College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
West Virginia 70, Clemson 33
When: 8:30 PM   ET ,  Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Where: Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida
Attendance: 67563
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
West Virginia 14 35 14 7 70
Clemson 17 3 6 7 33
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 9:33
Clemson   TD  Clemson 7 - West Virginia 0
Andre Ellington 68 yd. run (Chandler Catanzaro kick)
1st Quarter - 6:54
West Virginia   TD  Clemson 7 - West Virginia 7
Shawne Alston 4 yd. run (Tyler Bitancurt kick)
1st Quarter - 4:38
Clemson   TD  Clemson 14 - West Virginia 7
Sammy Watkins 27 yd. pass from Tajh Boyd (Chandler Catanzaro kick)
1st Quarter - 2:49
West Virginia   TD  Clemson 14 - West Virginia 14
Tavon Austin 8 yd. pass from Geno Smith (Tyler Bitancurt kick)
1st Quarter - 0:45
Clemson   FG  Clemson 17 - West Virginia 14
Chandler Catanzaro 42 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 13:25
West Virginia   TD  Clemson 17 - West Virginia 21
Tavon Austin 27 yd. pass from Geno Smith (Tyler Bitancurt kick)
2nd Quarter - 10:28
West Virginia   TD  Clemson 17 - West Virginia 28
Darwin Cook 99 yd. fumble recovery (Tyler Bitancurt kick)
2nd Quarter - 4:49
Clemson   FG  Clemson 20 - West Virginia 28
Chandler Catanzaro 43 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 2:29
West Virginia   TD  Clemson 20 - West Virginia 35
Geno Smith 7 yd. run (Tyler Bitancurt kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:13
West Virginia   TD  Clemson 20 - West Virginia 42
Tavon Austin 3 yd. pass from Geno Smith (Tyler Bitancurt kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:04
West Virginia   TD  Clemson 20 - West Virginia 49
Shawne Alston 1 yd. run (Tyler Bitancurt kick)
3rd Quarter - 12:35
West Virginia   TD  Clemson 20 - West Virginia 56
Stedman Bailey 6 yd. pass from Geno Smith (Tyler Bitancurt kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:18
West Virginia   TD  Clemson 20 - West Virginia 63
Tavon Austin 37 yd. pass from Geno Smith (Tyler Bitancurt kick)
3rd Quarter - 1:37
Clemson   TD  Clemson 26 - West Virginia 63
DeAndre Hopkins 28 yd. pass from Tajh Boyd (pass failed)
4th Quarter - 6:21
West Virginia   TD  Clemson 26 - West Virginia 70
Willie Milhouse 7 yd. pass from Geno Smith (Tyler Bitancurt kick)
4th Quarter - 1:01
Clemson   TD  Clemson 33 - West Virginia 70
Roderick McDowell 4 yd. run (Chandler Catanzaro kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  West Virginia Clemson
W/L 10 - 3 - 0 10 - 4 - 0
Conference 5 - 2 - 0 7 - 2 - 0
Team Stats
  West Virginia Clemson
Score 70 33
1st Downs 31 24
3rd Down Efficiency 10-for-16
62%		 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/Rush 4.6 7.1
Passing
Comp-Att 32-46 24-47
Passing Yards 407 250
Average/Pass Play 8.8 5.0
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
West Virginia (10 - 3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
G. Smith 32/43 407 6 0
P. Millard 0/3 0 0 1
Clemson (10 - 4)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Boyd 24/46 250 2 2
C. Stoudt 0/1 0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
S. Alston 20 77 3.8 2
A. Buie 13 45 3.5 0
T. Austin 3 40 13.3 0
G. Smith 5 26 5.2 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
A. Ellington 10 116 11.6 1
R. McDowell 4 34 8.5 1
T. Boyd 10 32 3.2 0
C. Stoudt 1 5 5.0 0
D. Howard 1 4 4.0 0
S. Watkins 1 2 2.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
T. Austin 12 123 10.2 4
S. Bailey 5 82 16.4 1
D. Brown 5 71 14.2 0
W. Milhouse 3 71 23.7 1
A. Buie 4 32 8.0 0
J. Woods 1 15 15.0 0
I. McCartney 2 13 6.5 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
D. Hopkins 10 107 10.7 1
S. Watkins 5 66 13.2 1
J. Brown 2 24 12.0 0
D. Allen 2 21 10.5 0
M. Bryant 2 20 10.0 0
A. Humphries 2 12 6.0 0
B. Ford 1 0 0.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
K. Tandy 1 18 0
P. Miller 1 6 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
R. Hall 1 24 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
B. Irvin 1.0 7.0
N. Goode 1.0 5.0
W. Clarke 1.0 2.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  TK Ast
E. Smith 11 1
K. Tandy 6 0
B. Jenkins 5 0
J. Barber 5 1
J. Miller 2 0
P. Miller 2 0
B. Irvin 2 0
I. Banks 2 0
T. Gloster 2 0
W. Milhouse 2 0
N. Goode 2 1
D. Cook 2 2
M. Moro 1 0
D. Garrison 1 0
J. Wright 1 0
S. Rowell 1 0
S. Bailey 1 0
W. Clarke 1 0
D. Rigg 0 1
Tackles
  TK Ast
B. Breeland 6 1
R. Hall 6 2
C. Hawkins 5 1
K. Brown 4 0
A. Branch 4 0
J. Meeks 4 1
X. Brewer 4 1
J. Willard 3 0
C. Sensabaugh 3 0
R. Moore 2 0
S. Watkins 2 0
M. Goodman 2 0
C. Crawford 2 1
B. Thompson 1 0
T. Shatley 1 0
S. Shuey 1 0
M. Jenkins 1 0
D. Robinson 1 0
T. Barnes 1 0
S. Benton 1 0
D. Allen 1 0
D. Andrews 1 0
Q. Christian 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
N. Goode 1.5 5.0
B. Irvin 1.0 7.0
J. Barber 1.0 2.0
W. Clarke 1.0 2.0
E. Smith 0.5 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
B. Thompson 1.0 5.0
C. Hawkins 1.0 4.0
K. Brown 1.0 2.0
A. Branch 1.0 2.0
J. Meeks 1.0 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
T. Boyd 1
A. Ellington 1