Imperial Bowl XIX Live Coverage

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NBC Sports presents the 19th Annual Imperial Bowl

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"What an All-Time event this is sure to be. West Virginia looks to make history, by way of perfection. The only thing standing in their way? The up and coming Vancouver Killer Whales. It's the old guard against the young turks tonight, live on NBC."

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Live from Anaheim Stadium in lovely Anaheim California. It's a beautiful 77 degrees with just a slight 3 mile an hour breeze.

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1st Quarter

Nicky Blades kicked off 79 yards from the VAN30. Touchback.

1-10-WVA20 Brent Henderson ran a trap outside the right tackle for 10 yards. Tackled by OLB Levon Clemons, assisted by S Earnest Sauceda. Key block delivered by Les Wren.

1-10-WVA30 Lester Krauss ran around left end for 5 yards. Tackled by DE Ike Cook, assisted by CB Mike Stanton. Key block delivered by Kurt Buhner.

2-5-WVA35 Lester Krauss ran inside the left tackle for 0 yards. Tackled by CB Andy Mathews.

3-5-WVA35 Deron Markel pass completed to WR Jimmy Roberts for 12 yards. Tackled by CB Mike Stanton. Roberts gained 4 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage.

1-10-WVA47 Brent Henderson ran inside the left tackle for 3 yards. Tackled by DT Calvin Gibson, assisted by ILB Carlton Nitschke.

2-7-VAN50 Brent Henderson ran inside the right guard for 4 yards. Tackled by DT Calvin Gibson.

3-3-VAN46 Deron Markel pass completed to WR Andre Thomason for 16 yards. Tackled by ILB Carlton Nitschke. Thomason gained 8 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw into double coverage.

1-10-VAN30 Lester Krauss ran inside the right tackle for 0 yards. Tackled by OLB Levon Clemons.

2-10-VAN30 Deron Markel pass completed to WR Bernard Strong for 5 yards. Tackled by DT Shannon Volek.

3-5-VAN25 Deron Markel pass was blocked at the line, intended for WR Andre Thomason. DT Shannon Volek blocked the pass.

4-5-VAN25 Marlon Cooper attempted a 42 yard field goal and missed wide to the left.

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1-10-VAN32 (1Q: 10:08) Bryan McNeil pass completed to WR Rob Dodge for 39 yards. Tackled by CB Otis Davison. Dodge gained 30 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw into double coverage.

1-10-WVA29 (1Q: 09:28) Chester Riley ran around left end for 5 yards. Tackled by S Harvey Ingle, assisted by OLB Raymond Lamb. Key block delivered by Casey Machado.

2-5-WVA24 (1Q: 08:54) Bryan McNeil pass was thrown incomplete, intended for WR Rob Dodge. The quarterback threw into double coverage.

3-5-WVA24 (1Q: 08:43) Bryan McNeil pass was dropped by TE Marc Kelley. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage.

4-5-WVA24 (1Q: 08:38) Nicky Blades attempted a 41 yard field goal and succeeded.

Vancouver 3, West Virginia 0

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Nicky Blades kicked off 55 yards from the VAN30. Andre Thomason returned the ball 29 yards to the WVA44. Tackled by A.J. Copeland.

1-10-WVA44 (1Q: 08:05) Lester Krauss ran inside the right tackle for 7 yards. Tackled by OLB Levon Clemons, assisted by S Nolan Fredrickson. Key block delivered by Daryl Goebel.

2-3-VAN49 (1Q: 07:32) Roy Ramsey ran inside the left guard for 2 yards. Tackled by S A.J. Copeland.

3-1-VAN47 (1Q: 07:09) Lester Krauss ran inside the left tackle for 1 yard. Tackled by DT Shannon Volek, assisted by OLB Levon Clemons. Key block delivered by Nathan Regalado.

1-10-VAN46 (1Q: 06:23) Lester Krauss ran outside the right tackle for 0 yards. Tackled by S Kyle Maramieri.

2-10-VAN46 (1Q: 05:45) Deron Markel pass completed to WR Bernard Strong for 46 yards and a TOUCHDOWN! Strong gained 37 yards after the catch. Extra point by Marlon Cooper was good.

West Virginia 7, Vancouver 3

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Marlon Cooper kicked off 72 yards from the WVA30. Touchback.

1-10-VAN20 (1Q: 05:26) Fred Pierce ran outside the right tackle for 4 yards. Tackled by OLB Michael Cibella.

2-6-VAN24 (1Q: 04:54) Bryan McNeil pass completed to TE Harris Lindsay for 7 yards. Tackled by S Harvey Ingle, assisted by CB Chad Prince.

1-10-VAN31 (1Q: 04:14) Fred Pierce ran a trap outside the right tackle for 2 yards. Tackled by S Harvey Ingle.

2-8-VAN33 (1Q: 03:37) Bryan McNeil pass completed to WR Al Wormeck for 12 yards. Tackled by ILB Tony Levine. Wormeck gained 5 yards after the catch.

1-10-VAN45 (1Q: 03:10) Fred Pierce ran around the left tackle for -1 yards. Tackled by OLB Earnest High.

2-11-VAN44 (1Q: 02:27) Bryan McNeil pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Rob Dodge. DE Luther Farley drove right through Calvin Howe to hurry the quarterback.

3-11-VAN44 (1Q: 02:20) Chester Riley ran around left end for 32 yards. Tackled by ILB Eric Binder. Key block delivered by Casey Machado.

PENALTY: West Virginia was called for Unnecessary Roughness.

1-10-WVA12 (1Q: 02:04) Fred Pierce ran around the left tackle for 3 yards. Tackled by ILB Eric Binder, assisted by DT Todd Warren.

2-7-WVA09 (1Q: 01:30) Bryan McNeil pass completed to RB Chester Riley for 7 yards. Tackled by S Max Abrams.

1-2-WVA02 (1Q: 00:54) Bryan McNeil scrambled for 2 yards and a TOUCHDOWN! Extra point by Nicky Blades was good.

Vancouver 10, West Virginia 7

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Nicky Blades kicked off 79 yards from the VAN30. Touchback.

1-10-WVA20 (1Q: 00:45) Lester Krauss ran a draw inside the right guard for 8 yards. Tackled by CB Andy Mathews, assisted by DT Calvin Gibson.

2-2-WVA28 (1Q: 00:16) Deron Markel pass was intended for WR Bernard Strong and was intercepted by S Earnest Sauceda at the VAN41. The interception was returned 2 yards.

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1-10-VAN43 (1Q: 00:05) Fred Pierce ran around right end for 7 yards.

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Vancouver 10, West Virginia 7

2-3-VAN50 (2Q: 15:00) Bryan McNeil pass completed to RB Chester Riley for 9 yards.

1-10-WVA41 (2Q: 14:16) Chester Riley ran around right end for 2 yards and was forced out of bounds.

2-8-WVA39 (2Q: 13:45) Bryan McNeil pass completed to WR Dean Schiff for 5 yards.

3-3-WVA34 (2Q: 12:57) Fred Pierce ran around left end for 6 yards.
PENALTY: Vancouver was called for Offensive Holding.

3-13-WVA44 (2Q: 12:50) Bryan McNeil pass was dropped by WR Rob Dodge. The quarterback threw into double coverage.
PENALTY: Vancouver was called for Offensive Holding. The penalty was declined.

4-13-WVA44 (2Q: 12:42) Richard Terry punted 44 yards. Touchback.

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Sick VAN defense. Best scoring and yardage in the regular season.

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1-10-WVA20 (2Q: 12:36) Brent Henderson ran around left end for 2 yards.

2-8-WVA22 (2Q: 12:02) Deron Markel pass completed to WR Bernard Strong for 36 yards.

1-10-VAN42 (2Q: 11:28) Brent Henderson ran around right end for 8 yards.

2-2-VAN34 (2Q: 10:46) Lester Krauss ran inside the left guard for 2 yards.

1-10-VAN32 (2Q: 10:13) Brent Henderson ran inside the left tackle for 0 yards.

2-10-VAN32 (2Q: 09:37) Lester Krauss ran outside the right tackle for 2 yards.
PENALTY: West Virginia was called for an Illegal Formation.

2-15-VAN37 (2Q: 09:27) Deron Markel pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Andre Thomason.

3-15-VAN37 (2Q: 09:22) Brent Henderson ran inside the right guard for 7 yards.

4-8-VAN30 (2Q: 08:42) Marlon Cooper attempted a 47 yard field goal and succeeded.

Vancouver 10, West Virginia 10

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Marlon Cooper kicked off 64 yards from the WVA30. A.J. Copeland returned the ball 20 yards to the VAN26. Tackled by Bernard Strong.

1-10-VAN26 (2Q: 08:04) Bryan McNeil pass completed to FB Marcus Grauman for -1 yards. Tackled by ILB Tony Levine.

2-11-VAN25 (2Q: 07:34) Bryan McNeil pass fell incomplete, intended for FB Marcus Grauman. DE Luther Farley hurried the quarterback into a bad throw.
PENALTY: West Virginia was called for Too Many Men on the Field.

2-6-VAN30 (2Q: 07:27) Fred Pierce ran around left end for 6 yards. Tackled by DE Barry Mendenhall.

1-10-VAN36 (2Q: 06:59) Bryan McNeil pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Rob Dodge.

2-10-VAN36 (2Q: 06:54) Bryan McNeil pass completed to FB Marcus Grauman for 9 yards.

3-1-VAN45 (2Q: 06:21) Marcus Grauman ran around left end for 0 yards. Tackled by S Harvey Ingle.

4-1-VAN45 (2Q: 05:37) Richard Terry punted 45 yards. Roy Ramsey returned the kick 4 yards to the WVA14. Tackled by Edwin Graham.

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1-10-WVA14 (2Q: 05:27) Deron Markel pass completed to WR Bernard Strong for 14 yards.

1-10-WVA28 (2Q: 04:41) Lester Krauss ran inside the right tackle for 0 yards. Tackled by DE Greg Tyler.

2-10-WVA28 (2Q: 04:15) Brent Henderson ran a counterplay inside the right tackle for 1 yard. Tackled by DE Ike Cook, assisted by S A.J. Copeland.

3-9-WVA29 (2Q: 03:29) Deron Markel pass completed to WR Andre Thomason for 6 yards. Tackled by CB Andy Mathews.

4-3-WVA35 (2Q: 02:50) Melvin Schulz punted 57 yards. Shawn Bradford returned the kick 10 yards to the VAN18. Tackled by Bart Shepard. Ball was fumbled and recovered by VAN Lamar Barrett at the VAN18.

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Playing with a Beast of a fire there, VAN.

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1-10-VAN18 (2Q: 02:41) Fred Pierce ran a trap outside the left tackle for 0 yards. Tackled by S Harvey Ingle. Vancouver's Shawn Bradford was hurt on the play. This appears to be a minor leg injury. He should be able to remain in the game.

2-10-VAN18 (2Q: 02:08) Fred Pierce ran around the left tackle for 3 yards. Tackled by S Harvey Ingle, assisted by CB Kevin Stanton.

Official time out for the two-minute warning.

3-7-VAN21 (2Q: 02:00) Bryan McNeil pass completed to RB Chester Riley for -4 yards. Tackled by OLB Raymond Lamb. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage.

4-11-VAN17 (2Q: 01:31) Richard Terry punted 51 yards. Roy Ramsey returned the kick 11 yards to the WVA43. Tackled by Edwin Graham.