The Roanoke Times from Roanoke, Virginia • 34

C2 The Roanoke Times Sunday September 17 2000 Virginia Tech 49 Rutgers 0 HOWTHEYSCORED 1 Ritgers 0 0 0 0 0 VlrglniaTech 21 14 7 7 49 Rrst quarter VT Suggs 7 run (Wariey kick) 9:30 Drive: Thirteen plays 80 yards 5:30 Key pfeys: Vick 19 run to Rutgers 47 on first a jd 10 Vick 14 run to Rutgers 33 on slcond and 1 0 Virginia Tech 7 Rutgers 0 jVT Johnson 17 pass from Vick (parley kick) 7:39 Drive: Two plays 14 rds :46 Key play: None Virginia Tech 1 Rutgers 0 VT Suggs 3 run (Wariey kick) 2:00 Dive: Eight plays 70 yards 2:07 Key ptey: Vick 45 run to Rutgers 3 on on first aid 11 Virginia Tech 21 Rutgers 0 Second quarter vr Vick 8 run (Wariey kick) 10:29 Drive: Seven plays 59 yards 2:35 Key play: Johnson 13 pass from Vick to Rutgers 8 on third and three Virginia Tech 28 Rutgers 0 VT Suggs 1 run (Wariey kick) 8:56 Drive: Three plays 21 yards 1:04 Key play: Drive set up by Eric Green's blocked punt at Rutgers 21 Virginia Tech 35 Rut gers 0 Third quarter VT Suggs 3 run (Wariey kick) 10:14 Drive: Seven plays 39 yards 2:52 Key play: A Davis 15 pass from Vick to Rutgers 24 on first and 10 Virginia Tech 42 Rut gers 0 ourth quarter VT Burnell 1 run (Wariey kick) 10:42 Drive: Seven plays 85 yards 3:26 Key play: Burnell 59 run to the Rutgers 3 on second and seven Virginia Tech 49 Rut gers 0 TEAM STATISTICS MJ I INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rutgers VT irst downs 15 29 Rushes yards 24 57 58 348 Passing 184 179 Comp Att Int 17 49 4 15 29 1 Return Yards 14 70 Punts Avg 7 31 3 46 umbles Lost 1 1 5 3 Penaltles Yards 5 50 7 62 Time of Possession 24:4 33:22 Rushing Rutgers Thomas 11 53 Ohene 4 15 Schwenk 3 8 Anderson 5 3 Team 1 (minus 22) Virginia Tech Vick 11 104 Suggs 16 76 Burnell 6 70 Kendrick 9 31 Ward 8 26 Davis 1 15 Hawkins 2 11 Easlick 2 9 Noel 1 5 erguson 2 1 Passing Rutgers McMahon 12 36 3 149 Sch wenk 4 12 1 21 Earr 1 1 0 14 Virginia Tech Vick 10 18 0 120 Mey er 3 5 0 38 Noel 2 5 0 21 Wilds 0 1 1 0 Receiving Rutgers King 5 67 Martin 2 39 Smith 2 25 Johnson 2 7 Stringer 1 18 White 1 14 Ohene 1 5 Lovelace 1 5 Carty 1 3 Anderson 1 1 Virginia Tech Johnson 3 46 Wilford 3 35 Davis 3 34 Ward 2 28 Briggs 1 17 Donahue 1 8 Witten 1 6 erguson 1 5 Tackles (Solo assist sacks) Rutgers Petlco 1 0 0 Pyszczymukare 2 4 0 Robertson 4 2 0 Leonard 5 3 0 reeney 0 4 0 McLonmack 2 7 0 Haw 4 2 0 White 1 5 0 Saebrooks 3 0 0 Th ompson 4 0 0 Tullock 0 3 0 Malakoski 1 2 0 Burnett 3 0 1 Berson 1 0 0 Davis 1 1 0 Bender 0 2 0 Colon 3 4 0 Berry 1 0 0 Martin 2 1 0 Brackett 4 0 1 Je nerette 0 2 0 Smith 1 1 0 Thomas 1 0 0 Womaek 0 0 0 Ulis 1 0 0 Jordan 1 0 0 Virginia Tech Cobb 1 1 0 Beasley 0 0 0 Pugh 1 0 0 Adibi 3 0 0 Summers 6 1 0 Houseright 1 1 0 Taylor 1 1 0 Whitaker 2 0 0 Pile 1 0 0 Bird 2 0 0 Austin 4 1 0 Colas 1 1 0 Wilkinson 0 0 0 Reed 1 0 0 Davis 1 0 0 Sorensen 0 1 0 Welch 5 2 1 Wolfe 1 0 0 Wilds 1 0 0 Wilds 1 0 0 McCadam 0 1 0 Hard ee 2 1 0 Jackson 1 0 0 Green 1 0 0 Provitt 1 0 0 Crawford 0 2 0 Ward 1 1 0 Robinson 1 1 0 Butler 1 0 0 TECH SEASON UPDATE Aug 27 Georgia Tech ppd Sept 2 Hokies 52 Akron 23 Sept 7 Hokies 43 ECU 28 Sept 16 Hokies 49 Rutgers 0 Sept 30 at Boston College Oct 7 Temple Oct 12 West Virginia Oct 21 at Syracuse Oct 28 Pittsburgh Nov 4 at Miami Nov 11 at Central lorida Nov 25 Virginia 1 i W7 vj' jf W'Z a L' 'iZv5 A TKT I '4 A TS a 8 MATT GENTRY Michael Vick (7) gives Tech fans a thrill and a scare at the same time as he does a complete flip into the end zone for a touchdownf A'''' ROM Cl Hokies with Ids elusiveness and speed Vick threw for 120 yards and a touchdown plus ran 11 times for 1 04 yards Sophomore tailback Lee Suggs provided four of the seven touchdowns scoring on runs of 7 3 1 and 3 yards The Roanoke native had 70 yards on 1 0 carries Tire Hokies (3 0 1 Big East) cuffed the visitors from northern New Jersey from the get go Coach Terry club never had a chance Of course some figured that when the Scarlet Knights (2 1 0 1) showed up on the sideline without James Gandolfini the 1983 graduate who plays mob boss Tony Soprano in the II BO series Tech put the losers in concrete shoes on its first offensive posses sion going 80 yards with all but 5 coming on the ground Suggs scored the touchdown on an unat tended 7 yard burst up the gut After Tech's defense sent Rut gers three and out the special teams that suffocated East Caroli na on Sept 7 resurfaced Rutgers freshman deep snapper Brian Ho hmann fired a low delivciy that punter Mike Barr mishandled By the time Barr got his hands on the ball Tech freshman Eric Green was all over him for a 22 yard loss Two plays later Tech was in the end zone on 1 7 yard TO pass to a leaping Emmett Johnson The Hokies made it 21 0 on their third possession The 70 yard drive was highlighted by an other Houdini scramble by Vick who somehow shook out of the backfield grasp of 270 pound lineman Jason Malkoski spun left and galloped 45 yards to the 3 Suggs took care of the TD honors on the next snap bowling over from the 3 Two possessions later Tech made it 28 zip On an 8 yard TD scramble Vick took on Rutgers cornerback Shabib White at the 4 and performed a jierfect somer sault over the defender into the end zone Tech coach rank Beamer want to look On a similar flip in last opener' Vick' landed awkwardly and suffered a high left ankle sprain that cost him 1 'a games flip scared me I know about you Beamer said How about it Michael? ERIC BRADY THH HOA M)KE TIMES The Tech defense dominated Rutgers to record its first shutout since last year's 62 0 win over Syracuse "WW I IO? XAtjZ LA f' 4 told New Jersey reporters that best chance was to match points with Vick and Tech Shea kind of chal lenged us I guess when he said he was going to match touchdown for touchdown with Taylor said guess we kind of responded to that just not respect "When a coach says something like that you have to make it a point to prove and do something about it" Point driven home Rutgers which scored 93 points in its opening two victories did not get closer than the Tech 22 yard line Scarlet Knights quarterback Mike McMahon called an NL prospect by Shea completed 12 of 3G passes for 149 yards with three interceptions backup' Chad Schwenk also threw anin terception Senior linebacker Phillip Summers sophomore corner Ro promised everybody no more flips but I guess just in Vick said I was up in the air 1 knew I was going to have a perfect 10 landing and I did went through my head when I was up in the air Last year what the coaches were going to say and I got it when I went to the sideline But I knew 1 was going to get a perfect landing ERIC BRADY 77? HOANOKE TIMES Scarlet Knights quarterback Mike McMahon slips away from Bep Taylor but he was pressured into three interceptions amg 1 Bl'J wh A I I knew how I wanted to land and I was not going to land on my feet this At that point the only ques tion left was whether Tech would get its first shutout since last Oc 62 0 blitz of Syracuse in Lane a statement we wanted to Taylor said A statement made by Shea earlier in the week provided the Tech defense with extra fuel Shea nyell Whitaker Taylor and Green had the picks came out to play big time with a chip on our shoulder" Wh itaker said had a lotto prove We had to let people know that our defense going anywhere that st ill here We just basically wanted to smack in the Done deal Randy King can be reached at 981 3126 or randykroanokecom I 3 Quick hits Tailback Lee Suggs is well on hisl way to setting a Tech record for rushing touchdowns in a season Suggs has seven in three games The record is 13 owned by four players Tommy rancisco (1966) JB Barber (1972) Ken Oxendine (1996) and Shyrone Stith (1999) ourth string tailback Keith Burnell from Chesa peake scored his first college TD on a 1 yard run that made it 49 0 1 His 59 yard run set up the score Tech flanker Andre Davis uhnm iaLz norvui vvnviii vin naiiuvviy ii a uuu pie times on long bombs failed to score a touchdown for the first time in seven games RANDY KING Bubble burst Rutgers senior quarterback Mik 3 McMahon had thrown 10 touch down passes with one in the first two games He was 9rl1 miserable Saturday completing of 36 attempts for 149 yards withL9 three picks "We knew how good he Tech cornerback Ronyell Whitaker 4 said today in my opinion they really didn't show anything really think he was as good f'8 as they said he Tech rover Cory Bird said the 6 defense wanted to shut up Rutgers 4 coach Terry Shea in addition to McMahon Shea infuriated the Hokies with his pregame commeriV 1 about trying to match points with Tech a disappointing state ment It's embarrassing actually and I think he's embarrassed" a Bird said "It just helps us fuel our fire We came out and responded to their comments and the score doesn't lie Anytime you've got the head coach and the quarterback talking trash going to come out and get you It's woodshed On deck The Hokies enjoy the first of two open weeks on their schedule before starting preparations for their Sept 30 game at Boston Col icge i jj inejjupm game will be televised by CBS (WDBJ Channel 7) TECH NOTES Green pays dividends reshman Eric Green may have 3 earned himself a full time job onq punt return unit Green filling in for injured Anthony Thibodeau came up with two big plays Saturday in the Hokk ies' 49 0 romp over Rutgers 0 irst Green trapped Rutgers oh1 punter Mike Barr for a 22 yard loss following a bad snap a play that A set up Tech for a 14 yard touch down drive that made it 14 0 in the first quarter Then early in th'e second quarter Green blew in 11 from the right side to block a punt that the Hokies turned into another TD to make it 35 0 was pretty surprised becausd this is big time Green tsui said of his placement on and joy" team great even touch the field I was proud' 1 Green a backup cornerback said he called his shot on the blocked punt the fourth blocked kick in three games "I wanted it I wanted GreenJi said just told the other guys to be ready to pick it the ball up because I was going to get it An what I Green is one of three true fresho man on the roster who have played this season He was a quarpy terback at Clewiston (la) High School which also produced cur JL rent Hokies Phillip Summers and Thenus ranklin as well as former cornerback Anthony Midget i0v3 Green also picked off his first college pass in the second quarter With 7:54 to go in the fourth quarT10 ter he preserved the shutout wheity he raced over to bat away a deepisv Chad Schwenk pass that had touchdown written all over it iol Green was the wrong guy to pick on Saturday yjfj fl Trash talking an Much like East Carolina's play ers defense spent a lot time jawing with Tech Michael Vick after the whistle had! been blown were doing a lot of talking? trying to get to Vick said A it takes a lot to get to me just push it to the side' But I'm nt going to just sit there and let keep talking to me so I said a few6r words back Every game every JU(1 play Sometimes you just get fedJb0 dfiw There were some charges from the Tech camp of possible cheap shots on Vick in the ECU game Vick made no such charges aboutgg Rutgers but he did admit a marked man yeah out ther trying to kill me Vick said tj16y been hitting the ground asy often as I can just trying to gvil protect myself" niifl 3 rtOT.