(21) Virginia Tech 24 - Southern Mississippi 14
FINAL

(21) Virginia Tech

Southern Mississippi

FINAL

	1	2	3	4	T
(21) Virginia Tech (2-0)	7	7	0	10	24
Southern Mississippi (1-1)	14	0	0	0	14
September 10, 1994 M.M. Roberts, Hattiesburg, Ms. Kickoff time: 5:00 pm End of Game: 7:54 pm Total elapsed time: 2:54 Temperature: 78 Wind: Calm Weather: Cloudy Attendance: 17,391 Referee: Al Hynes Umpire: Nels Strickland Linesman: Matt Fitzgerald Line judge: Joe Reichwein Back judge: Keith Frazier Field judge: Tom Beck Side judge: Bob Jamison

(21) Virginia Tech (2-0)

Southern Mississippi (1-1)

September 10, 1994
M.M. Roberts, Hattiesburg, Ms.

Kickoff time: 5:00 pm
End of Game: 7:54 pm
Total elapsed time: 2:54

Temperature: 78
Wind: Calm
Weather: Cloudy

Attendance: 17,391

Referee: Al Hynes
Umpire: Nels Strickland
Linesman: Matt Fitzgerald
Line judge: Joe Reichwein
Back judge: Keith Frazier
Field judge: Tom Beck
Side judge: Bob Jamison

Scoring Summary
First Quarter				VT	USM
	TD	14:36	Adam Kennedy 3 yd Pass From Tommy Waters (Johnny Lomoro Kick)	0	7
	TD	05:01	Chris Buckhalter 9 yd Rush (Johnny Lomoro Kick)	0	14
	TD	01:31	Dwayne Thomas 4 yd Rush (Atle Larsen Kick)	7	14
Second Quarter				VT	USM
	TD	10:20	Tommy Edwards 2 yd Rush (Atle Larsen Kick)	14	14
Fourth Quarter				VT	USM
	TD	10:35	Bryan Still 41 yd Pass From Maurice DeShazo (Atle Larsen Kick)	21	14
	FG	02:49	Atle Larsen 42 yd Field Goal	24	14

Team Stats	VT	USM
FIRST DOWNS	27	8
Rushing	13	1
Passing	12	4
Penalty	2	3
NET YARDS RUSHING	197	45
Rushing Attempts	61	28
Average Per Rush	3.2	1.6
Rushing Touchdowns	2	1
Yards Gained Rushing	251	78
Yards Lost Rushing	54	33
NET YARDS PASSING	230	99
Completions-Attempts-Int	17-29-2	15-37-3
Average Per Attempt	7.9	2.7
Average Per Completion	13.5	6.6
Passing Touchdowns	1	1
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS	427	144
Total offense plays	90	65
Average Gain Per Play	4.7	2.2
Fumbles: Number-Lost	6-4	0-0
Penalties: Number-Yards	9-76	6-33
PUNTS-YARDS	1-28	7-283
Average Yards Per Punt	28.0	40.4
Net Yards Per Punt	28.0	38.7
Inside 20	0	3
50+ Yards	0	1
Touchbacks	0	0
Fair catch	1	4

Team Stats	VT	USM
KICKOFFS-YARDS	5-325	3-189
Average Yards Per Kickoff	65.0	63.0
Net Yards Per Kickoff	44.8	38.3
Touchbacks	2	0
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD	3-12-0	--
Average Per Return	4.0	0.0
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD	3-74-0	3-61-0
Average Per Return	24.7	20.3
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD	3-9-0	2-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD	0-0-0	0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards	0	0
Possession Time	36:16	23:44
1st Quarter	11:08	03:52
2nd Quarter	07:49	07:11
3rd Quarter	08:15	06:45
4th Quarter	09:04	05:56
Third-Down Conversions	4 of 13	1 of 15
Fourth-Down Conversions	2 of 6	0 of 2
Red-Zone Scores-Chances	2-4	2-3
Touchdowns	2-4	2-3
Field Goals	0-4	0-3
Sacks By: Number-Yards	3-24	3-29
PAT Kicks	3-3	2-2
Field Goals	1-2	0-2

Virginia Tech Rushing
	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Lg	Avg.
Dwayne Thomas	28	128	5	123	1	16	4.4
Tommy Edwards	15	59	2	57	1	11	3.8
Brian Edmonds	6	35	0	35	0	25	5.8
Bryan Still	1	11	0	11	0	11	11.0
Ranall White	1	9	0	9	0	9	9.0
Team	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Robbie Colley	2	0	18	-18	0	0	-9.0
Maurice DeShazo	7	9	29	-20	0	13	-2.9
Total	61	251	54	197	2	25	3.2

Southern Mississippi Rushing
	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Lg	Avg.
Chris Buckhalter	11	47	0	47	1	12	4.3
Howard McGee	6	16	0	16	0	7	2.7
Tyrone Bolware	4	10	0	10	0	8	2.5
Ronald Jones	2	3	0	3	0	3	1.5
Shaw	1	2	0	2	0	2	2.0
Kevin Bentley	1	0	7	-7	0	0	-7.0
Kendrick Lee	1	0	10	-10	0	0	-10.0
Tommy Waters	2	0	16	-16	0	0	-8.0
Total	28	78	33	45	1	12	1.6

Virginia Tech Passing
	Cmp-Att-Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sack
Maurice DeShazo	17-28-2	230	1	41	3
Ryan J. Williams	0-1-0	0	0	0	0
Total	17-29-2	230	1	41	3

Southern Mississippi Passing
	Cmp-Att-Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sack
Tommy Waters	15-37-3	99	1	15	2
Kevin Bentley	0-0-0	0	0	0	1
Total	15-37-3	99	1	15	3

Virginia Tech Receiving
	No.	Yds	TD	Lg
Bryan Still	4	87	1	41
Jermaine Holmes	3	40	0	20
Dwayne Thomas	3	23	0	15
Brian Edmonds	2	24	0	13
Cornelius White	2	21	0	12
Kevin Martin	2	15	0	9
Antonio Freeman	1	20	0	20
Total	17	230	1	41

Southern Mississippi Receiving
	No.	Yds	TD	Lg
Mark Montgomery	5	64	0	15
Larry Norton	2	14	0	8
Fred Brock	2	3	0	2
Adam Kennedy	2	7	1	4
Kendrick Lee	1	-3	0	0
Scott Harper	1	3	0	3
Ryan Pearson	1	5	0	5
Chris Buckhalter	1	4	0	4
Total	15	97	1	15

Virginia Tech Punting
	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB
Robbie Colley	1	28	28.0	28	0	0
Total	1	28	28.0	28	0	0

Southern Mississippi Punting
	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB
Chris Pierce	7	283	40.4	49	3	0
Total	7	283	40.4	49	3	0

Virginia Tech All Returns
	Punts			Kickoffs			Interceptions
	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg
Antonio Freeman	3	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Torrian Gray	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	8
Larry Green	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Bryan Still	0	0	0	3	74	34	0	0	0
Total	3	12	10	3	74	34	3	9	8

Southern Mississippi All Returns
	Punts			Kickoffs			Interceptions
	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg
LT Gulley	0	0	0	2	40	21	0	0	0
Melvin Ratcliff	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Derrick Hervey	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Kendrick Lee	0	0	0	1	21	21	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	3	61	21	2	0	0

Virginia Tech All Purpose
	Rush	Rcv	KR	PR	IR	Total
Bryan Still	11	87	74	0	0	172
Dwayne Thomas	123	23	0	0	0	146
Brian Edmonds	35	24	0	0	0	59
Tommy Edwards	57	0	0	0	0	57
Jermaine Holmes	0	40	0	0	0	40
Antonio Freeman	0	20	0	12	0	32
Cornelius White	0	21	0	0	0	21
Kevin Martin	0	15	0	0	0	15
Ranall White	9	0	0	0	0	9
Torrian Gray	0	0	0	0	8	8
Larry Green	0	0	0	0	1	1
Team	0	0	0	0	0	0
Robbie Colley	-18	0	0	0	0	-18
Maurice DeShazo	-20	0	0	0	0	-20
Total	197	230	74	12	9	522

Southern Mississippi All Purpose
	Rush	Rcv	KR	PR	IR	Total
Mark Montgomery	0	64	0	0	0	64
Chris Buckhalter	47	4	0	0	0	51
LT Gulley	0	0	40	0	0	40
Howard McGee	16	0	0	0	0	16
Larry Norton	0	14	0	0	0	14
Tyrone Bolware	10	0	0	0	0	10
Kendrick Lee	-10	-3	21	0	0	8
Adam Kennedy	0	7	0	0	0	7
Ryan Pearson	0	5	0	0	0	5
Ronald Jones	3	0	0	0	0	3
Fred Brock	0	3	0	0	0	3
Scott Harper	0	3	0	0	0	3
Shaw	2	0	0	0	0	2
Derrick Hervey	0	0	0	0	0	0
Melvin Ratcliff	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Bentley	-7	0	0	0	0	-7
Tommy Waters	-16	0	0	0	0	-16
Total	45	97	61	0	0	203

Virginia Tech Field Goal Attempts
	Qtr	Time	Distance	Result
Atle Larsen	3	11:51	39	Missed
Atle Larsen	4	02:49	42	Good

Southern Mississippi Field Goal Attempts
	Qtr	Time	Distance	Result
Johnny Lomoro	2	00:58	46	Missed
Johnny Lomoro	3	03:01	50	Missed

Virginia Tech Kickoffs
	No.	Yds	TB	OB	Avg.
Atle Larsen	5	325	2	0	65.0
Total	5	325	2	0	65.0

Southern Mississippi Kickoffs
	No.	Yds	TB	OB	Avg.
Chris Pierce	3	189	0	0	63.0
Total	3	189	0	0	63.0

Virginia Tech Fumbles
	No.	Lost
Dwayne Thomas	2	1
Robbie Colley	2	1
Brian Edmonds	1	1
Maurice DeShazo	1	1

Southern Mississippi Fumbles
	No.	Lost
None

Virginia Tech Time of Possesion/Conversions

	Quarter				Half		Total
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd
Time of possession	11:08	07:49	08:15	09:04	18:57	17:19	36:16
Third Down Conversions	2/5	0/2	0/2	2/4	2/7	2/6	4/13
Fourth Down Conversions	1/3	0/2	0/0	1/1	1/5	1/1	2/6

Southern Mississippi Time of Possesion/Conversions

	Quarter				Half		Total
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd
Time of possession	03:52	07:11	06:45	05:56	11:03	12:41	23:44
Third Down Conversions	0/2	0/4	0/4	1/5	0/6	1/9	1/15
Fourth Down Conversions	0/0	0/1	0/0	0/1	0/1	0/1	0/2

Virginia Tech Defense
	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL/Yds	Sack/Yds	FF	FR-Yds	Int-Yds	BrUp	Blkd	QBH
Brandon Semones	6	7	13	2.0/13	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Antonio Banks	5	6	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Torrian Gray	8	2	10	-	-	-	-	2-8	-	-	-
Cornell Brown	4	6	10	-	2.0/16	-	-	-	-	-	4
George DelRicco	2	7	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Waverly Jackson	6	2	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Ken Brown	2	5	7	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Larry Green	5	1	6	-	-	-	-	1-1	-	-	-
Jeff Holland	3	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Jim Baron	3	1	4	-	1.0/7	-	-	-	-	-	5
J.C. Price	1	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Hank Coleman	1	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2
Shaine Miles	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stacy Henley	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Osborne	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lawrence Lewis	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
William Yarborough	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Korey Irby	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Moyer	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	51	47	98	2.0/13	3.0/24		-	3-9	4		22

Southern Mississippi Defense
	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL/Yds	Sack/Yds	FF	FR-Yds	Int-Yds	BrUp	Blkd	QBH
Cedric Walthaw	7	10	17	-	-	-	1-0	-	-	-	-
Eugene Harmon	1	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Albert McRae	2	9	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick Hervey	3	6	9	-	-	-	-	1-0	-	-	-
Melvin Ratcliff	3	6	9	1.0/7	-	-	-	1-0	-	-	-
LT Gulley	5	3	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Thomas	3	5	8	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Michael Tobias	3	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Brown	1	4	5	1.0/9	1.0/9	-	1-0	-	-	-	-
Steve Latson	2	3	5	2.0/20	2.0/20	1	-	-	-	-	-
Hall	1	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ken Carpenter	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Quentin Jackson	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Nunn	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Robinson	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ronald Jones	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamie McPherson	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nicky Seymour	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bryan Burns	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Bell	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marchant Kenney	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Roy Stabler	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaun Gamble	-	1	1	-	-	-	1-0	-	-	-	-
Pollard	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Melvin Winn	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Deke Adams	1	-	1	-	-	-	1-0	-	-	-	-
Total	40	85	125	4.0/36	3.0/29	1	4-0	2-0	1

Play-By-Play

1st Quarter

USM Captains - Brent, Duggins, S. Latson, R. Jones

VT Captains: Freeman, DeShazo, K. Brown, R. White, McMahon

USM wins toss, defers to 2nd half. USM to kick and defend North Goal.

USM ball on USM35.

Pierce,C. kickoff 65 yards to the VT0, Still,B. return 20 yards to the VT20 (Ratcliff,M.;Stabler,R.).

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 15:00.

1 and 10 at VT20

DeShazo,M. sacked for loss of 17 yards to the VT3 (Latson,S.), fumble by DeShazo,M. recovered by USM Brown,R. at VT3.

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 14:47.

1 and Goal at VT03

Buckhalter,C. rush left for no gain to the VT3, out-of-bounds (Green,L.).

2 and Goal at VT03

Waters,T. pass complete to Kennedy,A. for 3 yards to the VT0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 14:36.

Lomoro,J. kick attempt good.

Virginia Tech: - Southern Mississippi:

Pierce,C. kickoff 64 yards to the VT1, Still,B. return 21 yards to the VT22 (Jones,R.).

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 14:36.

1 and 10 at VT22

Thomas,D. rush right for 16 yards to the VT38, 1ST DOWN VT.

1 and 10 at VT38

Thomas,D. rush left for no gain to the VT38 (McRae,A.).

2 and 10 at VT38

DeShazo,M. pass complete to Martin,K. for 6 yards to the VT44 (Ratcliff,M.).

3 and 4 at VT44

DeShazo,M. pass complete to Still,B. for 12 yards to the USM44, 1ST DOWN VT (Gulley,LT.).

1 and 10 at USM44

Thomas,D. rush right for loss of 4 yards to the USM48.

2 and 14 at USM48

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

3 and 14 at USM48

DeShazo,M. pass complete to Freeman,A. for 20 yards to the USM28, 1ST DOWN VT (Gulley,LT.).

1 and 10 at USM28

Thomas,D. rush right for 9 yards to the USM19.

2 and 1 at USM19

Edmonds,B. rush up middle for 2 yards to the USM17, 1ST DOWN VT (Harmon,E.;Jackson,Q.).

1 and 10 at USM17

DeShazo,M. sacked for loss of 9 yards to the USM26 (Brown,R.).

2 and 19 at USM26

Thomas,D. rush right for 2 yards to the USM24 (Walthaw,C.;Harmon,E.).

3 and 17 at USM24

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

4 and 17 at USM24

Williams,R. pass incomplete.

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 09:52.

Virginia Tech faked the field goal.

1 and 10 at USM24

Buckhalter,C. rush left for 12 yards to the USM36, 1ST DOWN USM.

1 and 10 at USM36

Waters,T. pass complete to Buckhalter,C. for 4 yards to the USM40.

2 and 6 at USM40

Buckhalter,C. rush left for 2 yards to the USM42 (Jackson,W.;Price,J.C.).

3 and 4 at USM42

PENALTY VT offside defense 5 yards to the USM47, 1ST DOWN USM.

1 and 10 at USM47

Buckhalter,C. rush right for 7 yards to the VT46.

2 and 3 at VT46

Waters,T. pass incomplete to Buckhalter,C..

3 and 3 at VT46

Waters,T. pass incomplete to Lee,K..

4 and 3 at VT46

Pierce,C. punt 37 yards to the VT9, fair catch by Freeman,A..

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 07:34.

1 and 10 at VT09

Thomas,D. rush up middle for 5 yards to the VT14 (Gulley,LT.).

2 and 5 at VT14

Thomas,D. rush up middle for 2 yards to the VT16 (Walthaw,C.).

3 and 3 at VT16

DeShazo,M. sacked for loss of 3 yards to the VT13 (Latson,S.).

4 and 6 at VT13

Colley,R. rush for loss of 11 yards to the VT2, fumble by Colley,R. recovered by USM Gamble,S. at VT2.

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 05:41.

Colley fumbles on the punt attempt.

1 and Goal at VT02

Bentley,K. sacked for loss of 7 yards to the VT9 (Baron,J.).

2 and Goal at VT09

Buckhalter,C. rush left for 9 yards to the VT0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:01.

Lomoro,J. kick attempt good.

Virginia Tech: - Southern Mississippi:

Pierce,C. kickoff 60 yards to the VT5, Still,B. return 34 yards to the VT39 (Seymour,N.).

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 05:01.

1 and 10 at VT39

Edmonds,B. rush up middle for 20 yards to the USM41, 1ST DOWN VT (Thomas,R.;Harmon,E.).

1 and 10 at USM41

Edmonds,B. rush up middle for 3 yards to the USM38 (Tobias,M.).

2 and 7 at USM38

Edmonds,B. rush up middle for 10 yards to the USM28, 1ST DOWN VT (Ratcliff,M.;McRae,A.).

1 and 10 at USM28

Thomas,D. rush up middle for 2 yards to the USM26 (Brown,R.;McRae,A.).

2 and 8 at USM26

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

3 and 8 at USM26

DeShazo,M. pass complete to Thomas,D. for 6 yards to the USM20.

Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 02:49.

4 and 2 at USM20

Thomas,D. rush right for 4 yards to the USM16, 1ST DOWN VT, out-of-bounds (Hervey,D.).

1 and 10 at USM16

Thomas,D. rush for no gain to the USM16 (Tobias,M.).

2 and 10 at USM16

DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Martin,K..

3 and 10 at USM16

PENALTY USM roughing passer 8 yards to the USM8, 1ST DOWN VT.

1 and Goal at USM08

Thomas,D. rush right for 4 yards to the USM4 (Walthaw,C.).

2 and Goal at USM04

Thomas,D. rush up middle for 4 yards to the USM0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:31.

Larsen,A. kick attempt good.

Virginia Tech: - Southern Mississippi:

Larsen,A. kickoff 65 yards to the USM0, touchback.

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 01:31.

1 and 10 at USM20

Bolware,T. rush left for 7 yards to the USM27.

2 and 3 at USM27

Waters,T. pass incomplete.

3 and 3 at USM27

Waters,T. pass intercepted by Gray,T. at the USM30, Gray,T. return 0 yards to the USM30.

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 00:48.

1 and 10 at USM30

DeShazo,M. pass complete to Still,B. for 14 yards to the USM16, 1ST DOWN VT.

1 and 10 at USM16

Edwards,T. rush right for 7 yards to the USM9.

2 and 3 at USM09

Edwards,T. rush up middle for 1 yard to the USM8 (Walthaw,C.).

1st Quarter Stats

		Time	1st Downs				Conversions
Quarter Summary	Score	Poss	R	P	X	T	3rd	4td	Rushing	Passing	Penalties
Virginia Tech	7	11:08	5	3	1	9	2-5	1-3	22-47	5-10-0-58	1-5
Southern Mississippi	14	03:52	1	0	1	2	0-2	0-0	7-30	2-6-1-7	1-8

2nd Quarter

Start of 2nd quarter, clock 15:00.

3 and 2 at USM08

Thomas,D. rush left for 1 yard to the USM7 (Walthaw,C.;Latson,S.).

4 and 1 at USM07

Thomas,D. rush up middle for loss of 1 yard to the USM8.

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 14:13.

1 and 10 at USM08

Buckhalter,C. rush up middle for 3 yards to the USM11.

2 and 7 at USM11

Jones,R. rush up middle for 3 yards to the USM14.

3 and 4 at USM14

Waters,T. pass complete to Brock,F. for 2 yards to the USM16.

4 and 2 at USM16

Pierce,C. punt 36 yards to the VT48.

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 13:28.

1 and 10 at VT48

Thomas,D. rush left for 10 yards to the USM42, 1ST DOWN VT.

1 and 10 at USM42

Thomas,D. rush left for 2 yards to the USM40 (Latson,S.;Walthaw,C.).

2 and 8 at USM40

DeShazo,M. pass complete to Holmes,J. for 20 yards to the USM20, 1ST DOWN VT.

1 and 10 at USM20

DeShazo,M. pass complete to White,C. for 9 yards to the USM11 (Adams,D.).

2 and 1 at USM11

Thomas,D. rush right for 9 yards to the USM2, 1ST DOWN VT, out-of-bounds (Walthaw,C.).

1 and Goal at USM02

Edwards,T. rush right for 2 yards to the USM0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:20.

Larsen,A. kick attempt good.

Virginia Tech: - Southern Mississippi:

Larsen,A. kickoff 65 yards to the USM0, Lee,K. return 21 yards to the USM21.

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 10:20.

1 and 10 at USM21

McGee,H. rush left for 8 yards to the USM29.

2 and 2 at USM29

PENALTY USM illegal procedure 5 yards to the USM24.

2 and 7 at USM24

McGee,H. rush up middle for 3 yards to the USM27.

3 and 4 at USM27

McGee,H. rush right for 3 yards to the USM30.

4 and 1 at USM30

Pierce,C. punt 50 yards to the VT20, Freeman,A. return 9 yards to the VT29.

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 08:20.

1 and 10 at VT29

Edwards,T. rush left for 11 yards to the VT40, 1ST DOWN VT (Gulley,LT.).

1 and 10 at VT40

PENALTY VT holding 12 yards to the VT28.

1 and 22 at VT28

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

2 and 22 at VT28

White,R rush right for 9 yards to the VT37.

3 and 13 at VT37

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

4 and 13 at VT37

Colley,R. rush for loss of 7 yards to the VT30, fumble by Colley,R. recovered by VT Colley,R. at VT30 (Ratcliff,M.).

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 06:29.

Timeout Southern Mississippi, clock 06:29.

1 and 10 at VT30

Buckhalter,C. rush right for 1 yard to the VT29.

2 and 9 at VT29

Buckhalter,C. rush left for 4 yards to the VT25 (Banks,A.).

3 and 5 at VT25

PENALTY VT offside defense 5 yards to the VT20, 1ST DOWN USM.

1 and 10 at VT20

McGee,H. rush up middle for 1 yard to the VT19.

2 and 9 at VT19

Waters,T. pass incomplete.

3 and 9 at VT19

Waters,T. pass complete to Norton,L. for 8 yards to the VT11.

Timeout Southern Mississippi.

4 and 1 at VT11

McGee,H. rush right for no gain to the VT11.

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 03:35.

1 and 10 at VT11

Thomas,D. rush up middle for 9 yards to the VT20 (Bell,T.;Robinson,J.).

2 and 1 at VT20

Thomas,D. rush up middle for 4 yards to the VT24, 1ST DOWN VT.

1 and 10 at VT24

Edmonds,B. rush for 3 yards to the VT27, fumble by Edmonds,B. recovered by USM Walthaw,C. at VT27.

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 02:30.

1 and 10 at VT27

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

2 and 10 at VT27

Bolware,T. rush up middle for 1 yard to the VT26 (Jackson,W.;Brown,C.).

3 and 9 at VT26

Waters,T. pass complete to Lee,K. for loss of 3 yards to the VT29.

4 and 12 at VT29

Lomoro,J. field goal attempt from 46 MISSED, spot at VT29, clock 00:58.

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 00:58.

1 and 10 at VT29

Thomas,D. rush right for 9 yards to the VT38.

2 and 1 at VT38

DeShazo,M. rush for no gain to the VT38 (Tobias,M.).

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	7	07:49	4	1	0	5	0-2	0-2	14-61	2-4-0-29	2-17
Southern Mississippi	0	07:11	0	0	1	1	0-4	0-1	10-27	3-5-0-7	1-5

3rd Quarter

Start of 3rd quarter, clock 15:00, VT ball on VT35.

Larsen,A. kickoff 65 yards to the USM0, Gulley,LT. return 21 yards to the USM21 (Miles,S.).

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 15:00.

1 and 10 at USM21

Waters,T. sacked for loss of 8 yards to the USM13 (Brown,C.).

2 and 18 at USM13

Bolware,T. rush up middle for 2 yards to the USM15.

3 and 16 at USM15

Waters,T. pass intercepted by Green,L. at the USM35, Green,L. return 1 yards to the USM34.

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 13:36.

1 and 10 at USM34

PENALTY VT illegal procedure 5 yards to the USM39.

1 and 15 at USM39

DeShazo,M. pass complete to Thomas,D. for 15 yards to the USM24, 1ST DOWN VT.

1 and 10 at USM24

Thomas,D. rush up middle for 3 yards to the USM21 (Walthaw,C.).

2 and 7 at USM21

DeShazo,M. rush for loss of 1 yard to the USM22.

3 and 8 at USM22

DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Martin,K..

4 and 8 at USM22

Larsen,A. field goal attempt from 39 MISSED, spot at USM22, clock 11:51.

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 11:51.

1 and 10 at USM22

McGee,H. rush left for 2 yards to the USM24.

2 and 8 at USM24

Waters,T. pass complete to Pearson,R. for 5 yards to the USM29.

3 and 3 at USM29

Waters,T. pass incomplete to McGee,H..

4 and 3 at USM29

Pierce,C. punt 35 yards to the VT36, fair catch by Freeman,A..

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 10:32.

1 and 10 at VT36

DeShazo,M. pass complete to Holmes,J. for 9 yards to the VT45.

2 and 1 at VT45

Edwards,T. rush up middle for 2 yards to the VT47, 1ST DOWN VT.

1 and 10 at VT47

DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to White,C..

2 and 10 at VT47

Still,B. rush reverse for 11 yards to the USM42, 1ST DOWN VT.

1 and 10 at USM42

DeShazo,M. pass complete to White,C. for 12 yards to the USM30, 1ST DOWN VT.

1 and 10 at USM30

~~DeShazo,M. pass incomplete~~, PENALTY VT intentional grounding 16 yards to the USM46, NO PLAY.

2nd and 26.

2 and 26 at USM46

PENALTY VT holding 10 yards to the VT44.

2 and 36 at VT44

Thomas,D. rush up middle for 3 yards to the VT47 (Walthaw,C.).

3 and 33 at VT47

PENALTY VT illegal procedure 5 yards to the VT42.

3 and 38 at VT42

DeShazo,M. pass incomplete (Thomas,R.).

4 and 38 at VT42

Colley,R. punt 28 yards to the USM30, fair catch by Gulley,LT..

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 07:15.

1 and 10 at USM30

Waters,T. pass incomplete to Lee,K..

2 and 10 at USM30

Waters,T. pass complete to Montgomery,M. for 11 yards to the USM41, 1ST DOWN USM.

1 and 10 at USM41

Shaw rush up middle for 2 yards to the USM43.

2 and 8 at USM43

PENALTY USM illegal procedure 5 yards to the USM38.

2 and 13 at USM38

Waters,T. pass incomplete to Pearson,R..

3 and 13 at USM38

Waters,T. pass complete to Harper,S. for 3 yards to the USM41.

4 and 10 at USM41

PENALTY USM illegal procedure 5 yards to the USM36.

4 and 15 at USM36

Pierce,C. punt 49 yards to the VT15, fair catch by Freeman,A..

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 05:14.

1 and 10 at VT15

Edwards,T. rush left for 9 yards to the VT24.

2 and 1 at VT24

Edwards,T. rush up middle for 4 yards to the VT28, 1ST DOWN VT.

1 and 10 at VT28

Edwards,T. rush up middle for 3 yards to the VT31.

2 and 7 at VT31

DeShazo,M. pass intercepted by Ratcliff,M. at the VT33, Ratcliff,M. return 0 yards to the VT33.

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 03:53.

1 and 10 at VT33

Bolware,T. rush up middle for no gain to the VT33.

2 and 10 at VT33

Waters,T. pass incomplete.

3 and 10 at VT33

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

4 and 10 at VT33

Lomoro,J. field goal attempt from 50 MISSED, spot at VT33, clock 03:01.

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 03:01.

1 and 10 at VT33

DeShazo,M. pass complete to Edmonds,B. for 13 yards to the VT46, 1ST DOWN VT.

1 and 10 at VT46

DeShazo,M. rush left for 13 yards to the USM41, 1ST DOWN VT.

1 and 10 at USM41

PENALTY USM offside defense 5 yards to the USM36.

1 and 5 at USM36

Thomas,D. rush left for 7 yards to the USM29, 1ST DOWN VT.

1 and 10 at USM29

DeShazo,M. deep pass intercepted by Hervey,D. at the USM2, Hervey,D. return 0 yards to the USM2.

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 01:09.

1 and 10 at USM02

Jones,R. rush up middle for no gain to the USM2.

2 and 10 at USM02

PENALTY VT offside defense 5 yards to the USM7.

2 and 5 at USM07

Waters,T. pass complete to Montgomery,M. for 14 yards to the USM21, 1ST DOWN USM.

3rd Quarter Stats

		Time	1st Downs				Conversions
Quarter Summary	Score	Poss	R	P	X	T	3rd	4td	Rushing	Passing	Penalties
Virginia Tech	0	08:15	5	3	0	8	0-2	0-0	10-54	4-9-2-49	5-41
Southern Mississippi	0	06:45	0	2	0	2	0-4	0-0	6--2	4-10-1-33	3-15

4th Quarter

Start of 4th quarter, clock 15:00.

1 and 10 at USM21

Waters,T. pass incomplete (Coleman,H.).

2 and 10 at USM21

Waters,T. pass complete to Brock,F. for 1 yard to the USM22, PENALTY USM illegal procedure declined.

3 and 9 at USM22

Waters,T. pass incomplete.

4 and 9 at USM22

Pierce,C. punt 47 yards to the VT31, Freeman,A. return 10 yards to the VT41.

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 14:32.

1 and 10 at VT41

Thomas,D. rush for 7 yards to the VT48, fumble by Thomas,D. recovered by USM Adams,D. at VT48.

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 14:15.

1 and 10 at VT48

Lee,K. rush for loss of 10 yards to the USM42 (Semones,B.).

2 and 20 at USM42

Waters,T. pass complete to Montgomery,M. for 12 yards to the VT46.

3 and 8 at VT46

Waters,T. pass intercepted by Gray,T. at the VT30, Gray,T. return 8 yards to the VT38, PENALTY VT clipping 15 yards to the VT23, 1st and 10, VT ball on VT23.

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 12:51.

1 and 10 at VT23

DeShazo,M. pass complete to Martin,K. for 9 yards to the VT32.

2 and 1 at VT32

Thomas,D. rush for 2 yards to the VT34, 1ST DOWN VT.

1 and 10 at VT34

DeShazo,M. pass complete to Edmonds,B. for 11 yards to the VT45, 1ST DOWN VT.

1 and 10 at VT45

Thomas,D. rush right for 11 yards to the USM44, 1ST DOWN VT.

1 and 10 at USM44

Edmonds,B. rush right for 3 yards to the USM41.

2 and 7 at USM41

DeShazo,M. pass complete to Still,B. for 41 yards to the USM0, 1ST DOWN VT, TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:35.

Larsen,A. kick attempt good.

Virginia Tech: - Southern Mississippi:

Larsen,A. kickoff 65 yards to the USM0, touchback.

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 10:35.

1 and 10 at USM20

Waters,T. pass incomplete to Brock,F..

2 and 10 at USM20

Buckhalter,C. rush right for 3 yards to the USM23.

3 and 7 at USM23

Waters,T. pass complete to Montgomery,M. for 15 yards to the USM38, 1ST DOWN USM.

1 and 10 at USM38

Buckhalter,C. rush up middle for 4 yards to the USM42.

2 and 6 at USM42

Buckhalter,C. rush left for 2 yards to the USM44.

3 and 4 at USM44

Waters,T. pass incomplete to Pearson,R..

4 and 4 at USM44

Pierce,C. punt 38 yards to the VT18, fair catch by Freeman,A..

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 08:11.

1 and 10 at VT18

Thomas,D. rush right for 1 yard to the VT19.

2 and 9 at VT19

DeShazo,M. pass complete to Thomas,D. for no gain to the VT19.

3 and 9 at VT19

DeShazo,M. pass complete to Holmes,J. for 11 yards to the VT30, 1ST DOWN VT.

1 and 10 at VT30

Thomas,D. rush for 3 yards to the VT33, fumble by Thomas,D. recovered by VT DeShazo,M. at VT33.

2 and 7 at VT33

Thomas,D. rush up middle for 2 yards to the VT35.

3 and 5 at VT35

DeShazo,M. pass complete to Still,B. for 20 yards to the USM45, 1ST DOWN VT, PENALTY USM roughing passer 15 yards to the USM30, 1ST DOWN VT.

1st and 10.

1 and 10 at USM30

Edwards,T. rush right for 6 yards to the USM24.

2 and 4 at USM24

Edwards,T. rush right for loss of 2 yards to the USM26.

3 and 6 at USM26

Edwards,T. rush right for no gain to the USM26.

Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 02:53.

4 and 6 at USM26

Larsen,A. field goal attempt from 42 GOOD, clock 02:49.

Virginia Tech: - Southern Mississippi:

Larsen,A. kickoff 65 yards to the USM0, Gulley,LT. return 19 yards to the USM19.

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 02:49.

1 and 10 at USM19

Waters,T. pass incomplete.

2 and 10 at USM19

Waters,T. pass incomplete to Kennedy,A..

3 and 10 at USM19

PENALTY VT pass interference 3 yards to the USM22, 1ST DOWN USM.

1 and 10 at USM22

Waters,T. pass complete to Kennedy,A. for 4 yards to the USM26.

2 and 6 at USM26

Waters,T. pass complete to Montgomery,M. for 10 yards to the USM36, 1ST DOWN USM.

1 and 10 at USM36

Waters,T. pass complete to Montgomery,M. for 10 yards to the USM46, 1ST DOWN USM.

1 and 10 at USM46

Waters,T. pass incomplete to Pearson,R..

2 and 10 at USM46

Waters,T. sacked for loss of 9 yards to the USM37 (Brown,C.).

3 and 19 at USM37

Waters,T. pass incomplete to Pearson,R. (Yarborough,W.).

4 and 19 at USM37

Waters,T. pass incomplete to Pearson,R. (Yarborough,W.).

VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 01:09.

1 and 10 at USM37

Edwards,T. rush up middle for 3 yards to the USM34.

Timeout Southern Mississippi.

2 and 7 at USM34

Edwards,T. rush right for 3 yards to the USM31.

Timeout Southern Mississippi.

3 and 4 at USM31

Edwards,T. rush left for 1 yard to the USM30.

4 and 3 at USM30

Edwards,T. rush up middle for 6 yards to the USM24, 1ST DOWN VT.

1 and 10 at USM24

Team rush for no gain to the USM24.

End of game, clock 00:00.

DRIVE SUMMARY: plays, yards, TOP

4th Quarter Stats

		Time	1st Downs				Conversions
Quarter Summary	Score	Poss	R	P	X	T	3rd	4td	Rushing	Passing	Penalties
Virginia Tech	10	09:04	3	4	1	8	2-4	1-1	15-46	6-6-0-92	2-18
Southern Mississippi	0	05:56	0	3	1	4	1-5	0-1	5--10	6-16-1-52	1-15

Participation

Virginia Tech Starters
Pos	No.	Offense
QB	12	Maurice DeShazo
FL	17	Bryan Still
FB	32	Brian Edmonds
TB	42	Dwayne Thomas
LG	51	Chris Malone
RG	54	Damien McMahon
C	61	Billy Conaty
LT	71	Jay Hagood
RT	77	Mike Bianchin
SE	80	Antonio Freeman
TE	86	Kevin Martin
Pos	No.	Defense
DE	6	Hank Coleman
RC	7	Larry Green
FS	9	Antonio Banks
ROV	14	Torrian Gray
OLB	21	Brandon Semones
LC	24	William Yarborough
ILB	41	George DelRicco
OLB	44	Ken Brown
DE	58	Cornell Brown
DT	59	J.C. Price
DT	98	Waverly Jackson

Southern Mississippi Starters
Pos	No.	Offense











Pos	No.	Defense

Virginia Tech: 2-Robbie Colley, 4-Cornelius White, 5-Ryan J. Williams, 8-Tony Morrison, 13-Rhasheyd Williams, 15-Baron Spinner, 18-Atle Larsen, 22-Shawn Scales, 26-Korey Irby, 28-Ken Oxendine, 29-Ranall White, 30-Vernon Dozier, 31-Stacy Henley, 33-Tommy Edwards, 34-Marcus Parker, 36-Danny Osborne, 37-Keith Moyer, 39-Andy Miller, 40-Shaine Miles, 53-Chris Peduzzi, 56-Lawrence Lewis, 65-Trenton Bass, 66-Jared Hamlin, 72-Tim Wade, 74-Jeff Holland, 75-Todd Washington, 76-T.J. Washington, 81-Bryan Jennings, 82-Jermaine Holmes, 85-Matt Morrell, 87-Jon Shields, 92-Jim Baron.

Southern Mississippi: 1-Johnny Lomoro, 2-Nicky Seymour, 3-Rod Thomas, 6-Heath Graham, 7-Fred Brock, 8-Tommy Waters, 9-Steve Bell, 11-Chris Pierce, 13-Shaun Gamble, 17-Kevin Bentley, 18-Derrick Hervey, 20-Roy Stabler, 20-Ken Carpenter, 21-Pollard, 22-Eugene Harmon, 23-Karr Shannon, 29-LT Gulley, 30-Melvin Ratcliff, 31-Bradley Hamilton, 32-Albert McRae, 35-Ronald Jones, 36-Chris Buckhalter, 38-Howard McGee, 42-Tyrone Bolware, 43-Marchant Kenney, 46-Terry Nunn, 48-Robert Brown, 49-Deke Adams, 51-David Clemons, 52-Hall, 57-Cedric Walthaw, 58-Jamie McPherson, 59-Bryan Burns, 80-Adam Kennedy, 81-Ryan Pearson, 83-Larry Norton, 84-Jim Kitchen, 86-Scott Harper, 86-Matt Coghlan, 87-Mark Montgomery, 89-Kendrick Lee, 90-Quentin Jackson, 91-Melvin Winn, 92-Shaw, 93-Tim Bell, 94-Michael Tobias, 97-Terry Smith, 98-James Robinson, 99-Steve Latson.

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Football

(21) Virginia Tech 24 - Southern Mississippi 14FINAL

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(21) Virginia Tech 24 - Southern Mississippi 14
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