2016 Defense Game-By-Game Starters
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GAME 5 // No. 20/18 WEST VIRGINIA at Texas Tech 2016 SATURDAY, OCT. 15, 2016 | 12 P.M. (ET) | JONES AT&T STADIUM (60,454) | LUBBOCK, TEXAS THE SERIES WITH TEXAS TECH Missouri All-Time Series ........................WVU leads 3-2 September 3 In Morgantown ................................Tied at 1-1 In Lubbock ......................................Tied at 1-1 Morgantown At Neutral Site ........................ WVU leads 1-0 W/26-11 Dana Holgorsen vs. Texas Tech .................2-2 Youngstown State Holgorsen vs. Kliff Kingsbury ......................2-1 Kingsbury vs. West Virginia ........................1-2 September 10 Kingsbury vs. Holgorsen.............................1-2 Morgantown WEST VIRGINIA TEXAS TECH W/38-21 2016 Record ..................................... 4-0, 1-0 Big 12 2016 Record ..................................... 3-2, 1-1 Big 12 BYU Head Coach.......................................Dana Holgorsen Head Coach......................................... Kliff Kingsbury September 24 Alma Mater/Year ................................ Iowa Wesleyan (‘93) Alma Mater/Year .......................................Texas Tech (‘02) Record at WVU ......................................... 40-28 (6th) Landover, Md. Record at Texas Tech ...................................... 22-21 (4th) Overall Record........................................ 40-28 (6th) Overall Record........................................ 22-21 (4th) W/35-32 Kansas State*✪ October 1 Morgantown W/17-16 Texas Tech* October 15 Lubbock, Texas 12 p.m. TCU* October 22 Morgantown 3:30 p.m. * BIG 12 CONFERENCE GAME Oklahoma State* October 29 Stillwater, Okla. TBA SheltonGIBSON JeremyTYLER ▲ Kansas* NOTES TO REMEMBER ✓ WVU’s offense is ranked No. 9 nationally in November 5 ✓ The 2016 season marks West Virginia’s 125th fewest tackles for loss allowed, No. 14 in Morgantown year of football. WVU is No. 14 all-time in fewest sacks allowed, No. 16 in total offense, TBA college football wins. No. 17 in passing offense and No. 20 in ✓ Since 2000, WVU is 103-13 when scoring 30 or completion percentage and No. 33 in third Texas* HOMECOMING more points in a contest/52-4 when scoring 40 down conversions November 12 or more points in a game ✓ WVU quarterback Skyler Howard is ranked ✓ Austin, Texas In the Dana Holgorsen era, WVU has produced No. 9 nationally in total offense, No. 11 in TBA 65 games with 300 or more yards of total completions per game, No. 14 in passing yards offense, 49 games with 400 or more yards of per game, No. 19 in completion percentage, Oklahoma* total offense, 24 games with more than 500 No. 29 in yards per pass attempt and No. 39 in yards and 12 with more than 600 yards November 19 ✓ ✓ passing efficiency Morgantown In the Holgorsen era, WVU has scored 30 or WVU receiver Shelton Gibson is ranked No. 5 TBA WEEK MOUNTAINEER more points in 46 games, 40 or more points in nationally in all-purpose yards, No. 6 in yards 23 games, 50 or more points in seven games per reception No. 9 in receiving yards per Iowa State* and 60 or more points three times ✓ ✓ game and No. 28 in receiving yards. November 26 WVU is 76-11 since 2002 when winning the Receiver Daikiel Shorts Jr. is No. 28 nationally turnover battle in receptions per game Ames, Iowa ✓ The Mountaineers are 33-16 in day games ✓ TBA Kicker Mike Molina is No. 22 nationally in field under Holgorsen/13-12 in road day games goal percentage and No. 46 in field goals made Baylor* ✓ under Holgorsen per game,. Punter Billy Kinney is ranked No. 20 December 3 Since 1980, West Virginia is 227-98-4 in games nationally in punting yards per game. played on artificial turf surfaces/37-26 on turf in ✓ Morgantown Cornerback Rasul Douglas is No. 16 nationally this decade/31-24 on turf under Holgorsen in passes defended and No. 36 in interceptions TBA Antonio Crawford is No. 30 in passes defended. 1 Game Coverage TV .............................................................................. FSN1 Gus Johnson (PBP), Joel Klatt (analysis), Shannon Spake (sideline) Radio ..........Tony Caridi (PBP), Dwight Wallace (analysis), Jed Drenning (sideline), Dan Zangrilli (pre and postgame host) Satellite Radio Broadcast ..............Sirius Ch 81, XM Ch 81 Live Statistics............................... WVU.Statbroadcast.com Twitter Updates...................@WVUFootball, @WVUsports National Rankings ASSOCIATED PRESS // (OCT. 10) Prev. School Record Points Rank 1. Alabama (56) 6-0 1520 1 2. Ohio State (2) 5-0 1444 2 3. Clemson (2) 6-0 1406 3 4. Michigan (1) 6-0 1339 4 5. Washington 6-0 1286 5 6. Texas A&M 6-0 1202 8 7. Louisville 4-1 1193 7 8. Wisconsin 4-1 1020 11 9. Tennessee 5-1 962 9 10. Nebraska 5-0 958 12 Statistical Comparisons 11. Baylor 5-0 934 13 WVU Texas Tech 12. Ole Miss 3-2 800 14 West Virginia Opponents Texas Tech Opponents 13. Houston 5-1 701 6 29.0 20.0 Scoring Offense 55.2 38.6 14. Florida State 4-2 628 23 101 91 First Downs 167 123 15. Boise State 5-0 590 19 187.2 191.2 Rushing Offense 105.8 179.4 16. Miami 4-1 576 10 318.0 227.2 Passing Offense 544.0 265.6 17. Virginia Tech 4-1 546 25 505.2 418.5 Total Offense 649.8 445.0 18. Florida 4-1 483 18 21.3 25.9 Kick Return Average 17.9 23.1 19. Oklahoma 3-2 476 20 2.2 7.8 Punt Return Average 9.1 16.7 20. West Virginia 4-0 424 22 5-13.8 5-3.6 INT-Return Average 3-0.0 5-10.8 21. Utah 5-1 287 24 3-3 5-2 Fumbles/Lost 5-1 5-2 22. Arkansas 4-2 203 16 20-192 25-191 Penalties/Yards 48-401 30-279 23. Auburn 4-2 166 NR 38.0 37.7 Net Punting Avg. 33.9 36.6 24. Western Michigan 6-0 154 NR 6-8 6-9 Field Goal-Attempts 4-5 7-8 25. Navy 4-1 122 NR 29:30 30:30 Time of Possession 29:51 30:09 ARV: Georgia 59, Arizona State 53, North Carolina 51, LSU 50, 26-57 (46%) 33-71 (46%) 3rd Down Conversion 34-64 (53%) 28-72 (39%) Oklahoma State 48, North Dakota State 36, Stanford 26, Colora- 3-5 (60%) 2-4 (50%) 4th Down Conversion 1-7 (14%) 4-7 (57%) do 22, USF 20, TCU 14, Washington State 9, NC State 9, Iowa 3, 5-37 4-15 Sacks By-Yards 10-67 12-112 Air Force 2, San Diego State 2, Wake Forest. 14-18 (78%) 13-16 (81%) Red Zone Scoring 30-32 (94%) 22-23 (96%) 8-18 (44%) 7-16 (44%) Red Zone TD 26-32 (81%) 16-23 (70%) USA TODAY COACHES POLL // (OCT. 10) Prev. The 2016 Mountaineer Roster Non-Conference Play School Record Points Rank ✓ 1. Alabama (58) 6-0 1570 1 ✓The 2016 roster currently consists of 128 players West Virginia finished 3-0 in its three 2. Ohio State (4) 5-0 1504 2 from 15 different states. non-conference games in 2016. The 3. Clemson (1) 6-0 1455 3 ✓ Leading the way is West Virginia (35), followed by Mountaineers defeated Missouri, 26-11, on 4. Michigan 6-0 1411 4 Ohio (24), Pennsylvania (16), Florida (14), ✓ Sept. 3 in the season opener. 5. Washington 6-0 1329 6 Maryland (8), New Jersey (7), Texas (6), North On Sept. 10, WVU defeated FCS opponent 6. Texas A&M 6-0 1256 7 Carolina (5), Georgia (3), Virginia (4), Illinois Youngstown State, 38-21, at home. 7. Louisville 4-1 1201 ✓ WVU closed out its non-confereence schedule’ 8. Baylor 5-0 1061 11 (2), Michigan (1), Mississippi (1), Missouri (1) and on Sept. 24 with a 35-32 win against BYU at 9. Nebraska 5-0 1052 12 Tennessee (1). 10. Wisconsin 4-1 995 13 FedExField in Landover, Md. 11. Tennessee 5-1 919 9 Against the Big 12 Conference 12. Houston 5-1 754 5 ✓ At Home WVU is 25-25 all-time against current ✓ 13. Ole Miss 3-2 746 14 members of the Big 12 Conference. WVU is The 2016 season marks the 37th season of 14. Florida 4-1 661 18 2-2 vs. Baylor; 3-1 against Iowa State; 4-1 competition for West Virginia at Milan Puskar 15. Boise State 5-0 628 19 Stadium. 16. Florida State 4-2 584 21 against Kansas; 2-5 vs. Kansas State; 2-6 vs. ✓ 17. Miami 4-1 580 10 Oklahoma; 4-3 vs. Oklahoma State; 3-2 vs. WVU holds a 165-61-4 (.726) all-time mark 18. West Virginia 4-0 526 20 Texas; 2-3 vs. TCU and 3-2 vs. Texas Tech. ✓ at the facility, which opened in 1980. 19. Virginia Tech 4-1 441 NR A sellout crowd of 60,125 fans was in attendance 20. Oklahoma 3-2 424 22 On Turf for the season opener against Missouri. In week 21. Utah 5-1 408 24 ✓Since 1980, West Virginia is 227-98-4 in games two, 56,261 fans were in attendance for the 22. Arkansas 4-2 194 17 Youngstown State game and a sellout season played on artificial turf surfaces. WVU was 23. Western Michigan 6-0 185 25 high crowd of 61,701 was in attendance for 24. Arizona State 5-1 116 NR 57-29 on turf in the 1990s, 66-21 on turf in the Kansas State, giving WVU an average home 25. LSU 3-2 81 NR 2000 decade and is 37-26 on turf in this attendance of 59,362 for the 2016 season ARV: Auburn 70, Georgia 63, Navy 58, USF 53, North Carolina decade. ✓ 51, NC State 34, Oklahoma State 34, USC 13, Stanford 12, ✓ The Mountaineers are 31-24 on turf under A total of 12,599,076 fans all time have watched Washington State 8, Colorado 7, Wake Forest 6, Memphis 6, Dana Holgorsen.