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East Carolina vs. Virginia Tech

Extended Box  Game Story 
Sep 05, 1998 

NCAAF    EAST CAROLINA AT VIRGINIA TECH
         NOTE:  RE-SENDING FINAL TO CORRECT FIRST VIRGINIA TECH
                TOUCHDOWN.
                                                                        


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NCAAF                 1  2  3  4   F 
                      -  -  -  -  -- 
East Carolina         0  0  3  0   3 
Virginia Tech        10  7 14  7  38  FINAL 


 Virginia Tech-FG Graham 28
 Virginia Tech-Hall 20 pass from Clark (Graham kick)
 Virginia Tech-Pegues 1 run (Graham kick)
 East Carolina-FG Rivers 30
 Virginia Tech-Handy 29 pass from Clark (Graham kick)
 Virginia Tech-Stith 18 run (Graham kick)
 Virginia Tech-Kendrick 10 run (Graham kick)


                  East Carolina Virginia Tech 
First downs                  16          21 
Rushed-yards             37-135      47-222 
Passing yards               168         121 
Sacked-yards lost           1-7         1-4 
Return yards                 13          36 
Passes                  13-26-0     10-15-0 
Punts                    6-49.0      4-50.8 
Fumbles-lost                1-0         2-0 
Penalties-yards            4-17        4-34 
Time of possession        27:33       32:27 


Individual Statistics 
RUSHING: East Carolina-Wilson 19-82, Weaver 4-33, Chappell
1-16, Garrard 11-5, Davis 2-minus 1. Virginia Tech-Stith 11-77,
Pegues 19-76, Clark 8-26, J Ferguson 4-15, Hawkins 3-14,
Kendrick 2-14.


PASSING: East Carolina-Garrard 9-17-0-153, Weaver 3-7-0-11, M
Harris 0-1-0-0, Bayes 1-1-0-4. Virginia Tech-Clark 8-13-0-106,
Sorensen 1-1-0-13, Meyer 1-1-0-2.


RECEIVING: East Carolina-Chappell 4-100, Wilson 3-37, Smith
3-29, Collins 1-5, Mcqueen 1-4, M Harris 1-minus 7. Virginia
Tech-Handy 2-39, Samuel 2-26, Hall 1-20, Engelberger 1-13,
Harrison 1-9, Pegues 1-8, Stith 1-4, A Davis 1-2.


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Game Story


Al Clark threw a pair of touchdown passes and four different
players ran for scores as Virginia Tech routed East Carolina,
38-3, in the season opener for both schools. 


Clark completed 8-of-13 passes for 106 yards as Virginia Tech
(1-0) defeated the Pirates for the seventh time in 11 all-time
meetings.  Ricky Hall, Lamont Pegues, Shyrone Stith and Andre
Kendrick ran for TDs for the Hokies, who improved to 73-31-1 in
season openers. 


The Pirates have lost seven of nine season openers in the 1990s.


Brantley Rivers' 30-yard field goal accounted for the Pirates'
only score 3:54 into the second half, but Clark tossed a 29-yard
pass to Ken Handy less than three minutes later, giving the
Hokies a 24-3 advantage. 


Virginia Tech visits Clemson next Saturday before beginning Big
East Conference play at Miami on September 19th. 


East Carolina (0-1) has games against Chattanooga and at Ohio
before hosting Army in its Conference USA opener on October 3rd.