Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, October 3, 1993 TAG: 9310040262
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C6 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Landmark News Service
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: Medium
Knight, a junior from nearby Maury High School, ran and passed the Tribe to a 49-6 rout of VMI and was named the Most Valuable Player in the game.
Knight completed 10 of 12 passes for 219 yards and rushed eight times for 74 yards and a touchdown as William and Mary set school records for rushing offense and passing defense.
The Tribe (3-2) ran for 413 yards against VMI's undersized front and held the Keydets to 11 yards passing.
The old marks were 342 yards rushing against Lehigh and 22 yards passing given up against James Madison, both in 1989.
Field position wasn't a factor. William and Mary's shortest scoring drive covered 60 yards.
The Tribe simply did what it does best: Put the ball in Knight's hands and let him create.
"You know they are going to be very aggressive and we wanted to take that and use it against them," Knight said of the Keydets.
Of Knight's eight rushes, at least six were scrambles. He wasn't sacked.
"I don't think we touched him all day," said Jim Shuck, VMI's coach.
William and Mary had 651 yards of total offense and outgained the Keydets by 500 yards.
The Tribe's Derek Fitzgerald led all rushers with 105 yards on 17 carries.
William and Mary had no punts or turnovers. The Tribe's most glaring error on offense was a 37-yard field-goal attempt that Chris Dawson pushed wide left with one second left in the first half.
William and Mary amassed 36 first downs and averaged 7.9 yards per play.
"When it's second-and-one, you can call whatever play you want," Shuck said, lamenting his team's inability to even slow the Tribe.
"We just got beat by a better football team," Shuck added.
It doesn't get any easier for the Keydets (0-4). They have a date Saturday with Marshall, the top-ranked team in Division I-AA.
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