(21) Virginia Tech
Hokies
Hokies
24
14
Southern Mississippi
Golden Eagles
Golden Eagles
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 (21) Virginia Tech (2-0) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
 Southern Mississippi (1-1) | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
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- Kickoff time: 5:00 pm
- End of Game: 7:54 pm
- Total elapsed time: 2:54
- Temperature: 78
- Wind: Calm
- Weather: Cloudy
- Attendance: 17,391
- Referee: Al Hynes
- Umpire: Nels Strickland
- Linesman: Matt Fitzgerald
- Line judge: Joe Reichwein
- Back judge: Keith Frazier
- Field judge: Tom Beck
- Side judge: Bob Jamison
Scoring Summary
| First Quarter | VT | USM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TD | 14:36 | Adam Kennedy 3 yd Pass From Tommy Waters (Johnny Lomoro Kick) | 0 | 7 |
| TD | 05:01 | Chris Buckhalter 9 yd Rush (Johnny Lomoro Kick) | 0 | 14 |
| TD | 01:31 | Dwayne Thomas 4 yd Rush (Atle Larsen Kick) | 7 | 14 |
| Second Quarter | VT | USM | |||
| TD | 10:20 | Tommy Edwards 2 yd Rush (Atle Larsen Kick) | 14 | 14 |
| Fourth Quarter | VT | USM | |||
| TD | 10:35 | Bryan Still 41 yd Pass From Maurice DeShazo (Atle Larsen Kick) | 21 | 14 |
| FG | 02:49 | Atle Larsen 42 yd Field Goal | 24 | 14 |
Team Stats
| VT | USM | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 27 | 8 |
| Rushing | 13 | 1 |
| Passing | 12 | 4 |
| Penalty | 2 | 3 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 197 | 45 |
| Rushing Attempts | 61 | 28 |
| Average Per Rush | 3.2 | 1.6 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 251 | 78 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 54 | 33 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 230 | 99 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 17-29-2 | 15-37-3 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.9 | 2.7 |
| Average Per Completion | 13.5 | 6.6 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS | 427 | 144 |
| Total offensive plays | 90 | 65 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 4.7 | 2.2 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 9-76 | 6-33 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 1-28 | 7-283 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 28.0 | 40.4 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 28.0 | 38.7 |
| Inside 20 | 0 | 3 |
| 50+ Yards | 0 | 1 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Fair catch | 1 | 4 |
| VT | USM | |
|---|---|---|
| KICKOFFS-YARDS | 5-325 | 3-189 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 65.0 | 63.0 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 44.8 | 38.3 |
| Touchbacks | 2 | 0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 3-12-0 | -- |
| Average Per Return | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 3-74-0 | 3-61-0 |
| Average Per Return | 24.7 | 20.3 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 3-9-0 | 2-0-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous Yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession Time | 36:16 | 23:44 |
| 1st Quarter | 11:08 | 03:52 |
| 2nd Quarter | 07:49 | 07:11 |
| 3rd Quarter | 08:15 | 06:45 |
| 4th Quarter | 09:04 | 05:56 |
| Third-Down Conversions | 4 of 13 | 1 of 15 |
| Fourth-Down Conversions | 2 of 6 | 0 of 2 |
| Red-Zone Scores-Chances | 2-4 | 2-3 |
| Touchdowns | 2-4 | 2-3 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 3-24 | 3-29 |
| PAT Kicks | 3-3 | 2-2 |
| Field Goals | 1-2 | 0-2 |
Individual Stats
| Virginia Tech Rushing | No. | Net | Gain | Loss | TD | Lg | Avg. |
| Dwayne Thomas #42 | 28 | 123 | 128 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 4.4 |
| Tommy Edwards #33 | 15 | 57 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3.8 |
| Brian Edmonds #32 | 6 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5.8 |
| Bryan Still #17 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 |
| Ranall White #29 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Robbie Colley #2 | 2 | -18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | -9.0 |
| Maurice DeShazo #12 | 7 | -20 | 9 | 29 | 0 | 13 | -2.9 |
| Total | 61 | 197 | 251 | 54 | 2 | 25 | 3.2 |
| Southern Mississippi Rushing | No. | Net | Gain | Loss | TD | Lg | Avg. |
| Chris Buckhalter #36 | 11 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4.3 |
| Howard McGee #38 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2.7 |
| Tyrone Bolware #42 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.5 |
| Ronald Jones #35 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 |
| Shaw #92 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Kevin Bentley #17 | 1 | -7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | -7.0 |
| Kendrick Lee #89 | 1 | -10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | -10.0 |
| Tommy Waters #8 | 2 | -16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | -8.0 |
| Total | 28 | 45 | 78 | 33 | 1 | 12 | 1.6 |
| Virginia Tech Passing | Cmp-Att-Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sack |
| Maurice DeShazo #12 | 17-28-2 | 230 | 1 | 41 | 3 |
| Ryan J. Williams #5 | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 17-29-2 | 230 | 1 | 41 | 3 |
| Southern Mississippi Passing | Cmp-Att-Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sack |
| Tommy Waters #8 | 15-37-3 | 99 | 1 | 15 | 2 |
| Kevin Bentley #17 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 15-37-3 | 99 | 1 | 15 | 3 |
| Virginia Tech Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Lg | Targets | Drops |
| Bryan Still #17 | 4 | 87 | 1 | 41 | 4 | 0 |
| Jermaine Holmes #82 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 0 |
| Dwayne Thomas #42 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 0 |
| Brian Edmonds #32 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| Cornelius White #4 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| Kevin Martin #86 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| Antonio Freeman #80 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 17 | 230 | 1 | 41 | 25 | 0 |
| Southern Mississippi Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Lg | Targets | Drops |
| Mark Montgomery #87 | 5 | 64 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 0 |
| Larry Norton #83 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Fred Brock #7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Adam Kennedy #80 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Kendrick Lee #89 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Scott Harper #86 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Pearson #81 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| Chris Buckhalter #36 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 15 | 97 | 1 | 15 | 27 | 0 |
| Virginia Tech Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB |
| Robbie Colley #2 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| Southern Mississippi Punting | No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB |
| Chris Pierce #11 | 7 | 283 | 40.4 | 49 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 283 | 40.4 | 49 | 3 | 0 |
| Virginia Tech All Returns | Punts | Kickoffs | Interceptions | ||||||
| No | Yds | Lg | No | Yds | Lg | No | Yds | Lg | |
| Antonio Freeman #80 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Torrian Gray #14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 |
| Larry Green #7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bryan Still #17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 74 | 34 | 3 | 9 | 8 |
| Southern Mississippi All Returns | Punts | Kickoffs | Interceptions | ||||||
| No | Yds | Lg | No | Yds | Lg | No | Yds | Lg | |
| LT Gulley #29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Melvin Ratcliff #30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Hervey #18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendrick Lee #89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Virginia Tech All Purpose | Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total |
| Bryan Still #17 | 11 | 87 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 172 |
| Dwayne Thomas #42 | 123 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 |
| Brian Edmonds #32 | 35 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| Tommy Edwards #33 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| Jermaine Holmes #82 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Antonio Freeman #80 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 32 |
| Cornelius White #4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Kevin Martin #86 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Ranall White #29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Torrian Gray #14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Larry Green #7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbie Colley #2 | -18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -18 |
| Maurice DeShazo #12 | -20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -20 |
| Total | 197 | 230 | 74 | 12 | 9 | 522 |
| Southern Mississippi All Purpose | Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total |
| Mark Montgomery #87 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| Chris Buckhalter #36 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| LT Gulley #29 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Howard McGee #38 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Larry Norton #83 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Tyrone Bolware #42 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Kendrick Lee #89 | -10 | -3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Adam Kennedy #80 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Ryan Pearson #81 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Scott Harper #86 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ronald Jones #35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Fred Brock #7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Shaw #92 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Melvin Ratcliff #30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Hervey #18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Bentley #17 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 |
| Tommy Waters #8 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -16 |
| Total | 45 | 97 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 203 |
| Virginia Tech Field Goal Attempts | Qtr | Time | Distance | Result |
| Atle Larsen #18 | 3 | 11:51 | 39 | Missed |
| Atle Larsen #18 | 4 | 02:49 | 42 | Good |
| Southern Mississippi Field Goal Attempts | Qtr | Time | Distance | Result |
| Johnny Lomoro #1 | 2 | 00:58 | 46 | Missed |
| Johnny Lomoro #1 | 3 | 03:01 | 50 | Missed |
| Virginia Tech Kickoffs | No. | Yds | TB | OB | Avg. |
| Atle Larsen #18 | 5 | 325 | 2 | 0 | 65.0 |
| Total | 5 | 325 | 2 | 0 | 65.0 |
| Southern Mississippi Kickoffs | No. | Yds | TB | OB | Avg. |
| Chris Pierce #11 | 3 | 189 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 |
| Total | 3 | 189 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 |
| Virginia Tech Fumbles | No. | Lost |
| Dwayne Thomas #42 | 2 | 1 |
| Robbie Colley #2 | 2 | 1 |
| Brian Edmonds #32 | 1 | 1 |
| Maurice DeShazo #12 | 1 | 1 |
| Southern Mississippi Fumbles | No. | Lost | ||
| None | ||||
Defense
| Virginia Tech | Solo | Ast | Total | TFL/Yds | Sack/Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blkd | QBH |
| Brandon Semones #21 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 2.0/13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Antonio Banks #9 | 5 | 6 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Torrian Gray #14 | 8 | 2 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 2-8 | - | - | - |
| Cornell Brown #58 | 4 | 6 | 10 | - | 2.0/16 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| George DelRicco #41 | 2 | 7 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Waverly Jackson #98 | 6 | 2 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Ken Brown #44 | 2 | 5 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Larry Green #7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 1-1 | - | - | - |
| Jeff Holland #74 | 3 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Jim Baron #92 | 3 | 1 | 4 | - | 1.0/7 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| J.C. Price #59 | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Hank Coleman #6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Shaine Miles #40 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stacy Henley #31 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Danny Osborne #36 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lawrence Lewis #56 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| William Yarborough #24 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Korey Irby #26 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Keith Moyer #37 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 51 | 47 | 98 | 2.0/13 | 3.0/24 | - | 3-9 | 4 | 22 |
| Southern Mississippi | Solo | Ast | Total | TFL/Yds | Sack/Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blkd | QBH |
| Cedric Walthaw #57 | 7 | 10 | 17 | - | - | - | 1-0 | - | - | - | - |
| Eugene Harmon #22 | 1 | 12 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Albert McRae #32 | 2 | 9 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Derrick Hervey #18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 1-0 | - | - | - |
| Melvin Ratcliff #30 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1.0/7 | - | - | - | 1-0 | - | - | - |
| LT Gulley #29 | 5 | 3 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rod Thomas #3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Michael Tobias #94 | 3 | 3 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Robert Brown #48 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1.0/9 | 1.0/9 | - | 1-0 | - | - | - | - |
| Steve Latson #99 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2.0/20 | 2.0/20 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hall #52 | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ken Carpenter #20 | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Quentin Jackson #90 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Terry Nunn #46 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| James Robinson #98 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ronald Jones #35 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jamie McPherson #58 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nicky Seymour #2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bryan Burns #59 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tim Bell #93 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Marchant Kenney #43 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Roy Stabler #20 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shaun Gamble #13 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1-0 | - | - | - | - |
| Pollard #21 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Melvin Winn #91 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Deke Adams #49 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1-0 | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 40 | 85 | 125 | 4.0/36 | 3.0/29 | 1 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 1 |
Drive Summary
| Virginia Tech Time of Possesion/Conversions |
| Quarter | Half | Total | |||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | ||
| Time of possession | 11:08 | 07:49 | 08:15 | 09:04 | 18:57 | 17:19 | 36:16 |
| Third Down Conversions | 2/5 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 2/4 | 2/7 | 2/6 | 4/13 |
| Fourth Down Conversions | 1/3 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1/5 | 1/1 | 2/6 |
| Southern Mississippi Time of Possesion/Conversions |
| Quarter | Half | Total | |||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | ||
| Time of possession | 03:52 | 07:11 | 06:45 | 05:56 | 11:03 | 12:41 | 23:44 |
| Third Down Conversions | 0/2 | 0/4 | 0/4 | 1/5 | 0/6 | 1/9 | 1/15 |
| Fourth Down Conversions | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/2 |
Specialty Stats
| 1st Downs | VT | USM |
| Pass Plays | 13 | 11 |
| Rushing Plays | 31 | 14 |
| Best Play | 27 | 12 |
| Plays/Yards | 44/243 | 25/40 |
| Avg Yards | 5.5 | 1.6 |
| 2nd Downs | VT | USM |
| Plays/Yards | 27/134 | 23/76 |
| Avg Yards | 5.0 | 3.3 |
| 3rd Downs | VT | USM |
| Plays/Yards | 14/68 | 18/28 |
| Avg Yards | 4.9 | 1.6 |
| 3rd & <=3 Conv/Att | 0/2 | 0/3 |
| 3rd & 4-7 Conv/Att | 2/4 | 3/6 |
| 3rd & >=8 Conv/Att | 3/8 | 1/9 |
| 4th Downs | VT | USM |
| Plays/Yards | 6/-9 | 2/0 |
| Avg Yards | -1.5 | 0.0 |
| Play Breakdown | VT | USM |
| Total Plays | 90 | 65 |
| Pass Plays | 32 | 40 |
| Rush Plays | 58 | 25 |
| Opp Territory Plays | 57 | 22 |
| Red-Zone Plays | 15 | 8 |
| Big Yard Plays | VT | USM |
| Plays >= 10 Yards | 19 | 7 |
| Plays >= 20 Yards | 5 | |
| Passes >= 10 Yards | 11 | 6 |
| Passes >= 20 Yards | 4 | |
| Rushes >= 10 Yards | 8 | 1 |
| Rushes >= 20 Yards | 1 | 0 |
| Best Play | 41 | 23 |
| Best Pass Play | 41 | 23 |
| Best Rush Play | 20 | 12 |
Virginia Tech Passing By Down
| 1st Down | Cmp-Att-Int | Yds | TD | Sack |
| Maurice DeShazo | 8-13-1 | 92 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan J. Williams | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 8-13-1 | 92 | 0 | 0 |
| 2nd Down | Cmp-Att-Int | Yds | TD | Sack |
| Maurice DeShazo | 4-8-1 | 67 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan J. Williams | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 4-8-1 | 67 | 1 | 0 |
| 3rd Down | Cmp-Att-Int | Yds | TD | Sack |
| Maurice DeShazo | 5-10-0 | 69 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan J. Williams | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 5-10-0 | 69 | 0 | 0 |
| 4th Down | Cmp-Att-Int | Yds | TD | Sack |
| Maurice DeShazo | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan J. Williams | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Virginia Tech Rushing By Down
| 1st Down | Att | Net Yds | TD |
| Dwayne Thomas | 18 | 94 | 0 |
| Brian Edmonds | 4 | 29 | 0 |
| Robbie Colley | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Edwards | 7 | 41 | 1 |
| Ranall White | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maurice DeShazo | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Bryan Still | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 31 | 177 | 1 |
| 2nd Down | Att | Net Yds | TD |
| Dwayne Thomas | 8 | 28 | 1 |
| Brian Edmonds | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| Robbie Colley | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Edwards | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Ranall White | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Maurice DeShazo | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Bryan Still | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Team | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 19 | 67 | 1 |
| 3rd Down | Att | Net Yds | TD |
| Dwayne Thomas | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brian Edmonds | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbie Colley | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Edwards | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Ranall White | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maurice DeShazo | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Still | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 4th Down | Att | Net Yds | TD |
| Dwayne Thomas | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Brian Edmonds | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbie Colley | 2 | -18 | 0 |
| Tommy Edwards | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Ranall White | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maurice DeShazo | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Still | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | -9 | 0 |
| Virginia Tech Drives | ||||||||
| Start | Consumed | End | ||||||
| Qtr | Spot | Pass/Yds | Rush/Yds | Pen+/Yds | Pen-/Yds | Pl/Yds | TOP | Spot |
| 1/-17 | -/- | -/- | -/- | / | ||||
| 7/29 | 6/25 | -/- | -/- | / | ||||
| 1/-3 | 3/-4 | -/- | -/- | / | ||||
| 3/6 | 8/47 | 1/8 | -/- | / | ||||
| 1/14 | 4/8 | -/- | -/- | / | ||||
| 2/29 | 4/23 | -/- | -/- | / | ||||
| 2/- | 3/13 | -/- | 1/12 | / | ||||
| -/- | 3/16 | -/- | -/- | / | ||||
| -/- | 2/9 | -/- | -/- | / | ||||
| 2/15 | 2/2 | -/- | 1/5 | / | ||||
| 4/21 | 3/16 | -/- | 3/31 | / | ||||
| 1/- | 3/16 | -/- | -/- | / | ||||
| 2/13 | 2/20 | 1/5 | -/- | / | ||||
| -/- | 1/7 | -/- | -/- | / | ||||
| 3/61 | 3/16 | -/- | -/- | / | ||||
| 3/31 | 6/10 | 1/15 | -/- | / | ||||
| -/- | 5/13 | -/- | -/- | / | ||||
Southern Mississippi Passing By Down
| 1st Down | Cmp-Att-Int | Yds | TD | Sack |
| Tommy Waters | 3-10-0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Bentley | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 3-11-0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2nd Down | Cmp-Att-Int | Yds | TD | Sack |
| Tommy Waters | 7-14-0 | 56 | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin Bentley | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 7-14-0 | 56 | 1 | 0 |
| 3rd Down | Cmp-Att-Int | Yds | TD | Sack |
| Tommy Waters | 5-14-3 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Bentley | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 5-14-3 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 4th Down | Cmp-Att-Int | Yds | TD | Sack |
| Tommy Waters | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Bentley | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Southern Mississippi Rushing By Down
| 1st Down | Att | Net Yds | TD |
| Chris Buckhalter | 6 | 27 | 0 |
| Tyrone Bolware | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Ronald Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard McGee | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| Shaw | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Kendrick Lee | 1 | -10 | 0 |
| Total | 14 | 37 | 0 |
| 2nd Down | Att | Net Yds | TD |
| Chris Buckhalter | 5 | 20 | 1 |
| Tyrone Bolware | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Ronald Jones | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Howard McGee | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Shaw | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendrick Lee | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 9 | 29 | 1 |
| 3rd Down | Att | Net Yds | TD |
| Chris Buckhalter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrone Bolware | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronald Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard McGee | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Shaw | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendrick Lee | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 4th Down | Att | Net Yds | TD |
| Chris Buckhalter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrone Bolware | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronald Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard McGee | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaw | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendrick Lee | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Southern Mississippi Drives | ||||||||
| Start | Consumed | End | ||||||
| Qtr | Spot | Pass/Yds | Rush/Yds | Pen+/Yds | Pen-/Yds | Pl/Yds | TOP | Spot |
| 1/3 | 1/- | -/- | -/- | / | ||||
| 3/4 | 3/21 | 1/5 | -/- | / | ||||
| 1/-7 | 1/9 | -/- | -/- | / | ||||
| 2/- | 1/7 | -/- | -/- | / | ||||
| 1/2 | 2/6 | -/- | -/- | / | ||||
| -/- | 3/14 | -/- | 1/5 | / | ||||
| 2/8 | 4/6 | 1/5 | -/- | / | ||||
| 2/-3 | 1/1 | -/- | -/- | / | ||||
| 2/-8 | 1/2 | -/- | -/- | / | ||||
| 2/5 | 1/2 | -/- | -/- | / | ||||
| 4/14 | 1/2 | -/- | 2/10 | / | ||||
| 2/- | 1/- | -/- | -/- | / | ||||
| 4/15 | 1/- | 1/5 | -/- | / | ||||
| 2/12 | 1/-10 | 1/15 | -/- | / | ||||
| 3/15 | 3/9 | -/- | -/- | / | ||||
| 9/15 | -/- | 1/3 | -/- | / | ||||
Play-By-Play
| 1st Quarter | |
| USM Captains - Brent, Duggins, S. Latson, R. Jones | |
| VT Captains: Freeman, DeShazo, K. Brown, R. White, McMahon | |
| USM wins toss, defers to 2nd half. USM to kick and defend North Goal. | |
| USM ball on USM35. | |
| Pierce,C. kickoff 65 yards to the VT0, Still,B. return 20 yards to the VT20 (Ratcliff,M.;Stabler,R.). | |
| VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 15:00. | |
| 1 and 10 at VT20 | DeShazo,M. sacked for loss of 17 yards to the VT3 (Latson,S.), fumble by DeShazo,M. recovered by USM Brown,R. at VT3. |
| SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 14:47. | |
| 1 and Goal at VT03 | Buckhalter,C. rush left for no gain to the VT3, out-of-bounds (Green,L.). |
| 2 and Goal at VT03 | Waters,T. pass complete to Kennedy,A. for 3 yards to the VT0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 14:36. |
| Virginia Tech: - Southern Mississippi: | |
| Lomoro,J. kick attempt good. | |
| Virginia Tech: - Southern Mississippi: | |
| Pierce,C. kickoff 64 yards to the VT1, Still,B. return 21 yards to the VT22 (Jones,R.). | |
| VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 14:36. | |
| 1 and 10 at VT22 | Thomas,D. rush right for 16 yards to the VT38, 1ST DOWN VT. |
| 1 and 10 at VT38 | Thomas,D. rush left for no gain to the VT38 (McRae,A.). |
| 2 and 10 at VT38 | DeShazo,M. pass complete to Martin,K. for 6 yards to the VT44 (Ratcliff,M.). |
| 3 and 4 at VT44 | DeShazo,M. pass complete to Still,B. for 12 yards to the USM44, 1ST DOWN VT (Gulley,LT.). |
| 1 and 10 at USM44 | Thomas,D. rush right for loss of 4 yards to the USM48. |
| 2 and 14 at USM48 | DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Thomas,D.. |
| 3 and 14 at USM48 | DeShazo,M. pass complete to Freeman,A. for 20 yards to the USM28, 1ST DOWN VT (Gulley,LT.). |
| 1 and 10 at USM28 | Thomas,D. rush right for 9 yards to the USM19. |
| 2 and 1 at USM19 | Edmonds,B. rush up middle for 2 yards to the USM17, 1ST DOWN VT (Harmon,E.;Jackson,Q.). |
| 1 and 10 at USM17 | DeShazo,M. sacked for loss of 9 yards to the USM26 (Brown,R.). |
| 2 and 19 at USM26 | Thomas,D. rush right for 2 yards to the USM24 (Walthaw,C.;Harmon,E.). |
| 3 and 17 at USM24 | DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Freeman,A.. |
| 4 and 17 at USM24 | Williams,R. pass incomplete. |
| SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 09:52. | |
| Virginia Tech faked the field goal. | |
| 1 and 10 at USM24 | Buckhalter,C. rush left for 12 yards to the USM36, 1ST DOWN USM. |
| 1 and 10 at USM36 | Waters,T. pass complete to Buckhalter,C. for 4 yards to the USM40. |
| 2 and 6 at USM40 | Buckhalter,C. rush left for 2 yards to the USM42 (Jackson,W.;Price,J.C.). |
| 3 and 4 at USM42 | PENALTY VT offside defense 5 yards to the USM47, 1ST DOWN USM. |
| 1 and 10 at USM47 | Buckhalter,C. rush right for 7 yards to the VT46. |
| 2 and 3 at VT46 | Waters,T. pass incomplete to Buckhalter,C.. |
| 3 and 3 at VT46 | Waters,T. pass incomplete to Lee,K.. |
| 4 and 3 at VT46 | Pierce,C. punt 37 yards to the VT9, fair catch by Freeman,A.. |
| VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 07:34. | |
| 1 and 10 at VT09 | Thomas,D. rush up middle for 5 yards to the VT14 (Gulley,LT.). |
| 2 and 5 at VT14 | Thomas,D. rush up middle for 2 yards to the VT16 (Walthaw,C.). |
| 3 and 3 at VT16 | DeShazo,M. sacked for loss of 3 yards to the VT13 (Latson,S.). |
| 4 and 6 at VT13 | Colley,R. rush for loss of 11 yards to the VT2, fumble by Colley,R. recovered by USM Gamble,S. at VT2. |
| SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 05:41. | |
| Colley fumbles on the punt attempt. | |
| 1 and Goal at VT02 | Bentley,K. sacked for loss of 7 yards to the VT9 (Baron,J.). |
| 2 and Goal at VT09 | Buckhalter,C. rush left for 9 yards to the VT0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:01. |
| Virginia Tech: - Southern Mississippi: | |
| Lomoro,J. kick attempt good. | |
| Virginia Tech: - Southern Mississippi: | |
| Pierce,C. kickoff 60 yards to the VT5, Still,B. return 34 yards to the VT39 (Seymour,N.). | |
| VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 05:01. | |
| 1 and 10 at VT39 | Edmonds,B. rush up middle for 20 yards to the USM41, 1ST DOWN VT (Thomas,R.;Harmon,E.). |
| 1 and 10 at USM41 | Edmonds,B. rush up middle for 3 yards to the USM38 (Tobias,M.). |
| 2 and 7 at USM38 | Edmonds,B. rush up middle for 10 yards to the USM28, 1ST DOWN VT (Ratcliff,M.;McRae,A.). |
| 1 and 10 at USM28 | Thomas,D. rush up middle for 2 yards to the USM26 (Brown,R.;McRae,A.). |
| 2 and 8 at USM26 | DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Holmes,J.. |
| 3 and 8 at USM26 | DeShazo,M. pass complete to Thomas,D. for 6 yards to the USM20. |
| Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 02:49. | |
| 4 and 2 at USM20 | Thomas,D. rush right for 4 yards to the USM16, 1ST DOWN VT, out-of-bounds (Hervey,D.). |
| 1 and 10 at USM16 | Thomas,D. rush for no gain to the USM16 (Tobias,M.). |
| 2 and 10 at USM16 | DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Martin,K.. |
| 3 and 10 at USM16 | PENALTY USM roughing passer 8 yards to the USM8, 1ST DOWN VT. |
| 1 and Goal at USM08 | Thomas,D. rush right for 4 yards to the USM4 (Walthaw,C.). |
| 2 and Goal at USM04 | Thomas,D. rush up middle for 4 yards to the USM0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:31. |
| Virginia Tech: - Southern Mississippi: | |
| Larsen,A. kick attempt good. | |
| Virginia Tech: - Southern Mississippi: | |
| Larsen,A. kickoff 65 yards to the USM0, touchback. | |
| SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 01:31. | |
| 1 and 10 at USM20 | Bolware,T. rush left for 7 yards to the USM27. |
| 2 and 3 at USM27 | Waters,T. pass incomplete. |
| 3 and 3 at USM27 | Waters,T. pass intercepted by Gray,T. at the USM30, Gray,T. return 0 yards to the USM30. |
| VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 00:48. | |
| 1 and 10 at USM30 | DeShazo,M. pass complete to Still,B. for 14 yards to the USM16, 1ST DOWN VT. |
| 1 and 10 at USM16 | Edwards,T. rush right for 7 yards to the USM9. |
| 2 and 3 at USM09 | Edwards,T. rush up middle for 1 yard to the USM8 (Walthaw,C.). |
| Time | 1st Downs | Conversions | |||||||||
| Quarter Summary | Score | Poss | R | P | X | T | 3rd | 4th | Rushing | Passing | Penalties |
| Virginia Tech | 7 | 11:08 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 22-47 | 5-10-0-58 | 1-5 |
| Southern Mississippi | 14 | 03:52 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 7-30 | 2-6-1-7 | 1-8 |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| Start of 2nd quarter, clock 15:00. | |
| 3 and 2 at USM08 | Thomas,D. rush left for 1 yard to the USM7 (Walthaw,C.;Latson,S.). |
| 4 and 1 at USM07 | Thomas,D. rush up middle for loss of 1 yard to the USM8. |
| SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 14:13. | |
| 1 and 10 at USM08 | Buckhalter,C. rush up middle for 3 yards to the USM11. |
| 2 and 7 at USM11 | Jones,R. rush up middle for 3 yards to the USM14. |
| 3 and 4 at USM14 | Waters,T. pass complete to Brock,F. for 2 yards to the USM16. |
| 4 and 2 at USM16 | Pierce,C. punt 36 yards to the VT48. |
| VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 13:28. | |
| 1 and 10 at VT48 | Thomas,D. rush left for 10 yards to the USM42, 1ST DOWN VT. |
| 1 and 10 at USM42 | Thomas,D. rush left for 2 yards to the USM40 (Latson,S.;Walthaw,C.). |
| 2 and 8 at USM40 | DeShazo,M. pass complete to Holmes,J. for 20 yards to the USM20, 1ST DOWN VT. |
| 1 and 10 at USM20 | DeShazo,M. pass complete to White,C. for 9 yards to the USM11 (Adams,D.). |
| 2 and 1 at USM11 | Thomas,D. rush right for 9 yards to the USM2, 1ST DOWN VT, out-of-bounds (Walthaw,C.). |
| 1 and Goal at USM02 | Edwards,T. rush right for 2 yards to the USM0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:20. |
| Virginia Tech: - Southern Mississippi: | |
| Larsen,A. kick attempt good. | |
| Virginia Tech: - Southern Mississippi: | |
| Larsen,A. kickoff 65 yards to the USM0, Lee,K. return 21 yards to the USM21. | |
| SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 10:20. | |
| 1 and 10 at USM21 | McGee,H. rush left for 8 yards to the USM29. |
| 2 and 2 at USM29 | PENALTY USM illegal procedure 5 yards to the USM24. |
| 2 and 7 at USM24 | McGee,H. rush up middle for 3 yards to the USM27. |
| 3 and 4 at USM27 | McGee,H. rush right for 3 yards to the USM30. |
| 4 and 1 at USM30 | Pierce,C. punt 50 yards to the VT20, Freeman,A. return 9 yards to the VT29. |
| VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 08:20. | |
| 1 and 10 at VT29 | Edwards,T. rush left for 11 yards to the VT40, 1ST DOWN VT (Gulley,LT.). |
| 1 and 10 at VT40 | PENALTY VT holding 12 yards to the VT28. |
| 1 and 22 at VT28 | DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Holmes,J.. |
| 2 and 22 at VT28 | White,R rush right for 9 yards to the VT37. |
| 3 and 13 at VT37 | DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Thomas,D.. |
| 4 and 13 at VT37 | Colley,R. rush for loss of 7 yards to the VT30, fumble by Colley,R. recovered by VT Colley,R. at VT30 (Ratcliff,M.). |
| SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 06:29. | |
| Timeout Southern Mississippi, clock 06:29. | |
| 1 and 10 at VT30 | Buckhalter,C. rush right for 1 yard to the VT29. |
| 2 and 9 at VT29 | Buckhalter,C. rush left for 4 yards to the VT25 (Banks,A.). |
| 3 and 5 at VT25 | PENALTY VT offside defense 5 yards to the VT20, 1ST DOWN USM. |
| 1 and 10 at VT20 | McGee,H. rush up middle for 1 yard to the VT19. |
| 2 and 9 at VT19 | Waters,T. pass incomplete. |
| 3 and 9 at VT19 | Waters,T. pass complete to Norton,L. for 8 yards to the VT11. |
| Timeout Southern Mississippi. | |
| 4 and 1 at VT11 | McGee,H. rush right for no gain to the VT11. |
| VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 03:35. | |
| 1 and 10 at VT11 | Thomas,D. rush up middle for 9 yards to the VT20 (Bell,T.;Robinson,J.). |
| 2 and 1 at VT20 | Thomas,D. rush up middle for 4 yards to the VT24, 1ST DOWN VT. |
| 1 and 10 at VT24 | Edmonds,B. rush for 3 yards to the VT27, fumble by Edmonds,B. recovered by USM Walthaw,C. at VT27. |
| SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 02:30. | |
| 1 and 10 at VT27 | Waters,T. pass incomplete to Montgomery,M.. |
| 2 and 10 at VT27 | Bolware,T. rush up middle for 1 yard to the VT26 (Jackson,W.;Brown,C.). |
| 3 and 9 at VT26 | Waters,T. pass complete to Lee,K. for loss of 3 yards to the VT29. |
| 4 and 12 at VT29 | Lomoro,J. field goal attempt from 46 MISSED, spot at VT29, clock 00:58. |
| VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 00:58. | |
| 1 and 10 at VT29 | Thomas,D. rush right for 9 yards to the VT38. |
| 2 and 1 at VT38 | DeShazo,M. rush for no gain to the VT38 (Tobias,M.). |
| End of half, clock 00:00. | |
| Time | 1st Downs | Conversions | |||||||||
| Quarter Summary | Score | Poss | R | P | X | T | 3rd | 4th | Rushing | Passing | Penalties |
| Virginia Tech | 7 | 07:49 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 14-61 | 2-4-0-29 | 2-17 |
| Southern Mississippi | 0 | 07:11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 10-27 | 3-5-0-7 | 1-5 |
| 3rd Quarter | ||
| Start of 3rd quarter, clock 15:00, VT ball on VT35. | ||
| Larsen,A. kickoff 65 yards to the USM0, Gulley,LT. return 21 yards to the USM21 (Miles,S.). | ||
| SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 15:00. | ||
| 1 and 10 at USM21 | Waters,T. sacked for loss of 8 yards to the USM13 (Brown,C.). | |
| 2 and 18 at USM13 | Bolware,T. rush up middle for 2 yards to the USM15. | |
| 3 and 16 at USM15 | Waters,T. pass intercepted by Green,L. at the USM35, Green,L. return 1 yards to the USM34. | |
| VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 13:36. | ||
| 1 and 10 at USM34 | PENALTY VT illegal procedure 5 yards to the USM39. | |
| 1 and 15 at USM39 | DeShazo,M. pass complete to Thomas,D. for 15 yards to the USM24, 1ST DOWN VT. | |
| 1 and 10 at USM24 | Thomas,D. rush up middle for 3 yards to the USM21 (Walthaw,C.). | |
| 2 and 7 at USM21 | DeShazo,M. rush for loss of 1 yard to the USM22. | |
| 3 and 8 at USM22 | DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to Martin,K.. | |
| 4 and 8 at USM22 | Larsen,A. field goal attempt from 39 MISSED, spot at USM22, clock 11:51. | |
| SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 11:51. | ||
| 1 and 10 at USM22 | McGee,H. rush left for 2 yards to the USM24. | |
| 2 and 8 at USM24 | Waters,T. pass complete to Pearson,R. for 5 yards to the USM29. | |
| 3 and 3 at USM29 | Waters,T. pass incomplete to McGee,H.. | |
| 4 and 3 at USM29 | Pierce,C. punt 35 yards to the VT36, fair catch by Freeman,A.. | |
| VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 10:32. | ||
| 1 and 10 at VT36 | DeShazo,M. pass complete to Holmes,J. for 9 yards to the VT45. | |
| 2 and 1 at VT45 | Edwards,T. rush up middle for 2 yards to the VT47, 1ST DOWN VT. | |
| 1 and 10 at VT47 | DeShazo,M. pass incomplete to White,C.. | |
| 2 and 10 at VT47 | Still,B. rush reverse for 11 yards to the USM42, 1ST DOWN VT. | |
| 1 and 10 at USM42 | DeShazo,M. pass complete to White,C. for 12 yards to the USM30, 1ST DOWN VT. | |
| 1 and 10 at USM30 | DeShazo,M. pass incomplete, PENALTY VT intentional grounding 16 yards to the USM46, NO PLAY. | |
| 2nd and 26. | ||
| 2 and 26 at USM46 | PENALTY VT holding 10 yards to the VT44. | |
| 2 and 36 at VT44 | Thomas,D. rush up middle for 3 yards to the VT47 (Walthaw,C.). | |
| 3 and 33 at VT47 | PENALTY VT illegal procedure 5 yards to the VT42. | |
| 3 and 38 at VT42 | DeShazo,M. pass incomplete (Thomas,R.). | |
| 4 and 38 at VT42 | Colley,R. punt 28 yards to the USM30, fair catch by Gulley,LT.. | |
| SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 07:15. | ||
| 1 and 10 at USM30 | Waters,T. pass incomplete to Lee,K.. | |
| 2 and 10 at USM30 | Waters,T. pass complete to Montgomery,M. for 11 yards to the USM41, 1ST DOWN USM. | |
| 1 and 10 at USM41 | Shaw rush up middle for 2 yards to the USM43. | |
| 2 and 8 at USM43 | PENALTY USM illegal procedure 5 yards to the USM38. | |
| 2 and 13 at USM38 | Waters,T. pass incomplete to Pearson,R.. | |
| 3 and 13 at USM38 | Waters,T. pass complete to Harper,S. for 3 yards to the USM41. | |
| 4 and 10 at USM41 | PENALTY USM illegal procedure 5 yards to the USM36. | |
| 4 and 15 at USM36 | Pierce,C. punt 49 yards to the VT15, fair catch by Freeman,A.. | |
| VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 05:14. | ||
| 1 and 10 at VT15 | Edwards,T. rush left for 9 yards to the VT24. | |
| 2 and 1 at VT24 | Edwards,T. rush up middle for 4 yards to the VT28, 1ST DOWN VT. | |
| 1 and 10 at VT28 | Edwards,T. rush up middle for 3 yards to the VT31. | |
| 2 and 7 at VT31 | DeShazo,M. pass intercepted by Ratcliff,M. at the VT33, Ratcliff,M. return 0 yards to the VT33. | |
| SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 03:53. | ||
| 1 and 10 at VT33 | Bolware,T. rush up middle for no gain to the VT33. | |
| 2 and 10 at VT33 | Waters,T. pass incomplete. | |
| 3 and 10 at VT33 | Waters,T. pass incomplete to Montgomery,M.. | |
| 4 and 10 at VT33 | Lomoro,J. field goal attempt from 50 MISSED, spot at VT33, clock 03:01. | |
| VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 03:01. | ||
| 1 and 10 at VT33 | DeShazo,M. pass complete to Edmonds,B. for 13 yards to the VT46, 1ST DOWN VT. | |
| 1 and 10 at VT46 | DeShazo,M. rush left for 13 yards to the USM41, 1ST DOWN VT. | |
| 1 and 10 at USM41 | PENALTY USM offside defense 5 yards to the USM36. | |
| 1 and 5 at USM36 | Thomas,D. rush left for 7 yards to the USM29, 1ST DOWN VT. | |
| 1 and 10 at USM29 | DeShazo,M. deep pass intercepted by Hervey,D. at the USM2, Hervey,D. return 0 yards to the USM2. | |
| SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 01:09. | ||
| 1 and 10 at USM02 | Jones,R. rush up middle for no gain to the USM2. | |
| 2 and 10 at USM02 | PENALTY VT offside defense 5 yards to the USM7. | |
| 2 and 5 at USM07 | Waters,T. pass complete to Montgomery,M. for 14 yards to the USM21, 1ST DOWN USM. | |
| Time | 1st Downs | Conversions | |||||||||
| Quarter Summary | Score | Poss | R | P | X | T | 3rd | 4th | Rushing | Passing | Penalties |
| Virginia Tech | 0 | 08:15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 10-54 | 4-9-2-49 | 5-41 |
| Southern Mississippi | 0 | 06:45 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 6--2 | 4-10-1-33 | 3-15 |
| 4th Quarter | |
| Start of 4th quarter, clock 15:00. | |
| 1 and 10 at USM21 | Waters,T. pass incomplete (Coleman,H.). |
| 2 and 10 at USM21 | Waters,T. pass complete to Brock,F. for 1 yard to the USM22, PENALTY USM illegal procedure declined. |
| 3 and 9 at USM22 | Waters,T. pass incomplete. |
| 4 and 9 at USM22 | Pierce,C. punt 47 yards to the VT31, Freeman,A. return 10 yards to the VT41. |
| VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 14:32. | |
| 1 and 10 at VT41 | Thomas,D. rush for 7 yards to the VT48, fumble by Thomas,D. recovered by USM Adams,D. at VT48. |
| SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 14:15. | |
| 1 and 10 at VT48 | Lee,K. rush for loss of 10 yards to the USM42 (Semones,B.). |
| 2 and 20 at USM42 | Waters,T. pass complete to Montgomery,M. for 12 yards to the VT46. |
| 3 and 8 at VT46 | Waters,T. pass intercepted by Gray,T. at the VT30, Gray,T. return 8 yards to the VT38, PENALTY VT clipping 15 yards to the VT23, 1st and 10, VT ball on VT23. |
| VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 12:51. | |
| 1 and 10 at VT23 | DeShazo,M. pass complete to Martin,K. for 9 yards to the VT32. |
| 2 and 1 at VT32 | Thomas,D. rush for 2 yards to the VT34, 1ST DOWN VT. |
| 1 and 10 at VT34 | DeShazo,M. pass complete to Edmonds,B. for 11 yards to the VT45, 1ST DOWN VT. |
| 1 and 10 at VT45 | Thomas,D. rush right for 11 yards to the USM44, 1ST DOWN VT. |
| 1 and 10 at USM44 | Edmonds,B. rush right for 3 yards to the USM41. |
| 2 and 7 at USM41 | DeShazo,M. pass complete to Still,B. for 41 yards to the USM0, 1ST DOWN VT, TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:35. |
| Virginia Tech: - Southern Mississippi: | |
| Larsen,A. kick attempt good. | |
| Virginia Tech: - Southern Mississippi: | |
| Larsen,A. kickoff 65 yards to the USM0, touchback. | |
| SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 10:35. | |
| 1 and 10 at USM20 | Waters,T. pass incomplete to Brock,F.. |
| 2 and 10 at USM20 | Buckhalter,C. rush right for 3 yards to the USM23. |
| 3 and 7 at USM23 | Waters,T. pass complete to Montgomery,M. for 15 yards to the USM38, 1ST DOWN USM. |
| 1 and 10 at USM38 | Buckhalter,C. rush up middle for 4 yards to the USM42. |
| 2 and 6 at USM42 | Buckhalter,C. rush left for 2 yards to the USM44. |
| 3 and 4 at USM44 | Waters,T. pass incomplete to Pearson,R.. |
| 4 and 4 at USM44 | Pierce,C. punt 38 yards to the VT18, fair catch by Freeman,A.. |
| VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 08:11. | |
| 1 and 10 at VT18 | Thomas,D. rush right for 1 yard to the VT19. |
| 2 and 9 at VT19 | DeShazo,M. pass complete to Thomas,D. for no gain to the VT19. |
| 3 and 9 at VT19 | DeShazo,M. pass complete to Holmes,J. for 11 yards to the VT30, 1ST DOWN VT. |
| 1 and 10 at VT30 | Thomas,D. rush for 3 yards to the VT33, fumble by Thomas,D. recovered by VT DeShazo,M. at VT33. |
| 2 and 7 at VT33 | Thomas,D. rush up middle for 2 yards to the VT35. |
| 3 and 5 at VT35 | DeShazo,M. pass complete to Still,B. for 20 yards to the USM45, 1ST DOWN VT, PENALTY USM roughing passer 15 yards to the USM30, 1ST DOWN VT. |
| 1st and 10. | |
| 1 and 10 at USM30 | Edwards,T. rush right for 6 yards to the USM24. |
| 2 and 4 at USM24 | Edwards,T. rush right for loss of 2 yards to the USM26. |
| 3 and 6 at USM26 | Edwards,T. rush right for no gain to the USM26. |
| Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 02:53. | |
| 4 and 6 at USM26 | Larsen,A. field goal attempt from 42 GOOD, clock 02:49. |
| Virginia Tech: - Southern Mississippi: | |
| Larsen,A. kickoff 65 yards to the USM0, Gulley,LT. return 19 yards to the USM19. | |
| SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI drive start at 02:49. | |
| 1 and 10 at USM19 | Waters,T. pass incomplete. |
| 2 and 10 at USM19 | Waters,T. pass incomplete to Kennedy,A.. |
| 3 and 10 at USM19 | PENALTY VT pass interference 3 yards to the USM22, 1ST DOWN USM. |
| 1 and 10 at USM22 | Waters,T. pass complete to Kennedy,A. for 4 yards to the USM26. |
| 2 and 6 at USM26 | Waters,T. pass complete to Montgomery,M. for 10 yards to the USM36, 1ST DOWN USM. |
| 1 and 10 at USM36 | Waters,T. pass complete to Montgomery,M. for 10 yards to the USM46, 1ST DOWN USM. |
| 1 and 10 at USM46 | Waters,T. pass incomplete to Pearson,R.. |
| 2 and 10 at USM46 | Waters,T. sacked for loss of 9 yards to the USM37 (Brown,C.). |
| 3 and 19 at USM37 | Waters,T. pass incomplete to Pearson,R. (Yarborough,W.). |
| 4 and 19 at USM37 | Waters,T. pass incomplete to Pearson,R. (Yarborough,W.). |
| VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 01:09. | |
| 1 and 10 at USM37 | Edwards,T. rush up middle for 3 yards to the USM34. |
| Timeout Southern Mississippi. | |
| 2 and 7 at USM34 | Edwards,T. rush right for 3 yards to the USM31. |
| Timeout Southern Mississippi. | |
| 3 and 4 at USM31 | Edwards,T. rush left for 1 yard to the USM30. |
| 4 and 3 at USM30 | Edwards,T. rush up middle for 6 yards to the USM24, 1ST DOWN VT. |
| 1 and 10 at USM24 | Team rush for no gain to the USM24. |
| End of game, clock 00:00. | |
| DRIVE SUMMARY: plays, yards, TOP | |
| Time | 1st Downs | Conversions | |||||||||
| Quarter Summary | Score | Poss | R | P | X | T | 3rd | 4th | Rushing | Passing | Penalties |
| Virginia Tech | 10 | 09:04 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 15-46 | 6-6-0-92 | 2-18 |
| Southern Mississippi | 0 | 05:56 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 5--10 | 6-16-1-52 | 1-15 |
Participation
| Virginia Tech - Starters | ||
| Pos | No. | Offense |
| QB | 12 | Maurice DeShazo |
| FL | 17 | Bryan Still |
| FB | 32 | Brian Edmonds |
| TB | 42 | Dwayne Thomas |
| LG | 51 | Chris Malone |
| RG | 54 | Damien McMahon |
| C | 61 | Billy Conaty |
| LT | 71 | Jay Hagood |
| RT | 77 | Mike Bianchin |
| SE | 80 | Antonio Freeman |
| TE | 86 | Kevin Martin |
| Pos | No. | Defense |
| DE | 6 | Hank Coleman |
| RC | 7 | Larry Green |
| FS | 9 | Antonio Banks |
| ROV | 14 | Torrian Gray |
| OLB | 21 | Brandon Semones |
| LC | 24 | William Yarborough |
| ILB | 41 | George DelRicco |
| OLB | 44 | Ken Brown |
| DE | 58 | Cornell Brown |
| DT | 59 | J.C. Price |
| DT | 98 | Waverly Jackson |
Virginia Tech: 2-Robbie Colley , 4-Cornelius White , 5-Ryan J. Williams , 8-Tony Morrison , 13-Rhasheyd Williams , 15-Baron Spinner , 18-Atle Larsen , 22-Shawn Scales , 26-Korey Irby , 28-Ken Oxendine , 29-Ranall White , 30-Vernon Dozier , 31-Stacy Henley , 33-Tommy Edwards , 34-Marcus Parker , 36-Danny Osborne , 37-Keith Moyer , 39-Andy Miller , 40-Shaine Miles , 53-Chris Peduzzi , 56-Lawrence Lewis , 65-Trenton Bass , 66-Jared Hamlin , 72-Tim Wade , 74-Jeff Holland , 75-Todd Washington , 76-T.J. Washington , 81-Bryan Jennings , 82-Jermaine Holmes , 85-Matt Morrell , 87-Jon Shields , 92-Jim Baron .
| Southern Mississippi - Starters | ||
| Pos | No. | Offense |
| Pos | No. | Offense |
Southern Mississippi: 1-Johnny Lomoro , 2-Nicky Seymour , 3-Rod Thomas , 6-Heath Graham , 7-Fred Brock , 8-Tommy Waters , 9-Steve Bell , 11-Chris Pierce , 13-Shaun Gamble , 17-Kevin Bentley , 18-Derrick Hervey , 20-Roy Stabler , 20-Ken Carpenter , 21-Pollard , 22-Eugene Harmon , 23-Karr Shannon , 29-LT Gulley , 30-Melvin Ratcliff , 31-Bradley Hamilton , 32-Albert McRae , 35-Ronald Jones , 36-Chris Buckhalter , 38-Howard McGee , 42-Tyrone Bolware , 43-Marchant Kenney , 46-Terry Nunn , 48-Robert Brown , 49-Deke Adams , 51-David Clemons , 52-Hall , 57-Cedric Walthaw , 58-Jamie McPherson , 59-Bryan Burns , 80-Adam Kennedy , 81-Ryan Pearson , 83-Larry Norton , 84-Jim Kitchen , 86-Scott Harper , 86-Matt Coghlan , 87-Mark Montgomery , 89-Kendrick Lee , 90-Quentin Jackson , 91-Melvin Winn , 92-Shaw , 93-Tim Bell , 94-Michael Tobias , 97-Terry Smith , 98-James Robinson , 99-Steve Latson .
Progressions
Virginia Tech Quarterback Progression
17-28, 230 yds (1 TD, 2 INT)
| DOWN & DISTANCE | COMP | ATT | YDS | RESULT | TARGET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter | |||||
| 1st & 10 on the VT20 | 1 | -17 | SACK/FUMBLE | ||
| 2nd & 10 on the VT38 | 2 | 6 | K. Martin | ||
| 3rd & 4 on the VT44 | 3 | 12 | 1st | B. Still | |
| 2nd & 14 on the USM48 | 4 | - | D. Thomas | ||
| 3rd & 14 on the USM48 | 5 | 20 | 1st | A. Freeman | |
| 1st & 10 on the USM17 | 6 | -9 | SACK | ||
| 3rd & 17 on the USM24 | 7 | - | A. Freeman | ||
| 3rd & 3 on the VT16 | 8 | -3 | SACK | ||
| 2nd & 8 on the USM26 | 9 | - | J. Holmes | ||
| 3rd & 8 on the USM26 | 10 | 6 | D. Thomas | ||
| 2nd & 10 on the USM16 | 11 | - | K. Martin | ||
| 1st & 10 on the USM30 | 12 | 14 | 1st | B. Still | |
| 2nd Quarter | |||||
| 2nd & 8 on the USM40 | 1 13 | 20 | 1st | J. Holmes | |
| 1st & 10 on the USM20 | 2 14 | 9 | C. White | ||
| 1st & 22 on the VT28 | 3 15 | - | J. Holmes | ||
| 3rd & 13 on the VT37 | 4 16 | - | D. Thomas | ||
| 3rd Quarter | |||||
| 1st & 15 on the USM39 | 1 17 | 15 | 1st | D. Thomas | |
| 3rd & 8 on the USM22 | 2 18 | - | K. Martin | ||
| 1st & 10 on the VT36 | 3 19 | 9 | J. Holmes | ||
| 1st & 10 on the VT47 | 4 20 | - | C. White | ||
| 1st & 10 on the USM42 | 5 21 | 12 | 1st | C. White | |
| 3rd & 38 on the VT42 | 6 22 | - | |||
| 2nd & 7 on the VT31 | 7 23 | - | INT | ||
| 1st & 10 on the VT33 | 8 24 | 13 | 1st | B. Edmonds | |
| 1st & 10 on the USM29 | 9 25 | - | INT | ||
| 4th Quarter | |||||
| 1st & 10 on the VT23 | 1 26 | 9 | K. Martin | ||
| 1st & 10 on the VT34 | 2 27 | 11 | 1st | B. Edmonds | |
| 2nd & 7 on the USM41 | 3 28 | 41 | TD | B. Still | |
| 2nd & 9 on the VT19 | 4 29 | 0 | D. Thomas | ||
| 3rd & 9 on the VT19 | 5 30 | 11 | 1st | J. Holmes | |
| 3rd & 5 on the VT35 | 6 31 | 20 | 1st | B. Still | |
#5 - Ryan J. Williams
0-1, 0 yds (0 TD, 0 INT)
| DOWN & DISTANCE | COMP | ATT | YDS | RESULT | TARGET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter | |||||
| 4th & 17 on the USM24 | 1 | - | TO DOWNS | ||
Southern Mississippi Quarterback Progression
15-37, 99 yds (1 TD, 3 INT)
| DOWN & DISTANCE | COMP | ATT | YDS | RESULT | TARGET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter | |||||
| 2nd & Goal on the VT03 | 1 | 3 | TD | A. Kennedy | |
| 1st & 10 on the USM36 | 2 | 4 | C. Buckhalter | ||
| 2nd & 3 on the VT46 | 3 | - | C. Buckhalter | ||
| 3rd & 3 on the VT46 | 4 | - | K. Lee | ||
| 2nd & 3 on the USM27 | 5 | - | |||
| 3rd & 3 on the USM27 | 6 | - | INT | ||
| 2nd Quarter | |||||
| 3rd & 4 on the USM14 | 1 7 | 2 | F. Brock | ||
| 2nd & 9 on the VT19 | 2 8 | - | |||
| 3rd & 9 on the VT19 | 3 9 | 8 | L. Norton | ||
| 1st & 10 on the VT27 | 4 10 | - | M. Montgomery | ||
| 3rd & 9 on the VT26 | 5 11 | -3 | K. Lee | ||
| 3rd Quarter | |||||
| 1st & 10 on the USM21 | 1 12 | -8 | SACK | ||
| 3rd & 16 on the USM15 | 2 13 | - | INT | ||
| 2nd & 8 on the USM24 | 3 14 | 5 | R. Pearson | ||
| 3rd & 3 on the USM29 | 4 15 | - | H. McGee | ||
| 1st & 10 on the USM30 | 5 16 | - | K. Lee | ||
| 2nd & 10 on the USM30 | 6 17 | 11 | 1st | M. Montgomery | |
| 2nd & 13 on the USM38 | 7 18 | - | R. Pearson | ||
| 3rd & 13 on the USM38 | 8 19 | 3 | S. Harper | ||
| 2nd & 10 on the VT33 | 9 20 | - | |||
| 3rd & 10 on the VT33 | 10 21 | - | M. Montgomery | ||
| 2nd & 5 on the USM07 | 11 22 | 14 | 1st | M. Montgomery | |
| 4th Quarter | |||||
| 1st & 10 on the USM21 | 1 23 | - | |||
| 2nd & 10 on the USM21 | 2 24 | 1 | F. Brock | ||
| 3rd & 9 on the USM22 | 3 25 | - | |||
| 2nd & 20 on the USM42 | 4 26 | 12 | M. Montgomery | ||
| 3rd & 8 on the VT46 | 5 27 | - | INT | ||
| 1st & 10 on the USM20 | 6 28 | - | F. Brock | ||
| 3rd & 7 on the USM23 | 7 29 | 15 | 1st | M. Montgomery | |
| 3rd & 4 on the USM44 | 8 30 | - | R. Pearson | ||
| 1st & 10 on the USM19 | 9 31 | - | |||
| 2nd & 10 on the USM19 | 10 32 | - | A. Kennedy | ||
| 1st & 10 on the USM22 | 11 33 | 4 | A. Kennedy | ||
| 2nd & 6 on the USM26 | 12 34 | 10 | 1st | M. Montgomery | |
| 1st & 10 on the USM36 | 13 35 | 10 | 1st | M. Montgomery | |
| 1st & 10 on the USM46 | 14 36 | - | R. Pearson | ||
| 2nd & 10 on the USM46 | 15 37 | -9 | SACK | ||
| 3rd & 19 on the USM37 | 16 38 | - | R. Pearson | ||
| 4th & 19 on the USM37 | 17 39 | - | TO DOWNS | R. Pearson | |
#17 - Kevin Bentley
0-0, 0 yds (0 TD, 0 INT)
| DOWN & DISTANCE | COMP | ATT | YDS | RESULT | TARGET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter | |||||
| 1st & Goal on the VT02 | 1 | -7 | SACK | ||