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National Championship: West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Penn State Nittany Lions

November 30, -0001
70°
Carrier Dome (Syracuse, NY) Attendance: 48,640 (99%)
Mountaineers 7 17 6 6 - 36
Nittany Lions 0 0 0 0 - 0

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Mountaineers: 1-5-PSt 5 (2:12) 21-Travis Reese ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Wade Quinton. PSt 0 WVU 7
(Qtr 2) Mountaineers: 4-5-PSt 10 (12:18) 1-Wade Quinton 27 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 0 WVU 10
(Qtr 2) Mountaineers: 3-5-PSt 5 (4:09) 11-Antonio Johnson pass complete to 81-Larry Alcala to PSt 0 for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Wade Quinton. PSt 0 WVU 17
(Qtr 2) Mountaineers: 1-10-PSt 18 (1:47) 11-Antonio Johnson pass complete to 84-Aaron Miller for 18 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Wade Quinton. PSt 0 WVU 24
(Qtr 3) Mountaineers: 4-6-PSt 33 (10:44) 1-Wade Quinton 51 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 0 WVU 27
(Qtr 3) Mountaineers: 4-1-PSt 22 (4:53) 1-Wade Quinton 39 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 0 WVU 30
(Qtr 4) Mountaineers: 4-6-PSt 28 (11:44) 1-Wade Quinton 45 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 0 WVU 33
(Qtr 4) Mountaineers: 4-1-PSt 15 (4:34) 1-Wade Quinton 32 yard field goal is GOOD. WVU 61-Jose Marshall was injured on the play. PSt 33-Kevin Perry was injured on the play. PSt 0 WVU 36

Team Statistics

Nittany Lions Mountaineers
First Downs 9 20
- Rushing 4 14
- Passing 3 4
- Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 145 369
- Offensive Plays 51 63
- Yards Per Play 2.84 5.86
Net Rushing Yards 74 275
- Rushing Attempts 23 53
- Yards Per Rush 3.22 5.19
Net Passing Yards 71 94
- Att/Comp/Int 25 / 14 / 1 10 / 8 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 94 94
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 23 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 2.54 9.40
- Yards Per Completion 6.71 11.75
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 12 5 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.1 4.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 55 4 / 36
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 17
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 61 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 0 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 3 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 44
Time of Possession 24:59 35:02

Drive Charts

Penn State Nittany Lions

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 6:15 OWN 25 10 43 Interception
1 6:43 2:13 OWN 9 3 1 Punt
1 4:22 2:11 OWN 16 3 6 Fumble
1 2:09 2:09 OWN 32 3 7 Downs
2 12:15 1:26 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
2 4:05 1:48 OWN 25 5 13 Punt
2 1:41 1:41 OWN 25 5 8 Half
3 10:40 1:42 OWN 25 4 11 Punt
3 4:49 2:51 OWN 25 5 39 Missed FG
4 11:40 0:17 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
4 4:31 1:16 OWN 25 3 -13 Punt
4 1:10 1:10 OWN 11 4 24 Game

West Virginia Mountaineers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 8:45 2:02 OWN 28 4 15 Punt
1 4:30 0:08 OPP 28 2 0 Fumble
1 2:11 0:03 OPP 5 1 5 Touchdown
1 0:00 2:45 OPP 28 4 17 Field Goal
2 10:49 6:45 OWN 30 11 70 Touchdown
2 2:17 0:36 OWN 18 5 82 Touchdown
3 15:00 4:20 OWN 25 7 42 Field Goal
3 8:57 4:08 OWN 24 7 54 Field Goal
3 1:58 5:18 OWN 43 9 29 Field Goal
4 11:24 6:52 OWN 26 10 59 Field Goal
4 3:15 2:05 OWN 48 3 8 Punt

Rushing Stats

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Martin Thompson 8 33 4.13 10 1 0
Larry Dugan 13 32 2.46 11 1 0
Anthony Richardson 2 9 4.50 10 1 0

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Travis Reese 22 128 5.82 20 7 1
Jay Valdivia 16 66 4.13 10 1 0
Brandon Utz 11 57 5.18 15 1 0
Aaron Miller 4 24 6.00 11 1 0

Passing Stats

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Clarence Ross 25 14 94 3 / 23 0 14 1 47.75

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Antonio Johnson 10 8 94 0 / 0 2 24 0 145.42

Receiving Stats

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Fred Close 3 24 8.00 8 0
Darrell Stevens 3 24 8.00 12 0
Martin Thompson 3 18 6.00 10 0
Henry Williams 1 14 14.00 14 0
Chris Gibson 2 9 4.50 6 0
Pierre Hobbs 1 3 3.00 3 0
Larry Dugan 1 2 2.00 2 0

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Travis Reese 2 29 14.50 16 0
Harvey Jones 1 24 24.00 24 0
Aaron Miller 1 18 18.00 18 1
Nicholas Braswell 2 12 6.00 8 0
Raymond Odonnell 1 6 6.00 6 0
Larry Alcala 1 5 5.00 5 1

Blocking Stats

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jason Robeson 35 24 3 4
Timothy Hughes 2 10 0 0
Pierre Hobbs 0 1 0 0
William Lyons 0 1 0 0
Larry Kelley 0 2 0 0
David Smith 0 2 0 0
Thomas Miller 0 2 0 0
Christopher Nye 0 1 0 0
Gene Beringer 0 2 0 1
Shane Antonelli 1 2 0 0
Truman Cunningham 0 2 0 0
Christopher Livermore 0 3 0 0
Jimmie Carney 0 3 0 1
Kevin Perry 0 1 0 0
John Kelley 5 0 0 0
Eric Blakeney 3 3 0 0
Robert Bouley 9 1 0 0
Craig Patton 8 0 0 0
Eric Hatfield 7 0 0 0
Larry Dugan 2 1 0 0
Aaron Omara 5 9 0 2
Martin Thompson 5 2 0 0
Lonnie Fuentes 2 10 0 0
Chris Gibson 0 7 0 0
Darrell Stevens 0 6 0 0
Henry Williams 10 24 0 2
Max Williams 0 5 0 0
Matthew Karp 28 25 0 3
Clark Cathey 37 27 0 1
Allen Adams 28 25 0 1
Christopher Galvez 22 23 0 2
Fred Close 9 21 0 0
Miguel Hay 0 1 0 0

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Ernesto Thomas 0 3 0 0
Johnny Young 2 1 0 0
Charles Tanner 0 1 0 0
Clay Hite 0 3 0 0
Russell Burger 0 6 0 0
Travis Reese 0 2 0 1
Jimmy Sanchez 8 0 0 0
Dick Myers 8 0 0 0
Ernest Urbanski 8 0 0 0
James Race 0 1 0 0
Timothy Phipps 0 1 0 0
Matt Green 0 1 0 0
Aaron Miller 0 7 0 0
Joseph Fuentes 2 0 0 0
Brandon Utz 3 12 0 1
Jose Marshall 12 2 0 0
Benjamin Costello 0 1 0 0
Paul Nelson 0 13 0 1
Larry Alcala 0 20 0 0
Jay Valdivia 3 6 0 1
Kyle Sanjuan 17 55 0 0
Micheal McCants 11 54 0 5
Nicholas Braswell 10 48 0 2
Jeff Grose 18 57 0 1
Harvey Jones 0 28 0 1
Timothy Red 3 16 0 2
Clay Granger 18 53 0 1
Albert Shelly 18 48 0 5
Raymond Odonnell 2 23 0 1
Joshua Burdick 0 1 0 1
Louis Hale 0 3 0 0
John Mulligan 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Penn State Nittany Lions

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Matt Green 1 1 1.00 0

Fumble Stats

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Shane Antonelli 0 1 1 0
Christopher Nye 0 1 0 0

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Travis Reese 1 0 0 0
Clay Hite 0 1 0 0

Punting

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Neil Cope 5 228 45.60 42.60 49 1
Christopher Nye 1 0 0.00 18.00 - 0

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Manuel Gonzalez 2 80 40.00 40.00 48 2

Kicking

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Darrell Elzey 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 - 0 / 0

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Wade Quinton 5 / 5 2 / 2 1 / 1 51 3 / 3

Punt Return

Penn State Nittany Lions

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Paul Nelson 2 17 8.5 10 0

Kick Return

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Larry Dugan 2 61 30.5 0

West Virginia Mountaineers

Defensive Stats

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Tackles Sacks
Jimmie Carney 10 0
Shane Antonelli 7 0
Kevin Perry 7 0
Frederick Ryals 6 0
Thomas Miller 4 0
Kevin Haines 4 0
Darrell Tucker 3 0
Billy Kaiser 3 0
Fred Barber 3 0
Larry Kelley 2 0
Truman Cunningham 2 0
Christopher Livermore 1 0
John Kelley 1 0
Mark Williams 1 0
Chris Gibson 1 0
William Lyons 1 0
Eric Blakeney 1 0
Michael Miranda 1 0
Christopher Nye 1 0
Gene Beringer 1 0

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Tackles Sacks
Timothy Phipps 10 0
Benjamin Costello 5 3
Zachary Allen 4 0
Harley Brooks 4 0
Richard Gonzalez 3 0
Barry White 3 0
Johnny Young 3 0
Joseph Fuentes 3 0
Salvador Sorenson 1 0
Brandon Utz 1 0
Charles Tanner 1 0
Clay Hite 1 0
Ernesto Thomas 1 0
Robert James 1 0
Jorge Rape 1 0
Joshua Burdick 1 0
Louis Hale 1 0