Colorado Post-Game Notes
September 19, 2008 02:00 AM | General
September 19, 2008
BOULDER, COLO. - Post-game notes compiled by the WVU Sports Communications Office following West Virginia's 17-14 overtime loss at Colorado Thursday night:
Game Captains: WVU game captains against the Buffaloes were senior quarterback Pat White, senior offensive lineman Ryan Stanchek, senior linebacker Mortty Ivy and senior linebacker Reed Williams.
Coach Bill Stewart will select game captains each week. Team captains will be elected at the end of the regular season.
For Starters: Freshman tight end Tyler Urban was the lone first-time starter for the Mountaineers against Colorado. Will Johnson made his first career start as a slot receiver. Reed Williams made his first start of the season in his first game action of the year.
A total of 35 Mountaineers now have at least one game of starting experience. Tops on that list are senior offensive lineman Ryan Stanchek (37), senior quarterback Pat White (33), junior offensive lineman Greg Isdaner (28) and senior offensive lineman Jake Figner (28). All of Stanchek and Isdaner’s starts are consecutive, and White has started 17 straight.
Moving On Up: With his 12-yard carry in the first quarter, quarterback Patrick White passed Joshua Cribbs (Kent State, 2001-04) for third place on the all-time NCAA career quarterback rushing list. Cribbs had 3,670 career rushing yards.
White now boasts 3,814 for his career.
Season-long Play: Pat White’s 44-yard rush on WVU’s second drive of the game marked the longest play of the season for the Mountaineers. It marked White’s 13th longest rush of his career.
White’s Rushing Touchdowns: Patrick White’s six-yard rushing touchdown in the first quarter and his 39-yard scoring run in the third quarter marked his first and second of the season and 40th and 41st of his career. He moved past Amos Zereoue (1996-98) into fourth place on WVU’s career rushing touchdown list. Steve Slaton (2005-07) is WVU’s career rushing touchdown leader with 50.
The scores marked White’s 80th and 81st career TDs responsible for. He is just the third player in BIG EAST history to amass 80 or more career TDs responsible for. Syracuse’s Donovan McNabb (1995-98) is the BIG EAST career leader in the category with 96.
White now has 12 career multiple rushing touchdown games in his career. White’s first rushing touchdown also marked WVU’s first of the 2008 season. WVU now has 122 rushing touchdowns in its last 35 games, dating back to 2005.
Williams’ Pick: Reed Williams’ second-quarter interception marked the second of his career.
Holmes’ Sack and Forced Fumble: John Holmes’ sack of Cody Hawkins in the second quarter and subsequent forced fumble marked the seventh and fourth of his career, respectively. Scooter Berry recovered the fumble, the fourth of his career.
100-Yard Rushing Performances: Pat White’s 148-yards rushing against Colorado marked his 16th career 100-yard rushing effort and first of the season.
Noel Devine reached 100 yards rushing for the fourth time in his career and first time this season with his 133 yards, the second-most of his career. His previous-high was 136 at Maryland last year.
Double-Trouble: White and Devine both topped 100 yards rushing against the Buffaloes. It marked the 45th time in school history that there were two l00-yard rushers in the same game. It marks the 12th time that White has been one of those two in a single contest.
It marks the first game that the Mountaineers had two 100-yard rushers since White (150) and Devine (108) both reached that plateau in the same game against Oklahoma in the 2008 Fiesta Bowl.
Career Night for Devine: Noel Devine’s 26 carries against Colorado marked a career-high. His previous best was13 in last season’s Fiesta Bowl.
Overtime Games: West Virginia headed to overtime for the first time since 2006, a 41-39 three overtime victory in the season’s final regular season game against Rutgers at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium. The Colorado game marked the second-ever away overtime contest (2000 at Rutgers, 31-24/W).
WVU falls to 4-2 all-time and 1-1 on the road in overtime games.
