West Virginia Mountaineers

Orange Bowl Champs - Smith's second half passing leads Eers over Hurricanes

February 12, 0001

Game Report Posted: May 29, 2009 18:16  

MIAMI - For a half, it looked like another loss in the Orange Bowl was inevitable for the West Virginia Mountaineers. But Geno Smith and the Eers were not going to let that happen. Smith threw three second half touchdowns as WVU overcame a 20-6 halftime deficite to defeat Miami on their own field.

As the Hurricanes continued to stuff the Mountaineer ground attack, the Eers were forced to the air. By the end of the night, Smith had attempted 44 passes, completing 29 for there scores and 360 yards.

Once again Senior safety Sydney Glover led the way for the Mountaineer defense, recording 10 tackles on the night.

This win marked West Virginia's third BCS bowl win since 2005.

Alston leads WVU to Upset of #9 Pitt

November 5, 2011

Game Report Posted: May 26, 2009 20:09  

MORGANTOWN - Shawne Alston rushed for 208 yards and two touchdowns to help lead WVU over #9 Pitt 37-16 Saturday night in Morgantown. WVU forced 3 Panther turnovers and a run stuffing defense to hold Pitt's vaunted offense in check. They held all everything halfback Cory Burns to just 67 yards and one score on the evening.

Dominating defense leads Eers over Herd

November 26, 2011

Game Report Posted: May 29, 2009 13:11  

MORGANTOWN - West Virginia limited Marshall to just 149 yards of total offense in route to a 27-7 win in the Friends of Coal Bowl.

Running back Shawne Alston rushed for 182 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Mountaineer ground attack which ammassed 228 yards on the night. Geno Smith completed 21 of 30 passes for 171 yards, but was once again plagued by interceptions, throwing two on the evening.

Junior Linebacker Donovon Miles recorded 5 tackles to go along with two interceptions on the night. The Mountaineer defense held MU to 0-8 conversions on third down and just 30 yards rushing on the night.

BCS Bound - WVU too much for Cats

November 19, 2011

Game Report Posted: May 28, 2009 20:45  

CINCINNATI - West Virginia used four 4th quarter touchdowns to pull away and put away a fiesty Cincinnati team 52-31 Saturday in the Queen City. WVU used touchdowns from both it's offense and defense and if that wasn't enough, the WVU special teams got involved too.

Senior Mark Rodgers scored on two very long plays to highlight things for the Mountaineers. Rodgers scored on a 100 kick off return midway through the 3rd quarter and then added a 96 scamper as the game was winding down and WVU was basically running out the clock.

Defensively the Mountaineers were led by Sydney Glover and Najae Goode. The two seniors combined for 22 tackles on the day.

The victory gave West Virginia a perfect 7-0 record in Big East play and assured itself a trip to the BCS.

WVU will close out the 2011 season at home on the 26th as they host Marshall in the Friends of Coal Bowl.

Interceptions nearly doom Mountaineers

October 1, 2011

Game Report Posted: May 12, 2009 12:57  

Dave Akindona kicked a 23 yard field goal as time expired to lift West Virginia over rival Syracuse 24-21 Saturday afternoon at the Carrier Dome. WVU overcame 5 interceptions and a fumble in handing the Orange their first loss of the year.