Virginia Tech 13 - (3) Miami 27
FINAL

Virginia Tech

(3) Miami

FINAL

	1	2	3	4	T
Virginia Tech (1-9)	0	10	3	0	13
(3) Miami (8-0)	3	7	3	14	27
November 14, 1987 Orange Bowl, Miami, Fla. Kickoff time: 7:30 pm End of Game: 10:00 pm Total elapsed time: 2:30 Temperature: 77 Wind: 15 mph E Weather: Mostly Cloudy,Hum 69 Attendance: 40,105 Referee: Don Safrits Umpire: Linesman: Dick Tyndall Line judge: James Mahan Back judge: Gerald Hodges Field judge: Rich Williamson Side judge: David Small

Virginia Tech (1-9)

(3) Miami (8-0)

November 14, 1987
Orange Bowl, Miami, Fla.

Kickoff time: 7:30 pm
End of Game: 10:00 pm
Total elapsed time: 2:30

Temperature: 77
Wind: 15 mph E
Weather: Mostly Cloudy,Hum 69

Attendance: 40,105

Referee: Don Safrits
Umpire:
Linesman: Dick Tyndall
Line judge: James Mahan
Back judge: Gerald Hodges
Field judge: Rich Williamson
Side judge: David Small

Scoring Summary
First Quarter				VT	UM
	FG	01:44	Greg Cox 26 yd Field Goal	0	3
Second Quarter				VT	UM
	TD	07:13	Nick Cullen 24 yd Pass From Jon Jeffries (Chris Kinzer Kick)	7	3
	TD	04:15	Michael Irvin 18 yd Pass From Steve Walsh (Greg Cox Kick)	7	10
	FG	00:00	Chris Kinzer 31 yd Field Goal	10	10
Third Quarter				VT	UM
	FG	06:09	Greg Cox 41 yd Field Goal	10	13
	FG	01:40	Chris Kinzer 33 yd Field Goal	13	13
Fourth Quarter				VT	UM
	TD	04:51	Melvin Bratton 1 yd Rush (Greg Cox Kick)	13	20
	TD	00:34	Roberts,A. 2 yd Pass From Steve Walsh (Greg Cox Kick)	13	27

Team Stats	VT	UM
FIRST DOWNS	19	21
Rushing	10	12
Passing	9	9
Penalty	0	0
NET YARDS RUSHING	121	200
Rushing Attempts	49	36
Average Per Rush	2.5	5.6
Rushing Touchdowns	0	1
Yards Gained Rushing	145	208
Yards Lost Rushing	24	8
NET YARDS PASSING	154	154
Completions-Attempts-Int	13-20-0	15-24-0
Average Per Attempt	7.7	6.4
Average Per Completion	11.8	10.3
Passing Touchdowns	1	2
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS	275	354
Total offense plays	69	60
Average Gain Per Play	4.0	5.9
Fumbles: Number-Lost	2-0	1-0
Penalties: Number-Yards	5-20	7-41
PUNTS-YARDS	5-176	4-182
Average Yards Per Punt	35.2	45.5
Net Yards Per Punt	31.2	39.8
Inside 20	2	1
50+ Yards	0	1
Touchbacks	1	1
Fair catch	1	1

Team Stats	VT	UM
KICKOFFS-YARDS	3-172	6-373
Average Yards Per Kickoff	57.3	62.2
Net Yards Per Kickoff	44.3	43.8
Touchbacks	0	1
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD	1-3-0	1-0-0
Average Per Return	3.0	0.0
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD	5-90-0	3-39-0
Average Per Return	18.0	13.0
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD	0-0-0	0-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD	0-0-0	0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards	0	0
Possession Time	33:37	26:23
1st Quarter	06:37	08:23
2nd Quarter	11:03	03:57
3rd Quarter	07:39	07:21
4th Quarter	08:18	06:42
Third-Down Conversions	9 of 16	5 of 11
Fourth-Down Conversions	1 of 3	0 of 0
Red-Zone Scores-Chances	2-2	5-5
Touchdowns	0-2	3-5
Field Goals	2-2	2-5
Sacks By: Number-Yards	0-0	3-14
PAT Kicks	1-1	3-3
Field Goals	2-2	2-2

Virginia Tech Rushing
	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Lg	Avg.
Jon Jeffries	23	77	4	73	0	9	3.2
Lamar Smith	7	27	0	27	0	8	3.9
Sean Donnelly	4	9	2	7	0	4	1.8
Erik Chapman	8	21	15	6	0	8	0.8
Ralph Brown	5	7	2	5	0	4	1.0
Rich Fox	2	4	1	3	0	4	1.5
Total	49	145	24	121	0	9	2.5

Miami Rushing
	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Lg	Avg.
Warren Williams	13	89	2	87	0	22	6.7
Melvin Bratton	17	82	2	80	1	9	4.7
Conley,L.	3	23	0	23	0	13	7.7
Steve Walsh	2	10	4	6	0	10	3.0
Cleveland Gary	1	4	0	4	0	4	4.0
Total	36	208	8	200	1	22	5.6

Virginia Tech Passing
	Cmp-Att-Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sack
Erik Chapman	12-19-0	130	0	18	3
Jon Jeffries	1-1-0	24	1	24	0
Total	13-20-0	154	1	24	3

Miami Passing
	Cmp-Att-Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sack
Steve Walsh	15-24-0	154	2	20	0
Total	15-24-0	154	2	20	0

Virginia Tech Receiving
	No.	Yds	TD	Lg
Steve Johnson	3	45	0	18
Nick Cullen	3	43	1	24
David Everett	2	29	0	16
Jon Jeffries	2	19	0	14
Myron Richardson	1	11	0	11
Sean Donnelly	1	5	0	5
Rich Fox	1	2	0	2
Total	13	154	1	24

Miami Receiving
	No.	Yds	TD	Lg
Michael Irvin	4	41	1	18
Warren Williams	3	29	0	15
Roberts,A.	2	22	1	20
Melvin Bratton	2	24	0	15
Conley,L.	2	14	0	10
Charles Henry	1	11	0	11
Perriman,B.	1	13	0	13
Total	15	154	2	20

Virginia Tech Punting
	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB
Eddie Neel	5	176	35.2	41	2	1
Total	5	176	35.2	41	2	1

Miami Punting
	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB
Jeff Feagles	4	182	45.5	66	1	1
Total	4	182	45.5	66	1	1

Virginia Tech All Returns
	Punts			Kickoffs			Interceptions
	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg
Myron Richardson	1	3	3	1	45	45	0	0	0
Jon Jeffries	0	0	0	3	42	18	0	0	0
Jeff Roberts	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	0
Total	1	3	3	5	90	45	0	0	0

Miami All Returns
	Punts			Kickoffs			Interceptions
	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg
Perriman,B.	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Randal Hill	0	0	0	3	39	17	0	0	0
Total	1	0	0	3	39	17	0	0	0

Virginia Tech All Purpose
	Rush	Rcv	KR	PR	IR	Total
Jon Jeffries	73	19	42	0	0	134
Myron Richardson	0	11	45	3	0	59
Steve Johnson	0	45	0	0	0	45
Nick Cullen	0	43	0	0	0	43
David Everett	0	29	0	0	0	29
Lamar Smith	27	0	0	0	0	27
Sean Donnelly	7	5	0	0	0	12
Erik Chapman	6	0	0	0	0	6
Rich Fox	3	2	0	0	0	5
Ralph Brown	5	0	0	0	0	5
Jeff Roberts	0	0	3	0	0	3
Total	121	154	90	3	0	368

Miami All Purpose
	Rush	Rcv	KR	PR	IR	Total
Warren Williams	87	29	0	0	0	116
Melvin Bratton	80	24	0	0	0	104
Michael Irvin	0	41	0	0	0	41
Randal Hill	0	0	39	0	0	39
Conley,L.	23	14	0	0	0	37
Roberts,A.	0	22	0	0	0	22
Perriman,B.	0	13	0	0	0	13
Charles Henry	0	11	0	0	0	11
Steve Walsh	6	0	0	0	0	6
Cleveland Gary	4	0	0	0	0	4
Total	200	154	39	0	0	393

Virginia Tech Field Goal Attempts
	Qtr	Time	Distance	Result
Chris Kinzer	2	00:00	31	Good
Chris Kinzer	3	01:40	33	Good

Miami Field Goal Attempts
	Qtr	Time	Distance	Result
Greg Cox	1	01:44	26	Good
Greg Cox	3	06:09	41	Good

Virginia Tech Kickoffs
	No.	Yds	TB	OB	Avg.
Chris Kinzer	3	172	0	0	57.3
Total	3	172	0	0	57.3

Miami Kickoffs
	No.	Yds	TB	OB	Avg.
Benes,E.	6	373	1	0	62.2
Total	6	373	1	0	62.2

Virginia Tech Fumbles
	No.	Lost
Jon Jeffries	1	0
Erik Chapman	1	0

Miami Fumbles
	No.	Lost
Steve Walsh	1	0

Virginia Tech Drive Summary
Drive Started				Drive Ended			Consumed
Qtr	Spot	Time	Obtained	Spot	Time	How Lost	Pl-Yds	TOP
1	VT19	13:08	PUNT	UM45	08:15	PUNT	10-36	4:53
1	VT20	01:44	KO	VT50	13:03	PUNT	7-30	3:41
2	UM48	12:04	PUNT	UM00	07:13	TD	9-48	4:51
2	VT22	04:15	KO	UM14	15:00	FG	11-64	4:15
3	VT17	15:00	KO	VT23	13:14	PUNT	3-6	1:46
3	VT33	11:51	PUNT	VT40	10:33	PUNT	3-7	1:18
3	VT50	06:09	KO	UM17	01:40	FG	9-33	4:29
3	VT20	00:06	PUNT	UM37	10:13	PUNT	9-43	4:53
4	VT14	04:51	KO	VT18	01:54	DOWNS	6-4	2:57
4	VT04	00:34	KO	VT04	00:00	DOWNS	4-0	0:34

	Quarter				Half		Total
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd
Time of possession	06:37	11:03	07:39	08:18	17:40	15:57	33:37
Third Down Conversions	2/3	4/6	1/4	1/4	6/9	2/8	8/17
Fourth Down Conversions	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/2	1/1	0/2	1/3

Miami Drive Summary
Drive Started				Drive Ended			Consumed
Qtr	Spot	Time	Obtained	Spot	Time	How Lost	Pl-Yds	TOP
1	UM29	15:00	KO	UM32	13:08	PUNT	3-3	1:52
1	UM16	08:15	PUNT	VT08	01:44	FG	15-76	6:31
2	UM13	13:03	PUNT	UM19	12:04	PUNT	3-6	0:59
2	UM18	07:13	KO	VT00	04:15	TD	8-82	2:58
3	UM36	13:14	PUNT	UM32	11:51	PUNT	3--4	1:23
3	UM29	10:33	PUNT	VT23	06:09	FG	11-48	4:24
3	UM20	01:40	KO	UM34	00:06	PUNT	4-14	1:34
4	UM20	10:13	PUNT	VT00	04:51	TD	12-80	5:22
4	VT18	01:54	DOWNS	VT00	00:34	TD	3-18	1:20
4	VT04	00:00	DOWNS	VT04	00:00	HALF	0-0	0:00

	Quarter				Half		Total
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd
Time of possession	08:23	03:57	07:21	06:42	12:20	14:03	26:23
Third Down Conversions	2/4	0/1	2/5	1/1	2/5	3/6	5/11
Fourth Down Conversions	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0

Virginia Tech Defense
	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL/Yds	Sack/Yds	FF	FR-Yds	Int-Yds	BrUp	Blkd	QBH
Carter Wiley	12	3	15	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Scott Hill	4	7	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chuck Watson	5	5	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Eddie Neel	2	5	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Greg Drew	2	5	7	1.0/2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Randy Cockrell	2	5	7	1.0/2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jimmy Whitten	2	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Martin	3	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Roger Brown	3	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Scott Rice	3	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Leslie Bailey	2	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Granby	2	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Victor Jones	2	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rodney Varney	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rich Williams	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jock Jones	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Nate Bradley	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darwin Herdman	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Boitnott	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Matheny	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Chamblee	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	54	47	101	2.0/4	-		-	-	2		2

Miami Defense
	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL/Yds	Sack/Yds	FF	FR-Yds	Int-Yds	BrUp	Blkd	QBH
George Mira Jr.	3	14	17	1.0/5	0.5/4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Greg Mark	6	4	10	2.0/9	1.0/7	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Carter	3	7	10	0.5/1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Randy Shannon	3	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bennie Blades	3	5	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stobbs,D.	3	5	8	3.0/3	1.0/1	-	-	-	1	-	-
Darren Fullington	4	3	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Hawkins	1	4	5	1.0/3	0.5/2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derwin Jones	4	1	5	1.0/3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bubba McDowell	2	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jimmie Jones	1	2	3	0.5/0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Selloyn Brown	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Randy Bethel	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Harden	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tracey Waiters	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Dawkins	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Peguese	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shannon Crowell	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sandy Jack	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tolbert Bain	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	38	61	99	9.0/24	3.0/14		-	-	1

Play-By-Play

1st Quarter

Miami Captains: 50-Garcia, 86-Jones, & 71-Patchan

VT Captains: 16-Chapman, 37-Neel, & 46-Everett

VT wins the toss and defers, Miami to receive and defend the East goal

Kinzer,C. kickoff 50 yards to the UM15, Hill,R. return 14 yards to the UM29 (Rice,S.).

MIAMI drive start at 15:00.

1 and 10 at UM29

Bratton,M. rush up middle for 6 yards to the UM35 (Wiley,C.).

2 and 4 at UM35

Williams,W. rush up middle for 1 yard to the UM36 (Watson,C.).

3 and 3 at UM36

Walsh,S. rush for loss of 4 yards to the UM32, fumble by Walsh,S. recovered by UM TEAM at UM32.

4 and 7 at UM32

Feagles,J. punt 49 yards to the VT19, fair catch by Richardson,M..

DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 3 yards, TOP 1:52

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 13:08.

1 and 10 at VT19

Jeffries,J. rush for 5 yards to the VT24.

2 and 5 at VT24

Jeffries,J. rush up middle for 3 yards to the VT27 (Shannon,R.;Mira Jr.,G.).

3 and 2 at VT27

Donnelly,S. rush for 4 yards to the VT31, 1ST DOWN VT (Jones,J.).

1 and 10 at VT31

Jeffries,J. rush for 1 yard to the VT32 (Carter,R.;Stobbs,D.).

2 and 9 at VT32

Jeffries,J. rush for 5 yards to the VT37 (Blades,B.;McDowell,B.).

3 and 4 at VT37

Chapman,E. rush for 5 yards to the VT42, 1ST DOWN VT (Mira Jr.,G.).

1 and 10 at VT42

Chapman,E. pass complete to Richardson,M. for 11 yards to the UM47, 1ST DOWN VT.

1 and 10 at UM47

Chapman,E. pass complete to Fox,R. for 2 yards to the UM45 (Jones,D.).

2 and 8 at UM45

Brown,Ra. rush for no gain to the UM45 (Mira Jr.,G.).

3 and 8 at UM45

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

4 and 8 at UM45

Neel,E. punt 30 yards to the UM15, fair catch by Perriman,B..

DRIVE SUMMARY: 10 plays, 36 yards, TOP 4:53

MIAMI drive start at 08:15.

UM ball on UM16.

1 and 10 at UM16

Bratton,M. rush for 3 yards to the UM19.

2 and 7 at UM19

Walsh,S. pass complete to Henry,C. for 11 yards to the UM30, 1ST DOWN UM (Wiley,C.).

1 and 10 at UM30

Williams,W. rush for 11 yards to the UM41, 1ST DOWN UM (Martin,B.).

1 and 10 at UM41

PENALTY UM illegal procedure 5 yards to the UM36.

1 and 15 at UM36

Bratton,M. rush draw play for 6 yards to the UM42 (Cockrell,R.;Martin,B.).

2 and 9 at UM42

Walsh,S. pass incomplete to Perriman,B. (Brown,R.).

3 and 9 at UM42

Walsh,S. pass complete to Williams,W. for 15 yards to the VT43, 1ST DOWN UM (Rice,S.).

1 and 10 at VT43

Bratton,M. rush right for 4 yards to the VT39 (Watson,C.).

2 and 6 at VT39

Walsh,S. screen pass complete to Williams,W. for 5 yards to the VT34 (Neel,E.).

3 and 1 at VT34

Bratton,M. rush up middle for 3 yards to the VT31, 1ST DOWN UM (Rice,S.).

1 and 10 at VT31

Bratton,M. rush up middle for 5 yards to the VT26 (Cockrell,R.;Williams,R.).

2 and 5 at VT26

Williams,W. rush right for 22 yards to the VT4, 1ST DOWN UM (Wiley,C.).

1 and Goal at VT04

Bratton,M. rush for loss of 2 yards to the VT6 (Cockrell,R.).

2 and Goal at VT06

Williams,W. rush for loss of 2 yards to the VT8 (Hill,S.).

3 and Goal at VT08

Walsh,S. pass incomplete to Henry,C..

4 and Goal at VT08

Cox,G. field goal attempt from 26 GOOD, clock 01:44.

Virginia Tech: - Miami:

Benes,E. kickoff 65 yards to the VT0, touchback.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 15 plays, 76 yards, TOP 6:31

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 01:44.

1 and 10 at VT20

Chapman,E. rush for loss of 1 yard to the VT19, fumble by Chapman,E. recovered by VT Chapman,E. at VT19 (Hawkins,B.;Jones,J.).

2 and 11 at VT19

Jeffries,J. rush left for 5 yards to the VT24 (Jones,J.;Carter,R.).

3 and 6 at VT24

Jeffries,J. rush draw play for 8 yards to the VT32, 1ST DOWN VT (Fullington,D.).

1 and 10 at VT32

Chapman,E. pass complete to Everett,D. for 16 yards to the VT48, 1ST DOWN VT (Blades,B.).

1st Quarter Stats

		Time	1st Downs				Conversions
Quarter Summary	Score	Poss	R	P	X	T	3rd	4td	Rushing	Passing	Penalties
Virginia Tech	0	06:37	3	2	0	5	2-3	0-0	10-35	3-4-0-29	0-0
Miami	3	08:23	3	2	0	5	2-4	0-0	12-53	3-5-0-31	1-5

2nd Quarter

Start of 2nd quarter, clock 15:00.

1 and 10 at VT48

Smith,L. rush for 4 yards to the UM48 (Brown,S.;Mira Jr.,G.).

2 and 6 at UM48

PENALTY VT illegal procedure 5 yards to the VT47.

2 and 11 at VT47

Chapman,E. rush quarterback scramble for 3 yards to the 50 yardline (Mira Jr.,G.).

3 and 8 at VT50

Chapman,E. pass incomplete.

4 and 8 at VT50

Neel,E. punt 37 yards to the UM13, downed.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 7 plays, 30 yards, TOP 3:41

MIAMI drive start at 13:03.

1 and 10 at UM13

Williams,W. rush left for 6 yards to the UM19 (Williams,R.).

2 and 4 at UM19

Walsh,S. pass incomplete to Roberts,A..

3 and 4 at UM19

Walsh,S. pass incomplete to Irvin,M..

4 and 4 at UM19

Feagles,J. punt 29 yards to the UM48.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 6 yards, TOP 0:59

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 12:04.

1 and 10 at UM48

Jeffries,J. rush for 4 yards to the UM44 (Stobbs,D.;Mira Jr.,G.).

2 and 6 at UM44

Jeffries,J. rush for 4 yards to the UM40 (Mira Jr.,G.;Blades,B.).

3 and 2 at UM40

Jeffries,J. rush for 3 yards to the UM37, 1ST DOWN VT (Carter,R.).

1 and 10 at UM37

Jeffries,J. rush draw play for 4 yards to the UM33 (Shannon,R.).

2 and 6 at UM33

Smith,L. rush for 3 yards to the UM30 (Shannon,R.;Brown,S.) (Blades,B.).

3 and 3 at UM30

Smith,L. rush draw play for 2 yards to the UM28 (Mark,G.;Mira Jr.,G.).

4 and 1 at UM28

Jeffries,J. rush for 5 yards to the UM23, 1ST DOWN VT (Blades,B.;Stobbs,D.).

1 and 10 at UM23

Jeffries,J. rush for loss of 1 yard to the UM24 (Mira Jr.,G.;Stobbs,D.).

2 and 11 at UM24

Jeffries,J. pass complete to Cullen,N. for 24 yards to the UM0, 1ST DOWN VT, TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:13.

Kinzer,C. kick attempt good.

Virginia Tech: - Miami:

1 and Goal at VT35

PENALTY VT illegal procedure 5 yards to the VT30.

Kinzer,C. kickoff 60 yards to the UM10, Hill,R. return 8 yards to the UM18 (Boatwright,W.).

DRIVE SUMMARY: 9 plays, 48 yards, TOP 4:51

MIAMI drive start at 07:13.

1 and 10 at UM18

Bratton,M. rush right for 7 yards to the UM25 (Wiley,C.;Granby,J.).

Henry (Miami) injured on the play.

2 and 3 at UM25

Bratton,M. rush for 5 yards to the UM30, 1ST DOWN UM (Wiley,C.).

1 and 10 at UM30

Walsh,S. pass complete to Roberts,A. for 20 yards to the 50 yardline, 1ST DOWN UM (Wiley,C.).

1 and 10 at UM50

Williams,W. rush for 7 yards to the VT43 (Bailey,L.).

2 and 3 at VT43

Bratton,M. rush up middle for 8 yards to the VT35, 1ST DOWN UM (Neel,E.).

1 and 10 at VT35

Bratton,M. rush left for 4 yards to the VT31 (Wiley,C.;Bailey,L.).

Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 04:24.

2 and 6 at VT31

Walsh,S. pass complete to Perriman,B. for 13 yards to the VT18, 1ST DOWN UM (Granby,J.).

1 and 10 at VT18

Walsh,S. pass complete to Irvin,M. for 18 yards to the VT0, 1ST DOWN UM, TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:15.

Cox,G. kick attempt good.

Virginia Tech: - Miami:

Benes,E. kickoff 61 yards to the VT4, Jeffries,J. return 18 yards to the VT22 (Harden,B.;Waiters,T.).

DRIVE SUMMARY: 8 plays, 82 yards, TOP 2:58

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 04:15.

1 and 10 at VT22

Jeffries,J. rush for 3 yards to the VT25 (Mira Jr.,G.;Mark,G.).

2 and 7 at VT25

Chapman,E. pass complete to Donnelly,S. for 6 yards to the VT31 (McDowell,B.).

3 and 1 at VT31

Jeffries,J. rush for 1 yard to the VT32, fumble by Jeffries,J. recovered by VT Jeffries,J. at VT32, 1ST DOWN VT.

1 and 10 at VT32

Brown,Ra. rush for 1 yard to the VT33 (Carter,R.;Shannon,R.).

2 and 9 at VT33

Chapman,E. pass complete to Everett,D. for 13 yards to the VT46, 1ST DOWN VT (Fullington,D.).

1 and 10 at VT46

Chapman,E. pass complete to Johnson,S. for 13 yards to the UM41, 1ST DOWN VT (McDowell,B.).

1 and 10 at UM41

Chapman,E. pass complete to Johnson,S. for 14 yards to the UM27, 1ST DOWN VT (Fullington,D.;Blades,B.).

1 and 10 at UM27

Chapman,E. rush quarterback scramble for 5 yards to the UM22 (Jones,D.).

2 and 5 at UM22

Jeffries,J. rush up middle for 1 yard to the UM21 (Shannon,R.;Mira Jr.,G.).

3 and 4 at UM21

Jeffries,J. rush for 7 yards to the UM14, 1ST DOWN VT (Carter,R.;Fullington,D.).

Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 00:03.

1 and 10 at UM14

Kinzer,C. field goal attempt from 31 GOOD, clock 00:00.

Virginia Tech: - Miami:

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
Virginia Tech	10	11:03	4	4	0	8	4-6	1-1	16-49	5-6-0-70	2-10
Miami	7	03:57	2	3	0	5	0-1	0-0	6-37	3-5-0-51	0-0

3rd Quarter

Start of 3rd quarter, clock 15:00, UM ball on UM35.

Benes,E. kickoff 63 yards to the VT2, Jeffries,J. return 15 yards to the VT17 (Dawkins,D.;Bethel,R.).

DRIVE SUMMARY: 11 plays, 64 yards, TOP 4:15

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 15:00.

1 and 10 at VT17

Jeffries,J. rush for 1 yard to the VT18 (Mark,G.).

2 and 9 at VT18

Jeffries,J. rush for loss of 3 yards to the VT15 (Jones,D.).

3 and 12 at VT15

Chapman,E. rush left for 8 yards to the VT23 (Jones,D.).

4 and 4 at VT23

Neel,E. punt 41 yards to the UM36, downed.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 6 yards, TOP 1:46

MIAMI drive start at 13:14.

1 and 10 at UM36

PENALTY UM personal foul 15 yards to the UM21.

1 and 25 at UM21

Williams,W. rush for 2 yards to the UM23 (Wiley,C.).

2 and 23 at UM23

Walsh,S. pass complete to Bratton,M. for 9 yards to the UM32 (Neel,E.).

3 and 14 at UM32

Walsh,S. pass incomplete to Perriman,B..

4 and 14 at UM32

Feagles,J. punt 38 yards to the VT30, Richardson,M. return 3 yards to the VT33 (Jack,S.).

DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, -4 yards, TOP 1:23

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 11:51.

1 and 10 at VT33

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

2 and 10 at VT33

Brown,Ra. rush for 2 yards to the VT35 (Stobbs,D.;Mira Jr.,G.).

Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 11:06.

3 and 8 at VT35

Chapman,E. pass complete to Jeffries,J. for 5 yards to the VT40 (McDowell,B.).

4 and 3 at VT40

Neel,E. punt 31 yards to the UM29, Perriman,B. return 0 yards to the UM29 (Varney,R.).

DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 7 yards, TOP 1:18

MIAMI drive start at 10:33.

Perriman (Miami) injured on the return.

1 and 10 at UM29

Walsh,S. pass complete to Conley,L. for 4 yards to the UM33 (Jones,V.).

2 and 6 at UM33

Gary,C. rush left for 4 yards to the UM37 (Cockrell,R.;Wiley,C.).

3 and 2 at UM37

Conley,L. rush left for 13 yards to the 50 yardline, 1ST DOWN UM (Wiley,C.).

1 and 10 at UM50

Walsh,S. pass complete to Conley,L. for 10 yards to the VT40, 1ST DOWN UM (Neel,E.).

1 and 10 at VT40

Walsh,S. pass complete to Irvin,M. for 8 yards to the VT32 (Brown,R.).

2 and 2 at VT32

Conley,L. rush for 1 yard to the VT31 (Jones,V.).

3 and 1 at VT31

Bratton,M. rush up middle for 5 yards to the VT26, 1ST DOWN UM (Drew,G.).

1 and 10 at VT26

Conley,L. rush left for 9 yards to the VT17 (Brown,R.).

2 and 1 at VT17

~~Gary,C. rush right for 4 yards to the VT13~~, PENALTY UM holding 6 yards to the VT23, NO PLAY.

2 and 7 at VT23

Walsh,S. pass incomplete to Conley,L..

3 and 7 at VT23

Walsh,S. pass incomplete to Gary,C..

4 and 7 at VT23

Cox,G. field goal attempt from 41 GOOD, clock 06:09.

Virginia Tech: - Miami:

Benes,E. kickoff 60 yards to the VT5, Richardson,M. return 45 yards to the 50 yardline.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 11 plays, 48 yards, TOP 4:24

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 06:09.

1 and 10 at VT50

Jeffries,J. rush for 9 yards to the UM41 (Carter,R.;Brown,S.).

2 and 1 at UM41

Donnelly,S. rush up middle for 3 yards to the UM38, 1ST DOWN VT (Carter,R.).

1 and 10 at UM38

Jeffries,J. rush left for 1 yard to the UM37 (Mark,G.).

2 and 9 at UM37

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

3 and 9 at UM37

Chapman,E. pass complete to Jeffries,J. for 14 yards to the UM23, 1ST DOWN VT (Blades,B.).

1 and 10 at UM23

Brown,Ra. rush for 4 yards to the UM19 (Bain,T.;Mira Jr.,G.).

2 and 6 at UM19

Fox,R. rush for 4 yards to the UM15 (Blades,B.).

3 and 2 at UM15

Brown,Ra. rush for loss of 2 yards to the UM17 (Stobbs,D.;Carter,R.).

4 and 4 at UM17

Kinzer,C. field goal attempt from 33 GOOD, clock 01:40.

Virginia Tech: - Miami:

Kinzer,C. kickoff 62 yards to the UM3, Hill,R. return 17 yards to the UM20 (Brown,R.).

DRIVE SUMMARY: 9 plays, 33 yards, TOP 4:29

MIAMI drive start at 01:40.

1 and 10 at UM20

Bratton,M. rush for 5 yards to the UM25 (Jones,V.).

2 and 5 at UM25

Williams,W. rush right for 9 yards to the UM34, 1ST DOWN UM (Wiley,C.;Watson,C.).

1 and 10 at UM34

PENALTY UM ineligible downfield on pass 0 yards to the UM34.

2 and 10 at UM34

Walsh,S. pass incomplete to Roberts,A..

3 and 10 at UM34

Walsh,S. pass incomplete to Irvin,M..

4 and 10 at UM34

Feagles,J. punt 66 yards to the VT0, touchback.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 4 plays, 14 yards, TOP 1:34

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 00:06.

1 and 10 at VT20

Smith,L. rush up middle for 8 yards to the VT28 (Shannon,R.).

3rd Quarter Stats

		Time	1st Downs				Conversions
Quarter Summary	Score	Poss	R	P	X	T	3rd	4td	Rushing	Passing	Penalties
Virginia Tech	3	07:39	1	1	0	2	1-4	0-0	11-35	2-4-0-19	0-0
Miami	3	07:21	3	1	0	4	2-5	0-0	8-48	4-9-0-31	3-21

4th Quarter

Start of 4th quarter, clock 15:00.

2 and 2 at VT28

Smith,L. rush for 4 yards to the VT32, 1ST DOWN VT (Mark,G.).

1 and 10 at VT32

Donnelly,S. rush for 2 yards to the VT34 (Stobbs,D.).

2 and 8 at VT34

PENALTY UM offside defense 5 yards to the VT39.

2 and 3 at VT39

Smith,L. rush right for 1 yard to the VT40 (Peguese,W.).

3 and 2 at VT40

Jeffries,J. rush right for 5 yards to the VT45, 1ST DOWN VT (Mira Jr.,G.;Blades,B.).

1 and 10 at VT45

Chapman,E. pass complete to Cullen,N. for 12 yards to the UM43, 1ST DOWN VT.

1 and 10 at UM43

Jeffries,J. rush up middle for no gain to the UM43 (Hawkins,B.).

2 and 10 at UM43

Chapman,E. pass complete to Cullen,N. for 7 yards to the UM36 (Fullington,D.).

3 and 3 at UM36

Fox,R. rush up middle for loss of 1 yard to the UM37 (Stobbs,D.).

4 and 4 at UM37

Neel,E. punt 37 yards to the UM0, touchback.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 9 plays, 43 yards, TOP 4:53

MIAMI drive start at 10:13.

1 and 10 at UM20

Bratton,M. rush left for 9 yards to the UM29 (Bailey,L.;Martin,B.).

2 and 1 at UM29

Bratton,M. rush right for 4 yards to the UM33, 1ST DOWN UM (Cockrell,R.;Bradley,N.).

1 and 10 at UM33

PENALTY UM illegal procedure 5 yards to the UM28.

1 and 15 at UM28

Walsh,S. pass complete to Williams,W. for 9 yards to the UM37 (Neel,E.).

2 and 6 at UM37

Williams,W. rush left for 3 yards to the UM40 (Bradley,N.).

3 and 3 at UM40

Walsh,S. pass complete to Irvin,M. for 9 yards to the UM49, 1ST DOWN UM (Wiley,C.;Jones,J.).

1 and 10 at UM49

Williams,W. rush up middle for 12 yards to the VT39, 1ST DOWN UM (Brown,R.).

Roger Brown (VT) injured on the play.

1 and 10 at VT39

Walsh,S. pass complete to Bratton,M. for 15 yards to the VT24, 1ST DOWN UM (Rice,S.;Cockrell,R.).

1 and 10 at VT24

Williams,W. rush right for 3 yards to the VT21 (Watson,C.).

2 and 7 at VT21

Walsh,S. rush quarterback scramble for 10 yards to the VT11, 1ST DOWN UM (Cockrell,R.).

1 and 10 at VT11

Williams,W. rush left for 4 yards to the VT7 (Martin,B.).

2 and 6 at VT07

Walsh,S. pass complete to Irvin,M. for 6 yards to the VT1, 1ST DOWN UM (Brown,R.;Bradley,N.).

1 and Goal at VT01

~~Bratton,M. rush for no gain to the VT1, fumble by Bratton,M. recovered by VT Team at VT1~~, PENALTY VT offside defense 0 yards to the VT1, NO PLAY.

1 and Goal at VT01

Bratton,M. rush for 1 yard to the VT0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:51.

Offsides VT, to be assessed on the kickoff.

Cox,G. kick attempt good.

Virginia Tech: - Miami:

1 and Goal at UM35

PENALTY VT offside defense 5 yards to the UM40.

1 and Goal at UM40

PENALTY UM illegal procedure 5 yards to the UM35.

Benes,E. kickoff 60 yards to the VT5, Jeffries,J. return 9 yards to the VT14 (Bethel,R.).

DRIVE SUMMARY: 12 plays, 80 yards, TOP 5:22

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 04:51.

1 and 10 at VT14

Donnelly,S. rush for loss of 2 yards to the VT12 (Mark,G.).

2 and 12 at VT12

Chapman,E. pass complete to Johnson,S. for 18 yards to the VT30, 1ST DOWN VT (Mark,G.).

1 and 10 at VT30

Jeffries,J. rush up middle for 2 yards to the VT32 (Mark,G.;Shannon,R.).

2 and 8 at VT32

PENALTY VT illegal procedure 5 yards to the VT27.

2 and 13 at VT27

Chapman,E. sacked for loss of 1 yard to the VT26 (Stobbs,D.).

Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 02:04.

3 and 14 at VT26

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

4 and 14 at VT26

Chapman,E. sacked for loss of 8 yards to the VT18 (Mark,G.;Mira Jr.,G.).

DRIVE SUMMARY: 6 plays, 4 yards, TOP 2:57

MIAMI drive start at 01:54.

1 and 10 at VT18

Bratton,M. rush left for 7 yards to the VT11 (Martin,B.).

2 and 3 at VT11

Williams,W. rush right for 9 yards to the VT2, 1ST DOWN UM (Martin,B.;Wiley,C.).

1 and Goal at VT02

Walsh,S. pass complete to Roberts,A. for 2 yards to the VT0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:34.

Cox,G. kick attempt good.

Virginia Tech: - Miami:

Benes,E. kickoff 64 yards to the VT1, Roberts,J. return 3 yards to the VT4.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 18 yards, TOP 1:20

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 00:34.

1 and 10 at VT04

Chapman,E. pass incomplete (Stobbs,D.).

2 and 10 at VT04

Smith,L. rush for 5 yards to the VT9 (Jones,D.;Mira Jr.,G.).

3 and 5 at VT09

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

4 and 5 at VT09

Chapman,E. sacked for loss of 5 yards to the VT4 (Mark,G.;Hawkins,B.).

DRIVE SUMMARY: 4 plays, 0 yards, TOP 0:34

MIAMI drive start at 00:00.

End of game, clock 00:00.

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

4th Quarter Stats

		Time	1st Downs				Conversions
Quarter Summary	Score	Poss	R	P	X	T	3rd	4td	Rushing	Passing	Penalties
Virginia Tech	0	08:18	2	2	0	4	1-4	0-2	12-2	3-6-0-37	3-10
Miami	14	06:42	4	3	0	7	1-1	0-0	10-62	5-5-0-41	3-15

Participation

Virginia Tech Starters
Pos	No.	Offense
QB	16	Erik Chapman










Pos	No.	Defense

Miami Starters
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Pos	No.	Defense

Virginia Tech: 1-Jeff Roberts, 3-Ralph Brown, 4-Chris Kinzer, 6-Roger Brown, 7-Gray Hagy, 11-Malcolm Blacken, 19-Will Gowin, 20-Karl Borden, 21-Steve Mitchem, 22-Myron Richardson, 25-Sean Donnelly, 27-Jon Jeffries, 28-Lamar Smith, 30-George Bruce, 31-Tim Boitnott, 34-Victor Jones, 35-John Granby, 36-Carter Wiley, 37-Eddie Neel, 38-Scott Rice, 39-Randy Cockrell, 40-Jock Jones, 43-Rich Fox, 44-Leslie Bailey, 46-David Everett, 48-Nick Cullen, 51-Kevin Keeffe, 52-Chris Henderson, 53-Glenn Watts, 56-Steve Hale, 57-William Boatwright, 60-Tom Hall, 61-John FitzHugh, 65-Nate Bradley, 66-Scott Hill, 67-Bo Cothran, 68-Rodney Good, 70-Todd Grantham, 72-Larry Peery, 73-Ernie Davis, 76-Chris Matheny, 77-Mark Briscoe, 80-Brian McCall, 81-Ken Barefoot, 83-Rich Williams, 87-Steve Johnson, 88-Darwin Herdman, 90-Bobby Martin, 91-Greg Drew, 94-Rodney Varney, 96-Jimmy Whitten, 97-Al Chamblee, 98-Chuck Watson.

Miami: 1-Benes,E., 3-Randal Hill, 4-Steve Walsh, 5-Melvin Bratton, 9-Bennie Blades, 11-Dale Dawkins, 15-Hicks,J., 16-Smith,R., 18-Tolbert Bain, 19-Darren Fullington, 20-Shannon Crowell, 22-Randy Shannon, 23-Bailey,R., 24-Warren Williams, 25-Greg Cox, 28-Conley,L., 32-Selloyn Brown, 33-Perriman,B., 34-Tracey Waiters, 36-Bennie Blades, 38-Jeff Feagles, 39-Bobby Harden, 40-Sandy Jack, 43-Cleveland Gary, 45-George Mira Jr., 47-Michael Irvin, 48-Bubba McDowell, 49-Crum,M., 50-Bobby Garcia, 52-Bruce,D., 54-Bill Hawkins, 55-Randy Bethel, 57-Clark,B., 58-Willis Peguese, 62-Mahon,G., 63-Jimmie Jones, 65-Rosinski,S., 68-Panfil,B., 71-Matt Patchan, 75-John O'Neill, 76-Scott Provin, 79-Mike Sullivan, 81-Biggins,M., 82-Charles Henry, 82-Charles Henry, 85-Harris,K., 86-Derwin Jones, 87-Roberts,A., 88-Kelleher,D., 91-Rod Carter, 93-Schaefer,B., 94-Greg Mark, 96-Stobbs,D..

Football

Virginia Tech 13 - (3) Miami 27FINAL

Participation

Virginia Tech 13 - (3) Miami 27
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