Claw to the Top | A University of Vermont Catamounts Dynasty

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Vermont Catamounts at Louisville Cardinals
Nov 9, 2019	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	OT	SCORE
#1 Vermont Catamounts (10-0, 6-0)	7	10	7	3	-	27
Louisville Cardinals (3-7, 2-4)	0	2	6	6	-	14

Team Stats Comparison
	UVM	LOU
Total Offense	310	357
Rushing Yards	150	81
Passing Yards	160	276
First Downs	17	16
Punt Return Yards	144	30
Kick Return Yards	79	130
Total Yards	533	517
Turnovers	2	1
3rd Down Converstion	2-13 (15%)	5-18 (27%)
4th Down Conversion	1-1	0-1
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-1
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	4-2-2 (100%)	4-2-0 (50%)
Penalties	7-40	10-68
Posession Time	32:39	27:21

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		UVM	LOU
0:35	(UVM) T. Newsome, 11 Yd pass from T. Oliver	7	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		UVM	LOU
4:46	(UVM) M. Thompson, returned punt 93 Yds	14	0
2:44	(LOU) Team Safety	14	2
0:05	(UVM) E. Thomas, 30 Yd FG	17	2
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		UVM	LOU
10:06	(UVM) M. Thompson, 3 Yd run	24	2
1:18	(LOU) M. Holloway, 10 Yd run (XP missed)	24	8
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		UVM	LOU
8:20	(UVM) E. Thomas, 19 Yd FG	27	8
5:27	(LOU) K. Cohen, 3 Yd pass from J. Brewer (2-Pt failed)	27	14

Vermont Catamounts PASSING C/A YDS TD INT T. Oliver 13/18 160 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD M. Thompson 38 128 3.3 1 N. Johnson 3 23 7.6 0 RECEIVING REC YDS LONG TD T. Newsome 6 110 52 1 X. White 4 28 10 0 C. Newton 1 10 10 0 DEFENSE TCK(FL) SACK INT TD J. Lee 12 (2) 1 0 0 T. Thompson 8 (4) 2 0 0 M. Godfrey 8 0 0 0 R. Stewart 5 (1) 0 0 0 J. Payne 5 0 1 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD M. Thompson 7 144 20.5 1

Louisville Cardinals PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. Brewer 11/22 152 1 1 S. Grant 12/25 124 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD M. Holloway 15 72 4.8 1 RECEIVING REC YDS LONG TD K. Cohen 13 172 33 1 J. Thomas 6 76 28 0 W. Montgomery 2 15 8 0 M. Holloway 2 13 15 0 DEFENSE TCK(FL) SACK INT FF S. Henry 14 (5) 1 0 2 T. Britt 10 (1) 1 0 0 C. Moody 8 (3) 1 0 0 J. Clark 8 0 0 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD M. Holloway 4 86 21.5 0

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NCAA Football Rankings - BCS Rankings - Week 12
RK	LW	TEAM	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Vermont	10	0	1.000
2	2	Virginia Tech	12	0	.994
3	3	Tennessee	9	1	.986
4	4	Ohio State	10	1	.986
5	7	USC	9	1	.975
6	6	Oregon	9	2	.972
7	8	Cal	8	2	.967
8	9	Florida	8	2	.953
9	10	Georgia	8	2	.949
10	11	Alabama	7	3	.947
11	16	Notre Dame	8	2	.934
12	12	Texas	10	1	.928
13	13	Penn State	7	3	.918
14	14	Georgia Tech	8	2	.913
15	5	Clemson	8	3	.908
16	15	Nebraska	9	2	.906
17	19	Michigan	8	2	.885
18	17	Maryland	9	2	.881
19	23	Texas A&M	8	2	.865
20	21	Utah	9	1	.858
21	-	Cincinnati	7	3	.844
22	24	North Carolina	7	3	.843
23	25	Boise State	9	2	.840
24	20	Illinois	7	3	.831
25	-	Central Florida	9	2	.811

Big East Conference Standings - Week 12
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STRK
Vermont	10-0	1.000	6-0	392	125	W10
Cincinnati	7-3	.700	5-1	276	184	W4
South Florida	7-3	.700	4-2	229	146	L1
Pittsburgh	4-6	.400	3-3	187	234	L2
Rutgers	6-4	.600	2-4	350	212	W1
Louisville	3-7	.300	2-4	203	266	L2
West Virginia	5-5	.500	2-4	263	176	L2
Syracuse	2-9	.180	0-6	192	357	L7

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Vermont Catamounts at South Florida Bulls
Nov 16, 2019	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	OT	SCORE
#1 Vermont Catamounts (11-0 (7-0))	0	3	14	3	-	20
South Florida Bulls (3-7 (2-4))	6	3	0	3	-	12

Team Stats Comparison
	UVM	USF
Total Offense	400	190
Rushing Yards	203	63
Passing Yards	197	127
First Downs	29	7
Punt Return Yards	27	44
Kick Return Yards	134	134
Total Yards	561	368
Turnovers	1	0
3rd Down Converstion	13-21 (61%)	4-15 (26%)
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-1
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3-1-1 (66%)	4-0-3 (75%)
Penalties	4-25	11-108
Posession Time	38:23	21:37

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		UVM	USF
12:55	(USF) S. Brink, 30 Yd FG	0	3
5:12	(USF) S. Brink, 30 Yd FG	0	6
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		UVM	USF
11:46	(USF) S. Brink, 32 Yd FG	0	9
0:01	(UVM) E. Thomas, 38 Yd FG	3	9
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		UVM	USF
5:42	(UVM) L. Wilkerson, 37 Yd pass from T. Oliver	10	9
0:48	(UVM) M. Albin, 5 Yd pass from T. Oliver	17	9
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		UVM	USF
14:44	(USF) S. Brink, 45 Yd FG	17	12
9:57	(UVM) E. Thomas, 23 Yd FG	20	12

Vermont Catamounts PASSING C/A YDS TD INT T. Oliver 18/26 197 2 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD M. Thompson 45 198 4.4 0 RECEIVING REC YDS LONG TD L. Wilkerson 5 86 37 1 M. Thompson 3 38 17 0 X. White 3 23 9 0 M. Albin 3 15 5 1 DEFENSE TCK(FL) SACK INT TD R. Stewart 7 0 0 0 J. Lee 6 (1) 0 0 0 B. Johnson 3 0 0 0 C. Dickens 3 0 0 0

South Florida Bulls PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. Williams 11/21 127 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD E. Wilkinson 18 41 2.2 0 T. Hampton 4 12 3.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS LONG TD W. Lucas 5 62 30 0 E. Wilkinsin 2 41 29 0 D. Humphrey 2 8 5 0 DEFENSE TCK(FL) SACK INT FF M. Bennett 13 (7) 2 0 1 N. Jones 11 0 0 0 S. Edwards 10 0 0 0 J. Tyson 9 (2) 0 0 0

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NCAA Football Rankings - BCS Rankings - Week 13
RK	LW	TEAM	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Vermont	11	0	1.000
2	2	Virginia Tech	12	0	.994
3	3	Tennessee	10	1	.989
4	7	Cal	9	2	.978
5	6	Oregon	9	2	.978
6	11	Notre Dame	9	2	.968
7	9	Georgia	9	2	.968
8	4	Ohio State	10	2	.961
9	10	Alabama	8	3	.953
10	17	Michigan	9	2	.947
11	5	USC	9	2	.942
12	12	Texas	11	1	.938
13	13	Penn State	8	3	.935
14	14	Clemson	8	3	.922
15	8	Florida	8	3	.900
16	18	Maryland	9	2	.895
17	20	Utah	10	1	.885
18	14	Georgia Tech	8	3	.877
19	22	North Carolina	8	3	.865
20	21	Cincinnati	8	3	.864
21	23	Boise State	10	2	.862
22	24	Illinois	8	3	.843
23	-	Florida State	7	4	.831
24	25	Central Florida	9	2	.827
25	19	Texas A&M	8	3	.827

Big East Conference Standings - Week 13
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STRK
Vermont	11-0	1.000	7-0	412	137	W11
Cincinnati	8-3	.720	6-1	300	204	W5
South Florida	7-4	.630	4-3	241	166	L2
Louisville	4-7	.360	3-4	223	283	W1
West Virginia	6-5	.540	3-4	291	199	W1
Pittsburgh	4-7	.360	3-4	210	262	L3
Rutgers	6-5	.540	3-4	370	236	L1
Syracuse	2-10	.160	0-7	209	377	L8

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Clemson Tigers at Vermont Catamounts
Nov 16, 2019	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	OT	SCORE
#14 Clemson Tigers (8-4, 6-2)	3	3	7	0	-	13
#1 Vermont Catamounts (12-0, 7-0)	0	10	14	9	-	33

Team Stats Comparison
	CLEM	UVM
Total Offense	361	409
Rushing Yards	138	235
Passing Yards	223	174
First Downs	21	15
Punt Return Yards	22	7
Kick Return Yards	106	59
Total Yards	489	475
Turnovers	2	1
3rd Down Converstion	9-21 (42%)	4-12 (33%)
4th Down Conversion	2-4	0-1
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3-1-1 (66%)	6-3-1 (66%)
Penalties	6-46	6-60
Posession Time	28:29	31:31

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		CLEM	UVM
8:59	(CLEM) T. Turner, 47 Yd FG	3	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		CLEM	UVM
12:25	(UVM) M. Thompson, 13 Yd run	3	7
6:39	(UVM) E. Thomas, 37 Yd FG	3	10
0:14	(CLEM) T. Turner, 36 Yd FG	6	10
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		CLEM	UVM
13:28	(UVM) N. Johnson, 2 Yd run	6	17
9:12	(CLEM) S. Murphy, 2 Yd run	13	17
1:47	(UVM) M. Thompson, 11 Yd pass from T. Oliver	13	24
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		CLEM	UVM
6:52	(UVM) E. Thomas, 23 Yd FG	13	27
1:42	(UVM) M. Thompson, 73 Yd run (missed XP)	13	33

Clemson Tigers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT S. Murphy 19/41 223 0 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD L. James 19 79 4.1 0 B. Byers 9 33 3.6 0 RECEIVING REC YDS LONG TD T. Thurman 7 63 21 0 M. Johnson 5 105 49 0 B. Byers 2 33 25 0 DEFENSE TCK(FL) SACK INT TD A. Johnson 10 (1) 0 0 0 E. Griffin 7 0 0 0 J. Heinz 4 0 0 0 R. Jenkins 3 (1) 0 0 0

Vermont Catamounts PASSING C/A YDS TD INT T. Oliver 11/17 174 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD M. Thompson 37 211 5.7 2 N. Johnson 3 9 3.0 1 RECEIVING REC YDS LONG TD X. White 4 32 9 0 M. Thompson 2 20 11 1 C. Concepcion 2 88 61 0 M. Albin 1 19 19 0 DEFENSE TCK(FL) SACK INT TD C. Dickens 11 (4) 2 0 0 L. Higgins 7 0 0 0 J. Jones 3 0 2 0

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NCAA Football Rankings - BCS Rankings - Week 14/15
RK	LW	TEAM	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Vermont	12	0	1.000
2	2	Virginia Tech	12	0	.994
3	3	Tennessee	11	1	.989
4	4	Cal	10	2	.981
5	7	Georgia	10	2	.975
6	6	Notre Dame	10	2	.975
7	8	Ohio State	10	2	.967
8	9	Alabama	8	3	.958
9	10	Michigan	10	2	.953
10	11	USC	10	2	.947
11	12	Texas	11	1	.944
12	13	Penn State	8	3	.942
13	15	Florida	9	3	.917
14	16	Maryland	10	2	.914
15	5	Oregon	9	3	.913
16	18	Georgia Tech	9	3	.895
17	-	Oregon State	8	4	.875
18	21	Boise State	10	2	.874
19	20	Cincinnati	8	3	.873
20	19	North Carolina	9	3	.868
21	17	Utah	10	2	.858
22	14	Clemson	8	4	.841
23	23	Florida State	8	4	.840
24	24	Central Florida	10	2	.835
25	-	Nebraska	9	3	.818

Big East Conference Standings - Week 14/15
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STRK
#1 Vermont	12-0	1.000	7-0	445	150	W12
#18 Cincinnati	9-3	.750	6-1	335	214	W6
South Florida	7-5	.580	4-3	248	196	L3
Louisville	5-7	.410	3-4	264	290	W2
West Virginia	6-6	.500	3-4	305	223	L1
Pittsburgh	5-7	.410	3-4	237	275	W1
Rutgers	6-6	.500	2-5	381	257	L2
Syracuse	2-10	.160	0-7	209	377	L8

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Vermont All-Americans

1st Team
HB Matt Thompson
LG Antwan Stewart
C Derrick White
RG Tony King
DT Charles Dickens
CB James Jones

Freshmen
WR Matt Albin
LG Antwan Stewart
CB Lee Higgins
Returner Clay Mosley


Vermont Award-Winners

HB, #29 Matt Thompson, Jr.

Maxwell Award
Doak Walker Award
Returner of the Year
Heisman Award

3,482 All-Purpose Yards, 30 Total TD
331 Carries, 2001 Yards, 22 TD
22 Receptions, 252 Yards, 4 TD
19 Kick Returns, 696 Yards, 3 TD; 43 Punt Returns, 533 Yards, 1 TD

LT, #60 Tony King, Jr.

Best Offensive Lineman

C, #71 Derrick White, Sr.

Rimington Award

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Vermont Catamounts kick field goal as time expires to win 2020 BCS National Championship

Glendale, AZ - In their 11th season of FBS play, Vermont has clawed to the top. Tied at 24 with
two seconds left, Eli Thomas knocked a 31-yard field goal through the uprights as time expired
to crown the Catamounts as National Champions.

Vermont took at 24-17 lead early in the fourth quarter, but a Joseph Gipson three-yard run with
2:20 left in the game would tie the score at 24.

UVM got two key third down conversions before Terrance Oliver hit Tyrone Newsome on a 26-yard
connenection over the middle to bring Vermont to VT's 19. A five-yard Matt Thompson run got
them to the VT 14, then Vermont let the clock wind down to two before calling a timeout. You
already know the rest.

Matt Thompson, the now two-time Heisman winner, three-time Walker award winner, now Maxwell
winner and returner of the year, can now add the most important trophy of all to his resume, a
national title, before heading to the NFL.

Thompson had TD runs of 12 and 53 in the first quarter, while Heisman runner-up VT runningback
Heath Peoples had a TD reception of 38 that made the score 14-7 after one.

Tech added a 28-yard field goal midway through the second after making it down to UVM's 11 before
being stalled, cutting the Vermont lead to four.

Keith Stone recorded his third interception of the game at the start of the second half (he'd had one
to start the game, and one late in the second quarter), giving Vermont great field position at VT's 40,
but the Cats could only muster a couple first downs before setting for a 39-yard field goal from Thomas
that extended their lead to seven.

A big 36-yard Thomas Bailey reception brought the Hokies to UVM's three where on 3rd & goal,
Anthony Thompson rushed it in to tie the game at 17 with a little over three minutes left in the third.

After considering going for a 4th & 12 at VT's 40, Vermont decided to punt the ball instead. Peoples had
a good return to their own 40, but just two plays later Gipson threw his fourth pick of the game, this one
not Lee Higgins for a change and Vermont had the ball at VT's 46 with 49 seconds left in the third quarter.

Vermont converted a 4th & three play at VT's 39 on a pass to Thompson in the flat. Four plays later and
Oliver hits Xavier White from 23 yards in the corner of the endzone to take a 24 to 17 lead.

Virginia Tech then marched down the field 65 yards on 14 plays before Gipson ran in the tying touchdown.
The rest is history.

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