigers are making their

first major bowl appearance since 1981, when

Danny Ford led them to a 22-15 victory over

Nebraska in the Orange Bowl and their only

national title.

Clemson also has made Orange Bowl trips

in 1956 and 1951. Overall, this will be Clemson’s

sixth major bowl appearance.

West Virginia and Clemson met once

previously in the 1989 Gator Bowl in Jacksonville,

Fla., where the Tigers overcame an early 7-0

deficit to rout the Mountaineers, 27-7.

This year’s game features two of the most

dynamic offenses in the country.

West Virginia finished the regular season

ranked seventh nationally in passing offense

(341.8 ypg.), 17th in total offense (459.6 ypg.) and

19th in scoring offense (34.92 ppg.). Clemson is

ranked 21st in passing offense (284.8 ypg.), 27th

in scoring offense (33.62 ppg.) and 29th in total

offense (440.6 ypg.). Both teams have enjoyed

outstanding quarterback play this year.

West Virginia’s Geno Smith, a first team all-BIG

EAST selection, has completed 314-of-483 passes

for 3,978 yards and 25 touchdowns, ranking ninth

in the country in total offense (325.6 ypg.) and

22nd in passing efficiency (148.38 rating).

Clemson’s Tajh Boyd has been equally

impressive, completing 271-of-450 passes for

3,541 yards and 30 touchdowns. Boyd finished

the regular season ranked 18th in the country

in total offense (289.5 ypg.) and 30th in passing

efficiency (145.00 rating).

And both QBs have big-time weapons to go

to in the passing game.

Clemson’s Sammy Watkins is one of the most

exciting freshmen in the country, finishing the

regular season with 77 catches for 1,153 yards

and 11 touchdowns. Watkins caught five passes

for 80 yards and a touchdown in the ACC

championship game to establish a Tiger record

for receiving yards in a season.

DeAndre Hopkins, who caught seven passes

for 92 yards against Virginia Tech, had 62 catches

for 871 yards and four touchdowns. Tight end

Dwayne Allen, who hauled in 48 passes for 577

yards and eight touchdowns, was a first team All-

American and won the John Mackey Award as

the nation’s top tight end.

Meanwhile, Tavon Austin, a first team all-BIG

EAST choice, and Stedman Bailey, a second

team all-league pick, have put up big numbers

for West Virginia. Austin finished the regular

season with school-record 89 catches for 1,063

yards and four touchdowns, while Bailey snared

67 passes for a school-record 1,197 yards and 11

touchdowns. The Austin-Bailey receiving tandem

is the first in WVU history to produce 1,000 yards in

the same season.

Clemson also boasts a 1,000-yard rusher in

junior Andre Ellington, who became the 12th

different player in Clemson history to eclipse

the 1,000-yard barrier when he ran for 125 yards

against Virginia Tech in the ACC championship

game. Ellington now shows 1,062 yards for the

season, becoming the first Tiger since C.J. Spiller

in 2009 to do so.

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West Virginia’s Dustin Garrison is coming off a

strong 16-carry, 87-yard, one-TD performance at

USF to boost his season rushing total to 742 yards.

Garrison set a WVU freshman record with 291 yards

on the ground against Bowling Green earlier this

season.

Watkins, Boyd, center Dalton Freeman, and

Allen each earned all-ACC first team honors on

offense for the Tigers.

Defensively, both teams have given up some

yardage this season. Clemson ranks 59th in total

defense allowing 379.4 yards per game, while

the Mountaineers have allowed 340.3 yards per

outing to rank 27th. Clemson is 80th against the

run permitting 176.5 yards per game while West

Virginia is 51st in that category surrendering 140.8

yards per contest.

Senior defensive end Andre Branch, a first team

all-ACC pick, leads Clemson with 10.5 sacks and

16 tackles for loss, while also accumulating 72 total

stops. Branch ranks 11th in the country in sacks and

36th in tackles for a loss. Cirico Hawkins (89) and

Rashard Hall (74) are Clemson’s top two tacklers.

All-BIG EAST first team linebacker Najee Goode

leads West Virginia’s defense with 84 tackles, four

sacks, 12.5 tackles for a loss, one forced fumble

and an interception. It was Goode’s forced

fumble late in the game at USF that enabled West

Virginia to score the winning field goal in its 30-27

come-from-behind victory - WVU’s eighth this year.

Senior defensive tackle Julian Miller shows six sacks

and 11 tackles for a loss while all-BIG EAST defensive

end Bruce Ivin has 7.5 sacks and 14 tackles for a

loss. All-conference corner Keith Tandy leads the

Mountaineers with 12 career interceptions.

On special teams, Austin, a first team All-

American and BIG EAST special teams player of

the year, is No. 2 nationally in all-purpose yards

(191.2), No. 5 in punt returns (14.1) and No. 18 in

kickoff returns (26.5). Watkins, also a first team All-

American and the ACC Rookie of the Year is No. 4

nationally in all-purpose yards (173.1) and No. 21

in kickoff returns (26.3).

Clemson is making the 34th bowl game

appearance in its history; the Tigers own a 16-17 all-

time bowl mark. West Virginia, which became only

the 14th program in NCAA history to record 700

victories at USF, is making its 31st bowl appearance

and has a 13-17 all-time record in bowl games.

The 2012 Orange Bowl will kick off at 8 p.m. and

will be televised on ESPN.

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WVU OppOnents CLeMsOn OppOnents 270 217 First Downs 291 252

374-1,413 445-1,689 Rushing Attempts-Yards 503-2,026 526-2,294

32 1-496-8 231-401-12 Passing (C-A-I) 287-478-10 211-371-13

4,102 2,395 Yards Passing 3,702 2,638

870/6.3 846/4.8 Plays/Average 981/5.8 897/5.5

5,519 4,084 Total Offense 5,728 4,932

52/23.7 69/24.5 Kickoff Returns/Average 53/22.9 70/19.8

24/12.3 15/11.3 Punt Returns/Average 12/7.5 23/9.8

12/13.8 8/16.8 Interceptions/Average 13/18.9 10/17.5

51/38.7 73/41.9 Punts/Average 61/41.7 73/38.8

34.6 37.1 Net Punting 38.0 37.5

27-13 20-7 Fumbles-Lost 21-10 25-9

76-657 81-658 Penalties-Yards 56-497 75-662

419/34.9 315/26.2 Points 437/33.6 340/26.2

RUSHING No. Yards Avg. TDGarrison 136 742 5.5 6Alston 77 338 4.4 10Austin 13 142 10.9 1

PASSING Comp. Att. Yards TD IntG. Smith 314 483 3,978 25 7

RECEIVING No. Yards Avg. TDAustin 89 1,063 11.9 4Bailey 67 1,197 17.9 11McCartney 47 572 12.2 3

PUNT RETURNS No. Yards Avg. TDAustin ` 19 268 14.1 0

KICK RETURNS No. Yards Avg. TDAustin 31 821 26.5 2

PUNTING No. Yards Avg. LongMolinari 30 1,116 37.2 58C. Smith 21 857 40.8 62

DEFENSE Tkls TFL Sacks IntGoode 84 12.5 4 1Cook 81 1 0 2Garvin 72 5.5 3.5 2P. Miller 64 1.5 0 1E. Smith 63 2.5 0 1

RUSHING No. Yards Avg. TDEllington 213 1,062 5.0 10Bellamy 57 343 6.0 3Watkins 31 229 7.4 0

PASSING Comp. Att. Yards TD IntBoyd 274 453 3,578 31 10

RECEIVING No. Yards Avg. TDWatkins 77 1,153 15.0 11Hopkins 62 871 14.0 4Allen 48 577 12.0 8

PUNT RETURNS No. Yards Avg. TDHopkins 9 49 5.4 0

KICK RETURNS No. Yards Avg. TDWatkins 26 683 26.3 1

PUNTING No. Yards Avg. LongZimmermand 59 2,479 42.0 59

DEFENSE Tkls TFL Sacks IntHall 81 3 1 1Branch 78 16 10.5 0Hawkins 73 4 0 0Thompson 73 7 2.5 0Willard 69 2.5 0 1

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4West Virginia Universitywest Virginia Mountaineers

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• Posted a 9-3 mark in his first season as head coach

• Led West Virginia to BIG EAST Championship and BCS Berth, first WVU coach to accomplish that feat in his first year

• Earned national rankings in 12 of 15 weeks in both major polls

• One of seven coaches to take his program to a BCS bowl in his first year as head coach

• Three players earned All-America honors and 10 were named all-BIG EAST

• Tied for fourth in wins among first-year head coaches nationally

• Third WVU coach to win nine games in his first year (Bill Stewart, 2008; Dudley DeGroot, 1948)

• Fourth WVU coach to make a bowl appearance in his first season (Bill Stewart, Dudley DeGroot, Marshall Glenn)

• WVU is No. 7 nationally in passing offense, No. 17 in total offense and No. 19 in scoring offense

• WVU is ranked No. 27 in total defense

• The Mountaineer offense ranked No. 67 in total offense in 2010, the year before Holgorsen arrived, and he took it to No. 17 in 2011

• In 2011, Tavon Austin and Stedman Bailey are the third pair of 1,000-yard receivers nationally

• WVU is one of only three schools nationally to have a 3,500- yard passer and two 1,000-yard receivers

• Quarterback Geno Smith is No. 7 nationally in passing yards per game, No. 9 in completions per game and total offense and No. 22 in passing efficiency

• Austin is No. 2 nationally in all-purpose yardage (191.2), No. 5 in punt returns, tied for No. 12 in receptions per game, No. 18 in kickoff returns and No. 28 in receiving yards per game

• Bailey is No. 13 nationally in receiving yards per game oklaHoMa sTaTe

• In 2010, was named a finalist for the Frank Broyles Award, signifying the top assistant coach in college football and named the rivals.com national offensive coordinator of the year

• In 2010, the Cowboys led the nation in total offense during the regular season and finished No. 2 in passing offense and No. 3 in total and scoring offense

• OSU averaged 520.23 yards per game in total offense, including 345.9 passing yards and 44.23 points per game

• The Cowboy offense ranked No. 61 nationally in total offense in 2009, the year before Holgorsen arrived, and he took it to the No. 1 spot in 2010

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Dana Holgorsen Year-By-Year Year School Position Record

2011 West Virginia Head Coach 9-3 Big East Champions Orange Bowl

2010 Oklahoma State Offensive Coordinator/ Quarterbacks 11-2 Alamo Bowl Champions

2009 Houston Offensive Coordinator/ Quarterbacks 10-4 Armed Forces Bowl

2008 Houston Offensive Coordinator/ Quarterbacks 8-5 Armed Forces Bowl Champions

2007 Texas Tech Co-Offensive Coordinator/ Inside Receivers 9-4 Gator Bowl Champions

2006 Texas Tech Co-Offensive Coordinator/ Inside Receivers 8-5 Insight.com Bowl Champions

2005 Texas Tech Co-Offensive Coordinator/ Inside Receivers 9-3 Cotton Bowl

2004 Texas Tech Inside Receivers 8-4 Holiday Bowl Champions

2003 Texas Tech Inside Receivers 8-5 Houston Bowl Champions

2002 Texas Tech Inside Receivers 9-5 Tangerine Bowl Champions

2001 Texas Tech Inside Receivers 7-5 Alamo Bowl

2000 Texas Tech Inside Receivers 7-6 Hall of Fame Bowl

1999 Wingate Quarterbacks/ Wide Receivers 3-8

1998 Mississippi College Quarterbacks/ Wide Receivers / Special Teams 4-6

1997 Mississippi College Quarterbacks/ Wide Receivers / Special Teams 8-2 American Southwest Conference Champions

1996 Mississippi College Quarterbacks/ Wide Receivers / Special Teams 4-8

1995 Valdosta State Quarterbacks/ Wide Receivers / Special Teams 6-5

1994 Valdosta State Quarterbacks/ Wide Receivers / Special Teams 11-2 NCAA II National Quarterfinalist

1993 Valdosta State Quarterbacks/ Wide Receivers / Special Teams 8-3 Holgorsen Totals - at West Virginia - 9-3; Overall - 9-3 (First season)

• Quarterback Brandon Weeden became the first OSU passer to earn first teamall-Big12honors.HewasafinalistfortheManningAward,giventothe topquarterbackinthenation

• Receiver Justin Blackmonwas named the recipient of the 2010 Biletnikoff Award,given to the top receiver in thenation,and runningbackKendall Hunterwasafinalist for theDoakWalkerAward,given to thenation’s top runningback

• Weeden,HunterandBlackmonbecomeonlythesecondtrioinNCAAhistory topassforatleast3,000yards,runformorethan1,500yardsandfinishwith morethan1,500yardsreceivinginthesameseason

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• In2009,UHledthenationintotaloffensewith563yardspergame,scoring offensewith42.2pointspergame,andpassingoffensewith433.7yardsper game

• In2008,hisfirstyearatHouston,theCougarsrankedsecondinthenationin passingoffense(401.6)andtotaloffense(562.77).UHscored40.62pointsper gametorank10thnationally

• HoustonquarterbackCaseKeenum ledthenation in totaloffense in2008 and2009,with403.15yardsoftotaloffensepergameasasophomoreand 416.36yardsofoffenseasajunior

• Keenumrankedamongthenation’stop-10passingefficiencyleaderseach ofhistwoseasonsunderHolgorsen’swatch

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• Duringhis tenureasoffensivecoordinator, theRedRaiders increased their offensivenumbersfrom324.8yardspergameto529.6yardspergame.

• In2007,TexasTechledthenationinpassingoffense(470.31yardspergame), rankedsecondintotaloffense(529.62yardspergame)andwasseventhin scoringoffense(40.92pointspergame)

• QuarterbackGraham Harrell led the nation in total offense and receiver MichaelCrabtreeledthenationinreceptionspergameandreceivingyards pergame.CrabtreewontheBiletnikoffAwardasAmerica’stopreceiverin 2007

• In2006,theRedRaidersrankedthirdnationallyinpassingoffenseandsixth intotaloffense.Harrellwasthirdnationallyintotaloffensewith344.38yards pergame

• In2005, TexasTech ledthenation inpassingoffensewith388.83yardsper game,wasfourthinscoringoffenseat39.42pointspergameandwassixth intotaloffensewith495.83yardspercontest

• QuarterbackCodyHodgesrankedsecondinthecountrywith369.08yards pergame

WINGATE

• CoachedLucasGreenewholedtheteaminscoringthatseasonandwent ontoplayintheNFL

MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE

• MississippiCollegewontheAmericanSouthwestConferenceinitsfirstseason intheleagueandaveraged432.0yardspergamein1997

VALDOSTA STATE

• Helped develop quarterback Chris Hatcher, who set an NCAA record, completing74.7percentofhispassesontheDivisionIIlevelin1994

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Hometown: Paden City, W.Va.Alma Mater: California, Pa., ‘84Bowl Games coached: 11All-conference Players coached: 26All-Americans coached: 4Professional Players coached: 5

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Hometown: St. Charles, Ill.Alma Mater: Iowa Wesleyan, ‘95Bowl Games coached: 11All-conference Players coached: 32All-Americans coached: 4Professional Players coached: 10

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Hometown: Clinton, La.Alma Mater: Wingate, ‘00All-conference Players coached: 24All-Americans coached: 4Bowl Games coached: 1

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Hometown: Hurricane, W.Va.Alma Mater: West Virginia, 76Bowl Games coached: 18All-conference Players coached: 30All-Americans coached: 2Professional Players coached: 11

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Hometown: Hattiesburg, Miss.Alma Mater: Florida, ‘05Bowl Games coached: 6All-conference Players coached: 3All-Americans coached: 1Professional Players coached: 3

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Hometown: Frackville, Pa.Alma Mater: Salem, ‘69Bowl Games coached: 23All-conference Players coached: 31All-Americans coached: 5Professional Players coached: 10

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Hometown: Media, Pa.Alma Mater: West Virginia, ‘89Bowl Games coached: 12All-conference Players coached: 9All-Americans coached: 4Professional Players coached: 12

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Hometown: Tulsa, Okla.Alma Mater: Missouri State, ‘08Bowl Games coached: 4All-conference Players coached: 6All-Americans coached: 1Professional Players coached: 1

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Staff

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AlExHaMMonD Director of Football Operations

CAiTlin McfaDDen Graduate Assistant Athletic Training

BrETT kelleY Video Coordinator

DAn neHlen Equipment Manager

MikE JosepH Director of Strength and Conditioning

MArk sMiTH Assistant Director, Strength and Conditioning

kEVin MccaDaM Coordinator of Strength and Conditioning

DAVE kerns Head Football Athletic Trainer

JOHn spiker Coordinator of Athletic Medical Services

TOny corleY Assistant Football Athletic Trainer

BryAn fiTzpaTrick Coordinator of Speed Development

rOSE Barko Accounting Clerk

kiM calanDrelli Administrative Associate

DixiE sisler Program Assistant

lOri rice Administrative Associate

VinCEnT casHDollar Graduate Assistant Offense

MikE cHaMoures Graduate AssistantDefense

AArOn Malik AssistantEquipment Manager

MATT HorneWest Virginia State Police

GlEn DoYle West Virginia State Police

DArl Bauer Strength and Conditioning Coach

ryAn DorcHesTer Graduate Assistantrecruiting

DOnniEYoung Program Coordinator

CHADallen Graduate Assistant Administrative

TODDnelson Graduate Assistant Defensive Supportt

BrAD Miller Graduate AssistantVideo

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Position No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl.

PK 40 TylerBitancurt 6-1 198 r-Jr.

44 CoreySmith 5-11 214 r-Jr.

P 44 CoreySmith 5-11 214 r-Jr.

48 MichaelMolinari 6-2 190 r-Fr.

KO 44 CoreySmith 5-11 214 r-Jr.

LSN 87 CodyNutter 6-3 241 r-Sr.

H 48 MichaelMolinari 6-2 190 r-Fr.

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Year Last School/HS/JC Hometown 88 Soraya Aisien-Ogbebor IR 6-5 255 r-Sr. Surulere Lagos, Nigeria14 Nana Agyire DB 6-1 185 Fr. Bethesda Chevy Chase, Md.20 Shawne Alston RB 5-11 221 Jr. Phoebus Hampton, Va.53 Tyler Anderson LB 6-2 235 r-So. Morgantown Morgantown, W.Va.83 Connor Arlia IR 5-10 185 Fr. Weirton Madonna Weirton, W.Va. 1 Tavon Austin IR 5-9 176 Jr. Dunbar Baltimore, Md. 3 Stedman Bailey WR 5-10 190 r-So. Miramar Miramar, Fla.34 Ishmael Banks DB 5-11 181 r-Fr. Hargrave Military Richmond, Va.33 Jared Barber LB 6-0 223 Fr. Davie Mocksville, N.C.64 Don Barclay OL 6-4 310 r-Sr Seneca Valley Cranberry Township, Pa.60 John Bassler OL 6-4 300 r-Jr. Francis Scott Key New Windsor, Md.26 Travis Bell DB 6-2 202 So. Glades Central Belle Glade, Fla.40 Tyler Bitancurt K 6-1 203 r-Jr. West Springfield Springfield, Va.54 Hunter Bittner LB 5-11 223 Sr. Norwin Irwin, Pa.72 Cole Bowers OL 6-5 298 r-So. Cabell Midland Milton, W.Va.18 Brantwon Bowser DB 5-11 188 r-Sr. Phoenix College Phoenix, Ariz.57 Jeff Braun OL 6-4 322 r-Jr. Winters Mill Westminster, Md.4 Devon Brown IR 5-10 188 r-Sr. Wake Forest Ashburn, Va.23 Dustin Brown IR 5-9 182 r-Fr. Richwood Craigsville, W.Va.31 Isaiah Bruce LB 6-1 215 Fr. Providence Jacksonville, Fla.13 Andrew Buie RB 5-9 184 Fr. Trinity Christian Jacksonville, Fla.16 Michael Burchett QB 6-2 205 r-Fr. Prestonsburg Prestonsburg, Ky.40 Alex Burdette DB 5-10 175 Fr. Waccamaw Pawleys Island, S.C.39 Nick Cadwell DB 5-9 185 r-Jr. Heritage Leesburg, Va.82 Dante Campbell WR 6-5 205 Fr. East Ridge Clermont, Fla.16 Terrell Chestnut DB 6-0 177 Fr. Pottsgrove Pottstown, Pa.32 Ryan Clarke RB 6-0 228 r-Jr. DeMatha Catholic Glen Burnie, Md.98 Will Clarke DE 6-6 265 r-So. Allderdice Pittsburgh, Pa.88 Cody Clay OL 6-4 259 Fr. George Washington Alum Creek, W.Va.51 Josh Contraguerro LB 5-11 228 Sr. Wheeling Catholic Wheeling, W.Va.25 Darwin Cook DB 5-11 204 r-So. Shaw Cleveland, Ohio86 Jerry Cooper LS 5-11 206 r-Fr. North Port North Port, Fla.92 Trevor Demko DE 6-6 255 r-Fr. Mount Caramel Area Kulpmont, Pa.76 Pat Eger OL 6-6 301 r-So. Thomas Jefferson Clairton, Pa.62 Curtis Feigt OL 6-6 314 r-So. Mercersburg Academy Berlin, Germany17 Josh Francis LB 6-1 221 Jr. Lackawanna JC Scranton, Pa.29 Dustin Garrison RB 5-8 175 Fr. Pearland Pearland, Texas28 Terence Garvin DB 6-3 222 Jr. Loyola Blakefield Baltimore, Md.49 Troy Gloster LB 6-0 227 r-Fr. Good Counsel Germantown, Md.84 Andrew Goldbaugh WR 5-9 182 Sr. Wheeling Park Wheeling, W.Va.52 Najee Goode LB 6-1 241 r-Sr. Benedictine Cleveland, Ohio44 Juan Guerra LB 6-0 230 r-Fr. Fairfax Fairfax, Va.35 Anthony Gutta RB 5-11 230 Fr. Morgantown Morgantown, W.Va.73 Russell Haughton-James OL 6-5 308 Fr. American Heritage Plantation, Fla.32 Lucas Henn DB 6-0 196 r-Fr. University Morgantown, W.Va.11 Bruce Irvin DE 6-3 245 Sr. Mt. San Antonio CC Atlanta, Ga.27 J.D. Izon RB 5-9 175 Fr. Archbishop Spalding Severn, Md.70 Brandon Jackson OL 6-3 338 Fr. St. Edward Euclid, Ohio23 Brodrick Jenkins DB 5-10 184 r-So. South Fort Myers Fort Myers, Fla.77 Josh Jenkins OL 6-3 305 Sr. Parkersburg Parkersburg, W.Va.68 Arthur Johannes DL 5-11 280 Fr. George Washington Charleston, W.Va.79 Nick Kindler OL 6-6 295 r-So. Trinity Camp Hill, Pa.41 Ricky Kovatch FB 6-1 235 Sr. Dublin Jerome Dublin, Ohio10 Rob Kressler QB 6-0 200 r-So. Saucon Valley Bethlehem, Pa.

Position No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. WR(X) 3 StedmanBailey 5-10 190 r-So. 80 RyanNehlen 6-2 204 r-Jr.

IR(H) 1 TavonAustin 5-9 173 Jr.

85 WillieMilhouse 6-1 202 r-Sr.

LT 64 DonBarclay 6-4 305 r-Sr.

79 NickKindler 6-6 292 r-So.

LG 57 JeffBraun 6-4 320 r-Jr.

65 ChadSnodgrass 6-4 295 r-Sr.

C 74 JoeMadsen 6-4 300 r-Jr.

57 JeffBraun 6-4 320 r-Jr.

RG 67 QuintonSpain 6-5 348 r-Fr.

55 TylerRader 6-3 296 r-Sr.

RT 62 CurtisFeigt 6-6 314 r-So.

76 PatEger 6-6 296 r-So.

IR(Y) 89 TylerUrban 6-5 251 Sr.

4 DevonBrown 5-9 185 r-Sr.

WR(Z) 81 J.D.Woods 6-0 195 r-Jr.

5 IvanMcCartney 6-3 176 So.

QB 12 GenoSmith 6-3 214 Jr.

14 PaulMillard 6-1 218 Fr.

RB(A) 29 DustinGarrison 5-8 175 Fr.

13 AndrewBuie 5-9 184 Fr.

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No. Name Pos. 22 Avery Williams DB23 Dustin Brown IR23 Brodrick Jenkins DB24 Eain Smith DB25 Darwin Cook DB26 Travis Bell DB27 J.D. Izon RB28 Terence Garvin DB29 Dustin Garrison RB30 Steve Paskorz LB31 Isaiah Bruce LB31 Nate Majnaric RB32 Ryan Clarke RB32 Lucas Henn DB33 Jared Barber LB34 Ishmael Banks DB35 Anthony Gutta RB35 Nick Kwiatkoski DB36 Shaq Petteway DB37 Wes Tonkery DB38 Matt Lindamood FB39 Nick Cadwell DB40 Tyler Bitancurt K40 Alex Burdette DB41 Ricky Kovatch FB42 Donovan Miles LB43 Casey Vance LB

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No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Year Last School/HS/JC Hometown 35 Nick Kwiatkoski DB 6-2 212 Fr. Bethel Park Bethel Park, Pa.91 J.B. Lageman DE 6-3 274 r-Jr. Huntington Huntington, W.Va.45 Cecil Level DB 5-10 184 r-So. WVU Tech Fayetteville, Ga.38 Matt Lindamood FB 6-0 236 r-Jr. Parkersburg Parkersburg, W.Va.78 Marquis Lucas OL 6-4 304 Fr. Miami Central Miami, Fla.74 Joe Madsen OL 6-4 301 r-Jr. Chardon Chardon, Ohio31 Nate Majnaric RB 5-11 225 r-Jr. Green Akron, Ohio19 William Marable DB 6-1 192 Jr. Ellsworth CC Beach, Va. 12 Mikal Mayo DB 5-10 170 Fr. Dunbar Baltimore, Md. 5 Ivan McCartney WR 6-3 178 So. Miramar Miramar, Fla.42 Donovan Miles LB 6-1 242 r-Jr. Brooke Point Stafford, Va.85 Willie Milhouse WR 6-1 207 r-Sr. Duquesne University Waldorf, Md.14 Paul Millard QB 6-1 218 Fr. Flower Mound Flower Mound, Texas97 Julian Miller DL 6-4 268 r-Sr. Beechcroft Columbus, Ohio 6 Pat Miller DB 5-10 188 Jr. Hoover Birmingham, Ala.86 Pete Miller RB 5-9 175 r-Jr. Fairfax Fairfax, Va.48 Michael Molinari H/K 6-1 196 r-Fr. Parkersburg South Parkersburg, W.Va.46 Matt Moro DB 5-11 190 Jr. El Camino College Miami, Fla.19 KJ Myers WR 6-2 185 Fr. First Coast Jacksonville, Fla.80 Ryan Nehlen WR 6-2 203 r-Jr. University Morgantown, W.Va.87 Cody Nutter LS 6-3 243 r-Sr. Parkersburg South Parkersburg, W.Va.47 Kelvin Owusu LB 6-3 240 Fr. Clarkstown South Nyack, N.Y.30 Steve Paskorz LB 6-1 242 r-Sr. Notre Dame Allison Park, Pa.36 Shaq Petteway DB 6-0 200 Fr. Steubenville Steubenville, Ohio55 Tyler Rader OL 6-3 296 r-Sr. Nitro Cross Lanes, W.Va.50 Taige Redman LB 6-0 227 r-So. Keyser Keyser, W.Va.96 Ted Rietschlin DL 6-5 270 r-Fr. Crestview Crestline, Ohio47 Doug Rigg LB 6-1 235 So. Bergen Catholic Oradell, N.J. 9 Vernard Roberts RB 5-9 184 Fr. Dunbar Washington, D.C.93 Kyle Rose DE 6-4 248 Fr. Centerville Centerville, Ohio90 Shaq Rowell DL 6-4 308 Jr. Iowa Western CC Maple Heights, Ohio 9 Ishmail Showell DB 5-11 175 Fr. Oakcrest Mays Landing, N.J.87 Matt Shull WR 6-4 185 Fr. Laurel Highlands Uniontown, Pa.89 David Slonski DL 6-3 230 r-So. Golden Gate Naples, Fla.44 Corey Smith K/P 5-11 208 r-Jr. Alabama Inwood, W.Va.24 Eain Smith DB 5-11 202 r-Sr. Chaminade-Madonna Miramar, Fla.12 Geno Smith QB 6-3 214 Jr. Miramar Miami, Fla. 7 Lawrence Smith DB 5-9 181 r-Jr. William H. Turner Miami, Fla.65 Chad Snodgrass OL 6-4 298 r-Sr. Nitro Cross Lanes, W.Va.56 Jewone Snow LB 6-3 230 r-Fr. Canton McKinley Canton, Ohio67 Quinton Spain OL 6-5 338 r-Fr. Petersburg Petersburg, Va. 2 Brad Starks WR 6-3 193 r-Sr. Orange County Unionville, Va. 8 Keith Tandy DB 5-10 199 r-Sr. Christian County Hopkinsville, Ky.94 Josh Taylor DL 6-1 285 r-Sr. Miramar Miramar, Fla.95 Ben Tomasek DL 6-0 230 Fr. St. Rita of Cascia Chicago, Ill.37 Wes Tonkery DB 6-1 203 r-Fr. Bridgeport Shinnston, W.Va.89 Tyler Urban IR 6-5 251 Sr. Norwin North Huntingdon, Pa.43 Casey Vance LB 5-9 222 r-Sr. Petersburg Seneca Rocks, W.Va.15 Mack Van Gorder DB 6-1 200 Fr. North Hall Gainesville, Ga.13 Anthony Vecchio DB 5-10 180 r-Fr. Morgantown Morgantown, W.Va.15 Coley White IR 6-0 174 r-Jr. Daphne Daphne, Ala.22 Avery Williams DB 5-11 181 Fr. Calvin Coolidge Washington, D.C.81 J.D. Woods WR 6-0 195 r-Jr. Golden Gate Naples, Fla.

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DT 97 Julian Miller 6-4 259 r-Sr

91 J.B. Lageman 6-3 270 r-Jr.

NT 99 Jorge Wright 6-2 281 r-Jr.

94 Josh Taylor 6-1 285 r-Jr.

DE 98 Will Clarke 6-6 260 r-So.

11 Bruce Irvin 6-3 236 Sr.

SLB 47 Doug Rigg 6-1 228 So.

53 Tyler Anderson 6-2 238 r-So.

MLB 33 Jared Barber 6-0 225 Fr.

56 Jewone Snow 6-3 236 r-Fr.

WLB 52 Najee Goode 6-1 239 r-Sr.

43 Casey Vance 5-9 222 r-Sr.

LCB 8 Keith Tandy 5-10 200 r-Sr.

34 Ishmael Banks 6-0 185 r-Fr.

SS 28 Terence Garvin 6-3 216 Jr.

37 Wes Tonkery 6-1 201 r-Fr.

FS 24 Eain Smith 5-11 198 r-Sr.

26 Travis Bell 6-2 202 So.

BS 25 Darwin Cook 5-11 201 r-So.

36 Shaq Petteway 6-0 200 Fr.

RCB 23 Brodrick Jenkins 5-10 184 r-So.

6 Pat Miller 5-10 185 Jr.

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No. Name Pos. 44 Juan Guerra LB44 Corey Smith K/P45 Cecil Level DB 46 Matt Moro DB47 Kelvin Owusu LB47 Doug Rigg LB48 Michael Molinari H/K49 Troy Gloster LB50 Taige Redman LB51 Josh Contraguerro LB52 Najee Goode LB 53 Tyler Anderson LB54 Hunter Bittner LB 55 Tyler Rader OL56 Jewone Snow LB57 Jeff Braun OL60 John Bassler OL62 Curtis Feigt OL64 Don Barclay OL65 Chad Snodgrass OL67 Quinton Spain OL68 Arthur Johannes DL70 Brandon Jackson OL72 Cole Bowers OL73 Russell Haughton-James OL74 Joe Madsen OL76 Pat Eger OL

No. Name Pos. 77 Josh Jenkins OL78 Marquis Lucas OL79 Nick Kindler OL80 Ryan Nehlen WR81 J.D. Woods WR82 Dante Campbell WR83 Connor Arlia IR84 Andrew Goldbaugh WR85 Willie Milhouse WR86 Jerry Cooper LS86 Pete Miller RB87 Cody Nutter LS87 Matt Shull WR88 Soraya Aisien-Ogbebor IR88 Cody Clay OL89 David Slonski DL89 Tyler Urban IR90 Shaq Rowell DL91 J.B. Lageman DE92 Trevor Demko DE93 Kyle Rose DE94 Josh Taylor DL95 Ben Tomasek DL96 Ted Rietschlin DL97 Julian Miller DL98 Will Clarke DE99 Jorge Wright DL

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3 Stedman Bailey 5-10 192 r-So.

4 Devon Brown 5-9 185 r-Sr.

nuMerical ROSTER


Most touChDowns sCorED3 by Steve Slaton vs. Georgia, 2006 Nokia

Sugar Bowl

Most Punt rEturns4 by three players

LongEst Punt rEturn82 by Willie Drewrey vs. Florida State, 1982

Gator Bowl

Most Punt rEturn YArDs82 by Willie Drewrey vs. Florida State, 1982

Gator Bowl

Most KiCKoff rEturns6 by Eugene Napoleon vs. Notre Dame,

1989 Fiesta Bowl; by Nate Terry vs. Georgia Tech, 1997 Carquest Bowl

LongEst KiCKoff rEturn99 (TD) by Shawn Terry vs. Ole Miss, 2000

Music City Bowl

Most KiCKoff rEturn YArDs163 by Nate Terry vs. Georgia Tech, 1997

Carquest Bowl

LongEst intErCEPtion rEturn80 (TD) by Russ Meredith vs. Gonzaga, 1922

East-West Bowl

Most fiELD goAL AttEMPts4 by Pat McAfee vs. Oklahoma, 2008 Tostitos

Fiesta Bowl; by Paul Woodside vs. Florida, 1981 Peach Bowl

Most fiELD goALs MADE4 by Paul Woodside vs. Florida, 1981 Peach

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LongEst fiELD goAL49 by Paul Woodside vs. Florida, 1981 Peach

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wVU BOwlrecorDs

Individual Most YArDs totAL offEnsE

424 by Marc Bulger vs. Missouri, 1998 Insight.com Bowl

Most YArDs rushing208 by Eddie Williams vs. South Carolina,

1969 Peach Bowl

Most rushEs35 by Eddie Williams vs. South Carolina, 1969

Peach Bowl

LongEst touChDown run65 by Noel Devine vs. Oklahoma, 2008

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl

LongEst rush70 by Noel Devine vs. Florida State, 2010

Konica Minolta Gator Bowl

Most touChDowns rushing3 by Steve Slaton vs. Georgia, 2006 Nokia

Sugar Bowl

Most YArDs PAssing429 by Marc Bulger vs. Missouri, 1998 Insight.

com Bowl

Most PAssEs AttEMPtED50 by Marc Bulger vs. Missouri, 1998 Insight.

com Bowl

Most PAssEs CoMPLEtED34 by Marc Bulger vs. Missouri, 1998 Insight.

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Most touChDown PAssEs5 by Brad Lewis vs. Ole Miss, 2000 Music City

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Most PAss rECEPtions12 by Shawn Foreman vs. Georgia Tech,

1997 Carquest Bowl

LongEst touChDown rECEPtion79 by Tito Gonzales vs. Oklahoma, 2008


LongEst rECEPtion79 (TD) by Tito Gonzales vs. Oklahoma, 2008


Most YArDs rECEiving189 by Shawn Foreman vs. Missouri, 1998

Insight.com Bowl

Most touChDowns rECEiving2 by Alric Arnett vs. North Carolina, 2008

Car Care Bowl; by Lovett Purnell vs. South Carolina, 1994 Carquest Bowl; by Jerry Porter vs. Georgia Tech, 1997 Carquest Bowl; by David Saunders vs. Missouri, 1998 Insight.com Bowl; by Antonio Brown vs. Ole Miss, 2000 Music City Bowl; by Khori Ivy vs. Ole Miss, 2000 Music City Bowl

Most Punts8 by Todd Sauerbrun vs. Florida, 1994 Sugar

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BEst Punting AvErAgE58.5 by Pat McAfee vs. Oklahoma, 2008


Most Points sCorED18 by Steve Slaton vs. Georgia, 2006 Nokia

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TeamMost Points sCorED

49 vs. Ole Miss, 2000 Music City Bowl

Most Points ALLowED49 vs. North Carolina State, 1972 Peach Bowl

Most YArDs totAL offEnsE525 vs. Oklahoma, 2008 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl

Most PLAYs totAL offEnsE81 vs. South Carolina, 1969 Peach Bowl

Most first Downs27 vs. Missouri, 1998 Insight.com Bowl; vs.

Georgia, 2006 Nokia Sugar Bowl

Most YArDs rushing382 vs. Georgia, 2006 Nokia Sugar Bowl

Most rushEs79 vs. South Carolina, 1969 Peach Bowl

Most YArDs PAssing452 vs. Missouri, 1998 Insight.com Bowl

Most PAssEs AttEMPtED51 vs. Missouri, 1998 Insight.com Bowl

Most PAssEs CoMPLEtED35 vs. Missouri, 1998 Insight.com Bowl

Most PAssEs hAD intErCEPtED4 vs. Utah, 1964 Liberty Bowl

Most tiMEs PuntED8 vs. Florida, 1994 Sugar Bowl

BEst Punting AvErAgE58.5 vs. Oklahoma, 2008 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl

Most PEnALtiEs11 vs. Florida State, 2005 Toyota Gator Bowl

Most YArDs PEnALizED121 vs. Florida State, 2005 Toyota Gator Bowl

Most touChDowns sCorED7 vs. Ole Miss, 2000 Music City Bowl

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wVU All-TIMEBowl resulTs

1922 EAst-wEst BowLWest Virginia 21Gonzaga 13

1938 sun BowLWest Virginia 7Texas Tech 6

1949 sun BowLWest Virginia 21Texas Western 12

1954 sugAr BowLGeorgia Tech 42West Virginia 19

1964 LiBErtY BowLUtah 32West Virginia 6

1969 PEACh BowLWest Virginia 14South Carolina 3

1972 PEACh BowLNorth Carolina State 49West Virginia 13

1975 PEACh BowLWest Virginia 13North Carolina State 10

1981 PEACh BowLWest Virginia 26Florida 6

1982 gAtor BowLFlorida State 31West Virginia 12

1983 hALL of fAME BowLWest Virginia 20Kentucky 16

1984 BLuEBonnEt BowLWest Virginia 31Texas Christian 14

1987 John hAnCoCK sun BowLOklahoma State 35West Virginia 33

1989 sunKist fiEstA BowLNotre Dame 34West Virginia 21

1989 MAzDA gAtor BowLClemson 27West Virginia 7

1994 usf&g insurAnCE sugAr BowLFlorida 41West Virginia 7

1995 CArquEst BowLSouth Carolina 24West Virginia 21

1997 toYotA gAtor BowLNorth Carolina 20West Virginia 13

1997 CArquEst BowLGeorgia Tech 35West Virginia 30

1998 insight.CoM BowLMissouri 34West Virginia 31

2000 MusiC CitY BowLWest Virginia 49Mississippi 38

2002 ContinEntAL tirE BowLVirginia 48West Virginia 22

2004 toYotA gAtor BowLMaryland 41West Virginia 7

2005 toYotA gAtor BowLFlorida State 30West Virginia 18

2006 noKiA sugAr BowLWest Virginia 38Georgia 35

2007 toYotA gAtor BowLWest Virginia 38Georgia Tech 35

2008 tostitos fiEstA BowLWest Virginia 48Oklahoma 28

2008 MEinEKE CAr CArE BowLWest Virginia 31North Carolina 30

2010 KoniCA MinoLtA gAtor BowLFlorida State 33West Virginia 21

2010 ChAMPs sPorts BowLNC State 23West Virginia 7

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ORANGE BOWLNOTES

WestVirginia’sappearanceinthe2012DiscoverOrangeBowlmarksthe10thstraightbowlap-pearancebytheMountaineers,datingbacktothe2002ContinentalTireBowl.The10straightbowlappearancesarea school recordand rankNo.9nationally,alongwithBoiseState,

SouthernMissandWisconsin.FloridaStatehasbeento29straightbowlgames,Floridahasbeento20straightandVirginiaTechhasbeento18straight.STRAIGHT

BOWLS10 1. Florida State – 292. Florida – 203. Virginia Tech – 184. Georgia, Georgia Tech – 146. Oklahoma – 127. LSU, Ohio State – 119. West Virginia, Boise State, Southern Miss, Wisconsin - 10

WEST VIRGINIA CLEMSON

9-3 OVERALL RECORD 10-35-2(BIGEASTCHAMPS) CONFERENCE RECORD 6-2(ACCCHAMPS)23(BCS),23(AP),22(COACHES) NATIONAL RANKING 15(BCS),14(AP),14(COACHES)DANAHOLGORSEN HEAD COACH DABOSWINNEYIOWAWESLEYAN‘93 ALMA MATER ALABAMA,‘939-3(FIRSTYEAR) RECORD AT SCHOOL 29-18(3RDYEAR)9-3(FIRSTYEAR) OVERALL RECORD 29-18(3RDYEAR)117.8 RUSHING YARDS PER GAME 155.8341.8 PASSING YARDS PER GAME 284.8459.6 TOTAL YARDS PER GAME 440.634.9 SCORING OFFENSE 33.626.2 SCORING DEFENSE 26.2140.8 RUSHING DEFENSE 176.5199.6 PASSING DEFENSE 202.9340.3 TOTAL DEFENSE 379.4DUSTINGARRISON(61.8) RUSHING LEADER ANDREELLINGTON(81.7)GENOSMITH(331.5) PASSING LEADER TAJHBOYD(275.2)TAVONAUSTIN(89) RECEPTION LEADER SAMMYWATKINS(77)TYLERBITANCURT(99) SCORING LEADER CHANDLERCATANZARO(109)NAJEEGOODE(84) TACKLE LEADER RASHARDHALL(81)BRUCEIRVIN(14) TACKLE FOR LOSS LEADER ANDREBRANCH(16)BRUCEIRVIN(7.5) SACK LEADER ANDREBRANCH(10.5)KEITHTANDY(3) INTERCEPTION LEADER JONATHANMEEKS(3)

)MOUNTAINEER QUICKIES• WVUis69-20overitslast89games;36-13in

theBIGEASTinthatspan.• WVUhaswon88ofitslast119regular-

seasongames/WVUhaswon94-of-126overallgames.

• WVUis26-19inprofessionalfootballstadi-ums/3-0overlasttwoyears.

• Since1980,WVUis44-55onnaturalgrassstadiums/23-20since2000.

• WVUis13-17inbowlgamesoverall;4-2overthepastsixyears/2-0inBCSgames.

• WVUisoneofthreeprogramsinthena-tiontowinnineormoregamesforsevenstraightyears.

• WVUhasthe14th-bestrecordincollegefootballinthelastfiveyears(2007-11).

• WVUhasthe12th-bestrecordincollegefootballinthelastsixyears(2006-11).

• WVUtiesforthe12th-bestrecordincollegefootballinthelastsevenyears(2004-11).

• WVUhasthe11th-bestrecordincollegefootballinthelasteightyears(2003-11).

• WVUis93-51-1all-timeinBIGEASTplay/53-16since2002.

• WVUhasnotfinishedlowerthansecondplaceintheBIGEASTsince2002.

• WVUhashadatleasta5-2recordeveryyearintheBIGEASTsince2002.

• WhenWVUhaspassedformorethan200yardsinagame,itsrecordis32-13.

• Datingbackto2005,WVUhas211rushingtouchdownsinitslast87games(2.4pergame).

• WVUhasoutrusheditsopponentsin65-of-81games;WVU’srecordis63-18duringthatspan.

• WVUis62-4since2002whenwinningtheturnoverbattle.

• Since2000,WVUis74-3whenscoring30ormorepointsinacontest.

WEST VIRGINIA VS. CLEMSONDISCOVER ORANGE BOWLJAN. 4, 2012 – 8 P.M. (ESPN)SUN LIFE STADIUM (72,230) – MIAMI GARDENS

OFFENSE WVU CLEMSONPoints...................................419.................................... 437Average............................ 34.9................................... 33.6FirstDowns..........................270.................................... 291TotalOffense.................... 5,515................................ 5,728Average........................... 459.6................................ 440.6NetRushing...................... 1,413................................ 2,026Average........................... 117.8................................ 155.8NetPassing....................... 4,102................................ 3,702Average........................... 341.8................................ 284.8PassAttempts....................496.................................... 478Complete...........................321.................................... 287Interceptions........................8........................................ 10Fumbles/Lost....................27/13............................... 21/103rdDown.........................63/164............................ 91/204FG/Att...............................16/22............................... 20/25Avg.TOP........................... 27:37................................ 28:28Penalties..........................76/657............................ 56/497Average............................ 54.8................................... 38.2

DEFENSE WVU CLEMSONPoints...................................315.................................... 340Average............................ 26.2................................... 26.2FirstDowns..........................217.................................... 252TotalDefense................... 4,084................................ 4,932Average........................... 340.3................................ 379.4NetRushing...................... 1,689................................ 2,294Average........................... 140.8................................ 176.5NetPassing....................... 2,395................................ 2,638Average........................... 199.6................................ 202.9PassAttempts....................401.................................... 371Complete...........................231.................................... 211Interceptions.......................12....................................... 13Avg.perreturn.................. 13.8................................... 18.9Fumble/Rec......................20/7.................................. 25/93rdDown.........................70/191............................ 76/194Sacks/Yds........................28/166............................ 24/175


B O w l noTes

• Since 2002, WVU is 52-4 when it has held an opponent under 100 yards rushing.

• WVU quarterback Geno Smith has 314-of-483 for 3,978 yards, all WVU single-season records.

• Smith is No. 2 on passing chart (7,050) and No. 5 on WVU’s career total offense chart (7,215).

• Smith is No. 2 on WVU’s career completion list (587) and No. 3 on the touchdown list (50).

• WVU is one of three schools in the nation to post two 1,000-yard receivers.

• WVU receiver Stedman Bailey set the school single-season receiving yards mark (1,197).

• WVU receiver Tavon Austin set the school single-season reception mark (89).

• Austin set the school’s single-season all-purpose yardage mark (2,294).

• WVU DL Julian Miller is No. 2 on WVU’s career tackles for loss (42.5) and sacks (27.5) lists.

• WVU DE Bruce Irvin is No. 5 on WVU’s ca-reer sacks list (21.5)

firsT Year Bcs HeaD coacHes With West Virginia winning the three-way tie for the 2011 BIG EAST Conference champion-ship with Louisville and Cincinnati, it earned its third BCS bowl appearance and first for coach Dana Holgorsen. He becomes one of seven coaches to earn a BCS bowl bid in his first year as a head coach.

Dana Holgorsen, West Virginia - 2012 Orange Bowl

David Shaw, Stanford – 2012 Fiesta Bowl

Chip Kelly, Oregon – 2009 Rose Bowl

Chris Petersen, Boise State – 2006 Fiesta Bowl

Charlie Weis, Notre Dame – 2005 Fiesta Bowl

Ralph Friedgen, Maryland – 2002 Orange Bowl

Larry Coker, Miami – 2001 Rose Bowl

no sTranger To Bowl gaMes This marks the first bowl game that Dana Holgorsen has coached in as a head coach and first at West Virginia. However, he is not a stranger to bowl games, as the Discover Or-ange Bowl marks his 12th straight bowl game he has coached in - one at Oklahoma State, two at Houston and eight at Texas Tech. In the 11 previous bowl games, the schools in which he has coached have posted a 7-4 record.

Year school Bowl Game/opponent/result2011 West Virginia Orange Bowl/Clemson2010 Oklahoma State Alamo/Arizona/W2009 Houston Armed Forces/Air Force/L2008 Houston Armed Forces/Air Force/W2007 Texas Tech Gator Bowl/Virginia/W2006 Texas Tech Insight.com/Minnesota/W2005 Texas Tech Cotton/Alabama/L2004 Texas Tech Holiday/Cal/W2003 Texas Tech Houston/Navy/W

2002 Texas Tech Tangerine/Clemson/W2001 Texas Tech Alamo/Iowa/L2000 Texas Tech Houston/East Carolina/L

coacHing sTaff assignMenTs Here’s a breakdown of the WVU coaching staff assignments for the 2011 season:

• Jeff casteel: Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers (Field)

• Bill Bedenbaugh: Offensive Line (Field)

• shannon dawson: Inside Receivers (Press Box)

• steve dunlap: Safeties, Special Teams - Defense (Press Box)

• robert Gillespie: Running Backs (Field)

• Bill kirelawich: Defensive Line (Press Box)

• david lockwood: Cornerbacks (Field)

• daron roberts: Wide Receivers, Special Teams - Returns (Field)

• Jake spavital: Quarterbacks (Press Box)

THe series wiTH cleMson This marks the second meeting between West Virginia and Clemson. The Tigers won the only meeting in the 1989 Mazda Gator Bowl, 27-7. The Mountaineers hold a 3-11 re-cord against the Atlantic Coast Conference in bowl games and a 97-97-5 record all-time against schools from the ACC.

lasT MeeTing wiTH cleMson1989 MazDa gaTor BowlDeCeMbeR 30 – JaCksOnVILLe, FLa.

west virginia 7Clemson 27

Jacksonville, Fla. -- The Mountaineers drew first blood, but the Tigers roared back en route to a 27-7 Clemson victory at the 45th annual Mazda Gator Bowl. In West Virginia’s first possession, Heisman-Trophy finalist Major Harris did a splendid job of mixing the run with the pass, marching the Mountaineers down the field on the confused Tiger defense. In all, West Virginia piled up 96 yards on 14 plays, culminating the drive on a Harris to James Jett 12-yard touchdown pass with 6:12 remaining in the first quarter. For the Mountaineer faithful, however, little remained to cheer for on the evening. After a scoreless first quarter for Clemson, Chris Gardocki opened the second quarter with a 27-yard field goal. After a West Virginia punt,

Clemson’s ball control offense chewed up 80 yards on 17 plays. The drive ended with a Wes-ley McFadden one-yard sweep, providing the 10-7 halftime score. The third quarter saw both team’s defenses dominate as neither team was able to sustain a long drive. West Virginia cornerback Preston Waters thwarted a Clemson drive with an in-terception, while Clemson free safety Robert O’Neal returned the favor on a Harris end zone pass. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Clemson put the game on ice, when tailback Joe Henderson outran the Mountaineer left side for a four-yard touchdown with 11:43 re-maining. Harris scrambled in the end zone, desper-ate to make something happen with only eight minutes remaining, but was stripped of the football by Chester McGlockton who fell on the ball for the final touchdown. The Tiger defense allowed West Virginia only 237 yards of total offense. Linebackers Doug Brewster, John Johnson and Ed McDan-iel made Harris’ final collegiate game a disap-pointing memory. He finished the game with only 119 yards passing and 17 yards rushing. A bright spot for the Mountaineers was the play of defensive tackle Mike Fox (seven tack-les) who was named the game’s defensive MVP for his outstanding play along the line of scrimmage. Linebacker Chris Haering was credited with 14 tackles, while safety Darrell Whitmore had nine.

sCORIng sUMMaRY 1 2 3 4 Tota l West Virginia 7 0 0 0 7Clemson 0 10 0 17 27

1st WV Jett 12 pass from Harris (Carroll kick)2nd CL Gardocki 27 field goal CL McFadden 1 run (Gardocki kick)4th CL Henderson 4 run (Gardocki kick) CL Chester McGlockton fumble recov ery in end zone (Gardocki kick) CL Gardocki 24 field goal

attenDanCe: 82,911

in new Year’s Bowls With its appearance in the 2012 Discover Orange Bowl on Jan. 4, West Virginia will have played in New Year’s bowl games in seven of the past nine years. Those games include the 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2010 Gator Bowls, 2006 Sugar Bowl and the 2008 Fiesta Bowl. The two times that WVU didn’t play in a New Year’s bowl game during that stretch were in 2008 when it played in the Meineke Car Care Bowl and 2010 when it played in the Champs Sports Bowl. Only three other teams can make the same claim as WVU - Florida, Ohio State and LSU.


in Bowls West Virginia holds a 13-17 all-time record in bowl games, dating back to the 1922 East-West Game. The 2012 Discover Orange Bowl will be WVU’s 31st bowl appearance. This marks the 10th consecutive year that West Virginia has gone to a bowl game, mark-ing the first time in school history. The old re-cord of nine in a row was from 2002-10, when the Mountaineers made trips to the Continen-tal Tire Bowl, four Gator Bowls, Sugar Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Meineke Car Care Bowl and last year’s Champs Sports Bowl.

MounTaineers in THe Bcs West Virginia finished No. 23 in the final BCS standings released on Dec. 4. It was the seventh time since 2002 that WVU has been ranked in the final BCS rankings. Its highest fin-ish in the BCS standings was No. 9 in 2007.

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in Bcs Bowls West Virginia will be making its third Bowl Championship Series (BCS) bowl appear-ance on Jan. 4, when it faces Clemson in the Discover Orange Bowl. The Mountain-eers hold a 2-0 record in BCS bowl games, defeating SEC Champion, Georgia, 38-35, in the 2006 Nokia Sugar Bowl in Atlanta, and Big 12 Champion, Oklahoma, 48-28, in the 2008 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz.

2006 nokia sugar BowlJanUaRY 2 – geORgIa DOMe, atLanta, ga. West Virginia 38Georgia 35 Atlanta, Ga. - No. 11 West Virginia pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the bowl season with a thrilling 38-35 victory over No. 8 Georgia in the Nokia Sugar Bowl played before 74,458 fans in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome. The game was moved to Atlanta from New Orleans because of the devastation from Hur-ricane Katrina.

Freshman Steve Slaton ran for a Sugar Bowl-record 204 yards and three scores in earning game MVP honors. Behind a quick-striking offense, the Moun-taineers raced to a 28-0 lead in just over a quarter behind two scores from Slaton and Darius Reynaud. However, the Georgia offense came alive and closed the gap to 31-21 at the half. Third-quarter scoring belonged to the Bull-dogs, when D.J. Shockley connected with A.J. Bryant for a 34-yard touchdown with 1:51 left in the quarter. But West Virginia quieted the Dome with a nine-play, 95-yard drive that ended with Slaton’s second 52-yard run of the game for a 38-28 Mountaineer lead with 8:32 left. Georgia answered with a 90-yard drive of its own to put the score at 38-35 with 5:13 re-maining. The Bulldogs never got the ball back as the Mountaineers ran out the remaining five minutes by gaining four first downs, thanks in part to a fake punt by punter Phil Brady that gained 10 yards on 4th and 6 to give WVU its first BCS victory in school history. Pat White passed for 120 yards and one score to go along with 77 yards rushing. Mike Lorello led the defense with eight tackles. Georgia totaled 501 yards of total offense, but the Mountaineers countered with 382 on the ground and 120 passing for 502 yards of total offense. With the victory, West Virginia finished with its third 11-win season in school history and first since 1993. Final rankings put the Mountain-eers at fifth in the Associated Press Poll and sixth in the USA Today coaches poll.

sCORIng sUMMaRY 1 2 3 4 Total West Virginia 21 10 0 7 38Georgia 0 21 7 7 35 1st WV Steve Slaton 52 run (Pat McAfee kick) WV Darius Reynaud 3 pass from White (Reynaud kick) WV Reynaud 13 run (McAfee kick)2nd WV Slaton 18 run (McAfee kick) GA Kregg Lumpkin 34 run (Brandon Coutu kick) GA Thomas Brown 52 run (Coutu kick) WV McAfee 27 FG GA Leonard Pope 4 pass from D.J. Shockley (Coutu kick)3rd GA A.J. Bryant 34 pass from Shockley (Coutu kick)4th WV Slaton 52 run (McAfee kick) GA Bryan McClendon 43 pass from Shockley (Coutu kick)

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2008 TosTiTos fiesTa BowlJanUaRY 2 – UnIVeRsItY OF pHOenIx staDIUM, pHOenIx, aRIz. West Virginia 48Oklahoma 28 Glendale, Ariz. - Under interim head coach Bill Stewart, West Virginia pulled off the big-gest upset in school history by defeating No. 3 Oklahoma, 48-28, in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. Behind 150 yards rushing and 176 passing from quarterback and bowl offensive MVP Pat White, the Mountaineers stunned the heavily favored Sooners by rushing for 349 yards to key the victory. Set up by a Vaughn Rivers 51-yard punt return, West Virginia scored the game’s first points, when kicker Pat McAfee connected on a 38-yard field goal in the opening quarter and ran its lead to 6-0 as time in the quarter expired, when McAfee connected on a 42-yard field goal. Oklahoma’s Garret Hartley hit a 37-yard field goal at the 7:46 mark of the second quarter to cut the WVU lead in half. Owen Schmitt rumbled for a 57-yard touch-down run, the longest in WVU bowl history, to give the Mountaineers a 13-3 lead with 6:23 remaining in the half. Oklahoma answered with a 24-yard Hartley field goal to cut the deficit to 13-6. The Mountaineers managed another score to increase their lead to 20-6 at the half. That drive was sparked by a 34-yard completion to tailback Noel Devine. White marched the Mountaineers 78 yards in seven plays and ended the drive with a pretty 21-yard pass to a wide open Darius Reynaud. The Sooners scored the first nine points of the second half, with a field goal from Hart-ley at the 9:33 mark and then added a Chris Brown one-yard touchdown run. The Sooners went for the two-point conversion, but quar-terback Sam Bradford’s pass was incomplete, giving WVU a 20-15 lead. The Sooners tried an onside kick on the ensuing kickoff, that was recovered by WVU’s Ridwan Malik. Taking over at the Oklahoma 39-yard line, it took just six plays to capitalize on the field position as Devine’s 17-yard scoring run gave the Mountaineers a 27-15 lead. West Virginia struck again behind a White 42-yard run and a 30-yard Reynaud reverse for a score, giving WVU a 34-15 lead heading into the final quarter. The scoring was furious in the final stanza. The Sooners closed the deficit to 34-21, when Bradford hit Quentin Chaney for a 19-yard score, but WVU responded in just one play when White hit receiver Tito Gonzales for a 79-yard scoring strike, raising the Mountaineer lead to 41-21. Bradford then connected with Juaquin Iglesias for a 15-yard touchdown strike to pull the Sooners to 41-28 with 10:14 left, but Devine

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Phil Steele All-American (AP) (first team)

Yahoo! Sports All-American (PR) (second team)

Associated Press All-American (third team)

SI.com All-American (PR) (Honorable-Mention)

BIG EAST Special Teams Player of the Year (Coaches)

All-BIG EAST First Team (WR) (Coaches)

All-BIG EAST First Team (RS) (Coaches)

All-BIG EAST First Team (RS) (ESPN.com)

All-BIG EAST First Team (WR) (Phil Steele)

All-BIG EAST First Team (PR) (Phil Steele)

All-BIG EAST First Team (KR) (Phil Steele)

sTeDMan BaileYAll-BIG EAST First Team (WR) (ESPN.com)

All-BIG EAST First Team (WR) (Phil Steele)

All-BIG EAST Second Team (WR) (Coaches)

Don BarclaYPhil Steele All-American (OL) (fourth team)

All-BIG EAST First Team (OL) (Phil Steele)

All-BIG EAST First Team (OL) (Coaches)

All-BIG EAST First Team (OL) (ESPN.com)

naJee gooDeAll-BIG EAST First Team (LB) (Coaches)

All-BIG EAST First Team (LB) (ESPN.com)

All-BIG EAST First Team (LB) (Phil Steele)

Bruce irvinPhil Steele All-American (DL) (fourth team)

All-BIG EAST First Team (DL) (Coaches)

All-BIG EAST First Team (DL) (Phil Steele)

Joe MaDsenAll-BIG EAST First Team (OL) (ESPN.com)

All-BIG EAST Second Team (OL) (Coaches)

All-BIG EAST Second Team (OL) (Phil Steele)

ivan MccarTneYAll-BIG EAST Third Team (WR) (Phil Steele)

Julian MillerAll-BIG EAST First Team (DL) (ESPN.com)

All-BIG EAST First Team (DL) (Phil Steele)

eain sMiTHAll-BIG EAST Second Team (DB) (Coaches)

All-BIG EAST Third Team (DB) (Phil Steele)

geno sMiTHAll-BIG EAST First Team (QB) (Coaches)

All-BIG EAST First Team (QB) (ESPN.com)

All-BIG EAST First Team (QB) (Phil Steele)

keiTH TanDYAll-BIG EAST First Team (DB) (Coaches)

All-BIG EAST First Team (DB) (ESPN.com)

All-BIG EAST First Team (DB) (Phil Steele)

scored on a 65-yard run at the 9:14 mark, giv-ing the Mountaineers the 48-28 victory. Devine finished with 108 yards rushing, while linebacker Reed Williams won the de-fensive MVP honors with nine tackles, two TFL and a forced fumble. For Oklahoma, Bradford passed for 242 yards and Chaney led all re-ceivers with 129 yards, while Curtis Lofton led the defense with 15 tackles. Final totals showed West Virginia with an impressive 525 yards of total offense, while Oklahoma finished with 419 yards.

sCORIng sUMMaRY 1 2 3 4 Total West Virginia 6 14 14 14 48Oklahoma 0 6 9 13 28

1st WV Pat McAfee 38 FG WV McAfee 42 FG 2nd OU Garret Hartley 37 FG WV Owen Schmitt 57 rush (McAfee kick) OU Hartley 24 FG WV Darius Reynaud 21 pass from Pat White (McAfee kick)3rd OU Hartley 42 FG OU Chris Brown 1 rush (Sam Bradford pass failed) WV Noel Devine 17 rush (McAfee kick) WV Reynaud 30 rush (McAfee kick)4th OU Quentin Chaney 19 pass from Bradford (Brown rush failed) WV Tito Gonzales 79 pass from White (McAfee kick) OU Juaquin Iglesias 15 pass from Brad ford (Hartley kick) WV Devine 65 rush (McAfee kick)

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ROLLING AFTER BOWLING In the 30 seasons after going to a bowl,theMountaineershavecompileda224-120-5record.WVUhasearnedback-to-backbowlberths16times,including10straight,currentlyaschoolrecord.

AGAINST THE ACC IN BOWLS WestVirginia is 3-11 inbowlgamesversusthe ACC in 14 meetings. West Virginia hasplayed Georgia Tech (1-2), NC State (1-2),FloridaState(0-3),Clemson(0-1),NorthCaro-lina(1-1),Virginia(0-1)andMaryland(0-1). WestVirginiawillbefacinganACCteaminabowlgameforthefourthconsecutiveyear,having defeated North Carolina and losingtoFloridaStateandNorthCarolinaState.TheMountaineers are 0-1 all-time against Clem-sonafterlosing,27-7,totheTigersinthe1989GatorBowl.

AGAINST THE ACC West Virginia is 97-97-5 against currentmembersoftheACC,includingan8-8recordsince 2002, with this year’s 37-31 victory atMaryland. WVUis21-11-1againstBostonCollege;0-1vs. Clemson; 1-3 vs. Duke; 0-3 against Flor-ida State; 1-2againstGeorgia Tech; 25-21-2againstMaryland;3-16vs.Miami;1-1againstNorth Carolina; 5-5 vs. NC State; 10-12-1againstVirginia;28-22-1vs.VirginiaTech;and2-0all-timevs.WakeForest. Withthe37-31victoryatMarylandonSept.17,theMountaineerscurrentlyhavewonfiveoftheirlastsevengamesagainstteamswhichcurrentlyhailfromtheACC.

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WEST VIRGINIA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Game O-Champ D-Champ ST-Champ O-Scout D-Scout BIG EAST Marshall GenoSmith TerenceGarvin CecilLevel CodyClay TedRietschlin TavonAustinNorfolkState None DarwinCook CecilLevel ColeyWhite WilliamMarableatMaryland JoeMadsen PatMiller JaredBarber MarquisLucas HunterBittner GenoSmith TylerBitancurtLSU None None None None NoneBowlingGreen DustinGarrison KeithTandy TylerBitancurt RussellHaughton-James BenTomasekUConn StedmanBailey BruceIrvin MikeMolinari RobKressler LucasHenn StedmanBaileyatSyracuse None None None CurtisFeigt NickCadwellatRutgers TavonAustin JulianMiller CodyNutter K.J.Myers IshmailShowellLouisville None None None J.D.Izon ArthurJohannes GenoSmithatCincinnati GenoSmith JulianMiller EainSmith MarquisLucas ChidoziemEzemma JulianMIller EainSmithPitt StedmanBailey JulianMiller CoreySmith ConnorArlia TaigeRedman JulianMiller CoreySmithatUSF DustinGarrison NajeeGoode WillieMilhouse K.J.Myers DavidSlonski TavonAustin

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AGAINST THE BIG EAST WVU is 137-107-6 all-time against currentmembersoftheBIGEASTConference.WVUis27-32againstSyracuse;33-4-2againstRutgers;10-3versusLouisville;16-3-1versusCincinnati;7-1againstConnecticut;40-61-3againstPitt;and4-3againstUSF.Sincetheleaguestartedin1991,WVUis93-51-1inall-timeBIGEASTplayand49-22-1inleaguehomegames,while44-29inleagueroadgames.

WEST VIRGINIA’S BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS WiththeMountaineers’winatUSFonDec.1, West Virginia won its second straight BIGEASTConferencechampionship, its sixth titlesince2003andseventh intheprogram’shis-tory.LegendarycoachDonNehlenwonthe1993championship,RichRodriguezwon the2003,2004,2005and2007championships,BillStewartledtheprogramtothe2010titleandDanaHolgorsenin2011. WVU won eight Southern Conferencechampionships in1953-56,1958,1964-65and1967,givingtheprogram15totalconferencechampionships.

NO LOWER THAN SECOND West Virginia has finished no lower thansecondplaceintheBIGEASTConferenceineachofthelast10years. With the win against USF, West Virginiashared the 2011 BIG EAST league title withCincinnati and Louisville. That marked WestVirginia’s seventh BIG EAST title, themost ofany schoolcurrently in theconference,andtying the Mountaineers with Miami for mostall-time. The Mountaineers have won two straightBIG EAST championships and six in the lastnineyears.

BIG EAST BESTS TheMountaineerspostedanotherwinningleague record in2011witha5-2mark.WestVirginia’sundefeated7-0BIGEAST record in2005matchedthebestleaguerecordbytheMountaineerssinceenteringtheconferencein 1991. In 1993,West Virginiaalsopostedaperfect7-0markinBIGEASTplay.Nextinlineisa6-1 record in 2002and2003. TheMoun-taineershavebeencrowned leaguecham-pionsinsixofthelastnineyearsandfinishedin

secondplacein2006,2008and2009. WestVirginia’sthird-bestleaguerecordisa5-2mark,postedin2006-11andalsoin1998.WVUhasnowposted16winningconferenceseasons in 21 yearsof BIG EASTaction start-ing in 1993 (7-0), 1994 (4-3), 1995 (4-3), 1996(4-3),1997(4-3),1998(5-2),2002(6-1),2003(6-1),2004(4-2),2005(7-0),2006(5-2),2007(5-2),2008(5-2),2009(5-2),2010(5-2)and2011(5-2). WestVirginia is93-51-1 inall-timeBIGEASTplayandis49-22-1inBIGEASThomegames,followedbya44-29markinconferenceroadgames. The Mountaineers are 53-16 in BIGEASTgamessincethestartofthe2002season,and36-13intheir last49conferencegames.WVUhaswonleaguechampionshipsin1993,2003,2004,2005,2007,2010and2011andfin-ishedinsecondplacein2006,2008and2009.

BIG EAST HONORS West Virginia had 10 selections to theall-BIG EAST Conference team in 2011. TheMountaineers led the BIG EAST in all-confer-ence selections for the second straight yearandboastedtheSpecialTeamsPlayeroftheYear,TavonAustin. Leadingthewayonthefirstteamarequar-terbackGenoSmith,widereceiverAustin,of-fensive linemanDon Barclay, defensive endBruce Irvin, linebackerNajeeGoode,defen-sive back Keith Tandy and return specialistAustin. Second team selections were receiverStedmanBailey,offensivelinemanJoeMad-senanddefensivebackEainSmith. Connecticuthadthesecond-highestnum-berofselectionswithnine.WestVirginiahadthe most first team and overall selections,whileConnecticut and USF ledwith six sec-ond-teamhonorees.

ALL-AMERICAN MOUNTAINEERS In2011,TavonAustin,No.2nationallyinall-purposeyards,No.5 inpunt returnsandNo.18inkickoffreturns,earnedfirstteamhonorson CBSSports.com as an all-purpose player,secondteamhonorsasapuntreturnerfromYahoo!SportsandthirdteamhonorsfromtheAssociated Press. Austin collected a single-season schoolrecord 2,294 yards,which includes 142 rush-ingyards,1,064receivingyards,268puntre-turnyardsand821kickoffreturnyards.Austinscored touchdownsonkickoff returnsof100yards against Marshall and 80 yards at USF.HesettheWVUsingle-seasonreceptionmarkwith89catches for1,063yards,marking thefifthMountaineertoeclipsethe1,000-yardre-ceivingmark,andscoredfourtouchdowns. WestVirginiahashadatleastoneAll-Amer-ican named each year since 2002 and hashad71All-Americansnamedto201teams.

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non-conference plaY West Virginia finished its 2011 non-confer-ence schedule with a 4-1 record. The Moun-taineers defeated Marshall, 34-13, in the sea-son opener, then won against Norfolk State, 55-12, in game two. WVU earned a 37-31 road win at Maryland, 37-31, before suffering its first loss of the season against LSU, 47-21. They closed out the non-conference schedule with a 55-10 win over Bowling Green.

MounTaineers in pro sTaDiuMs Since 1980, the Mountaineers hold a 26-19 mark in stadiums that also house a profession-al football team at the time. West Virginia was 2-0 in professional stadiums in 2011 having defeated Cincinnati at Paul Brown Stadium, 24-21, on Nov. 12, and USF, 30-27, on Dec. 1 at Raymond James Stadium. Currently, WVU is riding a three-game winning streak in pro stadiums and is 2-0 under Dana Holgorsen in professional venues. The record includes games played at At-lanta’s Georgia Dome, University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., Pittsburgh’s Heinz Field, Giants Stadium, Veterans Stadium, At-lanta Fulton County Stadium, the Houston

Astrodome, Miami’s Orange Bowl, Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Tempe’s Sun Devil Sta-dium, the Louisiana Superdome, Jackson-ville’s Gator Bowl, Dolphins Stadium in Fort Lauderdale (now Sun Life Stadium), Adelphia Coliseum in Nashville, Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium and Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. In the current Sun Life Stadium, which also used to be knows as Joe Robbie and Pro Play-er Stadium, West Virginia is 0-2 all-time having dropped the 1994 Carquest Bowl (24-21) to South Carolina and the 1997 Carquest Bowl (35-30) to Georgia Tech. Since 1998, West Virginia has played every bowl game in a pro stadium except for the 1998 Insight.com Bowl in Tucson, Ariz., and last year’s Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando Fla.

on grass Since 1980, West Virginia is 44-55 in games played on natural grass surfaces. WVU was 2-0 on grass surfaces in 2011 with a 37-31 win at Maryland and a 30-27 win at USF. Since 2001, the Mountaineers are 20-19 on natural grass surfaces and 2-0 under Dana Holgorsen. Cur-rently, the Mountaineers have a three-game winning streak on natural grass surfaces.

on neTwork Television The ESPN telecast of the Discover Orange Bowl against Clemson on Jan. 4 marks the 177th network television game for West Vir-ginia. All-time, WVU is 90-85-1 in nationally televised games.

seven up The Mountaineers posted their 47th season all-time with at least seven wins and 10th con-secutive season with seven wins or more. When WVU wins at least seven games in a season, the Mountaineers have gone to 15 straight bowl games.

eigHT Ball The 2011 season marked the 35th time West Virginia won at least eight games in a season, and the 19th time it has happened since 1980. Five teams have won eight or more games for 10 straight years: Boise State, LSU, Oklaho-ma, Virginia Tech and WVU. WVU has gone to bowl games in 26 of the 34 seasons that it has recorded at least eight wins.

eigHT x five West Virginia has a 9-3 record in 2011, marking the 10th straight year that the Moun-taineers have won at least eight games in a season. Five schools have accomplished this feat: Boise State, LSU, Oklahoma and Virginia Tech.

consecuTive seasons wiTH eigHT or More wins (aCtIVe stReak)

rk No. Team1. 14 Virginia Tech2. 13 Boise State3. 12 LSU 12 Oklahoma5. 10 west virginia

nine is fine West Virginia’s nine wins in 2011 marked the seventh year in a row that the Mountaineers have collected at least nine wins in a season. WVU is just one of three schools to accom-plish that feat, including Boise State, Virginia Tech. The Mountaineers posted nine wins for the past four years and finished with 11 wins in each of the three seasons before that.

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looking for DouBle DigiTs West Virginia finished the 2011 regular season with a 9-3 record. With a win in the Discover Orange Bowl, the Mountaineers would claim their 10th win of the season. The double-figure win plateau has only been achieved seven times in the school’s history.

2007: 11-22006: 11-22005: 11-11993: 11-11988: 11-11969: 10-11922: 10-0-1

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naTional polls West Virginia finished the 2011 regular sea-son No. 22 in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll and No. 23 in the Associated Press Poll. The Mountaineers spent 12 of the 15 weeks dur-ing the regular season in the national polls. This year, West Virginia began the season at No. 24 in the AP Poll and was receiving votes in the coaches’ poll. The Mountaineers moved up to as high as No. 11 in the AP and in a tie for No. 14 in the coaches’ poll on Oct. 16, before losing at Syracuse on Oct. 21. After losing to Louisville on Nov. 5, WVU fell out of both polls. The Mountaineers re-entered the coaches’ poll tied for No. 23 on Nov. 13 after winning 24-21 over No. 18 Cincinnati. After the Pitt win on Nov. 25, WVU re-entered the AP Poll at 22 and climbed up to No. 20 in the coaches’ poll. West Virginia spent eight weeks in the national polls during the 2010 season and was ranked as high as No. 21 in both polls the week of Sept. 10 and also in the coaches’ poll the week of Dec. 5. Since 2002, West Virginia has been ranked in the Top 25 for 93 weeks, including 33 weeks in the Top 10.

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againsT rankeD TeaMs Beginning with a 27-0 loss to Fordham on Oct. 18, 1941, West Virginia has played 133 games against nationally ranked teams. Of those, 38 have been Mountaineer victories. Since 2001, WVU has posted 14 victories over ranked teams.

THe nuMBers froM Two, THree, four, five, six, seven, eigHT, nine The West Virginia Mountaineers have been one of the best teams in college football in the last nine years. West Virginia’s two-year win total (2010-11) of 18 ties for 19th-best in college football with Ohio State, USC, Tulsa and Florida State. West Virginia’s three-year win total (2009-11) of 27 wins is tied for 17th-best in college football with Utah, USC, Penn State, Michigan State, Florida and Houston. West Virginia’s four-year total (2008-11) of 36 wins ties for 18th-best, while WVU’s five-year victory total of 47 wins (2007-11) ties for 14th-best with Texas, Oklahoma State, Penn State and Missouri. West Virginia’s six-year (2006-11) win total of 58 is 12th-best in college football, and its 69 victories in the last seven years (2005-11) ties with Oregon for the 12th-best record. Over the past eight years (2004-11), the Mountaineers have won 77 football games for the 11th-best record in the country. And finally, West Virginia has 85 wins in the last nine years (2003-11), which ties for the 12th-best mark in college football with Georgia

MosT ToTal wins over THe lasT nine Years (2003-11)

rk. school wins 1. Boise State 1052. USC 983. LSU 974. Oklahoma 955. Virginia Tech 926. TCU 927. Texas 898. Wisconsin 879. Utah 8610. west virginia 8 5 Florida 8 5 Georgia 8513. Auburn 8414. Oregon 82 15. Alabama 8016. Ohio State 7 9 BYU 79

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BesT winning per-cenTage awaY froM HoMe (roaD or neu-Tral) over THe lasT nine Years (2003-11)rk. school w-l winning % 1. USC 50-10 .8332. Boise State 47-11 .8103. Texas 45-13 .7764. LSU 42-13 .764

5. TCU 43-15 .7416. Georgia 40-20 .6677. Virginia Tech 39-20 .6618. Florida 37-20 .6499. west virginia 34-19 .64210. Ohio State 25-14 .64111. Oklahoma 35-21 .625 Auburn 30-18 .62513. Oregon 34-22 .60714. Navy 40-26 .60615. Boston College 33-23 .589

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BesT HoMe winning percenTage over THe lasT nine Years (2003-11)rk. school w-l winning % 1. Boise State 56-2 .9662. Oklahoma 55-3 .9483. TCU 50-5 .9094. Ohio State 57-7 .8915. Wisconsin 54-7 .8856. LSU 56-8 .8757. USC 48-7 .8728. Virginia Tech 50-8 .862 9. Troy 36-7 .83710. west virginia 49-10 .831 11. Florida 50-11 .82012. Iowa 45-10 .81813. Georgia 39-9 .81314. Texas 46-11 .807

15. Texas Tech 45-12 .789

THe 2011 MounTaineer rosTer The 2011 roster currently consists of 108 play-ers from 16 different states, two foreign coun-tries and the District of Columbia. Leading the way is the Mountain State, represented by 23 players, Florida (19), Ohio (12), Pennsylvania (13), Virginia (11), Maryland (10), Georgia (3), Washington, D.C. (2), Alabama (2), Kentucky (2), New Jersey (2), Texas (2) and one from Arizona, Illinois, New York, North Carolina and South Carolina. Offensive lineman Curtis Feigt hails from Berlin, Germany, and Soraya Aisien-Ogbebor is from Lagos, Nigeria.

saluTe To THe 2011 MounTaineer seniors West Virginia’s game with Clemson in the Discover Orange Bowl marks the final game for 23 Mountaineer seniors. This Mountaineer class has been an integral component of 36 wins, two BIG EAST champi-onships, four nine-win seasons, four bowl ap-pearances and Top 25 national rankings dur-ing their careers. This year’s class includes: Soraya Aisien-Ogbebor (IR), Don Barclay (OL), Hunter Bittner (LB), Brantwon Bowser (DB), Devon Brown (IR), Josh Contraguerro (LB), Andrew Goldbaugh (WR), Najee Goode (LB), Bruce Irvin (DE), Ricky Kovatch (FB), Willie Millhouse (WR), Ju-lian Miller (DL), Cody Nutter (LS), Steve Paskorz (LB), Tyler Rader (OL), Eain Smith (DB), Chad Snodgrass (OL), Brad Starks (WR), Keith Tandy (DB), Josh Taylor (DL), Casey Vance (LB), Tyler Urban (IR) and Coley White (IR).

DeceMBer graDuaTes Seven current Mountaineers from the 2011 team graduated on Dec. 11: Don Barclay, Julian Miller, Cody Nutter, Eain Smith, Chad

Snodgrass, Keith Tandy and Tyler Urban. The Mountaineers have had equal success on the field and in the classroom in recent years, and since 2008, there have been 69-of-76 players who have finished their degrees at West Virginia (90.8 percent).

afca Honors wvu fooTBall WVU was once again recognized nation-ally for graduating 75 percent or more of its football student-athletes. This marks the third year in a row that the program has been recognized and fifth time in the past nine years (2011, 2010, 2009, 2004, 2003) that it has been named among pro-grams nationally for graduating 75 percent or better of its student athletes. This year’s award marks the fourth time the NCAA’s Graduation Success Rate (GSR) formula has been used to select the winner. From 1981 to 2007, the award was presented based on a formula used by the College Foot-ball Association and AFCA.

floriDa connecTions West Virginia’s roster boasts 19 players who hail from the state of Florida. That marks the second-highest amount of players from one state except for the Mountain State, which claims 23 players on the roster.

MoUNTAiNeers FroM THe sTATe oF FloridA oN THe 2011 rosTer iNclUde:• Belle Glade: Travis Bell• clermont: Dante Campbell • Ft. Myers: Brodrick Jenkins• Jacksonville: Isaiah Bruce, Andrew Buie,

K.J. Myers• Miami: Stedman Bailey, Marquis Lucas,

Ivan McCartney, Matt Moro, Geno Smith, Lawrence Smith, Jorge Wright

• Miramar: Eain Smith, Josh Taylor• Naples: David Slonski, J.D. Woods• Northport: Jerry Cooper• Plantation: Russell Haughton-James

True fresHMen anD firsT TiMe plaYers Eight true freshmen saw action for the Mountaineers this season. Those players are Connor Arlia (IR), Jared Barber (LB), Andrew

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Buie (RB), Dustin Garrison (RB), Paul Millard (QB), Shaq Petteway (DB), Vernard Roberts (RB) and Avery Williams (DB). There were 26 Mountaineers who saw their first WVU action this season, including Arlia, Ish-mael Banks (DB), Barber, Devon Brown (WR), Buie, Trevor Demko (DL), Curtis Feigt (OL), Josh Francis (LB), Garrison, Troy Gloster (LB), Nick Kindler (OL), Cecil Level (DB), William Marable (DB), Willie Milhouse (WR), Millard, Mike Moli-nari (H), Matt Moro (DB), Steve Paskorz (LB), Petteway, Taige Redman (LB), Roberts, Shaq Rowell (DL), Jewone Snow (LB), Quinton Spain (OL), Wes Tonkery (DB) and Williams.

firsT-TiMe sTarTers Nineteen Mountaineers earned their first career starts this season: Jared Barber (LB), Devon Brown (IR), Andrew Buie (RB), Will Clarke (DL), Darwin Cook (DB), Pat Eger (OL), Curtis Feigt (OL), Josh Francis (LB), Dustin Garri-son (RB), Bruce Irvin (DL), Brodrick Jenkins (DB), Ivan McCartney (WR), Ryan Nehlen (WR), Ty-ler Rader (OL), Doug Rigg (LB), Vernard Rob-erts (RB), Jewone Snow (LB), Quinton Spain (OL) and Casey Vance (LB).

firsT-TiMe ToucHDown scorers Ten different Mountaineers scored their first career touchdowns this season: Ivan McCart-ney (Marshall), Vernard Roberts (Marshall), Dustin Garrison (Norfolk State), Devon Brown (Norfolk State), Andrew Buie (Maryland), Ter-ence Garvin (Maryland), Ryan Nehlen (Bowl-ing Green), Shawne Alston (Bowling Green), Geno Smith (Rutgers) and Pat Miller (USF).

looking inTo THe nuMBers The Mountaineer offense has seen action on 870 plays this season and 846 plays by the defense. Of WVU’s 870 offensive plays, four play-ers have registered more than 800 offensive plays, seven players have registered more than 700 offensive plays and eight players have seen action on more than 600 offensive plays. Don Barclay leads the offense with 865 of 870 plays, Joe Madsen with 863 plays and Geno Smith with 852 plays. Of WVU’s 846 defensive plays, four players have recorded more than 800 plays, seven players have recorded more than 700 plays. Darwin Cook leads the defense with 839, Keith Tandy has seen action in 838 plays, Na-jee Goode has seen action in 829 plays and Eain Smith has seen action in 820 plays. Thirteen Mountaineer players have seen action in more than 100 special teams plays, led by Tyler Anderson with action on more than 200 plays.

average per Down Here’s a breakdown of how the 2011 West Virginia offense has operated on first, second, third and fourth down. On first down, the Mountaineers have run a total of 395 plays and have gained 2,516 yards for a 6.4 average. On second down, the Mountaineers have run 293 plays for 1,872 yards and a 6.4 average. On third down, the Mountaineers have run 164 plays for 1,029 yards and a 6.3 average gain. West Virginia has tried 18 fourth-down plays in 2011, gaining 98 yards for a 5.4 average. WVU’s touchdowns have come 22 times on first down (13 rushing and 9 passing), 19 times on second down (7 rushing and 12 passing), five times on third down (1 rushing, 4 passing) and two touchdowns on fourth down (1 rush-ing, 1 passing).

offensive analYsis Breaking down the West Virginia offensive numbers for the 2011 season, the Mountain-eers have run a total of 870 plays, 374 coming on the ground and 496 through the air. The rushing game has totaled 1,413 yards for an average of 3.8 yards per carry and 22 touch-downs. The passing attack has totaled 4,102 yards, 26 touchdowns and an average of 12.8 yards per completion. Combine the two and the Mountaineers have turned in 5,515 yards of total offense, and 48 offensive touchdowns for an average of 6.3 yards per play, and an average of 34.9 points per game. Deeper analysis shows that the Mountain-eer offense has gained 78 first downs by the run and 171 via the pass. On average, West Virginia has totaled 117.8 yards per game on the ground, 341.8 per game passing and 459.6 yards of total offense.

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All-Purpose Yards – 2,294 – Tavon Austin/ 2,104 – Steve Slaton (2006)

Total Offense – 3,919 – Geno Smith/ 3,515 – Marc Bulger (1998)

Total Offensive Plays – 534 – Geno Smith/ 465 – Pat White (2008)

Passing Yards – 3,978 – Geno Smith/ 3,607 – Marc Bulger (1998)

Passing Completions – 314 – Geno Smith/ 274 – Marc Bulger (1998)

Passing Attempts – 483 – Geno Smith/ 419 – Marc Bulger (1998)

Receptions – 89 – Tavon Austin/ 77 – David Saunders (1998), Shawn Foreman (1997)

Receiving Yards – 1,197 – Stedman Bailey/ 1,043 – David Saunders (1996)

100-yard Receiving Games – 7 – Stedman Bailey/ 4 – Chris Henry (1993)

Consecutive 100-yard Receiving Games – 5 – Stedman Bailey/ 2 by several players

Junior Passing – 3,978 – Geno Smith/ 3,607 – Marc Bulger (1998)

Junior Total Offense – 3,919 – Geno Smith/ 3,515 – Marc Bulger (1998)

Junior Receiving – 1,063 – Tavon Austin/ 928 – Shawn Foreman (1997)

Team Passing Completions: 38 - LSU/ 35 – Missouri (1998)

Team Passing Attempts: 65 – LSU/ 57 – Maryland (1951)

Team Passing Yards: 469 – Connecticut/ 452 – Missouri (1998)

First Downs by Penalty: 8 – Norfolk State/ 5 vs. USF (2008), Western Michigan (1996)

Team Season Passing Attempts: 496/ 433 (1988)

Team Season Passing Completions: 321/ 280 (1998)

Team Season Passing Yards: 4,102/ 3,700 (1998)

Team Passing First Downs: 171/ 169 (1998)

scoring offense West Virginia scored 419 points this season, an average of 34.9 per game. It ranks fourth on WVU’s single season points scored list. The Mountaineers scored 30 or more points in eight games, 40 or more points in four games and 50 or more points in two games. WVU scored a season-high 55 points against Norfolk State and Bowling Green. The Mountaineers led the BIG EAST Conference in scoring offense and were No. 19 nationally. The Mountaineers outscored their oppo-nents in every quarter but the first quarter. WVU was outscored 98-68 in the first quarter, but held a 132-84 advantage in the second quarter, 117-56 in the third quarter and 102-77 in the fourth quarter. West Virginia outscored its opponents, 200-182 in the first half (16.7-15.2) and 219-133 in the second half (18.3-11.1).

1. 2007 5152. 2006 5053 1988 4934. 2011 4195. 1972 4156. 1998 4107. 1993 4088. 2002 3969. 2005 38510. 2003 376

non-offensive ToucHDowns West Virginia scored five non-offensive touchdowns this season, marking the most non-offensive touchdowns since the Moun-taineers scored five in 2003. Tavon Austin scored touchdowns on kickoff returns of 90 (USF) and 100 yards (Marshall), Pat Miller scored on a 52-yard interception return at USF, Terence Garvin scored on a 37-yard inter-ception return at Maryland and Julian Miller recovered a fumble for a touchdown at Cin-cinnati. The two non-offensive touchdowns at USF marked the most in one game this season and the most since Lance Frazier scored on a 64-yard punt return and Adam Jones returned a fumble 47 yards against Temple in 2003.

non-offensive ToucHDowns since 2001

2011P. Miller 52 yard INT return at USFAustin 90 yard kickoff return at USFJ. Miller 0 fumble recovery at CincinnatiGarvin 37 INT return at MarylandAustin 100 kickoff return vs. Marshall

2009Glover 24 INT Return at RutgersAustin 98 kickoff return vs. UConn

2008Ivy 29 INT return vs. Villanova

2007Williams 0 fumble recovery vs. UConnWicks 44 fumble recovery vs. LouisvilleDykes 19 INT return vs. Syracuse

2006 Rivers 50 punt return vs. Mississippi StateReynaud 96 kickoff return vs. Maryland

2005 Addae 40 INT return vs. Pitt Smith 1 punt return vs. Rutgers Lewis 77 punt return vs. East Carolina Wicks 31 INT return vs. Syracuse

2004 Lorello 21 INT return vs. Connecticut Wicks 34 INT return vs. Virginia Tech Lehnortt 21 fumble return vs. James Madison Jones 76 punt return vs. East Carolina

2003 Frazier 64 punt return vs. Temple Jones 47 fumble return vs. Temple Jones 49 INT return vs. Boston College Jones 87 kickoff return vs. Boston College Hunter 0 punt return vs. UCF

2002 Harrison 0 punt return vs. East Carolina Estrada 43 INT return vs. Rutgers

2001 Terry 100 kickoff return vs. Maryland Hackett 10 fumble return vs. Rutgers

ToTal offense West Virginia finished with 400 or more yards of total offense in nine of the 12 games during the 2011 season, collecting 500 or more yards five times and 600 or more yards once. The Mountaineers finished with a season-best 643 yards against Bowling Green, had 541 yards against Connecticut and 533 yards against Norfolk State, LSU and Louisville. WVU led the BIG EAST in total offense and tied with Georgia Tech for No. 17 nationally. The Mountaineers have 5,515 yards of total offense this season and need 484 yards in the Orange Bowl to break the school record (5,998, 2006).

passing offense First-year coach Dana Holgorsen installed his spread offense, and it paid dividends as it set the school record for passing yards in a season with 4,102 yards, breaking the old re-cord of 3,700 yards (1998) by more than 400 yards. Quarterback Geno Smith finished with 3,978 yards passing, setting the individual school passing record, previously held by Marc Bulger (3,609 – 1998). Smith also set the school individual records for completions (314) and attempts (483). West Virginia finished No. 1 in the BIG EAST in passing yards per game and is No. 7 nation-ally.

OVeR 250 YaRDs passIng tHe Last 10 YeaRs 469 connecticut (2011) 43-16/w463 lsU (2011) 21-47/l431 Norfolk state (2011) 55-12/w410 louisville (2011) 35-28/l388 at Maryland (2011) 37-31/w372 at cincinnati (2011) 24-21/w352 Rutgers (2010) 35-10/W338 at syracuse (2011) 49-23/l334 East Carolina (2009) 35-20/W

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332 North Carolina (2008) 31-30/W316 Marshall (2010) 24-21/W OT302 Auburn (2009) 30-41/L286 Kent State (2001) 34-14/W283 Bowling Green (2011) 55-10/w279 at Maryland (2001) 20-32/L271 at Syracuse (2003) 34-23/W268 Maryland (2010) 31-17/W258 at Syracuse (2009) 34-13/W

When WVU has passed for 250 or more yards over the past 10 years, its record is 13-5 and 32-13 when passing for 200 or more yards.

MounTaineer firsT Downs West Virginia collected 270 first downs this season, averaging 22.5 per game. The Moun-taineers have 78 rushing first downs, 171 by the pass and 21 by penalty. WVU is currently No. 2 in the BIG EAST for the most first downs this season, behind USF (292). The Mountaineers’ per game average of 22.5 is second in the league, also behind USF (24.3). West Virginia also was No. 30 na-tionally for first downs per game. West Virginia recorded a season-high 30 first downs against Bowling Green, had 28 against Norfolk State, LSU and Louisville and 27 at Maryland. The Mountaineers finished with a season-high 15 rushing first downs against Bowling Green, 23 passing against LSU and a season-high eight by penalty against Norfolk State. The 30 total first downs against Bowling Green and against East Carolina in 2007 were the most since posting 32 against East-ern Washington in 2006. The Mountaineers matched the 30 against East Carolina in 2007. The 15 rushing first downs against Bowl-ing Green were the most since collecting 19 against Cincinnati in 2010. The 23 passing first downs against LSU were the most since WVU had 24 against Missouri in 1998. The eight first downs by penalty against Norfolk State were the most since the Mountaineers had eight against Florida State in the 2004 Gator Bowl.

DouBle-figure scoring Drives West Virginia has had 23 drives of 10 plays or more this season, marking the most since the Mountaineers ground out 25 drives of 10 plays or more in 2001. In 2010, the Mountain-eers had 14 drives of 10 plays or more, 11 drives in 2009, 10 drives in 2008, 17 in 2007, 16 in 2006, 17 in 2005 and 14 in 2004 and 2003 and 22 in 2002.

Marshall - 10 plays, 71 yds, 4:38, FGMarshall - 10 plays, 62 yards, 3:32, TDMarshall - 13 plays, 62 yards, 6:05, TDMarshall - 11 plays, 54 yards, 3:46, TD Norfolk St. - 10 plays, 60 yards, 3:15, FG

Norfolk St. - 11 plays, 61 yards, 2:42, TDNorfolk St. - 10 plays, 57 yards, 4:13, TDMaryland - 10 plays, 88 yards, 4:04, TDMaryland - 14 plays, 65 yards, 5:41, FGLSU - 12 plays, 73 yards, 4:14, TDBowling Green - 11 plays, 71 yards, 3:46, TDBowling Green - 12 plays, 59 yards, 5:23, FGSyracuse - 10 plays, 50 yards, 3:09, FGSyracuse - 14 plays, 57 yards, 4:53, TDRutgers - 11 plays, 89 yards, 4:44, TDLouisville - 13 plays, 65 yards, 4:47, TDCincinnati - 11 plays, 72 yards, 5:19 FGCincinnati - 10 plays, 37 yards, 4:44 missed FGCincinnati - 12 plays, 74 yards, 4:21, TDPitt - 11 plays, 83 yards, 3:17, TDUSF – 12 plays, 49 yards, 5:19, PuntUSF – 11 plays, 77 yards, 4:40, TDUSF – 10 plays, 63 yards, 3:02, FG

spreaDing THe wealTH The Mountaineers have done an outstand-ing job of spreading the ball to a variety of receivers this year. WVU quarterbacks have hooked up with nine different receivers in five of the 12 games and also had six at Rutgers and against Pitt, seven at Syracuse, eight against Bowling Green and at USF and 10 against Louisville and at Cincinnati. Thirteen different players have at least one catch, and seven of those receivers have scored a touchdown. Tavon Austin (89), Stedman Bailey (67), Ivan McCartney (47), Devon Brown (24), Dustin Garrison (24), Tyler Urban (20), Brad Starks (14) and Willie Milhouse (10) each have double-figure receptions. Bailey leads the receiving corps with 11 touchdowns, Austin and Starks have four, Mc-Cartney has three and Urban has two.

THree pairs for a granD West Virginia was one of three schools in the nation to boast a pair of 1,000-yard receivers this season. Houston had Patrick Edwards (1,524) and Justin Johnson (1,081), USC had Robert Woods (1,292) and Marqise Lee (1,143) and West Virginia had Stedman Bailey (1,197) and Tavon Austin (1,063).

HiTTing THe cenTurY Mark West Virginia finished with 14 receiving per-formances of 100 yards or more during the 2011 season, marking the most amount of 100-yard receiving performances in a season in WVU history.

Name catches Yards Tds opponent Tavon Austin 10 102 0 PittTavon Austin 9 126 0 CincinnatiStedman Bailey 6 104 1 CincinnatiStedman Bailey 8 118 2 Louisville

Stedman Bailey 7 130 1 SyracuseStedman Bailey 7 178 2 ConnecticutIvan McCartney 6 131 0 ConnecticutStedman Bailey 4 112 0 Bowling GreenTavon Austin 11 187 0 LSUStedman Bailey 8 115 1 LSUTavon Austin 11 122 0 MarylandStedman Bailey 8 113 1 MarylandIvan McCartney 8 101 0 MarylandDevon Brown 4 109 1 Norfolk State

The Mountaineers’ 14 receiving efforts of 100 or more yards in 2011 passed last year’s season total (3). WVU had eight 100-yard receiving efforts in 1996, seven in 1993 and six in 1994 and 1998.

recorD five sTraigHT 100-YarD receiving perforMances West Virginia receiver Stedman Bailey set the school record with five consecu-tive games of 100 or more yards receiving this season. Bailey first set the WVU record, becoming the first Mountaineer receiver to have 100 or more yards in three straight games, then four straight games and the streak then ended after five straight games. He had eight receptions for 113 yards and a touchdown at Maryland, eight catches for 115 yards and a touchdown against LSU, 112 yards against Bowling Green, a career-high 178 yards on seven catches and two touchdowns against UConn and 130 yards on seven catches and a touchdown at Syra-cuse. The streak was broken in the snow at Rutgers, where he had two catches for 51 yards and a touchdown. He collected his sixth 100-yard receiving performance of the season against Louisville, finishing with eight catches for 118 yards and two touchdowns and seventh at Cincinnati, when he totaled 104 yards on six catches and a touchdown. For the season, he had seven 100-yard re-ceiving performances, also a school record.

THe reD zone reporT West Virginia has scored on 87.0 percent (47/54) of its red zone drives in 2011. The Mountaineers are tied for No. 26 nationally in red zone offense. WVU has only missed on seven attempts in the red zone this season - two against Norfolk State, a missed field goal and a drive that ended on downs, an inter-ception at Syracuse, at Rutgers when the half ended, two missed field goal attempts against Louisville and a missed field goal at-tempt at Cincinnati. The Mountaineers have scored on 36 of their last 41 possessions in the red zone. WVU scored a season-high 45 points against Bowl-ing Green, had 41 against Norfolk State and had 20 or more points in eight games. West Virginia scored touchdowns in 34 of 54 trips to the red zone (63.0 percent).

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For the season, the red zone scores are 34 touchdowns, including 20 rushing touch-downs and 14 passing touchdowns and 13 field goals. Defensively, WVU’s opponents have scored 39-of-46 times (84.8 percent) in the red zone, including 27 touchdowns and 12 field goals. The seven failed attempts are two missed field goals, two fumbles and three drives that ended on downs. Oppo-nents have scored touchdowns on 27-of-46 trips to the red zone (58.7 percent).

one of six West Virginia averaged 459.6 yards per game of total offense in 2011, ranking No. 1 in the BIG EAST and No. 17 nationally. The Mountaineer defense gave up 340.3 yards per game, ranking No. 3 in the BIG EAST and No. 27 nationally. West Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas State, Boise State, Stanford and Wisconsin are the only schools in the country to rank in the Top 30 nationally in both total offense and total defense.

school off. Ypg rank def. Ypg rank Alabama 433.4 30 191.3 1Arkansas State 453.4 25 325.7 20Boise State 483.1 9 315.6 16Stanford 480.9 11 331.4 25West Virginia 459.6 17 350.4 27

Wisconsin 466.9 15 293.0 8

ToTal Defense The West Virginia defense gave up an av-erage of 340.3 yards per games in total of-fense this season, 140.8 via the run and 199.6 through the air. The Mountaineers are No. 3 in the BIG EAST in total defense and No. 27 na-tionally. WVU surrendered less than 300 yards in five games and less than 400 yards in nine games. The Mountaineers gave up a season-low 187 yards against Marshall and 217 yards against Bowling Green.

Tackles for loss The Mountaineer defense made 75 tackles in its opponents’ backfield in 2011, averaging 6.3 tackles for loss per game. WVU had a season-high 13 backfield stops against Pitt, had nine against Louisville, eight against Norfolk State and seven against UCo-nn, Marshall and at Cincinnati. For the season, Bruce Irvin led the defense with 14 tackles for loss, Najee Goode had 12.5 tackles for loss and Julian Miller had 11.

pass Defense The West Virginia defense gave up 199.6 yards per game through the air this season. The Mountaineers were No. 2 in the BIG EAST in both pass defense and pass efficiency de-fense and nationally were No. 32 in pass de-

fense and No. 15 in pass efficiency defense. WVU gave up 200 or less yards passing in six games and less than 250 yards in 11 games.

inTercepTions West Virginia finished with 12 interceptions for the season, tying for fourth in the BIG EAST and No. 48 nationally. The Mountaineer defense collected a sea-son-high three at Maryland and against Bowl-ing Green, two at Rutgers and one against Louisville, at Cincinnati, against Pitt and at USF. Tandy led the Mountaineers with three picks, while Garvin, Jenkins and Cook each have two picks and Najee Goode, Pat Miller and Eain Smith each finished with one. Darwin Cook collected a pick against Pitt, totaling two for the season. At Rutgers, Jenkins received his first career start and finished with the first two interceptions of his career. Tandy finished with two picks against Bowl-ing Green and had one at Cincinnati, and Terence Garvin had his second swipe of the year against Bowling Green. Garvin returned his first career interception at Maryland 37 yards for a touchdown, and Miller returned his first career interception 52 yards for a touchdown at USF. Tandy now has 12 interceptions for his career and is in ninth place on WVU’s all-time list.

Big easT special TeaMs plaYer of THe Year Tavon Austin is a versatile member of the Mountaineer football squad as an inside re-ceiver and punt and kick returner. He finished with two kickoff returns for touchdowns this season, collecting a 100-yard return against Marshall in the season opener and a 90-yard return in the season fi-nale at USF. His season-long punt return was 64 yards against Norfolk State. Austin is No. 2 nationally in all-purpose yards, totaling a single-season school record 2,294 yards and averaging 191.2 yards per game. He is No. 5 in punt returns (14.1) and No. 18 in kickoff returns (26.5). He had five all-purpose performances of 200 yards or more, including a season-high 287 yards against LSU, 271 against Louisville, 249 at Cincinnati, 243 at Maryland and 208 at USF. He also finished with 150 yards or more in all-purpose yardage in nine games. He had a career-high 287 all-purpose yards against LSU, finishing with 187 yards receiving on 11 catches and 100 kickoff return yards on six returns. That marked the most all-purpose yards since Steve Slaton had 345 all-purpose yards against Pitt in 2006.

MounTaineer reTurns West Virginia has shown vast improvement in both its kickoff and punt return units this sea-son.

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WVU averaged 12.3 yards per punt return, No. 1 in the BIG EAST and No. 16 nationally. The Mountaineers averaged 23.7 yards per kickoff return, ranking No. 3 in the BIG EAST and No. 25 in the nation.

overTiMe gaMes The 16-13 overtime loss at UConn in 2010 marked the ninth overtime game in West Vir-ginia history. The Mountaineers own a 5-4 re-cord in overtime games. West Virginia played its first overtime game against Pitt in 1997, dropping a three-over-time thriller, 41-38.

overTiMe gaMes Nov. 28, 1997 Pitt 41, WVU 38, 3OT Nov. 11, 2000 WVU 31, Rutgers 28, 2OT Sept. 18, 2004 WVU 19, Maryland 16 OT Oct. 15, 2005 WVU 46, Louisville 44, 3OT Dec. 2, 2006 WVU 41, Rutgers 39, 3OT Sept. 18, 2008 Colorado 17, WVU 14 OT Nov. 8, 2008 Cincinnati 26, WVU 23 OT Sept. 10, 2010 WVU 24, Marshall 21 OT Oct. 29, 2010 UCONN 16, WVU 13 OT

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rushing Att-Yds-Avg Avg/Gm Home 220-882-4.0 126.0Away 154-531-3.4 106.2 Passing comp-Att-Yds-Td-int Avg/Gm Home 189-296-2,549-20-3 364.1Away 132-200-1,553-6-5 310.6 Total offense rush-Pass-Total Avg/Gm Home 882-2,549-3,431 490.1Away 531-1,553-2,084 416.8 rush defense Att-Yds-Avg Avg/Gm Home 258-795-3.1 113.6Away 187-894-4.8 178.8 Pass defense comp-Att-Yds-Td-int Avg/Gm Home 116-193-1,182-5-5 168.9Away 115-208-1,213-8-7 242.6 Total defense rush-Pass-Total Avg/Gm Home 795-1,182-1,977 282.4Away 894-1,213-2,107 421.4

wesT virginia 20-YarD plaYsOFFense84/Td .......Bailey pass from smith (Uconn)72.............Austin pass from Smith (LSU)64/Td .......Bailey pass from smith (syracuse)63/Td .......Bailey pass from smith (Pitt)59/Td .......Bailey pass from smith (cincinnati)55.............Brown pass from Smith (Norfolk St.)52/Td .......Alston rush (rutgers)51 ............McCartney pass from Smith (UConn)

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47.............Austin pass from Smith (Maryland)46.............Bailey pass from Smith (Louisville)46.............McCartney pass from Smith (Louisville)45.............Austin pass from Smith (Norfolk St.)45.............Bailey pass from Mallard (BG)44.............McCartney pass from Smith (UConn)43.............Milhouse pass from Smith (Syracuse)42.............Garrison rush (BG)41.............Bailey pass from Smith (BG)40.............Bailey pass from Smith (Norfolk St.)39/Td .......Mccartney pass from smith (Norfolk st.)39.............Austin pass from Smith (Cincinnati)38.............Austin pass from Smith (LSU)36.............Garrison pass from Smith (Norfolk St.)36.............McCartney pass from Smith (Maryland)34/Td .......Bailey pass from smith (Maryland)32.............Austin pass from Smith (BG)32.............Bailey pass from Smith (Rutgers)33/Td .......Mccartney pass from smith (BG)30/Td .......starks pass from Millard (Norfolk st.)30.............Austin pass from Smith (USF)29.............Milhouse pass from Smith (Marshall)29.............McCartney pass from Smith (Norfolk St.)28.............Bailey pass from Smith (Marshall)27/Td .......Bailey pass from smith (Uconn)26.............Bailey pass from Smith (USF)

25.............Garrison rush (BG)25/Td .......starks pass from smith (syracuse)25/Td .......Austin pass from smith (louisville)25.............Austin pass from Smith (Pitt)24.............McCartney pass from Smith (Maryland)24.............Bailey pass from Smith (UConn)24.............Austin pass from Smith (Louisville)24.............Milhouse pass from Smith (Cincinnati)24.............Austin pass from Smith (Pitt)23.............Starks pass from Smith (Rutgers)23.............Austin pass from Smith (Cincinnati)22/Td .......starks pass from smith (Uconn)21.............Nehlen pass from Smith (UConn)21.............Austin pass from Smith (UConn)21.............Austin pass from Smith (Cincinnati)21.............Brown pass from Smith (USF)20.............Austin pass from Smith (Marshall)20.............Brown pass from Smith (Norfolk St)20 ............Austin pass from Smith (Maryland)20.............Bailey pass from Smith (LSU)20/Td .......Bailey pass from smith (lsU)20.............McCartney pass from Smith (LSU)20/Td .......Austin pass from smith (rutgers)20.............Buie pass from Smith (Cincinnati)20.............Smith rush (USF)

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SPECIAL TEAMS100/TD .....Austin kickoff return (Marshall)90/TD .......Austin kickoff return (USF)64.............Austinpuntreturn(NorfolkSt.)62.............Starkskickoffreturn(Louisville)45/FG ......Bitancurt field goal (BG)43/FG ......Bitancurt field goal (Marshall)42/FG ......Bitancurt field goal (USF)39.............AustinKickoffreturn(Louisville)35/FG ......Bitancurt field goal (Maryland)35.............Austinkickoffreturn(Louisville)35.............Austinkickoffreturn(Louisville)33/FG ......Bitancurt field goal (UConn)33.............Starkskickoffreturn(Syracuse)31/FG ......Bitancurt field goal (UConn)31.............Austinkickoffreturn(UConn)31.............Starkskickoffreturn(Syracuse)30/FG ......Bitancurt field goal (BG)28.............Austinkickoffreturn(Cincinnati)28/FG ......Bitancurt field goal (Cincinnati)28/FG ......Bitancurt 28 field goal (USF)27/FG ...... Bitancurt field goal (Marshall)27.............Austinkickoffreturn(Maryland)27/FG ......Bitancurt field goal (Syracuse)26.............Baileykickoffreturn(NorfolkSt.)26.............Austinkickoffreturn(LSU)26.............Austinpuntreturn(Cincinnati)26.............Austinkickoffreturn(USF)25.............Austinkickoffreturn(NorfolkSt.)25.............Austinkickoffreturn(Maryland)25.............Austinkickoffreturn(Cincinnati)25.............Austinkickoffreturn(USF)24.............Austinkickoffreturn(Syracuse)24.............Brownkickoffreturn(Syracuse)23.............Austinkickoffreturn(LSU)23/FG ......Bitancurt 23 field goal (USF)22.............Austinpuntreturn(Marshall)22.............Brownkickoffreturn(Syracuse)21/FG ......Bitancurt field goal (Marshall)21.............Austinkickoffreturn(Maryland)21/FG ......Bitancurt field goal (Maryland)

OPPONENTS’ 20-YARD PLAYSOFFENSE65.............Legauxrush(Cincinnati)56.............BoycepassfromFlores(NorfolkSt.)55.............Brownrush(Louisville)50.............Baileyrush(Syracuse)45/TD .......Harrison pass from Nova (Rutgers)45.............PeadpassfromLegaux(Cincinnati)40/TD .......Pead rush (Cincinnati)38.............DempspassfromWalley(NorfolkSt.)37.............RogerspassfromBridgewater(Louisville)34.............ThompkinspassfromLegaux(Cincinnati)33.............Peadrush(Cincinnati)32.............Scottrush(USF)30.............BeckhampassfromLee(LSU)29.............HairstonpassfromWalley(NorfolkSt)29.............StevenspassfromNassib(Syracuse)29................Chichester29passfromBridgewater(Louisville)

28.............Martinrush(BG)27.............GrahampassfromNassib(Syracuse)27.............Scottrush(USF)26.............WilsonpassfromCato(Marshall)26..............Parker26passfromBridgewater(Louisville)25.............Wilson25passfromCato(Marshall)25.............BoykinspassfromO’Brien(Maryland)25.............ColemanpassfromNova(Rutgers)24............. FurstenburgpassfromO’Brien(Maryland)24.............ProvopassfromNassib(Syracuse)23.............LandipassfromDaniels(USF)22.............LoganpassfromO’Brien(Maryland)22.............Martinezrush(Marshall)22/TD .......Ford rush (LSU)22.............GonzalezpassfromDaniels(USF)22.............JonespassfromSunseri(Pitt)22.............Lamarrush(USF)21.............WrightpassfromNova(Rutgers)21.............BrownpassfromBridgewater(Louisville)20.............Martinezrush(Marshall)20.............WilliamspassfromMcEntee(UConn)20/TD .......Meggett rush (Maryland)20.............LemonpassfromBailey(Syracuse)20.............StreetpassfromSunseri(Pitt)20.............Brownrush(Pitt)20.............LandipassfromDaniels(USF)20/TD .......Griffin pass from Daniels (USF)

DEFENSE48/TD .......Brown interception return (UConn)24.............Thomasinterceptionreturn(Syracuse)24/TD .......Jenkins interception return (USF)

SPECIAL TEAMS99/TD .......Claiborne kickoff return (LSU)98/TD .......Graham kickoff return (Syracuse)87/TD .......Booker punt return (Marshall)82/TD ........ Johnson blocked field goal return (Louisville)77.............Gateskickoffreturn(BG)53/FG ......Teggart field goal (UConn)53.............Lamarkickoffreturn(USF)50/FG ......Goldberg field goal (Norfolk St.)47.............Kobenakickoffreturn(Syracuse)40/FG ......Estep field goal (Norfolk St.) 40/FG ......Teggart field goal (UConn)40/FG ......Te field goal (Rutgers)39/FG ......Estep field goal (Norfolk St.)39/FG ......Estep field goal (Norfolk St.)39/FG ......Philpott field goal (Louisville)36.............Gateskickoffreturn(BG)36.............Daviskickoffreturn(Pitt)33.............Bookerkickoffreturn(Marshall)32/FG ......Bonani field goal (USF)31.............Andersonkickoffreturn(Louisville)31.............Joneskickoffreturn(Pitt)30.............Hairstonkickoffreturn(NorfolkSt.)30.............Gateskickoffreturn(BG)30/FG ......Harper field goal (Pitt)30.............Daviskickoffreturn(Pitt)29.............Wilsonkickoffreturn(Maryland)29.............Pickettkickoffreturn(Maryland)28.............Gateskickoffreturn(BG)27.............Thomaskickoffreturn(Rutgers)27.............Wrightkickoffreturn(Louisville)27/FG ......Harper field goal (Pitt)26.............Foxxkickoffreturn(UConn)26.............Andersonkickoffreturn(Louisville)25.............Centerkickoffreturn(NorfolkSt.)

25/FG ......Ferrara field goal (Maryland)25.............Wilsonkickoffreturn(Maryland)24.............Lamarkickoffreturn(USF)23.............Copperwoodkickoffreturn(NorfolkSt.)23.............Pickettkickoffreturn(Maryland)23.............Claibornekickoffreturn(LSU)23.............Thomaskickoffreturn(Rutgers)22.............Bookerkickoffreturn(Marshall)22/FG ......Teggart field goal (UConn)22.............Abernathykickoffreturn(Cincinnati)21/FG ......Warner field goal (Marshall)21/FG ......Stein field goal (BG) 21.............Andersonkickoffreturn(Louisville)21.............Bushellkickoffreturn(Louisville)21.............Reedkickoffreturn(Pitt)20.............Bookerkickoffreturn(Marshall)20.............Centerkickoffreturn(NorfolkSt.)20.............Thomaskickoffreturn(Rutgers)20.............Shawkickoffreturn(USF)20/FG ......Bonani field goal (USF)

WEST VIRGINIA SCORING DRIVESOpponent Plays Yds Time Result Marshall 10 71 4:38 Bitancurt27FGMarshall 10 62 3:32 McCartney4passfromSmithMarshall 13 62 6:05 Bailey15passfromSmithMarshall 7 23 2:14 Bitancurt43FGMarshall 0 0 0 Austin100kickoffReturnMarshall 11 54 3:46 Roberts1rushNorfolkSt. 10 60 3:15 Bitancurt17FGNorfolkSt. 11 81 2:42 Brown18passfromSmithNorfolkSt. 3 51 1:01 Roberts3rushNorfolkSt. 5 80 1:32 Austin3passfromSmithNorfolkSt. 6 60 2:15 Garrison1rushNorfolkSt. 4 49 1:19 Urban12passfromSmithNorfolkSt. 2 48 0:40McCartney39passfromSmithNorfolkSt. 9 79 2:50 Bitancurt21FGNorfolkSt. 10 57 4:13 Starks20passfromMillardMaryland 10 88 4:04 Roberts9rushMaryland 0 0 0:00 Garvin37interceptionreturnMaryland 6 52 1:54 Bitancurt35FGMaryland 5 67 1:09 Buie10rushMaryland 9 53 2:26 Bitancurt34FGMaryland 7 78 3:19 Bailey34passfromSmtihMaryland 14 65 5:41 Bitancurt21FGLSU 12 73 4:14 Bailey20passfromSmithLSU 6 80 2:13 Urban12passSmithLSU 5 90 1:23 Garrison1rushBG 6 26 1:14 Bitancurt30FGBG 5 70 1:36McCartney33passfromSmithBG 11 71 3:46 Alston8rushBG 9 60 2:43 Nehlen15passfromSmithBG 6 90 1:48 Garrison19rushBG 7 49 2:29 Starks6passfromSmithBG 6 63 1:53 Garrison8rushBG 12 59 5:23 Bitancurt45FGBG 6 84 2:25 Alston8rushUConn 7 61 2:07 Bitancurt31FGUConn 7 45 2:19 Garrison14rushUConn 2 12 0;10 Austin12passfromSmithUConn 1 84 0:12 Bailey84passfromSmithUConn 6 50 2:15 Starks22passfromSmithUConn 9 34 3:13 Bitancurt33FGUConn 3 81 0:59 Bailey27passfromSmithSYR 10 50 3:09 Bitancurt27FGSYR 3 69 1:32 Bailey64passfromSmith

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SYR 14 57 4:53 Alston 1 rushSYR 6 63 2:11 Starks 25 pass from SmithRU 3 74 1:05 Alston 52 rushRU 1 80 0:13 Austin 80 rushRU 2 7 0:23 Alston 2 rushRU 7 46 3:28 Bailey 19 pass from SmithRU 11 89 4:44 Smith 1 rushRU 3 37 1:15 Austin 20 pass from SmithLOU 3 30 0:49 Austin 25 pass from SmithLOU 7 76 2:42 Bailey 5 pass from SmithLOU 13 65 4:47 Alston 2 rushLOU 8 96 2:57 Alston 7 rushLOU 7 65 0:59 Bailey 1 pass from SmithCIN 4 78 1:24 Bailey 59 pass from SmithCIN 11 72 5:19 Bitancurt 28 FGCIN 0 0 0:00 Miller fumble recoveryCIN 12 74 4:21 Alston 1 rushPitt 2 63 1:00 Bailey 63 pass from SmithPitt 7 60 2:30 Alston 8 rushPitt 11 83 3:17 Alston 1 rush USF 4 1 1:25 Bitancurt 23 FGUSF 0 0 0:00 Miller 52 interception returnUSF 7 42 2:46 Bitancurt 42 FGUSF 0 0 0:00 Austin 90 kickoff returnUSF 11 77 4:40 Garrison 5 rushUSF 10 63 3:02 Bitancurt 28 FG

wesT virginia’s opponenTs’ scoring Drivesopponent Plays Yds Time result Marshall 0 0 0:00 Booker 87 punt returnMarshall 10 72 1:55 Warner 24 FGMarshall 12 47 5:11 Warner 21 FGNorfolk St. 7 42 4:04 Goldberg 50 FGNorfolk St. 9 74 2:16 Estep 39 FGNorfolk St. 9 42 4:22 Estep 39 FGNorfolk St. 3 14 0:29 Estep 40 FGMaryland 13 77 3:52 Ferrara 25 FGMaryland 5 65 1:23 Dorsey 18 pass from O’BrienMaryland 5 61 1:29 Meggett 20 rushMaryland 7 44 2:07 Adams 6 rushMaryland 12 66 4:20 Adams 2 rushLSU 8 58 3:22 Randle 11 pass from LeeLSU 7 50 2:42 Ford 22 rushLSU 3 61 1:29 Beckham 52 pass from LeeLSU 2 1 0:11 Clement 1 passLSU 0 0 0.00 Claiborne 99 kickoff returnLSU 9 57 4:17 Ford 15 rushLSU 8 55 4:56 Blue 18 rushBG 1 18 0:06 Hutson 18 pass from SchilzBG 11 52 4:14 Stein 21 FGUConn 8 43 4:13 Teggart 40 FGUConn 4 1 1:44 Teggart 53 FGUConn 8 53 0:55 Teggart 22 GUConn 0 0 0:00 Brown 48 interception returnSYR 14 84 6:21 Provo 3 pass from NassibSYR 14 80 5:53 Nassib 1 rushSYR 0 0 0.00 Graham 98 kickoff returnSYR 6 51 2:46 Stevens 29 pass from NassibSYR 11 72 4:55 Provo 10 pass from NassibSYR 7 35 3:31 Provo 5 pass from NassibSYR 7 79 3:52 Bailey 3 rushRU 4 5 1:36 Te 40 FGRU 3 11 1:12 Sanu 14 pass from NovaRU 4 61 1:31 Harrison 45 pass from NovaRU 9 63 3:36 Jamison 1 rush

RU 11 74 5:28 Jamison 18 rushLOU 5 73 2:38 Wright 8 rushLOU 7 78 3:32 Perry 13 rushLOU 6 56 1:33 Rogers 4 pass from BridgewaterLOU 4 7 2:08 Philpott 39 FGLOU 0 0 0:00 Johnson 82 blocked FG returnLOU 13 66 7:03 Brown 3 rushCIN 3 54 0:51 Pead 40 rushCIN 2 52 3:27 Legaux 7 rushCIN 10 52 3:27 Pead 10 rushPitt 13 71 4:35 Brown 1 rushPitt 5 52 1:43 Bennett 6 rushPitt 5 20 2:14 Harper 30 FGPitt 4 7 1:17 Harper 27 FGUSF 10 80 3:07 Griffin 20 pass from DanielsUSF 10 82 3:12 Bonani 32 FGUSF 12 29 4:47 Bonani 20 FGUSF 15 76 4:42 Daniels 1 rushUSF 0 0 0:00 Jenkins 24 interception return

wesT virginia BesTsRushing Yards 569 vs. Washington & Lee 1923Passing Yards 469 vs. UConn 2011Total Yards 674 vs. Washington & Lee 1923Total First Downs 36 vs. Washington & Lee 1923Low Rushing Yards All. -30 vs. Florida 1981 Low Passing Yards All. 0 vs. Pitt 1981Low Total Yards Allowed -14 vs. Maryland 1919Fewest First Downs All. 0 vs. Maryland 1919Longest TD run 96 vs. N. Illinois 1986Longest Non-TD Run 79 vs. Louisville 2008Longest TD Reception 96 vs. Penn State 1973Longest Non-TD Reception 84 vs. Miami 2003Points (Game) 92 vs. Marshall 1916Victory Margin 89 vs. Geneva 1951

wesT virginia BesTs - 2010 DecaDeRushing Yards 360 vs. Bowling Green ‘11Passing Yards 469 vs. UConn ‘11Total Yards 643 vs. Bowling Green ‘11Total First Downs 30 vs Bowling Green ‘11First Downs Rushing 19 vs. Cincinnati ‘10First Downs Passing 23 vs. LSU ‘11Low Rushing Yards All. -10 vs. Maryland ‘10Low Passing Yards All. 80 vs. LSU ‘10Low Total Yards Allowed 171 vs. Louisville ‘10Fewest First Downs All. 9 vs. CC ‘10, Md, UofL ‘10, Mar ‘11Fewest 1st Downs Rushing All. 2 vs, Cincinnati, UofL ‘10Fewest 1st Downs Passing All. 3 vs. LSU ‘10Longest TD run 80 vs. Rutgers ‘11Longest Non-TD Run 50 vs. Maryland ‘10Longest TD Reception 84 vs. UConn ‘11Longest Non-TD Reception 72 vs. LSU ‘11Points (Game) 55 vs. Norfolk St., Bowling Green ‘11Points (Half) 45 vs. Norfolk St. ‘11 (Second)Points (Qtr) 28 vs. Norfolk St. ‘11 (Third)Victory Margin 45 vs. Bowling Green ‘11

wesT virginia BesTs - Holgorsen eraRushing Yards 360 vs. Bowling Green ‘11Passing Yards 469 vs. UConn ‘11Total Yards 643 vs. Bowling Green ‘11Total First Downs 30 vs. Bowling Green ‘11First Downs Rushing 15 vs. Bowling Green ‘11First Downs Passing 23 vs. LSU ‘11Low Rushing Allowed 72 vs. Marshall ‘11Low Passing Yards Allowed 114 vs. Bowling Green ‘11Low Total Yards Allowed 187 vs. Marshall ‘11Fewest 1st Downs Allowed 9 vs. Marshall ‘11Fewest 1st Downs Rushing All 3 vs. Marshall ‘11Fewest 1st Downs Passing All 6 vs. MARS, NSU, BG ‘11Longest TD run 80 vs. Rutgers ‘11

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MOUNTAINEER RECORD BOOK

GAME RECORDSTotal Offense Plays/Yards Geno Smith vs. LSU/2011 67/468Geno Smith vs. UConn/2011 49/431PatWhitevs.Pitt/2006 38/424MarcBulgervs.Missouri/1998 52/424JarrettBrownvs.EastCarolina/2009 34/407MikeSherwoodvs.Pitt/1968 47/407Geno Smith vs. Louisville/2011 36/402GenoSmithvs.Rutgers/2010 39/396MarcBulgervs.Pitt/1998 38/394PatWhitevs.NorthCarolina/2008 47/387Geno Smith at Maryland/2011 39/377Geno Smith vs. Norfolk State/2011 23/372MajorHarrisvs.BostonCollege/1988 39/372ChadJohnstonvs.Pitt/1994 51/370OliverLuckvs.Syracuse/1981 52/354Geno Smith at Cincinnati/2011 50/352Passing Yards Yards Geno Smith vs. LSU/2011 463Geno Smith vs. UConn/2011 450MarcBulgervs.Missouri/1998 429MikeSherwoodvs.Pitt/1968 416Geno Smith vs. Louisville/2011 410MarcBulgervs.Pitt/1998 409ChadJohnstonvs.Pitt/1994 396ChadJohnstonvs.Purdue/1995 390Geno Smith vs. Maryland/2011 388MarcBulgervs.Miami/1998 380OliverLuckvs.Syracuse/1981 360Geno Smith at Cincinnati/2011 372Geno Smith vs. Norfolk State/2011 371MarcBulgervs.Navy/1998 354ChadJohnstonvs.BostonCollege/1996 354MarcBulgervs.GeorgiaTech/1997 353Pass Completions Geno Smith vs. LSU/2011 38Geno Smith vs. Maryland/2011 36MarcBulgervs.Missouri/1998 34OliverLuckvs.Syracuse/1981 34GenoSmithvs.Marshall/2010 32MarcBulgervs.Miami/1999 32MarcBulgervs.Miami/1998 32Geno Smith vs. Louisville/2011 31Brad Lewis vs. Maryland/2001 31Geno Smith at Cincinnati/2011 29DanKendravs.Syracuse/1975 28Geno Smith vs. UConn/2011 27MikeSherwoodvs.Pitt/1968 27Pass Attempts Geno Smith vs. LSU/2011 65GeraldFishervs.Maryland/1951 57BradLewisvs.Maryland/2001 52ChadJohnstonvs.VirginiaTech/1996 51

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MarcBulgervs.Missouri/1998 50Geno Smith vs. Maryland/2011 49MarcBulgervs.Miami/1999 48OliverLuckvs.Syracuse/1981 48Geno Smith vs. UConn/2011 45GenoSmithvs.Rutgers/2010 45Geno Smith vs. Louisville/2011 44Geno Smith at Cincinnati/2011 43MarcBulgervs.VirginiaTech/1998 43MarcBulgervs.Miami/1998 43MarcBulgervs.Pitt/1997 43MikeSherwoodvs.VirginiaTech/1968 43Pass Touchdowns MarcBulgervs.Pitt/1998 6PatWhitevs.Villanova/2008 5BradLewisvs.Mississippi/2000 5AllenMcCunevs.Pitt/1965 5Geno Smith vs. UConn/2011 4Geno Smith vs. Norfolk State/2011 4GenoSmithvs.Maryland/2010 4GenoSmithvs.Cincinnati/2010 4JarrettBrownvs.EastCarolina/2009 4RasheedMarshallvs.UCF/2004 4RasheedMarshallvs.EastCarolina/2003 4MarcBulgervs.Pitt/1999 4MarcBulgervs.Missouri/1998 4ChadJohnstonvs.Rutgers/1995 4ChadJohnstonvs.Pitt/1994 4MajorHarrisvs.Pitt/1989 4JeffHostetlervs.Oklahoma/1982 4OliverLuckvs.Temple/1980 432 players with 3 Last time by G. Smith vs. Louisville/2011

Receiving Yardage Catches/Yards ChrisHenryvs.Syracuse/2003 6/209PatGreenevs.Pitt/1997 12/205RahsaanVanterpoolvs.Pitt/1994 9/205DavidSaundersvs.BostonCollege/1996 8/191CalvinPhillipsvs.CalStateFullerton/1988 5/190OscarPatrickvs.PennState/1968 10/190ShawnForemanvs.Missouri/1998 11/189Tavon Austin vs. LSU/2011 11/187ZachAbrahamvs.Pitt/1994 6/180AntonioBrownvs.EastCarolina/2000 6/179Stedman Bailey vs. Connecticut/2011 7/178DavidSaundersvs.Rutgers/1996 11/178Receptions Catches/Yards JockSandersvs.Auburn/2009 12/115DavidSaundersvs.Miami/1998 12/89ShawnForemanvs.GeorgiaTech/1997 12/110PatGreenevs.Pitt/1997 12/205MickeyWalczakvs.Syracuse/1981 12/84ShawnForemanvs.Missouri/1998 11/189Tavon Austin vs. LSU/2011 11/187DavidSaundersvs.Rutgers/1996 11/178Tavon Austin vs. Maryland/2011 11/122Tavon Austin vs. Pitt/2011 10/102JockSandersvs.USF/2010 10/31NoelDevinevs.Marshall/2010 10/62AntonioBrownvs.Maryland/2001 10/108ShawnForemanvs.BostonCollege/1997 10/153RahsaanVanterpoolvs.BallState/1994 10/115MarkRaughvs.Syracuse/1981 10/91OscarPatrickvs.PennState/1968 10/190

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single Game Quarterback sacksJulian Miller vs. Pitt/2011 ......................... 4James Davis vs. East Carolina/2000 .......4Gary Stills vs. Marshall/1997 .....................4Steve Hathaway vs. Virginia Tech/1983 4Eight players with three; the most recent is Julian Miller vs. Rutgers/2010

single Game Tackles For lossJames Davis vs. East Carolina/2000 .......6Darryl Talley vs. Penn State/1980 ............5six players with four; the most recent is Julian Miller vs. Pitt/2

season recorDsTotal offense Plays/Yards Geno smith/2011 534/3,919 Marc Bulger/1998 452/3,515Pat White/2007 413/3,059Major Harris/1989 400/2,994Geno Smith/2010 478/2,980Pat White/2006 344/2,874Pat White/2008 465/2,816Rasheed Marshall/2004 411/2,747Jarrett Brown/2009 413/2,610Major Harris/1988 320/2,525Oliver Luck/1981 434/2,497Jeff Hostetler/1983 404/2,416Marc Bulger/1997 375/2,372Bernie Galiffa/1972 394/2,345Rasheed Marshall/2002 432/2,282 Passing Yards comp/Att./Yards Geno smith/2011 314/483/3,978Marc Bulger/1998 274/419/3,607Geno Smith/2010 241/372/2,763Bernie Galiffa/1972 164/334/2,496Marc Bulger/1997 192/323/2,465Oliver Luck/1981 216/394/2,448Jeff Hostetler/1983 173/309/2,345Jarrett Brown/2009 187/296/2,144Major Harris/1989 142/245/2,058Chad Johnston/1995 127/248/2,019Mike Sherwood/1968 151/264/1,998Chad Johnston/1996 167/334/1,958Jeff Hostetler/1982 137/292/1,916

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career gaMes plaYeD/sTarTs gP/gs 2011 2010 2009 2008 Don Barclay, r-Sr., OL 51/39 12/12 13/13 13/13 13/1Julian Miller, r-Sr., DL 51/35 12/8 13/12 13/13 13/2Najee Goode, r-Sr., LB 51/25 12/12 13/11 13/1 13/1Eain Smith, r-Sr., DB 50/21 12/12 12/1 13/4 13/4Ricky Kovatch, Sr., TE/FB 50/0 12/0 13/0 13/0 12/0Tyler Urban, Sr., TE 49/22 12/7 11/4 13/7 13/4Keith Tandy, r-Sr., DB 44/39 12/12 13/13 13/13 6/1Brad Starks, r-Sr., WR 42/12 8/0 13/2 12/8 9/2Tavon Austin, Jr., WR/RB 38/26 12/10 13/12 13/4 --Tyler Bitancurt, r-Jr., K 38/0 12/0 13/0 13/0 --Cody Nutter, r-Sr., LS 38/0 12/0 13/0 13/0 --Joe Madsen, r-Jr., OL 37/37 12/12 12/12 13/13 --Jeff Braun, r-Jr., OL 36/25 12/12 13/13 11/0 --Terence Garvin, Jr., DB 35/25 12/12 13/13 10/0 --Ryan Clarke, r-Jr., FB 35/9 10/4 13/4 12/1 --Pat Miller, Jr., DB 34/11 12/9 13/2 9/0 --Matt Lindamood, r-Jr., TE/FB 34/2 9/1 13/1 12/0 --Jorge Wright, r-Jr., DE 33/12 12/11 12/1 9/0 --Josh Taylor, r-Sr., DL 32/8 8/1 11/0 12/7 1/0Geno Smith, Jr., QB 30/25 12/12 13/13 5/0 --Chad Snodgrass, r-Sr., OL 29/0 12/0 13/0 4/0 --Josh Jenkins, Sr., OL 27/22 -- 9/9 13/13 5/0Shawne Alston, Jr., RB 27/0 10/0 11/0 5/0 --Stedman Bailey, r-So., WR 25/21 12/12 13/9 -- --Darwin Cook, r-So., DB 25/12 12/12 13/0 -- --Bruce Irvin, Sr., DE 25/6 12/6 13/0 -- --Brodrick Jenkins, r-So., DB 25/3 12/3 13/0 -- --Tyler Anderson, r-So., LB 25/0 12/0 13/0 -- --Corey Smith, r-Jr., P/K 25/0 12/0 13/0 -- --Ivan McCartney, So., WR 24/10 12/10 12/0 -- --J.D. Woods, r-Jr., WR 24/5 7/1 13/4 4/0 --John Bassler, r-Jr., OL 24/0 7/0 13/0 4/0 --Doug Rigg, So., LB 23/8 10/8 13/0 -- --Travis Bell, So., DB 23/1 10/1 13/0 -- --Brantwon Bowser, r-Sr., DB 23/0 10/0 13/0 -- --Casey Vance, r-Sr., LB 22/7 10/7 12/0 -- --Ryan Nehlen, r-Jr., WR 20/1 12/1 6/0 2/0 --Mike Dorsey, So., DB 19/0 6/0 13/0 -- --Will Clarke, r-So., DE 16/10 12/10 4/0 -- --Lawrence Smith, r-Jr., DB 16/0 -- 13/0 3/0 --Pat Eger, r-So., OL 15/11 12/11 3/0 -- --Tyler Rader, r-Sr., OL 15/11 12/11 3/0 -- --Donovan Miles, r-Sr., LB 15/0 10/0 1/0 3/0 --Dustin Garrison, Fr., RB 12/8 12/8 -- -- --Devon Brown, r-Sr., IR 12/2 12/2 -- -- --Quinton Spain, r-Fr., OL 12/1 12/1 -- -- --Ishmael Banks, r-Fr., DB 12/0 12/0 -- -- --Cecil Level, r-So., DB 12/0 12/0 -- -- --Willie Milhouse, r-Sr., WR 12/0 12/0 -- -- --Mike Molinari, r-Fr., H/K 12/0 12/0 -- -- --Taige Redman, r-So., LB 12/0 12/0 -- -- --Jewone Snow, r-Fr., LB 11/7 11/7 -- -- --Vernard Roberts, Fr., RB 11/2 11/2 -- -- --Jared Barber, Fr., LB 11/1 11/1 -- -- --Nick Kindler, r-So., OL 11/0 11/0 -- -- --J.B. Lageman, r-Jr., DE 11/0 7/0 3/0 1/0 --Shaq Petteway, Fr., DB 11/0 11/0 -- -- --Cole Bowers, r-So., OL 10/2 1/0 9/2 -- --Andrew Buie, Fr., RB 10/2 10/2 -- -- --Troy Gloster, r-Fr., LB 9/0 9/0 -- -- --Shaq Rowell, Jr. DL 9/0 9/0 -- -- --Wes Tonkery, r-Fr., DB 8/0 8/0 -- -- --Trey Johnson, So., RB 7/1 2/0 5/1 -- --Josh Francis, Jr., LB 6/1 6/1 -- -- --Matt Moro, Jr., DB 6/0 6/0 -- -- --Will Marable, Jr., DB 5/0 5/0 -- -- --Coley White, r-Jr., QB/WR 4/0 -- 3/0 1/0 --Avery Williams, Fr., DB 4/0 4/0 -- -- --Curtis Feigt, r-So., DL 5/1 3/1 2/0 -- --Trevor Demko, r-Fr., DE 3/0 3/0 -- -- --Paul Millard, Fr., QB 3/0 3/0 -- -- --Connor Arlia, Fr., IR 2/0 2/0 -- -- --Steve Paskorz, r-Sr., LB 1/0 1/0 -- -- --


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2011 OFFENSE GAME-BY-GAME STARTERSGame WR (x) IR (H) IR (Y) WR (Z) LT LG C RG RT A B QB

Marshall S.Bailey T.Urban -- R.Nehlen D.Barclay J.Braun J.Madsen T.Rader P.Eger A.Buie R.Clarke G.Smith

NorfolkState S.Bailey T.Austin D.Brown I.McCartney D.Barclay J.Braun J.Madsen T.Rader P.Eger V.Roberts -- G.Smith

Maryland S.Bailey T.Austin -- I.McCartney D.Barclay J.Braun J.Madsen T.Rader P.Eger A.Buie R.Clarke G.Smith

LSU S.Bailey T.Austin D.Brown I.McCartney D.Barclay J.Braun J.Madsen T.Rader P.Eger V.Roberts -- G.Smith

BowlingGreen S.Bailey T.Austin T.Urban I.McCartney D.Barclay J.Braun J.Madsen T.Rader P.Eger D.Garrison -- G.Smith

UConn S.Bailey T.Austin T.Urban I.McCartney D.Barclay J.Braun J.Madsen T.Rader P.Eger D.Garrison -- G.Smith

Syracuse S.Bailey T.Austin T.Urban I.McCartney D.Barclay J.Braun J.Madsen T.Rader P.Eger D.Garrison -- G.Smith

Rutgers S.Bailey T.Austin T.Urban I.McCartney D.Barclay J.Braun J.Madsen T.Rader P.Eger D.Garrison -- G.Smith

Louisville S.Bailey T.Austin -- I.McCartney D.Barclay J.Braun J.Madsen T.Rader P.Eger D.Garrison M.Lindamood G.Smith

Cincinnati S.Bailey -- T.Urban I.McCartney D.Barclay J.Braun J.Madsen T.Rader P.Eger D.Garrison R.Clarke G.Smith

Pitt S.Bailey T.Austin T.Urban I.McCartney D.Barclay J.Braun J.Madsen T.Rader P.Eger D.Garrison -- G.Smith

USF S.Bailey T.Austin -- JDWoods D.Barclay J.Braun J.Madsen Q.Spain C.Feigt D.Garrison R.Clarke G.Smith

2011 DEFENSE GAME-BY-GAME STARTERSGame DE NT DT SLB MLB WLB LCB SS FS BS RCB

Marshall B.Irvin J.Wright W.Clarke D.Rigg N.Goode C.Vance K.Tandy T.Garvin E.Smith D.Cook P.Miller

NorfolkState B.Irvin J.Wright W.Clarke D.Rigg N.Goode C.Vance K.Tandy T.Garvin E.Smith D.Cook P.Miller

Maryland B.Irvin J.Wright W.Clarke D.Rigg N.Goode C.Vance K.Tandy T.Garvin E.Smith D.Cook P.Miller

LSU B.Irvin J.Wright W.Clarke D.Rigg N.Goode J.Francis K.Tandy T.Garvin E.Smith D.Cook P.Miller

BowlingGreen B.Irvin J.Wright J.Miller N.Goode J.Snow C.Vance K.Tandy T.Garvin E.Smith D.Cook P.Miller

UConn W.Clarke J.Wright J.Miller N.Goode J.Snow C.Vance K.Tandy T.Garvin E.Smith D.Cook P.Miller

Syracuse W.Clarke J.Wright J.Miller N.Goode J.Snow C.Vance K.Tandy T.Garvin E.Smith D.Cook P.Miller

Rutgers W.Clarke J.Wright J.Miller D.Rigg J.Snow N.Goode K.Tandy T.Garvin E.Smith D.Cook B.Jenkins

Louisville W.Clarke J.Wright J.Miller D.Rigg J.Snow N.Goode K.Tandy T.Garvin E.Smith D.Cook P.Miller

Cincinnati W.Clarke J.Wright J.Miller D.Rigg J.Snow N.Goode K.Tandy T.Bell E.Smith D.Cook P.Miller

Pitt B.Irvin J.Taylor J.Miller N.Goode J.Barber C.Vance K.Tandy T.Garvin E.Smith D.Cook B.Jenkins

USF W.Clarke J.Wright J.Miller D.Rigg J.Snow N.Goode K.Tandy T.Garvin E.Smith D.Cook B.Jenkins


Pass completions Geno smith/2011 314Marc Bulger/1998 274Geno Smith/2010 241Oliver Luck/1981 216Marc Bulger/1997 192Jarrett Brown/2009 187Pat White/2008 180Jeff Hostetler/1983 173Chad Johnston/1996 167Bernie Galiffa/1972 164Mike Sherwood/1968 151Marc Bulger/1999 145Pat White/2007 144Rasheed Marshall/2004 144Major Harris/1989 142

Pass Attempts Geno smith/2011 483Marc Bulger/1998 419Oliver Luck/1981 394Geno Smith/2010 372Chad Johnston/1996 334Bernie Galiffa/1972 334Marc Bulger/1997 323Jeff Hostetler/1983 309Jarrett Brown/2009 296Jeff Hostetler/1982 292Pat White/2008 274Mike Sherwood/1968 264Rasheed Marshall/2002 259Oliver Luck/1980 254

Touchdown Passes Marc Bulger/1998 31Geno smith/2011 25 Geno Smith/2010 24Pat White/2008 21Rasheed Marshall/2004 19Oliver Luck/1980 19Major Harris/1989 17Bernie Galiffa/1972 17Chad Johnston/1994 16Jeff Hostetler/1983 16Oliver Luck/1981 16Rasheed Marshall/2003 15Mike Sherwood/1970 15Allen McCune/1965 15 receiving Yards catches/Yards stedman Bailey/2011 67/1,197 Tavon Austin/2011 89/1,063 David Saunders/1996 76/1,043Chris Henry/2003 41/1,006Shawn Foreman/1998 63/948Shawn Foreman/1997 77/928David Saunders/1998 77/883Antonio Brown/2000 51/877Chris Henry/2004 52/872Reggie Rembert/1989 47/850Rahsaan Vanterpool/1994 50/849Khori Ivy/2000 47/806 receptions catches/Yards Tavon Austin/2011 89/1,063 David Saunders/1998 77/883Shawn Foreman/1997 77/928David Saunders/1996 76/1,043Jock Sanders/2009 72/688Jock Sanders/2010 69/728stedman Bailey/2011 67/1,197 Darius Reynaud/2007 64/733Mark Raugh/1981 64/601Shawn Foreman/1998 63/948Tavon Austin/2010 58/787Jock Sanders/2008 53/462Khori Ivy/1999 53/666Chris Henry/2004 52/872Antonio Brown/2000 51/877Rich Hollins/1983 50/781Oscar Patrick/1968 50/770Antonio Brown/1999 50/462Rahsaan Vanterpool/1994 50/849 Touchdown receptions Darius Reynaud/2007 12Chris Henry/2004 12stedman Bailey/2011 11 Reggie Rembert/1989 11Chris Henry/2003 10Cedric Thomas/1980 10Tavon Austin/2010 8Brandon Myles/2006 8Shawn Foreman/1998 8David Saunders/1998 8Cedric Thomas/1977 8Danny Buggs/1972 8Jim Braxton/1970 8

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career recorDs receptions Yards/catches Jock Sanders/2007-10 1,980/206David Saunders/1995-98 2,608/191Shawn Foreman/1995-98 2,347/169Tavon Austin/2009-11 2,001/162 Khori Ivy/1997-2001 2,402/160 Antonio Brown/1998-2001 1,905/155Darius Reynaud/2005-07 1,550/133Rahsaan Vanterpool/1993-96 2,022/126Mark Raugh/1979-82 1,328/119Darrell Miller/1978-82 1,799/111Steve Lewis/1974-78 1,718/111Cedric Thomas/1976-80 1,930/110Rich Hollins/1980-83 1,968/104Marshall Mills/1972-74 1,501/104

Touchdown receptions Cedric Thomas/1976-80 23Chris Henry/2003-04 22Darius Reynaud/2005-07 19Khori Ivy/1997-2000 19David Saunders/1995-98 18Reggie Rembert/1988-89 18Shawn Foreman/1995-98 16Rich Hollins/1981-83 16stedman Bailey/2010-11 15 Danny Buggs/1972-74 15 Jock Sanders/2007-10 14Tavon Austin/2009-11 13Brandon Myles/2004-06 13Rahsaan Vanterpool/1993-96 12 receiving Yards catches/Yards David Saunders/1995-98 191/2,608Khori Ivy 1997-2000 160/2,402Shawn Foreman/1995-98 169/2,347Rahsaan Vanterpool/1993-96 126/2,022Tavon Austin/2009-11 162/2,001Jock Sanders/2007-10 206/1,980Rich Hollins/1980-83 104/1,968 Cedric Thomas/1976-80 110/1,930Antonio Brown/1998-2001 155/1,905Chris Henry/2003-04 93/1,878Darrell Miller/1978-82 111/1,799Danny Buggs/1972-74 86/1,796

season Tackles for loss19 Johnny Dingle 200718 Kyle Kayden 200115 Jeff Merrow 197314.5 David Upchurch 200214 Bruce irvin 201114 Bruce Irvin 201014 Julian Miller 201014 Julian Miller 200914 Grant Wiley 200314 James Davis 200114 David Upchurch 200114 Grant Wiley 2000

career recorDsTotal offense Plays/Yards Pat White/2005-08 1,467/10,529Marc Bulger/1996-98 1,100/7,827Rasheed Marshall/2001-04 1,286/7,598Major Harris/1987-89 1,018/7,334Geno smith/2009-2011 1,078/7,215 Oliver Luck/1978-81 1,278/6,282Chad Johnston/1993-96 1,041/5,664Avon Cobourne/1999-2002 1,050/5,164Dan Kendra/1974-77 868/4,752

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Major Harris/1987-89 41Mike Sherwood/1968-70 34Dan Kendra/1974-77 31

All Purpose Yards rush/rec/Pr/kr Yards Noel Devine/2007-10 4,315/710/0/736 5,761Avon Cobourne/1999-2002 5,164/459/0/0 5,623Steve Slaton/2005-07 3,923/805/047 4,775Amos Zereoue/1996-98 4,086/374/0/168 4,628Pat White/2005-08 4,480/0/0/0 4,480Tavon Austin/2009-11 350/2,001/268/1,477 4,096 Arthur Owens/1972-75 2,648/149/52/1,122 3,971 Rahsaan Vanterpool/1993-96 144/2,022/521/1,163 3,850Robert Alexander/1977-80 2,456/551/0/568 3,575Willie Drewrey/1981-84 20/935/1,191/1,362 3,508Robert Gresham/1968-70 2,181/340/103/588 3,222Darius Reynaud/2005-07 410/1,550/0/1,125 3,086James Jett/1989-92 53/1,384/534/1,086 3,057

career 100-YarD receiving gaMes9 David Saunders7 stedman Bailey, Shawn Foreman6 Tavon Austin, Danny Buggs, Chris Henry, Oscar Patrick, Rahsaan Vanterpool5 Jay Kearney4 Antonio Brown, Rich Hollins3 Zach Abraham, Phil Braxton, Khori Ivy, James Jett, Steve Lewis, Reggie Rembert, Cedric Thomas2 Mike Baker, Robert Dunlevy, Miquelle Henderson, Ed Hill, ivan Mccartney, Darrell Miller, Calvin Phillips, Jerry Porter, Lovett Purnell, Darius Reynaud, John Talley1 Charles Becca, Anthony Becht, Jim Braxton, devon Brown, Milton Clegg, Willie Drewrey, Greg Dykes, Terry Fairbanks, Travis Garvin, Pat Greene, Scott MacDonald, William Marker, Marshall Mills, Gary Mullen,

Richard Rader, Jock Sanders, Harvey Smith, Brad Starks, Nathaniel Stephens, Randy Swinson, Thomas Yeater

class recorDs sophomore receiving catches/Yards David Saunders/1996 76/1,043stedman Bailey/2011 67/1,197Tavon Austin/2010 58/787Jock Sanders/2008 53/462Rahsaan Vanterpool/1994 50/849Antonio Brown/1999 50/462Steve Lewis/1976 48/737ivan Mccartney/2011 47/572 Junior Passing comp./Att./Yards Geno smith/2011 314/483/3,978Marc Bulger/1998 274/419/3,607Major Harris/1989 142/245/2,058Chad Johnston/1995 127/248/2,019Jeff Hostetler/1982 137/292/1,916Oliver Luck/1980 135/254/1,874 Junior Total offense Plays/Yards Geno smith/2011 534/3,919Marc Bulger/1998 452/3,515Pat White/2007 413/3,059Major Harris/1989 400/2,994Rasheed Marshall/2003 316/2,032Jeff Hostetler/1982 347/1,995 Junior receiving catches/Yards Tavon Austin/2011 89/1,063 Shawn Foreman/1997 77/928Jock Sanders/2009 72/688Darius Reynaud/2007 64/733Khori Ivy/1999 53/666Chris Henry/2004 52/872

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30 rushing Attempts: 32 by Dustin Garrison vs. Bowling Green/Oct. 1, 2011

40 rushing Attempts: 40 by Quincy Wilson vs. Rutgers/Oct. 11, 2003

100 rushing Yards: 110 by Shawne Alston at Rutgers/Oct. 29, 2011

200 rushing Yards: 291 by Dustin Garrison vs. Bowling Green/Oct. 1, 2011

75-Yard run (no touchdown): 79 by Noel Devine at Louisville/Nov. 22, 2008

75-Yard Touchdown run: 80 by Tavon Austin at Rutgers/Oct. 29, 2011

50-Yard run (no touchdown): 50 by Noel Devine vs. Maryland/Sept. 18, 2010

50-Yard Touchdown run: 80 by Tavon Austin at Rutgers/Oct. 29, 2011

2 rushing Touchdowns: 2 by Shawne Alston vs. Louisville/Nov. 5, 2011and vs. Pitt/Nov. 25, 2011

2 rushing Touchdowns in Back-to-Back Games: 2 by Shawne Alston at Rutgers/Oct. 29, 2011 and vs. Louisville/Nov. 5, 2011

3 rushing Touchdowns: 3 by Noel Devine at Auburn/Sept. 19, 2009

double 100-Yard rushers: by Pat White (200) and Noel Devine (154) at Louisville/Nov. 22, 2008

double 200-Yard rushers: by Pat White (220) and Steve Slaton (215) at Pitt/Nov. 16, 2006

30 Pass completions: 31 by Geno Smith vs. Louisville/Nov. 5, 2011

20 Pass completions: 23 by Geno Smith at USF/Dec. 1, 2011

15 Pass completions: 23 by Geno Smith at USF/Dec. 1, 2011

consecutive completions: 13 by Geno Smith vs. USF/Oct. 14, 2010

60 Pass Attempts: 65 by Geno Smith vs. LSU/Sept. 24, 2011

50 Pass Attempts: 65 by Geno Smith vs. LSU/Sept. 24, 2011

40 Pass Attempts: 43 by Geno Smith at Cincinnati/Nov. 12, 2011

35 Pass Attempts: 35 by Geno Smith at USF/Dec. 1, 2011

30 Pass Attempts: 35 by Geno Smith at USF/Dec. 1, 2011

3 Touchdown Passes: 3 by Geno Smith vs. Louisville/Nov. 5, 2011

4 Touchdown Passes: 4 by Geno Smith vs. Connecticut/Oct. 8, 2011

5 or more Touchdown Passes: 5 by Pat White vs. Villanova, Aug. 30, 2008

300 Yards Passing: 372 by Geno Smith at Cincinnati/Nov. 12, 2011

400 Yards Passing: 410 by Geno Smith vs. Louisville/Nov. 5, 2011

100 Yards rushing and Passing: by Pat White (200/122) at Louisville/Nov. 22, 2008

200 Yards rushing and Passing: by Pat White (220/204) at Pitt/Nov. 16, 2006

100 Yards rushing and receiving: by Steve Slaton (215/130) at Pitt/Nov. 16, 2006

300 Yards Total offense: 352 by Geno Smith at Cincinnati/Nov. 12, 2011

400 Yards Total offense: 402 by Geno Smith vs. Louisville/Nov. 5, 2011

10 receptions: 10 by Tavon Austin vs. Pitt/Nov. 25, 2011

9 receptions: 10 by Tavon Austin vs. Pitt/Nov. 25, 2011

3 Touchdown receptions: 3 by Brad Starks vs. UNLV/Oct. 9, 2010

2 Touchdown receptions: 2 by Stedman Bailey vs. Louisville/Nov. 5, 2011

Two Players with 2 Touchdown receptions: 2 by Jock Sanders and Tavon Austin vs. Cincinnati/Nov. 13, 2010

double 100-Yard receivers: 126 by Tavon Austin and 104 by Stedman Bailey at Cincinnati/Nov. 12, 2011

Three 100-Yard receivers: 122 by Tavon Austin, 113 by Stedman Bailey and 101 by Ivan McCartney at Maryland/Sept. 17, 2011

100 Yards receiving: 102 by Tavon Austin vs. Pitt/Nov. 25, 2011

150 Yards receiving: 178 by Stedman Bailey vs. Connecticut/Oct. 8, 2011

200 Yards receiving: 209 by Chris Henry at Syracuse/Nov. 22, 2003

75-Yard Touchdown reception: 84 by Stedman Bailey from Geno Smith vs. Con8

50-Yard Touchdown reception: 63 by Stedman Bailey from Geno Smith vs. Pitt/

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50-Yard reception (no touchdown): 72 by Tavon Austin from Geno Smith vs. LSU/Sept. 24, 2011

rushing and receiving Touchdown: by Tavon Austin at Rutgers/Oct. 29, 2011

2 rushing and 2 receiving Touchdowns: by Steve Slaton at Pitt/Nov. 16, 2006

kickoff return For Touchdown: 90 yards by Tavon Austin at USF/Dec. 1, 2011

returned opening kick for a Touchdown: 98 yards by Tavon Austin vs. UConn/Oct. 24, 2009

Punt return For Touchdown: 50 yards by Vaughn Rivers at Mississippi State/Oct. 7, 2006

Punt Blocked and returned For Touchdown: 1 yard by Thandi Smith (blocked, picked up and returned) at Rutgers/Oct. 8, 2005

Punt Blocked: by Willie Milhouse at USF/Dec. 1, 2011

Punt Blocked For Touchdown: Blocked by Jerry White and recovered by Joe Hunter vs. UCF/Nov. 1, 2003

interception return For Touchdown: 52 yards by Pat Miller at USF/Dec. 1, 2011

interception return For Touchdown by a defensive lineman: 19 yards by Keilen Dykes at Syracuse/Oct. 6, 2007

Two interceptions returned for Touchdown: by Shawn Hackett (41) and Grant Wiley (22) vs. Boston College/Sept. 2, 2000

50-Yard Field Goal: 52 yards by Pat McAfee vs. Cincinnati/Nov. 8, 2008

Field Goal Blocked: by Eain Smith at Cincinnati/Nov. 12, 2011

Missed an extra Point: by Tyler Bitancurt at Rutgers/Oct. 29, 2011

Two interceptions in a Game: 2 by Brodrick Jenkins at Rutgers/Oct. 29, 2011

Three interceptions in a Game: 3 by Vann Washington vs. Louisiana Tech/Oct. 29, 1994

Four interceptions in a Game: 4 by Mike Slater vs. Kentucky/Nov. 1, 1969

intercepted Fumble returned For Touchdown: no instance yet found

Fumble recovered/returned For Touchdown: 44 yards by Eric Wicks vs. Louis-ville/Nov. 8, 2007

Fumble recovered For Touchdown: 0 yards by Julian Miller at Cincinnati/Nov. 12, 2011

Two-Point conversion By rush: Pat White vs. Cincinnati/Nov. 8, 2008

Two-Point conversion By Pass: Jock Sanders from Geno Smith at Marshall/Sept. 10, 2010

defensive extra Point: Matt Taffoni interception return at Pitt/Oct. 15, 1994

extra Point Blocked: by Rick Sherrod at Maryland/Sept. 29, 2001

Punt Blocked For safety: by Phil Braxton at Temple/Sept. 29, 2000

Team Gained 300 Yards rushing: 360 vs. Bowling Green/Oct. 1, 2011

Team Gained 400 Yards rushing: 517 vs. Connecticut/Nov. 24, 2007

Team Gained 500 Yards rushing: 517 vs. Connecticut/Nov. 24, 2007

Team Failed To Gain 100 Yards rushing: 32 at Cincinnati/Nov. 12, 2011

Team Failed To Gain 50 Yards rushing: 32 at Cincinnati/Nov. 12, 2011

Team Gained 300 Yards Passing: 372 at Cincinnati/Nov. 12, 2011

Team Gained 400 Yards Passing: 410 vs. Louisville/Nov. 5, 2011

Team Failed To Gain 100 Yards Passing: 98 vs, Cincinnati/Nov. 8, 2008

Team Gained 500 Yards Total offense: 533 vs. Louisville/Nov. 5, 2011

Team Gained 600 Yards Total offense: 643 vs. Bowling Green/Oct. 1, 2011

Team Failed To Gain 200 Yards Total offense: 177 at LSU/Sept. 25, 2010

Team Failed To Get A First down: no instance yet found

Team Failed To Get A rushing First down: vs. Texas Western/Nov. 25, 1950

Team Failed To Get A Passing First down: vs. South Carolina/Dec. 30, 1969

Team Had six Turnovers: five interceptions, one fumble at Auburn/Sept. 19, 2009

successful Fake Punt: 18-yard run by Zac Cooper vs. Rutgers/Oct. 4, 2008


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scored 60+ Points: 66 vs. Connecticut/Nov. 24, 2007

scored 50+ Points: 55 vs. Bowling Green/Oct. 1, 2011

scored 40+ Points: 41 at Rutgers/Oct. 29, 2011

scored 30+ Points: 35 vs. Louisville/Nov. 5, 2011

shutout recorded: 31-0 vs. Coastal Carolina/Sept. 4, 2010

safety scored: when Bruce Irvin and Jewone Snow sacked Connecticut’s Johnny McEntee in end zone/Oct. 8, 2011

Two safeties scored: at Syracuse/Sept. 25, 2000

Played An overtime Game: 16-131/L - OT at UConn/Oct. 29, 2010

won Game without An offensive Td: at Syracuse/Sept. 5, 2005

won Game without a rushing Td: vs. USF/Oct. 14, 2010

versus wesT virginia ...30 rushing Attempts: 33 by Jordan Todman of UConn/Oct 29, 2010

100 rushing Yards: 113 by Isaiah Pead of Cincinnati/Nov. 12, 2011

200 rushing Yards: 204 by William Green of Boston College/Sept. 1, 2001

75-Yard run: 84 by Joshua Cribbs of Kent State/Sept. 22, 2001

50-Yard Touchdown run: 53 by Isaiah Pead of Cincinnati/Nov. 13, 2010

50-Yard Non-Touchdown run: 65 by Munchie Legaux of Cincinnati/Nov. 12, 2011

3 rushing Touchdowns: 4 by Michael Bush of Louisville/Oct. 15, 2005

2 Players rushing for 100 Yards: by Leon Washington (195) and Lorenzo Booker (101) of Florida State/Jan. 1, 2005

20 Pass completions: 21 by B.J. Daniels of USF/Dec. 1, 2011

30 Pass completions: 34 by Danny O’Brien of Maryland/Sept. 17, 2011

50 Pass Attempts: 52 by Danny O’Brien of Maryland/Sept. 17, 2011

40 Pass Attempts: 44 by B.J. Daniels of USF/Dec. 1, 2011

30 Pass Attempts: 44 by B.J. Daniels of USF/Dec. 1, 2011

3 Touchdown Passes: 4 by Ryan Nassib of Syracuse/Oct. 21, 2011

4 Touchdown Passes: 4 by Ryan Nassib of Syracuse/Oct. 21, 2011

300 Yards Passing: 378 by Cody Endres of UConn/Oct. 24, 2009

400 Yards Passing: 419 by Rod Rutherford of Pitt/Nov. 15, 2003

100 Yards rushing & 200 Yards Passing: by B.J. Daniels of USF (104/232)/Oct. 30, 2009

100 Yards rushing & 100 Yards Passing: by B.J. Daniels of USF (104/232)/Oct. 30, 2009

300 Yards Total offense: 322 by Tino Sunseri of Pitt/Nov. 26, 2010

10 receptions: 10 by Armon Binns of Cincinnati/Nov. 13, 2010

2 Touchdown receptions: 3 by Nick Provo of Syracuse/Oct. 21, 2011

3 Touchdown receptions: 3 by Nick Provo of Syracuse/Oct. 21, 2011

100 Yards receiving: 100 by Xavier Boyce of Norfolk State/Sept. 10, 2011

150 Yards receiving: 157 by Marcus Easley of UConn/Oct. 24, 2009

200 Yards receiving: 217 by Hakeem Nicks of North Carolina/Dec. 27, 2008

50-Yard reception (no touchdown): 69 by Carlton Mitchell from B.J. Daniels of USF/Oct. 30, 2009

double 100-Yard receivers: 116 yard by Harry Douglas and 113 yards by Mario Urrutia of Louisville/Nov. 2, 2006

50-Yard Touchdown reception: 52 by Odell Beckham from Jarrett Lee of LSU/Sept. 24, 2011

75-Yard Touchdown reception: 80 by Torrey Smith from Jamarr Robinson of Maryland/Sept. 18, 2010

rushing and receiving Touchdown: by Mike Brown of Liberty/Sept. 5, 2009

Passing and rushing Touchdown: by B.J. Daniels of USF/Dec. 1, 2011

kickoff return For Touchdown: 98 yards by Dorian Graham of Syracuse/Oct. 21, 2011

opening kickoff return for Touchdown: 100 yards by Mardy Gilyard of Cincin-nati/Nov. 8, 2008

Punt return For Touchdown: 87 yards by Andrew Booker of Marshall/Sept. 4, 2011

2 Players return Punts For Touchdown: by DeJuan Tribble (41) and Will Blackmon (71) of Boston College/Nov. 13, 2004

Punt Blocked/recovered in end Zone For Touchdown: blocked by Alex Lewis and recovered in end zone by Kareem Timbers of Wisconsin/Aug. 30, 2003

Punt Blocked/returned For Touchdown: blocked by Marcus Gildersleeve and returned 17 yards by Ricky Hall of Virginia Tech/Oct. 31, 1998

interception return For Touchdown: 24 yards by JaQuez Jenkins of USF/Dec.1, 2011

50-Yard Field Goal: 53 by David Teggart of Connecticut/Oct. 8, 2011

Field Goal Blocked: by Dwight Jackson of Cincinnati/Nov. 12, 2011

Blocked Field Goal returned For Touchdown: 82 yards by Andrew Johnson of Louisville/Nov. 5, 2011

intercepted Fumble returned For Touchdown: 75 yards by Tim Quense of Pitt/Oct. 1, 1983

Fumble recovered/returned For Touchdown: 0 yards by Daniel Brown of Louisville/Nov. 20, 2010

Two-Point conversion By rush: by Davin Meggett of Maryland/Sept. 17, 2011

Two-Point conversion By Pass: by Domenick Goodman from Nick Davila of Cincinnati/Nov. 11, 2006

defensive extra Point: has not yet occurred

extra Point Blocked: by Micah Kimball of Virginia/Dec. 28, 2002

Punt Blocked For safety: by Chris Nofoaiga of Idaho/Oct. 7, 2000

Team Gained 300 Yards rushing: 301 by Florida State/Jan. 1, 2005

Team Gained 200 Yards rushing: 221 by Florida State/Jan. 1, 2010

Team Failed To Gain 100 Yards rushing: 82 by Connecticut/Oct. 8, 2011

Team Finished with Negative rushing Yards: Minus-10 by Maryland/Sept. 18, 2010

Team Gained 300 Yards Passing: 378 by UConn/Oct. 24, 2009

Team Gained 400 Yards Passing: 419 by Pitt/Nov. 15, 2003

Team Failed To Gain 100 Yards Passing: 63 by Syracuse/Oct. 23, 2010

Team Gained 500 Yards Total offense: 501 by UConn/Oct. 24, 2009

Team Failed To Gain 250 Yards Total offense: 217 by Bowling Green/Oct. 1, 2011

Team Failed To Gain 200 Yards Total offense: 187 by Marshall/Sept. 4, 2011

Team Failed To Gain 100 Yards Total offense: 90 by Rutgers/Oct. 12, 2002

Team Failed To Get A First down: no instance yet found

Team Failed To Get A rushing First down: by Western Michigan/Sept. 7, 1996

Team Failed To Get A Passing First down: by Pitt/Oct. 10, 1981

successful Fake Punt: by Chris Philpott of Louisville, 21-yard rush/Nov. 20, 2010

Team scored 50+ Points: 51 by Penn State/Oct. 26, 1991

Team scored 40+ Points: 49 by Syracuse/Oct. 21, 2011

Team scored 30+ Points: 38 by Louisville/Nov. 5, 2011

shutout recorded: 35-0 by Virginia Tech/Oct. 6, 2001

safety scored: when Deunta Williams of North Carolina tackled Noel Devine in end zone/Dec. 27, 2008

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2011 NOTeS•RanksNo.2intheBIGEAST inscoringTDs(6.0ppg)

•Averaging one TD every 7.7 rushes in 10 games played

•Scoredwinning touchdown in two of the last three games (at Cincinnati, vs.

Pitt)

•Scored two rushing touchdowns, including the go-ahead TD late in the fourth quarter againstPitt

•Has scored two touch downs in four games this season

•Earnedthestartingnodat Cincinnati

•ScoredwinningtouchdownatCincinnatiwithone-yardpowerrush upthemiddle

•Scored two rushing TDs against Louisville, becoming the first Mountaineer to score two rushing TDs in back-to-back games sinceRyanClarkein2010

•HadacareerdayinatoughwinatRutgers,nettingacareer-best 110 rushing yards on a season-high 14 attempts for two touchdowns;first100-yardrushinggameofhiscareer

•OpenedWVU’sscoringatRUwithacareer long52-yardrushing score

•Netted46rushingyardsatSyracuse,includingaone-yardTD

•HadastrongdayagainstBowlingGreenandscoredfirstcareer rushingtouchdowns

•SawsignificanttimeagainstLSUandearned14yardsofffourcarries

•SawfirstactionofseasonatMarylandandransixtimesfor20yards

•Convertedtwothird-downrushingattemptsatMaryland

alston’s ruShiNg STATiSTicSYear Games Att. Yards Avg. TD Long2011 10 77 339 4.4 10 522010 13 56 248 4.4 0 232009 5 6 18 3.0 0 8Totals 28 139 605 4.4 10 52

2011 NOTeS•Adds depth at strong-side linebacker

•Contributoronspecialteams

•Has played in all 12 conteststhisseason

•CollectedonetackleatUSF

•MadeonetackleatCincinnati

•Registeredone tackleand tied for a team high with one tackle for loss againstRutgers

•RecordedonetackleagainstUConn

•RecordedonetackleforlossagainstLSU

•Hadacareer-highfivetacklesagainstMaryland

•HadafourtacklesagainstNorfolkState

•RecordedtwotacklesagainstMarshall

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6-2, 235, r-So. | Morgantown | Morgantown, W.Va.

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anderson’s DefeNSive STATiSTicSYear GP T A TT TFL Sacks PBU FF FR 2011 12 9 8 17 4/9 0 0 0 02010 13 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 0Totals 25 12 11 23 4 0 0 0 0

2011 SiNgLe-gAme Bests

Unassisted Tackles .................................2 vs. Marshall

assisted Tackles ......................................4 at Maryland

Total Tackles ..............................................5 at Maryland

Tackles For loss ............................................1 (4 times)

Sacks ......................................................................................0

Forced Fumbles .................................................................0

Fumble recoveries ...........................................................0

Pass Breakups ...................................................................0


rushing yards .......................................110 at rutgers

rushing attempts .................................. 14 at rutgers

rushing Touchdowns ..................................2 (4 times)

long rush .................................................. 52 at rutgers

receptions ..............................................................2 times

receiving yards .......................................6 at Cincinnati

receiving Touchdowns ....................................................0

long reception .......................................6 at Cincinnati

cAreer Bests

rushing yards ............................110 at rutgers (‘11)

rushing attempts ............... 17 vs. Cincinnati (‘10)

rushing Touchdowns ...................................2 (4 times)

long rush .......................................52 at rutgers (‘11)

receptions .................................... 2 vs. nC State (‘10)

receiving yards ........................ 12 vs. nC State (‘10)

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West Virginia University

2011 NOTeS•FirstteamAll-Americaasareturnspecialistbycbscollegepsorts.com andthirdteambyAssociated Press

•BIGEASTSpecialTeamsPlayeroftheYear

•Firstteamall-BIGEASTatreceiverandasareturnspecialist

•Startedatwidereceiverin2010

•Movedtoinsidereceiverduringspring

•Hasplayedin38careergamesandstarted24

•RanksNo.2inthenationandNo.1intheBIGEASTinall-purpose yards(191.17avg./g)

•Ranks No. 12 in the NCAA, No. 2 in the BIG EAST, in receptions (7.4 p/g), and No. 28 in the nation, No. 3 in the BIG EAST, in receivingyards(88.6yds/g)

•AlsoranksNo.9intheconferenceinscoringTDs(3.5ppg)

•SevencatchesatUSF;alsonettedagame-best208all-purposeyards

•Tencatchesfor102yards,alsoagamebest,inwinoverPitt

•Caught a nine-yard pass to convert a critical fourth-and-six infourthquarterongame-winningdrivevs.Panthers

•Productionvs.Pittwassecondstraight100-yardreceivinggame, sixthcareerandfourthofseason

•Grabbed a game-best nine passes for 126 yards, also a game high,atCincinnati;alsohadagame-best249all-purposeyards

•ScoredhissecondTDinasmanygamesagainstLouisvillewitha 25-yardreceptionongame’sopeningdrive

•Talliedagame-best271all-purposeyardsinUofLgame

•Exploded for a game-best 163 all-purpose yards in tough conditionsatRutgers,includingacareer-best80-yardtouchdown run,WVU’slongestrushfromscrimmagethisseason

•RushingscoreatRUwasWVU’slongestsinceNoelDevinescored onan88-yardrunagainstPittonNov.27,2009

•Alsotalliedagame-besteightcatchesand67receivingyardsfor onescoreatRU

•HasnowscoredarushingandreceivingTDagainstRUinconsecutive games

•Had 120 all-purpose yards at Syracuse, including 60 receiving yardsonsixcatches

•ConnectedwithGeno Smith on a 12-yard pass against UConn that sparkedWVU’s 23-point thirdquarter; finishedwitha team- bestsevencatches

•Caughtagame-andcareer-high11passesfor187yards,alsoa game- and career-best, against LSU; yardage was eighth-best singlegametotalinWVUhistory

•Finishedwith287all-purposeyardsagainstLSU,thesixth-bestWVU single-gametotalandtheNo.23single-gamemarkinNCAAin2011

•ConnectedwithSmithonacareerlong72-yardreceptionagainstLSU

•Tallied a game-best 122 receiving yards on a career-high 11 receptionsatMaryland

•One of three players to finish with over 100 yards receiving at Maryland, the first time three players have netted at least 100 yardsoncatchesinWVUhistoryandthefirsttimesince1998WVU hashadmultiple100-yardreceivers

•Caughta team-best sixpassesandcollectedagame-high193 all-purposeyards,including82receivingyards,againstNorfolkState

•Connectedonathree-yardpasswithSmithagainstNorfolkState forfirstoffensiveTDof2011

•Had a game-best 190 all-purpose yards in season-openingwin overMarshall

•Handleskickoffandpuntreturnduties

•No.18nationallyinkickoffreturns(26.5),No.2intheBIGEAST

•No.5nationallyinpuntreturnsandNo.1theBIGEAST(14.1)

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austin’s ruShiNg STATiSTicSYear GP Att. Yards Avg. TD Long2011 12 13 142 10.9 1 802010 13 16 162 10.1 1 462009 13 6 47 7.8 1 19Totals 38 35 350 10.0 3 80

austin’s receiviNg STATiSTicSYear GP Catches Yards Avg. TD Long2011 12 89 1,063 11.9 4 722010 13 58 787 13.6 8 712009 13 15 151 10.1 1 58Totals 38 162 2,001 12.4 13 72

austin’s KicKOff reTurN STATiSTicSYear Returns Yards Avg. TD Long2011 31 821 26.5 2 1002010 12 230 19.2 0 502009 17 426 25.1 1 98Totals 60 1,477 24.6 3 100

austin’s puNT reTurN STATiSTicS Year Punt Returns Yards Avg. Long 2011 19 268 14.1 64

•Hasacareerkickoffreturnaverageof24.6

•90-yardkickoffreturnforaTDatUSF/secondkickoffreturnforaTD ontheseasonandthirdofcareer

•Three punt returns for 50 yards with a long of 26 at Cincinnati (16.6avg.)

•ThreekickoffreturnsatCincyfor67yards,includingalongof28 yards(22.3avg.)

•Five kickoff returns for 161 yards, including a long return of 39 againstLouisville

•TwopuntreturnsatSyracusefor23yardswithalongof15

•TwokickoffreturnsatSyracusefor37yardswithalongof24

•Fivepuntreturnsvs.UConnfor51yardswithalongof18yards

•Onekickoffreturnvs.UConnfor31yards

•Returnedonekick19yardsagainstBowlingGreenalongwithtwo puntreturnsfor11yards

•Sixkickoffreturnsvs.LSUfor100yardswithalongof26

•SixkickoffreturnsatMarylandfor121yardsandalongof27

•Threepuntreturnsvs.Norfolkfor86yardswithalongof64yards

•BIGEASTSpecialTeamsPlayeroftheWeek(Sept.5)

•Alsoreturnedthreepuntsfor46yards(15.3avg.)vs.Marshall

•OneofjustsixMountaineerstoreturnakickoff100yardsforascore

•100-yardkickoffreturnforatouchdowninthe2011openervs.Marshall

•Returned a kickoff for a then career-best, 98-yard touchdown againstUConnin2009


rushing yards ...............................96 at rutgers

rushing attempts ..................................4 at USF

rushing Touchdowns ....................1 at rutgers

long rush .......................................80 at rutgers

receptions ........................................ 11 (2 times)

receiving yards ................................187 vs. lSU

receiving Touchdowns .................... 1 (4 times)

long reception ...................................72 vs. lSU

Punt returns ..................................... 5 vs. UConn

Punt return yardage .......... 86 vs. norfolk St.

Punt return average ...... 29.0 vs. norfolk St.

Punt return Touchdowns .................................. 0

long Punt return ........... 64 vs. norfolk State

Kickoff returns .......... 6 vs. Maryland, vs. lSU

Kickoff return yardage .......161 vs. louisville

Kickoff return avg. ..............59.5 vs. Marshall

Kickoff return Toucdowns ....1 vs. Marshall, USF

long Kickoff return ..............100 vs. Marshall

cAreer Bests

rushing yards ....................96 at rutgers (‘11)

rushing attempts .......................4 at USF (‘11)

rushing Touchdowns ...................... 1 (2 times)

long rush ............................80 at rutgers (‘11)

receptions ........................................ 11 (2 times)

receiving yards .....................187 vs. lSU (‘11)

receiving Touchdowns .................... 2 (2 times)

long reception ........................72 vs. lSU (‘11)

long Kickoff return ..100 vs. Marshall (‘11)

long Punt return 64 wv. norfolk State (‘11)

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2011 NOTeS•Secondyearasastartingwidereceiverwhoalsoreturnskicks

•Secondteamall-BIGEAST

•RanksNo.13intheNCAA,No.1intheBIGEAST,inreceivingyards (99.8yds./g);alsotiedforNo.48inNCAA,No.4intheBIGEAST,in receptions(5.6p/game)

•AlsoNo.3intheBIGEASTinTDscoring(5.5ppg)

•NamedtheBIGEASTOffensivePlayeroftheWeekonOct.10

•Setschoolrecordforconsecutive100-yardreceivinggames(5): Maryland,LSU,BowlingGreen,UConnandSyracuse

•Leadsteamwith11TDsandaveragesoneTDevery6.1catches

•Crucial in WVU’s game-tying and game-winning drives at USF, catchingfourcombinedpassesfor55yards,includinga26-yard receptiononfourth-and-10thatputWVUinpositionforthegame winning field goal; caught a game-best seven catches for 80 yardsinthevictory

•NamedWVU’sOffensivePlayeroftheWeekwith80yardsonthree catchesinwinoverPitt,includinga63-yardtouchdownreception

•Hadhisseventh100-yardreceivinggameofseasonwith104yards onsixcatchesatCincinnati

•ConnectedwithGenoSmithona59-yardscoreatUC,theteam’s firstTDoftheday

•Had a game-best 118 yards on a career-best eight catches vs.Louisville

•CaughttwoTDpassesagainsttheCardsforhissecondmultiple- scoregameof2011

•Scoredona9-yardgrabatRutgers

•Netted a game-best 130 receiving yards on seven catches at Syracuse

•FaughtwithtwoSUdefendersforballandscoredaspectacular 64-yardtouchdown

•ExplodedagainstUConn,catchingagame-bestsevenpassesfor acareer-high178yardsandtwoTDs

•Talliedan84-yardTDreception,acareer-longcatch,againstthe Huskies,WVU’sfifth-longestscoringreceptionfromscrimmagein programhistory

•His 84-yard TD catch was WVU’s longest since Tito Gonzales’ 79-yardTD(fromPatWhite)vs.Oklahomainthe2008FiestaBowl

•Had a game-best 112 receiving yards on four catches against BowlingGreen

•Caughtacareer-besteightpassesfor115yardsagainstLSU

•Caughta20-yardTDagainstLSU,theteam’sfirstscoreofgame

•Caught a career-high eight passes for 113 yards in start at Maryland,includingan18-yardTD

•One of three players to finish with over 100 yards receiving at Maryland, the first time three players have netted at least 100 yardsoncatchesinWVUhistoryandthefirsttimesince1998WVU hashadmultiple100-yardreceivers

•Pacedtheteamwithagame-best76receivingyardsinseason- openingwinoverMarshall

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receptions ................................................8 (3 times)

receiving yards ...............................178 vs. UConn

receiving Touchdowns .........................2 (2 times)

long reception ..................................84 vs. UConn

Bailey’s receiviNg STATiSTicSYear GP Catches Yards Avg. TD Long2011 12 67 1,197 17.9 11 842010 13 24 317 13.2 4 32Totals 25 91 1,514 16.6 15 84

Bailey’s KicKOff reTurN STATiSTicSYear Kickoff Returns Yards Avg. Long 2011 4 67 16.8 26

cAreer Bests

receptions ................................................8 (3 times)

receiving yards ................... 178 vs. UConn (‘11)

receiving Touchdowns .........................2 (3 times)

long reception .......................84 vs. UConn (‘11)

Kickoff returns ...................... 2 vs. norfolk State

Kickoff return yardage .....45 vs. norfolk State

Kickoff return average ....22.5 vs. norfolk State

Kickoff return Touchdowns ...................................0

long return ...........................26 vs. norfolk State

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•Has seen action in all 12 gamesthisseason

•Collected one solo tackle atUSF

•MadeonestopversusPitt

•Recorded two tackles at Cincinnati

•Recorded one solo tackle againstUConn

•HadthreetacklesandapassdefendedagainstLSU

•RecordedonetackleagainstNorfolkState

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5-11, 181, r-Fr. | Hargrave Military | Richmond, Va.

DEFENSIvE BACK

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6-1, 215, Fr. | Davie | Mocksville, N.C.

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2011 NOTeS•Freshman linebacker who hascontributedondefense andspecialteams

•Has played in 11 games thisseasonandstartedone

•Recorded a career-high four tackles in first career start vs. Pitt; also set a career high with two solo tackles

•Madethreestopsvs.Louisville

•Collectedhisfirsttackleforlossvs.BowlingGreen

•Infirstgameofcollegiatecareer,madethreetackles

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BanKs’ DefeNSive STATiSTicSYear GP T A TT TFL PBU INT FF FR 2011 12 7 2 9 0 1 0 0 0


Unassisted Tackles ..........................................2 vs. lSU

assisted Tackles ...............................................1 vs, lSU

Total Tackles .......................................................3 vs. lSU

Tackles For loss ................................................................0

Sacks ......................................................................................0

Forced Fumbles .................................................................0


Pass Breakups ..................................................1 vs. lSU


Unassisted Tackles ............................................2 vs. Pitt

assisted Tackles ............................................2 (3 times)

Total Tackles .........................................................4 vs. Pitt

Tackles For loss ..........................1 vs. Bowling Green

Sacks ......................................................................................0

Forced Fumbles .................................................................0


Pass Breakups ...................................................................0

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•Firstteamall-BIGEAST

•Three-yearstarteratlefttackle

•Hasplayedin51careergamesandstartedateam-best39

•Hasseenactionin865playsthisseason,ahighfortheoffense

•Hadfourknockdownson61playsinPittwin

•Registeredfourknockdownson75playsatCincinnati

•Hadthreeknockdownson78playsagainstLouisville

•Hadfiveknockdownsandsawtimeon68playsinwinatRutgers

•Hadthreeknockdownson65playsatSyracuse

•Sixknockdownson79playsagainstUConn

•Threeknockdownson71playsagainstBGSU

•Usedonaseason-high87playsagainstLSUandhadtwoknockdowns

•Usedon82playsatMarylandand tied for teamhighwith five knockdowns

•Fiveknockdownson68playsagainstNorfolkSt.

•Threeknockdownson65playsagainstMarshall

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6-4, 310, r-Sr. | Seneca Valley | Cranberry Township, Pa.

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6-2, 202, So. | Glades Central | Belle Glade, Fla.

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2011 NOTES•Addsdepthatfreesafety

•Usedextensivelyonspecial teams

•Has played in 10 games thisseason

•Made first career start at Cincinnati and tied for a game high with four assistedtackles

•Saw significant playing time against UConn and recordedaseason-hightwotackles;alsobrokeuponepass

•HadfirstcareerfumblerecoveryagainstBowlingGreen

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Unassisted Tackles .......................................2 (2 times)

Assisted Tackles .....................................4 at Cincinnati

Total Tackles .............................................6 at Cincinnati

Tackles For Loss ................................................................0

Sacks ......................................................................................0

Forced Fumbles .................................................................0

Fumble Recoveries .....................1 vs. Bowling Green

Pass Breakups ........................................1 at Cincinnati

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6-1, 203, r-Jr. | West Springfield | Springfield, Va.

KICKER

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5-11, 188, r-Sr. | Phoenix College | Phoenix, Ariz.

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2011 NOTeS•Adds depth at left cornerback

•Alsousedonspecialteams

•Has played in 11 of 12 gamesthisseason

•Had one tackle against BowlingGreen

•Recorded one tackle againstLSU

•Had a career-high three tackles against Norfolk State

Bowser’s DefeNSive STATiSTicSYear GP T A TT TFL PBU INT FF FR 2011 11 3 2 5 0 0 0 0 02010 13 3 8 11 1 2 1/4 0 0Totals 24 6 10 16 0 2 1 0 0

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2011 NOTeS•Third year as the starting kicker

•Tied for No. 24 nationally in field goals and is tied forNo.4intheBIGEAST

•CurrentlyNo. 31 nationally in scoring and is tied for No.1intheBIGEAST

•Connected on 39-of-54 fieldgoalsforhiscareer

•Has hit on 16-of-22 field goalsin2011withalongof 45yards

•Hit game-winning 28-yard field goal at USF as time expired.TotaledthreeFGsand12points

•Connectedona28-yardfieldgoalatCincinnatiandscoredsix totalpoints

•Convertedona27-yardfieldgoalatSyracuse

•Scored13points three times in 2011 (BowlingGreen,Maryland, NorfolkSt.),whichishissecond-bestsinglegametotal

•Connectedonfieldgoalsof31and33yardagainstUConnand scored11totalpoints

•2-for-2againstBowlingGreenwithfieldgoalsof30and45yards, whichtiedhiscareerlong

•3-for-3atMarylandwithfieldgoalsof35,34,21yardstototal13 pointsinthegame

•Totaled13pointsvs.NorfolkSt.

•Fieldgoalsof17and21yardsvs.NorfolkSt.

•Convertedonfieldgoalsof27and43yardsvs.Marshall

Bitancurt’s fieLD gOALSYear FG/A Pct. 1/29 30/39 40/49 50+ Lg 2011 16/22 72.7 8/8 5/6 3/4 0/0 452010 10/17 58.8 5/6 3/4 2/7 0/0 432009 13/15 86.7 2/2 6/7 5/6 0/0 45Totals 39/54 72.2 15/16 14/17 10/17 0/0 45


Unassisted Tackles ......2 vs. norfolk State

assisted Tackles ...........1 vs. norfolk State

Total Tackles ...................3 vs. norfolk State

Tackles For loss ...............................................0

Sacks .....................................................................0

Forced Fumbles ................................................0

Fumble recoveries ..........................................0

Pass Breakups ..................................................0

cAreer highs

Unassisted Tackles .......... 2 vs. norfolk State (‘11)

assisted Tackles .... 3 at Marshall (‘10), lSU (‘10)

Total Tackles .......................................3 (3 times)

Tackles For loss .................................................. 0

Sacks ........................................................................ 0

Forced Fumbles ................................................... 0

Fumble recoveries ............................................. 0

Interceptions ..............................1 vs. USF (‘10)

Pass Breakups ................. 1 at Marshall (‘10)

Fg SeQueNceMarshall ...............................................................(27), (43)

norfolk State ............................................. 35, (17), (21)

at Maryland ..............................................(35), (34), (21)

lSU ..........................................................................................0

Bowling Green ...................................................(30), (45)

UConn....................................................................(31), (33)

at Syracuse ....................................................................(27)

at rutgers ............................................................................0

louisville ......................................................................32,23

at Cincinnati .................................................. (28), 39, 47

Pitt ...........................................................................................0

at USF................................................38, (23), (42), (28)

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2011 NOTeS•Addsdepthatinsidereceiver

•Alsoreturnskicksandpunts

•Twocatchesfor25yardsinwinatCincinnati

•ThirdonteamwithfivecatchesagainstLouisville

•Twocatchesfor36yardsatSyracuse

•Caughttwopassesfor13yardsinUConnwin

•EarnedstartagainstLSU

•Tallied13yardsontwocatchesatMaryland

•Caught four passes for a game- and career-best 109 yards againstNorfolkState

•FirstTDinaWVUuniformwas18-yardreceptionfromGenoSmith againstNorfolkState

•Team-best55-yardreceptionagainstNorfolkStatewasacareerlong

•CaughtfourpassesagainstMarshallinfirstWVUgame

Brown’s receiviNg statisticsYear No. GP Yards Avg. TDs Lg 2011 24 12 333 13.9 1 55

Brown’s puNT reTurN statisticsYear GP Punt Returns Yards Avg. Long 2011 12 1 -1 0.0 0

Brown’s KicKOff reTurN statisticsYear GP Kickoff Returns Yards Avg. Long 2011 12 5 81 16.2 24

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2011 NOTeS•Startedatrighttacklein2010

•MovedtoleftguardafterspringwhenJoshJenkinswasinjured

•Startedeverygameatleftguardin2011

•Sawactionon66playsatUSF

•Talliedthreeknockdownson61playsinPittwin

•Hadtwoknockdownson62playsatCincinnati

•Registered five knockdowns on 73 plays vs. Louisville; also saw timeatcenter

•Recorded team-best knockdowns for second straight game, earningsixatRutgerson68plays

•Talliedteam-bestsixknockdownson65playsatSyracuse

•Twoknockdownson72playsinUConnwin

•Team-highfiveknockdownson65playsagainstBowlingGreen

•Fourknockdownsonseason-high87playsvs.LSU

•Threeknockdownson82playsatMaryland

•Fourknockdownson65playsagainstNorfolkSt.

•Twoknockdownson64playsagainstMarshall

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2011 NOTeS•Ranforacareerlong12-yard rushatCincinnati;alsocaught two passes for 17 yards, including a career best 20- yardcatch

•Nabbedan18-yardreception vs.UofL

• Scoredfirstcareertouchdown at Maryland, running in from10-yardsout

•Nettedateam-andcareer-best51yardsagainsttheTerps

•EarnedstartingnodinfirstcollegiategameagainstMarshalland tallied41all-purposeyards

2011 NOTeS•Two-yearstarteratfullback

•Gives the Mountaineers a big,strongblockerinback field

•Earnedstartingnodagainst Marshall,Maryland,Cincin natiandUSF

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6-0, 228, r-Jr. | DeMatha Catholic | Glen Burnie, Md.

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rushing yards ........................................51 at Maryland

rushing attempts ................................15 vs. Marshall

rushing Touchdowns .............................1 at Maryland

long rush ...............................................12 at Cincinnati

receptions .................................................4 vs. Marshall

receiving yards .....................................18 vs. louisville


long reception ....................................20 at Cincinnati

2011 NOTeS•Youngdefensiveendwhohasstarted10of12conteststhisseason

•Recordedacareer-highninetotaltacklesatUSF,includingeight unassistedandonetackleforloss

•Fourtotaltackles(twosolo)vs.Pitt

•RegisteredfirstcareersackandhadtwotacklesatRutgers;also tiedforateamhighwithonetackleforloss

clarKe’s DefeNSive STATiSTicS Year GP T A TT TFL Sacks PBU FF FR 2011 12 18 16 34 4.5/27 1/14 1 0 02010 4 1 1 2 0.5 0 0 0 0Totals 16 19 17 36 5 1 1 0 0

Buie’s ruShiNg STATiSTicS Year GP Att Yards Avg TD Long 2011 10 38 127 3.3 1 12

Buie’s receiviNg STATiSTicS Year GP Rec Yards Avg TD Long 2011 10 9 53 5.9 0 18

cAreer Bests

rushing yards ...........................65 vs. Maryland (‘10)

rushing attempts ...................15 vs. Maryland (‘10)

rushing Touchdowns ...................3 vs. rutgers (‘10)

long rush ....................................37 at Cincinnati (‘09)

receptions .......................................................1 (4 times)

receiving yards ..............................................9 (2 times)


long reception 9 vs. rutgers (‘10), Colorado (‘09)

clarKe’s ruShiNg STATiSTicS Year GP Att. Yards Avg. TD Long 2011 11 0 0 0 0 02010 13 80 291 3.6 8 232009 12 60 250 4.2 8 37Totals 36 140 541 3.9 16 37

•Recorded three tackles against UConn; had team-high one pass breakup(firstofhiscareer)

•Recorded three total tackles and assisted on a tackle for loss againstLSU

•Had three tackles against Maryland

•Recorded twosolo tackles instartagainstNorfolkState

•MadefirstcareerstartagainstMarshall

•Recordedacareer-highfourtacklesagainstMarshall


Unassisted Tackles ............................................8 at USF


Total Tackles ....................................................... 9 vs. USF

Tackles For loss ..................................1.5 vs. Marshall

Sacks .............................................................. 1 at rutgers

Forced Fumbles .................................................................0


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2011 NOTeS•First-yearstarteratbandit safety

•Tied forNo.12 in theBIG EASTintotaltackles

•Secondontheteamwith 81tackles

• FourunassistedtacklesatUSF

•Hadan interceptionand eighttacklesversusPitt

•Collected five tackles at Cincinnati

•Tied for game-high honors with 10 tackles and assisted on a tackle forlossagainstLouisville

•Recorded 11 tackles at Rutgers; also tied for a game high with five solo tacklesand twopasses defended

•Tied for a game high with eight tackles and assistedonatackleforloss,whichwasthefirstofhiscareer,againstUConn

•HadthreetacklesandonefumblerecoveryagainstBowlingGreen

•HadsixtacklesandonepassdefendedagainstLSU

•HadseventacklesandhisfirstcareerinterceptionatMaryland

•Had11tacklesagainstNorfolkState

cooK’s DefeNSive STATiSTicS Year GP T A TT TFL PBU INT FF FR 2011 12 49 32 81 1/2 4 2/21 0 12010 13 8 1 9 0 0 0 0 1Totals 25 57 33 90 1 4 2 0 2

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2011 NOTeS•MadehisfirstcareerstartatrighttackleagainstMarshall;started allbutonegamethisseason

•Hasplayedin15careergames

•Usedonmorethan30playsatUSF

•Sawactionon27playsinPittwin

•Talliedtwoknockdownson75playsatCincinnati

•Hadthreeknockdownson78playsagainstLouisville

•Twoknockdownson68playsatRutgers

•Twoknockdownson65playsatSyracuse

•Sawactionon42offensiveplaysinUConnwin

•Oneknockdownon77playsagainstBGSU

•Twoknockdownson67playsagainstLSU

•Twoknockdownson82playsatMaryland


•Twoknockdownson65playsagainstMarshall

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6-6, 301, r-So. | Thomas Jefferson | Jefferson Hills, Pa.

OFFENSIvE LINE

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assisted Tackles ........................................ 6 at rutgers

Total Tackles .................................................11 (2 times)

Tackles For loss ........................................0.5 (2 times)

Sacks ......................................................................................0

Forced Fumbles .................................................................0

Fumble recoveries .....................1 vs. Bowling Green

Pass Breakups ........................................... 2 at rutgers

Interceptions ...................................................1 (2 times)

cAreer Bests


assisted Tackles ............................. 6 at rutgers (‘11)


Tackles For loss ........................................0.5 (2 times)

Forced Fumbles .................................................................0

Fumble recoveries .......................................1 (2 times)

Pass Breakups ................................ 2 at rutgers (‘11)


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6-6, 314, r-So. | Mercersburg Academy | Berlin, Germany

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2011 NOTES•Played in seven games and made his first career startagainstLSU

•Alsocontributoronspecial teams

•Recorded two solo tackles againstBowlingGreen

•Registered a career-high fourtacklesagainstLSU

JOSH

FRANCIS

6-1, 221, Jr. | Lackawanna JC | Damascus, Md.

LINEBACKER

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2011 NOTES•Addsdepthtorightsideofline

•Movedfromdefensivelineduringspring

•Hasseenactiononmorethan60offensiveplays

•EarnedfirstcareerstartatUSF

•Afterworkingwithpracticesquadsthemajorityoftheseason,saw significantplayingtimeagainstPitt

•Sawplayingtimeonmorethan20playsatUSF

•Earnedtimeon34offensiveplaysinPittwin

•SawfirstplayingtimeofseasonagainstNorfolkState

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GARRISON

5-8, 175, Fr. | Pearland | Pearland, Texas

RUNNING BACK

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2011 NOTES•Earned starting running backnodagainstBowling Green

•All-BIG EAST Freshman teambyESPN.com

•RanksNo.6 inBIGEAST in rushing(61.8)

•Ranks first on the team with742rushingyards

•Named offensive player oftheweekafterwinatUSF

•Had87yardson16 rushattemptsatUSF,includingafive-yardrushingTD

•Nettedateam-best55rushingyardson11carriesagainstPitt

•Rushedateam-high13timesatCincinnatiandagainstLouisville


Unassisted Tackles ..........................................3 vs, LSU

Assisted Tackles ............................................1 (2 times)

Total Tackles .......................................................4 vs. LSU

Tackles For Loss ................................................................0

Sacks ......................................................................................0

Forced Fumbles .................................................................0

Fumble Recoveries ...........................................................0

Pass Breakups ...................................................................0


Rushing Yards ........................ 291 vs. Bowling Green

Rushing Attempts ....................32 vs. Bowling Green

Rushing Touchdowns .................2 vs. Bowling Green

Long Rush ....................................49 vs. Bowling Green

Receptions .................................................5 at Syracuse

Receiving Yards ...........................51 vs. Norfolk State

Receiving Touchdowns ....................................................0

Long Reception ...........................36 vs. Norfolk State

•Talllied a team-best 58 yards on the ground at Syracuse; also caughtacareer-bestfivecatches

•Nettedagame-best80rushingyardsagainstUConn,includinga 14-yardTD,hisfourthscoreinthreegames

•Had a breakout game in his first career start against Bowling Green,registeringacareer-best291yardson32rushesandtwo touchdowns;yardage isNCAA’s second-best singlegametotal thisseason

•His291 rushingyardsagainstBGSUwas thefirst200-yard rushing performanceforWVUsinceNoelDevinehad220yardsagainst Colorado(2009)

•Had233yardsrushinginthefirsthalfagainsttheFalcons,aWVU schoolrecord

•One-yardTDrushagainstLSUbroughtWVUtowithinsixpointsin thirdquarter;scorefollowedhis19-yardreception

•First collegiate score was one-yard rush in third-quarter action againstNorfolkState

•SawfirstactionagainstMarshallandhadtworeceptionsfornine yards

GARRISON’S RUSHING STATISTICSYear GP Att. Yards Avg. TD Long 2011 12 136 742 5.5 6 42

GARRISON’S’ RECEIVING STATISTICSYear GP No. Yards Avg. TD Long 2011 12 24 201 8.4 0 19

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2011 NOTeS•Two-year starter at spur safety

•Ranks No. 16 in the BIG EASTintotaltackles

•Ranks fourthontheteam insacks(3.5)

•Recorded three total tackles and one sack at USF

•Nine solo tackles and 14 total tackles (five solo) and one tackle for lossagainstPitt

•Did not play against Cincinnatiduetoinjury

•Tied for team high with six unassisted tackles against Louisville; fourth-leading total tacklerwithsevenstops

•Recordedfivetacklesand one pass defended at Rutgers

•RegisteredfoursolotacklesandfivetotaltacklesatSyracuse

•Hadfivetackles,1.5.sacksand1.5tacklesforlossagainstUCOnn

•Recordedsixtackles,oneinterception,onetacklefor lossanda sackagainstBowlingGreen

•RecordedsixtacklesagainstLSU

•HadfirstcareerinterceptionandtouchdownatMaryland

•Recordedateam-highsixtacklesagainstNorfolkState

•HadonepassbreakupandfourtacklesagainstMarshall

garvin’s DefeNSive STATiSTicSYear GP T A TT TFL Sacks PBU FF FR 2011 11 43 29 72 5.5/13 3.5/5 3 0 02010 13 41 35 76 4.5/17 1/8 4 1 22009 10 3 7 10 0 0 0 0 0Totals 34 87 71 158 10 4.5 7 1 2

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6-3, 222, Jr. | Loyola Blakefield | Baltimore, Md.

DEFENSIvE BACK

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Total Tackles ......................................................14 vs. Pitt

Tackles For loss ......................................1.5 vs. UConn

Sacks ............................................................1.5 vs. UConn

Forced Fumbles .................................................................0



Pass Breakups ...............................................1 (3 times)

cAreer highs

Unassisted Tackles .................................9 vs. Pitt (‘11)

assisted Tackles ............................7 at Marshall (‘10)

Total Tackles .......................................... 14 vs. Pitt (‘11)

Tackles For loss ...........................1.5 vs. UConn (‘11)

Sacks .................................................1.5 vs. UConn (‘11)

Forced Fumbles .................................1 at UConn (‘10)

Fumble recoveries .......................................1 (2 times)



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2011 NOTeS•Firstteamall-BIGEAST

•Second-yearstarterwhois the unquestioned leader ofthedefense

•Began season as starting middle linebacker,moved back to the strong side after injury to Doug Rigg and has now movedtoweakside

•Spent the 2010 season at strongsidelinebacker

•Ranks No. 10 in total tackles in the BIG EAST; No. 13 in the BIG EAST intacklesforloss

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gOODe

6-1, 241, r-Sr. | Benedictine | Cleveland, Ohio

LINEBACKER

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Total Tackles ...........................................13 at Maryland


Sacks .......................................................................2 vs. Pitt

Forced Fumbles ..................................................1 at USF


Interceptions .............................................1 vs. louisville

Pass Breakups ...................................................................0

cAreer highs



Total Tackles ............................... 13 at Maryland (‘11)


Sacks ..................................................................2 (2 times)

Forced Fumbles .............................................1 (2 times)




•Leadstheteaminassistedtackleswith43andhastheteamlead intotaltackles(84);No.2inTFLs(12.5)

•Had seven tackles at USF; also forceda fumble that led to the game-winningfieldgoal

•Collectedcareerhighswithtwosacksandsixsolotacklesagainst Pitt;also tiedacareerhighwith three tackles for lossandeight totaltackles

•Registeredthreetacklesforlossandhadonesackandeighttotal tacklesatCincinnati

•Finishedwitheighttackles,includingfoursolostops,twotacklesfor lossandonesackagainstLouisville

•Collectedhis secondcareer interceptionagainst theCardinals, returningit15yards

•RecordedsixtacklesandonetackleforlossatRutgers

•Recorded five total tacklesandhadone tackle for lossagainst UConn

•AssistedoneighttacklesagainstLSUandassistedonatackleforloss

•Hadacareer-high13tacklesatMaryland

•Recorded three total tackles and assisted on a tackle for loss againstNorfolkState

goode’s DefeNSive STATiSTicSYear GP T A TT TFL Sacks PBU FF FR 2011 12 41 43 84 12.5/39 4/30 0 1 02010 13 26 21 47 8.5/35 3/18 4 1 02009 13 6 5 11 0 0 2 0 02008 13 5 7 12 0 0 0 0 0Totals 51 78 76 154 21 7 6 2 0

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•FourthteamAll-American byPhilSteele

•Ranks No. 5 in the BIG EASTinsacksandtiedfor No.30nationally

•Ranks No. 7 in the BIG EAST in tackles for loss and tied for No. 40 nationally

•Leads WVU in tackles for loss (14) and sacks (7.5); also tied for the team lead with two forcedfumbles

•No. 4 on WVU’s career sackchart(21.5)

•Collected seven tackles, one forced fumble and two sacks versus Pitt

•Recorded one sack andoneforcedfumbleatCincinnati;alsohadfourtotaltackles andtwotacklesforloss

•Finished with game-high three tackles for loss and two sacks againstLouisville

•FourtacklesagainstUConnwith1.5sacksandtacklesforloss

•HadfourtacklesandonetackleforlossagainstBowlingGreen

•Fourtacklesand1.5tacklesforlossagainstLSU

•RecordedthreetacklesandonetackleforlossatMaryland

•Hadthreetackles,includingatackleforloss,againstNorfolkState

•Recordedthreetacklesandonesackinfirstcareerstartatdefen siveendagainstMarshall

irvin’s DefeNSive STATiSTicSYear GP T A TT TFL Sacks PBU FF FR 2011 12 25 13 38 14/84 7.5/64 0 2 02010 14 18 3 21 14/88 14/88 1 2 0Totals 26 43 17 60 28 21.5 1 4 0

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6-3, 245, Sr. | Mt. San Antonio CC | Atlanta, Ga.

DEFENSIvE END

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assisted Tackles ...............................................3 vs. lSU

Total Tackles .........................................................7 vs. Pitt

Tackles For loss ......................................3 vs. louisville

Sacks ..................................................................2 (2 times)



Pass Breakups ...................................................................0

cAreer highs


assisted Tackles ....................................3 vs. lSU (‘11)

Total Tackles ..............................................7 vs. Pitt (‘11)


Sacks ...............................................3 vs. Maryland (‘10)



Pass Breakups ............................1 vs. Maryland (‘10)

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2011 NOTeS•Hasplayedinall12gamesandmadethreestarts

•Collectedfourtacklesandagame-hightwopassbreakupsatUSF

•RegisteredtwopassbreakupsagainstPitt,hadonetackleforloss andmadefourtotaltackles

•CollectedsixtacklesandhadonepassbreakupatCincinnati

•EarnedfirstcareerstartatRutgers

•Tiedforsecondonteamwithtwointerceptions

•InterceptedtwopassesandbrokeuptwopassesatRutgers

•RecordedthreetacklesagainstNorfolkState

JenKins’ DefeNSive STATiSTicSYear GP T A TT TFL PBU INT FF FR 2011 12 17 5 22 2/10 7 2 0 02010 13 17 1 18 0 2 0 0 0Totals 25 34 6 40 2 9 2 0 0

JenKins’ puNT reTurN STATiSTicS Year Punt Returns Yards Avg. Long 2011 2 12 6.0 7

JenKins’ KicKOff reTurN STATiSTicS Year Kickoff Returns Yards Avg. Long 2011 2 38 19.0 19

2011 NOTeS•Addsdepthtoleftsideofline


•Hasseenactionon97totalplays

•Used on 77 special teams plays throughout season and on 20 offensiveplays

•SawtimeonsixplaysagainstBowlingGreen

•Earnedtimeonaseason-high12offensiveplaysagainstNorfolk State

BrodrICK

jeNKiNS

5-10, 184, r-So. | South Fort Myers | Fort Myers, Fla.

DEFENSIvE BACK

23nICK

KiNDLer

6-6, 295, r-So. | Trinity | Camp Hill, Pa.

OFFENSIvE LINE

79


Unassisted Tackles ................................5 at Cincinnati

assisted Tackles .................................................2 vs. Pitt



Sacks ......................................................................................0

Forced Fumbles .................................................................0



Interceptions ............................................... 2 at rutgers

Punt returns ...................................2 vs. norfolk State

Punt return yardage ................12 vs. norfolk State

Punt return average ...............6.0 vs. norfolk State

Touchdowns .........................................................................0

long return .....................................7 vs. norfolk State

Kickoff returns .............................2 vs. Bowling Green

Kickoff return yardage ..........38 vs. Bowling Green

Kickoff return average ..... 19.0 vs. Bowling Green

Kickoff return Toucdowns .............................................0

long Kickoff return .................19 vs. Bowling Green

cAreer highs

Unassisted Tackles .....................5 at Cincinnati (‘11)

assisted Tackles ......................................2 vs. Pitt (‘11)

Total Tackles ..................................6 at Cincinnati (‘11)

Tackles For loss ................................................................0

Sacks ......................................................................................0

Forced Fumbles .................................................................0



Interceptions .................................... 2 at rutgers (‘11)

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2011 NOTeS•Valuabledepthplayeralong thedefensive frontwhohas seen actioninsevengames

•HadonesolotackleatSyracuse

•RecordedonesolotackleagainstUConn

•Hadcareer-hightwotacklesvs.NorfolkState

J.B.

LAgemAN

6-3, 274, r-Jr. | Huntington | Huntington, W.Va.

DEFENSIvE END

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2011 NOTeS•Standoutonspecialteams

•Namedspecial teamschampion twice in2011againstMarshall andNorfolkState

•Collectedspecialteamtacklesineightof12gamesin2011

•Shows11totaltacklesontheseason

•Playedinall12games

CeCIl

LeveL

5-10, 184, r-Jr. | WVU Tech | Fayetteville, Ga.

DEFENSIvE BACK

45

2011 NOTeS•GivestheMountaineersabig,strongblockerinthebackfield

•EarnedfirststartofseasonagainstLouisville

•Alsousedextensivelyonspecialteams

•Returned to the fieldagainst UConnaftermissing three straight gameswithinjury

•SawplayingtimeineveryBIGEASTgame

MaTT

LiNDAmOOD

6-0, 236, r-Jr. | Parkersburg |Parkersburg, W.Va.

RUNNING BACK

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KOvATch

6-1, 234, Sr. | Dublin Jerome | Dublin, Ohio

RUNNING BACK

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2011 NOTeS•GivestheMountaineersabig,strongblockerinbackfield


•Hasplayedin50gamesduringhiscareer

•Playedinall12gamesthisseason

•RecoveredblockedpuntinwinatUSF

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2011 NOTeS•Secondteamall-BIGEAST

•Three-yearstarteratcenter


•Hasstartedall37gamesinwhichheplayedduringhiscareer

•Ranks secondon theoffenseandhas seenactionon863plays thisseason

•NamedWVUOffensivePlayeroftheWeekagainstMaryland

•Sawtimeon66playsatUSF

•Hadateam-highfiveknockdownson64playsinPittwin

•Hadateam-bestfiveknockdownson75playsatCincinnati

•Registeredtwoknockdownson78playsvs.Louisville

•Fiveknockdownson68playsinRutgerswin

•Fourknockdownson65playsatSyracuse

•Fiveknockdownson77playsagainstUConn

•Fourknockdownson71playsagainstBGSU

•Team-bestsevenknockdownsonseason-high87playsagainstLSU


•Team-highfiveknockdownson65playsvs.Marshall

2011 NOTeS•Started 10 games atwide receiver

•RanksNo.8intheBIGEAST in receptions (3.9 per game) and receiving yards(47.7yds./g)

•Caught four passes for 61 yardsagainstLouisville

•Tallied 131 receiving yards against UConn, including a 51-yard catch, also a careerbest

•Grabbed five catches for 54yardsagainstBowlingGreenwitha33-yardtouchdown

•Tallied59yardsonsixcatchesinagainstLSU

•Hadeightcatchesfor101yardsinsecondcareerstartatMaryland

•Oneofthreeplayerstofinishwithmorethan100yardsreceivingat Maryland, the first time three players have netted at least 100 yardsoncatchesinWVUhistoryandthefirsttimesince1998WVU hashadmultiple100-yardreceivers

•MadefirstcareerstartagainstNorfolkState

•Caught fourpasses for79yards, includinga39-yardTD,against NorfolkState

•Recordedfirstcareer touchdownandfivereceptions inseason- openingwinoverMarshall

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mADSeN

6-4, 301, r-Jr. | Chardon | Chardon, Ohio

OFFENSIvE LINE

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6-3, 178, So. | Miramar | Miami, Fla.

wIDE RECEIvER

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receptions .................................................8 at Maryland

receiving yards ......................................131 vs. UConn

receiving Touchdowns ................................1 (3 times)

long reception .........................................51 vs. UConn

cAreer Bests

receptions ......................................8 at Maryland (‘11)

receiving yards ...........................131 vs. UConn (‘11)


long reception ..............................51 vs. UConn (‘11)

Mccartney’s receiviNg STATiSTicSYear GP No. Yards Avg. TD Long 2011 12 47 572 12.2 3 512010 12 1 4 4.0 0 4Totals 24 48 576 12.0 3 51

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2011 NOTeS•Linebackerwhoisaheavy contributor on special teams

•Has played in 11 games thisseason

•Recordedtwotacklesvs.Pitt

•Collected career highs with two solo tackles and three total tacklesat Cincinnati

•Madetwostopsvs.UConn

•Hadonetacklevs.LSU

•Registeredonetacklesvs.NorfolkState

2011 NOTeS•Addsdepthatinsidereceiver

•Caught a 24-yard pass at Cincinnati

•Talliedtwocatchesagainst Louisville

•Finised with two catches atSyracuse,includinga 43-yarder; became fifth Mountaineer receiver to catch apassof40yardsorbetterthisseason

•Nettedan11-yardreceptionagainstBowlingGreen

•Keptsecond-quarterdrivealiveatMaryland,catchingan11-yard passthateventuallyledtoWVU’sthirdoffensiveTDofthegame

•SawfirstcareeractioninWVUuniformagainstMarshall,catching onepassfor29yards

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miLeS

6-1, 244, r-Jr. | Brooke Point | Stafford, Va.

LINEBACKER

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miLhOuSe

6-1, 207, r-Sr. | Duquesne University | Waldorf, Md.

INSIDE RECEIvER

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miLLArD

6-1, 218, Fr. | Flower Mound | Flower Mound, Texas

qUARTERBACK

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2011 NOTeS•Addsdepthasthebackupatquarterback

•Sawfourth-quarteractionagainstConnecticut in reliefofGeno Smith

•PlayedthefourthquarteragainstBowlingGreeninreliefofSmith

•ConnectedwithStedmanBaileyonacareer-long45-yardpass againstBowlingGreen

•Saw his first collegiate action in fourth quarter against Norfolk State

•Connectedwith Brad Starks ona 30-yard strikeagainstNorfolk StateforhisfirstcollegiateTD



receiving yards .....................................46 at Syracuse


long reception .....................................43 at Syracuse


Unassisted Tackles ................................2 at Cincinnati



Tackles For loss ................................................................0

Sacks ......................................................................................0

Forced Fumbles .................................................................0


Pass Breakups ...................................................................0

Miles’ DefeNSive STATiSTicSYear GP T A TT TFL Sacks PBU FF FR 2011 11 4 6 10 0 0 0 0 02010 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals 15 4 6 10 0 0 0 0 0

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2011 NOTeS•Anchors the West Virginia defensiveline

•Tied for No. 1 in the BIG EAST and tied for No. 19 nationally in fumbles recovered

•No. 2 on WVU’s career sackchart(27.5)

•No. 2 on WVU’s career tacklesforlosslist(42.5)

•Leads the teamwith three fumble recoveries; also tiedfortheteamleadwith twoforcedfumbles

•Recorded four tackles, including two fora loss, at USF;alsohadapassbreakup

JUlIan

miLLer

6-4, 268, r-Sr. | Beechcroft | Columbus, Ohio

DEFENSIvE LINE

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Total Tackles ......................................................12 vs. Pitt

Tackles For loss .................................................4 vs. Pitt

Sacks .......................................................................4 vs. Pitt


Fumble recoveries ................................... 2 at rutgers


cAreer Bests



Total Tackles .......................................... 12 vs. Pitt (‘11)

Tackles For loss .....................................4 vs. Pitt (“11)

Sacks ............................................................4 vs. Pitt (‘11)


Fumble recoveries ........................ 2 at rutgers (‘11)

Pass Breakups ............................................1 (11 times)

•In last career home game versus Pitt, named WVU Defensive PlayeroftheWeekforhis12tackles(ninesolo)andfoursacks

•NamedBIGEASTDefensivePlayerof theWeekonNov.14and Nov.28

•Had seven tackles, scored first-career touchdown on fumble recovery,fourassistedtacklesandonepassbreakupatCincinnati

•Collectedfivetackles,includingtwotacklesforlossandassisted onasackagainstLouisville

•Recoveredagame-hightwofumblesandassistedonfivetackles atRutgers

•Season-highfivesolotacklesatSyracuse

•AssistedonasackagainstUConn

•Recorded seven tackles, one sack, 1.5 tackles for lossandone forcedfumbleagainstBowlingGreen

•HadsixtacklesandaforcedfumbleatMaryland

•Played defensive tackle for the first time in his career against Marshall

Miller’s DefeNSive STATiSTicSYear GP T A TT TFL Sacks PBU FF FR 2011 12 29 26 55 11/30 6/24 2 2 32010 13 28 26 54 14/47 9/33 3 1 02009 13 30 23 53 14/69 9/61 3 1 02008 13 11 10 21 3.5/35 3.5/35 3 0 1Totals 51 98 85 183 42.5 27.5 11 4 4

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2011 NOTeS•Startedninegamesat rightcorner

•Tied forNo. 22 in the BIG EASTintotaltackles

•Team’s fourth-leading tacklerwith64

•Through12games,second ontheteaminsolotackles (48)

•Madeonetackleandhad a 52 yard interception returnforatouchdownat USF

•HadtwostopsversusPitt

•Made two tackles at Cincinnati

•Ledteaminsolostopswith sevenandtiedforsecond onteaminoveralltackles (8)vs.Louisville

•Had four total tackles at Rutgers

•RecordedsixtotaltacklesatSyracuse

•ForcedafumbleandhadfivetotaltacklesagainstUConn

•FivesolotacklesagainstBowlingGreen

•FivesolotacklesagainstLSU

•RecordedseventotaltacklesagainstLSU

•Recordedacareer-high11tacklesatMaryland

•HadfivetacklesandonepassbreakupagainstNorfolkState

•Recorded four solo tackles to go along with six total tackles againstMarshall

2011 NOTeS•Oneoftheteam’spunters

•Also serves as the team’s holder on field goals andextrapoint attempts

•SevenpuntsatCincinnatifor260yardsanda37.1averagewith longof58yardsandtwoinsidethe20-yardline

•Despite snowandwindat Rutgers, punteda career-high eight timesfor306yardswithalongof48withfourpuntsinsidethe20 yardlineandtwoadditionalpuntsresultinginafaircatch

•SoldpuntingeffortatSyracusewiththreepuntsfor134yardsand a44.7avg.andalongof47

•ImpressivecollegiatedebutagainstUConn,puntingfivetimesfor 215yardsanda43.0avg.

•Placedthreepuntsinsidethe20vs.UConnwithalongof47yards

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5-10, 188, Jr. | Hoover |Birmingham, Ala.

DEFENSIvE BACK

6MIChael

mOLiNAri

6-2, 196, r-Fr. | Parkersburg South | Parkersburg, W.Va.

HOLDER/PUNTER

48


Unassisted Tackles .................................8 at Maryland



Tackles For loss ............................1 vs. norfolk State

Sacks ......................................................................................0

Forced Fumbles ...........................................1 vs. UConn


Pass Breakups .........................................2 at Maryland

cAreer Bests

Unassisted Tackles .....................8 at. Maryland (‘11)

assisted Tackles ......................... 3 at. Maryland (’11)

Total Tackles .............................. 11 at. Maryland (‘11)


Sacks ......................................................................................0

Forced Fumbles ................................1 vs. UConn (‘11)


Pass Breakups ..............................2 at Maryland (‘11)

Miller’s DefeNSive STATiSTicSYear GP T A TT TFL PBU INT FF FR 2011 12 48 16 64 1.5/1 3 1/52 1 02010 13 14 6 20 1/4 4 0 0 02009 9 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0Totals 34 64 22 86 2.5/5 8 1/52 1 0

Molinari’s puNTiNg STATiSTicSYear Punts Yards Avg. Lg TB FC 50+ I-20 2011 30 1,116 37.2 58 2 5 1 11

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5-11, 190, Jr. | EL Camino College | Miami, Fla.

DEFENSIvE BACK

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2011 NOTeS•Specialteamsperformerin2011

•Playedinsixgames,collectingspecialteamstacklesinfour

•Registeredfivetotaltackles

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2011 NOTeS•Addsdepthatwidereceiver

•Awarded the Tom Nickolich Award as WVU’s top walk-onafterspringpractice

•Awardedscholarshipafter springdrills

•Usedonspecialteams

•Hadacareerbest21-yard receptioninUConnwin

•Caught first career TD, a 15-yard strike, against BowlingGreen;scorecame against teamgrandfather DonNehlenoncecoached

•Made ffirstcareercatch,convertinga third-downattemptwith ahuge13-yardfourthquarterreception,atMaryland;catchkept drivealiveandleadtovictory-preservingfieldgoal

•EarnedfirstcareerstartagainstMarshall

nehlen’s receiviNg STATiSTicSYear Games No. Yards Avg. TD Long 2011 12 5 64 12.8 1 212010 6 0 0 0 0 02009 2 0 0 0 0 0Totals 20 5 64 12.8 1 21

2011 NOTeS•Outstandinglongsnapper

•Longsnapperforpunts,fieldgoalsandextrapoints

•Three-yearstarterandhasplayedin38consecutivegames

•WVUhasnothadapunt,fieldgoalorPATblockedduetoabad snapinhisthreeyearsaslongsnapper

•SpecialteamschampionversusRutgers

2011 NOTeS•Addsdepthatbanditsafety

•Usedextensivelyonspecial teams

•Played in 11 games this season

•MadetwototaltacklesatUSF

•SawsignificantplayingtimeagainstUConnandrecordedtwosolo tackles,whichtiedacareerhigh

•RegisteredtwotacklesagainstBowlingGreen

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NehLeN

6-2, 203, r-Jr. | University | Morgantown, W.Va.

wIDE RECEIvER

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NuTTer

6-3, 243, r-Sr. | Parkersburg South | Parkersburg, W.Va.

LONG SNAPPER

87



receiving yards .........................................21 vs. UConn

receiving Touchdowns ..............1 vs. Bowling Green

long reception .........................................21 vs. UConn

cAreer Bests


receiving yards ..............................21 vs. UConn (‘11)

receiving Touchdowns .. 1 vs. Bowling Green (‘11)

long reception ..............................21 vs. UConn (‘11)

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peTTewAY

6-0, 200, Fr. | Steubenville | Steubenville, Ohio

DEFENSIvE BACK

36


Unassisted Tackles .....................................2 vs. UConn

assisted Tackles ..........................2 vs. Bowling Green

Total Tackles ....................................................2 (2 times)

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2011 NOTeS•MadehisfirstcareerstartatrightguardagainstMarshall;started allbutonegamethisseason

•HasPlayedin15careergames


•Talliedoneknockdownon27playsinPittwin

•Hadtwoknockdownson55playsatCincinnati

•Sawactionon66playsagainstLouisville

•Twoknockdownson32playsinRutgerswin

•Threeknockdownson54playsatSyracuse

•Twoknockdownson79playsagainstUConn

•Twoknockdownson63playsagainstBowlingGreen

•Fiveknockdownsonseason-high87playsvs.LSU

•Team-highfiveknockdownson74playsatMaryland


•Threeknockdownson65playsagainstMarshall

Tyler

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6-3, 296, r-Sr. | Nitro | Cross Lanes, W.Va.OFFENSIvE LINE

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6-1, 235, So. | Bergen Catholic | Oradell, N.J.

LINEBACKER

47

2011 NOTeS•Made first career start at strong side linebacker againstMarshall

•Finishedwithfourtacklesat USF;alsohadonesackand recoveredfumblethatled towinningscore

•MadeonestopversusPitt

•Collected two tackles at Cincinnati

• Finished with three tackles, including a tackle for loss, againstLouisville

•Assisted on three tackles andonatacklefor lossat Rutgers

•Made return from wrist injuryandhadone tackle atSyracuse

•Did not play against Bowling Green or UConn due towrist injury suffered againstLSU

•HadninetacklesagainstLSU

•AssistedonatackleforlossagainstLSU

•HadtwotacklesaswellasatackleforlossagainstNorfolkState

•HadtwotacklesagainstMarshall



assisted Tackles ...............................................7 vs. lSU

Total Tackles .......................................................9 vs. lSU


Sacks .......................................................................1 at USF

Forced Fumbles .................................................................0

Fumble recoveries ............................................1 at USF

Pass Breakups ...................................................................0

cAreer highs


assisted Tackles ....................................7 vs. lSU (‘11)

Total Tackles ............................................9 vs. lSU (‘11)


Sacks ......................................................................1, at USF

Forced Fumbles .................................................................0

Fumble recoveries ............................................1 at USF

Pass Breakups ...................................................................0

rigg’s DefeNSive STATiSTicSYear GP T A TT TFL Sacks PBU FF FR 2011 10 10 18 28 4/14 1 0 0 12010 13 8 6 14 0.5/1 0 0 0 0 Totals 23 18 24 42 4.5 1 0 0 1

2011 NOTeS•Specialteamsperformerin2011

•Playedinall12games

•Registeredasolo tackleagainstBowlingGreenandassistedon anotheragainstLouisville

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6-0, 227, r-So. | Keyser | Keyser, W.Va.LINEBACKER

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2011 NOTeS•Adds depth at running back


•Has 140 rushing yards, fourth-bestonteam

•Scored a rushing TD in each of the first three gamesthisseason

•Earned second career startagainstLSU

•EarnedfirstcareerstartingnodagainstNorfolkStateandrushed foragame-andcareer-best64yards

•Scored 1-yard rushing touchdown against Marshall in first collegiategame.ScorewasfirstbyWVUtruefreshmaninaseason openersinceNoelDevinescoredaTDagainstWestern.Michigan in2007.

2011 NOTeS•Sophomore defensive tackle that has seen action along the defensive front in nine gamesthisseason

•Registered one tackle vs. Pitt

•MadeonestopatRutgers

•Tiedacareerhighwithtwo tacklesvs.BowlingGreen

•Collected a career-high twotacklesvs.NorfolkState

vernard

rOBerTS

5-9, 184, Fr. | Dunbar | Washington, D.C.

RUNNING BACK

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rOweLL

6-4, 308, So. | Iowa Western | Maple Heights, Ohio

DEFENSIvE LINE

90


rushing yards ..............................64 vs. norfolk State

rushing attempts ......................17 vs. norfolk State

rushing Touchdowns ...................................1 (3 times)

long rush .........................................................9 (3 times)

receptions .................................................2 at Maryland

receiving yards ..............................6 vs. norfolk State


long reception ........................................9 at Maryland


Unassisted Tackles .................................1 at Syracuse

assisted Tackles ...........................2 vs. norfolk State,

.............................................................2 vs. Bowling Green

Total Tackles ...................................2 vs. norfolk State,

.............................................................2 vs. Bowling Green

Tackles For loss ................................................................0

Sacks ......................................................................................0

Forced Fumbles .................................................................0


Pass Breakups ...................................................................0

rowell‘s DefeNSive STATiSTicSYear GP T A TT TFL Sacks PBU FF FR 2011 9 1 6 7 0 0 0 0 0roBerts’ ruShiNg STATiSTicS

Year GP Att. Yards Avg. TD Long 2011 11 44 140 3.2 3 9

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2011 NOTeS•HandlestheMountaineers’kickoffs

•Alsooneoftheteam’spunter

•Earned WVU Special Teams Player of the Week for his great comebackeffortagainstPittwithfourpuntsfor229yardsanda 57.2average

•FivekickoffsatUSFfora65.2avg.andonetouchback

•LongpuntagainstPittwentfor62yards,whileplacingtwoinside the20,oneinsidethefive

•Also kicked off four times against Pitt for 275 yards and a 68.8 average

•Five kickoffs for 323 yards and one touchback, averaging 64.6yardsperkickatCincinnati

•Fivekickoffsvs.Louisvillefor331yardsanda66.2average

•SevenkickoffsinthesnowatRutgersfor367yardsandonetouchback

•Fivekickoffsvs.UConnfor321yards(64.2avg.)

•Eightkickoffsvs.BowlingGreenfor464yards,a58.0yardaverage

•Longpuntof58yardsvs.LSU

•PuntedtwotimesatMaryland,averaging39.5yardswithalong of40

•SevenkickoffsatMarylandfor441yardsanda63.0average

•Longpuntof60yardsvs.NorfolkState

•Tenkickoffsfor659yardsagainstNorfolkSt.fora65.9averagewith onetouchback

•Sixkickoffsfor392yardsanda65.3averagevs.Marshallwithone touchback

•Longpuntof55yardsvs.Marshall

•Infirstcareerstart,puntedtwicefor100yardsanda50.0average

sMith’s puNTiNg STATiSTicSYear Punts Yards Avg. Lg TB FC 50+ I-20 2011 21 857 40.8 62 0 0 9 4

sMith’s KicKoFF statisticsYear Kickoffs Yards Avg. TB 2011 67 4,204 62.7 52010 64 3,984 62.2 8Totals 131 8,188 62.5 13

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5-11, 208, r-Jr. | Alabama | Inwood, W.Va.

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5-11, 202, r-Sr. | Chaminade-Madonna | Miramar, Fla.

DEFENSIvE BACK

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2011 NOTeS•Secondteamall-BIGEAST

•Started all 12 games this season

•Tied for No. 15 in the BIG EASTinpassesdefended

•Tied for No. 25 in the BIG EASTintotaltackles

•Tied for the team lead in forcedfumbleswithtwo

•BIG EAST Special Teams PlayeroftheWeekonNov.14 for his performance at Cincinnati

•Recordedfive solo tackles and one pass breakup at USF

•Hadthreetacklesandone passbreakupversusPitt

•Blocked game-tying field goalattemptbyCincinnati as time expired; also had onetackleforlossandfour totalstops

•Finished with three solo tacklesagainstLouisville

•Fivesolotacklesandtwopassbreak-upsatRutgers

•Registeredseventotaltackles(fivesolo)atSyracuse

•Eight tackles and five solo tackles against UConn; also forced afumble

•FivesolotacklesandtwopassbreakupsagainstBowlingGreen; alsoforcedonefumble

•HadfourtacklesandtackleforlossagainstLSU

•Recordedfivetacklesandagame-savinginterceptionwithalittle morethanaminuteremainingatMaryland

•Hadfivetackles,includingfoursolos,againstNorfolkState

•Recordedfourtotaltackles(threesolo)againstMarshall






Sacks ......................................................................................0



Interceptions .............................................1 at Maryland


cAreer highs


assisted Tackles .................. 6 at east Carolina (‘08)



Sacks ..................................................1 at louisville (‘10)




Pass Breakups ................ 2 vs. Bowling Green (‘11),

.....................................................................at rutgers (‘11)

sMith’s DefeNSive STATiSTicSYear GP T A TT TFL Sack PBU INT 2011 12 43 20 63 2.5/6 0 6 1/12010 12 15 8 23 1/9 1/9 2 1/382009 13 8 9 17 0 0 1 02008 13 16 23 39 0.5/2 0 1 0Totals 50 82 60 142 4 1 10 2

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•Two-yearstarteratquarterback

•Ranksseventhinthenationinpassingaverage(331.5avg./g)and ninthintotaloffense(326.58ypg);ranksfirstintheBIGEASTinboth categories

•Also ranksNo.22 in theNCAA,No.1 in theBIGEAST, inpassing efficiency(148.4)

•Hasthrownfor3,978yardsin12games,theseventh-besttotalin NCAA

•Shows three 400-yardpassinggameson the seasonand for his career

•Named the BIG EASTOffensive Player of theWeekon Sept. 19 andNov.7

•Had14-gamestreakofthrowingaTDpassstoppedatUSF

•Completed71percentofhispassesinwinoverPitt,going22-for- 31for244yardsandonetouchdown

•Tallied379yardsandonetouchdownon29completionsinwinat Cincinnati

•Threwfor410yardson31completionsandforthreetouchdowns inlosstoLouisville

•PassingtotalagainsttheCardinalsranksfifthontheMountaineer all-timechart

•Foughttheelementsandcompleted20passesfor218yardsand twotouchdownsatRutgers

•ScoredfirstcareerrushingTDona1-yardscamperatRU

•Completed24passeson41attemptsfor338yardsandtwotouch downsatSyracuse

•Tallied450passingyardson27completionsagainstUConn, the second-bestcareerandprogramtotal;gavewaytoPaulMillard midwaythroughthefourthquarter

•FourpassingtouchdownsagainsttheHuskiesmatchedacareer- bestmark

•ConnectedwithStedmanBaileyonan84-yard TDpassagainst UConn;thescorewasWVU’sall-timefifth-longestfromscrimmage

•Had efficient day against Bowling Green, going18-for-30 with threetouchdownsinthreequarters

•Threw for WVU single-game best 463 yards on a career- and program-best 38 completions against LSU; also tallied a career-andprogram-best65passattempts;hisattemptsarethe fourthmostofanyQBthisseason

•Finished with 468 total yards of offense against LSU, a WVU single-gamebestmark

•HisperformanceagainsttheTigers is theNCAA’s17th-besttotal offensegameand15th-bestpassingyardagegamethisyear

•Threw 36 completions on 49 passing attempts for 388 yards at Maryland

•Threwfor371yardswithfourtouchdowns,acareerbest,inwin overNorfolkState

•Threwfortwotouchdownsandhad249yardsinseason-opening winagainstMarshall

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sMith’s pASSiNg STATiSTicSYear Games C/A Pct. Yards TD Int. Long 2011 12 314/483 .650 3,978 25 7 842010 13 241/372 .648 2,763 24 7 712009 5 32/49 .653 309 1 1 33Totals 30 587/904 .649 7,050 50 15 84

sMith’s ruShiNg STATiSTicSYear Games Att. Yards Avg. TD Long 2011 12 51 -59 -1.2 1 202010 13 106 217 2.0 0 292009 5 17 7 0.4 0 13Totals 30 174 165 0.9 1 29


rushing yards ........................................... 20 at USF

rushing attempts ..................................7 (2 times)

rushing Touchdowns ........................ 1 at rutgers

long rush ................................................... 20 at USF

Passing attempts ..................................65 vs. lSU

Passing Completions ............................38 vs. lSU

Passing yards .......................................463 vs. lSU

Passing Touchdowns ............................4 (2 times)

long Completion ................................84 vs. UConn

cAreer Bests

rushing yards ..........................64 vs. UConn (‘10)

rushing attempts ..................15 vs. UConn (‘10)

rushing Touchdowns .............1 at rutgers (‘11)

long rush ..................................29 vs. UConn (‘10)

Passing Completions .................38 vs. lSU (‘11)

Passing attempts .......................65 vs. lSU (‘11)

Passing yards ............................463 vs. lSU (‘11)

Passing Touchdowns ............................4 (3 times)

long Completion .....................84 vs. UConn (‘11)

2011 sMith BY QuArTer - pASSiNg

1st Comp Att Int Yds TD Lg Marshall 7 10 0 71 0 28norfolk St. 2 5 0 6 0 6Maryland 9 11 0 94 0 20lSU 6 12 1 66 0 20BGSU 6 12 0 98 1 33UConn 5 6 0 83 0 44Syracuse 4 8 0 49 0 17rutgers 4 8 0 32 0 15louisville 5 7 0 70 1 25Cincinnati 5 11 0 97 1 59Pitt 7 10 0 71 0 25USF 5 8 0 40 0 14Totals 65 108 1 777 3 59

2nd Comp Att Int Yds TD Lg Marshall 10 12 0 116 2 29norfolk St. 6 13 0 98 1 45Maryland 12 17 0 138 0 46lSU 16 26 1 136 1 20BGSU 6 10 0 65 2 18UConn 10 18 0 94 0 24Syracuse 7 15 1 166 1 64rutgers 6 9 0 55 0 16louisville 11 16 0 123 1 24Cincinnati 9 12 0 119 0 39Pitt 3 6 0 72 1 63USF 5 7 0 36 0 16Totals 101 161 2 1,218 9 64

3rd Comp Att Int Yds TD Lg Marshall 9 13 0 62 0 18norfolk St. 8 9 0 154 2 40Maryland 8 12 1 93 1 34lSU 11 16 0 217 1 72BGSU 6 8 0 75 0 41UConn 7 14 0 173 3 84Syracuse 6 10 1 37 0 11rutgers 7 11 0 56 1 19louisville 4 9 0 72 0 46Cincinnati 8 10 0 77 0 16Pitt 2 4 0 17 0 16USF 5 7 1 79 0 30Totals 81 123 3 1,112 8 84

4th Comp Att Int Yds TD Lg Marshall 0 0 0 0 0 0norfolk St. 4 7 0 113 1 55Maryland 7 9 0 63 0 21lSU 5 11 0 44 0 18BGSU dnPUConn 5 7 0 100 1 51Syracuse 7 8 0 86 1 25rutgers 3 3 0 75 1 32louisville 11 12 0 145 1 46Cincinnati 7 10 0 79 0 24Pitt 10 11 0 84 0 24USF 8 13 1 82 0 26Totals 67 91 1 871 5 55

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2011 NOTeS•Startingmiddlelinebacker

•All-BIG EAST Freshman teambyESPN.com

•Played in 11 games and startedseven

•MadeonetackleatUSF

•Registered one sack and one tackle for loss versus Pitt; also had seven total tackles

•AssistedontwotacklesagainstLouisville

•SevenassistedtacklesatRutgers

•Recordedeighttackles(sixsolos)atSyracuse

•MadefirstcareerstartagainstBowlingGreen

•Hadagame-changing83-yardfumblereturnagainstUConn;also registered seven tackles, assisted on a sack and assisted on a tackleforloss

•Had nine tackles (three solo) and assisted on a tackle for loss againstBowlingGreen

2011 NOTeS•Addsdepthatrighttackleposition

•EarnedfirstcareerstartatrightguardatUSF


•Hadtwoknockdownson34playsinPittwin

•Hadoneknockdownon33playsatCincinnati

•Recordedoneknockdownon17playsagainstLouisville

•Threeknockdownson36playsinRutgerswin

•Hadoneknockdownon11playsatSyracuse

•Career-best two knockdowns on 44 plays, also a career high, inUConnwin

•Oneknockdownon20offensiveplaysagainstBowlingGreen

•Oneknockdownon20playsagainstLSU

•SawincreasedactionagainstLSUafterEgerwentdown

•SawactiononeightplaysatMaryland

•UsedonthreeplaysagainstNorfolkStatebeforesustainingankleinjury

•UsedonsixplaysagainstMarshall

Jewone

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6-3, 230, r-Fr. | Canton McKinley | Canton, Ohio

LINEBACKER

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6-5, 338, r-Fr. | Petersburg | Petersburg, Va.

OFFENSIvE LINE

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assisted Tackles ........................................ 7 at rutgers

Total Tackles ..................................9 vs. Bowling Green

Tackles For loss .................................................1 vs. Pitt

Sacks .......................................................................1 vs. Pitt

Forced Fumbles .................................................................0

Fumble recoveries .....................................1 vs. UConn

Pass Breakups ...................................................................0

Chad

SNODgrASS

6-4, 298, r-Sr. | Nitro | Cross Lanes, W.Va.

OFFENSIvE LINE

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2011 NOTeS•Addsdepthatleftguard

•Alsocanplaytackle

•Usedon special teams throughout seasonandhas seenaction on77plays

•Hasseentimeon97totalplays

•SawtimeonsixplaysagainstBowlingGreen

•Playedonaseason-high12offensiveplaysagainstNorfolkState

snow’s DefeNSive STATiSTicSYear GP T A TT TFLs Sacks FF FR Int PBU 2011 11 18 24 42 2/7 1.5/6 0 1 0 0

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6-3, 193, r-Sr. | Orange County | Unionville, Va.

WIDE RECEIVER

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2011 NOTES•Playedin42careergames

•Ranks second on team withfourreceivingTDs

•Did not play at Cincinnati, against Pitt or at USF aftersustainingkneeinjury againstLouisville

•Had128all-purposeyards at Rutgers, including 45 yardsonfivecatches

•Turned only catch at Syracuse into a score, 25-yard TD pass from GenoSmith,histhirdscore inasmanygames

•Elevated spectacularly for a 22-yard touchdown againstUConn

•Talliedhissecondscoreof theseasonwithasix-yardreceptionagainstBowlingGreen

•Grabbedthreepassesfor24yardsagainstLSU

•MadeonecatchagainstNorfolkStatecount,a30-yarderTDstrike fromPaulMillard

•SawfirstactionasakickreturneratSyracuse

•Onekickoffreturnvs.Louisvillefor62yards

•FivekickoffreturnsatRutgersfor83yards,withalongof19yards

•ReturnedthreekicksagainsttheOrangefor78yardswithalong of33yards


Receptions ................................................... 5 at Rutgers

Receiving Yards ....................................... 45 at Rutgers

Receiving Touchdowns ................................1 (4 times)

Long Reception ...........................30 vs. Norfolk State

Kickoff Returns ..........................................5 vs. Rutgers

Kickoff Return Yardage ................ 83 vs. vs. Rutgers

Kickoff Return Average ................. 62.0 vs. Louisville

Touchdowns .........................................................................0

Long Return ............................................62 vs. Louisville

CAREER BESTSReceptions .......................................................5 (2 times)

Receiving Yards .............................100 vs. UNLV (‘10)

Receiving Touchdowns .......................................................

3 vs. UNLV (‘10)

Long Reception ..............................58 at Auburn (‘09)

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6-1, 285, r-Sr. | Miramar | Miramar, Fla.

DEFENSIVE LINE

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STARKS’ RECEIVING STATISTICSYear Games No. Yards Avg. TD Long 2011 8 14 174 12.4 4 302010 13 19 317 16.7 4 482009 12 29 405 14.0 2 582008 9 17 168 9.9 1 35Totals 42 79 1,064 13.5 11 58

2011 NOTES•Addsdepthatnosetackle

•Has seen action in eight games and made first start of the season versusPitt

•Missed Louisville and Cincinnati games due to kneeinjury

•Recorded three tackles against UConn; also assisted on a sack and assistedonatackleforloss

•Recorded two tackles at Maryland



Assisted Tackles ..........................................3 vs. UConn

Total Tackles ..................................................3 vs. UConn

Tackles For Loss ......................................0.5 vs. UConn

Sacks ............................................................0.5 vs. UConn

CAREER BESTSUnassisted Tackles .......................................2 (4 times)

Assisted Tackles ....................................4 vs. LSU (‘10)


Tackles for Loss ............................0.5 vs. UConn (‘11)

Sacks .................................................0.5 vs. UConn (‘11)

TAYLOR’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICSYear GP T A TT TFL Sacks Int PBU FF FR 2011 8 2 7 9 0.5/2 0.5/2 0 0 0 02010 10 3 10 13 0 0 0 0 1 02009 12 11 12 23 3.5/12 2/9 1/8 0 0 02008 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals 31 16 30 46 4/14 2.5/11 1/8 0 1 0

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2011 NOTES•Firstteamall-BIGEAST

•Three-year starter at cornerback

•Previously played right cornerback and was moved to the left side duringthespring

•No.2 in theBIGEASTand tiedforNo.42inthenation in passes defended; tied forNo.3intheBIGEASTin interceptions

•Hasateam-highninepass breakups this season; also leads the teamwith three interceptions foratotalof 12passesdefended

•Madefourunassistedtackles atUSF

•Collectedfivetotaltackles versusPitt

•Had one interception andtwopassbreak-upsat Cincinnati

KEITH

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5-10, 200, r-Sr. | Christian County | Hopkinsville, Ky.

DEFENSIVE BACK

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Unassisted Tackles .................................8 at Maryland

Assisted Tackles .................................................4 vs. Pitt


Tackles For Loss ............................................1 (2 times)

Sacks ......................................................................................0

Forced Fumbles .................................................................0


Interceptions .................................2 vs. Bowling Green


CAREER BESTSUnassisted Tackles .......................................6 (2 times)

Assisted Tackles ......................... 5 vs. Syracuse (‘10)



Sacks ......................................................................................0

Forced Fumbles .....................................1 vs. USF (‘10)



Pass Breakups ............................4 vs. Cincinnati (‘10)

•Finishedwiththreetackles,includingtwosolostopsagainstLouisville

•TwopassesdefendedatRutgers;alsorecordedfivetotaltackles

•RegisteredfivesolotacklesandhadseventotaltacklesatSyracuse

•FivesolotacklesandhadatotalofsixtacklesagainstUConn

•Recorded three solo tackles, two interceptions and two pass break-upsagainstBowlingGreen

•Hadsixtackles(fivesolo)andonepassbreakupagainstLSU

•Tiedhiscareerhighwith10tackles(eightsolo)atMaryland

•HadthreesolotacklesagainstNorfolkState

•FivesolotacklesagainstMarshall

TANDY’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICSYear GP T A TT TFL PBU INT FF FR 2011 12 44 14 58 2/9 9 3 0 02010 13 38 19 57 2/3 11 6 1 02009 13 43 18 61 4/12 4 3 0 12008 6 4 2 6 0 0 0 0 0Totals 44 129 53 182 8 24 12 1 1

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2011 NOTeS•Addsdepthatbanditsafety


•Hasplayedineightgamesthisseason

•TwotacklesversusPittandNorfolkState(alsohadatackleforloss)

2011 NOTeS•Starteratinsidereceiver

•Playedtightendfirstthree yearsofcareer

•Playedin49careergames andstarted22

•Four catches for 41 yards against and a season- high 41 with long of 19 againstPitt

•Caught two passes for 19 yards at Cincinnati, includ ingalongof15

•CrucialcoginWVU’spassinggameatRutgers,makingtwotough catchesfor29yards

•Nabbedaseasonlong19-yardcatchvs.UConn

•Tallieda14-yardreceptionagainstBowlingGreen

•Caughtthreepasses,includinga12-yardTD,againstLSU

•Hada12-yardTDagainstNorfolkState

•OnereceptionagainstMarshall

urBan’s receiviNg STATiSTicSYear GP No. Yards Avg. TD Long 2011 12 20 226 11.3 2 192010 11 3 7 2.3 0 42009 13 10 117 11.7 1 332008 13 4 79 19.8 2 25Totals 49 37 429 11.6 5 33

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6-1, 203, r-Fr. | Bridgeport | Shinnston, W.Va.

DEFENSIvE BACK

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6-5, 251, Sr. | Norwin Senior | North Huntingdon, Pa.

INSIDE RECEIvER

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receptions ............................................................4 vs. Pitt

receiving yards ................................................41 vs. Pitt

receiving Touchdowns ........................... 1 (two times)

long reception ............................... 19 vs. UConn, Pitt

career BeSTSreceptions .................................................4 vs. Pitt (‘11)

receiving yards ............................. 49 vs. liberty (‘09)


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2011 NOTeS•Played in 10 games and startedseven

•Recorded six total tackles versusPitt

•Foursolotacklesandsixtotal againstSyracuse

•Registered three tackles and one tackle for loss against UConn; also assistedonasack

•Had seven tackles at Maryland

•Had four tackles against NorfolkState

•Recorded three tackles againstMarshall

vance’s DefeNSive STATiSTicS Year GP T A TT TFL Sacks PBU FF FR 2011 10 9 21 30 2.5/3 0.5/1 0 0 02010 12 5 3 8 0 0 0 1 0Totals 22 14 24 38 2.5/3 0.5/1 0 1 0

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5-9, 222, r-Sr. | Petersburg | Seneca Rocks, W.Va.

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5-11, 181, Fr. | Calvin Coolidge | Washington, D.C.

DEFENSIvE BACK

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Total Tackles ..............................................7 at Maryland

Tackles For loss ........................1.5 vs. norfolk State

Sacks ............................................................0.5 vs. UConn

Forced Fumbles .................................................................0


Pass Breakups ...................................................................0

career highSUnassisted Tackles ......................4 at Syracuse (‘11)

assisted Tackles ...........................6 at Maryland (‘11)

Total Tackles ...................................7 at Maryland (‘11)

Tackles For loss .............1.5 vs. norfolk State (‘11)

Sacks .................................................0.5 vs. UConn (‘11)

Forced Fumbles .................................................................0


Pass Breakups ...................................................................0

2011 NOTeS•Addsdepthatcornerback


•Hasplayedinfourconteststhisseason

•RecordedonesolotackleagainstBowlingGreen

•HadtwotacklesagainstLSU

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2011 NOTES•Addsdepthatwidereceiver


•Earnedfirststartofseason atUSF

•Made fourcatches for 38 yardsagainstBulls,including a 10-yard reception on game-winningdrive

•Caughttwopasses,hisfirst receptionsof2011,against NorfolkState

J.D.

WOODS

6-0, 176, r-Jr. | Golden Gate | Naples, Fla.

WIDE RECEIVER

81JORGE

WRIGHT

6-2, 289, r-Jr. | Dr. Krop | Miami, Fla.

DEFENSIVE LINE

99

WOODS’ RECEIVING STATISTICS Year Games No. Yards Avg. TD Long 2011 7 6 52 8.7 0 122010 13 18 205 11.4 1 212009 4 0 0 0 0 0Totals 24 24 257 10.7 1 21


Receptions ............................................................4 at USF

Receiving Yards ............................................... 38 at USF

Receiving Touchdowns ....................................................0

Long Reception ............................................... 12 at USF

CAREER BESTSReceptions .........4 vs. Syracuse (‘10), at USF (‘11)

Receiving Yards ........................ 52 vs. Syracuse (‘10)

Receiving Touchdowns 1 vs. Coastal Carolina (‘10)

Long Reception ...........................21 vs. Rutgers (‘10)



Assisted Tackles ......................................4 vs. Louisville



Sacks .......................................................................1 vs. Pitt

Forced Fumbles .................................................................0


Pass Breakups ...................................................................0

CAREER BESTSUnassisted Tackles .................... 4 vs. Syracuse (‘11)

Assisted Tackles ...........................4 vs. Louisville (‘11)



Sacks ..................................................................1 (2 times)

Forced Fumbles ........................... 1 vs. Marshall (‘10)


Pass Breakups ...................................................................0

2011 NOTES•Experienced nose tackle that has started 10 games during the 2011 season

•Recorded two tackles at USF

•Tied a career high with one sack and one tackle forlossversusPitt

•Collectedthreetacklesat Cincinnati

•Hadfivetacklesvs.Louisville, including assisting on a sack

•Recorded five tackles at Rutgers

•Four tackles (all solo) at Syracuse

•Recordedonesolotackle againstUConn

•HadtwotacklesagainstBowlingGreen

•RecordedthreesolotacklesagainstLSU

•FourtacklesatMaryland

•Recorded three total tackles and assisted on a tackle for loss againstNorfolkState

•HadthreetacklesagainstMarshall

WRIGHT’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GP T A TT TFL Sacks PBU FF FR 2011 12 20 17 37 3.5/12 1.5/10 0 0 02010 12 3 7 10 1.5/4 0 0 1 02009 9 8 2 10 2/4 1/2 0 0 0Totals 33 31 26 57 7 2.5 0 1 0

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SHAWNE ALSTON GAME-BY-GAME Opponent Att. Net Avg. TDs Lg Rec Yds. TD Marshall DNPNorfolk State DNPat Maryland 6 20 3.3 0 7 0 0 0LSU 4 14 3.5 0 7 0 0 0Bowling Green 8 49 6.1 2 17 0 0 0UConn 2 8 4.0 0 4 0 0 0at Syracuse 9 46 5.1 1 12 0 0 0at Rutgers 14 110 7.9 1 52 0 0 0Louisville 11 45 4.1 2 12 0 0 0at Cincinnati 7 6 0.9 1 5 1 6 0Pitt 11 34 3.1 2 11 0 0 0at USF 5 7 1.4 0 6 1 0 0Totals 77 339 4.4 10 52 2 6 0

TYLER ANDERSON GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent S AT TT TFLs Sacks FF FR Int PBU Marshall 2 1 3 1/3 0 0 0 0 0Norfolk State 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0at Maryland 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0LSU 1 0 1 1/1 0 0 0 0 0Bowling Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0UConn 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at Syracuse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Rutgers 1 0 1 1/2 0 0 0 0 0Louisville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Cincinnati 1 0 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 0Pitt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at USF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals 9 8 17 4/9 0 0 0 0 0 TAVON AUSTIN GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVINGOpponent No. Yards Avg. TDs Lg Marshall 3 32 10.67 0 20Norfolk State 6 82 13.67 1 45at Maryland 11 122 11.09 0 47LSU 11 187 17.0 0 72Bowling Green 4 67 16.75 0 32UConn 7 74 10.57 1 21at Syracuse 6 60 10.0 0 16at Rutgers 8 67 8.38 1 20Louisville 7 90 12.86 1 25at Cincinnati 9 126 14.0 0 39Pitt 10 102 10.2 0 25at USF 7 54 7.71 0 30Totals 89 1,063 11.9 4 72

TAVON AUSTIN GAME-BY-GAME PUNT RETURNSOpponent No. Yards Avg. Long Marshall 3 46 15.3 22Norfolk State 3 86 29.0 64at Maryland 0 0 0.0 0LSU 0 0 0.0 0Bowling Green 2 11 5.5 11UConn 5 51 10.2 18at Syracuse 2 23 11.5 14at Rutgers 0 0 0.0 0Louisville 0 0 0.0 0at Cincinnati 3 50 16.6 26Pitt 1 1 1.0 1at USF 0 0 0.0 0Totals 19 268 14.1 64

TAVON AUSTIN GAME-BY-GAME KICKOFF RETURNSOpponent No. Yards Avg. Long Marshall 2 119 59.5 100Norfolk State 1 25 25.0 25at Maryland 6 121 20.2 27LSU 6 100 16.6 26Bowling Green 1 19 19.0 19UConn 1 31 31.0 31at Syracuse 2 37 18.5 24at Rutgers 0 0 0.0 0Louisville 5 161 32.2 39at Cincinnati 3 67 22.3 28Pitt 1 0 0.0 0at USF 3 141 47.0 90Totals 31 821 26.5 100

STEDMAN BAILEY GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent No. Yards Avg. TDs Lg Marshall 5 76 15.2 1 28Norfolk State 2 40 20.0 0 40at Maryland 8 113 14.1 1 34LSU 8 115 14.4 1 20Bowling Green 4 112 28.0 0 33UConn 7 178 25.4 2 84at Syracuse 7 130 18.6 1 64at Rutgers 2 51 25.5 1 32Louisville 8 118 14.8 2 46at Cincinnati 6 104 17.3 1 59Pitt 3 80 26.7 0 63at USF 7 80 11.4 0 26Totals 67 1,197 17.9 11 84

JARED BARBER GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent S AT TT TFLs Sacks FF FR Int PBU Marshall DNPNorfolk State 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0at Maryland 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0LSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Bowling Green 1 0 1 1/4 0 0 0 0 0UConn 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at Syracuse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Rutgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Louisville 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0at Cincinnati 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0Pitt 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0at USF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals 8 9 17 1/4 0 0 0 0 0

TYLER BITANCURT GAME-BY-GAME KICKINGOpponent FGM/A Pct. Lg XP/A Pts. Marshall 2/2 1.000 43 4/4 10Norfolk State 2/3 .667 21 7/7 13at Maryland 3/3 1.000 35 4/4 13LSU 0/0 0.000 0 3/3 3Bowling Green 2/2 1.000 45 7/7 13UConn 2/2 1.000 33 5/5 11at Syracuse 1/1 1.000 27 2/3 5at Rutgers 0/0 .000 0 5/6 5Louisville 0/2 .000 0 5/5 5at Cincinnati 1/3 .333 28 3/3 6Pitt 0/0 .000 0 3/3 3at USF 3/4 .750 42 3/3 12Totals 16/22 .727 45 51/53 99

DEVON BROWN GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent No. Yards Avg. TDs Lg Marshall 4 42 10.5 0 18Norfolk State 4 109 27.25 1 55at Maryland 2 13 6.5 0 8LSU 1 10 10.0 0 10Bowling Green 0 0 0 0 0UConn 2 13 6.5 0 8at Syracuse 2 36 18.0 0 19at Rutgers 0 0 0 0 0Louisville 5 49 9.8 0 16at Cincinnati 2 25 12.5 0 15Pitt 1 9 9.0 0 9at USF 1 27 27.0 0 21Totals 24 333 13.9 1 55

ANDREW BUIE GAME-BY-GAME Opponent Att. Net. Avg. TDs Lg Rec. Yds. TD Marshall 15 30 2.0 0 11 4 11 0Norfolk State 4 7 1.75 0 7 0 0 0at Maryland 7 51 7.3 1 10 2 7 0LSU DNPBowling Green DNPUConn 2 11 5.5 0 7 0 0 0at Syracuse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Rutgers 3 5 1.7 0 5 0 0 0Louisville 3 2 0.7 0 1 1 18 0at Cincinnati 4 21 5.2 0 12 2 17 0Pitt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at USF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals 38 127 3.3 1 12 9 53 0

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wiLL cLArKe gaMe-By-gaMeOpponent S AT TT TFLs Sacks FF FR Int PBU Marshall 1 3 4 1.5/7 0 0 0 0 0norfolk State 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0at Maryland 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0lSU 0 3 3 0.5/0 0 0 0 0 0Bowling Green 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0UConn 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1at Syracuse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at rutgers 2 0 2 1/14 1/14 0 0 0 0louisville 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at Cincinnati 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Pitt 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0at USF 8 1 9 1/2 0 0 0 0 0Totals 18 16 34 4.5/27 1.5/18 0 0 0 1

DArwiN cOOK gaMe-By-gaMeOpponent S AT TT TFLs Sacks FF FR Int PBU Marshall 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0norfolk State 6 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 0at Maryland 6 1 7 0 0 0 0 1/0 0lSU 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 1Bowling Green 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0UConn 4 4 8 0.5/1 0 0 0 0 0at Syracuse 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1at rutgers 5 6 11 0 0 0 0 0 2louisville 6 4 10 0.5/1 0 0 0 0 0at Cincinnati 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0Pitt 4 4 8 0 0 0 0 1/21 0at USF 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals 49 32 81 1/2 0 0 1 2/21 4

DuSTiN gArriSON gaMe-By-gaMeOpponent Att. Net. Avg. TDs Lg Rec. Yds. TD Marshall 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0norfolk State 3 19 6.3 1 13 3 51 0at Maryland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0lSU 10 46 4.6 1 17 4 26 0Bowling Green 32 291 9.1 2 42 2 4 0UConn 18 80 4.4 1 14 1 4 0at Syracuse 11 58 5.3 0 11 5 32 0at rutgers 9 23 2.6 0 9 1 15 0louisville 13 64 4.9 0 12 1 19 0at Cincinnati 13 19 1.5 0 8 3 23 0Pitt 11 55 5.0 0 14 1 7 0at USF 16 87 5.4 1 16 1 11 0Totals 136 742 5.5 6 42 24 201 0

TereNce gArviN gaMe-By-gaMeOpponent S AT TT TFLs Sacks FF FR Int PBU Marshall 2 2 4 0 .5/1 0 0 0 1norfolk State 6 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0at Maryland 5 4 9 0.5/3 0 0 0 1/37 1lSU 2 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0Bowling Green 1 5 6 1/2 1/2 0 0 1/-5 0UConn 4 1 5 1.5/3 1.5/3 0 0 0 0at Syracuse 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0at rutgers 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 1louisville 6 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0at Cincinnati dnPPitt 9 5 14 1/3 0 0 0 0 0at USF 2 1 3 1/1 1 0 0 0 0Totals 43 29 72 5.5/13 3.5/5 0 0 2/32 3

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BrODricK jeNKiNS gaMe-By-gaMeOpponent S AT TT TFLs Sacks FF FR Int PBU Marshall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0norfolk State 3 0 3 1/4 0 0 0 0 0at Maryland 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0lSU 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Bowling Green 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0UConn 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at Syracuse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at rutgers 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2louisville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Cincinnati 5 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1Pitt 2 2 4 1/6 0 0 0 0 2USF 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2Totals 17 5 22 2/10 0 0 0 2 7

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DONOvON miLeS gaMe-By-gaMeOpponent S AT TT TFLs Sacks FF FR Int PBU Marshall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0norfolk State 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Maryland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0lSU 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Bowling Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0UConn 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0at Syracuse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at rutgers dnPlouisville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Cincinnati 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0Pitt 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0at USF 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals 4 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 0


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juLiAN miLLer gaMe-By-gaMeOpponent S AT TT TFLs Sacks FF FR Int PBU Marshall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0norfolk State 0 1 1 0 0.5/1 0 0 0 0at Maryland 4 2 6 0.5/1 0 1 0 0 0lSU 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Bowling Green 2 5 7 1.5/7 1/7 1 0 0 0UConn 0 1 1 0.5/2 0.5/2 0 0 0 0at Syracuse 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0at rutgers 0 5 5 0 0 0 2 0 0louisville 1 4 5 2/4 0.5/2 0 0 0 0at Cincinnati 3 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 1Pitt 9 3 12 4/13 4/13 0 0 0 0at USF 4 0 4 2/2 0 0 0 0 1Totals 20 23 43 11/30 6/24 2 3 0 2

pAT miLLer gaMe-By-gaMeOpponent S AT TT TFLs Sacks FF FR Int PBU Marshall 4 2 6 0.5/0 0 0 0 0 0norfolk State 4 1 5 1/1 0 0 0 0 1at Maryland 8 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 2lSU 5 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0Bowling Green 5 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0UConn 4 1 5 0 0 1 0 0 0at Syracuse 5 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0at rutgers 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0louisville 7 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0at Cincinnati 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Pitt 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0at USF 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1/52 0Totals 46 16 62 1.5/1 0 1 0 1/52 3

michAeL mOLiNAri gaMe-By-gaMe puNTiNgOpponent Punts Yds Avg. Lg TB FC 50+ I-20 Marshall dnPnorfolk State dnP at Maryland dnPlSU dnP Bowling Green dnP UConn 5 215 43.0 47 0 1 0 3at Syracuse 3 134 44.7 47 0 2 0 1at rutgers 8 306 38.2 48 0 2 0 4louisville 3 62 20.7 39 0 0 0 0at Cincinnati 7 260 37.1 58 1 0 1 2Pitt 4 139 34.8 45 1 0 0 1at USF dnPTotals 30 1.116 37.2 58 2 5 11 0

rYAN NehLeN gaMe-By-gaMeOpponent No. Yards Avg. TDs Lg Marshall 0 0 0 0 0norfolk State 0 0 0 0 0at Maryland 1 13 13.0 0 13lSU 0 0 0 0 0Bowling Green 1 15 15 1 15UConn 1 21 21.0 0 21at Syracuse 0 0 0 0 0at rutgers 0 0 0 0 0louisville 1 7 7.0 0 7at Cincinnati 1 8 8.0 0 8Pitt 0 0 0 0 0at USF 0 0 0 0 0Totals 5 64 12.8 1 21


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DOUG RIGG GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent S AT TT TFLs Sacks FF FR Int PBU Marshall 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Norfolk State 0 2 2 1.0/2 0 0 0 0 0at Maryland 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0LSU 2 7 9 0.5/1 0 0 0 0 0Bowling Green DNPUConn DNPat Syracuse 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at Rutgers 0 3 3 0.5/2 0 0 0 0 0Louisville 2 1 3 1/1 0 0 0 0 0at Cincinnati 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Pitt 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at USF 2 2 4 1/8 1 0 1 0 0Totals 10 18 28 4/14 1 0 1 0 0

VERNARD ROBERTS GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent Att. Net. Avg. TDs Lg Rec Yds. TD Marshall 7 12 1.7 1 7 0 0 0Norfolk State 17 64 3.8 1 9 1 6 0at Maryland 12 36 3.0 1 9 2 5 0LSU 5 9 1.8 0 4 1 1 0Bowling Green 3 19 6.3 0 9 0 0 0UConn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Syracuse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Rutgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Louisville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Cincinnati DNPPitt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at USF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals 44 140 3.2 3 9 4 12 0

SHAQ ROWELL GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent S AT TT TFLs Sacks FF FR Int PBU Marshall DNPNorfolk State 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0at Maryland DNPLSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Bowling Green 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0UConn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Syracuse 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at Rutgers 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Louisville DNPat Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Pitt 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at USF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals 1 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0

COREY SMITH GAME-BY-GAME PUNTINGOpponent Punts Yds Avg. Lg TB FC 50+ I-20 Marshall 2 100 50.0 55 0 0 1 1Norfolk State 2 75 37.5 60 0 0 1 0at Maryland 2 79 39.5 40 0 0 0 0LSU 6 232 38.7 58 0 0 3 0Bowling Green 1 14 14.0 14 0 0 0 0UConn 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0at Syracuse 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0at Rutgers 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0Louisville 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0at Cincinnati 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0Pitt 4 229 57.2 62 0 0 4 2at USF 4 128 32.0 44 0 0 0 1Totals 21 857 40.8 62 0 0 4 4 COREY SMITH GAME-BY-GAME KICKOFFSOpponent Kickoffs Yards Avg. TB Marshall 6 392 65.3 1Norfolk State 10 659 65.9 1at Maryland 7 441 63.0 0LSU 4 237 59.2 0Bowling Green 8 464 58.0 0UConn 5 321 64.2 0at Syracuse 1 68 68.0 0at Rutgers 7 367 52.4 1Louisville 5 331 66.2 0at Cincinnati 5 323 64.6 1Pitt 4 275 68.8 0at USF 5 326 65.2 1

EAIN SMITH GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent S AT TT TFLs Sacks FF FR Int PBU Marshall 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0Norfolk State 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0at Maryland 2 3 5 0.5/3 0 0 0 1/1 0LSU 3 1 4 1/3 0 0 0 0 0Bowling Green 5 2 7 0 0 1 0 0 2UConn 5 3 8 0 0 1 0 0 0at Syracuse 5 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0at Rutgers 5 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 2Louisville 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0at Cincinnati 2 2 4 1/6 0 0 0 0 0Pitt 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1at USF 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1Totals 43 20 63 2.5/12 0 2 0 1/1 6

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GENO SMITH GAME-BY-GAME PASSING Opponent Comp. Att. Int. Pt. Yards TDs Lg Marshall 26 35 0 .743 249 2 29Norfolk State 20 34 0 .588 371 4 55at Maryland 36 49 1 .735 388 1 47LSU 38 65 2 .585 463 2 72Bowling Green 18 30 0 .600 238 3 41UConn 27 45 0 .600 450 4 84at Syracuse 24 41 2 .585 338 2 64at Rutgers 20 31 0 .645 218 2 32Louisville 31 44 0 .705 410 3 46at Cincinnati 29 43 0 .674 372 1 59Pitt 22 31 0 .710 244 1 63at USF 23 35 2 .657 237 0 30Totals 314 483 7 .650 3,978 25 84

JEWONE SNOW GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent S AT TT TFLs Sacks FF FR Int PBU Marshall DNP Norfolk State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Maryland DNPLSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Bowling Green 3 6 9 0.5/1 0 0 0 0 0UConn 4 3 7 0.5/4 0.5/4 0 1 0 0at Syracuse 6 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0at Rutgers 1 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 0Louisville 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0at Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Pitt 3 4 7 1/2 1/2 0 0 0 0at USF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals 18 24 42 2/7 1.5/6 0 1 0 0

BRAD STARKS GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent No. Yards Avg. TDs Lg Marshall 1 11 11.0 0 11Norfolk State 1 30 30.0 1 30at Maryland DNPLSU 3 24 8.0 0 10Bowling Green 1 6 6.0 1 6UConn 1 22 22.0 1 22at Syracuse 1 25 25.0 1 25at Rutgers 5 45 9.0 0 23Louisville 1 11 11.0 0 11at Cincinnati DNPPitt DNPat USF DNPTotals 14 174 12.4 4 30

KEITH TANDY GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent S AT TT TFLs Sacks FF FR Int PBU Marshall 5 0 5 1/7 0 0 0 0 0Norfolk State 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1at Maryland 8 2 10 1/2 0 0 0 0 1LSU 5 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1Bowling Green 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 2/29 2UConn 5 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0at Syracuse 5 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0at Rutgers 3 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 2Louisville 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0at Cincinnati 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1/16 2Pitt 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0at USF 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals 44 14 58 2/9 0 0 0 3/45 9

JOSH TAYLOR GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent S AT TT TFLs Sacks FF FR Int PBU Marshall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Norfolk State 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Maryland 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0LSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Bowling Green 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0UConn 0 3 3 0.5/2 0.5/2 0 0 0 0at Syracuse DNPat Rutgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Louisville DNPat Cincinnati DNPPitt 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at USF DNP Totals 2 7 9 0.5/2 0.5/2 0 0 0 0

TYLER URBAN GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent No. Yards Avg. TDs Lg Marshall 1 8 8.0 0 8Norfolk State 2 20 10.0 1 12at Maryland 1 3 3.0 0 3LSU 3 33 11.0 1 16Bowling Green 1 14 14.0 0 14UConn 2 25 12.5 0 19at Syracuse 0 0 0 0 0at Rutgers 2 29 14.5 0 16Louisville 1 18 18.0 0 18at Cincinnati 2 19 9.5 0 15Pitt 4 41 10.25 0 19at USF 1 16 16.0 0 16Totals 20 226 11.3 2 19

CASEY VANCE GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent S AT TT TFLs Sacks FF FR Int PBU Marshall 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0Norfolk State 1 3 4 1.5/2 0 0 0 0 0at Maryland 1 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0LSU DNPBowling Green 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0UConn 1 2 3 1.0/1 0.5/0 0 0 0 0at Syracuse 4 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0at Rutgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Louisville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Cincinnati DNPPitt 2 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0at USF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals 9 21 30 2.5/3 0.5 0 0 0 0

J.D. WOODS GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent No. Yards Avg. TDs Lg Marshall 0 0 0 0 0Norfolk State 2 14 7.0 0 8at Maryland 0 0 0 0 0LSU 0 0 0 0 0Bowling Green DNPUConn 0 0 0 0 0at Syracuse DNPat Rutgers DNPLouisville 0 0 0 0 0at Cincinnati DNPPitt 0 0 0 0 0at USF 4 38 9.5 0 12Totals 6 52 8.7 0 12 JORGE WRIGHT GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent S AT TT TFLs Sacks FF FR Int PBU Marshall 1 2 3 1/7 0 0 0 0 0Norfolk State 1 2 3 0.5/1 0 0 0 0 0at Maryland 1 3 4 0.5/1 0 0 0 0 0LSU 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0Bowling Green 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0UConn 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at Syracuse 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0at Rutgers 3 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0Louisville 1 4 5 0.5/3 0.5/3 0 0 0 0at Cincinnati 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0Pitt 1 1 2 1/7 1/7 0 0 0 0at USF 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals 19 16 35 2.5/11 1.5/10 0 0 0 0

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SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Totalwest virginia 68 132 117 102 419opponents 98 84 56 77 315 RUSHING GP Att. Gain Loss Net Avg. TD Long Avg./GGarrISon, dustin 12 136 777 35 742 5.5 6 42 61.8alSTon, Shawne 10 77 354 15 339 4.4 10 52 33.9aUSTIn, Tavon 12 13 156 14 142 10.9 1 80 11.8roBerTS, vernard 12 44 150 10 140 3.2 3 9 11.7BUIe, andrew 10 38 138 11 127 3.3 1 12 12.7JohnSon, Trey 2 3 8 0 8 2.7 0 6 4.0MIllard, Paul 3 2 3 0 3 1.5 0 2 1.0MolInarI, Mike 12 1 0 8 -8 -8.0 0 0 -0.7TeaM 12 9 0 21 -21 -2.3 0 0 -3.0SMITh, Geno 12 51 154 213 -59 -1.2 1 20 -4.9Total 12 374 1,740 327 1,413 3.8 22 80 117.8Opponents 12 445 2,000 311 1,689 3.8 19 65 140.8

PASSING GP Effic. Cmp./Att./Int. Pct. Yards TD Long Avg./G SMITh, Geno 12 148.38 314/483/7 65.0 3,978 25 84 331.5MIllard, Paul 3 155.97 7/12/1 58.3 124 1 45 41.3TeaM 12 0.00 0/1/0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Total 12 148.26 321/496/8 64.7 4,102 26 84 341.8 Opponents 12 112.49 231/401/12 57.6 2,395 13 56 199.6

2011 STATiSTicS

Date Opponent Score Overall Conference Time Attendance Sep 4, 2011 MarShall w/34-13 1-0-0 0-0-0 2:25 60,758Sep 10, 2011 norFolK STaTe w/55-12 2-0-0 0-0-0 3:12 51,911Sep 17, 2011 at Maryland w/37-31 3-0-0 0-0-0 3:28 53,627Sep 24, 2011 #2 lSU l/21-47 3-1-0 0-0-0 3:40 62,056oct. 1, 2011 BowlInG Green w/55-10 4-1-0 0-0-0 3:00 46,603oct 8, 2011 ConneCTICUT w/43-16 5-1-0 1-0-0 3:38 56,179oct 21, 2011 at Syracuse l/23-49 5-2-0 1-1-0 3:31 45,265oct 29, 2011 at rutgers w/41-31 6-2-0 2-1-0 3:49 47,303nov 5, 2011 loUISvIlle l/35-38 6-3-0 2-2-0 3:25 57,287nov 12, 2011 at #18 Cincinnati w/24-21 7-3-0 3-2-0 3:45 48,152nov 25, 2011 PITT w/21-20 8-3-0 4-2-0 3:22 60,932dec 1, 2011 at USF w/30-27 9-3-0 5-2-0 3:38 41,743

WVU OPP.SCORING 419 315 Points Per Game 34.9 26.2FIRST DOWNS 270 217 rushing 78 86 Passing 171 115 Penalty 21 16RUSHING YARDAGE 1,413 1,689 yards gained rushing 1,740 2,000 yards lost rushing 327 311 rushing attempts 374 445 average Per rush 3.8 3.8 average Per Game 117.8 140.8 Tds rushing 22 19PASSING YARDAGE 4,102 2,395 Comp-att-Int 321-496-8 231-401-12 average Per Pass 8.3 6.0 average Per Catch 12.8 10.4 average Per Game 341.8 199.6 Tds Passing 26 13TOTAL OFFENSE 5,515 4,084 Total Plays 870 846 average Per Play 6.3 4.8 average Per Game 459.6 340.3KICK RETURNS: #-yards 52-1,232 69-1,692PUNT RETURNS: #-yards 24-296 15-169INT RETURNS: #-yards 12-166 8-134KICK RETURN AVERAGE 23.7 24.5PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 12.3 11.3INT RETURN AVERAGE 13.8 16.8FUMBLES-LOST 27-13 20-7PENALTIES-yards 76-657 81-658 average Per Game 54.8 54.8PUNTS-yards 51-1,973 73-3,062 average Per Punt 38.7 41.9 net punt average 34.6 37.1TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 27:37 31:103RD-DOWN Conversions 63/164 70/191 3rd-down Pct 38% 37%4TH-DOWN Conversions 9/18 6/15 4th-down Pct 50% 40%SACKS By-yards 28-166 26-198MISC YARDS 0 94TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 53 38FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 16-22 17-22ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-0RED-ZONE SCORES (47-54) 87% (39-46) 85%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (34-54) 63% (27-46) 59%PAT-ATTEMPTS (51-53) 96% (34-35) 97%ATTENDANCE 395,726 236,090 Games/avg Per Game 7/56,532 5/47,218 Neutral Site Games 0/0

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RECEIVING GP No. Yards Avg. TD Long Avg./GaUSTIn, Tavon 12 89 1,063 11.9 4 72 88.6BaIley, Stedman 12 67 1,197 17.9 11 84 99.8MCCarTney, Ivan 12 47 572 12.2 3 51 47.7Brown, devon 12 24 333 13.9 1 55 27.8GarrISon, dustin 12 24 201 8.4 0 36 16.8UrBan, Tyler 12 20 226 11.3 2 19 18.8STarKS, Brad 8 14 174 12.4 4 30 21.8MIlhoUSe, willie 12 10 149 14.9 0 43 12.4BUIe, andrew 10 9 53 5.9 0 20 5.3woodS, J.d. 8 6 52 8.7 0 12 6.5nehlen, ryan 12 5 64 12.8 1 21 5.3roBerTS, vernard 12 4 12 3.0 0 9 1.0alSTon, Shawne 10 2 6 3.0 0 6 0.6Total 12 321 4,102 12.8 26 84 341.8Opponents 12 231 2,395 10.4 13 56 199.6

PUNT RETURNS No. Yards Avg. TD Long aUSTIn, Tavon 19 268 14.1 0 64JenKInS, Brodrick 2 12 6.0 0 7MIlhoUSe, willie 1 16 16.0 0 0Brown, devon 1 -1 -1.0 0 0BanKS, Ishmael 1 1 1.0 0 0Total 24 296 12.3 0 64 Opponents 15 169 11.3 1 87

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yards Avg. TD LongTandy, Keith 3 45 15.0 0 16CooK, darwin 2 21 10.5 0 21JenKInS, Brodrick 2 0 0.0 0 0GarvIn, Terence 2 32 16.0 1 37MIller, Pat 1 52 52.0 1 52SMITh, eain 1 1 1.0 0 1Goode, najee 1 15 15.0 0 15Total 12 166 13.8 2 52Opponents 8 134 16.8 2 48

2011 STATiSTicS

KICK RETURNS No. Yards Avg. TD LongaUSTIn, Tavon 31 821 26.5 2 100STarKS, Brad 9 223 24.8 0 62Brown, devon 5 81 16.2 0 24BaIley, Stedman 4 67 16.8 0 26JenKInS, Brodrick 2 38 19.0 0 19roBerTS, vernard 1 2 2.0 0 2Total 52 1,232 23.7 2 100Opponents 69 1,692 24.5 2 99

FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yards Avg. TD LongSnow, Jewone 1 83 83.0 0 83MIller, Julian 0 0 0.0 1 0Total 1 83 83.0 1 83Opponents 1 -15 -15.0 1 0 |------ PATs ------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Safety Points BITanCUrT, Tyler 0 16-22 51-53 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 99BaIley, Stedman 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 66alSTon, Shawne 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 60aUSTIn, Tavon 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42GarrISon, dustin 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36STarKS, Brad 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24MCCarTney, Ivan 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18roBerTS, vernard 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18UrBan, Tyler 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12MIller, Julian 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6nehlen, ryan 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6BUIe, andrew 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6SMITh, Geno 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Brown, devon 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6MIller, Pat 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6GarvIn, Terence 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6TeaM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2Total 53 16-22 51-53 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 419 Opponents 38 17-22 34-35 1-1 0 0-2 0 0 315

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TOTAL OFFENSE GP Plays Rush Pass Total Avg./GSMITH, Geno 12 534 -59 3978 3919 326.6GARRISON, Dustin 12 136 742 0 742 61.8ALSTON, Shawne 10 77 339 0 339 33.9AUSTIN, Tavon 12 13 142 0 142 11.8ROBERTS, Vernard 12 44 140 0 140 11.7MILLARD, Paul 3 14 3 124 127 42.3BUIE, Andrew 10 38 127 0 127 12.7JOHNSON, Trey 2 3 8 0 8 4.0MOLINARI, Mike 12 1 -8 0 -8 -0.7TEAM 12 10 -21 0 -21 -3.0Total 12 870 1413 4102 5515 459.6Opponents 12 846 1689 2395 4084 340.3

FIELD GOALS FGM/FGA Pct. 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Long Blkd. BITANCURT, Tyler 16/22 72.7 1-1 7-8 5-9 3-4 0-0 45 2 FG SEQUENCE West Virginia OpponentsMarshall (27),(43) (24),(21)Norfolk State 35,(17),(21) (50),(39),(39),(40)Maryland (35),(34),(21) (25),48LSU - 30BOWLING GREEN (30),(45) (21)CONNECTICUT (31),(33) 42,(40),(53),(22)Syracuse (27) -Rutgers - (40)LOUISVILLE 32,23 (39)Cincinnati (28),39,47 42,31PITT - (30),(27)USF 38,(23),(42),(28) (32),(20)(made kicks in parentheses) PUNTING No. Yards Avg. Long TB FC I-20 Blkd.MOLINARI, Mike 30 1,116 37.2 58 2 5 11 0SMITH, Corey 21 857 40.8 62 0 0 4 0Total 51 1.973 38.7 62 2 5 15 0Opponents 73 3.062 41.9 63 3 20 23 1

KICKOFFS No. Yards Avg. TB OB Retnd. Net Yd.Ln.SMITH, Corey 67 4,204 62.7 5 2 BITANCURT, Tyler 11 659 59.9 2 0 Total 78 4,863 62.3 7 2 1,692 38.9 31Opponents 65 3,956 60.9 8 4 1,232 39.4 30 ALL PURPOSE GP Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/GAUSTIN, Tavon 12 142 1,063 268 821 0 2,294 191.2BAILEY, Stedman 12 0 1,197 0 67 0 1,264 105.3GARRISON, Dustin 12 742 201 0 0 0 943 78.6MCCARTNEY, Ivan 12 0 572 0 0 0 572 47.7BROWN, Devon 12 0 333 -1 81 0 413 34.4STARKS, Brad 8 0 174 0 223 0 397 49.6ALSTON, Shawne 10 339 6 0 0 0 345 34.5URBAN, Tyler 12 0 226 0 0 0 226 18.8BUIE, Andrew 10 127 53 0 0 0 180 18.0MILHOUSE, Willie 12 0 149 16 0 0 165 13.8ROBERTS, Vernard 12 140 12 0 2 0 154 12.8NEHLEN, Ryan 12 0 64 0 0 0 64 5.3MILLER, Pat 12 0 0 0 0 52 52 4.3WOODS, J.D. 8 0 52 0 0 0 52 6.5JENKINS, Brodrick 12 0 0 12 38 0 50 4.2TANDY, Keith 12 0 0 0 0 45 45 3.8GARVIN, Terence 11 0 0 0 0 32 32 2.9COOK, Darwin 12 0 0 0 0 21 21 1.8GOODE, Najee 12 0 0 0 0 15 15 1.2JOHNSON, Trey 2 8 0 0 0 0 8 4.0MILLARD, Paul 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 1.0BANKS, Ishmael 12 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1

2011 STATISTICS

SMITH, Eain 12 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1MOLINARI, Mike 12 -8 0 0 0 0 -8 -0.7TEAM 12 -21 0 0 0 0 -21 -3.0SMITH, Geno 12 -59 0 0 0 0 -59 -4.9Total 12 1,413 4,102 296 1,232 166 7,209 600.8 Opponents 12 1,689 2,395 169 1,692 134 6,079 506.6

3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS

Date Opponent Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr

Sep 4 Marshall 7-14/50.0% 1-4/25.0% 5-6/83.3% 1-3/33.3% 0-1/0.0%

Sep 10 NORFOLK STATE 4-11/36.4% 0-3/0.0% 1-3/33.3% 1-1/100.0% 2-4/50.0%Sep 17 at MARYLAND 6-13/46.2% 1-1/100.0% 2-5/40.0% 1-3/33.3% 2-4/50.0%Sep 24 LSU 7-17/41.2% 2-4/50.0% 1-6/16.7% 2-3/66.7% 2-4/50.0%Oct. 1 BOWLING GREEN 7-12/58.3% 1-4/25.0% 3-3/100.0% 3-4/75.0% 0-1/0.0%Oct 8 CONNECTICUT 7-15/46.7% 0-1/0.0% 3-6/50.0% 2-4/50.0% 2-4/50.0%Oct 21 at SYRACUSE 6-13/46.2% 1-3/33.3% 2-4/50.0% 3-5/60.0% 0-1/0.0%Oct 29 at RUTGERS 2-13/15.4% 0-3/0.0% 0-3/0.0% 2-5/40.0% 0-2/0.0%Nov 5 LOUISVILLE 8-14/57.1% 1-3/33.3% 4-5/80.0% 2-5/40.0% 1-1/100.0%Nov 12 at CINCINNATI 5-16/31.2% 0-3/0.0% 2-5/40.0% 1-4/25.0% 2-4/50.0%Nov 25 PITT 2-12/16.7% 0-4/0.0% 0-2/0.0% 1-3/33.3% 1-3/33.3%Dec 1 at USF 2-14/14.3% 1-4/25.0% 1-5/20.0% 0-1/0.0% 0-4/0.0%West Virginia 63-164/38.4% 8-37/21.6% 24-53/45.3% 19-41/46.3% 12-33/36.4%Opponents 70-191/36.6% 18-47/38.3% 16-50/32.0% 16-46/34.8% 20-48/41.7%

4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS

Date Opponent Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th QtrSep 4 MARSHALL 0-1/0.0% 0-0/0.0% 0-0/0.0% 0-1/0.0% 0-0/0.0%Sep 10 NORFOLK STATE 1-2/50.0% 0-1/0.0% 0-0/0.0% 0-0/0.0% 1-1/100.0%Sep 17 at MARYLAND 0-1/0.0% 0-0/0.0% 0-1/0.0% 0-0/0.0% 0-0/0.0%Sep 24 LSU 1-2/50.0% 0-0/0.0% 1-1/100.0% 0-0/0.0% 0-1/0.0%Oct. 1 BOWLING GREEN 1-2/50.0% 1-1/100.0% 0-0/0.0% 0-0/0.0% 0-1/0.0%Oct 8 CONNECTICUT 0-1/0.0% 0-0/0.0% 0-1/0.0% 0-0/0.0% 0-0/0.0%Oct 21 at SYRACUSE 1-2/50.0% 0-0/0.0% 0-0/0.0% 1-1/100.0% 0-1/0.0%Oct 29 at RUTGERS 1-1/100.0% 0-0/0.0% 0-0/0.0% 0-0/0.0% 1-1/100.0%Nov 5 LOUISVILLE 0-1/0.0% 0-0/0.0% 0-0/0.0% 0-1//0.0% 0-0/0.0%Nov 12 at CINCINNATI 0-0/0.0% 0-0/0.0% 0-0/0.0% 0-0/0.0% 0-0/0.0%Nov 25 PITT 1-2/50.0% 0-0/0.0% 0-0/0.0% 0-1/0/0% 1-1/100.0%Dec 1 at USF 3-3/100.0% 1-1/100.0% 0-0/0.0% 0-0/0.0% 2-2/100.0%West Virginia 9-18/50.0% 2-3/66.7% 1-3/33.3% 1-4/25.0% 5-8/62.5%Opponents 6-15/40.0% 1-3/33.3% 1-3/33.3% 0-1/0.0% 4-8/50.0%

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2011 STATiSTicS

DEFENSIVE LEADERS |-------------------------------------Tackles-----------------------------------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd. GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yards No./Yards Int./Yards PBU Rcv./Yards FF Kick Safety

52 Goode, najee 12 41 43 84 12.5/40 4/29 1/15 0 0 1 0 0

25 CooK, darwin 12 49 32 81 1/1 0 2/21 4 1/0 0 0 0

28 GarvIn, Terence 11 43 29 72 5.5/13 3.5/6 2/32 3 0 0 0 0

6 MIller, Pat 12 48 16 64 1.5/1 0 1/52 3 0 1 0 0

24 SMITh, eain 12 43 20 63 2.5/12 0 1/1 6 0 2 1 0

8 Tandy, Keith 12 44 14 58 2.0/9 0 3/45 9 0 0 0 0

97 MIller, Julian 12 29 26 55 11/30 6/24 0 2 3/0 2 0 0

56 Snow, Jewone 11 18 24 42 2/7 1.5/6 0 0 1/83 0 0 0

11 IrvIn, Bruce 12 25 13 38 14/84 7.5/64 0 2 0 2 0 0

99 wrIGhT, Jorge 12 20 17 37 3.5/12 1.5/10 0 0 0 0 0 0

98 ClarKe, will 12 18 15 33 4/23 1/14 0 0 0 0 0 0

43 vanCe, Casey 10 9 21 30 2.5/3 0.5/1 0 0 0 0 0 0

47 rIGG, doug 10 10 18 28 4/14 1/8 0 2 1/0 0 0 0

23 JenKInS, Brodrick 12 17 5 22 2/10 0 2/0 7 0 0 0 0

33 BarBer, Jared 11 8 9 17 1/4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

53 anderSon, Tyler 12 9 8 17 4/9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

45 level, Cecil 12 7 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

42 MIleS, donovan 11 4 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

26 Bell, Travis 10 4 6 10 0 0 0 0 1/0 0 0 0

94 Taylor, Josh 9 2 7 9 0.5/2 0.5/2 0 0 0 0 0 0

17 FranCIS, Josh 7 7 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

34 BanKS, Ishmael 12 7 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

36 PeTTeway, Shaq 12 5 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

90 rowell, Shaq 9 1 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

46 Moro, Matt 6 3 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

18 BowSer, Brantwon 11 3 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

.87 nUTTer, Cody 12 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

37 TonKery, wes 8 4 0 4 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 BaIley, Stedman 12 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

91 laGeMan, J.B. 6 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

85 MIlhoUSe, willie 12 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

49 GloSTer, Troy 9 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

19 MaraBle, will 5 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

92 deMKo, Trevor 4 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

22 wIllIaMS, avery 4 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

41 KovaTCh, ricky 12 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

50 redMan, Taige 12 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

32 ClarKe, ryan 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

55 rader, Tyler 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

10 dorSey, Mike 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

57 BraUn, Jeff 12 0 1 1 0.5/2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

81 woodS, J.d. 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

89 UrBan, Tyler 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 STarKS, Brad 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 MCCarTney, Ivan 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

44 SMITh, Corey 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 aUSTIn, Tavon 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TM TeaM 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Total 12 503 366 869 75/278 28/166 12/166 38 7/83 8 2 1

opponents 12 - - - - 26/198 8/134 54 13/-15 19 2 0


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wvu iNDiviDuAL gAme highS rushes 32 GarrISon, dustin vs BowlInG Green (oct. 1, 2011)yards rushing 291 GarrISon, dustin vs BowlInG Green (oct. 1, 2011)Td rushes 2 alSTon, Shawne vs BowlInG Green (oct. 1, 2011); GarrISon, dustin vs BowlInG Green (oct. 1, 2011); alSTon, Shawne at rutgers (oct 29, 2011); alSTon, Shawne vs loUISvIlle (nov 5, 2011); alSTon, Shawne vs PITT (nov 25, 2011)long rush 80 aUSTIn, Tavon at rUTGerS (oct 29, 2011)Pass attempts 65 SMITh, Geno vs lSU (Sep 24, 2011)Pass completions 38 SMITh, Geno vs lSU (Sep 24, 2011)yards Passing 463 SMITh, Geno vs lSU (Sep 24, 2011)Td Passes 4 SMITh, Geno vs norFolK STaTe (Sep 10, 2011); SMITh, Geno vs ConneCTICUT (oct 8, 2011)long Pass 84 SMITh, Geno vs ConneCTICUT (oct 8, 2011)receptions 11 aUSTIn, Tavon at Maryland (Sep 17, 2011); aUSTIn, Tavon vs lSU (Sep 24, 2011)yards receiving 187 aUSTIn, Tavon vs lSU (Sep 24, 2011)Td receptions 2 BaIley, Stedman vs ConneCTICUT (oct 8, 2011); BaIley, Stedman vs loUISvIlle (nov 5, 2011)long reception 84 BaIley, Stedman vs ConneCTICUT (oct 8, 2011)Field Goals 3 BITanCUrT, Tyler at Maryland (Sep 17, 2011) and at USF (dec 1, 2011)long Field Goal 45 BITanCUrT, Tyler vs BowlInG Green (oct. 1, 2011)Punts 8 MolInarI, Mike at rUTGerS (oct 29, 2011)Punting avg 57.2 SMITh, Corey vs PITT (nov 25, 2011)long Punt 62 SMITh, Corey vs PITT (nov 25, 2011)Punts inside 20 4 MolInarI, Mike at rUTGerS (oct 29, 2011)long Punt return 64 aUSTIn, Tavon vs norFolK STaTe (Sep 10, 2011)long Kickoff return 100 aUSTIn, Tavon vs MarShall (Sep 4, 2011)Tackles 14 GarvIn, Terence vs PITT (nov 25, 2011)Sacks 4.0 MIller, Julian vs PITT (nov 25, 2011)Tackles For loss 4.0 MIller, Julian vs PITT (nov 25, 2011)Interceptions 2 Tandy, Keith vs BowlInG Green (oct. 1, 2011); JenKInS, Brodrick at rUTGerS (oct 29, 2011) TeAm gAme highS rushes 46 vs BowlInG Green (oct. 1, 2011)yards rushing 360 vs BowlInG Green (oct. 1, 2011)yards Per rush 7.8 vs BowlInG Green (oct. 1, 2011)Td rushes 4 vs BowlInG Green (oct. 1, 2011); at rUTGerS (oct 29, 2011)Pass attempts 65 vs lSU (Sep 24, 2011)Pass completions 38 vs lSU (Sep 24, 2011)yards Passing 469 vs ConneCTICUT (oct 8, 2011)yards Per Pass 10.8 vs norFolK STaTe (Sep 10, 2011)Td Passes 5 vs norFolK STaTe (Sep 10, 2011)Total Plays 87 vs lSU (Sep 24, 2011)Total offense 643 vs BowlInG Green (oct. 1, 2011)yards Per Play 8.1 vs BowlInG Green (oct. 1, 2011)Points 55 vs norFolK STaTe (Sep 10, 2011); vs BowlInG Green (oct. 1, 2011)Sacks By 10 vs PITT (nov 25, 2011)First downs 30 vs BowlInG Green (oct. 1, 2011)Penalties 14 at CInCInnaTI (nov 12, 2011)Penalty yards 95 at CInCInnaTI (nov 12, 2011)Turnovers 4 vs lSU (Sep 24, 2011)Interceptions By 3 at Maryland (Sep 17, 2011); vs BowlInG Green (oct. 1, 2011)Punts 8 at rUTGerS (oct 29, 2011); vs PITT (nov 25, 2011)Punting avg 50.0 vs MarShall (Sep 4, 2011)long Punt 62 vs PITT (nov 25, 2011)Punts inside 20 4 at rUTGerS (oct 29, 2011)long Punt return 64 vs norFolK STaTe (Sep 10, 2011) OppONeNT iNDiviDuAL gAme highS rushes 23 ware, Spencer vs lSU (Sep 24, 2011); MarTIn, Jamel, vs BowlInG Green (oct. 1, 2011)yards rushing 125 BaIley, antwon, at SyraCUSe (oct 21, 2011)Td rushes 2 adaMS, d.J., at Maryland (Sep 17, 2011); Ford, Michael vs lSU (Sep 24, 2011); JaMISon, Jawan, at rutgers (oct 29, 2011); Pead, Isaiah, at Cincinnati (nov 12, 2011)

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#24 WEST VIRGINIA 34MARSHALL 13

GAME-BY-GAME RECAPSGAME 1

[ SEPTEMBER 4, 2011 · MORGANTOWN, W.VA. ]


SCORING AND STATISTICAL SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 F Marshall 7 3 3 0 13West Virginia 3 17 7 7 34 1st MAR Andre Booker 87 punt return (Tyler Warner kick) WVU Tyler Bitancurt 27 FG 2nd WVU Ivan McCartney 4 pass from Geno Smith (Bitancurt kick) WVU Stedman Bailey 15 pass from Smith (Bitancurt kick) WVU Bitancurt 43 FG MAR Warner 24 FG3rd MAR Warner 21 FG WVU Tavon Austin 100 kickoff return (Bitancurt kick)4th WVU Vernard Roberts 1 rush (Bitancurt kick)

MAR WVU

First Downs 9 17Rushes/Yards 23/72 26/42 Passing Yardage 115 249Passes 15/21/0 26/35/0Punts 5/224/44.8 2/100/50.0Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/0Return Yardage 87 46Penalties/Yards 7/35 2/15Time of Possession 20:33 24:51 WVU RUSHING: Buie 15-30; WVU PASSING: Smith 26-35-0-249; WVU RECEIVING: Bailey 5-76, McCartney 5-31, Brown 4-42; WVU TACKLES (TFL/QS): Goode 7 (1/0), Miller 6 (1/0), Tandy 5 (1/0); WVU INTERCEP-TIONS: None.

MAR RUSHING: Martinez 10-76; MAR PASSING: Cato 15-21-0-115; MAR RECEIVING: Dobson 6-22, Wilson 4-64; MAR TACKLES (TFL/QS): Roberts 6, Arrington 6; MAR INTERCEPTIONS: None.

ATTENDANCE - 60,758

In a bizarre evening in the Mountain State, Dana Holgorsen’s debut as West Virginia’s 33rd head football coach got off to a winning start with a 34-13 victory over Marshall.

With West Virginia leading 27-13 at the 4:59 mark of the third quar-ter, both teams had to leave the field and seating area as Milan Pus-kar Stadium was evacuated due to severe rain and lightning. After a three hour and three minute delay, the game resumed until the 14:36 mark of the fourth quarter, when lightning forced the teams off the field again. Both delays totaled four hours and 22 minutes, before the game ended with West Virginia coming away with the victory. Marshall struck first with 10:18 left in the opening quarter when Andre Booker returned a punt 87 yards for a quick 7-0 lead for the Herd. The Mountaineers responded with a 10-play, 71-yard drive that end-ed with a Tyler Bitancurt 27-yard field goal, cutting the deficit to 7-3. West Virginia would go on to put the next three scores on the board. First, quarterback Geno Smith hit Ivan McCartney with a four-yard strike to end another 10-play drive. Then Smith directed a 13-play scoring march and connected with Stedman Bailey on a 15-yard toss, before Bitancurt came on again and connected on a 43-yard field goal for a 20-7 Mountaineer advantage late in the second quarter. Marshall responded with a 10-play drive of its own that went for 72 yards, and the Herd got a 24-yard field goal from Tyler Warner as the half expired to cut the West Virginia lead to 20-10. The Thundering Herd again cut into the West Virginia lead at the 5:14 mark of the third, when Warner converted on a 21-yard field goal attempt to pull the Herd within seven at 20-13. But West Virginia quickly erased the Marshall momentum on the en-suing kickoff, as Tavon Austin returned the Herd kick 100 yards for a score and a 27-13 West Virginia advantage. It was the second kickoff return of Austin’s career, and he became just the sixth Mountaineer in school history to record a 100-yard kickoff return. Soon after the Austin return, the rain came and the sky lit up as se-vere weather blanketed the entire state. When play resumed, West Virginia went on the offensive again and basically put the game away when tailback Vernard Roberts rushed in from one-yard away for a 34-13 advantage. The second delay lasted one hour and 19 minutes before both school administrations and conference offices determined it was in the best interest of the student-athlete to end the 3:30 pm game at 10:24 p.m. West Virginia was led by quarterback Geno Smith, who passed for 249 yards on 26 completions and two touchdowns. Bailey hauled in five catches for 76 yards, while Najee Goode led all tacklers with sev-en. Marshall received 115 yards passing from true freshman Rakeem Cato, as he completed 15-of-21 passes. Tron Martinez led the Herd ground game with 76 yards rushing, while Antavious Wilson led the Herd receivers with 64 yards. Marshall’s defense was paced by defen-sive backs Darryl Roberts and Devin Arrington with six tackles each. Statistics for the shortened contest showed West Virginia with 42 yards rushing and 249 passing for 291 yards of total offense. Marshall finished with 72 yards on the ground and 115 in the air for 187 yards of offense., With the win, West Virginia improved to 11-0 all-time against Marshall and 8-0 all-time against the Thundering Herd in Morgantown. In the lat-est “Friends of Coal” Bowl series, West Virginia improved to 6-0 against Marshall.

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#19/24 West Virginia 55norfolk state 12

[ septeMBer10, 2011 · MorgantoWn, W.Va. ]

scoring and statistical suMMary 1 2 3 4 F Norfolk State 3 9 0 0 12West Virginia 0 12 28 17 55 1st NSU Everett Goldberg 50 FG 2nd NSU Ryan Estep 39 FG WVU Tyler Bitancurt 17 FG WVU Devon Brown 18 pass from Geno Smith (Bitancurt kick) NSU Estep 39 FG NSU Estep 40 FG3rd WVU Vernard Roberts 3 rush (Bitancurt kick) WVU Tavon Austin 3 pass from Smith (Bitancurt kick) WVU Dustin Garrison 1 rush (Bitancurt kick) WVU Tyler Urban 12 pass from Smith (Bitancurt kick) 4th WVU Ivan McCartney 39 pass from Smith (Bitancurt kick) WVU Bitancurt 21 FG WVU Brad Starks 30 pass from Paul Millard (Bitancurt kick)

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First Downs 13 28Rushes/Yards 32/88 33/102 Passing Yardage 197 431Passes 18/31/0 25/40/0Punts 10/447/44.7 2/75/37.5Fumbles/Lost 3/0 0/0Return Yardage 0 98Penalties/Yards 19/177 7/85Time of Possession 34:07 25:53 WVU RUSHING: Roberts 17-64; WVU PASSING: Smith 20-34-0-371; WVU RECEIVING: Austin 6-82 5-76, Brown 4-109, McCartney 4-79; WVU TACKLES (TFL/QS): Cook 11, Garvin 8; WVU INTERCEPTIONS: None.

NSU RUSHING: Hedgeman 13-62; NSU PASSING: Walley 16-27-0-136; NSU RECEIVING: Boyce 8-100; NSU TACKLES (TFL/QS): Hammond 9 (1/0), Anyaugo 8 (1/0); NSU INTERCEPTIONS: None.

attendance - 51,911

In a tale of two halves, West Virginia scored 45 second-half points to defeat Norfolk State, 55-12, at Milan Puskar Stadium. The Spartans took a 12-10 lead into the locker room at halftime, but

could not handle the WVU passing attack in the second half as quarterback Geno Smith passed for a career-best 371 yards and tied his previous high mark of four touchdowns. Smith’s passing yards were the seventh-highest in school history. However, the Spartans hit some big plays early to propel them into the lead. The Spartans went up 3-0 on a 50-yard field goal by Everett Goldberg and followed that up with a 39-yard Ryan Estep field goal for a 6-0 lead with 14:41 to play in the second quarter. West Virginia answered with two scores of its own. The first was a 17-yard Tyler Bitancurt field goal to end a 10-play drive, and the second was an 18-yard pass from Smith to receiver Devon Brown, giving the Mountaineers a 10-6 lead. But Norfolk State would not go away in the first half. The Spartans bounced back with Estep field goals of 39 and 40 yards, the second one coming as the half ended, giving the visitors a 12-10 lead at the intermission. The Mountaineers were a different team in the second half and unleashed a 28-point third quarter to put the rout in motion. WVU scored on seven straight possessions in the second half, and ran the clock out on its eighth. Early in the third, tailback Vernard Roberts scored on a three-yard run on the half’s opening possession. Receiver Tavon Austin pulled in a three-yard touchdown reception, followed by a three-yard scoring run by true freshman Dustin Garrison. Tyler Urban closed out the scoring in the third stanza with a 12-yard touchdown reception, and after trailing 12-10 after two quarters, the Mountaineers took a commanding 38-12 lead after three periods of play. Three more scores followed in the fourth quarter for West Virginia. Ivan McCartney’s 39-yard touchdown catch was the longest scoring play in the game at the 14:10 mark of the fourth. Bitancurt added his second field goal (21 yards)at the 9:39 mark before a 30-yard pass from backup quarterback Paul Millard closed out the scoring, when he hit receiver Brad Starks with 3:18 left in the game to finish off a 10-play, 57-yard scoring drive. Three of West Virginia’s nine scoring drives consisted of 10 plays or more as the Mountaineers racked up 102 yards rushing and 431 passing for an impressive 533 yards of total offense. Besides Smith’s impressive numbers, Brown turned in a 109-yard receiving day on four catches. Austin added 82 yards receiving and McCartney 79 as the passing game clicked. Roberts led the WVU ground game with 64 yards rushing. The Mountaineer defense did not allow a touchdown for the second straight game and received 11 tackles from Darwin Cook and eight from Terence Garvin. Spartan quarterback Chris Walley finished with 136 yards passing. His main target was Xavier Boyce, who caught eight passes for 100 yards. Takeem Hedgeman led the running game with 62 yards, and Corwin Hammond and Onyemechi Anyaugo paced the defense with a combined 17 tackles. Norfolk State finished with 88 yards rushing and 197 passing for 285 yards of offense. With the win, West Virginia upped its record to 12-0 all-time against FCS schools and is now riding an 18-game non-conference winning streak at home. WVU’s 431 yards passing is the first Mountaineer 400-yard passing effort since 1998, while the 533 yards of total offense was the first 500-yard output since 2009.

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#18/20 West Virginia 37Maryland 31

[ septeMBer 17, 2011 · college park, Md. ]


West Virginia captured the first road victory of head coach Dana Holgorsen’s tenure with a 37-31 victory over Maryland. The Mountaineers overcame an early 3-0 deficit to take a

commanding lead only to hold off a furious Terrapin comeback for the win. Trailing 3-0 after a Nick Ferrara 25-yard field goal, West Virginia took the lead for good at the 3:02 mark of the first quarter, when tailback Vernard Roberts scampered in from nine yards away to end a 10-play, 88-yard scoring drive. The Mountaineers quickly upped their lead to 14-3 with 1:44 left in the first quarter, when Terence Garvin intercepted a Danny O’Brien pass and returned it 37 yards for a score and a 14-3 West Virginia advantage, heading into the second quarter. West Virginia added two more scores to its lead, when kicker Tyler Bitancurt added a 35-yard field goal at the 13:33 mark, and Andrew Buie scored on a 10-yard touchdown run to give WVU a 24-3 lead. Maryland answered at the 2:32 mark, when receiver Kevin Dorsey hauled in an 18-yard touchdown pass from O’Brien to cut the Moun-taineer lead to 24-10. However, as time expired in the half, Bitancurt was good on a 34-yard field goal to end a nine-play drive and put the Mountaineers in the locker room with a 27-10 lead at the half. It appeared as if West Virginia was going to turn the game into a rout on its first possession of the third quarter, when quarterback Geno Smith connected with receiver Stedman Bailey for a 34-yard touchdown pass, giving the Mountaineers a 34-10 advantage with 11:36 remaining. However, Maryland would have nothing to do with a rout and staged a furious comeback in front of the fifth largest crowd in Byrd Stadium history. Behind the running of Davin Meggett, the Terps started the come-back, when he scored on a 20-yard touchdown run. The Terp de-fense started to stiffen, and running back D.J. Adams added a six-yard scoring run, before the end of the third quarter to put the score at 34-23 with a quarter left to play. Adams again found the end zone with a two-yard rush, and Meggett rushed in for the two-point conversion to cut the margin to 34-31 with 10:29 left in the game. However, the Mountaineers proceeded to eat some clock with a 5:41 scoring drive, but only could get a 21-yard Bitancurt field goal out of it as Maryland stayed within striking distance at 37-31 with 4:42 left to play. O’Brien marched the Terps down to the WVU 37-yard line and even converted a crucial fourth down play, but safety Eain Smith ended the Maryland rally on a third-down and eight play, when he intercepted O’Brien with 1:13 left in the game to seal the WVU win. Smith passed for 388 yards, and for the first time in school history, three receivers went over the 100-yard receiving mark in a game, as Tavon Austin (11-122), Bailey (8-113) and Ivan McCartney (8-101) pulled off the feat. Linebacker Najee Goode contributed 13 tackles in the win. O’Brien finished with 289 yards passing, and Meggett gained 113 yards on the ground. Eric Franklin topped all tacklers with 15. WVU rushed for 92 yards and passed for 388 to total 480 yards of total offense. The Terps netted 188 yards on the ground and 289 through the air for 477 yards of offense. The win gave West Virginia a six-game winning streak in the series and three straight road wins in Byrd Stadium.

scoring and statistical suMMary 1 2 3 4 F West Virginia 14 13 7 3 37Maryland 3 7 13 8 31 1st MD Nick Ferrara 25 FG WVU Vernard Roberts 9 rush (Tyler Bitancurt kick) WVU Terence Garvin 37 interception return (Bitancurt kick)2nd WVU Bitancurt 35 FG WVU Andrew Buie 10 rush (Bitancurt kick) MD Kevin Dorsey 18 pass from Danny O’Brien (Ferrara kick) WVU Bitancurt 34 FG3rd WVU Stedman Bailey 34 pass from Geno Smith (Bitancurt kick) MD Davin Meggett 20 rush (Ferrara kick) MD D.J. Adams 6 rush (Ferrara kick)4th MD Adams 2 rush (Meggett rush) WVU Bitancurt 21 FG

WVU MD

First Downs 27 29Rushes/Yards 31/92 35/188 Passing Yardage 388 289Passes 36/49/1 34/52/3Punts 2/79/39.5 2/81/40.5Fumbles/Lost 3/2 1/0Return Yardage 38 8Penalties/Yards 6/68 7/75Time of Possession 31:33 28:27

WVU RUSHING: Buie 7-51, Roberts 12-36; WVU PASSING: Smith 36-49-1-388; WVU RECEIVING: Austin 11-122, Bailey 8-103, McCartney 8-101; WVU TACK-LES (TFL/QS): Goode 13, Miller 11, Tandy 10 (1/0); WVU INTERCEPTIONS: Garvin, Cook, Smith.

MD RUSHING: Meggett 19-113; MD PASSING: O’Brien 34-52-3-289; MD RE-CEIVING: Dorsey 9-79; MD TACKLES (TFL/QS): Franklin 15 (1/0), Robinson 13 (2/0), Tate 10 (1/0); MD INTERCEPTIONS: McDougle.

attendance - 53,627

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#2/3 lsu 47#16/16 West Virginia 21

[ septeMBer 24, 2011 · MorgantoWn, W.Va. ]

scoring and statistical suMMary 1 2 3 4 F LSU 13 14 7 13 47West Virginia 0 7 14 0 21 1st LSU Rueben Randle 11 pass from Jarrett Lee (Drew Alleman kick) LSU Michael Ford 22 rush (Team rush fumbled) 2nd WVU Stedman Bailey 20 pass from Smith (Tyler Bitancurt kick) LSU Odell Beckham 52 pass from Lee (Alleman kick) LSU Chase Clement 1 pass from Lee (Alleman kick)3rd WVU Tyler Urban 12 pass from Smith (Bitancurt kick) WVU Dustin Garrison 1 rush (Bitancurt kick) LSU Morris Claiborne 99 kickoff return (Alleman kick) LSU Michael Ford 15 rush (Lee pass failed)4th LSU Alfred Blue 18 rush (Alleman kick)

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WVU RUSHING: Garrison 10-46; WVU PASSING: Smith 38-65-2-463; WVU RECEIVING: Austin 11-187, Bailey 8-115; WVU TACKLES (TFL/QS): Rigg 9 (1/0), Goode 8 (1/0); WVU INTERCEPTIONS: None.

LSU RUSHING: Ware 23-92, Ford 12-82; LSU PASSING: Lee 16-28-0-180; LSU RECEIVING: Randle 6-53; LSU TACKLES (TFL/QS): Reid 7, Simon 6 (1/0), Mathieu 6; LSU INTERCEPTIONS: Mathieu, Taylor.

attendance - 62,056

Turnovers and special teams’ miscues spelled doom for West Virginia against No. 2 LSU as the Tigers answered every punch in defeating the Mountaineers 47-21.

The loss overshadowed the outstanding performance of junior quar-terback Geno Smith, who completed 38-of-65 passes for a career-high 463 yards. Smith’s numbers set school marks for completions, attempts and yards as the WVU passing game continues to thrive in first-year head coach Dana’s Holgorsen’s offense. A crowd of 62,056 at Milan Puskar Stadium along, with an ABC na-tional prime time audience, tuned in for the non-conference show-down between the BIG EAST and SEC. LSU quickly jumped out to a 13-0 lead at the end of the first quarter, when Rueben Randle caught an 11-yard touchdown pass from Jarrett Lee. Tailback Michael Ford followed that score later in the quarter with a 22-yard touchdown run, but the PAT failed giving the Tigers a 13-point lead. West Virginia got on the scoreboard at the 12:30 mark of the second quarter, when receiver Stedman Bailey caught a 20-yard touchdown pass from Smith to cut the WVU deficit to 13-7. However, LSU answered with a 61-yard drive in just three plays to qui-et the Mountaineer faithful, as Odell Beckham hauled in a 52-yard pass from Lee for a 20-7 Tiger advantage. The Tigers struck again before the end of the half by taking advan-tage of an interception that set them up deep in WVU territory. Chase Clement’s one-yard reception gave the visiting Tigers a 27-7 lead at the half, behind three WVU turnovers. West Virginia ignited the home fans once again in the third quarter and got Milan Puskar Stadium rocking with two scores to cut the LSU lead down to 27-21 at the 1:16 mark. Tyler Urban was the recipient of a 12-yard Smith touchdown pass to end an 80-yard drive, and tailback Dustin Garrison dove in from one-yard away to finish off a 90-yard drive. With the Mountaineers down only six and with what seemed to be all the momentum, LSU answered with what turned out to be the knockout blow. On the ensuing kickoff after the Garrison score, LSU’s Morris Claiborn returned the kick 99 yards to stun the stadium and put the Tigers up 34-21 heading into the fourth quarter. LSU finished the game with two more scores in the final stanza. Run-ning back Michael Ford scampered in from 15-yards away to end a nine-play drive, and Alfred Blue scored on an 18-yard run, ending a 55-yard drive, and giving the Tigers the big road non-conference victory in their first ever trip to Morgantown. Aside from Smith’s fine totals, West Virginia placed two receivers over the 100-yard mark as Tavon Austin hauled in 11 catches for 187 yards. Bailey had a strong evening with eight catches for 115 yards and a touchdown. The Mountaineer defense was paced by linebacker Doug Rigg with nine tackles, followed by Najee Goode with eight. Ward and Ford led the Tiger rushing attack with 92 and 82 yards, respectfully. Lee was solid with 180 yards passing and three touch-downs. Randle caught six passes for 53 yards and a score, while Eric Reid topped LSU in tackles with seven. The LSU defense was heralded as one of the nation’s best coming into the game, but the Mountaineers totaled 70 yards on the ground and 463 in the air for 533 yards of total offense. LSU finished with a bal-anced 186 yards rushing and 180 passing for 366 total yards. Two fumbles and two interceptions doomed the Mountaineers and ended their 18-game non-conference home win streak.


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#16/19 West Virginia 43connecticut 16

[ octoBer 8, 2011 · MorgantoWn W.Va.]


scoring and statistical suMMary 1 2 3 4 F Connecticut 3 6 0 7 16West Virginia 3 7 23 10 43 1st WVU Tyler Bitancurt 31 FG UConn David Teggart 40 FG2nd UConn Teggart 53 FG WVU Dustin Garrison 14 rush (Bitancurt kick) UConn Teggart 22 FG 3rd WVU Tavon Austin 12 pass from Geno Smith (Bitancurt kick) WVU Stedman Bailey 84 pass from Smith (Bitancurt kick) WVU Team Safety3rd WVU Brad Starks 22 pass from Smith (Bitancurt kick)4th WVU Bitancurt 33 FG WVU Bailey 27 pass from Smith (Bitancurt kick) UConn Ty-Meer Brown 48 interception return (Teggart kick)

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WVU RUSHING: Garrison 18-80; WVU PASSING: Smith 27-45-0-450; WVU RECEIVING: Bailey 7-178, McCartney 6-131, Austin 7-74; WVU TACKLES (TFL/QS): Smith 8, Cook 8, Snow 7 (1/1); WVU INTERCEP-TIONS: None.

UConn RUSHING: McCombs 20-74; UConn PASSING: McEntee 21-37-0-193; UConn RECEIVING: Griffin 5-57; UConn TACKLES (TFL/QS): Moore 8, Junior 7 (1/1), Smallwood 7; UConn INTERCEPTIONS: Brown.

attendance - 56,179

A 33-point second half enabled West Virginia to capture its first BIG EAST win of the 2011 season with a convincing 43-16 win over Connecticut in the conference opener for both teams.

The Mountaineers put up 541 yards of total offense on the Huskies with 469 coming through the air. Quarterback Geno Smith completed 27-of-45 passes and 450 yards, with four touchdowns to pace the of-fensive attack. Smith’s favorite target was once again receiver Stedman Bailey, who turned in a school-record fourth straight 100-yard receiving perfor-mance. Along with an 84-yard touchdown reception, Bailey hauled in a total of seven catches for 178 yards and two touchdowns to lead all receivers for the game. After Connecticut’s opening drive ended in a missed field goal, the Mountaineers wasted no time in getting on the scoreboard. A 61-yard drive resulted in a 31-yard Tyler Bitancurt field goal for a 3-0 WVU lead with 7:43 left in the first quarter. However, Connecticut’s keep-away game was working early and long sustained drives by the Huskies kept the Mountaineer offense off the field. A 4:13 drive resulted in a 40-yard David Teggart field goal, before he followed that up with a 53-yarder at the 14:53 mark of the second quarter to give UConn a 6-3 lead. Sparked by a 24-yard completion from Smith to Bailey, West Virginia took the lead for good with 2:44 left in the half, when running back Dustin Garrison rushed in from 14-yards away. However, UConn made the most of the final minutes and moved the ball 53 yards to convert a 22-yard Teggart field goal to put the halftime score at 10-9 in favor of the Mountaineers. West Virginia took control of the game in the third quarter with a 23-point outburst, while the Mountaineer defense held the Huskies at bay. A key stretch came at the 7:54 mark of the third, with Connecticut driving to the WVU 13-yard line. UConn quarterback Johnny McEntee fumbled, and the ball was recovered by WVU linebacker Jewone Snow, who returned it 83 yards to the UConn 12-yard line. That play ignited the Mountaineer offensive outburst. Two plays later, Smith con-nected with receiver Tavon Austin for a 12-yard scoring toss and a 17-9 advantage. On WVU’s first play of its next possession, Smith hooked up with Bailey for an 84-yard touchdown reception to extend its lead to 24-9. The Mountaineer defense got in on the scoring action, as Bruce Irvin and Snow sacked McEntee for a safety, before receiver Brad Starks made a leaping 22-yard touchdown catch, giving the Mountaineers a 33-9 lead heading into the fourth quarter. The West Virginia offense wasn’t done in the final stanza, adding 10 more points. A 33-yard Bitancurt field goal, along with a Smith strike to Bailey from 27-yards out at the 9:50 mark, gave WVU a 32-9 advantage. The Husky defense intercepted backup quarterback Paul Millard later in the fourth and returned it 48 yards for a score, putting the final total at 43-16. Aside from Smith and Bailey’s offensive numbers, Ivan McCartney turned in 131 yards receiving on six catches, while the strong WVU de-fensive effort was led by Snow with seven stops and the 83-yard fumble return. UConn got 193 yards passing from McEntee and 73 yards rushing from Lyle McCombs to total 275 yards of offense. Sio Moore led the Husky defense with eight stops. With the win, West Virginia improved to 7-1 all-time against Connecti-cut and 4-0 all-time in Morgantown.

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#16/19 West Virginia 43connecticut 16

[ octoBer 8, 2011 · MorgantoWn W.Va.]


scoring and statistical suMMary 1 2 3 4 F Connecticut 3 6 0 7 16West Virginia 3 7 23 10 43 1st WVU Tyler Bitancurt 31 FG UConn David Teggart 40 FG2nd UConn Teggart 53 FG WVU Dustin Garrison 14 rush (Bitancurt kick) UConn Teggart 22 FG 3rd WVU Tavon Austin 12 pass from Geno Smith (Bitancurt kick) WVU Stedman Bailey 84 pass from Smith (Bitancurt kick) WVU Team Safety3rd WVU Brad Starks 22 pass from Smith (Bitancurt kick)4th WVU Bitancurt 33 FG WVU Bailey 27 pass from Smith (Bitancurt kick) UConn Ty-Meer Brown 48 interception return (Teggart kick)

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WVU RUSHING: Garrison 18-80; WVU PASSING: Smith 27-45-0-450; WVU RECEIVING: Bailey 7-178, McCartney 6-131, Austin 7-74; WVU TACKLES (TFL/QS): Smith 8, Cook 8, Snow 7 (1/1); WVU INTERCEP-TIONS: None.

UConn RUSHING: McCombs 20-74; UConn PASSING: McEntee 21-37-0-193; UConn RECEIVING: Griffin 5-57; UConn TACKLES (TFL/QS): Moore 8, Junior 7 (1/1), Smallwood 7; UConn INTERCEPTIONS: Brown.

attendance - 56,179

A 33-point second half enabled West Virginia to capture its first BIG EAST win of the 2011 season with a convincing 43-16 win over Connecticut in the conference opener for both teams.

The Mountaineers put up 541 yards of total offense on the Huskies with 469 coming through the air. Quarterback Geno Smith completed 27-of-45 passes and 450 yards, with four touchdowns to pace the of-fensive attack. Smith’s favorite target was once again receiver Stedman Bailey, who turned in a school-record fourth straight 100-yard receiving perfor-mance. Along with an 84-yard touchdown reception, Bailey hauled in a total of seven catches for 178 yards and two touchdowns to lead all receivers for the game. After Connecticut’s opening drive ended in a missed field goal, the Mountaineers wasted no time in getting on the scoreboard. A 61-yard drive resulted in a 31-yard Tyler Bitancurt field goal for a 3-0 WVU lead with 7:43 left in the first quarter. However, Connecticut’s keep-away game was working early and long sustained drives by the Huskies kept the Mountaineer offense off the field. A 4:13 drive resulted in a 40-yard David Teggart field goal, before he followed that up with a 53-yarder at the 14:53 mark of the second quarter to give UConn a 6-3 lead. Sparked by a 24-yard completion from Smith to Bailey, West Virginia took the lead for good with 2:44 left in the half, when running back Dustin Garrison rushed in from 14-yards away. However, UConn made the most of the final minutes and moved the ball 53 yards to convert a 22-yard Teggart field goal to put the halftime score at 10-9 in favor of the Mountaineers. West Virginia took control of the game in the third quarter with a 23-point outburst, while the Mountaineer defense held the Huskies at bay. A key stretch came at the 7:54 mark of the third, with Connecticut driving to the WVU 13-yard line. UConn quarterback Johnny McEntee fumbled, and the ball was recovered by WVU linebacker Jewone Snow, who returned it 83 yards to the UConn 12-yard line. That play ignited the Mountaineer offensive outburst. Two plays later, Smith con-nected with receiver Tavon Austin for a 12-yard scoring toss and a 17-9 advantage. On WVU’s first play of its next possession, Smith hooked up with Bailey for an 84-yard touchdown reception to extend its lead to 24-9. The Mountaineer defense got in on the scoring action, as Bruce Irvin and Snow sacked McEntee for a safety, before receiver Brad Starks made a leaping 22-yard touchdown catch, giving the Mountaineers a 33-9 lead heading into the fourth quarter. The West Virginia offense wasn’t done in the final stanza, adding 10 more points. A 33-yard Bitancurt field goal, along with a Smith strike to Bailey from 27-yards out at the 9:50 mark, gave WVU a 32-9 advantage. The Husky defense intercepted backup quarterback Paul Millard later in the fourth and returned it 48 yards for a score, putting the final total at 43-16. Aside from Smith and Bailey’s offensive numbers, Ivan McCartney turned in 131 yards receiving on six catches, while the strong WVU de-fensive effort was led by Snow with seven stops and the 83-yard fumble return. UConn got 193 yards passing from McEntee and 73 yards rushing from Lyle McCombs to total 275 yards of offense. Sio Moore led the Husky defense with eight stops. With the win, West Virginia improved to 7-1 all-time against Connecti-cut and 4-0 all-time in Morgantown.

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syracuse 49#11/t14 West Virginia 23

[ octoBer 21, 2011 · syracuse , n.y. ]



Syracuse capitalized on strong special teams play and two West Virginia turnovers to defeat the Mountaineers, 49-23, in a Friday night ESPN game at the Carrier Dome.

The Mountaineers lost at Syracuse for the first time since 2001 and have dropped two straight in the long-standing series after winning eight in a row against the Orange from 2002-09. The Orange got strong play from quarterback Ryan Nassib, who played mistake-free football in passing for 229 yards and four touch-downs, while also rushing for one score to account for five in the game. A fired-up Syracuse defense blitzed most of the evening and pressured WVU quarterback Geno Smith enough to slow down a West Virginia offense that was averaging 40.8 points per game coming into the con-test. The game did not get out of hand until the second half as first-half action saw a competitive contest despite some Mountaineer miscues. The Orange started off the scoring on their second possession with a 14-play, 84-yard drive that saw Nassib hit Nick Provo for a three-yard touchdown. West Virginia answered with a 10-play drive that resulted in a 27-yard Tyler Bitancurt field goal to cut the deficit to 7-3 with 1:06 left in the opening quarter. The Orange went up 14-3, when Nassib rushed in from one-yard away to close out a 14-play, 80-yard drive. However, the Mountaineers quickly answered and seemed to be in good shape, as Smith hit re-ceiver Stedman Bailey on a long 64-yard touchdown reception. With a missed extra point, WVU only trailed the Orange 14-9 with 8:41 left in the half. Any momentum the Mountaineers gained was quickly lost on the ensuing kickoff, as Dorian Graham’s 98-yard kickoff return for a touch-down took the wind out of WVU’s sails. A late Syracuse interception on the goal line thwarted another potential score for the Mountaineers, giving the Orange the lead 21-9 at the half. West Virginia’s opening possession of the second half once again gave the Mountaineers some momentum, as they marched 57 yards in 14 plays and got a touchdown behind a one-yard plunge from Shawne Alston, cutting the deficit to 21-16 with 10:07 left. But just like the first half, Syracuse answered back. David Stevens hauled in a 29-yard pass from Nassib for a 28-16 score and the flood gates started to open. Syracuse added two more scores, before WVU could answer. Nassib hit Provo for a 10-yard scoring toss to end the third quarter and then found him again at the 11:29 mark of the fourth for a five-yard touch-down reception and a 42-16 Syracuse advantage. Smith connected with receiver Brad Starks for West Virginia’s final score, as the two hooked up for a 25-yard touchdown completion at the 9:18 mark. Syracuse ended the scoring with 5:26 left in the game on Antwon Bailey’s three-yard run, giving the Orange the commanding 26-point victory. Smith ended with 338 yards passing and two scores, while Bailey turned in a school-record fifth straight 100-yard receiving performance with seven catches for 130 yards. The West Virginia defense was led by linebacker Jewone Snow with eight tackles Aside from Nassib’s strong totals, Syracuse received strong perfor-mances from Bailey with 125 yards rushing and Provo with three touch-down catches. West Virginia rushed for 70 yards and passed for 338 to total 408 yards. The Orange rushed for 194 and passed for 249 to total 443 yards. The win upped the Orange to 5-2 overall, while WVU dropped to 5-2 on the season.

scoring and statistical suMMary 1 2 3 4 F West Virginia 3 6 7 7 23Syracuse 7 14 14 14 49 1st SYR Nick Provo 3 pass from Ryan Nassib (Ross Krautman kick) WVU Tyler Bitancurt 27 FG2nd SYR Nassib 1 rush (Krautman kick) WVU Stedman Bailey 64 pass from Geno Smith (Bitancurt kick failed) SYR Dorian Graham 98 kickoff return (Krautman kick) 3rd WVU Shawne Alston 1 rush (Bitancurt kick) SYR David Stevens 29 pass from Nassib (Krautman kick) SYR Provo 10 pass from Nassib (Krautman kick)4th SYR Provo 5 pass from Nassib (Krautman kick) WVU Brad Starks 25 pass from Smith (Bitancurt kick) SYR Antwon Bailey 3 rush (Krautman kick)

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WVU RUSHING: Garrison 11-58; WVU PASSING: Smith 24-41-2-338; WVU RECEIVING: Bailey 7-130, Austin 6-60; WVU TACKLES (TFL/QS): Snow 8, Tandy 7, Smith 7; WVU INTERCEPTIONS: None.

SYR RUSHING: Bailey 22-125; SYR PASSING: Nassib 24-32-0-229; SYR RECEIVING: Provo 6-61, Graham 5-66; SYR TACKLES (TFL/QS): Diabate 7 (1/1), Thomas 7; SYR INTERCEPTIONS: Thomas, Wilkes.

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#25/24 West Virginia 41rutgers 31

[ octoBer 29, 2011 · piscataWay, n.J. ]


scoring and statistical suMMary 1 2 3 4 F West Virginia 14 7 7 13 41Rutgers 17 14 0 0 31 1st RU San San Te 40 FG WVU Shawne Alston 52 rush (Tyler Bitancurt kick) RU Mohamed Sanu 14 pass from Gary Nova (Te kick) WVU Tavon Austin 80 rush (Bitancurt kick) RU Mark Harrison 45 pass from Nova (Te kick)2nd WVU Alston 2 rush (Bitancurt kick) RU Jawan Jamison 1 rush (Te kick) RU Jamison 18 rush (Te kick) 3rd WVU Stedman Bailey 19 pass from Geno Smith (Bitancurt kick)4th WVU Smith 1 rush (Bitancurt kick failed) WVU Austin 20 pass from Smith (Bitancurt kick)

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WVU RUSHING: Alston 14-110, Austin 2-96; WVU PASSING: Smith 20-31-0-218; WVU RECEIVING: Austin 8-67, Starks 5-45, Bailey 2-51; WVU TACKLES (TFL/QS): Cook 11, Smith 8, Snow 8; WVU INTERCEP-TIONS: Jenkins (2).

RU RUSHING: Jamison 19-96; RU PASSING: Nova 18-46-2-235; RU RECEIVING: Sanu 5-48, Pratt 4-45; RU TACKLES (TFL/QS): Francis 10 (2/0), Greene 9 (1/0); RU INTERCEPTIONS: None.

attendance - 47,303

West Virginia overcame a 10-point halftime deficit and a hor-rendous October snow storm, along the Northeast, to defeat Rutgers, 41-31, for the 17th-straight time.

In a rare October snow storm that left New Jersey in a state of emergency, both teams battled heavy snow, cold temperatures and strong wind gusts for the entire game, but still managed to put up a combined 72 points. West Virginia took advantage of some big plays, like touchdown runs of 80 and 52 yards, while Rutgers used a time consuming offense to keep the ball away from the West Virginia offense. By taking advantage of the strong wind behind its back, Rutgers capitalized on good field position to score first on a San San Te 40-yard field goal at the 7:17 mark of the first quarter. West Virginia answered the score 1:10 later when running back Shawne Alston scored on a 52-yard touchdown run for a 7-3 WVU lead. But the flurry of scoring in the opening quarter was just beginning. Rutgers regained the lead at 10-7, when quarterback Gary Nova found Mohamed Sanu for a 14-yard scoring pass. The Mountaineers answered just 14 seconds later, when Tavon Aus-tin took a reverse 80 yards for a 14-10 West Virginia lead at the 3:17 mark. The Scarlet Knights closed out the scoring in the first quarter, when Nova found Mark Harrison for a 45-yard touchdown pass and a 17-14 Rutgers lead. The Mountaineers took advantage of a Rutgers fumble to regain the lead at the 12:59 mark of the second quarter, when Alston rushed in from two-yards out for a 21-14 advantage. However, the rest of the first half belonged to Rutgers, as the Scarlet Knights added two Jawan Jamison touchdown runs of one and 18 yards to take a 31-21 lead into the locker room at halftime. Trailing by 10 on poor field conditions certainly could give the im-pression that this was the year for Rutgers to break the streak, but the Mountaineers controlled the second half with a strong defensive effort and by outscoring the Scarlet Knights 20-0. After holding Rutgers scoreless on its first two second-half posses-sions, the Mountaineers pulled closer on a Geno Smith to Stedman Bailey 19-yard touchdown reception at the 7:23 mark of the third. Down three in the fourth quarter, the momentum swung when Rut-gers faked a field goal try, which resulted in an incomplete pass, and the Mountaineers had new life. From its own 11-yard line, West Virginia marched 89 yards in 11 plays to retake the lead, 34-31, when Smith called his own number and rushed in on fourth-and-one with 6:19 left. On RU’s next possession, WVU’s Julian Miller came up with his sec-ond fumble recovery in the game, and the Mountaineer offense did the rest, moving 37 yards in three plays, capped off by a 20-yard touchdown pass from Smith to Austin to extend its lead to 10. To com-plete the second-half shutout by the Mountaineer defense, the unit held Rutgers scoreless on its next two possessions to give the Mountain-eers their second BIG EAST win of the season. Smith finished with 218 yards passing, while Alston turned in his first career 100-yard rushing effort with 110 yards on 14 carries. Safety Dar-win Cook led the defense with 11 stops. Rutgers was led by Nova with 235 yards passing, and Jamison to-taled 96 yards on the ground. Justin Francis led the Scarlet Knights de-fense with 10 tackles. Despite the poor weather, both teams put up solid numbers. West Virginia rushed for 210 yards and passed for 218 to total 428 yards. Rutgers rushed for 151 yards and passed for 235 to total 386 total yards.

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louisVille 38#24/21 West Virginia 35

[ noVeMBer 5, 2011 · MorgantoWn, W.Va. ]



Louisville won for the first time in Morgantown since 1990 and broke a four-game losing streak to West Virginia with a 38-35 victory over the Mountaineers.

Two fumbles and special teams’ miscues proved too much for West Vir-ginia to overcome, even though the warm, sunny November day started off brightly for the Mountaineers. Brad Starks returned the game’s opening kickoff 62 yards to the Lou-isville 30-yard line to set up the game’s first score. Three plays later, WVU quarterback Geno Smith hit receiver Tavon Austin for a 25-yard scoring toss and a 7-0 lead. However, it took Louisville just 2:38 to answer, as the Cardinals marched 73 yards to tie the game on Jeremy Wright’s eight-yard run. The scoring drive was highlighted by a 55-yard run by tailback Dominique Brown. Louisville took its first lead of the game with 5:44 left in the first on Seno-rise Perry’s 13-yard run that ended a 78-yard drive. A 37-yard completion from quarterback Teddy Bridgewater to Eli Rogers provided the spark for the Cardinals. The Mountaineers tied the game at 14-14 at the 12:18 mark of the sec-ond quarter, when Stedman Bailey hauled in a five-yard pass from Smith, as the Mountaineers drove 76 yards for their second score. West Virginia recaptured the lead with 5:44 left in the first half, when Shawne Alston powered through for a two-yard scoring run, and a 21-14 WVU lead. But Louisville was able to tie the game at the half, taking advantage of an 11-yard shanked punt by the Mountaineers. Six plays later, the game was tied at 21-21, when Bridgewater connected with Rogers. The Mountaineers intercepted Bridgewater on the opening possession of the third quarter, but could not come away with any points, as Tyler Bitancurt missed a 32-yard field goal. Later, the Cardinals put up the only points in the third quarter, when kicker Chris Philpott converted on a 39-yard field goal, as Louisville re-gained the lead for good at 24-21. West Virginia mounted a drive late in the third, but was stopped at the Cardinal six-yard line as the third quarter ended. To start the fourth, Bitancurt’s 23-yard field goal to tie was blocked and returned 82 yards for a touchdown by Andrew Johnson. Instead of the game being tied, West Virginia found itself down, 31-21, with 14:42 left in the game. Two possessions later, the Mountaineers closed the gap to 31-28, when Alston rushed in from seven-yards out to end an impressive 96-yard, eight-play drive that was aided by a 46-yard completion from Smith to receiver Ivan McCartney. Trailing by three with 8:53 left, the Mountaineers needed a stop on de-fense and could not get one. The Cardinals converted on third-and-seven and fourth-and-one to keep the ball for 7:11, resulting in a three-yard touchdown run by Brown and a 38-28 margin. WVU added a score late, when Smith found Bailey in the corner of the end zone, but the Cardinals recovered the onside kick to end any come-back hopes. Smith finished with 410 yards passing, as Bailey (118 Yards) and Austin (90 yards) were his favorite targets. Darwin Cook led the defense with 10 stops. Bruce Irvin had a game-high two sacks and three TFL’s. For the Cardinals, Bridgewater passed for 246 yards, while Brown rushed for 69 and Rogers had 69 yards receiving. Hakeem Smith led the defense with 10 tackles. The Mountaineers rushed for 123 yards and passed for 410 to total 533 yards of offense. The Cardinals finished with 105 yards on the ground and 246 via the pass for 351 yards of total offense.

scoring and statistical suMMary 1 2 3 4 F Louisville 14 7 3 14 38West Virginia 7 14 0 14 35 1st WVU Tavon Austin 25 pass from Geno Smith (Tyler Bitancurt kick) LOU Jeremy Wright 8 rush (Chris Philpott kick) LOU Senorise Perry 13 rush (Philpott kick)2nd WVU Stedman Bailey 5 pass from Smith (Bitancurt kick) WVU Shawne Alston 2 rush (Bitancurt kick) LOU Eli Rogers 4 pass from Teddy Bridgewater (Philpott kick)3rd LOU Philpott 39 FG4th LOU Andrew Johnson 82 blocked FG return (Philpott kick) WVU Alston 7 rush (Bitancurt kick) LOU Brown 3 rush (Philpott kick) WVU Bailey 1 pass from Smith (Bitancurt kick)

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WVU RUSHING: Garrison 13-64, Alston 11-45; WVU PASSING: Smith 31-44-0-410; WVU RECEIVING: Bailey 8-118, Austin 7-90; WVU TACK-LES (TFL/QS): Cook 10 (1/0), Miller 8, Goode 8 (2/1); WVU INTERCEP-TIONS: Goode.

LOU RUSHING: Brown 14-69; LOU PASSING: Bridgewater 21-27-1-246; LOU RECEIVING: Rogers 5-63; LOU TACKLES (TFL/QS): Smith 10, Evans 9; LOU INTERCEPTIONS: None.

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West Virginia 24#23/18 cincinnati 21

[ noVeMBer 12, 2011 · cincinnati, ohio ]


scoring and statistical suMMary 1 2 3 4 F West Virginia 7 10 0 7 24Cincinnati 7 0 7 7 21 1st CIN Isaiah Pead 40 rush (Tony Miliano kick) WVU Stedman Bailey 59 pass from Geno Smith (Tyler Bitancurt kick)2nd WVU Bitancurt 28 FG WVU Julian Miller fumble recovery (Bitancurt kick)3rd CIN Munchie Legaux 7 rush (Miliano kick)4th CIN Pead 10 rush (Miliano kick) WVU Shawne Alston 1 rush (Bitancurt kick)

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WVU RUSHING: Buie 4-21, Garrison 13-19; WVU PASSING: Smith 29-43-0-372; WVU RECEIVING: Austin 9-126, Bailey 6-104; WVU TACK-LES (TFL/QS): Goode 8 (3/1), Miller 7; WVU INTERCEPTIONS: Tandy.

CIN RUSHING: Pead 19-113, Legaux 8-77; CIN PASSING: Collaros 7-11-0-70, Legaux 10-21-1-144; CIN RECEIVING: Thompkins 5-67, Pead 5-67; CIN TACKLES (TFL/QS): Schaffer 9 (2/0), Frey 7; CIN INTER-CEPTIONS: None.

attendance - 48,152

West Virginia earned a road victory over a ranked opponent the hard way with a thrilling 24-21 win over Cincinnati in Paul Brown Stadium.

The Mountaineers trailed early, made a comeback to take the lead, only to relinquish it to a furious Cincinnati rally, before holding on at the end thanks to a blocked field goal attempt for their seventh victory of the season and third in BIG EAST play. The Bearcats looked strong early, forcing West Virginia’s offense out on downs. UC then scored the game’s first touchdown in just three plays, when Isaiah Pead broke loose for a 40-yard touchdown run. To West Virginia’s credit, the Mountaineers never panicked and quieted the Bearcat faithful four plays later with a 59-yard touchdown bomb from quarterback Geno Smith to Stedman Bailey to tie the game at 7-7, with 11:37 left in the opening quarter. Both defenses held until the 9:35 mark of the second quarter, when West Virginia put together an 11-play, 72-yard drive that ended with a 28-yard Tyler Bitancurt field goal. The WVU scoring drive was highlighted by pass completions of 39 and 21 yards from Smith to receiver Tavon Austin. With West Virginia leading 10-7, a game-changing play by the Moun-taineer defense altered the Cincinnati game plan. Bearcat senior quar-terback Zach Collaros was sacked by WVU’s Bruce Irvin and fumbled the ball in the end zone, before it was recovered by Julian Miller for a Mountaineer touchdown and a 17-7 lead. More importantly though, Collaros suffered a broken ankle on the play, forcing backup quarterback Munchie Legaux into action. While the West Virginia offense could not put any more points on the board in the first half, the West Virginia defense returned the favor on the Bearcats, enabling the Mountaineers to take the 10-point lead into the locker room. After keeping the fleet-footed Legaux in-check from the middle of the second quarter to the midway point of the third, the backup broke loose at the 8:48 mark of the third for a 65-yard run, but a missed field goal kept the Bearcats off the board. Legaux was at it again on Cincy’s next possession, as he connected with Pead for a 45-yard pass play and then took it in himself from seven-yards out, cutting the WVU lead to 17-14 with 4:19 left in the third. Cincinnati took advantage of a WVU fumble to take the lead early in the fourth on a 10-yard run by Pead. Trailing for the first time since the opening minutes, WVU started a 12-play, 74-yard drive with 13:13 left in the game and retook the lead at the 8:46 mark on a one-yard plunge by Shawne Alston. WVU converted two crucial third down long-yardage plays to keep the drive alive. The WVU defense held Cincy scoreless on two straight possessions, before the Bearcats got one last chance with 2:01 left. UC got to the WVU 14-yard line with two ticks left, but Tony Miliano’s 31-yard attempt was blocked by Eain Smith to save the day for the Mountaineers. The game was about as even as it could get as both teams totaled 404 yards of total offense. West Virginia managed 32 yards on the ground and 372 in the air, while the Bearcats finished with a balanced 190 yards on the ground and 214 passing. Smith passed for 372 yards and had two 100-yard receivers in Aus-tin and Bailey. Linebacker Najee Goode paced the defense with eight tackles. Pead topped the Bearcat numbers with 113 yards rushing and 67 receiving, while JK Schaffer had nine tackles. The win gave the Mountaineers a two-game winning streak in the series with Cincinnati.

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#23 West Virginia 21pitt 20

[ noVeMBer 25, 2011 · MorgantoWn, W.Va. ]



Just like previous “Backyard Brawls,” the 104th edition went right down to the end, with West Virginia overcoming a 14-point deficit to claim a 21-20 victory in front of a sellout crowd of 60,932 at

Milan Puskar Stadium. Pitt opened up the scoring by taking advantage of West Virginia miscues and penalties. The Mountaineers had the Panthers stopped after a Kevin Harper missed field goal, but a personal foul penalty gave Pitt new life. The Panthers went on to complete a 13-play, 71-yard drive that ended with a Zach Brown one-yard rush, and a 7-0 Pitt lead. The Panthers extended their margin to 14-0 with 2:14 left in the opening quarter, when Isaac Bennett motored in from six-yards out, giving the Panthers two scores in three drives to start the game. West Virginia closed the gap to 14-7 with 7:23 left in the first half, when quarterback Geno Smith connected with receiver Stedman Bailey for a 63-yard scoring play. After stopping Pitt on its next possession, West Virginia fumbled the ensuing punt, which was recovered by Pitt at the WVU 33-yard line. Five plays later, the Panthers made the Mountaineers pay for the miscue by adding a 30-yard Harper field goal for a 17-7 advantage. West Virginia did manage a Darwin Cook interception just before halftime, but the Mountaineer offense could not move the ball, and the Panthers took the 10-point lead into the locker room at the half. Pitt got the ball to start the second half, and the Mountaineer defense held once again, but another fumbled punt by the Mountaineers put the Panthers back in business at the WVU 16-yard line. A strong defensive stand forced the Panthers into a 27-yard field goal by Harper, and their lead was upped to 20-7 with 11:29 left in the third. The Mountaineers answered the score with their second touchdown, by putting together a seven-play, 60-yard drive. Running back Shawne Alston pulled the Mountaineers to within six at 20-14 on his eight-yard scoring run at the 8:52 mark of the third. An impressive defensive effort continued to keep the Mountaineers in the game, as the unit only allowed Pitt 80 yards in the second half and no drive longer than 23 yards over the final two quarters. West Virginia took its first lead of the game with 6:04 left, when the Mountaineers completed an 83-yard drive on Alston’s one-yard run for a 21-20 WVU lead. From there, the West Virginia defense did the rest, coming up with 10 sacks in the game, including nine on Pitt’s final 25 plays to hold the Panthers scoreless on their final two possessions to secure the come-from-behind win. Smith passed for 244 yards, with 102 yards going to Tavon Austin and 80 to Bailey. Julian Miller led the defense with 12 tackles and four sacks. Punter Corey Smith also played a key role in turning the field with his four punts for an average of 57.2 yards, including a long punt for 62 yards. Pitt got a combined 136 yards rushing from Bennett and Brown, while Tino Sunseri passed for 137 yards. Buddy Jackson and Max Gruder led the Panther defense with eight tackles each. Final totals showed WVU with 113 yards rushing and 244 passing for 357 yards of offense. Pitt totaled 159 yards on the ground and 137 through the air for 296 total yards. In the victory, West Virginia set six offensive school records, and has now won three straight “Backyard Brawls.” In all-time BIG EAST play against Pitt, West Virginia leads the series 14-7 and is now 16-7-1 in the last 24 games against the Panthers.

scoring and statistical suMMary 1 2 3 4 F Pitt 14 3 3 0 20West Virginia 0 7 7 7 21 1st Pitt Zach Brown 1 rush (Kevin Harper kick) Pitt Isaac Bennett 6 rush (Harper kick)2nd WVU Stedman Bailey 63 pass from Geno Smith (Tyler Bitancurt kick) Pitt Harper 30 FG3rd Pitt Harper 27 FG WVU Shawne Alston 8 rush (Bitancurt kick)4th WVU Alston 1 rush (Bitancurt kick)

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WVU RUSHING: Garrison 11-61; WVU PASSING: Smith 22-31-0-244; WVU RECEIVING: Austin 10-102, Bailey 3-80; WVU TACKLES (TFL/QS): Garvin 14 (1/0), Miller 12 (4/4), Goode 8 (2/3), Cook 8; WVU IN-TERCEPTIONS: Cook.

Pitt RUSHING: Bennett 16-70, Brown 15-67; Pitt PASSING: Sunseri 12-23-1-137; Pitt RECEIVING: Street 4-50; Pitt TACKLES (TFL/QS): Jackson 8 (1/0), Gruder 8; Pitt INTERCEPTIONS: None.

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# 22/20 West Virginia 30usf 27

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Tyler Bitancurt’s 28-yard field goal as time expired gave West Virginia its sixth BIG EAST championship in nine years, and seventh overall as the Mountaineers defeated USF, 30-27, before a Thursday night ESPN

national audience. The dramatic victory saw West Virginia control the game for three quar-ters, only to fall behind in the fourth, before staging the all-important come-back. The field goal was the second game-winning kick as time expired for Bitancurt in three years, but this one came on the road and was good enough for a conference championship and a nine-win regular season. The dramatics for both teams came in the fourth quarter. West Virginia led for three and a half quarters thanks in part to a solid defensive effort and strong special teams. The Mountaineers’ first score came at the 13:29 mark of the second quarter. By taking advantage of a blocked punt by Willie Milhouse, WVU went up 3-0 on Bitancurt’s 23-yard field goal. West Virginia extended its lead to 10-0 at the 8:29 mark, when corner-back Pat Miller intercepted USF quarterback B.J. Daniels for a 52-yard touchdown return. The Bulls got on the scoreboard with 5:13 left in the first half, when Dan-iels connected with Sterling Griffin for a 20-yard pass play. The pass was originally ruled incomplete, but replay overturned the call, and the Bulls had the 10-play, 80-yard drive in the books. The Mountaineers added a second Bitancurt field goal with just 22 sec-onds remaining in the half. The drive was aided by a 20-yard run by quar-terback Geno Smith to put Bitancurt in range for the 42-yarder. West Virginia took the opening drive of the second half and moved deep into USF territory, but came away empty after fumbling on the Bulls’ three-yard line. The fumble recovery sparked USF, who then marched 82 yards in 10 plays and closed the gap to 13-10, after Maikon Bonani converted a 32-yard field goal. On the ensuing kickoff, WVU’s special teams came up big once again as Tavon Austin returned the kick 90 yards for a score, and a 20-10 Moun-taineer lead. The kickoff return was Austin’s second of the season and third of his career. The Bulls added a field goal late in the third to pull within 20-13, setting up fourth quarter fireworks for both teams. A 15-play, 72-yard drive enabled the Bulls to tie the game with 10:01 left on Daniels’ one-yard rush. Then USF took its first and only lead on WVU’s next possession, when Smith was intercepted by JaQuez Jenkins for the pick six from 24 yards away, and a 27-20 lead. With USF seemingly in control, the Mountaineers answered with an 11-play drive that covered 77 yards and ended with Dustin Garrison’s five-yard rush to tie the game at 27. USF marched deep into WVU territory and seemed ready for the go-ahead score, when WVU linebacker Najee Goode forced a Daniels fumble that was recovered by teammate Doug Rigg at the WVU 28-yard line. Aided by five plays of nine yards or more, along with a 26-yard comple-tion on fourth and 10 from Smith to receiver Stedman Bailey, the WVU of-fense gave Bitancurt the chance, and he seized it. Final totals showed West Virginia with 127 yards rushing and 237 passing for 364 total yards. USF totaled 171 yards on the ground and 226 in the air for 397 yards of offense. The victory gave West Virginia nine or more wins for the seventh straight season, and also at least a five-win conference mark for the seventh straight year.


scoring and statistical suMMary 1 2 3 4 F West Virginia 0 13 7 10 30USF 0 7 6 14 27 2nd WVU Tyler Bitancurt 23 FG WVU Pat Miller 52 interception return (Bitancurt kick) USF Sterling Griffin 20 pass from B.J. Daniels (Maikon Bonani kick) WVU Bitancurt 42 FG3rd USF Bonani 32 FG WVU Tavon Austin 90 kickoff return (Bitancurt kick) USF Bonani 20 FG4th USF Daniels 1 rush (Bonani kick) USF JaQuez Jenkins 24 interception return (Bonani kick) WVU Dustin Garrison 5 rush (Bitancurt kick) WVU Bitancurt 28 FG

WVU USF


WVU RUSHING: Garrison 16-87; WVU PASSING: Smith 23-35-2-237; WVU RECEIVING: Bailey 7-80, Austin 7-54; WVU TACKLES (TFL/QS): Clarke 9 (1/0), Goode 7 (1/0); WVU INTERCEPTIONS: Miller.

USF RUSHING: Scott 14-92; USF PASSING: Daniels 21-44-1-226; USF RECEIVING: Landi 4-67, Welch 4-45; USF TACKLES (TFL/QS): Lat-timore 7, Lanaris 6 (1/0); USF INTERCEPTIONS: Jenkins, Washington.

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Documents

2012 WVU Orange Bowl Guide