Southern Mississippi 13 - Virginia Tech 12
FINAL

Southern Mississippi

Virginia Tech

FINAL

	1	2	3	4	T
Southern Mississippi (7-4)	3	0	7	3	13
Virginia Tech (2-7-1)	0	6	6	0	12
November 14, 1992 Lane/Worsham Field, Blacksburg, Va. Kickoff time: 1:00 pm End of Game: 3:46 pm Total elapsed time: 2:46 Temperature: 37 Wind: 8-10 W Weather: 25 deg wind chill Attendance: 27,342 Referee: Al Riveron Umpire: Nels Strickland Linesman: Lea Rutter Line judge: Gale Porter Back judge: James Anderson Field judge: Carter Lohr Side judge: Verbra Lee

Southern Mississippi (7-4)

Virginia Tech (2-7-1)

November 14, 1992
Lane/Worsham Field, Blacksburg, Va.

Kickoff time: 1:00 pm
End of Game: 3:46 pm
Total elapsed time: 2:46

Temperature: 37
Wind: 8-10 W
Weather: 25 deg wind chill

Attendance: 27,342

Referee: Al Riveron
Umpire: Nels Strickland
Linesman: Lea Rutter
Line judge: Gale Porter
Back judge: James Anderson
Field judge: Carter Lohr
Side judge: Verbra Lee

Scoring Summary
First Quarter				USM	VT
	FG	10:55	Johnny Lomoro 45 yd Field Goal	3	0
Second Quarter				USM	VT
	TD	01:03	John Rivers 5 yd Pass From Maurice DeShazo (Ryan J. Williams Kick Failed)	3	6
Third Quarter				USM	VT
	FG	11:54	Ryan J. Williams 31 yd Field Goal	3	9
	FG	02:56	Ryan J. Williams 35 yd Field Goal	3	12
	TD	00:42	Kevin Bentley 64 yd Pass From Michael Welch (Lance Nations Kick)	10	12
Fourth Quarter				USM	VT
	FG	01:34	Lance Nations 22 yd Field Goal	13	12

Team Stats	USM	VT
FIRST DOWNS	17	18
Rushing	9	11
Passing	7	6
Penalty	1	1
NET YARDS RUSHING	128	247
Rushing Attempts	38	46
Average Per Rush	3.4	5.4
Rushing Touchdowns	0	0
Yards Gained Rushing	148	267
Yards Lost Rushing	20	20
NET YARDS PASSING	217	155
Completions-Attempts-Int	15-26-0	11-26-1
Average Per Attempt	8.3	6.0
Average Per Completion	14.5	14.1
Passing Touchdowns	1	1
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS	345	402
Total offense plays	64	72
Average Gain Per Play	5.4	5.6
Fumbles: Number-Lost	1-0	3-1
Penalties: Number-Yards	6-52	7-71
PUNTS-YARDS	6-212	3-124
Average Yards Per Punt	35.3	41.3
Net Yards Per Punt	32.8	41.3
Inside 20	1	2
50+ Yards	0	0
Touchbacks	0	0
Fair catch	2	1

Team Stats	USM	VT
KICKOFFS-YARDS	4-236	4-258
Average Yards Per Kickoff	59.0	64.5
Net Yards Per Kickoff	37.0	46.8
Touchbacks	0	0
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD	--	5-15-0
Average Per Return	0.0	3.0
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD	4-71-0	4-88-0
Average Per Return	17.8	22.0
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD	1-5-0	0-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD	0-0-0	0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards	0	0
Possession Time	29:40	30:20
1st Quarter	07:16	07:44
2nd Quarter	07:20	07:40
3rd Quarter	06:21	08:39
4th Quarter	08:43	06:17
Third-Down Conversions	3 of 13	5 of 14
Fourth-Down Conversions	0 of 0	1 of 3
Red-Zone Scores-Chances	1-2	3-4
Touchdowns	0-2	1-4
Field Goals	1-2	2-4
Sacks By: Number-Yards	4-13	2-10
PAT Kicks	1-1	0-1
Field Goals	2-3	2-3

Southern Mississippi Rushing
	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Lg	Avg.
Michael Welch	16	68	6	62	0	11	3.9
Ronald Jones	3	26	0	26	0	13	8.7
Chris Buckhalter	4	16	1	15	0	11	3.8
Dwayne Nelson	6	13	0	13	0	5	2.2
Tommy Waters	8	24	13	11	0	12	1.4
Myreon McKinney	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.0
Total	38	148	20	128	0	13	3.4

Virginia Tech Rushing
	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Lg	Avg.
Mark Poindexter	12	97	2	95	0	54	7.9
Dwayne Thomas	13	61	1	60	0	15	4.6
Joe Swarm	4	41	0	41	0	17	10.3
Tony Kennedy	6	39	0	39	0	14	6.5
Maurice DeShazo	10	29	17	12	0	11	1.2
Antonio Freeman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Total	46	267	20	247	0	54	5.4

Southern Mississippi Passing
	Cmp-Att-Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sack
Tommy Waters	14-25-0	153	0	22	2
Michael Welch	1-1-0	64	1	64	0
Total	15-26-0	217	1	64	2

Virginia Tech Passing
	Cmp-Att-Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sack
Maurice DeShazo	10-25-1	127	1	31	4
John Rivers	1-1-0	28	0	28	0
Total	11-26-1	155	1	31	4

Southern Mississippi Receiving
	No.	Yds	TD	Lg
Michael Welch	3	44	0	17
Anthony Owens	3	38	0	21
Myreon McKinney	3	6	0	6
Greg Reed	2	25	0	22
Kevin Bentley	1	64	1	64
Marcus Pope	1	18	0	18
Ronald Jones	1	13	0	13
Mark Montgomery	1	9	0	9
Total	15	217	1	64

Virginia Tech Receiving
	No.	Yds	TD	Lg
Antonio Freeman	3	63	0	31
John Rivers	3	49	1	26
Bo Campbell	3	35	0	28
Tony Kennedy	2	8	0	5
Total	11	155	1	31

Southern Mississippi Punting
	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB
Johnny Lomoro	4	128	32.0	39	1	0
Eric Estes	2	84	42.0	43	0	0
Total	6	212	35.3	43	1	0

Virginia Tech Punting
	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB
Robbie Colley	3	124	41.3	47	2	0
Total	3	124	41.3	47	2	0

Southern Mississippi All Returns
	Punts			Kickoffs			Interceptions
	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg
Melvin Ratcliff	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	5
Barry Boyd	0	0	0	2	31	18	0	0	0
Terry Ulmer	0	0	0	2	40	27	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	4	71	27	1	5	5

Virginia Tech All Returns
	Punts			Kickoffs			Interceptions
	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg
Ray Crittenden	0	0	0	4	88	28	0	0	0
Bo Campbell	5	15	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	5	15	9	4	88	28	0	0	0

Southern Mississippi All Purpose
	Rush	Rcv	KR	PR	IR	Total
Michael Welch	62	44	0	0	0	106
Kevin Bentley	0	64	0	0	0	64
Terry Ulmer	0	0	40	0	0	40
Ronald Jones	26	13	0	0	0	39
Anthony Owens	0	38	0	0	0	38
Barry Boyd	0	0	31	0	0	31
Greg Reed	0	25	0	0	0	25
Marcus Pope	0	18	0	0	0	18
Chris Buckhalter	15	0	0	0	0	15
Dwayne Nelson	13	0	0	0	0	13
Tommy Waters	11	0	0	0	0	11
Mark Montgomery	0	9	0	0	0	9
Myreon McKinney	1	6	0	0	0	7
Melvin Ratcliff	0	0	0	0	5	5
Total	128	217	71	0	5	421

Virginia Tech All Purpose
	Rush	Rcv	KR	PR	IR	Total
Mark Poindexter	95	0	0	0	0	95
Ray Crittenden	0	0	88	0	0	88
Antonio Freeman	0	63	0	0	0	63
Dwayne Thomas	60	0	0	0	0	60
Bo Campbell	0	35	0	15	0	50
John Rivers	0	49	0	0	0	49
Tony Kennedy	39	8	0	0	0	47
Joe Swarm	41	0	0	0	0	41
Maurice DeShazo	12	0	0	0	0	12
Total	247	155	88	15	0	505

Southern Mississippi Field Goal Attempts
	Qtr	Time	Distance	Result
Johnny Lomoro	1	10:55	45	Good
Lance Nations	3	06:43	34	Missed
Lance Nations	4	01:34	22	Good

Virginia Tech Field Goal Attempts
	Qtr	Time	Distance	Result
Ryan J. Williams	3	11:54	31	Good
Ryan J. Williams	3	02:56	35	Good
Ryan J. Williams	4	10:44	41	Missed

Southern Mississippi Kickoffs
	No.	Yds	TB	OB	Avg.
Johnny Lomoro	4	236	0	0	59.0
Total	4	236	0	0	59.0

Virginia Tech Kickoffs
	No.	Yds	TB	OB	Avg.
Brian Reaves	4	258	0	0	64.5
Total	4	258	0	0	64.5

Southern Mississippi Fumbles
	No.	Lost
None

Virginia Tech Fumbles
	No.	Lost
Maurice DeShazo	2	1

Southern Mississippi Drive Summary
Drive Started				Drive Ended			Consumed
Qtr	Spot	Time	Obtained	Spot	Time	How Lost	Pl-Yds	TOP
1	USM27	15:00	KO	VT28	10:55	FG	10-45	4:05
1	USM15	05:10	DOWNS	USM29	02:33	PUNT	6-14	2:37
1	USM02	00:34	PUNT	USM10	13:36	PUNT	3-8	1:58
2	USM35	12:09	INT	USM43	10:03	PUNT	3-8	2:06
2	USM01	07:43	PUNT	USM28	04:56	PUNT	6-27	2:47
2	USM13	01:03	KO	USM38	00:00	HALF	4-25	1:03
3	USM20	11:54	KO	USM32	09:51	PUNT	5-12	2:03
3	VT30	08:47	FUMB	VT17	06:43	FGA	6-13	2:04
3	USM13	02:56	KO	VT00	00:42	TD	5-87	2:14
4	USM25	10:44	FGA	VT38	07:03	PUNT	6-37	3:41
4	VT49	06:00	PUNT	VT05	01:34	FG	10-44	4:26
4	VT36	00:36	DOWNS	VT39	00:00	HALF	2--3	0:36

	Quarter				Half		Total
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd
Time of possession	07:16	07:20	06:21	08:43	14:36	15:04	29:40
Third Down Conversions	2/4	0/3	1/3	1/3	2/7	2/6	4/13
Fourth Down Conversions	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0

Virginia Tech Drive Summary
Drive Started				Drive Ended			Consumed
Qtr	Spot	Time	Obtained	Spot	Time	How Lost	Pl-Yds	TOP
1	VT38	10:55	KO	USM15	05:10	DOWNS	12-47	5:45
1	VT27	02:33	PUNT	USM48	00:34	PUNT	5-25	1:59
2	VT50	13:36	PUNT	USM33	12:09	INT	5-17	1:27
2	VT23	10:03	PUNT	USM48	07:43	PUNT	6-29	2:20
2	VT33	04:56	PUNT	USM00	01:03	TD	8-67	3:53
3	VT24	15:00	KO	USM15	11:54	FG	7-61	3:06
3	VT39	09:51	PUNT	VT30	08:47	FUMB	2--9	1:04
3	VT17	06:43	FGA	USM18	02:56	FG	9-65	3:47
3	VT28	00:42	KO	USM25	10:44	FGA	11-47	4:58
4	VT17	07:03	PUNT	VT19	06:00	PUNT	3-2	1:03
4	VT22	01:34	KO	VT36	00:36	DOWNS	7-14	0:58

	Quarter				Half		Total
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd
Time of possession	07:44	07:40	08:39	06:17	15:24	14:56	30:20
Third Down Conversions	0/3	1/2	2/4	3/6	1/5	5/10	6/15
Fourth Down Conversions	1/2	0/0	0/0	0/1	1/2	0/1	1/3

Southern Mississippi Defense
	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL/Yds	Sack/Yds	FF	FR-Yds	Int-Yds	BrUp	Blkd	QBH
Tyrone Nix	4	6	10	1.0/1	1.0/6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Tobias	2	5	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Albert McRae	4	2	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Hamilton	1	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Ulmer	4	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
LeTorrance Gulley	3	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Derrick Hervey	1	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Melvin Ratcliff	3	1	4	-	-	-	-	1-5	1	-	-
Eugene Harmon	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Deke Adams	2	2	4	1.0/4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Robinson	3	1	4	1.0/1	2.0/3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Jackson	1	2	3	-	1.0/4	-	-	-	1	-	-
LaBarion Rankins	2	1	3	-	-	-	1-0	-	-	-	-
Reggie Elder	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Perry Carter	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaun Gamble	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Monroe	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Shoemake	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Loescher	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Damon McDaniel	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Brown	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Harris	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	37	38	75	3.0/6	4.0/13		1-0	1-5	5

Virginia Tech Defense
	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL/Yds	Sack/Yds	FF	FR-Yds	Int-Yds	BrUp	Blkd	QBH
Rusty Pendleton	7	2	9	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
P.J. Preston	5	3	8	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Jerome Preston	7	1	8	-	2.0/10	-	-	-	1	-	-
Melendez Byrd	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bernard Basham	5	2	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ken Brown	3	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Swarm	3	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kirk Alexander	2	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hank Coleman	1	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don Davis	3	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stacy Henley	3	1	4	1.0/4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Breheny	2	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyronne Drakeford	3	-	3	1.0/1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
George DelRicco	1	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Jones	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rafael Williams	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeWayne Knight	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tewon Stevens	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	54	32	86	2.0/5	2.0/10		-	-	4

Play-By-Play

1st Quarter

Southern Miss Captains:90-Singleton, 3-Welch, & 82-Reed

VT Captains: 93-Preston, 11-Campbell, 17-Poindexter, & 99-Davis

VT won the toss, defers, Southern Miss to receive in the South goal.

VT ball on VT35.

Reaves,B. kickoff 65 yards to the USM0, Ulmer,T. return 27 yards to the USM27 (Coleman,H.).

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 15:00.

1 and 10 at USM27

Welch,M. rush right for 11 yards to the USM38, 1ST DOWN USM (Preston,P.J.;Basham,B.).

1 and 10 at USM38

Welch,M. rush up middle for 2 yards to the USM40 (Basham,B.;Brown,K.).

2 and 8 at USM40

Waters,T. middle pass incomplete to Welch,M..

3 and 8 at USM40

PENALTY VT offside defense 5 yards to the USM45.

3 and 3 at USM45

Waters,T. rush quarterback scramble for 3 yards to the USM48, 1ST DOWN USM (Preston,J.).

1 and 10 at USM48

Welch,M. rush right for 9 yards to the VT43 (Pendleton,R.).

2 and 1 at VT43

Waters,T. rush over right end for 12 yards to the VT31, 1ST DOWN USM (Drakeford,T.).

1 and 10 at VT31

Welch,M. rush left for loss of 2 yards to the VT33.

2 and 12 at VT33

Buckhalter,C. rush left for 5 yards to the VT28 (Byrd,M.).

3 and 7 at VT28

Waters,T. pass incomplete.

4 and 7 at VT28

Lomoro,J. field goal attempt from 45 GOOD, clock 10:55.

Southern Mississippi: - Virginia Tech:

Lomoro,J. kickoff 55 yards to the VT10, Crittenden,R. return 28 yards to the VT38 (McDaniel,D.).

DRIVE SUMMARY: 10 plays, 45 yards, TOP 4:05

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 10:55.

1 and 10 at VT38

DeShazo,M. pass complete to Campbell,B. for 6 yards to the VT44.

2 and 4 at VT44

Poindexter,M. rush left for 2 yards to the VT46.

3 and 2 at VT46

Kennedy,T. rush right for 1 yard to the VT47 (Tobias,M.;Robinson,J.).

4 and 1 at VT47

DeShazo,M. rush left for 2 yards to the VT49, 1ST DOWN VT (Harmon,E.).

1 and 10 at VT49

DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Campbell,B..

2 and 10 at VT49

DeShazo,M. rush right for 11 yards to the USM40, 1ST DOWN VT (Ulmer,T.).

1 and 10 at USM40

PENALTY VT illegal procedure 5 yards to the USM45.

1 and 15 at USM45

DeShazo,M. rush right for 6 yards to the USM39 (Nix,T.).

2 and 9 at USM39

Thomas,D. rush right for 15 yards to the USM24, 1ST DOWN VT (Ratcliff,M.).

1 and 10 at USM24

Freeman,A. rush reverse for no gain to the USM24 (Singleton,J.;Harmon,E.).

2 and 10 at USM24

Poindexter,M. rush draw play for loss of 1 yard to the USM25 (Nix,T.).

3 and 11 at USM25

Poindexter,M. rush left for 10 yards to the USM15 (Gamble,S.).

Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 05:17.

4 and 1 at USM15

DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Burke,J..

DRIVE SUMMARY: 12 plays, 47 yards, TOP 5:45

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 05:10.

1 and 10 at USM15

Nelson,D. rush left for 5 yards to the USM20 (Davis,D.;Pendleton,R.).

2 and 5 at USM20

Waters,T. pass incomplete to Welch,M..

3 and 5 at USM20

Waters,T. middle pass complete to Owens,A. for 9 yards to the USM29, 1ST DOWN USM.

1 and 10 at USM29

Jones,R. rush right for 1 yard to the USM30 (Preston,P.J.).

2 and 9 at USM30

Buckhalter,C. rush over right end for loss of 1 yard to the USM29 (Preston,J.;Drakeford,T.).

3 and 10 at USM29

Waters,T. pass incomplete (Preston,P.J.).

4 and 10 at USM29

Estes,E. punt 43 yards to the VT28, Campbell,B. return 9 yards to the VT37, PENALTY VT illegal block 10 yards to the VT27, 1st and 10, VT ball on VT27.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 6 plays, 14 yards, TOP 2:37

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 02:33.

1 and 10 at VT27

DeShazo,M. pass complete to Kennedy,T. for 5 yards to the VT32.

2 and 5 at VT32

Kennedy,T. rush over right end for 14 yards to the VT46, 1ST DOWN VT (Gamble,S.).

1 and 10 at VT46

Thomas,D. rush left for 4 yards to the 50 yardline (Nix,T.;Adams,D.).

2 and 6 at VT50

DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Poindexter,M..

3 and 6 at VT50

Thomas,D. rush right for 2 yards to the USM48.

4 and 4 at USM48

Colley,R. punt 47 yards to the USM1, downed.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 5 plays, 25 yards, TOP 1:59

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 00:34.

USM ball on USM2.

1 and 10 at USM02

Nelson,D. rush up middle for no gain to the USM2 (Pendleton,R.;DelRicco,G.).

1st Quarter Stats

		Time	1st Downs				Conversions
Quarter Summary	Score	Poss	R	P	X	T	3rd	4td	Rushing	Passing	Penalties
Southern Mississippi	3	07:16	3	1	0	4	2-4	0-0	11-45	1-5-0-9	0-0
Virginia Tech	0	07:44	4	0	0	4	0-3	1-2	12-66	2-5-0-11	3-20

2nd Quarter

Start of 2nd quarter, clock 15:00.

2 and 10 at USM02

Welch,M. rush over left end for 7 yards to the USM9 (Pendleton,R.;Knight,D.).

3 and 3 at USM09

Welch,M. rush up middle for 1 yard to the USM10 (Byrd,M.;Basham,B.).

4 and 2 at USM10

Estes,E. punt 41 yards to the VT49, Campbell,B. return 1 yards to the 50 yardline.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 8 yards, TOP 1:58

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 13:36.

1 and 10 at VT50

DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Freeman,A..

2 and 10 at VT50

Thomas,D. rush for loss of 1 yard to the VT49.

3 and 11 at VT49

Swarm,J. rush right for 17 yards to the USM34, 1ST DOWN VT (Harmon,E.).

1 and 10 at USM34

Thomas,D. rush right for 1 yard to the USM33 (Tobias,M.;Nix,T.).

2 and 9 at USM33

DeShazo,M. pass intercepted by Ratcliff,M. at the USM30, Ratcliff,M. return 5 yards to the USM35.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 5 plays, 17 yards, TOP 1:27

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 12:09.

1 and 10 at USM35

Waters,T. sacked for loss of 6 yards to the USM29 (Preston,J.).

2 and 16 at USM29

Waters,T. pass complete to McKinney,M. for loss of 4 yards to the USM25.

3 and 20 at USM25

Waters,T. pass complete to Welch,M. for 18 yards to the USM43 (Byrd,M.;Drakeford,T.).

4 and 2 at USM43

Lomoro,J. punt 35 yards to the VT22, Campbell,B. return 1 yards to the VT23.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 8 yards, TOP 2:06

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 10:03.

1 and 10 at VT23

Kennedy,T. rush left for 10 yards to the VT33, 1ST DOWN VT (Ratcliff,M.).

1 and 10 at VT33

Kennedy,T. rush left for 7 yards to the VT40 (Rankins,L.).

2 and 3 at VT40

Poindexter,M. rush left for 5 yards to the VT45, 1ST DOWN VT (Ulmer,T.).

1 and 10 at VT45

Poindexter,M. rush draw play for 2 yards to the VT47 (Hamilton,B.).

2 and 8 at VT47

DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Freeman,A..

3 and 8 at VT47

Poindexter,M. rush draw play for 5 yards to the USM48 (McRae,A.).

4 and 3 at USM48

Colley,R. punt 47 yards to the USM1, downed.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 6 plays, 29 yards, TOP 2:20

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 07:43.

1 and 10 at USM01

Nelson,D. rush up middle for 3 yards to the USM4 (Preston,J.;Davis,D.).

2 and 7 at USM04

Waters,T. pass complete to Reed,G. for 22 yards to the USM26, 1ST DOWN USM (Byrd,M.).

1 and 10 at USM26

Welch,M. rush up middle for 12 yards to the USM38, 1ST DOWN USM (Brown,K.).

1 and 10 at USM38

PENALTY USM illegal procedure 5 yards to the USM33.

1 and 15 at USM33

Waters,T. pass incomplete to Montgomery,M..

2 and 15 at USM33

Buckhalter,C. rush up middle for no gain to the USM33 (Preston,P.J.).

3 and 15 at USM33

PENALTY USM illegal procedure 5 yards to the USM28.

3 and 20 at USM28

Waters,T. pass incomplete to McKinney,M..

4 and 20 at USM28

Lomoro,J. punt 39 yards to the VT33, fair catch by Campbell,B..

DRIVE SUMMARY: 6 plays, 27 yards, TOP 2:47

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 04:56.

1 and 10 at VT33

Thomas,D. rush over left end for 7 yards to the VT40 (Brown,J.).

2 and 3 at VT40

Thomas,D. rush left for 4 yards to the VT44, 1ST DOWN VT (Hamilton,B.).

1 and 10 at VT44

DeShazo,M. pass complete to Campbell,B. for 1 yard to the VT45 (Ulmer,T.).

2 and 9 at VT45

Swarm,J. rush left for 11 yards to the USM44, 1ST DOWN VT (Hervey,D.).

1 and 10 at USM44

Rivers,J. pass complete to Campbell,B. for 28 yards to the USM16, 1ST DOWN VT.

Timeout Southern Mississippi.

1 and 10 at USM16

Thomas,D. rush up middle for 6 yards to the USM10 (Nix,T.).

2 and 4 at USM10

PENALTY USM offside defense 5 yards to the USM5, 1ST DOWN VT.

1 and Goal at USM05

Thomas,D. rush up middle for no gain to the USM5 (Harmon,E.;Hamilton,B.).

2 and Goal at USM05

DeShazo,M. pass complete to Rivers,J. for 5 yards to the USM0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:03.

Williams,R. kick attempt failed.

Reaves,B. kickoff 65 yards to the USM0, Ulmer,T. return 13 yards to the USM13 (Williams,Ra.).

DRIVE SUMMARY: 8 plays, 67 yards, TOP 3:53

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 01:03.

1 and 10 at USM13

Jones,R. rush right for 13 yards to the USM26, 1ST DOWN USM (Coleman,H.;Drakeford,T.).

1 and 10 at USM26

McKinney,M. rush left for 1 yard to the USM27 (Basham,B.).

2 and 9 at USM27

Waters,T. pass complete to Jones,R. for 13 yards to the USM40, 1ST DOWN USM (Byrd,M.).

Clock 00:11.

1 and 10 at USM40

PENALTY USM holding 14 yards to the USM26.

1 and 24 at USM26

Jones,R. rush right for 12 yards to the USM38 (Basham,B.).

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
Southern Mississippi	0	07:20	2	2	0	4	0-3	0-0	9-43	4-6-0-49	4-29
Virginia Tech	6	07:40	5	1	1	7	1-2	0-0	13-74	3-6-1-34	0-0

3rd Quarter

Start of 3rd quarter, clock 15:00, USM ball on USM35.

Lomoro,J. kickoff 62 yards to the VT3, Crittenden,R. return 21 yards to the VT24 (Harris,J.).

DRIVE SUMMARY: 4 plays, 25 yards, TOP 1:03

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 15:00.

1 and 10 at VT24

DeShazo,M. pass complete to Kennedy,T. for 3 yards to the VT27 (Rankins,L.).

2 and 7 at VT27

Kennedy,T. rush left for 6 yards to the VT33 (Nix,T.).

3 and 1 at VT33

Poindexter,M. rush up middle for 54 yards to the USM13, 1ST DOWN VT (Rankins,L.).

1 and 10 at USM13

Kennedy,T. rush right for 1 yard to the USM12 (Nix,T.).

2 and 9 at USM12

PENALTY VT holding 11 yards to the USM23.

2 and 20 at USM23

Swarm,J. rush up middle for 12 yards to the USM11 (Ratcliff,M.).

Ratcliff (USM) injured on the play.

3 and 8 at USM11

DeShazo,M. rush for loss of 4 yards to the USM15.

4 and 12 at USM15

Williams,R. field goal attempt from 31 GOOD, clock 11:54.

Southern Mississippi: - Virginia Tech:

Reaves,B. kickoff 63 yards to the USM2, Boyd,B. return 18 yards to the USM20 (DelRicco,G.;Knight,D.).

DRIVE SUMMARY: 7 plays, 61 yards, TOP 3:06

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 11:54.

1 and 10 at USM20

Waters,T. middle pass complete to Welch,M. for 9 yards to the USM29 (Preston,P.J.).

2 and 1 at USM29

Welch,M. rush right for 2 yards to the USM31, 1ST DOWN USM (Byrd,M.).

1 and 10 at USM31

Waters,T. pass incomplete to Pope,M..

2 and 10 at USM31

Waters,T. rush left for 1 yard to the USM32 (Davis,D.;Basham,B.).

3 and 9 at USM32

Waters,T. pass incomplete to Montgomery,M..

4 and 9 at USM32

Lomoro,J. punt 33 yards to the VT35, Campbell,B. return 4 yards to the VT39.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 5 plays, 12 yards, TOP 2:03

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 09:51.

1 and 10 at VT39

DeShazo,M. sacked for loss of 2 yards to the VT37, fumble by DeShazo,M. recovered by VT Kennedy,T. at VT37.

2 and 12 at VT37

PENALTY VT holding 14 yards to the VT23.

2 and 26 at VT23

DeShazo,M. rush left for 8 yards to the VT31, fumble by DeShazo,M. recovered by USM Rankins,L. at VT30.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 2 plays, -9 yards, TOP 1:04

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 08:47.

1 and 10 at VT30

Welch,M. rush over left end for loss of 4 yards to the VT34 (Henley,S.).

2 and 14 at VT34

Waters,T. pass incomplete to Reed,G., PENALTY VT personal foul 15 yards to the VT19, 1ST DOWN USM.

1 and 10 at VT19

Welch,M. rush left for 2 yards to the VT17.

2 and 8 at VT17

Welch,M. rush right for no gain to the VT17 (Preston,P.J.).

3 and 8 at VT17

Waters,T. pass incomplete.

4 and 8 at VT17

Nations,L. field goal attempt from 34 MISSED, spot at VT17, clock 06:43.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 6 plays, 13 yards, TOP 2:04

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 06:43.

1 and 10 at VT17

Thomas,D. rush over left end for 4 yards to the VT21 (Ulmer,T.).

2 and 6 at VT21

DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Sanders,S..

3 and 6 at VT21

DeShazo,M. pass complete to Freeman,A. for 31 yards to the USM48, 1ST DOWN VT (Gulley,L.).

1 and 10 at USM48

DeShazo,M. middle pass complete to Freeman,A. for 14 yards to the USM34, 1ST DOWN VT.

1 and 10 at USM34

Poindexter,M. rush up middle for 12 yards to the USM22, 1ST DOWN VT.

1 and 10 at USM22

Thomas,D. rush left for 2 yards to the USM20 (Nix,T.).

2 and 8 at USM20

Poindexter,M. rush right for 3 yards to the USM17 (Elder,R.;Nix,T.).

3 and 5 at USM17

DeShazo,M. rush quarterback scramble for loss of 1 yard to the USM18 (Robinson,J.).

4 and 6 at USM18

Williams,R. field goal attempt from 35 GOOD, clock 02:56.

Southern Mississippi: - Virginia Tech:

Reaves,B. kickoff 65 yards to the USM0, Boyd,B. return 13 yards to the USM13.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 9 plays, 65 yards, TOP 3:47

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 02:56.

1 and 10 at USM13

Welch,M. rush right for 8 yards to the USM21 (Brown,K.).

2 and 2 at USM21

Welch,M. rush up middle for 6 yards to the USM27, 1ST DOWN USM (Preston,J.;Breheny,C.).

1 and 10 at USM27

Waters,T. pass complete to Montgomery,M. for 9 yards to the USM36.

2 and 1 at USM36

Nelson,D. rush left for no gain to the USM36 (Swarm,B.).

3 and 1 at USM36

Welch,M. pass complete to Bentley,K. for 64 yards to the VT0, 1ST DOWN USM, TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:42.

Nations,L. kick attempt good.

Southern Mississippi: - Virginia Tech:

Lomoro,J. kickoff 56 yards to the VT9, Crittenden,R. return 19 yards to the VT28.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 5 plays, 87 yards, TOP 2:14

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 00:42.

1 and 10 at VT28

DeShazo,M. pass incomplete.

2 and 10 at VT28

Swarm,J. rush for 1 yard to the VT29 (Nix,T.).

3rd Quarter Stats

		Time	1st Downs				Conversions
Quarter Summary	Score	Poss	R	P	X	T	3rd	4td	Rushing	Passing	Penalties
Southern Mississippi	7	06:21	2	1	1	4	1-3	0-0	8-15	3-7-0-82	0-0
Virginia Tech	6	08:39	2	2	0	4	2-4	0-0	13-95	3-5-0-48	3-40

4th Quarter

Start of 4th quarter, clock 15:00.

3 and 9 at VT29

DeShazo,M. pass complete to Rivers,J. for 26 yards to the USM45, 1ST DOWN VT (Gulley,L.).

1st and 10.

Rivers (VT) injured on the play.

1 and 10 at USM45

Thomas,D. rush over right end for 15 yards to the USM30, 1ST DOWN VT (Carter,P.).

1 and 10 at USM30

Thomas,D. rush for 1 yard to the USM29 (Adams,D.;Hamilton,B.).

2 and 9 at USM29

Poindexter,M. rush draw play for loss of 1 yard to the USM30 (Robinson,J.).

3 and 10 at USM30

DeShazo,M. pass complete to Freeman,A. for 18 yards to the USM12, 1ST DOWN VT (Carter,P.).

1 and 10 at USM12

PENALTY VT holding 11 yards to the USM23.

1 and 21 at USM23

Poindexter,M. rush up middle for 1 yard to the USM22 (McRae,A.;Hamilton,B.).

2 and 20 at USM22

DeShazo,M. sacked for loss of 6 yards to the USM28 (Nix,T.).

3 and 26 at USM28

Poindexter,M. rush up middle for 3 yards to the USM25 (Elder,R.).

4 and 23 at USM25

Williams,R. field goal attempt from 41 MISSED - short, spot at USM25, clock 10:44.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 11 plays, 47 yards, TOP 4:58

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 10:44.

1 and 10 at USM25

Waters,T. pass complete to Pope,M. for 18 yards to the USM43, 1ST DOWN USM.

1 and 10 at USM43

~~Welch,M. rush up middle for 3 yards to the USM46 (Swarm,B.)~~, PENALTY USM illegal procedure 5 yards to the USM38, NO PLAY.

1 and 15 at USM38

Waters,T. pass complete to Reed,G. for 3 yards to the USM41.

2 and 12 at USM41

Waters,T. middle pass complete to Owens,A. for 21 yards to the VT38, 1ST DOWN USM.

1 and 10 at VT38

Waters,T. pass complete to McKinney,M. for 4 yards to the VT34.

2 and 6 at VT34

PENALTY USM holding 18 yards to the USM48.

2 and 24 at USM48

Waters,T. pass complete to Owens,A. for 8 yards to the VT44 (Byrd,M.;Brown,K.).

3 and 16 at VT44

Waters,T. pass complete to McKinney,M. for 6 yards to the VT38 (Coleman,H.).

4 and 10 at VT38

Lomoro,J. punt 21 yards to the VT17, fair catch by Campbell,B..

DRIVE SUMMARY: 6 plays, 37 yards, TOP 3:41

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 07:03.

1 and 10 at VT17

DeShazo,M. rush left for 2 yards to the VT19 (Tobias,M.).

2 and 8 at VT19

DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Thomas,D..

3 and 8 at VT19

DeShazo,M. pass incomplete.

4 and 8 at VT19

Colley,R. punt 30 yards to the VT49, fair catch by Carter,P..

DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 2 yards, TOP 1:03

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 06:00.

1 and 10 at VT49

Buckhalter,C. rush up middle for 11 yards to the VT38, 1ST DOWN USM.

1 and 10 at VT38

Waters,T. pass incomplete to Montgomery,M..

2 and 10 at VT38

Waters,T. rush quarterback scramble for loss of 4 yards to the VT42 (Preston,J.).

Timeout Southern Mississippi, clock 04:47.

3 and 14 at VT42

Waters,T. pass complete to Welch,M. for 17 yards to the VT25, 1ST DOWN USM.

1 and 10 at VT25

Welch,M. rush right for 3 yards to the VT22 (Preston,J.).

2 and 7 at VT22

Waters,T. rush right for 8 yards to the VT14, 1ST DOWN USM (Preston,P.J.).

1 and 10 at VT14

Nelson,D. rush up middle for 4 yards to the VT10 (Swarm,B.).

2 and 6 at VT10

Welch,M. rush right for 5 yards to the VT5 (Alexander,K.).

3 and 1 at VT05

Welch,M. rush right for no gain to the VT5 (Pendleton,R.;Swarm,B.).

Timeout Southern Mississippi, clock 01:37.

4 and 1 at VT05

Nations,L. field goal attempt from 22 GOOD, clock 01:34.

Southern Mississippi: - Virginia Tech:

Lomoro,J. kickoff 63 yards to the VT2, Crittenden,R. return 20 yards to the VT22 (Hervey,D.).

DRIVE SUMMARY: 10 plays, 44 yards, TOP 4:26

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 01:34.

1 and 10 at VT22

DeShazo,M. sacked for loss of 4 yards to the VT18 (Jackson,K.).

Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 01:18.

2 and 14 at VT18

DeShazo,M. pass incomplete (Jackson,K.).

3 and 14 at VT18

DeShazo,M. pass complete to Rivers,J. for 18 yards to the VT36, 1ST DOWN VT (Carter,P.).

1 and 10 at VT36

DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Freeman,A..

Clock 00:56.

2 and 10 at VT36

DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Campbell,B..

Clock 00:50.

3 and 10 at VT36

DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Poindexter,M..

Clock 00:43.

4 and 10 at VT36

DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Rivers,J..

DRIVE SUMMARY: 7 plays, 14 yards, TOP 0:58

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 00:36.

DeShazo (VT) hurt on the play.

1 and 10 at VT36

Waters,T. rush for loss of 1 yard to the VT37.

Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 00:23.

2 and 11 at VT37

Waters,T. rush for loss of 2 yards to the VT39.

End of game, clock 00:00.

DRIVE SUMMARY: 2 plays, -3 yards, TOP 0:36

4th Quarter Stats

		Time	1st Downs				Conversions
Quarter Summary	Score	Poss	R	P	X	T	3rd	4td	Rushing	Passing	Penalties
Southern Mississippi	3	08:43	2	3	0	5	1-3	0-0	9-24	7-8-0-77	2-23
Virginia Tech	0	06:17	1	3	0	4	3-6	0-1	8-11	3-10-0-62	1-11

Participation

Southern Mississippi Starters
Pos	No.	Offense











Pos	No.	Defense

Virginia Tech Starters
Pos	No.	Offense
FL	11	Bo Campbell
QB	12	Maurice DeShazo
FB	17	Mark Poindexter
TB	33	Tony Kennedy
SG	51	Chris Malone
ST	52	Mike Smith
TG	66	Jared Hamlin
TT	71	Marc Verniel
C	73	Jim Pyne
SE	80	Antonio Freeman
TE	83	John Burke
Pos	No.	Defense
RE	8	Bernard Basham
LC	22	Tyronne Drakeford
RC	31	Stacy Henley
S	36	Kirk Alexander
RLB	40	Rusty Pendleton
ROB	43	Ken Brown
LLB	44	Melendez Byrd
LOB	55	P.J. Preston
RT	93	Jerome Preston
LE	94	Billy Swarm
LT	99	Don Davis

Southern Mississippi: 1-Johnny Lomoro, 2-Terry Ulmer, 3-Michael Welch, 5-LaBarion Rankins, 8-Tommy Waters, 9-Eric Estes, 13-Shaun Gamble, 17-Kevin Bentley, 18-Derrick Hervey, 19-Perry Carter, 20-Lance Nations, 21-Barry Boyd, 22-Eugene Harmon, 26-Myreon McKinney, 29-LeTorrance Gulley, 30-Melvin Ratcliff, 31-Dwayne Nelson, 32-Albert McRae, 33-Damon McDaniel, 35-Ronald Jones, 36-Chris Buckhalter, 41-Jerry Harris, 43-Stacey Smith, 45-Tyrone Nix, 47-Matt Monroe, 48-Billy Shoemake, 49-Deke Adams, 66-John Brown, 82-Greg Reed, 85-Marcus Pope, 87-Mark Montgomery, 88-Anthony Owens, 90-James Singleton, 91-Kevin Jackson, 92-Keith Loescher, 94-Michael Tobias, 95-Bobby Hamilton, 96-Reggie Elder, 98-James Robinson.

Virginia Tech: 2-Robbie Colley, 5-Ryan J. Williams, 6-Hank Coleman, 9-Scott Jones, 14-Brian Reaves, 20-DeWayne Knight, 21-John Rivers, 23-Rafael Williams, 24-Chad King, 26-William Yarborough, 28-Danny Dunbar, 29-Ranall White, 32-Sam Daniels, 34-Joe Swarm, 35-Ken Landrum, 38-Tewon Stevens, 39-Andy Miller, 41-George DelRicco, 42-Dwayne Thomas, 56-David Wimmer, 77-Joel Chapman, 87-Ray Crittenden, 90-Eugene Mays, 92-Chris Breheny, 96-Leroy Charlton, 98-James DePoy.

Football

Southern Mississippi 13 - Virginia Tech 12FINAL

Participation

Southern Mississippi 13 - Virginia Tech 12
FINAL