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Southern Mississippi
Golden Eagles

Final

Virginia Tech
Hokies

	1	2	3	4	T
Southern Mississippi (7-4)	3	0	7	3	13
Virginia Tech (2-7-1)	0	6	6	0	12
November 14, 1992 Lane/Worsham Field, Blacksburg, Va.

Kickoff time: 1:00 pm
End of Game: 3:46 pm
Total elapsed time: 2:46

Temperature: 37
Wind: 8-10 W
Weather: 25 deg wind chill

Attendance: 27,342

Referee: Al Riveron
Umpire: Nels Strickland
Linesman: Lea Rutter
Line judge: Gale Porter
Back judge: James Anderson
Field judge: Carter Lohr
Side judge: Verbra Lee

Scoring Summary

First Quarter				USM	VT
	FG	10:55	Johnny Lomoro 45 yd Field Goal	3	0
Second Quarter				USM	VT
	TD	01:03	John Rivers 5 yd Pass From Maurice DeShazo (Ryan J. Williams Kick Failed)	3	6
Third Quarter				USM	VT
	FG	11:54	Ryan J. Williams 31 yd Field Goal	3	9
	FG	02:56	Ryan J. Williams 35 yd Field Goal	3	12
	TD	00:42	Kevin Bentley 64 yd Pass From Michael Welch (Lance Nations Kick)	10	12
Fourth Quarter				USM	VT
	FG	01:34	Lance Nations 22 yd Field Goal	13	12

Team Stats

	USM	VT
FIRST DOWNS	17	18
Rushing	9	11
Passing	7	6
Penalty	1	1
NET YARDS RUSHING	128	247
Rushing Attempts	38	46
Average Per Rush	3.4	5.4
Rushing Touchdowns	0	0
Yards Gained Rushing	148	267
Yards Lost Rushing	20	20
NET YARDS PASSING	217	155
Completions-Attempts-Int	15-26-0	11-26-1
Average Per Attempt	8.3	6.0
Average Per Completion	14.5	14.1
Passing Touchdowns	1	1
TOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS	345	402
Total offensive plays	64	72
Average Gain Per Play	5.4	5.6
Fumbles: Number-Lost	1-0	3-1
Penalties: Number-Yards	6-52	7-71
PUNTS-YARDS	6-212	3-124
Average Yards Per Punt	35.3	41.3
Net Yards Per Punt	32.8	41.3
Inside 20	1	2
50+ Yards	0	0
Touchbacks	0	0
Fair catch	2	1

	USM	VT
KICKOFFS-YARDS	4-236	4-258
Average Yards Per Kickoff	59.0	64.5
Net Yards Per Kickoff	37.0	46.8
Touchbacks	0	0
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD	--	5-15-0
Average Per Return	0.0	3.0
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD	4-71-0	4-88-0
Average Per Return	17.8	22.0
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD	1-5-0	0-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD	0-0-0	0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards	0	0
Possession Time	29:40	30:20
1st Quarter	07:16	07:44
2nd Quarter	07:20	07:40
3rd Quarter	06:21	08:39
4th Quarter	08:43	06:17
Third-Down Conversions	3 of 13	5 of 14
Fourth-Down Conversions	0 of 0	1 of 3
Red-Zone Scores-Chances	1-2	3-4
Touchdowns	0-2	1-4
Field Goals	1-2	2-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards	4-13	2-10
PAT Kicks	1-1	0-1
Field Goals	2-3	2-3

Individual Stats

Southern Mississippi Rushing	No.	Net	Gain	Loss	TD	Lg	Avg.
Michael Welch #3	16	62	68	6	0	11	3.9
Ronald Jones #35	3	26	26	0	0	13	8.7
Chris Buckhalter #36	4	15	16	1	0	11	3.8
Dwayne Nelson #31	6	13	13	0	0	5	2.2
Tommy Waters #8	8	11	24	13	0	12	1.4
Myreon McKinney #26	1	1	1	0	0	1	1.0
Total	38	128	148	20	0	13	3.4

Virginia Tech Rushing	No.	Net	Gain	Loss	TD	Lg	Avg.
Mark Poindexter #17	12	95	97	2	0	54	7.9
Dwayne Thomas #42	13	60	61	1	0	15	4.6
Joe Swarm #34	4	41	41	0	0	17	10.3
Tony Kennedy #33	6	39	39	0	0	14	6.5
Maurice DeShazo #12	10	12	29	17	0	11	1.2
Antonio Freeman #80	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Total	46	247	267	20	0	54	5.4

Southern Mississippi Passing	Cmp-Att-Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sack
Tommy Waters #8	14-25-0	153	0	22	2
Michael Welch #3	1-1-0	64	1	64	0
Total	15-26-0	217	1	64	2

Virginia Tech Passing	Cmp-Att-Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sack
Maurice DeShazo #12	10-25-1	127	1	31	4
John Rivers #21	1-1-0	28	0	28	0
Total	11-26-1	155	1	31	4

Southern Mississippi Receiving	No.	Yds	TD	Lg	Targets	Drops
Michael Welch #3	3	44	0	17	5	0
Anthony Owens #88	3	38	0	21	3	0
Myreon McKinney #26	3	6	0	6	4	0
Greg Reed #82	2	25	0	22	3	0
Kevin Bentley #17	1	64	1	64	1	0
Marcus Pope #85	1	18	0	18	2	0
Ronald Jones #35	1	13	0	13	1	0
Mark Montgomery #87	1	9	0	9	4	0
Total	15	217	1	64	23	0

Virginia Tech Receiving	No.	Yds	TD	Lg	Targets	Drops
Antonio Freeman #80	3	63	0	31	6	0
John Rivers #21	3	49	1	26	4	0
Bo Campbell #11	3	35	0	28	5	0
Tony Kennedy #33	2	8	0	5	2	0
Total	11	155	1	31	17	0

Southern Mississippi Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB
Johnny Lomoro #1	4	128	32.0	39	1	0
Eric Estes #9	2	84	42.0	43	0	0
Total	6	212	35.3	43	1	0

Virginia Tech Punting	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB
Robbie Colley #2	3	124	41.3	47	2	0
Total	3	124	41.3	47	2	0

Southern Mississippi All Returns	Punts			Kickoffs			Interceptions
Southern Mississippi All Returns	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg
Melvin Ratcliff #30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	5
Barry Boyd #21	0	0	0	2	31	18	0	0	0
Terry Ulmer #2	0	0	0	2	40	27	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	4	71	27	1	5	5

Virginia Tech All Returns	Punts			Kickoffs			Interceptions
Virginia Tech All Returns	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg
Ray Crittenden #87	0	0	0	4	88	28	0	0	0
Bo Campbell #11	5	15	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	5	15	9	4	88	28	0	0	0

Southern Mississippi All Purpose	Rush	Rcv	KR	PR	IR	Total
Michael Welch #3	62	44	0	0	0	106
Kevin Bentley #17	0	64	0	0	0	64
Terry Ulmer #2	0	0	40	0	0	40
Ronald Jones #35	26	13	0	0	0	39
Anthony Owens #88	0	38	0	0	0	38
Barry Boyd #21	0	0	31	0	0	31
Greg Reed #82	0	25	0	0	0	25
Marcus Pope #85	0	18	0	0	0	18
Chris Buckhalter #36	15	0	0	0	0	15
Dwayne Nelson #31	13	0	0	0	0	13
Tommy Waters #8	11	0	0	0	0	11
Mark Montgomery #87	0	9	0	0	0	9
Myreon McKinney #26	1	6	0	0	0	7
Melvin Ratcliff #30	0	0	0	0	5	5
Total	128	217	71	0	5	421

Virginia Tech All Purpose	Rush	Rcv	KR	PR	IR	Total
Mark Poindexter #17	95	0	0	0	0	95
Ray Crittenden #87	0	0	88	0	0	88
Antonio Freeman #80	0	63	0	0	0	63
Dwayne Thomas #42	60	0	0	0	0	60
Bo Campbell #11	0	35	0	15	0	50
John Rivers #21	0	49	0	0	0	49
Tony Kennedy #33	39	8	0	0	0	47
Joe Swarm #34	41	0	0	0	0	41
Maurice DeShazo #12	12	0	0	0	0	12
Total	247	155	88	15	0	505

Southern Mississippi Field Goal Attempts	Qtr	Time	Distance	Result
Johnny Lomoro #1	1	10:55	45	Good
Lance Nations #20	3	06:43	34	Missed
Lance Nations #20	4	01:34	22	Good

Virginia Tech Field Goal Attempts	Qtr	Time	Distance	Result
Ryan J. Williams #5	3	11:54	31	Good
Ryan J. Williams #5	3	02:56	35	Good
Ryan J. Williams #5	4	10:44	41	Missed

Southern Mississippi Kickoffs	No.	Yds	TB	OB	Avg.
Johnny Lomoro #1	4	236	0	0	59.0
Total	4	236	0	0	59.0

Virginia Tech Kickoffs	No.	Yds	TB	OB	Avg.
Brian Reaves #14	4	258	0	0	64.5
Total	4	258	0	0	64.5

Southern Mississippi Fumbles	No.	Lost
None

Virginia Tech Fumbles	No.	Lost
Maurice DeShazo #12	2	1

Defense

Southern Mississippi	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL/Yds	Sack/Yds	FF	FR-Yds	Int-Yds	BrUp	Blkd	QBH
Tyrone Nix #45	4	6	10	1.0/1	1.0/6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Tobias #94	2	5	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Albert McRae #32	4	2	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Hamilton #95	1	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Ulmer #2	4	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
LeTorrance Gulley #29	3	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Derrick Hervey #18	1	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Melvin Ratcliff #30	3	1	4	-	-	-	-	1-5	1	-	-
Eugene Harmon #22	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Deke Adams #49	2	2	4	1.0/4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Robinson #98	3	1	4	1.0/1	2.0/3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Jackson #91	1	2	3	-	1.0/4	-	-	-	1	-	-
LaBarion Rankins #5	2	1	3	-	-	-	1-0	-	-	-	-
Reggie Elder #96	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Perry Carter #19	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaun Gamble #13	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Monroe #47	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Shoemake #48	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Loescher #92	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Damon McDaniel #33	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Brown #66	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Harris #41	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	37	38	75	3.0/6	4.0/13		1-0	1-5	5

Virginia Tech	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL/Yds	Sack/Yds	FF	FR-Yds	Int-Yds	BrUp	Blkd	QBH
Rusty Pendleton #40	7	2	9	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
P.J. Preston #55	5	3	8	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Jerome Preston #93	7	1	8	-	2.0/10	-	-	-	1	-	-
Melendez Byrd #44	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bernard Basham #8	5	2	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ken Brown #43	3	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Swarm #94	3	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kirk Alexander #36	2	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hank Coleman #6	1	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don Davis #99	3	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stacy Henley #31	3	1	4	1.0/4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Breheny #92	2	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyronne Drakeford #22	3	-	3	1.0/1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
George DelRicco #41	1	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Jones #9	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rafael Williams #23	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeWayne Knight #20	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tewon Stevens #38	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	54	32	86	2.0/5	2.0/10		-	-	4

Drive Summary

Southern Mississippi Drive Summary

Drive Started

Drive Ended

Consumed

Qtr

Spot

Time

Obtained

Pass/Yds

Rush/Yds

Pen+/Yds

Pen-/Yds

Spot

Time

How Lost

Pl-Yds

TOP

USM27

15:00

2/0

7/40

1/5

VT28

10:55

10-45

4:05

USM15

05:10

DOWNS

3/9

3/5

1/10

USM29

02:33

PUNT

6-14

2:37

USM02

00:34

PUNT

3/8

USM10

13:36

PUNT

3-8

1:58

USM35

12:09

INT

3/8

USM43

10:03

PUNT

3-8

2:06

USM01

07:43

PUNT

3/22

3/15

2/10

USM28

04:56

PUNT

6-27

2:47

USM13

01:03

1/13

3/26

1/14

USM38

00:00

HALF

4-25

1:03

USM20

11:54

3/9

2/3

USM32

09:51

PUNT

5-12

2:03

VT30

08:47

FUMB

2/0

3/-2

1/15

VT17

06:43

FGA

6-13

2:04

USM13

02:56

2/73

3/14

VT00

00:42

5-87

2:14

USM25

10:44

FGA

6/60

2/23

VT38

07:03

PUNT

6-37

3:41

VT49

06:00

PUNT

2/17

7/27

VT05

01:34

10-44

4:26

VT36

00:36

DOWNS

2/-3

VT39

00:00

HALF

2--3

0:36

	Quarter				Half		Total
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd
Time of possession	07:16	07:20	06:21	08:43	14:36	15:04	29:40
Third Down Conversions	2/4	0/3	1/3	1/3	2/7	2/6	4/13
Fourth Down Conversions	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0

Virginia Tech Drive Summary

Drive Started

Drive Ended

Consumed

Qtr

Spot

Time

Obtained

Pass/Yds

Rush/Yds

Pen+/Yds

Pen-/Yds

Spot

Time

How Lost

Pl-Yds

TOP

VT38

10:55

3/6

9/46

1/5

USM15

05:10

DOWNS

12-47

5:45

VT27

02:33

PUNT

2/5

3/20

USM48

00:34

PUNT

5-25

1:59

VT50

13:36

PUNT

2/0

3/17

USM33

12:09

INT

5-17

1:27

VT23

10:03

PUNT

1/0

5/29

USM48

07:43

PUNT

6-29

2:20

VT33

04:56

PUNT

3/34

5/28

1/5

USM00

01:03

8-67

3:53

VT24

15:00

1/3

5/69

1/11

USM15

11:54

7-61

3:06

VT39

09:51

PUNT

1/-2

1/8

1/14

VT30

08:47

FUMB

2--9

1:04

VT17

06:43

FGA

3/45

5/20

USM18

02:56

9-65

3:47

VT28

00:42

4/38

6/20

1/11

USM25

10:44

FGA

11-47

4:58

VT17

07:03

PUNT

2/0

1/2

VT19

06:00

PUNT

3-2

1:03

VT22

01:34

7/14

VT36

00:36

DOWNS

7-14

0:58

	Quarter				Half		Total
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd
Time of possession	07:44	07:40	08:39	06:17	15:24	14:56	30:20
Third Down Conversions	0/3	1/2	2/4	3/6	1/5	5/10	6/15
Fourth Down Conversions	1/2	0/0	0/0	0/1	1/2	0/1	1/3

Specialty Stats

1st Downs	USM	VT
Pass Plays	9	12
Rushing Plays	19	18
Best Play	18	28
Plays/Yards	28/127	30/132
Avg Yards	4.5	4.4
2nd Downs	USM	VT
Plays/Yards	22/99	25/88
Avg Yards	4.5	3.5
3rd Downs	USM	VT
Plays/Yards	13/118	15/180
Avg Yards	9.1	12.0
3rd & <=3 Conv/Att	2/4	1/2
3rd & 4-7 Conv/Att	1/2	1/3
3rd & >=8 Conv/Att	1/7	4/10
4th Downs	USM	VT
Plays/Yards	0/0	3/2
Avg Yards	0.0	0.7
Play Breakdown	USM	VT
Total Plays	64	72
Pass Plays	27	29
Rush Plays	36	43
Opp Territory Plays	26	39
Red-Zone Plays	6	9
Big Yard Plays	USM	VT
Plays >= 10 Yards	13	17
Plays >= 20 Yards	3	4
Passes >= 10 Yards	7	6
Passes >= 20 Yards	3	3
Rushes >= 10 Yards	6	11
Rushes >= 20 Yards	0	1
Best Play	64	54
Best Pass Play	64	31
Best Rush Play	13	54

Southern Mississippi Passing By Down

1st Down	Cmp-Att-Int	Yds	TD	Sack
Tommy Waters	5-9-0	43	0	0
Michael Welch	0-0-0	0	0	0
Total	5-9-0	43	0	0

2nd Down	Cmp-Att-Int	Yds	TD	Sack
Tommy Waters	5-8-0	60	0	0
Michael Welch	0-0-0	0	0	0
Total	5-8-0	60	0	0

3rd Down	Cmp-Att-Int	Yds	TD	Sack
Tommy Waters	4-9-0	50	0	0
Michael Welch	1-1-0	64	1	0
Total	5-10-0	114	1	0

4th Down	Cmp-Att-Int	Yds	TD	Sack
Tommy Waters	0-0-0	0	0	0
Michael Welch	0-0-0	0	0	0
Total	0-0-0	0	0	0

Southern Mississippi Rushing By Down

1st Down	Att	Net Yds	TD
Michael Welch	9	41	0
Tommy Waters	1	-1	0
Chris Buckhalter	1	11	0
Dwayne Nelson	4	12	0
Ronald Jones	3	26	0
Myreon McKinney	1	1	0
Total	19	90	0

2nd Down	Att	Net Yds	TD
Michael Welch	5	20	0
Tommy Waters	5	15	0
Chris Buckhalter	3	4	0
Dwayne Nelson	1	0	0
Ronald Jones	0	0	0
Myreon McKinney	0	0	0
Total	14	39	0

3rd Down	Att	Net Yds	TD
Michael Welch	2	1	0
Tommy Waters	1	3	0
Chris Buckhalter	0	0	0
Dwayne Nelson	0	0	0
Ronald Jones	0	0	0
Myreon McKinney	0	0	0
Total	3	4	0

4th Down	Att	Net Yds	TD
Michael Welch	0	0	0
Tommy Waters	0	0	0
Chris Buckhalter	0	0	0
Dwayne Nelson	0	0	0
Ronald Jones	0	0	0
Myreon McKinney	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0

Southern Mississippi Drives
Start		Consumed						End
Qtr	Spot	Pass/Yds	Rush/Yds	Pen+/Yds	Pen-/Yds	Pl/Yds	TOP	Spot
1	USM27	2/-	7/40	1/5	-/-	10/45	4:05	VT28
1	USM15	3/9	3/5	1/10	-/-	6/14	2:37	USM29
1	USM02	-/-	3/8	-/-	-/-	3/8	1:58	USM10
2	USM35	3/8	-/-	-/-	-/-	3/8	2:06	USM43
2	USM01	3/22	3/15	-/-	2/10	6/27	2:47	USM28
2	USM13	1/13	3/26	-/-	1/14	4/25	1:03	USM38
3	USM20	3/9	2/3	-/-	-/-	5/12	2:03	USM32
3	VT30	2/-	3/-2	1/15	-/-	6/13	2:04	VT17
3	USM13	2/73	3/14	-/-	-/-	5/87	2:14	VT00
4	USM25	6/60	-/-	-/-	2/23	6/37	3:41	VT38
4	VT49	2/17	7/27	-/-	-/-	10/44	4:26	VT05
4	VT36	-/-	2/-3	-/-	-/-	2/-3	0:36	VT39

Virginia Tech Passing By Down

1st Down	Cmp-Att-Int	Yds	TD	Sack
Maurice DeShazo	5-11-0	29	0	0
John Rivers	1-1-0	28	0	0
Total	6-12-0	57	0	0

2nd Down	Cmp-Att-Int	Yds	TD	Sack
Maurice DeShazo	1-9-1	5	1	0
John Rivers	0-0-0	0	0	0
Total	1-9-1	5	1	0

3rd Down	Cmp-Att-Int	Yds	TD	Sack
Maurice DeShazo	4-6-0	93	0	0
John Rivers	0-0-0	0	0	0
Total	4-6-0	93	0	0

4th Down	Cmp-Att-Int	Yds	TD	Sack
Maurice DeShazo	0-2-0	0	0	0
John Rivers	0-0-0	0	0	0
Total	0-2-0	0	0	0

Virginia Tech Rushing By Down

1st Down	Att	Net Yds	TD
Mark Poindexter	3	15	0
Tony Kennedy	3	18	0
Maurice DeShazo	2	8	0
Dwayne Thomas	9	40	0
Antonio Freeman	1	0	0
Joe Swarm	0	0	0
Total	18	81	0

2nd Down	Att	Net Yds	TD
Mark Poindexter	5	8	0
Tony Kennedy	2	20	0
Maurice DeShazo	2	19	0
Dwayne Thomas	3	18	0
Antonio Freeman	0	0	0
Joe Swarm	3	24	0
Total	15	89	0

3rd Down	Att	Net Yds	TD
Mark Poindexter	4	72	0
Tony Kennedy	1	1	0
Maurice DeShazo	2	-5	0
Dwayne Thomas	1	2	0
Antonio Freeman	0	0	0
Joe Swarm	1	17	0
Total	9	87	0

4th Down	Att	Net Yds	TD
Mark Poindexter	0	0	0
Tony Kennedy	0	0	0
Maurice DeShazo	1	2	0
Dwayne Thomas	0	0	0
Antonio Freeman	0	0	0
Joe Swarm	0	0	0
Total	1	2	0

Virginia Tech Drives
Start		Consumed						End
Qtr	Spot	Pass/Yds	Rush/Yds	Pen+/Yds	Pen-/Yds	Pl/Yds	TOP	Spot
1	VT38	3/6	9/46	-/-	1/5	12/47	5:45	USM15
1	VT27	2/5	3/20	-/-	-/-	5/25	1:59	USM48
2	VT50	2/-	3/17	-/-	-/-	5/17	1:27	USM33
2	VT23	1/-	5/29	-/-	-/-	6/29	2:20	USM48
2	VT33	3/34	5/28	1/5	-/-	8/67	3:53	USM00
3	VT24	1/3	5/69	-/-	1/11	7/61	3:06	USM15
3	VT39	1/-2	1/8	-/-	1/14	2/-9	1:04	VT30
3	VT17	3/45	5/20	-/-	-/-	9/65	3:47	USM18
3	VT28	4/38	6/20	-/-	1/11	11/47	4:58	USM25
4	VT17	2/-	1/2	-/-	-/-	3/2	1:03	VT19
4	VT22	7/14	-/-	-/-	-/-	7/14	0:58	VT36

Play-By-Play

1st Quarter
Southern Miss Captains:90-Singleton, 3-Welch, & 82-Reed
VT Captains: 93-Preston, 11-Campbell, 17-Poindexter, & 99-Davis
VT won the toss, defers, Southern Miss to receive in the South goal.
VT ball on VT35.
Reaves,B. kickoff 65 yards to the USM0, Ulmer,T. return 27 yards to the USM27 (Coleman,H.).
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 15:00.
1 and 10 at USM27	Welch,M. rush right for 11 yards to the USM38, 1ST DOWN USM (Preston,P.J.;Basham,B.).
1 and 10 at USM38	Welch,M. rush up middle for 2 yards to the USM40 (Basham,B.;Brown,K.).
2 and 8 at USM40	Waters,T. middle pass incomplete to Welch,M..
3 and 8 at USM40	PENALTY VT offside defense 5 yards to the USM45.
3 and 3 at USM45	Waters,T. rush quarterback scramble for 3 yards to the USM48, 1ST DOWN USM (Preston,J.).
1 and 10 at USM48	Welch,M. rush right for 9 yards to the VT43 (Pendleton,R.).
2 and 1 at VT43	Waters,T. rush over right end for 12 yards to the VT31, 1ST DOWN USM (Drakeford,T.).
1 and 10 at VT31	Welch,M. rush left for loss of 2 yards to the VT33.
2 and 12 at VT33	Buckhalter,C. rush left for 5 yards to the VT28 (Byrd,M.).
3 and 7 at VT28	Waters,T. pass incomplete.
4 and 7 at VT28	Lomoro,J. field goal attempt from 45 GOOD, clock 10:55.
Southern Mississippi: - Virginia Tech:
Lomoro,J. kickoff 55 yards to the VT10, Crittenden,R. return 28 yards to the VT38 (McDaniel,D.).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 10 plays, 45 yards, TOP 4:05
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 10:55.
1 and 10 at VT38	DeShazo,M. pass complete to Campbell,B. for 6 yards to the VT44.
2 and 4 at VT44	Poindexter,M. rush left for 2 yards to the VT46.
3 and 2 at VT46	Kennedy,T. rush right for 1 yard to the VT47 (Tobias,M.;Robinson,J.).
4 and 1 at VT47	DeShazo,M. rush left for 2 yards to the VT49, 1ST DOWN VT (Harmon,E.).
1 and 10 at VT49	DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Campbell,B..
2 and 10 at VT49	DeShazo,M. rush right for 11 yards to the USM40, 1ST DOWN VT (Ulmer,T.).
1 and 10 at USM40	PENALTY VT illegal procedure 5 yards to the USM45.
1 and 15 at USM45	DeShazo,M. rush right for 6 yards to the USM39 (Nix,T.).
2 and 9 at USM39	Thomas,D. rush right for 15 yards to the USM24, 1ST DOWN VT (Ratcliff,M.).
1 and 10 at USM24	Freeman,A. rush reverse for no gain to the USM24 (Singleton,J.;Harmon,E.).
2 and 10 at USM24	Poindexter,M. rush draw play for loss of 1 yard to the USM25 (Nix,T.).
3 and 11 at USM25	Poindexter,M. rush left for 10 yards to the USM15 (Gamble,S.).
Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 05:17.
4 and 1 at USM15	DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Burke,J..
DRIVE SUMMARY: 12 plays, 47 yards, TOP 5:45
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 05:10.
1 and 10 at USM15	Nelson,D. rush left for 5 yards to the USM20 (Davis,D.;Pendleton,R.).
2 and 5 at USM20	Waters,T. pass incomplete to Welch,M..
3 and 5 at USM20	Waters,T. middle pass complete to Owens,A. for 9 yards to the USM29, 1ST DOWN USM.
1 and 10 at USM29	Jones,R. rush right for 1 yard to the USM30 (Preston,P.J.).
2 and 9 at USM30	Buckhalter,C. rush over right end for loss of 1 yard to the USM29 (Preston,J.;Drakeford,T.).
3 and 10 at USM29	Waters,T. pass incomplete (Preston,P.J.).
4 and 10 at USM29	Estes,E. punt 43 yards to the VT28, Campbell,B. return 9 yards to the VT37, PENALTY VT illegal block 10 yards to the VT27, 1st and 10, VT ball on VT27.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 6 plays, 14 yards, TOP 2:37
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 02:33.
1 and 10 at VT27	DeShazo,M. pass complete to Kennedy,T. for 5 yards to the VT32.
2 and 5 at VT32	Kennedy,T. rush over right end for 14 yards to the VT46, 1ST DOWN VT (Gamble,S.).
1 and 10 at VT46	Thomas,D. rush left for 4 yards to the 50 yardline (Nix,T.;Adams,D.).
2 and 6 at VT50	DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Poindexter,M..
3 and 6 at VT50	Thomas,D. rush right for 2 yards to the USM48.
4 and 4 at USM48	Colley,R. punt 47 yards to the USM1, downed.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 5 plays, 25 yards, TOP 1:59
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 00:34.
USM ball on USM2.
1 and 10 at USM02	Nelson,D. rush up middle for no gain to the USM2 (Pendleton,R.;DelRicco,G.).
1st Quarter Stats

		Time	1st Downs				Conversions
Quarter Summary	Score	Poss	R	P	X	T	3rd	4th	Rushing	Passing	Penalties
Southern Mississippi	3	07:16	3	1	0	4	2-4	0-0	11-45	1-5-0-9	0-0
Virginia Tech	0	07:44	4	0	0	4	0-3	1-2	12-66	2-5-0-11	3-20

2nd Quarter
Start of 2nd quarter, clock 15:00.
2 and 10 at USM02	Welch,M. rush over left end for 7 yards to the USM9 (Pendleton,R.;Knight,D.).
3 and 3 at USM09	Welch,M. rush up middle for 1 yard to the USM10 (Byrd,M.;Basham,B.).
4 and 2 at USM10	Estes,E. punt 41 yards to the VT49, Campbell,B. return 1 yards to the 50 yardline.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 8 yards, TOP 1:58
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 13:36.
1 and 10 at VT50	DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Freeman,A..
2 and 10 at VT50	Thomas,D. rush for loss of 1 yard to the VT49.
3 and 11 at VT49	Swarm,J. rush right for 17 yards to the USM34, 1ST DOWN VT (Harmon,E.).
1 and 10 at USM34	Thomas,D. rush right for 1 yard to the USM33 (Tobias,M.;Nix,T.).
2 and 9 at USM33	DeShazo,M. pass intercepted by Ratcliff,M. at the USM30, Ratcliff,M. return 5 yards to the USM35.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 5 plays, 17 yards, TOP 1:27
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 12:09.
1 and 10 at USM35	Waters,T. sacked for loss of 6 yards to the USM29 (Preston,J.).
2 and 16 at USM29	Waters,T. pass complete to McKinney,M. for loss of 4 yards to the USM25.
3 and 20 at USM25	Waters,T. pass complete to Welch,M. for 18 yards to the USM43 (Byrd,M.;Drakeford,T.).
4 and 2 at USM43	Lomoro,J. punt 35 yards to the VT22, Campbell,B. return 1 yards to the VT23.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 8 yards, TOP 2:06
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 10:03.
1 and 10 at VT23	Kennedy,T. rush left for 10 yards to the VT33, 1ST DOWN VT (Ratcliff,M.).
1 and 10 at VT33	Kennedy,T. rush left for 7 yards to the VT40 (Rankins,L.).
2 and 3 at VT40	Poindexter,M. rush left for 5 yards to the VT45, 1ST DOWN VT (Ulmer,T.).
1 and 10 at VT45	Poindexter,M. rush draw play for 2 yards to the VT47 (Hamilton,B.).
2 and 8 at VT47	DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Freeman,A..
3 and 8 at VT47	Poindexter,M. rush draw play for 5 yards to the USM48 (McRae,A.).
4 and 3 at USM48	Colley,R. punt 47 yards to the USM1, downed.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 6 plays, 29 yards, TOP 2:20
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 07:43.
1 and 10 at USM01	Nelson,D. rush up middle for 3 yards to the USM4 (Preston,J.;Davis,D.).
2 and 7 at USM04	Waters,T. pass complete to Reed,G. for 22 yards to the USM26, 1ST DOWN USM (Byrd,M.).
1 and 10 at USM26	Welch,M. rush up middle for 12 yards to the USM38, 1ST DOWN USM (Brown,K.).
1 and 10 at USM38	PENALTY USM illegal procedure 5 yards to the USM33.
1 and 15 at USM33	Waters,T. pass incomplete to Montgomery,M..
2 and 15 at USM33	Buckhalter,C. rush up middle for no gain to the USM33 (Preston,P.J.).
3 and 15 at USM33	PENALTY USM illegal procedure 5 yards to the USM28.
3 and 20 at USM28	Waters,T. pass incomplete to McKinney,M..
4 and 20 at USM28	Lomoro,J. punt 39 yards to the VT33, fair catch by Campbell,B..
DRIVE SUMMARY: 6 plays, 27 yards, TOP 2:47
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 04:56.
1 and 10 at VT33	Thomas,D. rush over left end for 7 yards to the VT40 (Brown,J.).
2 and 3 at VT40	Thomas,D. rush left for 4 yards to the VT44, 1ST DOWN VT (Hamilton,B.).
1 and 10 at VT44	DeShazo,M. pass complete to Campbell,B. for 1 yard to the VT45 (Ulmer,T.).
2 and 9 at VT45	Swarm,J. rush left for 11 yards to the USM44, 1ST DOWN VT (Hervey,D.).
1 and 10 at USM44	Rivers,J. pass complete to Campbell,B. for 28 yards to the USM16, 1ST DOWN VT.
Timeout Southern Mississippi.
1 and 10 at USM16	Thomas,D. rush up middle for 6 yards to the USM10 (Nix,T.).
2 and 4 at USM10	PENALTY USM offside defense 5 yards to the USM5, 1ST DOWN VT.
1 and Goal at USM05	Thomas,D. rush up middle for no gain to the USM5 (Harmon,E.;Hamilton,B.).
2 and Goal at USM05	DeShazo,M. pass complete to Rivers,J. for 5 yards to the USM0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:03.
Southern Mississippi: - Virginia Tech:
Williams,R. kick attempt failed.
Reaves,B. kickoff 65 yards to the USM0, Ulmer,T. return 13 yards to the USM13 (Williams,Ra.).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 8 plays, 67 yards, TOP 3:53
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 01:03.
1 and 10 at USM13	Jones,R. rush right for 13 yards to the USM26, 1ST DOWN USM (Coleman,H.;Drakeford,T.).
1 and 10 at USM26	McKinney,M. rush left for 1 yard to the USM27 (Basham,B.).
2 and 9 at USM27	Waters,T. pass complete to Jones,R. for 13 yards to the USM40, 1ST DOWN USM (Byrd,M.).
Clock 00:11.
1 and 10 at USM40	PENALTY USM holding 14 yards to the USM26.
1 and 24 at USM26	Jones,R. rush right for 12 yards to the USM38 (Basham,B.).
End of half, clock 00:00.
2nd Quarter Stats

		Time	1st Downs				Conversions
Quarter Summary	Score	Poss	R	P	X	T	3rd	4th	Rushing	Passing	Penalties
Southern Mississippi	0	07:20	2	2	0	4	0-3	0-0	9-43	4-6-0-49	4-29
Virginia Tech	6	07:40	5	1	1	7	1-2	0-0	13-74	3-6-1-34	0-0

3rd Quarter
Start of 3rd quarter, clock 15:00, USM ball on USM35.
Lomoro,J. kickoff 62 yards to the VT3, Crittenden,R. return 21 yards to the VT24 (Harris,J.).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 4 plays, 25 yards, TOP 1:03
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 15:00.
1 and 10 at VT24	DeShazo,M. pass complete to Kennedy,T. for 3 yards to the VT27 (Rankins,L.).
2 and 7 at VT27	Kennedy,T. rush left for 6 yards to the VT33 (Nix,T.).
3 and 1 at VT33	Poindexter,M. rush up middle for 54 yards to the USM13, 1ST DOWN VT (Rankins,L.).
1 and 10 at USM13	Kennedy,T. rush right for 1 yard to the USM12 (Nix,T.).
2 and 9 at USM12	PENALTY VT holding 11 yards to the USM23.
2 and 20 at USM23	Swarm,J. rush up middle for 12 yards to the USM11 (Ratcliff,M.).
Ratcliff (USM) injured on the play.
3 and 8 at USM11	DeShazo,M. rush for loss of 4 yards to the USM15.
4 and 12 at USM15	Williams,R. field goal attempt from 31 GOOD, clock 11:54.
Southern Mississippi: - Virginia Tech:
Reaves,B. kickoff 63 yards to the USM2, Boyd,B. return 18 yards to the USM20 (DelRicco,G.;Knight,D.).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 7 plays, 61 yards, TOP 3:06
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 11:54.
1 and 10 at USM20	Waters,T. middle pass complete to Welch,M. for 9 yards to the USM29 (Preston,P.J.).
2 and 1 at USM29	Welch,M. rush right for 2 yards to the USM31, 1ST DOWN USM (Byrd,M.).
1 and 10 at USM31	Waters,T. pass incomplete to Pope,M..
2 and 10 at USM31	Waters,T. rush left for 1 yard to the USM32 (Davis,D.;Basham,B.).
3 and 9 at USM32	Waters,T. pass incomplete to Montgomery,M..
4 and 9 at USM32	Lomoro,J. punt 33 yards to the VT35, Campbell,B. return 4 yards to the VT39.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 5 plays, 12 yards, TOP 2:03
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 09:51.
1 and 10 at VT39	DeShazo,M. sacked for loss of 2 yards to the VT37, fumble by DeShazo,M. recovered by VT Kennedy,T. at VT37.
2 and 12 at VT37	PENALTY VT holding 14 yards to the VT23.
2 and 26 at VT23	DeShazo,M. rush left for 8 yards to the VT31, fumble by DeShazo,M. recovered by USM Rankins,L. at VT30.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 2 plays, -9 yards, TOP 1:04
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 08:47.
1 and 10 at VT30	Welch,M. rush over left end for loss of 4 yards to the VT34 (Henley,S.).
2 and 14 at VT34	Waters,T. pass incomplete to Reed,G., PENALTY VT personal foul 15 yards to the VT19, 1ST DOWN USM.
1 and 10 at VT19	Welch,M. rush left for 2 yards to the VT17.
2 and 8 at VT17	Welch,M. rush right for no gain to the VT17 (Preston,P.J.).
3 and 8 at VT17	Waters,T. pass incomplete.
4 and 8 at VT17	Nations,L. field goal attempt from 34 MISSED, spot at VT17, clock 06:43.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 6 plays, 13 yards, TOP 2:04
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 06:43.
1 and 10 at VT17	Thomas,D. rush over left end for 4 yards to the VT21 (Ulmer,T.).
2 and 6 at VT21	DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Sanders,S..
3 and 6 at VT21	DeShazo,M. pass complete to Freeman,A. for 31 yards to the USM48, 1ST DOWN VT (Gulley,L.).
1 and 10 at USM48	DeShazo,M. middle pass complete to Freeman,A. for 14 yards to the USM34, 1ST DOWN VT.
1 and 10 at USM34	Poindexter,M. rush up middle for 12 yards to the USM22, 1ST DOWN VT.
1 and 10 at USM22	Thomas,D. rush left for 2 yards to the USM20 (Nix,T.).
2 and 8 at USM20	Poindexter,M. rush right for 3 yards to the USM17 (Elder,R.;Nix,T.).
3 and 5 at USM17	DeShazo,M. rush quarterback scramble for loss of 1 yard to the USM18 (Robinson,J.).
4 and 6 at USM18	Williams,R. field goal attempt from 35 GOOD, clock 02:56.
Southern Mississippi: - Virginia Tech:
Reaves,B. kickoff 65 yards to the USM0, Boyd,B. return 13 yards to the USM13.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 9 plays, 65 yards, TOP 3:47
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 02:56.
1 and 10 at USM13	Welch,M. rush right for 8 yards to the USM21 (Brown,K.).
2 and 2 at USM21	Welch,M. rush up middle for 6 yards to the USM27, 1ST DOWN USM (Preston,J.;Breheny,C.).
1 and 10 at USM27	Waters,T. pass complete to Montgomery,M. for 9 yards to the USM36.
2 and 1 at USM36	Nelson,D. rush left for no gain to the USM36 (Swarm,B.).
3 and 1 at USM36	Welch,M. pass complete to Bentley,K. for 64 yards to the VT0, 1ST DOWN USM, TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:42.
Southern Mississippi: - Virginia Tech:
Nations,L. kick attempt good.
Southern Mississippi: - Virginia Tech:
Lomoro,J. kickoff 56 yards to the VT9, Crittenden,R. return 19 yards to the VT28.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 5 plays, 87 yards, TOP 2:14
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 00:42.
1 and 10 at VT28	DeShazo,M. pass incomplete.
2 and 10 at VT28	Swarm,J. rush for 1 yard to the VT29 (Nix,T.).
3rd Quarter Stats

		Time	1st Downs				Conversions
Quarter Summary	Score	Poss	R	P	X	T	3rd	4th	Rushing	Passing	Penalties
Southern Mississippi	7	06:21	2	1	1	4	1-3	0-0	8-15	3-7-0-82	0-0
Virginia Tech	6	08:39	2	2	0	4	2-4	0-0	13-95	3-5-0-48	3-40

4th Quarter
Start of 4th quarter, clock 15:00.
3 and 9 at VT29	DeShazo,M. pass complete to Rivers,J. for 26 yards to the USM45, 1ST DOWN VT (Gulley,L.).
1st and 10.
Rivers (VT) injured on the play.
1 and 10 at USM45	Thomas,D. rush over right end for 15 yards to the USM30, 1ST DOWN VT (Carter,P.).
1 and 10 at USM30	Thomas,D. rush for 1 yard to the USM29 (Adams,D.;Hamilton,B.).
2 and 9 at USM29	Poindexter,M. rush draw play for loss of 1 yard to the USM30 (Robinson,J.).
3 and 10 at USM30	DeShazo,M. pass complete to Freeman,A. for 18 yards to the USM12, 1ST DOWN VT (Carter,P.).
1 and 10 at USM12	PENALTY VT holding 11 yards to the USM23.
1 and 21 at USM23	Poindexter,M. rush up middle for 1 yard to the USM22 (McRae,A.;Hamilton,B.).
2 and 20 at USM22	DeShazo,M. sacked for loss of 6 yards to the USM28 (Nix,T.).
3 and 26 at USM28	Poindexter,M. rush up middle for 3 yards to the USM25 (Elder,R.).
4 and 23 at USM25	Williams,R. field goal attempt from 41 MISSED - short, spot at USM25, clock 10:44.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 11 plays, 47 yards, TOP 4:58
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 10:44.
1 and 10 at USM25	Waters,T. pass complete to Pope,M. for 18 yards to the USM43, 1ST DOWN USM.
1 and 10 at USM43	Welch,M. rush up middle for 3 yards to the USM46 (Swarm,B.), PENALTY USM illegal procedure 5 yards to the USM38, NO PLAY.
1 and 15 at USM38	Waters,T. pass complete to Reed,G. for 3 yards to the USM41.
2 and 12 at USM41	Waters,T. middle pass complete to Owens,A. for 21 yards to the VT38, 1ST DOWN USM.
1 and 10 at VT38	Waters,T. pass complete to McKinney,M. for 4 yards to the VT34.
2 and 6 at VT34	PENALTY USM holding 18 yards to the USM48.
2 and 24 at USM48	Waters,T. pass complete to Owens,A. for 8 yards to the VT44 (Byrd,M.;Brown,K.).
3 and 16 at VT44	Waters,T. pass complete to McKinney,M. for 6 yards to the VT38 (Coleman,H.).
4 and 10 at VT38	Lomoro,J. punt 21 yards to the VT17, fair catch by Campbell,B..
DRIVE SUMMARY: 6 plays, 37 yards, TOP 3:41
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 07:03.
1 and 10 at VT17	DeShazo,M. rush left for 2 yards to the VT19 (Tobias,M.).
2 and 8 at VT19	DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Thomas,D..
3 and 8 at VT19	DeShazo,M. pass incomplete.
4 and 8 at VT19	Colley,R. punt 30 yards to the VT49, fair catch by Carter,P..
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 2 yards, TOP 1:03
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 06:00.
1 and 10 at VT49	Buckhalter,C. rush up middle for 11 yards to the VT38, 1ST DOWN USM.
1 and 10 at VT38	Waters,T. pass incomplete to Montgomery,M..
2 and 10 at VT38	Waters,T. rush quarterback scramble for loss of 4 yards to the VT42 (Preston,J.).
Timeout Southern Mississippi, clock 04:47.
3 and 14 at VT42	Waters,T. pass complete to Welch,M. for 17 yards to the VT25, 1ST DOWN USM.
1 and 10 at VT25	Welch,M. rush right for 3 yards to the VT22 (Preston,J.).
2 and 7 at VT22	Waters,T. rush right for 8 yards to the VT14, 1ST DOWN USM (Preston,P.J.).
1 and 10 at VT14	Nelson,D. rush up middle for 4 yards to the VT10 (Swarm,B.).
2 and 6 at VT10	Welch,M. rush right for 5 yards to the VT5 (Alexander,K.).
3 and 1 at VT05	Welch,M. rush right for no gain to the VT5 (Pendleton,R.;Swarm,B.).
Timeout Southern Mississippi, clock 01:37.
4 and 1 at VT05	Nations,L. field goal attempt from 22 GOOD, clock 01:34.
Southern Mississippi: - Virginia Tech:
Lomoro,J. kickoff 63 yards to the VT2, Crittenden,R. return 20 yards to the VT22 (Hervey,D.).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 10 plays, 44 yards, TOP 4:26
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 01:34.
1 and 10 at VT22	DeShazo,M. sacked for loss of 4 yards to the VT18 (Jackson,K.).
Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 01:18.
2 and 14 at VT18	DeShazo,M. pass incomplete (Jackson,K.).
3 and 14 at VT18	DeShazo,M. pass complete to Rivers,J. for 18 yards to the VT36, 1ST DOWN VT (Carter,P.).
1 and 10 at VT36	DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Freeman,A..
Clock 00:56.
2 and 10 at VT36	DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Campbell,B..
Clock 00:50.
3 and 10 at VT36	DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Poindexter,M..
Clock 00:43.
4 and 10 at VT36	DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Rivers,J..
DRIVE SUMMARY: 7 plays, 14 yards, TOP 0:58
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 00:36.
DeShazo (VT) hurt on the play.
1 and 10 at VT36	Waters,T. rush for loss of 1 yard to the VT37.
Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 00:23.
2 and 11 at VT37	Waters,T. rush for loss of 2 yards to the VT39.
End of game, clock 00:00.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 2 plays, -3 yards, TOP 0:36
4th Quarter Stats

		Time	1st Downs				Conversions
Quarter Summary	Score	Poss	R	P	X	T	3rd	4th	Rushing	Passing	Penalties
Southern Mississippi	3	08:43	2	3	0	5	1-3	0-0	9-24	7-8-0-77	2-23
Virginia Tech	0	06:17	1	3	0	4	3-6	0-1	8-11	3-10-0-62	1-11

Participation

Southern Mississippi - Starters
Pos	No.	Offense











Pos	No.	Defense

Southern Mississippi: 1-Johnny Lomoro , 2-Terry Ulmer , 3-Michael Welch , 5-LaBarion Rankins , 8-Tommy Waters , 9-Eric Estes , 13-Shaun Gamble , 17-Kevin Bentley , 18-Derrick Hervey , 19-Perry Carter , 20-Lance Nations , 21-Barry Boyd , 22-Eugene Harmon , 26-Myreon McKinney , 29-LeTorrance Gulley , 30-Melvin Ratcliff , 31-Dwayne Nelson , 32-Albert McRae , 33-Damon McDaniel , 35-Ronald Jones , 36-Chris Buckhalter , 41-Jerry Harris , 43-Stacey Smith , 45-Tyrone Nix , 47-Matt Monroe , 48-Billy Shoemake , 49-Deke Adams , 66-John Brown , 82-Greg Reed , 85-Marcus Pope , 87-Mark Montgomery , 88-Anthony Owens , 90-James Singleton , 91-Kevin Jackson , 92-Keith Loescher , 94-Michael Tobias , 95-Bobby Hamilton , 96-Reggie Elder , 98-James Robinson .

Virginia Tech - Starters
Pos	No.	Offense
FL	11	Bo Campbell
QB	12	Maurice DeShazo
FB	17	Mark Poindexter
TB	33	Tony Kennedy
SG	51	Chris Malone
ST	52	Mike Smith
TG	66	Jared Hamlin
TT	71	Marc Verniel
C	73	Jim Pyne
SE	80	Antonio Freeman
TE	83	John Burke
Pos	No.	Offense
RE	8	Bernard Basham
LC	22	Tyronne Drakeford
RC	31	Stacy Henley
S	36	Kirk Alexander
RLB	40	Rusty Pendleton
ROB	43	Ken Brown
LLB	44	Melendez Byrd
LOB	55	P.J. Preston
RT	93	Jerome Preston
LE	94	Billy Swarm
LT	99	Don Davis

Virginia Tech: 2-Robbie Colley , 5-Ryan J. Williams , 6-Hank Coleman , 9-Scott Jones , 14-Brian Reaves , 20-DeWayne Knight , 21-John Rivers , 23-Rafael Williams , 24-Chad King , 26-William Yarborough , 28-Danny Dunbar , 29-Ranall White , 32-Sam Daniels , 34-Joe Swarm , 35-Ken Landrum , 38-Tewon Stevens , 39-Andy Miller , 41-George DelRicco , 42-Dwayne Thomas , 56-David Wimmer , 77-Joel Chapman , 87-Ray Crittenden , 90-Eugene Mays , 92-Chris Breheny , 96-Leroy Charlton , 98-James DePoy .

Progressions

Southern Mississippi Quarterback Progression

#8 - Tommy Waters
14-25, 153 yds (0 TD, 0 INT)

DOWN & DISTANCE	ATT	YDS	RESULT	TARGET
1st Quarter
2nd & 8 on the USM40	1	-		M. Welch
3rd & 7 on the VT28	2	-
2nd & 5 on the USM20	3	-		M. Welch
3rd & 5 on the USM20	4	9	1st	A. Owens
3rd & 10 on the USM29	5	-
2nd Quarter
1st & 10 on the USM35	1 6	-6	SACK
2nd & 16 on the USM29	2 7	-4		M. McKinney
3rd & 20 on the USM25	3 8	18		M. Welch
2nd & 7 on the USM04	4 9	22	1st	G. Reed
1st & 15 on the USM33	5 10	-		M. Montgomery
3rd & 20 on the USM28	6 11	-		M. McKinney
2nd & 9 on the USM27	7 12	13	1st	R. Jones
3rd Quarter
1st & 10 on the USM20	1 13	9		M. Welch
1st & 10 on the USM31	2 14	-		M. Pope
3rd & 9 on the USM32	3 15	-		M. Montgomery
2nd & 14 on the VT34	4 16	-	1st	G. Reed
3rd & 8 on the VT17	5 17	-
1st & 10 on the USM27	6 18	9		M. Montgomery
4th Quarter
1st & 10 on the USM25	1 19	18	1st	M. Pope
1st & 15 on the USM38	2 20	3		G. Reed
2nd & 12 on the USM41	3 21	21	1st	A. Owens
1st & 10 on the VT38	4 22	4		M. McKinney
2nd & 24 on the USM48	5 23	8		A. Owens
3rd & 16 on the VT44	6 24	6		M. McKinney
1st & 10 on the VT38	7 25	-		M. Montgomery
3rd & 14 on the VT42	8 26	17	1st	M. Welch

#3 - Michael Welch
1-1, 64 yds (1 TD, 0 INT)

DOWN & DISTANCE	COMP	ATT	YDS	RESULT	TARGET
3rd Quarter
3rd & 1 on the USM36		1 1	64	TD	K. Bentley

Virginia Tech Quarterback Progression

#12 - Maurice DeShazo
10-25, 127 yds (1 TD, 1 INT)

DOWN & DISTANCE	ATT	YDS	RESULT	TARGET
1st Quarter
1st & 10 on the VT38	1	6		B. Campbell
1st & 10 on the VT49	2	-		B. Campbell
4th & 1 on the USM15	3	-	TO DOWNS	J. Burke
1st & 10 on the VT27	4	5		T. Kennedy
2nd & 6 on the VT50	5	-		M. Poindexter
2nd Quarter
1st & 10 on the VT50	1 6	-		A. Freeman
2nd & 9 on the USM33	2 7	-	INT
2nd & 8 on the VT47	3 8	-		A. Freeman
1st & 10 on the VT44	4 9	1		B. Campbell
2nd & Goal on the USM05	5 10	5	TD	J. Rivers
3rd Quarter
1st & 10 on the VT24	1 11	3		T. Kennedy
1st & 10 on the VT39	2 12	-2	SACK/FUMBLE
2nd & 6 on the VT21	3 13	-		S. Sanders
3rd & 6 on the VT21	4 14	31	1st	A. Freeman
1st & 10 on the USM48	5 15	14	1st	A. Freeman
1st & 10 on the VT28	6 16	-
4th Quarter
3rd & 9 on the VT29	1 17	26	1st	J. Rivers
3rd & 10 on the USM30	2 18	18	1st	A. Freeman
2nd & 20 on the USM22	3 19	-6	SACK
2nd & 8 on the VT19	4 20	-		D. Thomas
3rd & 8 on the VT19	5 21	-
1st & 10 on the VT22	6 22	-4	SACK
2nd & 14 on the VT18	7 23	-
3rd & 14 on the VT18	8 24	18	1st	J. Rivers
1st & 10 on the VT36	9 25	-		A. Freeman
2nd & 10 on the VT36	10 26	-		B. Campbell
3rd & 10 on the VT36	11 27	-		M. Poindexter
4th & 10 on the VT36	12 28	-	TO DOWNS	J. Rivers

#21 - John Rivers
1-1, 28 yds (0 TD, 0 INT)

DOWN & DISTANCE	COMP	ATT	YDS	RESULT	TARGET
2nd Quarter
1st & 10 on the USM44		1 1	28	1st	B. Campbell