WVU-Tech Notes
October 23, 2003 12:32 AM | General
Compiled by WVU Sports Communciations
October 22, 2003
Game captains for West Virginia were Grant Wiley, Quincy Wilson, Todd James and Brian King. Coach Rich Rodriguez selects game captains each week. Team captains will be elected at the end of the season.
Center Jeremy Hines was WVU's lone first-time starter. The Mountaineers now have a total of 36 players with at least one game of starting experience. Tops on that list are Grant Wiley (38), Lance Frazier (31) and Brian King (29).
Brian King's interception in the first was his first interception of the season and fifth of his career. He becomes the seventh different Mountaineer to pick off a pass this season. He intercepted another pass in the third quarter for the sixth of his career.
Josh Bailey's 10-yard reception in the first quarter was the first reception by a tight end this season.
Kay-Jay Harris' seven-yard touchdown run in the first quarter was his third rushing touchdown of the season. West Virginia has now scored the first touchdown of the last three games it has played.
West Virginia's 94-yard touchdown drive on two plays in the third quarter was the Mountaineers' longest touchdown drive of the season. The previous best was an 86-yard touchdown drive, covering nine plays against East Carolina.
Mike Lorello's fumble recovery in the first quarter was his first fumble recovery of the season.
Quincy Wilson's five-yard touchdown run was his eighth of the season and 16th of his career. Wilson moves into 12th place all-time in career rushing touchdowns of his career. He is tied with six other players with 16.
West Virginia's 14 points scored in the first quarter were the most by the Mountaineers in the first quarter this season. The previous best was 10 points against Wisconsin and versus Rutgers in the last game.
The Mountaineers have now held an opponent scoreless in the first quarter in three consecutive games.
Tory Johnson's 19-yard reception in the first quarter was his first catch of the season. He becomes the 11th different Mountaineer to catch a pass this season.
Virginia Tech's 68-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown was the first by a Mountaineer opponent since Kelly Hardy of East Carolina returned one 80 yards on September 28, 2002.
Rasheed Marshall's 93-yard touchdown pass to Travis Garvin in the third quarter is the second-longest pass in Mountaineer history. The longest pass is a 96-yard pass from Ben Williams to Danny Buggs against Penn State in 1973.
The 93-yard touchdown pass is the longest play in Mountaineer Field history. The previous longest was a 83-yard touchdown pass from Rasheed Marshall to Chris Henry last week against Rutgers, and Jake Kelcher to Jay Kearney against Missouri in 1993.
Marshall now has three straight games with at least one pass of 83 yards or more. He had an 83-yard touchdown pass to Chris Henry last week against Rutgers, and an 84-yard pass to Kay-Jay Harris against Miami.
Travis Garvin's 117 yards receiving is the 105th time in school history that a Mountaineer receiver has 100 yards or more receiving in a game. He is the second receiver to do so this season; Chris Henry had 176 yards receiving last week against Rutgers. Garvin's previous best was 60 yards receiving against Cincinnati earlier this season.
Quincy Wilson went over 100 yards rushing for the seventh time in his career and third time this season. Wilson had 177 yards rushing last week against Rutgers, and it is the first time in his career he has rushed for back-to-back 100 yard games in his career.
The last Mountaineer to rush for over 100 yards in back-to-back games was Avon Cobourne last season. He had 104 yards against Pitt, followed by 117 yards against Virginia in the Continental Tire Bowl.
Wilson now moves into a tie for 11th place all-time in career 100-yard rushing games at West Virginia. Wilson's seven-career 100-yard rushing games ties him with Harry Clarke, Nick Nardacci and Dwayne Woods.
Adam Jones' interception in the third quarter was his second of the season and third of his career.
Rasheed Marshall's four-yard touchdown run in the third quarter was his first rushing touchdown of the season and 17th of his career.
Marshall moves into 11th place all time in WVU career rushing touchdowns with 17.
With two interceptions against the Hokies, Brian King becomes the 27th Mountaineer in school history to record two or more interceptions in a game. The last time that happened was Richard Bryant, who had two picks against Pitt in 2000.
West Virginia's victory against No. 3 Virginia Tech marked the highest ranked Associated Press team the Mountaineers have defeated in school history. The highest ranked opponent the Mountaineers defeated prior to the Tech game was No. 4 Boston College in 1983 (21-20) and No. 4 Miami in 1993 (17-14). Both occurred in Morgantown.
The last time WVU defeated a ranked team was a 24-17 victory against No. 17 Pitt last season.
WVU's victory against Virginia Tech marked the 25th time in school history the Mountaineers have defeated a ranked opponent.
West Virginia is now 3-1 all-time on Wednesday games.
October 22, 2003
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Post game notes from West Virginia's 28-7 upset victory over No. 3-rated Virginia Tech Wednesday night in Morgantown:
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| WVU tight ends caught their first two passes of the season. Here Tory Johnson catches a 19-yard pass in the first quarter. (All-Pro Photography/Dale Sparks) |
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