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North Scores 31-14 Win Over
South In 2006
Senior Bowl, Presented By Food World
Miami’s Sinorice Moss
wins MVP in losing cause, while Clemson’s Charlie Whitehurst shines for
the North.
 MOBILE, Ala. (January
28, 2006) -- The
North rode the arm of Clemson’s Charlie Whitehurst, the legs of Penn
State’s Michael Robinson and some outstanding defensive plays to
score a 31-14 win over the South in the 57th annual Senior Bowl,
presented by Food World, Saturday afternoon in Mobile.
However,
it was a South player, Miami receiver Sinorice Moss, who won the
game’s MVP Award with an impressive effort which included three
receptions for 45 and a touchdown and a 27-yard gain on a reverse.
The
contest concluded a week-long series of practice sessions for 100 of
the nation’s top senior NFL Draft prospects who were members of the
North and South squads, all under the watchful eyes of over 800
coaches, scouts and front office personnel from the National
Football League who were in Mobile during Senior Bowl Week.
Tennessee Titans head coach Jeff Fisher and his staff coached the
North team to victory in the contest, while San Francisco 49ers head
coach Mike Nolan and his staff coached the South squad.
South's Sinorice Moss, of Miami, celebrates
catching a touchdown pass
from Brodie
Croyle during the first half of the Senior
Bowl.Moss was
named the game's MVP.
(AP Photo/Rob Carr)
Whitehurst and Robinson both managed to shine for the North, with
Whitehurst being named the North’s Offensive MVP for a performance
that included directing a seamless drive in which he was perfect on
five attempts for 66 yards, concluding with a 15-yard scoring pass
to Colorado tight end Joe Klopfenstein. He finished 7-of-9 for 90
yards.
Robinson, the Big Ten’s Offensive Player of the Year as a
quarterback for the Nittany Lions, did most his damage to the South
with his legs as he rushed nine times for 63 yards and helped lead
the North on two scoring drives. He was 1-3 passing for nine yards.
Vanderbilt quarterback Jay Cutler accounted for one North touchdown
on a seven-yard pass to Arizona State’s Derek Hagan in the fourth
quarter, and Virginia Tech running back Cedric Humes scored the
contest’s other touchdown on a one-yard run in the third.
Clemson's Charlie Whitehurst was 7-9 passing for 90 yards and a
touchdown in the North's 31-14 win. (US Presswire/John David Mercer)
Nebraska's Daniel Bullocks recovered two muffed punts, grabbing one
in the end zone for a score and setting up the final touchdown with
the other in the fourth quarter.
Memphis
running back DeAngelo Williams played effectively with three carries
for 31 yards, and also ran through the North defense on a 28 yard
screen pass in the fourth quarter and was the South's offensive MVP.
The
defensive MVPs were Georgia Tech linebacker Gerris Wilkinson for the
South, and Penn State defensive end Tamba Hali for the North. Hali
had two of the North's five sacks and Wilkinson also had a sack,
along with four tackles.
The
game's two in-state quarterback products both threw touchdown passes
for the South. UAB's
Darrell Hackney hit a wide-open
Devin Aromashodu of Auburn in the left corner of the end zone
for a 17-yard score early in the fourth and Alabama's Brodie Croyle
hit Moss for a 30-yard TD in the first.
Texas defensive back Cedric Griffin makes a
leaping intercpetion for the
South squad in front of Arizona
State's Derek Hagan during first quarter
action of the 2006 Senior
Bowl, presented by Food World.
(Dayton Daily News/Niki Jahns)
Tight
ends
Dominique Byrd of Southern California and Klopfenstein were the
North's top receivers. Byrd had four catches for 67 yards and
Klopfenstein finished with three receptions for 39 yards. Washington
State’s Jerome Harrison rushed for 51 yards on 11 carries for the
North.
Other
top defensive performances were turned in by Virginia Tech’s Darryl
Tapp for the North, who had two tackles, two quarterback hurries and
a broken up pass, Iowa linebacker Chad Greenway, who led the North
with four tackles, Penn State defensive back Anwar Phillips, who had
two tackles and a 49-yard interception return.
In
addition to Wilkinson, the South’s other defensive stars were
Alabama defensive back Roman Harper, led all defenders with seven
tackles, and also recovered a fumble and broke up a pass; and LSU’s
Kyle Williams, who had five tackles, two for loss and one pass
break-up.
The
contest was played before the game’s 12th consecutive sellout crowd,
as 40,646 fans filled Ladd-Peebles Stadium for the game.
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