NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- SYRACUSE (20) 7 0 0 0 7 VIRGINIA TECH 0 17 7 7 31 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QTR: SYR - TD, ROB KONRAD 19 YD RUN (OLINDO MARE KICK), 5:48 2ND QTR: VTCH - FG, ATLE LARSEN 21 YD, 2:10 VTCH - TD, BRIAN EDMONDS 25 YD PASS FROM JIM DRUCKENMILLER (ATLE LARSEN KICK), 11:38 VTCH - TD, JERMAINE HOLMES 29 YD PASS FROM JIM DRUCKENMILLER (ATLE LARSEN KICK), 14:26 3RD QTR: VTCH - TD, DWAYNE THOMAS 25 YD PASS FROM JIM DRUCKENMILLER (ATLE LARSEN KICK), 3:01 4TH QTR: VTCH - TD, MARCUS PARKER 1 YD RUN (ATLE LARSEN KICK), 5:38
NCAAF 1 2 3 4 F - - - - -- Syracuse (20) 7 0 0 0 7 Virginia Tech 0 17 7 7 31 FINAL
SYR Konrad 19 run (O Mare kick) VTCH FG Larsen 21 VTCH B Edmonds 25 pass from Druckenmiller (Larsen kick) VTCH Holmes 29 pass from Druckenmiller (Larsen kick) VTCH Thomas 25 pass from Druckenmiller (Larsen kick) VTCH Parker 1 run (Larsen kick) A 51239
SYR VTCH First downs 10 23 Rushed-yards 28-54 55-224 Passing yards 113 224 Sacked-yards lost 3-38 2-13 Return yards 33 17 Passes 12-24-0 16-27-0 Punts 7-39.6 5-34.6 Fumbles-lost 3-2 3-1 Penalties-yards 5-54 8-58 Time of possession 24:19 35:41
Individual Statistics RUSHING Syracuse-Mcintosh 4-29, Konrad 2-20, T Morris 4-8, Downing 1-6, Thomas 5-4, Mcnabb 12-minus 13. Virginia Tech-Oxendine 19-118, Parker 9-42, Thomas 15-39, Still 1-25, B Edmonds 3-12, Clark 1-5, Druckenmiller 7-minus 17.
PASSING Syracuse-Mcnabb 12-24-0-113. Virginia Tech-Druckenmiller 16-27-0-224.
RECEIVING Syracuse-Thomas 4-28, Harrison 3-51, S Wilson 3-28, Turner 1-5, T Morris 1-1. Virginia Tech-Thomas 4-37, Holmes 3-53, White 3-31, Jennings 2-42, Still 2-22, B Edmonds 1-25, Oxendine 1-14.
GAME RECAPJim Druckenmiller threw three touchdowns as Virginia Tech took over first place in the Big East Conference with a 31-7 victory over 20th-ranked Syracuse.
Syracuse (6-2, 3-1) held a 7-0 lead after the first quarter on a 19-yard run by Rob Konrad. Virginia Tech (7-2, 5-1) held the Orangemen scoreless the rest of the way en route to its seventh straight victory.
Druckenmiller completed 16-of-27 passes for 224 yards and three touchdowns and Ken Oxendine carried 19 times for 118 yards to lead the Hokies.
Atlee Larsen kicked a 21-yard field goal early in the second quarter to get Virginia Tech on the scoreboard at 7-3.
Druckenmiller hit Brian Edmonds with a 25-yard touchdown at 11:38 of the second and added a 29-yard score to Jermaine Holmes at 14:26 to make the swcore 17-7 at the half. Druckenmiller remaining hot in the third quarter, hitting Dwayne Thomas with a 25-yard touchdown at 3:01. Marcus Parker scored on a one-yard run in the fourth quarter to make the final 31-7.
Virginia Tech entered the game number one in the country against the run, number three in scoring defense and number nine in total defense and backed up the lofty statistics.
Syracuse gained just 167 total yards, and had only 54 on the ground.
With the win, Virginia Tech avenged a 28-20 loss to Syracuse in the Carrier Dome.
Syracuse's Donovan McNabb completed 12-of-24 passes for 113 yards.