College Football National Championship: Louisiana St Tigers (LSU) vs. West Virginia Mountaineers

November 30, -0001
70°
Minnesota Stadium (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 61,868 (96%)
Tigers (LSU) 3 14 0 0 - 17
Mountaineers 0 6 7 7 - 20

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Tigers (LSU): 4-4-WVU 6 (6:55) 3-Glen Russell 23 yard field goal is GOOD. WVU 0 LSU 3
(Qtr 2) Tigers (LSU): 1-1-WVU 0 (13:10) 21-David Warner ran for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Glen Russell. WVU 0 LSU 10
(Qtr 2) Mountaineers: 4-16-LSU 27 (7:07) 12-Charles Heath 44 yard field goal is GOOD. WVU 3 LSU 10
(Qtr 2) Tigers (LSU): 1-10-WVU 25 (1:47) 9-Melvin Shah pass complete to 22-James Patino for 25 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Glen Russell. WVU 3 LSU 17
(Qtr 2) Mountaineers: 4-15-LSU 20 (0:23) 12-Charles Heath 37 yard field goal is GOOD. WVU 6 LSU 17
(Qtr 3) Mountaineers: 3-2-LSU 2 (5:14) 21-Lewis Nelson ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Charles Heath. WVU 13 LSU 17
(Qtr 4) Mountaineers: 2-3-LSU 3 (15:00) 34-Donny Stiles ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Charles Heath. LSU 57-Edward Cleveland was injured on the play. LSU 56-Alphonse Hughes was injured on the play. WVU 20 LSU 17

Team Statistics

Mountaineers Tigers (LSU)
First Downs 18 17
- Rushing 4 7
- Passing 10 10
- Penalty 4 0
Total Net Yards 295 304
- Offensive Plays 56 65
- Yards Per Play 5.27 4.68
Net Rushing Yards 81 131
- Rushing Attempts 24 30
- Yards Per Rush 3.38 4.37
Net Passing Yards 214 173
- Att/Comp/Int 31 / 23 / 0 32 / 23 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 224 199
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 10 3 / 26
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.69 4.94
- Yards Per Completion 9.74 8.65
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 11 7 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.2 7.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 2 / 2
Penalties/Yards 1 / 5 7 / 54
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 26
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 28
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 21 OWN 24
Time of Possession 27:10 32:52

Drive Charts

West Virginia Mountaineers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 6:52 2:06 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
2 13:07 6:04 OWN 25 10 48 Field Goal
2 1:41 1:22 OWN 25 9 55 Field Goal
3 15:00 1:42 OWN 25 3 11 Punt
3 11:09 5:57 OWN 26 11 74 Touchdown
3 2:48 2:51 OWN 30 8 70 Touchdown
4 12:50 2:41 OWN 18 4 22 Punt
4 6:30 2:15 OWN 8 3 2 Punt
4 3:57 2:12 OWN 8 5 41 Punt

Louisiana St Tigers (LSU)

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 8:08 OWN 25 15 69 Field Goal
1 4:46 6:39 OWN 25 12 75 Touchdown
2 7:04 5:22 OWN 25 12 75 Touchdown
2 0:20 0:20 OWN 25 1 -12 Half
3 13:18 2:09 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
3 5:12 2:24 OWN 17 3 7 Punt
4 14:58 2:07 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
4 10:10 3:40 OWN 19 5 34 Punt
4 4:15 0:18 OWN 46 3 0 Punt
4 1:45 1:45 OWN 8 8 24 Game

Rushing Stats

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Donny Stiles 7 30 4.29 15 2 1
Lewis Nelson 2 15 7.50 13 1 1
Nicholas Martinez 10 13 1.30 9 0 0
Joseph Towe 3 12 4.00 6 0 0
Paul Phelps 1 11 11.00 11 1 0
Samuel McGuire 1 0 0.00 - 0 0

Louisiana St Tigers (LSU)

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
James Patino 14 63 4.50 15 3 0
David Warner 9 24 2.67 9 0 1
Terry Evans 4 21 5.25 11 1 0
Mary Flowers 1 10 10.00 10 1 0
William Morrow 1 9 9.00 9 0 0
Melvin Shah 1 4 4.00 4 0 0

Passing Stats

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Samuel McGuire 31 23 224 1 / 10 0 36 0 94.02

Louisiana St Tigers (LSU)

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Melvin Shah 32 23 199 3 / 26 1 25 0 98.31

Receiving Stats

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Manuel Grimes 4 59 14.75 22 0
Donny Stiles 2 44 22.00 36 0
Samuel Johnson 3 26 8.67 17 0
Benny Lance 2 26 13.00 17 0
Robert Moffitt 3 23 7.67 16 0
Lewis Nelson 2 18 9.00 17 0
Daniel Chandler 2 14 7.00 10 0
Paul Phelps 2 7 3.50 5 0
Kirk Wilson 1 4 4.00 4 0
Nicholas Martinez 2 3 1.50 2 0

Louisiana St Tigers (LSU)

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Patino 4 71 17.75 25 1
Herman Veltri 6 57 9.50 12 0
David Warner 3 16 5.33 6 0
Terry Evans 4 15 3.75 7 0
Giuseppe De Franco 2 13 6.50 10 0
Brandon Conley 1 13 13.00 13 0
Mary Flowers 2 12 6.00 8 0
William Morrow 1 2 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Leonard Edelstein 38 31 1 1
Charles Carter 40 35 0 4
Timothy Cassette 12 11 0 0
Willie Drennan 5 0 0 0
Joseph Towe 2 1 0 0
Donny Stiles 4 5 0 0
John Oleary 9 4 0 0
Kirk Wilson 4 4 0 0
Robert Moffitt 0 10 0 0
Jose Roberts 18 9 0 0
Daniel Chandler 0 8 0 0
Franklin Maitland 33 21 0 0
Samuel Johnson 0 10 0 0
Manuel Grimes 8 14 0 0
Benny Lance 0 9 0 0
Thomas Pritchett 33 30 0 3
Lewis Nelson 4 4 0 0
Daniel McMann 34 28 0 2
Paul Phelps 21 13 0 1
Nicholas Martinez 6 4 0 0

Louisiana St Tigers (LSU)

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Ervin Legault 40 39 2 2
Andrew Hall 41 27 1 2
Giuseppe De Franco 0 17 0 0
Thomas Curtis 8 1 0 0
Edward Cleveland 0 1 0 0
Keith Monroe 0 1 0 0
Nelson Wells 3 5 0 0
Melvin Smith 0 3 0 1
Paul Robles 0 1 0 0
Jake Donahue 0 1 0 0
Bryan Garcia 0 2 0 0
William Morrow 4 1 0 0
Michael French 0 2 0 0
William Esters 8 1 0 0
Richard Lawson 0 7 0 0
Ray Rios 7 2 0 0
Herman Veltri 11 26 0 1
David Warner 7 2 0 0
Brandon Conley 0 2 0 0
Mary Flowers 12 16 0 1
Kenneth Phillips 0 10 0 0
James Patino 4 4 0 0
William Cho 36 30 0 6
Terry Evans 20 21 0 2
Robert Salinas 0 22 0 1
Paul Webster 36 39 0 3
Matthew Martin 43 34 0 0
Robert Noe 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

West Virginia Mountaineers

Louisiana St Tigers (LSU)

Fumble Stats

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jeremy Quinn 0 0 1 0

Louisiana St Tigers (LSU)

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Brandon Conley 1 1 0 0

Punting

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Timothy Ritz 5 236 47.20 42.60 51 2

Louisiana St Tigers (LSU)

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dustin Lehman 5 227 45.40 45.40 48 3

Kicking

West Virginia Mountaineers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Charles Heath 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 44 2 / 2

Louisiana St Tigers (LSU)

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Glen Russell 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 23 2 / 2

Punt Return

West Virginia Mountaineers

Louisiana St Tigers (LSU)

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Brandon Conley 3 26 8.7 10 0

Kick Return

West Virginia Mountaineers

Louisiana St Tigers (LSU)

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Brandon Conley 1 28 28.0 0

Defensive Stats