TEMPE, Ariz. – The overcast sky set the tone of the day for West Virginia as more than 15,000 Mountaineer fans rooted for their team. Notre Dame scored on its first two possessions and held WVU without a first down through the first 20 minutes of the Sunkist Fiesta Bowl.
 
On the third play from scrimmage, Major Harris went to the sidelines with a slightly separated left shoulder. He continued to play although hampered by the effects of the injury. In addition to Harris, West Virginia lost John Stroia and Jim Gray to concussions and Undra Johnson to a knee strain, all first half setbacks for the Gold and Blue.
 
West Virginia's only first half points came off of the foot of Charlie Baumann. He kicked field goals of 29 and 31 yards, making the score 23-6 at the half. WVU struck for a touchdown in the third quarter when Grantis Bell hauled in a Major Harris pass of 17 yards.
 
Two players later momentum seemed to be swinging toward the Mountaineers when Willie Edwards intercepted a Tony Rice pass and returned it 14 yards to the Notre Dame 26. Great games can swing on a few plays being made at the proper time and the Fighting Irish made those plays on this day. Three straight plays for negative yardage forced West Virginia to punt and "Old Mo" was squarely back on the other side.
 
Reggie Rembert figured in the Mountaineers' final eight point with a three-yard end-around and the resulting two-point conversion pass from Greg Jones.
 
Major Harris passed for 166 yards and one touchdown, but was only able to net 11 yards on the ground. Anthony Brown led the rushing attack with 49 yards.
 
Dale Jackson led WVU's tacklers with seven stops. Chris Haering and Robert Pickett each chipped in with six.
 

	1	2	3	4	Final
West Virginia	0	6	7	8	21
Notre Dame	9	14	3	8	34

ND - Billy Hackett 45 field goal
ND - Anthony Johnson 1 run (run fail)
ND - Rodney Culver 5 run (Reggie Ho kick)
WVU - Charlie Baumann 29 field goal
ND - Raghib Ismail 29 pass from Tony Rice (Ho kick)
WVU - Baumann 31 field goal
ND - Ho 32 field goal
WVU - Grantis Bell 17 pass from Major Harris (Baumann kick)
ND - Frank Jacobs 3 pass from Rice (Rice run)
WVU - Reggie Rembert 3 run (Rembert from Greg Jones)

Attendance - 74,911