Scores

Final

UCF 18

(3-6, 2-3 C-USA)

(23) West Virginia 36

(4-4, 2-1 Big 12)

1:00 PM ET, November 1, 2003

Mountaineer Field, MORGANTOWN, WV

1 2 3 4 T
UCF 0 3 8 718
#23WVU 3 9 7 1736

WEST VIRGINIA 36, UCF 18

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia (Ticker) -- Quincy Wilson rushed for 135 yards as West Virginia pulled away from Central Florida in the fourth quarter en route to a 36-18 victory, its 100th at Mountaineer Field.

Wilson surpassed 100 yards in the first half as West Virginia held a 12-3 lead. He had just 19 in the second half, but the Mountaineers (4-4) clinched their third straight win with two touchdowns in the first 5:10 of the fourth quarter.

Coming off an upset of No. 3 Virginia Tech 10 days ago, West Virginia gained 303 yards on the ground but twice failed to score inside the Central Florida 10 and led just 19-11 entering the final 15 minutes.

UCF was held to just 44 yards on the ground but any hopes it had of winning the game were ended early in the fourth as West Virginia's Joe Hunter recovered a blocked punt in the end zone and Chris Henry hauled in a 79-yard TD pass from backup Charles Hales.

West Virginia stretched its lead to 19-3 less than five minutes into the second half as Travis Garvin ran for an eight-yard score. The drive took just four plays and was set up by Brian King's 21-yard interception return.

But UCF (3-6) took advantage of a nine-yard punt to get in West Virginia territory. Alex Haynes had a 10-yard TD run and Ryan Schneider's successful two-point conversion pass to Darcy Johnson cut the lead to 19-11 with 5:14 left in the third quarter.

But just 80 seconds into the fourth quarter, West Virginia's Jerry White blocked Mark Prater's punt at the UCF 7 and Hunter recovered it in the end zone.

The Moutaineers improved to 100-44-4 at Mountaineer Field, which opened in 1980. They recorded the win despite losing starting quarterback Rasheed Marshall to a concussion in the second half.

Marshall went 8-of-15 for 73 yards and an interception, while Hales was 2-of-2 for 88 yards and a score.

Schneider completed 27-of-44 passes for 253 yards and one touchdown.

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Team Stat Comparison

 
UCF
WVU
1st Downs1419
Total Yards297464
Passing253161
Rushing44303
Penalties14-11810-98
3rd Down Conversions0-121-15
4th Down Conversions0-02-3
Turnovers22
Possession26:2533:35

Passing Leaders

UCFC/ATTYDSAVGTDINT
Schneide...27/442535.811
West VirginiaC/ATTYDSAVGTDINT
Marshall8/15734.901
Hales2/28844.010

Rushing Leaders

UCFCARYDSAVGTDLG
Haynes11635.7123
Torres231.502
West VirginiaCARYDSAVGTDLG
Wilson241355.6046
Harris10616.1024

Receiving Leaders

UCFRECYDSAVGTDLG
Marshall56312.6127
Capers5173.405
West VirginiaRECYDSAVGTDLG
Henry512324.6179
Garvin2199.5010

Scoring Summary

FIRST QUARTERUCFWVU
FG1:45BRAD COOPER 24 YD FG
Drive info: 11 plays, 49 yards.
03
SECOND QUARTERUCFWVU
TD6:42RASHEED MARSHALL 1 YD RUN (BRAD COOPER KICK)
Drive info: 13 plays, 92 yards.
010
S5:53TEAM SAFETY012
FG0:00MATT PRATER 43 YD FG
Drive info: 6 plays, 37 yards.
312
THIRD QUARTERUCFWVU
TD10:51TRAVIS GARVIN 8 YD RUN (BRAD COOPER KICK)
Drive info: 4 plays, 52 yards.
319
TD5:14ALEX HAYNES 10 YD RUN (DARCY JOHNSON 2PT PASS FROM RYAN SCHNEIDER)
Drive info: 5 plays, 47 yards.
1119
FOURTH QUARTERUCFWVU
TD13:40JOE HUNTER 0 YD BLOCKED PUNT RETURN (BRAD COOPER KICK)1126
TD9:50CHRIS HENRY 79 YD PASS FROM CHARLES HALES (BRAD COOPER KICK)
Drive info: 4 plays, 88 yards.
1133
TD8:29BRANDON MARSHALL 27 YD PASS FROM RYAN SCHNEIDER (MATT PRATER KICK)
Drive info: 5 plays, 80 yards.
1833
FG4:01BRAD COOPER 43 YD FG
Drive info: 8 plays, 48 yards.
1836