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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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