Week 1, 2029

played in Columbia, IL

57 degrees, fair, 6 mph wind

West Virginia Beasts	7	0	0	10	-	17
Columbia Fire	7	0	3	0	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 14:13 WVA - Carson Freeman 78 pass from Thomas Burgess (Jason Haney extra point)
1Q: 07:41 CLB - Cory Hanks 8 run (Eugene Boling extra point)
3Q: 06:35 CLB - Eugene Boling 29 field goal
4Q: 13:58 WVA - Jason Haney 47 field goal
4Q: 08:16 WVA - D.J. Wolf 1 run (Jason Haney extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 14:13 WVA - Carson Freeman 78 pass from Thomas Burgess (Jason Haney extra point)
1Q: 07:41 CLB - Cory Hanks 8 run (Eugene Boling extra point)
3Q: 06:35 CLB - Eugene Boling 29 field goal
4Q: 13:58 WVA - Jason Haney 47 field goal
4Q: 08:16 WVA - D.J. Wolf 1 run (Jason Haney extra point)

Team Statistics WVA CLB
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 15 19
- by Rushing 8 6
- by Passing 4 13
- by Penalty 3 0
Total Net Yards 304 343
- Offensive Plays 54 74
- Yards per Play 5.63 4.64
Net Rushing Yards 170 130
- Rushing Attempts 27 35
- Yards per Rush 6.30 3.71
Net Passing Yards 134 213
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 24 - 8 - 1 34 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 153 240
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/19 5/27
- Yards per Pass Play 4.96 5.46
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 6/13 6/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.1 7.5
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/2
Penalties/Yards 3/15 6/40
Punt Returns/Yards 5/62 3/11
Kick Returns/Yards 1/29 3/46
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/8
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 27
Time of Possession 25:01 34:59

Team Statistics	WVA	CLB
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	15	19
- by Rushing	8	6
- by Passing	4	13
- by Penalty	3	0
Total Net Yards	304	343
- Offensive Plays	54	74
- Yards per Play	5.63	4.64
Net Rushing Yards	170	130
- Rushing Attempts	27	35
- Yards per Rush	6.30	3.71
Net Passing Yards	134	213
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	24 - 8 - 1	34 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	153	240
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/19	5/27
- Yards per Pass Play	4.96	5.46
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	6/13	6/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.1	7.5
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/2
Penalties/Yards	3/15	6/40
Punt Returns/Yards	5/62	3/11
Kick Returns/Yards	1/29	3/46
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/8
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 31	OWN 27
Time of Possession	25:01	34:59

Drive Charts

West Virginia Beasts
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:07	OWN 20	3	80	Touchdown
1	10:17	0:31	OWN 20	2	12	Fumble
1	7:34	1:33	OWN 29	3	5	Punt
1	1:01	1:42	OWN 36	3	9	Punt
2	11:52	4:28	OWN 20	9	69	Interception
2	3:10	1:16	OPP 42	3	-2	Punt
2	1:03	1:03	OWN 34	4	36	Half
3	11:44	1:25	OWN 35	3	5	Punt
3	6:29	1:35	OWN 20	4	4	Punt
3	1:02	2:12	OWN 41	6	29	Field Goal
4	12:09	4:02	OWN 39	9	61	Touchdown
4	5:24	3:13	OWN 20	5	16	Punt

Columbia Fire
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:53	3:36	OWN 27	6	9	Punt
1	9:46	2:12	OPP 20	4	20	Touchdown
1	6:01	5:00	OWN 11	10	60	Missed FG
2	14:19	2:27	OWN 35	5	24	Punt
2	7:24	4:14	OWN 9	6	17	Punt
2	1:54	0:51	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
3	15:00	3:16	OWN 26	5	14	Punt
3	10:19	3:50	OWN 23	6	65	Field Goal
3	4:54	3:52	OWN 29	8	30	Fumble
4	13:50	1:41	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
4	8:07	2:43	OWN 27	4	33	Punt
4	2:11	2:11	OWN 26	14	61	Downs

Game MVP: Vince Champion, Columbia Fire

Rushing Statistics

West Virginia	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
D.J. Wolf	20	109	5.45	23	4	1
Mo Osborne	4	35	8.75	21	1	0
Thomas Burgess	2	21	10.50	17	1	0
Andrew Perrotta	1	5	5.00	5	0	0

Columbia	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Cory Hanks	27	96	3.56	18	4	1
Buddy Gordon	7	29	4.14	9	0	0
Mario Gurley	1	5	5.00	5	0	0

Passing Statistics

West Virginia	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Thomas Burgess	24	8	153	3/19	1	78	1	52.9

Columbia	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Mario Gurley	34	19	240	5/27	0	39	0	78.0

Receiving Statistics

West Virginia	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Andrew Perrotta	2	9	42	21.00	11	24	0
TE Kenny Drake	2	3	19	9.50	0	15	0
TE Omar Shepard	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
RB D.J. Wolf	1	5	5	5.00	8	5	0
WR Carson Freeman	1	2	78	78.00	52	78	1
WR Jameson Poole	1	4	3	3.00	0	3	0

Columbia	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Maximus Rober	6	9	88	14.67	9	27
TE Jose Hoffman	3	3	42	14.00	35	27
RB Cory Hanks	2	5	3	1.50	1	3
WR Tracy Ramsey	2	4	24	12.00	20	20
WR Darnell Reiswig	2	3	22	11.00	11	11
TE Eric Cone	1	3	39	39.00	27	39
FB Albert Airhart	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1
RB Buddy Gordon	1	1	1	1.00	0	1
WR Donnie Iker	1	3	22	22.00	24	22
RB Eugene Guthrie	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
TE Frank Newton	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

West Virginia	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Columbia	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Johnnie Kania	1	8	8.00	0

Fumble Statistics

West Virginia	Fumb	Recov	Force
D.J. Wolf	1	0	0
Jameson Poole	1	0	0
J.B. Young	0	1	1
Rodney Moyer	0	1	0
Michael Castleberry	0	0	1

Columbia	Fumb	Recov	Force
Mario Gurley	1	0	0
Jose Hoffman	1	0	0
Lonnie Drenik	0	1	0
Albert Airhart	0	1	0
Lionel Mohon	0	0	1
Johnnie Kania	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

West Virginia	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Vinny Bullock	6	252	42.0	36.8	56	1

Columbia	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Calvin Lin	7	310	44.3	29.7	52	2

Kicking Statistics

West Virginia	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jason Haney	1/1	1/1	0/0	47	2/2

Columbia	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Eugene Boling	1/2	0/1	0/0	29	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

West Virginia	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Carson Freeman	5	62	12.4	0

Columbia	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jerome Johnston	3	11	3.7	0

Kick Return Statistics

West Virginia	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bernard Weisz	1	29	29.0	0

Columbia	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Darnell Reiswig	2	34	17.0	0
Maximus Rober	1	12	12.0	0

Defensive Statistics

West Virginia	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Mike Porter	8	1	0.0	35	39
OLB Jimmy Newhart	6	1	1.0	21	30
OLB Michael Castleberry	6	1	0.0	17	5
S Weston Reed	5	2	0.5	35	39
ILB Logan Bradford	5	5	0.0	34	37
CB Bernard Weisz	5	1	0.0	35	39
DE Bert Vos	4	1	1.0	24	26
DT Mario Bell	4	0	1.0	31	30
DE J.B. Young	4	2	0.5	11	13
OLB Karl Walendy	3	2	1.0	14	9
S Clay Reagles	2	2	0.0	15	27
S Chester Emley	2	0	0.0	21	11
WR Andrew Perrotta	2	0	---	---	---
CB Wendell Owens	1	3	0.0	18	31
DT Corwin Wolflick	1	1	0.0	23	20
ILB Bert Correa	1	0	0.0	0	3
DT Morris Hedges	1	0	0.0	4	10
DE Bryan Linthicum	0	1	0.0	26	29

Columbia	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Vince Champion	6	1	2.0	26	23
ILB Thomas Bean	5	0	0.0	14	6
ILB Lionel Mohon	4	1	0.0	26	27
S Amos Peterson	3	1	0.0	26	27
S Jerome Johnston	3	0	0.0	26	27
OLB Leland Sherman	3	0	0.0	12	13
CB Wes Carlson	3	0	0.0	25	24
DE Bennie Milnes	2	0	1.0	22	23
CB Johnnie Kania	2	1	0.0	12	12
CB Dominic Van Hoose	2	1	0.0	16	17
DT J.C. Manning	1	1	0.0	22	21
CB Eddie Kirk	1	0	0.0	14	22
S Walt Morici	1	0	0.0	7	7
OLB Walter Prescott	0	1	0.0	10	8
DE Darren Chong	0	1	0.0	5	10
DE Luther Mitchell	0	1	0.0	22	17

Pass Rush Statistics

West Virginia	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Mario Bell	1.0	1	3	0	30
DE Bert Vos	1.0	1	0	1	26
OLB Jimmy Newhart	1.0	0	0	0	30
OLB Karl Walendy	1.0	0	0	0	9
DE J.B. Young	0.5	0	1	0	13
S Weston Reed	0.5	0	0	0	39
DT Morris Hedges	0.0	0	1	0	10
DE Bryan Linthicum	0.0	0	1	0	29

Columbia	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Vince Champion	2.0	0	2	23
DE Bennie Milnes	1.0	2	1	23
OLB Walter Prescott	0.0	2	0	8
CB Dominic Van Hoose	0.0	1	0	17
DT J.C. Manning	0.0	1	0	21
DT Leonard Head	0.0	1	0	6

Pass Defense Statistics

West Virginia	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Bernard Weisz	4	0	39
CB Mike Porter	3	2	39
OLB Jimmy Newhart	3	1	30
S Chester Emley	2	0	11
OLB Michael Castleberry	2	0	5
ILB Bert Correa	1	0	3
DE J.B. Young	1	0	13
CB Wendell Owens	1	0	31
OLB Karl Walendy	1	0	9
S Clay Reagles	1	0	27
S Weston Reed	0	1	39

Columbia	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Eddie Kirk	2	1	0	22
CB Wes Carlson	2	0	0	24
S Jerome Johnston	1	0	0	27
ILB Lionel Mohon	1	0	0	27
DE Bennie Milnes	1	0	0	23
CB Dominic Van Hoose	1	0	0	17
CB Johnnie Kania	0	1	1	12
OLB Vince Champion	0	1	0	23
DE Darren Chong	0	1	0	10
S Walt Morici	0	1	0	7

Blocking Statistics

West Virginia	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Percy Crane	3	3	1	27	0	27
Willie McWilliams	2	5	0	27	0	27
Alvin Canidate	2	3	0	27	1	27
Rodney Moyer	1	4	0	17	0	12
Andres Ogden	1	3	0	16	1	19
Hunter Pingeton	1	2	0	11	1	8
Carlos Mears	0	3	0	27	0	27
Kenny Drake	0	2	0	22	0	21

Columbia	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Broderick Green	5	11	0	35	3	39
Alvin Sullivan	3	5	0	35	0	39
D.J. Burks	2	5	0	35	1	39
Jaiden Stargell	1	7	1	35	0	39
Kingston Denman	1	4	0	35	1	39
Eric Cone	0	2	0	29	0	20

Special Teams Tackles

West Virginia	Tackles	STPlays
Daniel Gibson	2	14
Wendell Owens	1	27
Omar Shepard	1	17
Carson Freeman	1	15
Rodney Moyer	1	14

Columbia	Tackles	STPlays
Eugene Guthrie	1	22
Donnie Iker	1	15
Walter Prescott	1	14
Jose Hoffman	1	10
Kingston Denman	1	9
Johnnie Kania	1	3

Participation

West Virginia	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Bernard Weisz	---	---	35	39	9	83
Wendell Owens	---	---	18	31	27	76
Mike Porter	---	---	35	39	2	76
Weston Reed	---	---	35	39	2	76
Logan Bradford	---	---	34	37	2	73
Mario Bell	---	---	31	30	1	62
Carlos Mears	27	27	---	---	7	61
Bryan Linthicum	---	---	26	29	2	57
Percy Crane	27	27	---	---	2	56
Jimmy Newhart	---	---	21	30	5	56
Thomas Burgess	27	27	---	---	---	54
Bert Vos	---	---	24	26	4	54
Willie McWilliams	27	27	---	---	---	54
Alvin Canidate	27	27	---	---	---	54
Corwin Wolflick	---	---	23	20	9	52
Carson Freeman	19	18	---	---	15	52
Clay Reagles	---	---	15	27	9	51
D.J. Wolf	23	24	---	---	3	50
Kenny Drake	22	21	---	---	7	50
Andrew Perrotta	23	23	---	---	---	46
Rodney Moyer	17	12	---	---	14	43
Andres Ogden	16	19	---	---	5	40
Karl Walendy	---	---	14	9	16	39
Omar Shepard	9	9	---	---	17	35
Jameson Poole	11	16	---	---	7	34
Chester Emley	---	---	21	11	1	33
J.B. Young	---	---	11	13	5	29
Hunter Pingeton	11	8	---	---	7	26
Graham Gerhardt	---	---	13	13	---	26
J.J. Gilmore	---	---	6	16	1	23
Michael Castleberry	---	---	17	5	---	22
Tom Grier	5	6	---	---	7	18
Daniel Gibson	0	2	---	---	14	16
Isaac Garcia	1	1	---	---	14	16
Morris Hedges	---	---	4	10	1	15
Bert Correa	---	---	0	3	7	10
Dale Gadrinab	---	---	1	2	5	8
Jesse Bingaman	0	0	---	---	7	7
Vinny Bullock	0	0	---	---	7	7
Renaldo Babin	0	0	---	---	7	7
Mo Osborne	4	2	---	---	---	6
Jason Haney	0	0	---	---	5	5
Malachi Kramer	1	1	---	---	---	2
Mickey Bierria	---	---	1	0	---	1
Junior Clancy	0	0	---	---	---	0
Corey Duff	0	0	---	---	---	0

Columbia	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Kingston Denman	35	39	---	---	9	83
Mario Gurley	35	39	---	---	---	74
D.J. Burks	35	39	---	---	---	74
Alvin Sullivan	35	39	---	---	---	74
Broderick Green	35	39	---	---	---	74
Jaiden Stargell	35	39	---	---	---	74
Maximus Rober	28	35	---	---	4	67
Jerome Johnston	---	---	26	27	9	62
Tracy Ramsey	23	22	---	---	14	59
Cory Hanks	28	30	---	---	---	58
Eric Cone	29	20	---	---	6	55
Lionel Mohon	---	---	26	27	1	54
Amos Peterson	---	---	26	27	1	54
Wes Carlson	---	---	25	24	5	54
Vince Champion	---	---	26	23	1	50
Bennie Milnes	---	---	22	23	1	46
Eddie Kirk	---	---	14	22	10	46
Jose Hoffman	11	24	---	---	10	45
Albert Airhart	17	20	---	---	8	45
J.C. Manning	---	---	22	21	2	45
Luther Mitchell	---	---	22	17	2	41
Dominic Van Hoose	---	---	16	17	7	40
Frank Newton	10	12	---	---	15	37
Donnie Iker	8	10	---	---	15	33
Walter Prescott	---	---	10	8	14	32
Darnell Reiswig	13	12	---	---	3	28
Johnnie Kania	---	---	12	12	3	27
Eugene Guthrie	1	4	---	---	22	27
Thomas Bean	---	---	14	6	6	26
Leland Sherman	---	---	12	13	1	26
Darren Chong	---	---	5	10	6	21
Brett Price	---	---	0	3	12	15
Buddy Gordon	7	6	---	---	2	15
Leonard Head	---	---	5	6	4	15
Walt Morici	---	---	7	7	---	14
Lonnie Drenik	---	---	6	4	---	10
Horace Lawless	0	0	---	---	9	9
Calvin Lin	0	0	---	---	9	9
Cary Norris	0	0	---	---	9	9
Carlton Peterson	0	0	---	---	9	9
Rob Brazell	0	0	---	---	9	9
Dean Mage	---	---	1	0	7	8
Eugene Boling	0	0	---	---	5	5
Cory Drayton	---	---	0	0	3	3
Melvin Robson	0	0	---	---	---	0
Damon Merchant	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	73	9.1
Middle	16	102	6.4
Right	3	-5	-1.7
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	41	3.4
Middle	4	17	4.3
Right	19	72	3.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

West Virginia	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Thomas Burgess	24	8	2	1	2	5	7	3	1

Columbia	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Mario Gurley	34	19	5	2	1	4	6	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	5	5.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	4	31	2.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	4	1	15	3.8
Long (19+ Yds)	6	2	102	17.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	11	9	88	8.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	5	4	32	6.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	5	93	6.6
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	27	6.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

West Virginia	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Andrew Perrotta	9	2	2	42	1	23
RB D.J. Wolf	5	1	0	5	0	24
WR Jameson Poole	4	1	0	3	0	16
TE Kenny Drake	3	2	0	19	0	21
WR Carson Freeman	2	1	0	78	1	18
TE Omar Shepard	1	1	0	6	0	9

Columbia	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Maximus Rober	9	6	0	88	1	35
RB Cory Hanks	5	2	0	3	0	30
WR Tracy Ramsey	4	2	0	24	1	22
TE Jose Hoffman	3	3	0	42	1	24
TE Eric Cone	3	1	0	39	1	20
WR Donnie Iker	3	1	0	22	1	10
WR Darnell Reiswig	3	2	1	22	0	12
RB Eugene Guthrie	1	0	0	0	0	4
TE Frank Newton	1	0	0	0	0	12
FB Albert Airhart	1	1	0	-1	0	20
RB Buddy Gordon	1	1	0	1	0	6

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

West Virginia	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Mo Osborne	1	3	3.00	8.75
D.J. Wolf	1	1	1.00	5.45

Columbia	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Cory Hanks	2	8	4.00	3.56
Mario Gurley	1	5	5.00	5.00
Buddy Gordon	1	7	7.00	4.14

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

West Virginia	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Thomas Burgess	2	0	0	0.00	6.38

Columbia	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Mario Gurley	4	2	7	1.75	7.06

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

West Virginia	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Andrew Perrotta	2	0	0	0.00	4.67

Columbia	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Maximus Rober	2	1	7	3.50	9.78
TE Eric Cone	1	0	0	0.00	13.00
RB Cory Hanks	1	1	0	0.00	0.60

Third Down Rushing Statistics

West Virginia	Rushes	Conversions
Thomas Burgess	2	1
D.J. Wolf	1	1

Columbia	Rushes	Conversions
Mario Gurley	1	0
Cory Hanks	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

West Virginia	Att	Comp	Conversions
Thomas Burgess	8	5	4

Columbia	Att	Comp	Conversions
Mario Gurley	14	10	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

West Virginia	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Andrew Perrotta	2	2	2
RB D.J. Wolf	2	0	0
TE Kenny Drake	2	2	1
WR Carson Freeman	2	1	1

Columbia	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Tracy Ramsey	3	1	1
WR Maximus Rober	3	3	2
TE Jose Hoffman	1	1	1
RB Eugene Guthrie	1	0	0
TE Frank Newton	1	0	0
FB Albert Airhart	1	1	0
RB Buddy Gordon	1	1	0
RB Cory Hanks	1	1	0
WR Donnie Iker	1	1	1
WR Darnell Reiswig	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 53,500 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,900 (16,800)
End Zone 11,200 (12,000)
Mezzanine 6,000 (6,900)
Sideline Seats 7,400 (10,600)
Club Seats 7,500 (10,000)
Luxury Boxes 6,500 (8,700)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	53,500 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,900 (16,800)
End Zone	11,200 (12,000)
Mezzanine	6,000 (6,900)
Sideline Seats	7,400 (10,600)
Club Seats	7,500 (10,000)
Luxury Boxes	6,500 (8,700)