Pitt vs West Virginia
September 28, 1985 12:20pm at Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, WV
Pitt
West Virginia
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 34 | 155 | 30 | 125 | 1 | 38 | 3.7 |
| Anthony "A.B." Brown | 16 | 109 | 4 | 105 | 0 | 38 | 6.6 |
| Darnell Stone | 6 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 16 | 5.0 |
| Ezekial Gadson | 3 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2.3 |
| John Congemi | 9 | 7 | 24 | -17 | 1 | 3 | -1.9 |
| Rushing | No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 34 | 96 | 35 | 61 | 1 | 10 | 1.8 |
| John Holifield | 16 | 58 | 10 | 48 | 0 | 10 | 3.0 |
| John Gay | 7 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 2.0 |
| Tom Gray | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 4.5 |
| Chris Peccon | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2.0 |
| Tony Reda | 6 | 9 | 25 | -16 | 1 | 4 | -2.7 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 18 | 27 | 1 | 209 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
| John Congemi | 18 | 27 | 1 | 209 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
| Passing | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 19 | 32 | 0 | 166 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| Tony Reda | 16 | 25 | 0 | 146 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| John Talley | 3 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 18 | 209 | 0 | 22 | 11.6 |
| Michael Stewart | 5 | 80 | 0 | 22 | 16.0 |
| Chuck Scales | 7 | 68 | 0 | 14 | 9.7 |
| Clint Wilson | 3 | 37 | 0 | 22 | 12.3 |
| Matt Stennett | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 |
| Anthony "A.B." Brown | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| Dave Shuck | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Long | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 19 | 166 | 0 | 19 | 8.7 |
| John Holifield | 7 | 66 | 0 | 19 | 9.4 |
| Gary Basil | 2 | 30 | 0 | 16 | 15.0 |
| Tom Gray | 4 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 6.3 |
| Robert White | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 |
| Grantis Bell | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 |
| John Gay | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 |
| Chris Peccon | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
| Harvey Smith | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 |
| Tom Hamilton | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 4 | 184 | 46.0 | 53 |
| Bill Rudison | 4 | 184 | 46.0 | 53 |
| Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 9 | 387 | 43.0 | 48 |
| Steve Superick | 9 | 387 | 43.0 | 48 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Teryl Austin | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 27 | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Tony Johnson | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 27 | |||
| Willie Edwards | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 142 | 209 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 358 |
| Anthony "A.B." Brown | 105 | 7 | 112 | |||
| Michael Stewart | 80 | 80 | ||||
| Chuck Scales | 68 | 68 | ||||
| Clint Wilson | 37 | 37 | ||||
| Darnell Stone | 30 | 30 | ||||
| Matt Stennett | 12 | 12 | ||||
| Teryl Austin | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Ezekial Gadson | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Dave Shuck | 5 | 5 |
| All-Purpose | Rush | Rec | KR | PR | IR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 77 | 166 | 40 | 1 | 15 | 299 |
| John Holifield | 48 | 66 | 114 | |||
| Tony Johnson | 40 | 1 | 41 | |||
| Tom Gray | 9 | 25 | 34 | |||
| Gary Basil | 30 | 30 | ||||
| John Gay | 14 | 8 | 22 | |||
| Willie Edwards | 15 | 15 | ||||
| Chris Peccon | 6 | 7 | 13 | |||
| Robert White | 11 | 11 | ||||
| Grantis Bell | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Harvey Smith | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Tom Hamilton | 5 | 5 |
| West Virginia | Pitt | |
|---|---|---|
| First Downs | 13 | 22 |
| Rushing | 4 | 13 |
| Passing | 7 | 6 |
| Penalty | 2 | 3 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 61 | 203 |
| Rushing Attempts | 34 | 52 |
| Average Per Rush | 1.8 | 3.9 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 96 | 236 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 35 | 33 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 166 | 209 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 19-32-0 | 18-27-1 |
| Average Per Attempt | 5.2 | 7.7 |
| Average Per Completion | 8.7 | 11.6 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 227 | 412 |
| Total Offense Plays | 66 | 79 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 3.4 | 5.2 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 4-1 | 6-3 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 13-111 | 7-80 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 9-387 | 4-184 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 43.0 | 46.0 |
| Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-1-0 | 6-7-0 |
| Average Per Return | 0.5 | 1.2 |
| Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-40-0 | 0-0- |
| Average Per Return | 13.3 | 0.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD | 1-15-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 27:29 | 32:31 |
| Third Down Conversions | 6 of 19 | 4 of 15 |
| Fourth Down Conversions | of | of |
| Red Zone Scores-Chances | - | - |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 3-23 | 2-27 |
Pitt
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 53 | 13 | 66 | 2.0 | 28 | 5.0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| William Sapio | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1.0 | 11 | 1.0 | 11 | ||||||||
| Steve Apke | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Teryl Austin | 8 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Matt LaVigna | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Tony Woods | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1.0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Bill Callahan | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Dennis Atiyeh | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Troy Washington | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| John Lewis | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Bob Buczkowski | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Walter Johnson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 17 | 1.0 | 17 | ||||||||
| Chris Ross | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Bill Osborn | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jerry Wall | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Brian Shields | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chris Merchant | 1 | 0 | 1 |
West Virginia
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks | Yds | TFL | Yds | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | BrUp | Blks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 69 | 22 | 91 | 3.0 | 23 | 9.0 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | |
| 49 | Derek Christian | 8 | 5 | 13 | |||||||||||
| 70 | Brad Hunt | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0.5 | 7 | 1.0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 6 | Andrew Jones | 7 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 47 | Willie Edwards | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | |||||||
| 30 | Fred Smalls | 6 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Travis Curtis | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 45 | Robert Pickett | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 37 | Van Richardson | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1.0 | 9 | 1.0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 9 | Larry Holley | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 98 | David Grant | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 51 | Mike Herzog | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 3 | |||||||
| 50 | Matt Smith | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| John Kempf | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.5 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Tony Johnson | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 36 | Eric Lester | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 69 | Dale McDonald | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 83 | Bryant McAllister | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 99 | Jeff Lucas | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 74 | John Moses | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 86 | Bryan Dick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 94 | Chris Parker | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Scoring Summary
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 12:16 | Pitt - Mark Brasco 20 yd FG, 10-66 5:23 | 3-0 |
| 2 | 2:06 | Pitt - John Congemi 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Mark Brasco Good), 12-83 4:56 | 10-0 |
| 3 | 11:28 | WVU - Charlie Baumann 32 yd FG, 6-18 2:52 | 10-3 |
| 4 | 4:38 | WVU - Tony Reda 1 yd rush TD (Kick by Charlie Baumann Good), 12-57 5:10 | 10-10 |
Attendance: 62,453
Score By Quarter
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitt | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
Start Time: 12:20pm
Officials: Joseph DiRenzo, Jr (Back Judge), John Daniels (Field Judge), Verl Sell (Head Linesman), Stan Kemp (Line Judge), Raymond Bower (Referee), James Klingensmith (Side Judge), Ronald Klages (Umpire)
Temperature: 60 • Wind: W 5mph • Weather: Clear and sunny
Pitt
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| TE | Clint Wilson |
| LT | Tony Brown |
| LG | Bob Sign |
| C | Barry Pettyjohn |
| RG | Mike Dorundo |
| RT | Randy Dixon |
| SE | Matt Stennett |
| FL | Chuck Scales |
| QB | John Congemi |
| RB | Anthony "A.B." Brown |
| FB | Darnell Stone |
West Virginia
| Pos | Offense |
|---|---|
| TE | Gary Basil |
| LT | Brian Jozwiak |
| LG | John Barton |
| C | Dave Griffith |
| RG | Gary Pounds |
| RT | Chuck Jolliff |
| SE | Calvin Phillips |
| FL | Robert White |
| QB | John Talley |
| TB | John Holifield |
| FB | John Gay |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| CB | Teryl Austin |
| CB | John Lewis |
| DE | William Sapio |
| SS | Bill Callahan |
| LB | Steve Apke |
| FS | Troy Washington |
| LB | Matt LaVigna |
| DE | Tony Woods |
| RDT | Walter Johnson |
| LDT | Bob Buczkowski |
| MG | Dennis Atiyeh |
| Pos | Defense |
|---|---|
| FS | Travis Curtis |
| SLB | Fred Smalls |
| MLB | Derek Christian |
| WLB | John Kempf |
| SS | Larry Holley |
| SLB | Matt Smith |
| DT | Jeff Lucas |
| DT | Mike Herzog |
| WC | Andrew Jones |
| MG | David Grant |
| SC | Willie Edwards |
Brian Shields, Chris Merchant, Michael Stewart, Chris Ross, Bill Osborn, Dave Shuck, Mark Brasco, Jerry Wall, Ezekial Gadson, Bill Rudison
1-Grantis Bell, 8-Charlie Baumann, 10-Tony Reda, 11-Steve Superick, 16-Tony Johnson, 32-Tom Gray, 36-Eric Lester, 37-Van Richardson, 39-Chris Peccon, 45-Robert Pickett, 69-Dale McDonald, 70-Brad Hunt, 72-Tom Hamilton, 74-John Moses, 83-Bryant McAllister, 86-Bryan Dick, 88-Harvey Smith, 94-Chris Parker
