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(5) Virginia Tech (7-2, 3-2) 777728
(25) Pittsburgh (7-2, 4-0) 3147731
  • November 8, 2003
    Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • Kickoff time: 7:47 PM
  • End of Game: 10:59 PM
  • Total elapsed time: 3:12
  • Temperature: 32 deg
  • Wind: 5-7mph-N
  • Weather: Partly Cloudy & Cool
  • Attendance: 66,207
  • Referee: McGinn, Gerald
  • Umpire: Semcheski, Mike
  • Linesman: Fitzgerald,Matt
  • Line judge: Reese, Tod
  • Back judge: McDaid, John
  • Field judge: Parham, Keith
  • Side judge: Hagans, Milt
Scoring Summary
First QuarterVTPITT
FG10:53ABDUL,David 34 yd Field GoalDrive: 5 plays, 44 yds, 2:3003
TD09:31Kevin Jones 11 yd Rush (Carter Warley Kick)Drive: 4 plays, 49 yds, 1:2273
Second QuarterVTPITT
TD11:31FITZGERALD,L. 5 yd Pass From RUTHERFORD,Rod (ABDUL,David Kick)Drive: 3 plays, 30 yds, 0:59710
TD08:33Kevin Jones 1 yd Rush (Carter Warley Kick)Drive: 8 plays, 75 yds, 2:581410
TD04:37RUTHERFORD,Rod 2 yd Rush (ABDUL,David Kick)Drive: 5 plays, 33 yds, 1:261417
Third QuarterVTPITT
TD01:24WILSON,Kris 11 yd Pass From RUTHERFORD,Rod (ABDUL,David Kick)Drive: 9 plays, 80 yds, 3:311424
TD01:09Kevin Jones 80 yd Rush (Carter Warley Kick)Drive: 1 plays, 80 yds, 0:152124
Fourth QuarterVTPITT
TD13:51Kevin Jones 13 yd Rush (Carter Warley Kick)Drive: 2 plays, 59 yds, 0:132824
TD00:47POLITE,Lousaka 2 yd Rush (ABDUL,David Kick)Drive: 9 plays, 70 yds, 3:232831
Team Stats VT PITT
FIRST DOWNS
  Rushing
  Passing
  Penalty
NET YARDS RUSHING
  Rushing Attempts
  Average Per Rush
  Rushing Touchdowns
  Yards Gained Rushing
  Yards Lost Rushing
NET YARDS PASSING
  Completions-Attempts-Int
  Average Per Attempt
  Average Per Completion
  Passing Touchdowns
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS
  Total offense plays
  Average Gain Per Play
Fumbles: Number-Lost
Penalties: Number-Yards
PUNTS-YARDS
  Average Yards Per Punt
  Net Yards Per Punt
  Inside 20
  50+ Yards
  Touchbacks
  Fair catch
Team Stats VT PITT
KICKOFFS-YARDS
  Average Yards Per Kickoff
  Net Yards Per Kickoff
  Touchbacks
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD
  Average Per Return
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD
  Average Per Return
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD
Miscellaneous Yards
Possession Time
  1st Quarter
  2nd Quarter
  3rd Quarter
  4th Quarter
Third-Down Conversions
Fourth-Down Conversions
Red-Zone Scores-Chances
  Touchdowns
  Field Goals
Sacks By: Number-Yards
PAT Kicks
Field Goals
Virginia Tech Rushing
Kevin Jones
Marcus Vick
Cedric Humes
Bryan Randall
Total
Pittsburgh Rushing
WALKER,Jawan
POLITE,Lousaka
RUTHERFORD,Rod
MURPHY,Tim
Total
Virginia Tech Passing
Cmp-Att-Int
Marcus Vick8-15-2
Bryan Randall3-6-0
Total11-21-2
Pittsburgh Passing
Cmp-Att-Int
RUTHERFORD,Rod24-31-1
Total24-31-1
Virginia Tech Receiving
Ernest Wilford
Justin Hamilton
Jeff King
Cedric Humes
Doug Easlick
David Clowney
Total
Pittsburgh Receiving
FITZGERALD,L.
WILSON,Kris
BROCKENBROUGH,P
MURPHY,Tim
WALKER,Jawan
LEE,Greg
POLITE,Lousaka
Total
Virginia Tech Punting
Vinnie Burns
Total
Pittsburgh Punting
LEE,Andy
Total
Virginia Tech All Returns
  Punts Kickoffs Interceptions
Mike Imoh
Deangelo Hall
Mikal Baaqee
Total
Pittsburgh All Returns
  Punts Kickoffs Interceptions
ALLEN,Terrell
FERGUSON,W.
HUMPHRIES,Corey
MOORE,Lewis
Total
Virginia Tech All Purpose
Kevin Jones
Mike Imoh
Ernest Wilford
Justin Hamilton
Deangelo Hall
Marcus Vick
Cedric Humes
Jeff King
Doug Easlick
David Clowney
Bryan Randall
Mikal Baaqee
Total
Pittsburgh All Purpose
ALLEN,Terrell
WILSON,Kris
FITZGERALD,L.
WALKER,Jawan
BROCKENBROUGH,P
POLITE,Lousaka
RUTHERFORD,Rod
MURPHY,Tim
FERGUSON,W.
LEE,Greg
HUMPHRIES,Corey
MOORE,Lewis
Total
Virginia Tech Field Goal Attempts
None
Pittsburgh Field Goal Attempts
ABDUL,David
Virginia Tech Kickoffs
Brandon Pace
Total
Pittsburgh Kickoffs
GRAESSLE,Adam
Total
Virginia Tech Fumbles
Cedric Humes
Kevin Jones
Pittsburgh Fumbles
RUTHERFORD,Rod
WILSON,Kris
POLITE,Lousaka
Virginia Tech Drive Summary
Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed
Qtr Spot Obtained Spot How Lost Pl-Yds
1VT19KOVT27PUNT3-8
1PITT49KOPITT00TD4-49
1VT49FUMBPITT07FUMB8-44
1VT42PUNTPITT49PUNT3-9
2VT15PUNTVT09PUNT3--6
2VT25KOPITT00TD8-75
2VT29PUNTVT33FUMB1-4
2VT30KOVT38INT4-8
2VT20INTVT24HALF1-4
3VT03PUNTPITT48PUNT9-49
3VT20KOPITT00TD1-80
4VT41PUNTPITT00TD2-59
4VT32FUMBPITT39PUNT6-29
4VT32PUNTPITT30DOWNS7-38
4VT14KOVT14INT1-0
Quarter Half Total
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd  
Time of possession08:1507:1705:0306:3315:3211:3627:08
Third Down Conversions1/40/11/22/41/53/64/11
Fourth Down Conversions0/00/00/00/10/00/10/1
Pittsburgh Drive Summary
Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed
Qtr Spot Obtained Spot How Lost Pl-Yds
1PITT39PUNTVT17FG5-44
1PITT29KOVT49FUMB4-22
1PITT07FUMBPITT16PUNT3-9
1PITT32PUNTVT46PUNT4-22
2VT30PUNTVT00TD3-30
2PITT24KOPITT32PUNT3-8
2VT33FUMBVT00TD5-33
2VT41INTVT19INT6-22
3PITT28KOVT38PUNT9-34
3PITT20PUNTVT00TD9-80
3PITT43KOPITT44PUNT3-1
4PITT25KOVT32FUMB3-43
4PITT15PUNTPITT35PUNT4-20
4PITT30DOWNSVT00TD9-70
4VT19INTVT19HALF1-0
Quarter Half Total
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd  
Time of possession06:4507:4309:5708:2714:2818:2432:52
Third Down Conversions0/21/44/51/31/65/86/14
Fourth Down Conversions0/01/10/00/01/10/01/1
Virginia Tech Defense
Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds Sack/Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Blkd QBH
Mikal Baaqee9211----1-0---
Jimmy Williams7310--------
Michael Crawford73101.0/1-------
Vincent Fuller538--22-0----
Vegas Robinson527--1----2
Nathaniel Adibi2571.0/21.0/2-----2
Cols Colas6-62.0/71.5/71----1
Jonathan Lewis3251.0/10.5/1------
Brandon Manning3141.0/6-------
James Anderson314--------
Deangelo Hall4-4--------
Eric Green4-4--------
Jordan Trott2241.0/2-------
Kevin Lewis2131.0/61.0/6------
Tim Sandidge-33--------
Blake Warren213--------
Noland Burchette123-------1
Aaron Rouse112--------
Darryl Tapp-11-------1
Doug Easlick1-1--------
Chad Grimm1-1--------
Kevin Jones1-1--------
Jason Lallis1-11.0/31.0/3------
Total70331039.0/285.0/1942-01-07
Pittsburgh Defense
Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds Sack/Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Blkd QBH
MORRIS,Tez358-----1--
BENNETT,Brian6171.0/7-1-----
FERGUSON,W.617-----2--
SPENCER,S.516-----1--
GILLIARD,Tyrone1341.0/5-------
HORNE,J.J.3-3--------
BLADES,H.B.123--------
SPENCER,Charles213--1-----
SMITH,Thomas2-21.0/101.0/10------
MOORE,Lewis2-2----1-0---
BEAGNYAM,Azzie112--------
POSTELL,Malcolm2-2--------
SESSION,Clint2-2--------
HUMPHRIES,Corey112----1-7---
HILL,Keith112--------
BRYANT,Sam1-1--------
ALLEMAN,Andy1-1--------
WILSON,Kris1-1--------
HOLTHAUS,Jake-11--------
GILL,Erik1-1--------
LAY,Bernard1-1---1-0----
CROCHUNIS,Vince1-1---1-0----
Total4418623.0/221.0/1022-02-74
Play-By-Play
1st Quarter
Va. Tech wins toss and will receive.
PITT ball on PITT35, start of 1st quarter, clock 15:00.
GRAESSLE,Adam kickoff 61 yards to the VT4, Imoh,M return 25 yards to the VT29 (BENNETT,Brian), PENALTY VT holding 10 yards to the VT19, 1st and 10, VT ball on VT19.
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 15:00.
1 and 10 at VT19Jones,K rush for 4 yards to the VT23 (MORRIS,Tez).
2 and 6 at VT23Jones,K rush for 4 yards to the VT27 (BENNETT,Brian).
3 and 2 at VT27Randall,B pass incomplete to King,J.
4 and 2 at VT27Burns,V punt 46 yards to the PITT27, FERGUSON,W. return 12 yards to the PITT39 (Anderson,J;Easlick,D).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 8 yards, TOP 1:37
PITTSBURGH drive start at 13:23.
1 and 10 at PITT39RUTHERFORD,Rod pass complete to FITZGERALD,L. for 41 yards to the VT20, 1ST DOWN PITT (Green,E).
1 and 10 at VT20RUTHERFORD,Rod pass complete to POLITE,Lousaka for no gain to the VT20 (Crawford,M).
2 and 10 at VT20POLITE,Lousaka rush for no gain to the VT20 (Lewis,K).
3 and 10 at VT20RUTHERFORD,Rod rush for 3 yards to the VT17 (Colas,C).
4 and 7 at VT17ABDUL,David field goal attempt from 34 GOOD, clock 10:53.
Virginia Tech: - Pittsburgh:
GRAESSLE,Adam kickoff 64 yards to the VT1, Imoh,M return 50 yards to the PITT49 (BRYANT,Sam).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 5 plays, 44 yards, TOP 2:30
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 10:53.
1 and 10 at PITT49Jones,K rush for 13 yards to the PITT36, 1ST DOWN VT (MOORE,Lewis).
1 and 10 at PITT36Jones,K rush for 7 yards to the PITT29 (ALLEMAN,Andy).
2 and 3 at PITT29Randall,B pass complete to Wilford,E for 18 yards to the PITT11, 1ST DOWN VT (POSTELL,Malcolm).
1 and 10 at PITT11Jones,K rush for 11 yards to the PITT0, 1ST DOWN VT, TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:31.
Warley,C kick attempt good.
Virginia Tech: - Pittsburgh:
Pace,B kickoff 56 yards to the PITT9, ALLEN,Terrell return 20 yards to the PITT29 (Grimm,Ch;Anderson,J).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 4 plays, 49 yards, TOP 1:22
PITTSBURGH drive start at 09:31.
1 and 10 at PITT29MURPHY,Tim rush for 1 yard to the PITT30 (Baaqee,M), PENALTY PITT illegal formation declined.
2 and 9 at PITT30POLITE,Lousaka rush for 14 yards to the PITT44, 1ST DOWN PITT (Fuller,V).
1 and 10 at PITT44RUTHERFORD,Rod pass incomplete to FITZGERALD,L..
2 and 10 at PITT44POLITE,Lousaka rush for 7 yards to the VT49, fumble forced by Fuller,V, fumble by POLITE,Lousaka recovered by VT Fuller,V at VT49.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 4 plays, 22 yards, TOP 1:07
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 08:24.
1 and 10 at VT49Jones,K rush for 5 yards to the PITT46 (MORRIS,Tez;FERGUSON,W.).
2 and 5 at PITT46Randall,B pass incomplete to Easlick,D.
3 and 5 at PITT46Randall,B pass complete to Humes,C for 14 yards to the PITT32, 1ST DOWN VT (MORRIS,Tez).
1 and 10 at PITT32Jones,K rush for 2 yards to the PITT30 (FERGUSON,W.).
2 and 8 at PITT30Jones,K rush for 10 yards to the PITT20, 1ST DOWN VT (FERGUSON,W.).
1 and 10 at PITT20Jones,K rush for 7 yards to the PITT13 (HILL,Keith;MORRIS,Tez).
2 and 3 at PITT13Jones,K rush for 2 yards to the PITT11 (HILL,Keith).
3 and 1 at PITT11Jones,K rush for no gain to the PITT11, fumble forced by BENNETT,Brian, fumble by Jones,K recovered by PITT CROCHUNIS,Vince at PITT7.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 8 plays, 44 yards, TOP 3:37
PITTSBURGH drive start at 04:47.
1 and 10 at PITT07WALKER,Jawan rush for 3 yards to the PITT10 (Robinson,V).
2 and 7 at PITT10RUTHERFORD,Rod pass incomplete to FITZGERALD,L..
3 and 7 at PITT10RUTHERFORD,Rod rush for 6 yards to the PITT16, fumble forced by Robinson,V, fumble by RUTHERFORD,Rod recovered by PITT RUTHERFORD,Rod at PITT16.
4 and 1 at PITT16LEE,Andy punt 42 yards to the VT42, downed.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 9 yards, TOP 1:37
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 03:10.
1 and 10 at VT42Randall,B rush for 2 yards to the VT44 (SPENCER,Charles).
2 and 8 at VT44Randall,B pass incomplete to Wilford,E (SPENCER,S.).
3 and 8 at VT44Randall,B pass complete to Clowney,D for 7 yards to the PITT49.
4 and 1 at PITT49Burns,V punt 17 yards to the PITT32, out-of-bounds.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 9 yards, TOP 1:39
PITTSBURGH drive start at 01:31.
1 and 10 at PITT32RUTHERFORD,Rod pass complete to WILSON,Kris for 16 yards to the PITT48, 1ST DOWN PITT, out-of-bounds (Green,E).
1 and 10 at PITT48POLITE,Lousaka rush for 6 yards to the VT46 (Lewis,J).
2 and 4 at VT46POLITE,Lousaka rush for 1 yard to the VT45 (Lewis,K;Colas,C).
1st Quarter Stats
Time1st DownsConversions
Quarter SummaryScorePossRPXT3rd4tdRushingPassingPenalties
Virginia Tech708:1532051-40-012-713-6-0-391-10
Pittsburgh306:4512030-20-09-413-5-0-570-0
2nd Quarter
Start of 2nd quarter, clock 15:00.
3 and 3 at VT45RUTHERFORD,Rod sacked for loss of 1 yard to the VT46 (Lewis,J).
4 and 4 at VT46LEE,Andy punt 34 yards to the VT12, Imoh,M return 3 yards to the VT15 (FERGUSON,W.).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 4 plays, 22 yards, TOP 2:24
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 14:07.
1 and 10 at VT15Vick,M pass incomplete to Wilford,E.
2 and 10 at VT15Jones,K rush for 4 yards to the VT19 (BENNETT,Brian).
3 and 6 at VT19Vick,M sacked for loss of 10 yards to the VT9 (SMITH,Thomas).
4 and 16 at VT09Burns,V punt 21 yards to the VT30, out-of-bounds.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, -6 yards, TOP 1:37
PITTSBURGH drive start at 12:30.
1 and 10 at VT30RUTHERFORD,Rod pass complete to BROCKENBROUGH,P for 13 yards to the VT17, 1ST DOWN PITT (Green,E).
1 and 10 at VT17RUTHERFORD,Rod pass complete to BROCKENBROUGH,P for 12 yards to the VT5, 1ST DOWN PITT.
1 and Goal at VT05RUTHERFORD,Rod pass complete to FITZGERALD,L. for 5 yards to the VT0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 11:31.
ABDUL,David kick attempt good.
Virginia Tech: - Pittsburgh:
GRAESSLE,Adam kickoff 59 yards to the VT6, Imoh,M return 19 yards to the VT25 (SESSION,Clint).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 30 yards, TOP 0:59
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 11:31.
1 and 10 at VT25Jones,K rush for 9 yards to the VT34 (MORRIS,Tez;BLADES,H.B.).
2 and 1 at VT34Vick,M pass complete to Wilford,E for 8 yards to the VT42, 1ST DOWN VT (SPENCER,S.).
1 and 10 at VT42Jones,K rush for 12 yards to the PITT46, 1ST DOWN VT (MOORE,Lewis).
1 and 10 at PITT46Vick,M rush for 9 yards to the PITT37 (FERGUSON,W.).
2 and 1 at PITT37Jones,K rush for 7 yards to the PITT30, 1ST DOWN VT (MORRIS,Tez;GILLIARD,Tyrone).
1 and 10 at PITT30Vick,M pass complete to King,J for 18 yards to the PITT12, 1ST DOWN VT (SPENCER,S.).
1 and 10 at PITT12Jones,K rush for 11 yards to the PITT1, 1ST DOWN VT, out-of-bounds (MORRIS,Tez).
1 and Goal at PITT01Jones,K rush for 1 yard to the PITT0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:33.
Warley,C kick attempt good.
Virginia Tech: - Pittsburgh:
Pace,B kickoff 60 yards to the PITT5, ALLEN,Terrell return 19 yards to the PITT24 (Anderson,J).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 8 plays, 75 yards, TOP 2:58
PITTSBURGH drive start at 08:33.
1 and 10 at PITT24MURPHY,Tim rush for 1 yard to the PITT25 (Adibi,N).
2 and 9 at PITT25RUTHERFORD,Rod pass complete to WALKER,Jawan for no gain to the PITT25 (Williams,J), PENALTY PITT illegal block 10 yards to the PITT15, NO PLAY.
2 and 19 at PITT15RUTHERFORD,Rod pass complete to MURPHY,Tim for 3 yards to the PITT18 (Robinson,V).
3 and 16 at PITT18RUTHERFORD,Rod rush for 14 yards to the PITT32 (Fuller,V).
4 and 2 at PITT32LEE,Andy punt 39 yards to the VT29, downed.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 8 yards, TOP 2:23
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 06:10.
1 and 10 at VT29Humes,C rush for 4 yards to the VT33, fumble forced by SPENCER,Charles, fumble by Humes,C recovered by PITT LAY,Bernard at VT33.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 1 plays, 4 yards, TOP 0:07
PITTSBURGH drive start at 06:03.
1 and 10 at VT33RUTHERFORD,Rod pass incomplete to WALKER,Jawan.
2 and 10 at VT33RUTHERFORD,Rod sacked for loss of 2 yards to the VT35 (Adibi,N).
3 and 12 at VT35RUTHERFORD,Rod pass complete to BROCKENBROUGH,P for 4 yards to the VT31 (Fuller,V).
Timeout Pittsburgh, clock 04:50.
4 and 8 at VT31WALKER,Jawan rush for 27 yards to the VT4, 1ST DOWN PITT (Williams,J), PENALTY VT face mask 2 yards to the VT2.
1st and 2.
1 and Goal at VT02RUTHERFORD,Rod rush for 2 yards to the VT0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:37.
ABDUL,David kick attempt good.
Virginia Tech: - Pittsburgh:
GRAESSLE,Adam kickoff 57 yards to the VT8, Imoh,M return 22 yards to the VT30 (HUMPHRIES,Corey).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 5 plays, 33 yards, TOP 1:26
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 04:37.
1 and 10 at VT30Jones,K rush for 5 yards to the VT35 (HORNE,J.J.).
2 and 5 at VT35Vick,M rush for 10 yards to the VT45, 1ST DOWN VT (SPENCER,S.).
1 and 10 at VT45Jones,K rush for loss of 7 yards to the VT38 (BENNETT,Brian).
Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 02:51.
2 and 17 at VT38Vick,M pass intercepted by MOORE,Lewis at the VT41, MOORE,Lewis return 0 yards to the VT41.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 4 plays, 8 yards, TOP 1:53
PITTSBURGH drive start at 02:44.
1 and 10 at VT41RUTHERFORD,Rod pass incomplete to MURPHY,Tim.
2 and 10 at VT41MURPHY,Tim rush for 8 yards to the VT33 (Green,E;Baaqee,M).
3 and 2 at VT33RUTHERFORD,Rod rush for 3 yards to the VT30, 1ST DOWN PITT (Fuller,V).
1 and 10 at VT30RUTHERFORD,Rod pass complete to MURPHY,Tim for 1 yard to the VT29 (Manning,B).
2 and 9 at VT29RUTHERFORD,Rod pass complete to WILSON,Kris for 10 yards to the VT19, 1ST DOWN PITT (Crawford,M;Baaqee,M).
Timeout Pittsburgh, clock 00:48.
1 and 10 at VT19RUTHERFORD,Rod pass intercepted by Baaqee,M at the VT0, Baaqee,M return 0 yards to the VT0, touchback.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 6 plays, 22 yards, TOP 2:02
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 00:42.
1 and 10 at VT20Jones,K rush for 4 yards to the VT24 (BEAGNYAM,Azzie;SPENCER,Charles).
End of half, clock 00:00.
2nd Quarter Stats
Time1st DownsConversions
Quarter SummaryScorePossRPXT3rd4tdRushingPassingPenalties
Virginia Tech707:1742060-10-013-592-4-1-261-2
Pittsburgh1407:4323051-41-18-527-10-1-481-10
3rd Quarter
Start of 3rd quarter, clock 15:00, VT ball on VT35.
Pace,B kickoff 60 yards to the PITT5, ALLEN,Terrell return 23 yards to the PITT28 (Warren,B).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 1 plays, 4 yards, TOP 0:42
PITTSBURGH drive start at 15:00.
1 and 10 at PITT28RUTHERFORD,Rod pass complete to FITZGERALD,L. for 3 yards to the PITT31 (Crawford,M).
2 and 7 at PITT31RUTHERFORD,Rod pass complete to FITZGERALD,L. for 4 yards to the PITT35 (Hall,D).
3 and 3 at PITT35WALKER,Jawan rush for 5 yards to the PITT40, 1ST DOWN PITT (Baaqee,M).
1 and 10 at PITT40WALKER,Jawan rush for 2 yards to the PITT42 (Lewis,K;Adibi,N).
2 and 8 at PITT42WALKER,Jawan rush for 4 yards to the PITT46 (Williams,J).
3 and 4 at PITT46RUTHERFORD,Rod pass complete to WALKER,Jawan for 8 yards to the VT46, 1ST DOWN PITT (Crawford,M).
1 and 10 at VT46RUTHERFORD,Rod sacked for loss of 7 yards to the PITT47 (Colas,C), fumble by RUTHERFORD,Rod recovered by PITT MORGAN,Matt at PITT47.
2 and 17 at PITT47RUTHERFORD,Rod rush for loss of 2 yards to the PITT45 (Trott,J).
3 and 19 at PITT45RUTHERFORD,Rod pass complete to BROCKENBROUGH,P for 17 yards to the VT38.
4 and 2 at VT38LEE,Andy punt 35 yards to the VT3, downed.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 9 plays, 34 yards, TOP 5:17
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 09:43.
1 and 10 at VT03Jones,K rush for 2 yards to the VT5 (SMITH,Thomas).
2 and 8 at VT05Vick,M pass complete to Easlick,D for 11 yards to the VT16, 1ST DOWN VT (POSTELL,Malcolm).
1 and 10 at VT16Vick,M pass complete to Wilford,E for 21 yards to the VT37, 1ST DOWN VT (SPENCER,S.).
1 and 10 at VT37Vick,M rush for 2 yards to the VT39 (BENNETT,Brian).
2 and 8 at VT39Vick,M rush for 7 yards to the VT46 (GILLIARD,Tyrone;MORRIS,Tez).
3 and 1 at VT46Jones,K rush for 5 yards to the PITT49, 1ST DOWN VT (CROCHUNIS,Vince).
1 and 10 at PITT49Vick,M rush for loss of 5 yards to the VT46 (GILLIARD,Tyrone).
2 and 15 at VT46Vick,M pass complete to Hamilton,J for 6 yards to the PITT48.
3 and 9 at PITT48Vick,M pass incomplete to Imoh,M (MORRIS,Tez).
4 and 9 at PITT48Burns,V punt 28 yards to the PITT20, fair catch by FERGUSON,W..
DRIVE SUMMARY: 9 plays, 49 yards, TOP 4:48
PITTSBURGH drive start at 04:55.
1 and 10 at PITT20RUTHERFORD,Rod pass complete to WILSON,Kris for 10 yards to the PITT30, 1ST DOWN PITT (Williams,J).
1 and 10 at PITT30WALKER,Jawan rush for 9 yards to the PITT39 (Green,E).
2 and 1 at PITT39WALKER,Jawan rush for loss of 6 yards to the PITT33 (Manning,B).
3 and 7 at PITT33RUTHERFORD,Rod pass complete to LEE,Greg for 12 yards to the PITT45, 1ST DOWN PITT (Williams,J).
1 and 10 at PITT45RUTHERFORD,Rod sacked for loss of 3 yards to the PITT42 (Lallis,J).
2 and 13 at PITT42RUTHERFORD,Rod pass incomplete to WALKER,Jawan.
3 and 13 at PITT42RUTHERFORD,Rod pass complete to BROCKENBROUGH,P for 14 yards to the VT44, 1ST DOWN PITT (Robinson,V).
1 and 10 at VT44RUTHERFORD,Rod pass complete to WILSON,Kris for 33 yards to the VT11, 1ST DOWN PITT (Manning,B).
1 and 10 at VT11RUTHERFORD,Rod pass complete to WILSON,Kris for 11 yards to the VT0, 1ST DOWN PITT, TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:24.
ABDUL,David kick attempt good.
Virginia Tech: - Pittsburgh:
GRAESSLE,Adam kickoff 65 yards to the VT0, touchback.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 9 plays, 80 yards, TOP 3:31
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 01:24.
1 and 10 at VT20Jones,K rush for 80 yards to the PITT0, 1ST DOWN VT, TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:09.
Warley,C kick attempt good.
Virginia Tech: - Pittsburgh:
Pace,B kickoff 58 yards to the PITT7, ALLEN,Terrell return 36 yards to the PITT43 (Anderson,J).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 1 plays, 80 yards, TOP 0:15
PITTSBURGH drive start at 01:09.
1 and 10 at PITT43WALKER,Jawan rush for no gain to the PITT43 (Baaqee,M).
2 and 10 at PITT43WALKER,Jawan rush for 7 yards to the 50 yardline (Baaqee,M).
3rd Quarter Stats
Time1st DownsConversions
Quarter SummaryScorePossRPXT3rd4tdRushingPassingPenalties
Virginia Tech705:0322041-20-06-913-4-0-380-0
Pittsburgh709:5716074-50-010-99-10-0-1120-0
4th Quarter
Start of 4th quarter, clock 15:00.
3 and 3 at PITT50RUTHERFORD,Rod sacked for loss of 6 yards to the PITT44 (Lewis,K).
4 and 9 at PITT44LEE,Andy punt 35 yards to the VT21, Hall,D return 20 yards to the VT41 (SESSION,Clint).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 1 yards, TOP 2:05
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 14:04.
1 and 10 at VT41Vick,M pass complete to Wilford,E for 46 yards to the PITT13, 1ST DOWN VT (LAY,Bernard).
1 and 10 at PITT13Jones,K rush for 13 yards to the PITT0, 1ST DOWN VT, TOUCHDOWN, clock 13:51.
Warley,C kick attempt good.
Virginia Tech: - Pittsburgh:
Pace,B kickoff 63 yards to the PITT2, ALLEN,Terrell return 23 yards to the PITT25 (McClelland,T;Warren,B).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 2 plays, 59 yards, TOP 0:13
PITTSBURGH drive start at 13:51.
1 and 10 at PITT25WALKER,Jawan rush for 5 yards to the PITT30 (Colas,C).
2 and 5 at PITT30POLITE,Lousaka rush for 7 yards to the PITT37, 1ST DOWN PITT (Baaqee,M).
1 and 10 at PITT37RUTHERFORD,Rod pass complete to WILSON,Kris for 34 yards to the VT29, fumble forced by Fuller,V, fumble by WILSON,Kris recovered by VT Fuller,V at VT32, Fuller,V for no gain to the VT32 (GILL,Erik).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 43 yards, TOP 1:03
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 12:48.
1 and 10 at VT32Jones,K rush for 2 yards to the VT34 (FERGUSON,W.).
2 and 8 at VT34Vick,M rush for 6 yards to the VT40 (BENNETT,Brian;HOLTHAUS,Jake).
3 and 2 at VT40Jones,K rush for 15 yards to the PITT45, 1ST DOWN VT (HORNE,J.J.).
1 and 10 at PITT45PENALTY VT delay of game 5 yards to the 50 yardline.
1 and 15 at VT50Vick,M pass complete to Wilford,E for 8 yards to the PITT42 (SPENCER,S.).
2 and 7 at PITT42Vick,M rush for 3 yards to the PITT39 (HORNE,J.J.).
3 and 4 at PITT39Vick,M pass incomplete to Wilford,E.
4 and 4 at PITT39Burns,V punt 24 yards to the PITT15, fair catch by FERGUSON,W..
DRIVE SUMMARY: 6 plays, 29 yards, TOP 2:53
PITTSBURGH drive start at 09:55.
1 and 10 at PITT15RUTHERFORD,Rod rush for 11 yards to the PITT26, 1ST DOWN PITT (Crawford,M).
1 and 10 at PITT26WALKER,Jawan rush for 3 yards to the PITT29 (Crawford,M).
2 and 7 at PITT29RUTHERFORD,Rod pass complete to FITZGERALD,L. for 6 yards to the PITT35 (Hall,D).
3 and 1 at PITT35RUTHERFORD,Rod rush for no gain to the PITT35 (Baaqee,M).
4 and 1 at PITT35LEE,Andy punt 38 yards to the VT27, Hall,D return 5 yards to the VT32 (WILSON,Kris).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 4 plays, 20 yards, TOP 2:35
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 07:20.
1 and 10 at VT32Jones,K rush for 3 yards to the VT35 (BEAGNYAM,Azzie).
2 and 7 at VT35Vick,M pass incomplete to Wilford,E (FERGUSON,W.).
3 and 7 at VT35Vick,M pass complete to Hamilton,J for 29 yards to the PITT36, 1ST DOWN VT.
1 and 10 at PITT36Jones,K rush for 4 yards to the PITT32 (BLADES,H.B.;SPENCER,S.).
2 and 6 at PITT32Jones,K rush for 1 yard to the PITT31 (BLADES,H.B.).
3 and 5 at PITT31Jones,K rush for 1 yard to the PITT30 (HUMPHRIES,Corey;GILLIARD,Tyrone).
Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 04:16.
4 and 4 at PITT30Vick,M pass incomplete to Hamilton,J (FERGUSON,W.).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 7 plays, 38 yards, TOP 3:10
PITTSBURGH drive start at 04:10.
1 and 10 at PITT30RUTHERFORD,Rod pass complete to FITZGERALD,L. for 28 yards to the VT42, 1ST DOWN PITT.
1 and 10 at VT42RUTHERFORD,Rod pass complete to FITZGERALD,L. for 12 yards to the VT30, 1ST DOWN PITT (Hall,D).
1 and 10 at VT30RUTHERFORD,Rod pass incomplete to WALKER,Jawan.
2 and 10 at VT30RUTHERFORD,Rod rush for 12 yards to the VT18, 1ST DOWN PITT (Rouse,A).
1 and 10 at VT18RUTHERFORD,Rod pass complete to FITZGERALD,L. for 9 yards to the VT9.
2 and 1 at VT09POLITE,Lousaka rush for 5 yards to the VT4, 1ST DOWN PITT (Rouse,A;Williams,J).
1 and Goal at VT04POLITE,Lousaka rush for no gain to the VT4 (Sandidge,T).
2 and Goal at VT04MURPHY,Tim rush for 2 yards to the VT2 (Baaqee,M).
Timeout Pittsburgh, clock 00:54.
3 and Goal at VT02POLITE,Lousaka rush for 2 yards to the VT0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:47.
ABDUL,David kick attempt good.
Virginia Tech: - Pittsburgh:
GRAESSLE,Adam kickoff 59 yards to the VT6, Imoh,M return 8 yards to the VT14 (FERGUSON,W.).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 9 plays, 70 yards, TOP 3:23
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 00:47.
1 and 10 at VT14Vick,M pass intercepted by HUMPHRIES,Corey at the VT26, HUMPHRIES,Corey return 7 yards to the VT19 (Jones,K).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 1 plays, 0 yards, TOP 0:17
PITTSBURGH drive start at 00:30.
1 and 10 at VT19RUTHERFORD,Rod rush for no gain to the VT19.
End of game, clock 00:00.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 1 plays, 0 yards, TOP 0:30
4th Quarter Stats
Time1st DownsConversions
Quarter SummaryScorePossRPXT3rd4tdRushingPassingPenalties
Virginia Tech706:3322042-40-19-483-7-1-831-5
Pittsburgh708:2742061-30-012-415-6-0-860-0

Participation

Virginia Tech Starters
PosNo.Offense
QB3Bryan Randall
SE19Ernest Wilford
TB25Kevin Jones
FB43Doug Easlick
LT52Jimmy Martin
RG60Jacob Gibson
C64Jake Grove
LG66Will Montgomery
RT79Jon Dunn
TE86Keith Willis
PosNo.Defense
FC1Eric Green
FS2Jimmy Williams
BC4Deangelo Hall
ILB6Vegas Robinson
ROV21Michael Crawford
ILB45Mikal Baaqee
OLB48Brandon Manning
DT56Jonathan Lewis
DT70Kevin Lewis
DE83Nathaniel Adibi
DE99Cols Colas
Pittsburgh Starters
PosNo.Offense
FL1FITZGERALD,L.
SE8BROCKENBROUGH,P
QB12RUTHERFORD,Rod
FB32POLITE,Lousaka
TB34WALKER,Jawan
LG52LaCARTE,Dan
RG60SIMONITIS,John
C71SCHALL,Jon
RT75MORGAN,Matt
LT78PETITTI,Rob
TE83WILSON,Kris
PosNo.Defense
WLB6POSTELL,Malcolm
LCB19SPENCER,S.
FS20MORRIS,Tez
RCB27FERGUSON,W.
SS31GILLIARD,Tyrone
SLB44BENNETT,Brian
MLB48MOORE,Lewis
DE55SMITH,Thomas
DE90HARRIOTT,Claude
DT94STEPHENS,Dan
NT96CROCHUNIS,Vince

Virginia Tech: 5-Marcus Vick, 8-Vincent Fuller, 14-Chad Grimm, 16-Chris Clifton, 20-Mike Imoh, 22-James Griffin, 27-Justin Hamilton, 29-Brian McPherson, 31-Mike Daniels, 32-Cedric Humes, 33-Chad Cooper, 34-Chris Ceasar, 35-Thomas McClelland, 36-Aaron Rouse, 38-Vinnie Burns, 40-Blake Warren, 41-Jordan Trott, 42-James Anderson, 46-Brandon Pace, 49-Carter Warley, 54-Bob Ruff, 55-Darryl Tapp, 61-Reggie Butler, 62-Travis Conway, 71-Tim Sandidge, 76-James Miller, 77-Brandon Gore, 85-Jared Mazzetta, 87-David Clowney, 88-Michael Malone, 89-Robert Peaslee, 90-Jeff King, 91-Jason Lallis, 96-Noland Burchette.

Pittsburgh: 2D-DelSARDO,Joe, 7-HUMPHRIES,Corey, 9-LAY,Bernard, 16-ABDUL,David, 17-SESSION,Clint, 18-GRAESSLE,Adam, 21-HORNE,J.J., 23-MURPHY,Tim, 36-LEE,Andy, 41-BEAGNYAM,Azzie, 45-GILL,Erik, 46-BRYANT,Sam, 51-BLADES,H.B., 54-SALLET,Charles, 56-SPENCER,Charles, 57-ALLEMAN,Andy, 66-SEMAIA,Penny, 69-JOHNSON,Kurt, 80-ALLEN,Terrell, 81-STEPHENS,Joe, 82-ROTH,Yogi, 84-BUCHES,Steve, 86-LEE,Greg, 91-SITTER,Jonathan, 93-HOLTHAUS,Jake, 95-HILL,Keith.