UNC Football
North Carolina 30 vs. West Virginia 31
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Meineke Bowl 1 2 3 4 Total
West Virginia 21 0 3 7 31
North Carolina 14 9 7 0 30
Scoring Summary WVU - UNC
1st Quarter
Mountaineers TD Noel Devine rushed to the right for 18 yard gain
(Pat McAfee made PAT) 7 - 0
Tar Heels TD T.J. Yates passed to Hakeem Nicks down the middle
for 73 yard gain (Casey Barth made PAT) 7 - 7
Mountaineers TD Pat White passed to Alric Arnett to the right
for 44 yard gain (Pat McAfee made PAT) 14 - 7
Tar Heels TD Cooter Arnold passed to Hakeem Nicks to the right
for 66 yard gain (Casey Barth made PAT) 14 - 14
Mountaineers TD Pat White passed to Bradley Starks down the middle
for 35 yard gain (Pat McAfee made PAT) 21 - 14
2nd Quarter
Tar Heels SY Noel Devine rushed up the middle for 1 yard loss. Safety 21 - 16
Tar Heels TD T.J. Yates passed to Hakeem Nicks to the left
for 25 yard gain (Casey Barth made PAT) 21 - 23
3rd Quarter
Mountaineers FG Pat McAfee kicked a 25-yard field goal 24 - 23
Tar Heels TD T.J. Yates rushed to the right for 4 yard gain
(Casey Barth made PAT) 24 - 30
4th Quarter
Mountaineers TD Pat White passed to Alric Arnett down the middle
for 20 yard gain (Pat McAfee made PAT) 31 - 30
Team Statistics
WVU UNC
First Downs 20 16
Passing 13 8
Rushing 7 8
Penalty 0 0
Third Down Efficiency 12-19 5-11
Fourth Down Efficiency 0-1 0-1
TOTAL NET YARDS 454 367
Total Plays 74 55
Average Gain Per Play 6.1 6.7
NET YARDS RUSHING 120 92
Rushes 41 29
Average Per Rush 2.9 3.2
NET YARDS PASSING 334 275
Completions-Attempts 27-33 16-26
Yards Per Pass Play 10.1 10.6
Times Sacked 1 1
Yards Lost to Sacks 8 7
Had Intercepted 1 1
PUNTS 3 5
Average Punt 44.3 40.2
PENALTIES 1 4
Penalty Yards 10 36
FUMBLES 2 2
Fumbles Lost 1 1
Passing
West Virginia Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int
P. White 27 33 334 81.8 10.1 1 8 3 1
North Carolina
T. Yates 15 25 209 60.0 8.4 1 7 2 1
C. Arnold 1 1 66 100.0 66.0 0 0 1 0
Rushing
West Virginia Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL
N. Devine 13 59 4.5 18 1 0
P. White 21 56 2.7 16 0 0
J. Sanders 3 10 3.3 6 0 0
A. Arnett 1 0 0.0 0 0 1
North Carolina
S. Draughn 17 65 3.8 12 0 1
G. Little 3 34 11.3 23 0 0
R. Houston 4 4 1.0 4 0 0
T. Yates 4 -9 -2.3 4 1 0
Receiving
West Virginia Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL
A. Arnett 7 94 13.4 44 2 1
J. Sanders 5 67 13.4 40 0 0
B. Starks 4 60 15.0 35 1 0
T. Urban 2 43 21.5 24 0 0
D. Jalloh 5 37 7.4 10 0 0
N. Devine 1 16 16.0 16 0 0
W. Johnson 2 15 7.5 11 0 0
J. Brown 1 2 2.0 2 0 0
North Carolina
H. Nicks 8 217 27.1 73 3 0
G. Little 2 36 18.0 19 0 0
S. Draughn 3 9 3.0 5 0 1
R. Quinn 1 5 5.0 5 0 0
B. Rome 1 4 4.0 4 0 0
C. Arnold 1 4 4.0 4 0 0
Kicking
West Virginia XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts
P. McAfee 4 4 1 1 25 100.0 7
North Carolina
C. Barth 4 4 0 0 0 0.0 4
Punting
West Virginia Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB
P. McAfee 3 44.3 0 0 2 0
North Carolina
T. Brown 5 40.2 0 0 1 0
Kick/Punt Returns
West Virginia PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD
E. Lankster 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 20 20.0 20 0
N. Devine 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 15 15.0 15 0
J. Sanders 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
North Carolina
K. Burney 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 43 43.0 43 0
G. Little 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 94 31.3 46 0
J. White 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 19 19.0 19 0
B. Rome 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 14 14.0 14 0
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