Post-Game Notes
September 25, 2004 09:02 PM | General
Compiled by MSNsportsNET.com
September 25, 2004
West Virginia inducted its Hall of Fame Class of 2004 prior to Saturday’s game. The six inducted this year were All-American wrestler Dominic Black, former coaching great Gale Catlett, rifle champion Bruce Meredith, the late Floyd Schwartzwalder, the late Lee Patton, and the late Charley Seabright.
West Virginia game captains were Brad Cooper, Miquelle Henderson, Lawrence Audena and Ryan Thomas. Coach Rich Rodriguez selects game captains each week. Team captains will be elected at the end of the season.
There were no first-time starters for West Virginia in today’s game. Senior offensive lineman Jeff Berk made his 33rd career start, all coming in consecutive games.
West Virginia has now won 11 consecutive regular season games. WVU has won eight straight at home.
West Virginia has now won 26 games in a row when scoring 30 points or more in a game. Dating back to 1980, the Mountaineers hold a 105-6-1 record when scoring 30 or more. WVU is 23-0 since 2000 when scoring 30 or more.
West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez said he was able to get most of the travel squad into the game but was disappointed that he wasn’t able to get more of his younger players some playing time. “We didn’t play some of our younger guys as much as we should have been able to play them,” Rodriguez said. “But you’ve got to give (James Madison) credit. I think they’ve got a solid I-AA team.”
The coach was pleased with the announced attendance of 56,609: “It was a great crowd and I’m tickled to death for our fans. Our fans were outstanding today and I’ve got to take my hat off to the West Virginia fans for showing up,” Rodriguez said. “Hopefully they’ll keep showing up.”
Charles Hales’ 14-yard reception in the first quarter was the first catch of his career. Hales has made one career start at quarterback.
Jason Colson’s one-yard touchdown run in the second quarter was his fourth touchdown of the season and seventh of his career.
Phil Brady’s 73-yard punt in the second quarter ties Greg Hertzog for the seventh-longest punt in school history. Todd Sauerbrun’s 90-yard punt against Nebraska in 1994 is the school record.
Henry’s five-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter was his fifth receiving touchdown of the season and 15th of his career. He added his 16th career touchdown in the fourth quarter. Henry moves into a tie for fifth place with Rich Hollins and Shawn Foreman on the WVU career touchdown receptions list. Cedric Thomas (1976-80) is WVU’s all-time career touchdown receptions leader with 23.
Henry has now scored a touchdown in six consecutive regular season games. He now has four multiple touchdown games in his career and two this season.
Henry tied a career-best with seven catches against the Dukes. He also had seven catches at UCF earlier in the season.
Quarterback Rasheed Marshall moved into fifth place on WVU’s all-time career pass completions list with 336. Marshall passed Major Harris (1987-89), Brad Lewis (1998-2001) and Mike Sherwood (1968-70) to move into fifth place.
Marshall moved into a tie for fifth place on WVU’s career touchdown passes list with 34, tying Mike Sherwood (1968-70). Marc Bulger is WVU’s all-time leader with 59 career touchdown passes.
Marshall moved into seventh place on WVU’s career passing yards list, now showing 4,356 yards. Marshall passed Jeff Hostetler (1982-83) and Mike Sherwood (1968-70) to move into seventh place.
Adam Lehnortt’s 21-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown was the first touchdown of his career and fourth career fumble recovery. Lehnortt’s touchdown was the first by the Mountaineer defense this season. The last time WVU scored a touchdown on a fumble recovery was a 47-yard return by Adam Jones against Temple last season.
Kevin McLee’s fumble recovery in the third quarter was his first fumble recovery of the season and second of his career.
Kay-Jay Harris’ eight-yard touchdown in the third quarter was his sixth rushing touchdown of the season and 10th of his career.
Bryan Wright’s 59-yard rush in the fourth quarter was the longest of his career. That helped him to a career-high 61 rushing yards. His previous game-best was 55 yards at UCF earlier this season. “Bryan Wright ran pretty hard for the couple of plays he was in there. I should have put him in earlier,” said Rodriguez.
Brandon Myles’ fourth quarter touchdown reception was his second of the season. It also marked his fourth catch of the season.
Charles Hales’ four-yard touchdown pass to Myles was his first of the season and fifth of his career.
West Virginia made improvements in two areas: penalties and sacks. West Virginia was whistled five times for 51 yards and managed three sacks. WVU came into the game as the most penalized team in the Big East and only produced oine sack prior to tonight.
September 25, 2004
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Post-game notes following West Virginia’s 45-10 victory over James Madison Saturday evening at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium.
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| Former basketball coach Gale Catlett makes his acceptance speech during the 2004 WVU Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
All-Pro Photography/Dale Sparks photo |
Lehnortt did not return in the second half due to an ankle sprain though Rodriguez said the trainers believed he could have played if needed.
“They thought maybe he could go back in if he had to but at that point we didn’t need him to,” said Rodriguez.
Bryan Messerly and Phil Caskey contributed to the report.
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