Syracuse 35 - Virginia Tech 21
FINAL

Syracuse

Virginia Tech

FINAL

	1	2	3	4	T
Syracuse (4-0)	0	7	14	14	35
Virginia Tech (0-3)	14	7	0	0	21
September 26, 1987 Lane, Blacksburg, Va. Kickoff time: 1:01 pm End of Game: 3:50 pm Total elapsed time: 2:49 Temperature: 65 Wind: 0-5 NW Weather: Fair, Sunny Attendance: 33,300 Referee: Michael Donato Umpire: Bill Wampler Linesman: Sandford Rivers Line judge: Ray Menton Back judge: John Hunt Field judge: Walter Lucas Side judge: Joe Long

Syracuse (4-0)

Virginia Tech (0-3)

September 26, 1987
Lane, Blacksburg, Va.

Kickoff time: 1:01 pm
End of Game: 3:50 pm
Total elapsed time: 2:49

Temperature: 65
Wind: 0-5 NW
Weather: Fair, Sunny

Attendance: 33,300

Referee: Michael Donato
Umpire: Bill Wampler
Linesman: Sandford Rivers
Line judge: Ray Menton
Back judge: John Hunt
Field judge: Walter Lucas
Side judge: Joe Long

Scoring Summary
First Quarter				SU	VT
	TD	12:15	Steve Johnson 8 yd Pass From Erik Chapman (Chris Kinzer Kick)	0	7
	TD	09:52	Myron Richardson 9 yd Pass From Erik Chapman (Chris Kinzer Kick)	0	14
Second Quarter				SU	VT
	TD	12:35	Michael Owens 34 yd Pass From Don McPherson (Tim Vesling Kick)	7	14
	TD	09:41	Don Stokes 0 yd Blocked Punt Return (Chris Kinzer Kick)	7	21
Third Quarter				SU	VT
	TD	06:59	Chris Barnes 4 yd Rush (Tim Vesling Kick)	14	21
	TD	01:16	Tommy Kane 17 yd Pass From Don McPherson (Tim Vesling Kick)	21	21
Fourth Quarter				SU	VT
	TD	10:54	Robert Drummond 51 yd Rush (Tim Vesling Kick)	28	21
	TD	07:07	Tommy Kane 11 yd Pass From Don McPherson (Tim Vesling Kick)	35	21

Team Stats	SU	VT
FIRST DOWNS	23	12
Rushing	15	4
Passing	8	8
Penalty	0	0
NET YARDS RUSHING	256	-1
Rushing Attempts	52	30
Average Per Rush	4.9	0.0
Rushing Touchdowns	2	0
Yards Gained Rushing	298	65
Yards Lost Rushing	42	66
NET YARDS PASSING	186	214
Completions-Attempts-Int	13-25-1	15-32-2
Average Per Attempt	7.4	6.7
Average Per Completion	14.3	14.3
Passing Touchdowns	3	2
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS	442	213
Total offense plays	77	62
Average Gain Per Play	5.7	3.4
Fumbles: Number-Lost	2-1	2-0
Penalties: Number-Yards	6-40	3-15
PUNTS-YARDS	6-189	8-324
Average Yards Per Punt	31.5	40.5
Net Yards Per Punt	18.3	35.0
Inside 20	2	1
50+ Yards	0	0
Touchbacks	1	1
Fair catch	0	2

Team Stats	SU	VT
KICKOFFS-YARDS	6-357	4-245
Average Yards Per Kickoff	59.5	61.3
Net Yards Per Kickoff	41.3	37.3
Touchbacks	2	1
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD	3-24-0	4-59-1
Average Per Return	8.0	14.8
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD	3-76-0	4-69-0
Average Per Return	25.3	17.3
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD	2-15-0	1-5-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD	0-0-0	0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards	0	0
Possession Time	34:20	25:40
1st Quarter	08:24	06:36
2nd Quarter	10:25	04:35
3rd Quarter	06:52	08:08
4th Quarter	08:39	06:21
Third-Down Conversions	9 of 16	7 of 17
Fourth-Down Conversions	0 of 1	0 of 0
Red-Zone Scores-Chances	3-4	2-2
Touchdowns	3-4	2-2
Field Goals	0-4	0-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards	6-46	4-27
PAT Kicks	5-5	3-3
Field Goals	0-1	0-1

Syracuse Rushing
	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Lg	Avg.
Daryl Johnston	13	85	0	85	0	23	6.5
Robert Drummond	7	80	0	80	1	51	11.4
Michael Owens	7	63	0	63	0	24	9.0
Chris Barnes	8	49	0	49	1	20	6.1
Tommy Kane	1	4	0	4	0	4	4.0
Byron Abraham	2	3	0	3	0	3	1.5
Duane Kinnon	1	2	0	2	0	2	2.0
TEAM	1	0	10	-10	0	0	-10.0
Don McPherson	12	12	32	-20	0	7	-1.7
Total	52	298	42	256	2	51	4.9

Virginia Tech Rushing
	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Lg	Avg.
Earnie Jones	7	26	0	26	0	13	3.7
Jon Jeffries	5	12	4	8	0	7	1.6
Sean Donnelly	1	4	0	4	0	4	4.0
Malcolm Blacken	6	3	1	2	0	1	0.3
Erik Chapman	11	20	61	-41	0	12	-3.7
Total	30	65	66	-1	0	13	0.0

Syracuse Passing
	Cmp-Att-Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sack
Don McPherson	13-25-1	186	3	34	4
Total	13-25-1	186	3	34	4

Virginia Tech Passing
	Cmp-Att-Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sack
Erik Chapman	15-32-2	214	2	50	6
Total	15-32-2	214	2	50	6

Syracuse Receiving
	No.	Yds	TD	Lg
Robert Drummond	5	44	0	15
Tommy Kane	3	49	2	21
Deval Glover	2	43	0	29
Rob Moore	2	16	0	10
Michael Owens	1	34	1	34
Total	13	186	3	34

Virginia Tech Receiving
	No.	Yds	TD	Lg
Steve Johnson	5	68	1	23
Myron Richardson	5	99	1	50
Jon Jeffries	3	37	0	17
Sean Donnelly	1	10	0	10
Rich Fox	1	0	0	0
Total	15	214	2	50

Syracuse Punting
	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB
Cooper Gardiner	5	189	37.8	42	2	1
TEAM	1	0	0.0	0	0	0
Total	6	189	31.5	42	2	1

Virginia Tech Punting
	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB
Tony Romero	8	324	40.5	48	1	1
Total	8	324	40.5	48	1	1

Syracuse All Returns
	Punts			Kickoffs			Interceptions
	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg
Tommy Kane	3	24	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Owens	0	0	0	3	76	39	0	0	0
Markus Paul	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	15
David Bavaro	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total	3	24	10	3	76	39	2	15	15

Virginia Tech All Returns
	Punts			Kickoffs			Interceptions
	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg
Jimmy Whitten	1	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jon Jeffries	0	0	0	4	69	27	0	0	0
Myron Richardson	2	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Roger Brown	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darwin Herdman	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	5
Don Stokes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	4	59	6	4	69	27	1	5	5

Syracuse All Purpose
	Rush	Rcv	KR	PR	IR	Total
Michael Owens	63	34	76	0	0	173
Robert Drummond	80	44	0	0	0	124
Daryl Johnston	85	0	0	0	0	85
Tommy Kane	4	49	0	24	0	77
Chris Barnes	49	0	0	0	0	49
Deval Glover	0	43	0	0	0	43
Rob Moore	0	16	0	0	0	16
Markus Paul	0	0	0	0	15	15
Byron Abraham	3	0	0	0	0	3
Duane Kinnon	2	0	0	0	0	2
David Bavaro	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM	-10	0	0	0	0	-10
Don McPherson	-20	0	0	0	0	-20
Total	256	186	76	24	15	557

Virginia Tech All Purpose
	Rush	Rcv	KR	PR	IR	Total
Jon Jeffries	8	37	69	0	0	114
Myron Richardson	0	99	0	9	0	108
Steve Johnson	0	68	0	0	0	68
Jimmy Whitten	0	0	0	47	0	47
Earnie Jones	26	0	0	0	0	26
Sean Donnelly	4	10	0	0	0	14
Darwin Herdman	0	0	0	0	5	5
Roger Brown	0	0	0	3	0	3
Malcolm Blacken	2	0	0	0	0	2
Don Stokes	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Fox	0	0	0	0	0	0
Erik Chapman	-41	0	0	0	0	-41
Total	-1	214	69	59	5	346

Syracuse Field Goal Attempts
	Qtr	Time	Distance	Result
Tim Vesling	1	01:30	30	Missed

Virginia Tech Field Goal Attempts
	Qtr	Time	Distance	Result
Chris Kinzer	2	01:05	44	Missed

Syracuse Kickoffs
	No.	Yds	TB	OB	Avg.
Tim Vesling	6	357	2	0	59.5
Total	6	357	2	0	59.5

Virginia Tech Kickoffs
	No.	Yds	TB	OB	Avg.
Chris Kinzer	4	245	1	0	61.3
Total	4	245	1	0	61.3

Syracuse Fumbles
	No.	Lost
TEAM	1	1
Don McPherson	1	0

Virginia Tech Fumbles
	No.	Lost
Erik Chapman	1	0

Syracuse Drive Summary
Drive Started				Drive Ended			Consumed
Qtr	Spot	Time	Obtained	Spot	Time	How Lost	Pl-Yds	TOP
1	SU20	15:00	KO	SU31	13:57	PUNT	4-11	1:03
1	SU24	12:15	KO	SU09	10:42	FUMB	4--15	1:33
1	SU22	09:52	KO	SU44	07:18	PUNT	5-22	2:34
1	SU47	04:44	INT	VT14	01:30	FGA	7-39	3:14
2	SU36	15:00	PUNT	VT00	12:35	TD	6-64	2:25
2	SU47	11:41	PUNT	SU47	09:41	PUNT	3-0	2:00
2	SU45	09:41	KO	VT41	06:06	PUNT	6-14	3:35
2	SU14	03:37	PUNT	SU33	02:17	INT	3-19	1:20
2	SU28	01:05	FGA	SU34	00:00	HALF	5-6	1:05
3	SU20	09:59	PUNT	VT00	06:59	TD	8-80	3:00
3	SU29	04:09	PUNT	VT00	01:16	TD	8-71	2:53
3	VT49	00:59	INT	VT47	13:24	PUNT	6-2	2:35
4	SU43	11:35	PUNT	VT00	10:54	TD	2-57	0:41
4	VT38	09:39	PUNT	VT00	07:07	TD	5-38	2:32
4	SU45	05:30	PUNT	VT46	01:40	PUNT	6-9	3:50

	Quarter				Half		Total
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd
Time of possession	08:24	10:25	06:52	08:39	18:49	15:31	34:20
Third Down Conversions	0/4	3/5	3/3	3/5	3/9	6/8	9/17
Fourth Down Conversions	0/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/1	0/0	0/1

Virginia Tech Drive Summary
Drive Started				Drive Ended			Consumed
Qtr	Spot	Time	Obtained	Spot	Time	How Lost	Pl-Yds	TOP
1	VT40	13:57	PUNT	SU00	12:15	TD	4-60	1:42
1	SU09	10:42	FUMB	SU00	09:52	TD	3-9	0:50
1	VT21	07:18	PUNT	VT37	04:44	INT	5-16	2:34
1	VT20	01:30	FGA	VT25	00:00	PUNT	3-5	1:30
2	VT20	12:35	KO	VT20	11:41	PUNT	3-0	0:54
2	SU00	09:41	PUNT	SU00	09:41	TD	0-0	0:00
2	VT20	06:06	PUNT	VT48	03:37	PUNT	8-28	2:29
2	SU36	02:17	INT	SU28	01:05	FGA	6-8	1:12
3	VT37	15:00	KO	SU34	09:59	PUNT	8-29	5:01
3	VT31	06:59	KO	VT33	04:09	PUNT	6-2	2:50
3	VT30	01:16	KO	VT30	00:59	INT	1-0	0:17
4	VT06	13:24	PUNT	VT10	11:35	PUNT	3-4	1:49
4	VT04	10:54	KO	VT06	09:39	PUNT	3-2	1:15
4	VT20	07:07	KO	VT21	05:30	PUNT	3-1	1:37
4	VT16	01:40	PUNT	SU38	00:00	HALF	8-46	1:40

	Quarter				Half		Total
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd
Time of possession	06:36	04:35	08:08	06:21	11:11	14:29	25:40
Third Down Conversions	3/4	1/4	2/4	1/4	4/8	3/8	7/16
Fourth Down Conversions	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0

Syracuse Defense
	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL/Yds	Sack/Yds	FF	FR-Yds	Int-Yds	BrUp	Blkd	QBH
Ted Gregory	8	4	12	2.0/6	1.0/12	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Bavaro	2	6	8	-	-	-	-	1-0	-	-	-
Keith Friberg	2	4	6	1.0/4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dan Bucey	1	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Jeff Mangram	2	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
David Holmes	3	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Ingram	3	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Frase	4	-	4	-	2.0/11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Wooden	3	1	4	-	1.0/8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian LeBaron	1	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Buskirk	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Sean Whiteman	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rob Thomson	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Markus Paul	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	1-15	-	-	-
Rob Burnett	1	-	1	-	1.0/8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Gaughan	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alain Greer	1	-	1	-	1.0/7	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Vesling	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Fetherolf	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	38	31	69	3.0/10	6.0/46		-	2-15	3

Virginia Tech Defense
	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL/Yds	Sack/Yds	FF	FR-Yds	Int-Yds	BrUp	Blkd	QBH
Scott Hill	14	9	23	1.0/1	3.0/19	-	-	-	-	-	-
Randy Cockrell	10	8	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chuck Watson	6	8	14	-	1.0/6	-	-	-	1	-	1
Leslie Bailey	6	8	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jimmy Whitten	4	9	13	-	1.0/5	-	-	-	-	1	1
Eddie Neel	5	8	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Carter Wiley	5	5	10	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Greg Drew	5	4	9	1.0/1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Bobby Martin	3	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Wiley	5	1	6	1.0/1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Roger Brown	3	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Victor Jones	4	1	5	1.0/1	1.0/7	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Chamblee	2	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darwin Herdman	1	3	4	-	-	-	1-0	1-5	-	-	-
Scott Rice	3	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don Stokes	1	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Randolph Kidd	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Johnson	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rodney Varney	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	79	77	156	4.0/4	4.0/27		1-0	1-5	3	1	3

Play-By-Play

1st Quarter

Syracuse Captains: 93-Gregory, 9-McPherson, & 94-Frase

VT Captains: 16-Chapman, 37-Neal, & 87-Johnson

VT wins the toss and defers, Syracuse to receive in the North.

VT ball on VT35.

Kinzer,C. kickoff 65 yards to the SU0, touchback.

SYRACUSE drive start at 15:00.

1 and 10 at SU20

Drummond,R. rush for 11 yards to the SU31, 1ST DOWN SU (Rice,S.).

1 and 10 at SU31

McPherson,D. rush over right end for no gain to the SU31 (Wiley,C.).

2 and 10 at SU31

McPherson,D. pass incomplete to Kane,T..

3 and 10 at SU31

McPherson,D. pass incomplete to Johnston,D..

4 and 10 at SU31

Gardiner,C. punt 32 yards to the VT37, Brown,R. return 3 yards to the VT40 (Holmes,D.).

DRIVE SUMMARY: 4 plays, 11 yards, TOP 1:03

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 13:57.

1 and 10 at VT40

Chapman,E. pass complete to Richardson,M. for 50 yards to the SU10, 1ST DOWN VT (Ingram,C.).

1 and Goal at SU10

Blacken,M. rush right for 1 yard to the SU9 (Frase,P.;Mangram,J.).

2 and Goal at SU09

Blacken,M. rush up middle for 1 yard to the SU8 (Gregory,T.;Bavaro,D.).

3 and Goal at SU08

Chapman,E. pass complete to Johnson,S. for 8 yards to the SU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:15.

Kinzer,C. kick attempt good.

Syracuse: - Virginia Tech:

Kinzer,C. kickoff 58 yards to the SU7, Owens,M. return 17 yards to the SU24 (Stokes,D.).

DRIVE SUMMARY: 4 plays, 60 yards, TOP 1:42

SYRACUSE drive start at 12:15.

1 and 10 at SU24

Drummond,R. rush left for 2 yards to the SU26 (Drew,G.).

2 and 8 at SU26

McPherson,D. pass incomplete to Kane,T..

3 and 8 at SU26

McPherson,D. sacked for loss of 7 yards to the SU19 (Watson,C.;Hill,S.).

4 and 15 at SU19

TEAM rush for loss of 10 yards to the SU9, fumble by TEAM recovered by VT Herdman,D. at SU9.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 4 plays, -15 yards, TOP 1:33

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 10:42.

1 and Goal at SU09

Chapman,E. pass incomplete.

2 and Goal at SU09

Jeffries,J. rush for no gain to the SU9 (Bavaro,D.).

3 and Goal at SU09

Chapman,E. pass complete to Richardson,M. for 9 yards to the SU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:52.

Kinzer,C. kick attempt good.

Syracuse: - Virginia Tech:

Kinzer,C. kickoff 63 yards to the SU2, Owens,M. return 20 yards to the SU22 (Watson,C.).

DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 9 yards, TOP 0:50

SYRACUSE drive start at 09:52.

1 and 10 at SU22

Johnston,D. rush left for 5 yards to the SU27 (Wiley,A.).

2 and 5 at SU27

Johnston,D. rush up middle for 8 yards to the SU35, 1ST DOWN SU (Chamblee,A.).

1 and 10 at SU35

McPherson,D. rush right for 3 yards to the SU38 (Hill,S.;Chamblee,A.).

2 and 7 at SU38

McPherson,D. pass incomplete to Kelly,P..

3 and 7 at SU38

McPherson,D. pass complete to Drummond,R. for 6 yards to the SU44 (Neel,E.).

4 and 1 at SU44

Gardiner,C. punt 38 yards to the VT18, Richardson,M. return 3 yards to the VT21.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 5 plays, 22 yards, TOP 2:34

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 07:18.

1 and 10 at VT21

Chapman,E. pass complete to Johnson,S. for 8 yards to the VT29 (Bavaro,D.;Holmes,D.).

2 and 2 at VT29

Blacken,M. rush over right end for 1 yard to the VT30 (Bucey,D.).

3 and 1 at VT30

Jones,E. rush up middle for 6 yards to the VT36, 1ST DOWN VT (Bucey,D.).

1 and 10 at VT36

Jeffries,J. rush up middle for 1 yard to the VT37 (Friberg,K.;Gregory,T.).

2 and 9 at VT37

Chapman,E. pass intercepted by Bavaro,D. at the SU47, Bavaro,D. return 0 yards to the SU47.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 5 plays, 16 yards, TOP 2:34

SYRACUSE drive start at 04:44.

1 and 10 at SU47

McPherson,D. pass complete to Drummond,R. for 8 yards to the VT45 (Cockrell,R.;Bailey,L.).

2 and 2 at VT45

Johnston,D. rush up middle for 2 yards to the VT43, 1ST DOWN SU (Watson,C.).

1 and 10 at VT43

Johnston,D. rush up middle for 23 yards to the VT20, 1ST DOWN SU (Whitten,J.).

1 and 10 at VT20

Barnes,C. rush up middle for 5 yards to the VT15 (Cockrell,R.).

2 and 5 at VT15

Drummond,R. rush over left end for 1 yard to the VT14 (Cockrell,R.;Wiley,A.).

3 and 4 at VT14

McPherson,D. rush quarterback draw for no gain to the VT14 (Hill,S.;Cockrell,R.).

4 and 4 at VT14

Vesling,T. field goal attempt from 30 MISSED - wide left, spot at VT20, clock 01:30.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 7 plays, 39 yards, TOP 3:14

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 01:30.

1 and 10 at VT20

Jeffries,J. rush over left end for 4 yards to the VT24 (Mangram,J.).

2 and 6 at VT24

Jones,E. rush right for 1 yard to the VT25 (Friberg,K.).

3 and 5 at VT25

Chapman,E. pass incomplete to Blacken,M..

4 and 5 at VT25

Romero,T. punt 44 yards to the SU31, Kane,T. return 5 yards to the SU36.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 5 yards, TOP 1:30

SYRACUSE drive start at 00:00.

1st Quarter Stats

		Time	1st Downs				Conversions
Quarter Summary	Score	Poss	R	P	X	T	3rd	4td	Rushing	Passing	Penalties
Syracuse	0	08:24	4	0	0	4	0-4	0-1	13-43	2-6-0-14	0-0
Virginia Tech	14	06:36	1	1	0	2	3-4	0-0	8-15	4-7-1-75	0-0

2nd Quarter

Start of 2nd quarter, clock 15:00.

1 and 10 at SU36

Johnston,D. rush right for 7 yards to the SU43 (Wiley,A.;Herdman,D.).

2 and 3 at SU43

Johnston,D. rush right for 14 yards to the VT43, 1ST DOWN SU (Bailey,L.;Wiley,C.).

1 and 10 at VT43

Owens,M. rush over left end for 15 yards to the VT28, 1ST DOWN SU (Bailey,L.).

1 and 10 at VT28

Owens,M. rush left for 1 yard to the VT27 (Hill,S.).

2 and 9 at VT27

McPherson,D. sacked for loss of 7 yards to the VT34 (Hill,S.).

3 and 16 at VT34

McPherson,D. pass complete to Owens,M. for 34 yards to the VT0, 1ST DOWN SU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:35.

Vesling,T. kick attempt good.

Syracuse: - Virginia Tech:

Vesling,T. kickoff 65 yards to the VT0, touchback.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 6 plays, 64 yards, TOP 2:25

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 12:35.

1 and 10 at VT20

Chapman,E. pass incomplete to Eddy,D..

2 and 10 at VT20

Chapman,E. pass incomplete to Eddy,D..

3 and 10 at VT20

Chapman,E. pass complete to Fox,R. for no gain to the VT20 (Bavaro,D.).

4 and 10 at VT20

Romero,T. punt 38 yards to the SU42, PENALTY VT kick catching interference 5 yards to the SU47, 1st and 10, SU ball on SU47.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 0 yards, TOP 0:54

SYRACUSE drive start at 11:41.

1 and 10 at SU47

McPherson,D. pass complete to Moore,R. for 6 yards to the VT47 (Rice,S.).

2 and 4 at VT47

Drummond,R. rush over right end for no gain to the VT47 (Jones,V.).

3 and 4 at VT47

McPherson,D. sacked for loss of 6 yards to the SU47 (Jones,V.).

4 and 10 at SU47

TEAM punt BLOCKED, recovered by VT Stokes,D. at SU0 (blocked by Whitten,J.), Stokes,D. for no gain to the SU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:41.

Syracuse: - Virginia Tech:

Kinzer,C. kick attempt good.

Syracuse: - Virginia Tech:

DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 0 yards, TOP 2:00

Kinzer,C. kickoff 59 yards to the SU6, Owens,M. return 39 yards to the SU45 (Rice,S.).

SYRACUSE drive start at 09:41.

Kinzer (VT) shaken up on the play.

1 and 10 at SU45

Drummond,R. rush up middle for 6 yards to the VT49 (Drew,G.).

2 and 4 at VT49

McPherson,D. rush over right end for 3 yards to the VT46 (Hill,S.).

3 and 1 at VT46

PENALTY SU illegal procedure 5 yards to the SU49.

3 and 6 at SU49

McPherson,D. pass complete to Glover,D. for 14 yards to the VT37, 1ST DOWN SU (Brown,R.).

1 and 10 at VT37

McPherson,D. sacked for loss of 7 yards to the VT44 (Whitten,J.).

2 and 17 at VT44

Owens,M. rush up middle for 3 yards to the VT41 (Hill,S.).

3 and 14 at VT41

McPherson,D. pass incomplete to Kelly,P..

4 and 14 at VT41

Gardiner,C. punt 41 yards to the VT0, touchback.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 6 plays, 14 yards, TOP 3:35

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 06:06.

1 and 10 at VT20

Blacken,M. rush over right end for no gain to the VT20 (Frase,P.).

2 and 10 at VT20

Chapman,E. pass complete to Donnelly,S. for 10 yards to the VT30, 1ST DOWN VT.

Ingram (SU) injured on the play.

1 and 10 at VT30

Chapman,E. pass complete to Richardson,M. for 9 yards to the VT39 (Mangram,J.;Whiteman,S.).

2 and 1 at VT39

Chapman,E. pass incomplete to Richardson,M..

3 and 1 at VT39

Jones,E. rush right for 13 yards to the SU48, 1ST DOWN VT (Bavaro,D.;Paul,M.).

1 and 10 at SU48

Jeffries,J. rush for loss of 4 yards to the VT48 (Friberg,K.).

Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 03:57.

2 and 14 at VT48

Chapman,E. deep pass incomplete to Richardson,M..

3 and 14 at VT48

Chapman,E. pass incomplete to Borden,K..

4 and 14 at VT48

Romero,T. punt 38 yards to the SU14, fair catch by Kane,T..

DRIVE SUMMARY: 8 plays, 28 yards, TOP 2:29

SYRACUSE drive start at 03:37.

Steve Hale (VT) injured on the play.

1 and 10 at SU14

McPherson,D. pass complete to Drummond,R. for 15 yards to the SU29, 1ST DOWN SU.

1 and 10 at SU29

Kane,T. rush for 4 yards to the SU33 (Hill,S.).

2 and 6 at SU33

McPherson,D. pass intercepted by Herdman,D. at the SU41, Herdman,D. return 5 yards to the SU36.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 19 yards, TOP 1:20

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 02:17.

1 and 10 at SU36

Chapman,E. pass incomplete to Johnson,S..

2 and 10 at SU36

Chapman,E. pass complete to Richardson,M. for 17 yards to the SU19, 1ST DOWN VT (Paul,M.).

1 and 10 at SU19

PENALTY VT illegal procedure 5 yards to the SU24.

1 and 15 at SU24

Chapman,E. pass incomplete.

2 and 15 at SU24

Chapman,E. sacked for loss of 8 yards to the SU32 (Wooden,T.).

Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 01:30.

3 and 23 at SU32

Donnelly,S. rush up middle for 4 yards to the SU28 (Friberg,K.;Gregory,T.).

Timeout Syracuse, clock 01:10.

4 and 19 at SU28

Kinzer,C. field goal attempt from 44 MISSED - short, spot at SU28, clock 01:05.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 6 plays, 8 yards, TOP 1:12

SYRACUSE drive start at 01:05.

1 and 10 at SU28

McPherson,D. pass incomplete to Kane,T..

Clock 00:59.

2 and 10 at SU28

McPherson,D. middle pass complete to Drummond,R. for 9 yards to the SU37 (Neel,E.).

3 and 1 at SU37

Johnston,D. rush right for 2 yards to the SU39, 1ST DOWN SU.

1 and 10 at SU39

McPherson,D. pass incomplete to Kane,T..

Clock 00:18.

2 and 10 at SU39

McPherson,D. pass incomplete to Kane,T..

Clock 00:11.

3 and 10 at SU39

PENALTY SU illegal procedure 5 yards to the SU34.

End of half, clock 00:00.

2nd Quarter Stats

		Time	1st Downs				Conversions
Quarter Summary	Score	Poss	R	P	X	T	3rd	4td	Rushing	Passing	Penalties
Syracuse	7	10:25	3	3	0	6	3-5	0-0	13-35	5-10-1-78	2-10
Virginia Tech	7	04:35	1	2	0	3	1-4	0-0	5-5	4-11-0-36	2-10

3rd Quarter

Start of 3rd quarter, clock 15:00, SU ball on SU35.

Vesling,T. kickoff 54 yards to the VT11, Jeffries,J. return 26 yards to the VT37 (Mangram,J.).

DRIVE SUMMARY: 5 plays, 6 yards, TOP 1:05

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 15:00.

1 and 10 at VT37

Jones,E. rush right for 1 yard to the VT38 (Gregory,T.).

2 and 9 at VT38

Chapman,E. sacked for loss of 12 yards to the VT26 (Gregory,T.).

Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 13:31.

3 and 21 at VT26

Chapman,E. middle pass complete to Johnson,S. for 23 yards to the VT49, 1ST DOWN VT (Buskirk,J.).

1 and 10 at VT49

~~Chapman,E. pass incomplete to Jeffries,J.~~, PENALTY VT ineligible downfield on pass 5 yards to the VT44, NO PLAY.

1 and 15 at VT44

Chapman,E. pass complete to Richardson,M. for 14 yards to the SU42 (Ingram,C.).

2 and 1 at SU42

Jones,E. rush up middle for 1 yard to the SU41, 1ST DOWN VT (Wooden,T.).

1 and 10 at SU41

Chapman,E. sacked for loss of 5 yards to the SU46 (Frase,P.).

2 and 15 at SU46

Chapman,E. pass incomplete to Johnson,S..

3 and 15 at SU46

Chapman,E. middle pass complete to Jeffries,J. for 12 yards to the SU34 (Wooden,T.;Buskirk,J.).

4 and 3 at SU34

Romero,T. punt 34 yards to the SU0, touchback.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 8 plays, 29 yards, TOP 5:01

SYRACUSE drive start at 09:59.

1 and 10 at SU20

Johnston,D. rush up middle for 4 yards to the SU24 (Cockrell,R.;Hill,S.).

2 and 6 at SU24

Johnston,D. rush right for 3 yards to the SU27 (Cockrell,R.).

3 and 3 at SU27

McPherson,D. pass complete to Drummond,R. for 6 yards to the SU33, 1ST DOWN SU (Jones,V.).

1 and 10 at SU33

McPherson,D. pass complete to Kane,T. for 21 yards to the VT46, 1ST DOWN SU (Rice,S.).

1 and 10 at VT46

Johnston,D. rush up middle for 4 yards to the VT42 (Jones,V.).

2 and 6 at VT42

Drummond,R. rush right for 9 yards to the VT33, 1ST DOWN SU (Neel,E.).

1 and 10 at VT33

McPherson,D. pass complete to Glover,D. for 29 yards to the VT4, 1ST DOWN SU (Wiley,C.).

1 and Goal at VT04

Barnes,C. rush left for 4 yards to the VT0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:59.

Vesling,T. kick attempt good.

Syracuse: - Virginia Tech:

Vesling,T. kickoff 50 yards to the VT15, Jeffries,J. return 16 yards to the VT31 (Buskirk,J.).

DRIVE SUMMARY: 8 plays, 80 yards, TOP 3:00

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 06:59.

1 and 10 at VT31

Blacken,M. rush right for loss of 1 yard to the VT30 (Gregory,T.).

2 and 11 at VT30

Chapman,E. rush quarterback scramble for 10 yards to the VT40 (Holmes,D.).

3 and 1 at VT40

Jones,E. rush left for 1 yard to the VT41, 1ST DOWN VT (Bavaro,D.;Ingram,C.).

1 and 10 at VT41

Chapman,E. sacked for loss of 8 yards to the VT33 (Burnett,R.).

2 and 18 at VT33

Chapman,E. middle pass incomplete to Johnson,S..

3 and 18 at VT33

Chapman,E. pass incomplete to Johnson,S..

4 and 18 at VT33

Romero,T. punt 48 yards to the SU19, Kane,T. return 10 yards to the SU29 (Wiley,C.).

DRIVE SUMMARY: 6 plays, 2 yards, TOP 2:50

SYRACUSE drive start at 04:09.

1 and 10 at SU29

Owens,M. rush over right end for 14 yards to the SU43, 1ST DOWN SU (Granby,J.).

1 and 10 at SU43

Owens,M. rush up middle for 24 yards to the VT33, 1ST DOWN SU (Brown,R.).

1 and 10 at VT33

McPherson,D. rush for loss of 1 yard to the VT34, fumble by McPherson,D. recovered by SU Johnston,D. at VT34.

2 and 11 at VT34

McPherson,D. pass complete to Moore,R. for 10 yards to the VT24 (Rice,S.).

3 and 1 at VT24

McPherson,D. rush up middle for 1 yard to the VT23, 1ST DOWN SU.

1 and 10 at VT23

McPherson,D. pass incomplete to Kane,T..

2 and 10 at VT23

Owens,M. rush right for 6 yards to the VT17 (Martin,B.).

3 and 4 at VT17

McPherson,D. pass complete to Kane,T. for 17 yards to the VT0, 1ST DOWN SU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:16.

Vesling,T. kick attempt good.

Syracuse: - Virginia Tech:

Vesling,T. kickoff 62 yards to the VT3, Jeffries,J. return 27 yards to the VT30 (LeBaron,B.).

DRIVE SUMMARY: 8 plays, 71 yards, TOP 2:53

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 01:16.

1 and 10 at VT30

Chapman,E. pass intercepted by Paul,M. at the SU46, Paul,M. return 15 yards to the VT39, PENALTY SU holding 10 yards to the VT49, 1st and 10, SU ball on VT49.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 1 plays, 0 yards, TOP 0:17

SYRACUSE drive start at 00:59.

1 and 10 at VT49

Barnes,C. rush up middle for 4 yards to the VT45 (Whitten,J.).

2 and 6 at VT45

McPherson,D. rush for 5 yards to the VT40 (Martin,B.).

3rd Quarter Stats

		Time	1st Downs				Conversions
Quarter Summary	Score	Poss	R	P	X	T	3rd	4td	Rushing	Passing	Penalties
Syracuse	14	06:52	4	4	0	8	3-3	0-0	12-77	5-6-0-83	1-10
Virginia Tech	0	08:08	2	1	0	3	2-4	0-0	8--13	3-7-1-49	1-5

4th Quarter

Start of 4th quarter, clock 15:00.

3 and 1 at VT40

Barnes,C. rush up middle for 3 yards to the VT37, 1ST DOWN SU (Martin,B.).

1 and 10 at VT37

PENALTY SU holding 10 yards to the VT47.

1 and 20 at VT47

McPherson,D. pass incomplete to Davis,P..

2 and 20 at VT47

Owens,M. rush right for no gain to the VT47 (Wiley,A.).

3 and 20 at VT47

McPherson,D. pass incomplete to Davis,P..

4 and 20 at VT47

Gardiner,C. punt 42 yards to the VT5, downed.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 6 plays, 2 yards, TOP 2:35

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 13:24.

VT ball on VT6.

1 and 10 at VT06

Blacken,M. rush left for no gain to the VT6 (Friberg,K.).

2 and 10 at VT06

Jones,E. rush up middle for 3 yards to the VT9 (Gregory,T.;Bavaro,D.).

3 and 7 at VT09

Chapman,E. rush for 1 yard to the VT10, fumble by Chapman,E. recovered by VT Chapman,E. at VT10.

4 and 6 at VT10

Romero,T. punt 47 yards to the SU43, downed.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 4 yards, TOP 1:49

SYRACUSE drive start at 11:35.

1 and 10 at SU43

Johnston,D. rush up middle for 6 yards to the SU49 (Whitten,J.).

2 and 4 at SU49

Drummond,R. rush for 51 yards to the VT0, 1ST DOWN SU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:54.

Vesling,T. kick attempt good.

Syracuse: - Virginia Tech:

Vesling,T. kickoff 61 yards to the VT4, Richardson,M. return 0 yards to the VT4, out-of-bounds.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 2 plays, 57 yards, TOP 0:41

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 10:54.

1 and 10 at VT04

Chapman,E. pass incomplete to Jones,E..

2 and 10 at VT04

Jones,E. rush up middle for 2 yards to the VT6.

3 and 8 at VT06

Chapman,E. pass incomplete to Johnson,S..

4 and 8 at VT06

Romero,T. punt 41 yards to the VT47, Kane,T. return 9 yards to the VT38 (Cockrell,R.).

DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 2 yards, TOP 1:15

SYRACUSE drive start at 09:39.

1 and 10 at VT38

Barnes,C. rush left for 5 yards to the VT33 (Neel,E.).

2 and 5 at VT33

Barnes,C. rush right for 20 yards to the VT13, 1ST DOWN SU (Neel,E.).

1 and 10 at VT13

Johnston,D. rush up middle for 5 yards to the VT8.

2 and 5 at VT08

Johnston,D. rush right for 2 yards to the VT6 (Hill,S.).

3 and 3 at VT06

PENALTY SU delay of game 5 yards to the VT11.

3 and 8 at VT11

McPherson,D. pass complete to Kane,T. for 11 yards to the VT0, 1ST DOWN SU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:07.

Vesling,T. kick attempt good.

Syracuse: - Virginia Tech:

Vesling,T. kickoff 65 yards to the VT0, touchback.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 5 plays, 38 yards, TOP 2:32

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 07:07.

1 and 10 at VT20

Jeffries,J. rush left for 7 yards to the VT27 (Gregory,T.).

2 and 3 at VT27

Chapman,E. rush for loss of 5 yards to the VT22, out-of-bounds.

3 and 8 at VT22

Chapman,E. sacked for loss of 6 yards to the VT16 (Frase,P.).

4 and 14 at VT16

PENALTY SU roughing the kicker 5 yards to the VT21.

4 and 9 at VT21

Romero,T. punt 34 yards to the SU45, fair catch by Kane,T..

DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 1 yards, TOP 1:37

SYRACUSE drive start at 05:30.

1 and 10 at SU45

Barnes,C. rush up middle for 5 yards to the 50 yardline (Whitten,J.).

2 and 5 at SU50

Barnes,C. rush right for 3 yards to the VT47 (Hill,S.).

3 and 2 at VT47

Abraham,B. rush draw play for 3 yards to the VT44, 1ST DOWN SU (Watson,C.).

1 and 10 at VT44

Abraham,B. rush left for no gain to the VT44 (Cockrell,R.).

2 and 10 at VT44

Kinnon,D. rush up middle for 2 yards to the VT42.

3 and 8 at VT42

McPherson,D. sacked for loss of 4 yards to the VT46 (Hill,S.).

4 and 12 at VT46

Gardiner,C. punt 36 yards to the VT10, Richardson,M. return 6 yards to the VT16.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 6 plays, 9 yards, TOP 3:50

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 01:40.

1 and 10 at VT16

Chapman,E. rush quarterback scramble for 9 yards to the VT25.

2 and 1 at VT25

Chapman,E. pass incomplete.

Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 01:26.

3 and 1 at VT25

Chapman,E. pass complete to Johnson,S. for 8 yards to the VT33, 1ST DOWN VT.

1 and 10 at VT33

Chapman,E. sacked for loss of 7 yards to the VT26 (Greer,A.).

2 and 17 at VT26

Chapman,E. pass complete to Jeffries,J. for 17 yards to the VT43, 1ST DOWN VT (Bavaro,D.;Mangram,J.).

1 and 10 at VT43

Chapman,E. pass complete to Johnson,S. for 21 yards to the SU36, 1ST DOWN VT (Ingram,C.).

1 and 10 at SU36

Chapman,E. pass complete to Jeffries,J. for 8 yards to the SU28.

Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 00:10.

2 and 2 at SU28

Chapman,E. sacked for loss of 10 yards to the SU38.

End of game, clock 00:00.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 8 plays, 46 yards, TOP 1:40

4th Quarter Stats

		Time	1st Downs				Conversions
Quarter Summary	Score	Poss	R	P	X	T	3rd	4td	Rushing	Passing	Penalties
Syracuse	14	08:39	4	1	0	5	3-5	0-0	14-101	1-3-0-11	3-20
Virginia Tech	0	06:21	0	3	0	3	1-4	0-0	10--6	4-7-0-54	0-0

Participation

Syracuse Starters
Pos	No.	Offense











Pos	No.	Defense

Virginia Tech Starters
Pos	No.	Offense
QB	16	Erik Chapman










Pos	No.	Defense

Syracuse: 1-Tim Vesling, 9-Don McPherson, 10-Markus Paul, 14-Rob Moore, 22-Sean Whiteman, 24-Chris Ingram, 25-Rob Thomson, 27-Jeff Buskirk, 28-Jeff Mangram, 29-Cooper Gardiner, 32-Daryl Johnston, 33-Byron Abraham, 36-Robert Drummond, 38-David Holmes, 39-Chris Barnes, 40-Brian LeBaron, 43-Duane Kinnon, 44-Michael Owens, 50-Brian Fetherolf, 55-Dan Bucey, 59-David Bavaro, 63-Jim Gaughan, 70-Rob Burnett, 81-Deval Glover, 82-Tommy Kane, 90-Terry Wooden, 92-Alain Greer, 93-Ted Gregory, 94-Paul Frase, 98-Keith Friberg.

Virginia Tech: 4-Chris Kinzer, 6-Roger Brown, 11-Malcolm Blacken, 12-Tony Romero, 22-Myron Richardson, 25-Sean Donnelly, 27-Jon Jeffries, 32-Don Stokes, 34-Victor Jones, 35-John Granby, 36-Carter Wiley, 37-Eddie Neel, 38-Scott Rice, 39-Randy Cockrell, 43-Rich Fox, 44-Leslie Bailey, 49-Earnie Jones, 66-Scott Hill, 74-Al Wiley, 87-Steve Johnson, 88-Darwin Herdman, 90-Bobby Martin, 91-Greg Drew, 92-Randolph Kidd, 94-Rodney Varney, 96-Jimmy Whitten, 97-Al Chamblee, 98-Chuck Watson.

Football

Syracuse 35 - Virginia Tech 21FINAL

Participation

Syracuse 35 - Virginia Tech 21
FINAL