West Virginia 70, Clemson 33

Boxscore | Recap

Summary

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter - 9:33
  TD   Clemson 7 - West Virginia 0
Andre Ellington 68 yd. run (Chandler Catanzaro kick)
1st Quarter - 6:54
  TD   Clemson 7 - West Virginia 7
Shawne Alston 4 yd. run (Tyler Bitancurt kick)
1st Quarter - 4:38
  TD   Clemson 14 - West Virginia 7
Sammy Watkins 27 yd. pass from Tajh Boyd (Chandler Catanzaro kick)
1st Quarter - 2:49
  TD   Clemson 14 - West Virginia 14
Tavon Austin 8 yd. pass from Geno Smith (Tyler Bitancurt kick)
1st Quarter - 0:45
  FG   Clemson 17 - West Virginia 14
Chandler Catanzaro 42 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 13:25
  TD   Clemson 17 - West Virginia 21
Tavon Austin 27 yd. pass from Geno Smith (Tyler Bitancurt kick)
2nd Quarter - 10:28
  TD   Clemson 17 - West Virginia 28
Darwin Cook 99 yd. fumble recovery (Tyler Bitancurt kick)
2nd Quarter - 4:49
  FG   Clemson 20 - West Virginia 28
Chandler Catanzaro 43 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 2:29
  TD   Clemson 20 - West Virginia 35
Geno Smith 7 yd. run (Tyler Bitancurt kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:13
  TD   Clemson 20 - West Virginia 42
Tavon Austin 3 yd. pass from Geno Smith (Tyler Bitancurt kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:04
  TD   Clemson 20 - West Virginia 49
Shawne Alston 1 yd. run (Tyler Bitancurt kick)
3rd Quarter - 12:35
  TD   Clemson 20 - West Virginia 56
Stedman Bailey 6 yd. pass from Geno Smith (Tyler Bitancurt kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:18
  TD   Clemson 20 - West Virginia 63
Tavon Austin 37 yd. pass from Geno Smith (Tyler Bitancurt kick)
3rd Quarter - 1:37
  TD   Clemson 26 - West Virginia 63
DeAndre Hopkins 28 yd. pass from Tajh Boyd (pass failed)
4th Quarter - 6:21
  TD   Clemson 26 - West Virginia 70
Willie Milhouse 7 yd. pass from Geno Smith (Tyler Bitancurt kick)
4th Quarter - 1:01
  TD   Clemson 33 - West Virginia 70
Roderick McDowell 4 yd. run (Chandler Catanzaro kick)

Team Stats

  West Virginia Clemson
Score 70 33
First downs 31 24
3rd Down Efficiency 10-for-16 (63%) 3-for-13 (23%)
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-0 (0%) 2-for-2 (100%)
Total Yards 595 443
Rushing
    Rushes-Net Yards 41-188 27-193
    Average Per Rush 4.6 7.1
Passing
    Comp-Att 32-46 24-47
    Passing Yards 407 250
    Average Per Pass Play 8.8 5.3
Penalties-Yards 4-40 6-65
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2
Interceptions Thrown 1 2
Time of Possession 36:55 23:05

Player Stats

Mountaineers
Passing
  CP/ATT YDS TD INT
G. Smith 32/43 407 6 0
P. Millard 0/3 0 0 1
Tigers
Passing
  CP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Boyd 24/46 250 2 2
C. Stoudt 0/1 0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS TD
S. Alston 20 77 2
A. Buie 13 45 0
T. Austin 3 40 0
G. Smith 5 26 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS TD
A. Ellington 10 116 1
R. McDowell 4 34 1
T. Boyd 10 32 0
C. Stoudt 1 5 0
D. Howard 1 4 0
S. Watkins 1 2 0
Receiving
  REC YDS TD
T. Austin 12 123 4
S. Bailey 5 82 1
D. Brown 5 71 0
W. Milhouse 3 71 1
A. Buie 4 32 0
J. Woods 1 15 0
I. McCartney 2 13 0
Receiving
  REC YDS TD
D. Hopkins 10 107 1
S. Watkins 5 66 1
J. Brown 2 24 0
D. Allen 2 21 0
M. Bryant 2 20 0
A. Humphries 2 12 0
B. Ford 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
K. Tandy 1 18 0
P. Miller 1 6 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
R. Hall 1 24 0
Punting
  NO. YDS LNG
C. Smith 5 175 48
Punting
  NO. YDS LNG
D. Zimmerman 6 238 48
Kickoff Returns
  NO. YDS LNG
T. Austin 5 117 36
Kickoff Returns
  NO. YDS LNG
S. Watkins 7 143 38
J. Brown 2 36 21
C. Diehl 1 11 11
Punt Returns
  NO. YDS LNG
D. Brown 1 -2 0
Punt Returns
  NO. YDS LNG
D. Hopkins 1 0 0

Game Info

Date - Wednesday, January 4 2012 8:30PM
Location - Sun Life Stadium
Attendance - 67563

NCAAF Bowl Boxscores

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Clemson (14) 		70
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