(24) West Virginia 24, Rutgers 21 (F)
Saturday, 12/05/09
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (24) West Virginia | 14 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| Rutgers | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 21 |
| Attendance | |
|---|---|
| Attendance | 52,534 |
Play-by-Play
| 1st Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rutgers - 15:00 | ||
| 15:00 | Rutgers kicks off. Rodgers returns 4 yards to the WVU14. | |
| West Virginia - 14:52 | ||
| 14:52 | Rodgers fumbles, Rodgers of West Virginia recovers and returns 0 yards to the WVU14. | |
| 1-10, WVU14 | 14:52 | Brown pass completion to the middle to Sanders for 7 yards to the WVU21. |
| 2-3, WVU21 | 14:12 | Sanders rush middle for 8 yards to the WVU29. |
| 1-10, WVU29 | 13:52 | Brown pass completion to the middle to Sanders for 29 yards to the Rut42. |
| 1-10, Rut42 | 13:42 | Brown rush right for 36 yards to the Rut6. |
| 1-6, Rut6 | 13:12 | Devine rush left for 6 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| 13:12 | Bitancurt PAT - GOOD. | |
| 13:08 | West Virginia kicks off. LeGrand returns 0 yards to the Rut32. | |
| Rutgers - 13:08 | ||
| 1-10, Rut32 | 13:08 | Savage pass completion to the right to Graves for 8 yards to the Rut40. |
| 2-2, Rut40 | 12:48 | Sanu rush left for -4 yards to the Rut36. |
| 3-6, Rut36 | 12:08 | Savage pass completion to the middle to Graves for 23 yards to the WVU41. |
| 1-10, WVU41 | 11:38 | Williams rush left for 3 yards to the WVU38. |
| 2-7, WVU38 | 11:08 | Savage pass completion to the right to Graves for 17 yards to the WVU21. |
| 1-10, WVU21 | 10:28 | Savage incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 2-10, WVU21 | 10:18 | Martinek rush left for 0 yards to the WVU21. |
| 3-10, WVU21 | 9:38 | Savage incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 4-10, WVU21 | 9:34 | Te 38 yard FIELD GOAL. |
| 9:29 | Rutgers kicks off. Austin returns 23 yards to the WVU23. | |
| West Virginia - 9:23 | ||
| 1-10, WVU23 | 9:23 | Devine rush left for 9 yards to the WVU32. |
| 2-1, WVU32 | 8:53 | Brown rush middle for -1 yards to the WVU31. |
| 2-1, WVU31 | 8:20 | West Virginia time out. |
| 3-2, WVU31 | 8:20 | Brown rush left for -5 yards to the WVU26. |
| 4-7, WVU26 | 7:40 | Kozlowski punts. No return. Ball on Rut38. |
| Rutgers - 7:31 | ||
| 1-10, Rut38 | 7:31 | Sanu rush right for 7 yards to the Rut45. |
| 2-3, Rut45 | 6:51 | Savage pass completion to the middle to Sanu for 17 yards to the WVU38. |
| 1-10, WVU38 | 6:21 | Sanu rush middle for -2 yards to the WVU40. |
| 2-12, WVU40 | 5:41 | Martinek rush left for -2 yards to the WVU42. |
| 3-14, WVU42 | 5:01 | Savage incomplete pass to the left. |
| 4-14, WVU42 | 4:54 | Dellaganna punts. Touchback. Ball on WVU20. |
| West Virginia - 4:47 | ||
| 1-10, WVU20 | 4:47 | Brown pass completion to the middle to Arnett for 4 yards to the WVU24. |
| 2-6, WVU24 | 4:17 | Devine rush left for 19 yards to the WVU43. |
| 1-10, WVU43 | 3:57 | Brown pass completion to the middle to Arnett for 30 yards to the Rut27. |
| 1-10, Rut27 | 3:27 | Sanders rush left for 2 yards to the Rut25. |
| 2-8, Rut25 | 2:57 | Devine rush middle for 5 yards to the Rut20. |
| 3-3, Rut20 | 2:17 | Brown pass completion to the middle to Sanders for 6 yards to the Rut14. |
| 1-10, Rut14 | 1:47 | Brown pass completion to the left to Austin for 9 yards to the Rut5. |
| 2-1, Rut5 | 1:07 | Clarke rush middle for 4 yards to the Rut1. |
| 1-1, Rut1 | 0:47 | Clarke rush middle for 1 yard for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| 0:47 | Bitancurt PAT - GOOD. | |
| 0:46 | West Virginia kicks off. LeGrand returns 8 yards to the Rut37. | |
| Rutgers - 0:42 | ||
| 1-10, Rut37 | 0:42 | Savage incomplete pass to the left. |
| 2-10, Rut37 | 0:37 | Martinek rush left for 5 yards to the Rut42. |
| 2nd Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rutgers - 15:00 | ||
| 3-5, Rut42 | 15:00 | Savage rush left for -1 yards to the Rut41. |
| 4-6, Rut41 | 14:20 | Dellaganna punts. Sanders returns 6 yards to the WVU26. |
| West Virginia - 14:01 | ||
| 1-10, WVU26 | 14:01 | Devine rush right for -3 yards to the WVU23. |
| 2-13, WVU23 | 13:21 | Brown incomplete pass to the left. |
| 3-13, WVU23 | 13:19 | Brown incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 4-13, WVU23 | 13:16 | Kozlowski punts. No return. Ball on Rut15. |
| Rutgers - 13:01 | ||
| 1-10, Rut15 | 13:01 | Sanu rush left for 0 yards to the Rut15. |
| 2-10, Rut15 | 12:36 | Brown rush left for 2 yards to the Rut17. |
| 3-8, Rut17 | 12:06 | Savage incomplete pass to the right. |
| 4-8, Rut17 | 12:03 | Dellaganna punts. No return. Ball on WVU49. |
| West Virginia - 11:55 | ||
| 1-10, WVU49 | 11:55 | Clarke rush middle for 4 yards to the Rut47. |
| 2-6, Rut47 | 11:15 | Devine rush middle for 0 yards to the Rut47. |
| 3-6, Rut47 | 10:45 | Brown incomplete pass to the right. |
| 4-6, Rut47 | 10:35 | Kozlowski punts. Touchback. Ball on Rut20. |
| Rutgers - 10:27 | ||
| 1-10, WVU20 | 10:27 | Rutgers penalized -5 yards. |
| 1-15, Rut15 | 10:27 | Savage sacked by Williams for a 10 yard loss to the Rut5. |
| 2-25, Rut5 | 9:47 | Savage incomplete pass to the left. |
| 3-25, Rut5 | 9:40 | Savage pass completion to the left to Sanu for 1 yard to the Rut6. |
| 4-24, Rut6 | 9:00 | Dellaganna punts. Sanders returns 11 yards to the Rut44. |
| West Virginia - 8:47 | ||
| 1-10, Rut44 | 8:47 | Devine rush right for -6 yards to the Rut50. |
| 2-16, Rut50 | 8:07 | Brown pass completion to the middle to Sanders for 13 yards to the Rut37. |
| 2-16, Rut37 | 7:58 | Rutgers time out. |
| 3-3, Rut37 | 7:58 | Clarke rush left for 1 yard to the Rut36. |
| 4-2, Rut36 | 7:18 | Clarke rush right for -1 yards to the Rut37. |
| Rutgers - 7:15 | ||
| 1-10, Rut37 | 7:15 | Rutgers penalized -10 yards. |
| 1-20, Rut28 | 6:48 | Sanu rush middle for 7 yards to the Rut35. |
| 2-13, Rut35 | 6:18 | Savage pass completion to the left to Sanu for 6 yards to the Rut41. |
| 3-7, Rut41 | 5:28 | Savage sacked by Cooper for a 12 yard loss to the Rut29. |
| 4-19, Rut29 | 4:48 | Dellaganna punts. Sanders returns 1 yards to the WVU35. |
| West Virginia - 4:37 | ||
| 1-10, WVU35 | 4:37 | Brown incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 2-10, WVU35 | 4:32 | Devine rush right for -4 yards to the WVU31. |
| 3-14, WVU31 | 4:02 | Brown sacked by Silvestro and Beauharnais for a 6 yard loss to the WVU25. |
| 4-20, WVU25 | 3:22 | Kozlowski punts. No return. Ball on Rut39. |
| Rutgers - 3:17 | ||
| 1-10, Rut39 | 3:17 | Sanu rush right for 1 yard to the Rut40. |
| 2-9, Rut40 | 2:37 | Savage incomplete pass to the right. |
| 3-9, Rut40 | 2:34 | Savage sacked by Williams for a 7 yard loss to the Rut33. |
| 3-9, Rut33 | 2:28 | West Virginia time out. |
| 4-16, Rut33 | 2:28 | Dellaganna punts. No return. Ball on WVU37. |
| West Virginia - 2:15 | ||
| 1-10, WVU37 | 2:15 | Brown pass completion to the middle to Sanders for 7 yards to the WVU44. |
| 2-3, WVU44 | 1:55 | Brown pass completion to the middle to Lyons for 7 yards to the Rut49. |
| 2-3, Rut49 | 1:47 | Rutgers time out. |
| 1-10, Rut49 | 1:47 | Brown incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 2-10, Rut49 | 1:42 | Brown incomplete pass to the right. |
| 3-10, Rut49 | 1:37 | Brown sacked by Freeny for a 10 yard loss to the WVU41. |
| 3-10, WVU41 | 0:54 | West Virginia time out. |
| 4-20, WVU41 | 0:54 | Kozlowski punts. Sanu returns 6 yards to the Rut24. |
| Rutgers - 0:43 | ||
| 1-10, Rut24 | 0:43 | Martinek rush left for 12 yards to the Rut36. |
| 1-10, Rut36 | 0:37 | Martinek rush middle for 2 yards to the Rut38. |
| 3rd Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| West Virginia - 15:00 | ||
| 15:00 | West Virginia kicks off. No return. Ball on Rut40. | |
| Rutgers - 15:00 | ||
| 1-10, Rut40 | 15:00 | Martinek rush right for 4 yards to the Rut44. |
| 2-6, Rut44 | 14:20 | Sanu rush right for 13 yards to the WVU43. |
| 1-10, WVU43 | 13:50 | Martinek rush middle for 5 yards to the WVU38. |
| 2-5, WVU36 | 13:00 | Martinek rush left for 8 yards to the WVU28. |
| 1-10, WVU28 | 12:30 | Sanu rush middle for 1 yard to the WVU27. |
| 2-9, WVU27 | 12:00 | Sanu incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 3-9, WVU27 | 11:49 | Savage incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 4-9, WVU27 | 11:42 | 45 yard field goal attempt by Te is NO GOOD. |
| West Virginia - 11:37 | ||
| 1-10, WVU35 | 11:37 | Devine rush left for 4 yards to the WVU39. |
| 2-6, WVU31 | 10:57 | Brown incomplete pass to the right. |
| 3-6, WVU31 | 10:52 | Brown incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 4-6, WVU31 | 10:49 | Kozlowski punts. No return. Ball on Rut17. |
| Rutgers - 10:41 | ||
| 1-10, Rut17 | 10:41 | Martinek rush right for 2 yards to the Rut19. |
| 2-8, Rut19 | 10:21 | Savage incomplete pass to the right. |
| 3-8, Rut19 | 10:12 | Savage pass to the left intercepted by Glover and returned 24 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| West Virginia - 10:12 | ||
| 10:12 | Bitancurt PAT - GOOD. | |
| 10:01 | West Virginia kicks off. Lefeged returns 91 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. | |
| Rutgers - 10:01 | ||
| 10:01 | Savage two point rush middle is GOOD. | |
| 9:48 | Rutgers kicks off. Shamblin returns 6 yards to the WVU34. | |
| West Virginia - 9:44 | ||
| 1-10, WVU34 | 9:44 | Devine rush right for 2 yards to the WVU36. |
| 2-8, WVU36 | 9:14 | Devine rush right for 3 yards to the WVU39. |
| 3-5, WVU39 | 8:34 | Brown pass completion to the left to Lyons for 3 yards to the WVU42. |
| 4-2, WVU42 | 7:54 | Kozlowski punts. No return. Ball on Rut11. |
| Rutgers - 7:44 | ||
| 1-10, Rut11 | 7:44 | Martinek rush left for 2 yards to the Rut13. |
| 2-8, Rut13 | 7:04 | Williams rush left for -3 yards to the Rut10. |
| 3-11, Rut10 | 6:24 | Savage sacked by Goulbourne for a 3 yard loss to the Rut7. |
| 4-14, Rut7 | 5:44 | Dellaganna punts. Sanders returns 18 yards to the Rut33. |
| West Virginia - 5:27 | ||
| 1-10, Rut33 | 5:27 | Brown incomplete pass to the left. |
| 2-10, Rut33 | 5:19 | Brown rush middle for -1 yards to the Rut34. |
| 2-10, Rut33 | 5:19 | Brown fumbles, Munoz of Rutgers recovers and returns 0 yards to the Rut34. |
| Rutgers - 5:12 | ||
| 1-10, Rut34 | 5:12 | Savage incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 2-10, Rut34 | 5:04 | West Virginia penalized 15 yards. |
| 1-10, Rut49 | 4:36 | Savage pass completion to the middle to Sanu for 17 yards to the WVU34. |
| 1-10, WVU34 | 4:06 | Martinek rush middle for 6 yards to the WVU28. |
| 2-4, WVU28 | 3:42 | Sanu rush middle for 8 yards to the WVU20. |
| 1-10, WVU20 | 3:12 | Martinek rush left for 8 yards to the WVU12. |
| 2-2, WVU12 | 2:22 | Savage pass completion to the right to Sanu for 2 yards to the WVU10. |
| 1-10, WVU10 | 1:52 | Sanu rush right for 5 yards to the WVU5. |
| 2-5, WVU5 | 1:22 | Martinek rush middle for -5 yards to the WVU10. |
| 3-10, WVU10 | 0:42 | Savage incomplete pass to the right. |
| 4-10, WVU10 | 0:32 | Te 27 yard FIELD GOAL. |
| 0:27 | Rutgers kicks off. Austin returns 14 yards to the WVU23. | |
| West Virginia - 0:21 | ||
| 1-10, WVU23 | 0:21 | Devine rush middle for 3 yards to the WVU26. |
| 4th Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| West Virginia - 15:00 | ||
| 2-7, WVU26 | 15:00 | Devine rush middle for 32 yards to the Rut42. |
| 1-10, Rut42 | 14:40 | Brown rush middle for 11 yards to the Rut31. |
| 1-10, Rut31 | 14:00 | Devine rush right for -2 yards to the Rut33. |
| 2-12, Rut33 | 13:30 | Brown rush right for -1 yards to the Rut34. |
| 3-13, Rut34 | 13:00 | Brown incomplete pass to the left. |
| 4-13, Rut34 | 12:55 | Kozlowski punts. No return. Ball on Rut10. |
| Rutgers - 12:44 | ||
| 1-10, Rut10 | 12:44 | Sanu rush middle for 4 yards to the Rut14. |
| 2-6, Rut14 | 12:04 | Savage incomplete pass to the left. |
| 3-6, Rut14 | 12:02 | Savage incomplete pass to the left. |
| 4-6, Rut14 | 11:57 | Dellaganna punts. Sanders returns 9 yards to the WVU39. |
| West Virginia - 11:44 | ||
| 1-10, WVU39 | 11:44 | Clarke rush middle for 8 yards to the WVU47. |
| 2-2, WVU47 | 11:04 | Clarke rush right for 24 yards to the Rut29. |
| 1-10, Rut29 | 10:34 | Devine rush left for 1 yard to the Rut28. |
| 2-9, Rut28 | 10:04 | Clarke rush middle for 4 yards to the Rut24. |
| 3-5, Rut24 | 9:24 | Clarke rush middle for 0 yards to the Rut24. |
| 4-5, Rut24 | 8:54 | Bitancurt 41 yard FIELD GOAL. |
| 8:44 | West Virginia kicks off. McCourty returns 5 yards to the Rut38. | |
| Rutgers - 8:40 | ||
| 1-10, Rut38 | 8:40 | Savage pass completion to the right to Sanu for 62 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| 8:40 | Te PAT - GOOD. | |
| 8:31 | Rutgers kicks off. Rodgers returns 28 yards to the WVU31. | |
| West Virginia - 8:23 | ||
| 1-10, WVU31 | 8:23 | Clarke rush left for 7 yards to the WVU38. |
| 2-3, WVU38 | 7:53 | Clarke rush middle for 2 yards to the WVU40. |
| 3-1, WVU40 | 7:03 | Clarke rush right for 0 yards to the WVU40. |
| 4-1, WVU40 | 6:23 | West Virginia penalized -5 yards. |
| 4-6, WVU35 | 6:18 | Kozlowski punts. No return. Ball on Rut29. |
| Rutgers - 6:11 | ||
| 1-10, Rut29 | 6:11 | Martinek rush middle for 2 yards to the Rut31. |
| 2-8, Rut31 | 5:31 | Sanu rush middle for 3 yards to the Rut34. |
| 3-5, Rut34 | 4:51 | Savage incomplete pass to the right. |
| 4-5, WVU34 | 4:47 | Dellaganna punt blocked. Returned by Richardson to the WVU34. |
| West Virginia - 4:36 | ||
| 1-10, Rut40 | 4:36 | Devine rush right for -4 yards to the Rut44. |
| 2-14, Rut44 | 3:56 | Brown rush left for 8 yards to the Rut36. |
| 3-6, Rut36 | 3:11 | West Virginia penalized -5 yards. |
| 3-11, Rut41 | 3:01 | Brown rush middle for -6 yards to the Rut47. |
| 3-11, Rut41 | 3:01 | Brown fumbles, Silvestro of Rutgers recovers and returns 0 yards to the Rut47. |
| Rutgers - 2:57 | ||
| 1-10, Rut47 | 2:57 | Savage incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 2-10, Rut47 | 2:50 | Sanu rush middle for 4 yards to the WVU49. |
| 3-6, WVU49 | 2:10 | Savage incomplete pass to the right. |
| 4-6, WVU49 | 2:08 | Savage pass to the right intercepted by Thomas and returned 19 yards. |
| West Virginia - 1:59 | ||
| 4-6, Rut32 | 1:59 | West Virginia time out. |
| 1-10, Rut46 | 1:59 | Clarke rush middle for 3 yards to the Rut43. |
| 1-10, Rut43 | 1:54 | Rutgers time out. |
| 2-7, Rut43 | 1:54 | Clarke rush middle for 1 yard to the Rut42. |
| 2-7, Rut42 | 1:51 | Rutgers time out. |
| 3-6, Rut42 | 1:51 | Brown rush left for 12 yards to the Rut30. |
| 1-10, Rut30 | 1:16 | Rutgers penalized 5 yards. |
| 1-5, Rut25 | 0:46 | Rutgers penalized 5 yards. |
| 1-10, Rut20 | 0:36 | Rush middle for -3 yards to the Rut23. |
| 1-10, Rut23 | 0:27 | Rutgers time out. |
| 2-13, Rut23 | 0:27 | Rush middle for -3 yards to the Rut26. |










