Countdown to Kickoff
November 05, 2004 03:20 PM | General
November 5, 2004
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia (7-1, 3-0) plays host to Temple (1-7, 0-3) in a 1 pm Big East game on Saturday, Nov. 6, at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium (60,000). There will be no live television for the game.
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| The first recreational vehicles made their way into the Coliseum parking lot at 3 pm Friday afternoon. West Virginia takes on Temple Saturday in a homecoming game at Milan Puskar Stadium.
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It is homecoming on the WVU campus. Candidates for homecoming are: Amanda Archer (New Martinsville); Sara Besche (Georgetown, Del.); Tiffany Johnson (Chesapeake, Va.); Rebecca Orr (Martinsburg); and Kristin Shallenberger (Connellsville, Pa.).
Candidates for homecoming king are: Daniel Farkas (Clifton, N.J.0; Bobby Hazelwood (Lindside); John Racelis (Morgantown); David Sella-Villa (Morgantown); and Christopher Williamson (Dingess).
Here is Saturday’s Countdown to Kickoff:
10 – West Virginia has had nine scoring drives lasting TEN plays or longer. The Mountaineers’ longest scoring drive this season covered 14 plays against James Madison and resulted in a one-yard Jason Colson touchdown run.
9 – West Virginia is riding a NINE-game home win streak and a NINE-game Big East win streak heading into Saturday’s game against Temple. West Virginia’s last Big East loss came against Miami last season.
8 – Mountaineer quarterback Rasheed Marshall ranks EIGHTH among all Big East rushers with an average of 63.1 yards per game. Both quarterbacks playing Saturday rank among Big East rushing leaders: Temple’s Walter Washington is seventh with an average of 64.2 yards per game.
7 – West Virginia ranks SEVENTH in the nation in team passing efficiency with a rating of 160.46 heading into Saturday’s game against Temple.
6 – Junior safety Mike Lorello has had at least one tackle for a loss in SIX games so far this year and shows nine for the season. Last year, Lorello had 13 tackles for losses and has accumulated 23 for his career.
5 – West Virginia has had FIVE scoring players covering 50 yards or longer so far this season. They are: Pac-Man Jones 76-yard punt return against East Carolina, Kay-Jay Harris 76-yard touchdown run against East Carolina, Chris Henry 60-yard touchdown catch against East Carolina, Brandon Myles 57-yard touchdown catch against Central Florida and Kay-Jay Harris 51-yard touchdown run against East Carolina.
4 – Sophomore running back Jason Colson has FOUR 100-yard rushing games this year including three in a row. Colson has topped the 100-yard mark against Centr4al Florida (108), Connecticut (111), Syracuse (113) and Rutgers (103).
3 – West Virginia’s offense has just a 33 percent success rate on THIRD down this year, making 32 of 96 THIRD down attempts. The Mountaineer defense has allowed opponents to convert 37 percent of its THIRD-down tries (50 of 134).
2 – West Virginia has failed to score in the red zone only TWICE so far this year. The Mountaineers have a 92.8-percent success rate in red zone chances this year (26 of 28). Twenty three of those 26 conversions are touchdowns.
1 – Temple has defeated West Virginia just ONCE in Morgantown in Big East play. That lone victory came in 2001, a 17-14 verdict.
Enjoy Saturday’s game and be sure to stop back afterward for complete post-game coverage.
