Game 8 //Texas Tech Vs. West Virginia
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GAME 8 // TEXAS TECH VS. WEST VIRGINIA SATURDAY, NOV. 7, 2015 | 12 P.M. (ET) | MILAN PUSKAR STADIUM (60,000) | MORGANTOWN, W.VA. THE SERIES WITH TEXAS TECH All-Time Series ................................... Tied at 2-2 In Morgantown .......................... TTU leads 1-0 In Lubbock, Texas ..............................Tied at 1-1 GEORGIA SOUTHERN at Neutral Site .............................WVU leads 1-0 September 5 Holgorsen vs. Texas Tech ................................1-2 W/44-0 Holgorsen vs. Kingsbury ................................1-1 Kingsbury vs. West Virginia ...........................1-1 LIBERTY Kingsbury vs. Holgorsen ................................1-1 September 12 TEXAS TECH WEST VIRGINIA W/41-17 2015 Record............................................ 5-4, 2-4 Big 12 2015 Record............................................ 3-4, 0-4 Big 12 Head Coach ...............................................Kliff Kingsbury Head Coach ............................................Dana Holgorsen Alma Mater/Year .............................................Texas Tech (‘02) Alma Mater/Year .....................................Iowa Wesleyan (‘93) MARYLAND Record at Texas Tech .......................................17-17 (3rd) Record at WVU .................................................31-27 (5th) September 26 Overall Record ..............................................17-17 (3rd) Overall Record ..............................................31-27 (5th) W/45-6 AT OKLAHOMA October 3 L/24-44 OKLAHOMA STATE October 10 L/26-33 (OT) AT BAYLOR October 17 L/38-62 AT TCU October 29 L/10-40 GAME CONFERENCE 12 BIG * SheltonGIBSON ShaqPETTEWAY TEXAS TECH NOTES TO REMEMBER 4WVU is 72-10 since 2002 when winning the November 7 4WVU is No. 14 all-time in college football turnover battle 12:00 p.m. winning percentage 4WVU’s offense is ranked nationally in rushing 4Since 2000, WVU is 96-13 when scoring 30 or offense (27), total offense (30), passing ardsy more points in a contest/50-4 when scoring 40 per completion (37) and passing offense (43) TEXAS or more points in a game 4Skyler Howard is ranked No. 20 nationally in points responsible for per game, No. 22 in November 14 4In the Dana Holgorsen era, WVU has produced 54 games with 300 or more yards of total passing touchdowns, No. 26 in passing yards HOMECOMING offense, 40 games with 400 or more yards of per completion and points responsible for, No. total offense, 21 games with more than 500 28 in total offense and No. 33 in passing yards AT KANSAS yards and nine with more than 600 yards per game 4Wendell Smallwood is No. 17 nationally in November 21 4In the Holgorsen era, WVU has scored 30 or more points in 39 games, 40 or more points in 21 rushing yards per carry, No. 21 in rushing yards games, 50 or more points in seven games and 60 per game and No. 28 in rushing yards or more points three times 4Shelton Gibson is ranks No. 6 nationally in yards 4WVU is No. 6 nationally in passes intercepted per reception, No. 14 in receiving touchdowns IOWA STATE WEEK MOUNTAINEER and No. 28 in receiving yards per game. He also November 28 (13), No. 27 in turnovers gained (16) and No. 38 in turnover margin (.67) ranks No. 6 in kickoff return touchdowns and 4The Mountaineer defense is ranked No. 9 No. 8 in kickoff return average nationally in third-down defense, No. 32 in TFLs 4Nick O’Toole is No. 4 nationally in punting (7.1), No. 36 in fourth-down defense and No. 42 average AT KANSAS STATE in first down defense 4Josh Lambert is No. 35 nationally in field goals December 5 4WVU is 220-97-4 in games played on artificial made per game (1.43) and No. 56 in scoring (8.3) turf surfaces. WVU was 57-29 on turf in the 4Daryl Worley is No. 11 nationally in passes 1990s, 66-21on turf in the 2000 decade and is defended with two interceptions and nine pass 31-25 on turf in this decade. breakups 1 Game Coverage TV ................................................................................................ FS1 Justin Kutcher (PBP), Petros Papadakis (analysis) Bruce Feldman (sideline) Radio ......... Tony Caridi (PBP), Dwight Wallace (analysis), Jed Drenning (sideline), Jeff Culhane (pre and postgame host) Satellite Radio Broadcast ......... Sirius Ch 113, XM Ch 199 Live Statistics ................................. WVU.Statbroadcast.com Twitter Updates ...................@WVUFootball, @WVUsports National Rankings ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL // (NOV. 1) Prev. School Record Points Rank 1. Ohio State (39) 8-0 1,465 1 2. Baylor (6) 7-0 1,408 2 3. Clemson (6) 8-0 1,381 3 4. LSU (5) 7-0 1,346 4 5. TCU (4) 8-0 1,336 5 6. Michigan State 8-0 1,249 6 ChristianBROWN 7. Alabama 7-1 1,160 7 8. Notre Dame 7-1 1,019 9 Stat Comparisons 9. Stanford 7-1 1,014 8 10. Iowa 8-0 954 10 West Virginia Opponents Texas Tech Opponents 11. Florida 7-1 923 11 32.6 28.9 Scoring Offense 47.3 43.4 12. Oklahoma State 8-0 879 12 179 150 First Downs 263 248 13. Utah 7-1 809 13 208.7 176.1 Rushing Offense 190.2 270.7 14. Oklahoma 7-1 712 14 254.1 255.3 Passing Offense 413.4 302.0 15. Memphis 8-0 683 16 462.9 431.4 Total Offense 603.7 572.7 16. Michigan 6-2 613 15 25.0 21.1 Kick Return Average 21.5 22.2 17. Florida State 7-1 571 17 5.8 7.8 Punt Return Average 5.8 14.5 18. Houston 8-0 466 18 13-1.8 7-19.0 INT-Return Average 10-13.5 12-14.4 19. Ole Miss 7-2 414 19 11-6 9-3 Fumbles/Lost 10-4 17-8 20. Toledo 7-0 366 20 60-631 49-510 Penalties/Yards 65-555 55-547 21. North Carolina 7-1 248 RV 41.0 38.0 Net Punting Avg. 36.9 39.9 22. UCLA 6-2 190 24 10-14 12-15 Field Goal-Attempts 11-13 6-14 23. Temple 7-1 175 21 30:24 29:36 Time of Possession 27:05 32:55 24. Mississippi State 6-2 144 25 44-116 (38%) 29-97 (30%) 3rd Down Conversion 77-140 (55%) 72-139 (52%) 25. Texas A&M 6-2 101 RV 9-16 (56%) 6-15 (40%) 4th Down Conversion 7-16 (44%) 6-13 (46%) ARV: Wisconsin (7-2) 64; Southern California (5-3) 57; BYU (6-2) 27; 12-69 20-154 Sacks By-Yards 10-45 13-70 Northwestern (6-2) 21; Duke (6-2) 7; Penn State (7-2) 5; California (5-3) 24-31 (77%) 22-26 (85%) Red Zone Scoring 37-42 (88%) 39-46 (85%) 4; Boise State (7-2) 4; Appalachian State (7-1) 4; Pitt (6-2) 2; Tennessee (4-4) 2; Washington State (5-3); Navy (6-1) 17-31 (55%) 14-26 (51%) Red Zone TD 27-42 (64%) 36-46 (78%) The 2015 Mountaineer Roster Non-Conference Play USA TODAY COACHES POLL // (NOV. 1) 4The 2015 roster currently consists of 112 players 4West Virginia faced three non-conference Prev. opponents in the 2015 season, finishing with School Record Points Rank from 16 different states and one from the 1. Ohio State (48) 8-0 1,574 1 District of Columbia (DaeJuan Funderburke). a 3-0 record. WVU defeated Georgia 2. Baylor (9) 7-0 1,481 2 4Leading the way is the Mountain State (24), Southern on Sept. 5, 44-0 to open the season, 3. TCU (4) 8-0 1,441 3 followed by Sunshine State (22), Ohio (19), won 41-17 against Liberty in week two and 4. LSU (1) 7-0 1,388 4 Pennsylvania (11), Maryland (6), Texas (5), then defeated Maryland, 45-6 in the third 5. Clemson (2) 8-0 1,377 6 game of the season. 6. Michigan State 8-0 1,337 5 Georgia (5), New Jersey (5), North Carolina (3), 7. Alabama 7-1 1,223 7 Virginia (3), Delaware (2), Mississippi (2), New 8. Stanford 7-1 1,069 8 York (2) California, Illinois and Tennessee. At Home 9. Notre Dame 7-1 1,068 9 4The 2015 season marks the 36th season of 10. Oklahoma State 8-0 978 10 Against The Big 12 competition for West Virginia at Milan Puskar 11. Iowa 8-0 968 11 4WVU is 20-24 all-time against current Stadium. 12. Florida 7-1 942 12 13. Oklahoma 7-1 819 13 members of the Big 12 Conference. WVU is 4WVU holds a 159-61-4 (.719) all-time mark 14. Utah 7-1 770 14 2-2 vs. Baylor; 2-1 against Iowa State; 3-1 at the facility, which opened in 1980. 15. Florida State 7-1 693 15 against Kansas; 1-4 vs. Kansas State; 2-6 vs. 4There were 55,182 fans in attendance for the 16. Memphis 8-0 652 16 Oklahoma; 4-3 vs. Oklahoma State; 2-2 vs. season opener against Georgia Southern and 17. Michigan 6-2 587 17 Texas; 2-3 vs. TCU and 2-2 vs. Texas Tech. 18. Houston 8-0 505 19 52,899 fans for Liberty. A sellout-crowd of 19. Ole Miss 7-2 436 21 61,174 fans attended the Maryland game and 20. Toledo 7-0 396 19 On Turf a second straight sellout crowd of 60,41 21. North Carolina 7-1 215 RV 4Since 1980, West Virginia is 220-97-4 in was in attendance for the Oklahoma State 22. UCLA 6-2 199 25 games played on artificial turf surfaces. game. The 2015 home average is 57,416. 23. Temple 7-1 164 22 WVU was 57-29 on turf in the 1990s, 66-21 24. Texas A&M 6-2 148 RV 4A total of 12,266,875 fans all time have watched 25.