MATT MCKERNAN Linebacker 1984 / 1988 Daytona Beach, FL

Prior Schools
School	Location

Roster Listings
Year	Roster	Num	Pos	Ht	Wt	Yr	Gms	GS
1984	Program vs Florida State	48	TE	6-2	211	Fr
1984	Gator Bowl Media Guide	48	TE	6-2	211	Fr	0	0
1985	Media Guide	48	MLB	6-2	215	RFr
1985	Program vs Michigan	48	MLB	6-2	215	RFr	0	0
1986	Spring 1986	48	LB	6-2	215	So
1986	Spring Game 1986	48	LB	6-2	215	So
1986	Media Guide	48	LB	6-2	218	So
1986	Game Program vs NC State	48	LB	6-2	218	So	1	1
1987	1987 Spring Game	48	LB	6-2	218	Jr
1987	1987 Media Guide	48	OSLB	6-2	235	Jr
1987	Program vs NC State	48	OSLB	6-2	235	Jr	6	6
1988	Spring 1988	48	LB	6-2	230	Sr
1988	Program vs North Carolina, other additions	48	LB	6-2	235	Sr	5	5

Depth Chart Appearances
Description	Position	Rank
1985 Media Guide	Middle Linebacker	2nd String
Pre-Spring 1986 (Media Guide)	StrongSide Linebacker	2nd String
1986 Media Guide	StrongSide Linebacker	2nd String
1987 Media Guide	Linebacker	Starter
1988 Media Guide	Linebacker	Starter
Georgia Tech game 10/15/88	Tight-Side Linebacker	Starter

Defense
Year	Solo	Ast	Tkl	TFL	Sacks	Int	PBU	QBH	FR	FF	BK	IP	CDS	RZS	IPP	YPT
1985	1	9	10	0.0	0.0		0	0	0	0	0
1986	25	32	57	0.0	0.0	1	1	2	0	0	0	6	2	0	11.77	4.33
1987	38	53	91	0.0	1.0	1	3	0	2	0	0	17	4	1	34.78	4.35
1988	28	28	56	0.0	1.0		1	0	0	1	0	18	5	2	41.05	4.71
Tot	92	122	214	0.0	2.0	2	5	2	2	1	0	41	11	3	87.6

IP - Impact Plays; CDS - Conversion Down Stops (3rd & 4th Down); RZS - Red Zone Stops; IPP - Impact Play Points; YPT - Yards Per Tackle

Games Started
Date	Opponent	Position
1986-09-27	Georgia	Middle Linebacker
1987-09-26	Georgia	Linebacker
1987-10-03	Nebraska	Open-Side Linebacker
1987-10-10	Virginia Tech	Open-Side Linebacker
1987-10-17	Virginia	Open-Side Linebacker
1987-10-31	N.C. State	Open-Side Linebacker
1987-11-21	Clemson	Open-Side Linebacker
1988-09-17	East Carolina	Tight-Side Linebacker
1988-10-01	Appalachian State	Linebacker
1988-10-15	Georgia Tech	Tight-Side Linebacker
1988-11-19	Clemson	Tight-Side Linebacker
1988-12-28	Indiana	Linebacker

Game Defensive Stats
Date	Opponent	SOLO	AST	TKL	TFL	SK	FF	FR	PBU	QBH	IPL	CDPL	RZPL	IPP
1987-09-05	Appalachian State	1	4	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
1987-09-12	Western Carolina	5	0	5	0.0	0.0	0	0
1987-09-26	Georgia	4	4	8	0.0	0.0	0	1	0
1987-10-03	Nebraska	6	8	14	0.0	0.0	0	1	0
1987-10-10	Virginia Tech	4	4	8	0.0	0.0	0	0	1
1987-10-17	Virginia	3	1	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
1987-10-24	East Carolina	3	5	8	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
1987-10-31	N.C. State	1	6	7	0.0	1.0	0	0	0
1987-11-14	Wake Forest	0	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	1	0
1987-11-21	Clemson	5	8	13	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

Scoring Plays
Date	Opponent	Qtr	Time	USC	Opp	Play

Defense - Sacks
Year	Date	Opponent	Down	To Go	Side	Ydline	Play
1988	1988-09-24	Georgia	2	8	USC	46	Wayne Johnson sacked for loss of 1 (Matt McKernan)

Defense - Tackles For Loss
Year	Date	Opponent	Down	To Go	Side	Ydline	Play
1987	1987-10-31	N.C. State	1	10	NCS	20	Preston Poag rush for loss of 2 (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-09-24	Georgia	3	5	USC	7	Wayne Johnson rush for loss of 3 (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-10-01	Appalachian State	1	10	USC	49	Armstrong up the middle for loss of 1 (Derrick Frazier, Matt McKernan)

Defense - Passes Broken Up
Year	Date	Opponent	Down	To Go	Side	Ydline	Play
1986	1986-10-04	Nebraska	3	10	NEB	37	Steve Taylor pass incomplete (Matt McKernan PBU)
1987	1987-12-05	Miami (Fla.)	2	3	MIA	38	Steve Walsh pass for Warren Williams incomplete (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-09-10	Western Carolina	2	17	USC	47	Todd Cottrell passes incomplete for Schultz (PBU Matt McKernan)

Defense - Interceptions
Year	Date	Opponent	Down	To Go	Side	Ydline	Play
1987	1987-12-05	Miami (Fla.)	3	2	MIA	41	Steve Walsh pass intercepted by Matt McKernan at UM 45

Defensive Plays
Year	Date	Opponent	Down	To Go	Side	Ydline	Play
1986	1986-09-27	Georgia	1	10	UGA	12	Tim Worley rush for 6 (Matt McKernan)
1986	1986-09-27	Georgia	2	4	UGA	18	Keith Henderson rush for 11 (Matt McKernan)
1986	1986-09-27	Georgia	2	9	UGA	30	James Jackson rush for 5 (Matt McKernan, Brad Edwards)
1986	1986-09-27	Georgia	1	10	USC	10	Jackson rush for 5 (Matt McKernan)
1986	1986-09-27	Georgia	1	10	UGA	38	Tim Worley rush for 1 (Matt McKernan)
1986	1986-09-27	Georgia	2	6	UGA	10	Jackson rush for 9 (Matt McKernan)
1986	1986-10-04	Nebraska	3	4	USC	9	Steve Taylor rush for 4 (Matt McKernan)
1986	1986-10-04	Nebraska	2	13	USC	44	Steve Taylor rush for 5 (Matt McKernan)
1986	1986-10-04	Nebraska	1	10	NEB	38	Heibel rush for 5 (Matt McKernan)
1986	1986-11-01	N.C. State	1	10	NCS	19	Bobby Crumpler rush for 1 (Zip Zanders, Matt McKernan)
1987	1987-09-26	Georgia	1	1	USC	1	Jackson fumbles, recovered by (Matt McKernan) at SC 3
1987	1987-10-10	Virginia Tech	1	10	VAT	41	Jon Jeffries rush for 2 (Matt McKernan)
1987	1987-10-10	Virginia Tech	2	11	USC	43	Jon Jeffries, 8-yd pass from Erik Chapman (Matt McKernan)
1987	1987-10-10	Virginia Tech	2	4	USC	24	E.Jones rush for 9 (Matt McKernan)
1987	1987-10-10	Virginia Tech	2	5	VAT	25	Jon Jeffries rush for 7 (Matt McKernan)
1987	1987-10-10	Virginia Tech	3	1	USC	17	E.Jones rush for 3 (Matt McKernan)
1987	1987-10-10	Virginia Tech	3	8	VAT	44	Erik Chapman scrambles for 6 (Matt McKernan)
1987	1987-10-10	Virginia Tech	1	10	VAT	31	Ra.Brown rush for 2 (Matt McKernan)
1987	1987-10-10	Virginia Tech	1	10	VAT	22	Ra.Brown rush for 1 (Matt McKernan)
1987	1987-11-21	Clemson	3	1	USC	2	Chris Lancaster up middle for no gain (Matt McKernan)
1987	1987-11-21	Clemson	1	10	CLM	17	Wesley McFadden up middle for gain of 1 (Matt McKernan)
1987	1987-11-21	Clemson	2	11	CLM	34	Rodney Williams keeps for gain of 3 (Derrick Frazier, Matt McKernan)
1987	1987-11-21	Clemson	1	10	CLM	42	Chris Lancaster up middle for gain of 2 (Matt McKernan)
1987	1987-11-21	Clemson	3	4	CLM	48	Chris Lancaster up middle for 1 (Matt McKernan)
1987	1987-11-21	Clemson	1	10	CLM	20	Tracy Johnson up middle for gain of 3 (Roy Hart, Matt McKernan)
1987	1987-11-21	Clemson	2	5	CLM	34	Wesley McFadden goes right for 1 (Patrick Hinton, Matt McKernan)
1987	1987-11-21	Clemson	1	10	CLM	47	Wesley McFadden up middle for gain of 4 (Matt McKernan)
1987	1987-12-05	Miami (Fla.)	2	10	MIA	28	Cleveland Gary, 27-yd pass from Steve Walsh (Matt McKernan)
1987	1987-12-05	Miami (Fla.)	3	2	MIA	20	Warren Williams, 4-yd pass from Steve Walsh (Matt McKernan)
1987	1987-12-05	Miami (Fla.)	1	10	MIA	36	Warren Williams rush for 2 (Matt McKernan)
1987	1987-12-05	Miami (Fla.)	1	10	MIA	13	Warren Williams rush for 13 (Matt McKernan)
1987	1987-12-05	Miami (Fla.)	1	10	MIA	26	Warren Williams rush for 2 (Matt McKernan, Roy Hart, Derrick Frazier)
1987	1987-12-05	Miami (Fla.)	3	8	MIA	28	Warren Williams, 16-yd pass from Steve Walsh (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-09-03	North Carolina	2	3	USC	40	Michael Benefield rush for 2 (Derrick Frazier, Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-09-03	North Carolina	3	1	USC	38	Torin Dorn rush for 3 (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-09-03	North Carolina	1	10	UNC	14	Torin Dorn rush for 7 (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-09-03	North Carolina	2	3	UNC	21	Torin Dorn rush for 5 (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-09-10	Western Carolina	3	10	USC	41	Reed, 5-yd pass from Cottrell (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-09-17	East Carolina	3	4	USC	36	Tim James up the middle for 4 (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-09-17	East Carolina	3	13	USC	17	Walter Wilson, 11-yd pass from Travis Hunter (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-09-17	East Carolina	2	10	USC	22	Lewis rush for 4 (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-09-17	East Carolina	1	10	ECU	12	McKinney around right end for 8 (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-09-17	East Carolina	3	15	ECU	30	Whiting, 7-yd pass from Travis Hunter (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-09-24	Georgia	2	4	USC	30	Tim Worley rush for 6 (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-09-24	Georgia	1	10	USC	24	Tim Worley rush for 5 (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-09-24	Georgia	2	19	UGA	14	Tim Worley rush for 2 (Matt McKernan, Derrick Frazier)
1988	1988-09-24	Georgia	3	17	UGA	16	Tim Worley rush for 4 (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-09-24	Georgia	2	12	UGA	46	Broom, 3-yd pass from Greg Talley (Matt McKernan, Pat Turner)
1988	1988-10-01	Appalachian State	1	10	APP	49	Young, 13-yd pass from Bobby Fuller, fumble, forced by (Matt McKernan) recovered by (Stephane Williams)
1988	1988-10-01	Appalachian State	1	10	USC	39	Dawson around left end for 0 (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-10-01	Appalachian State	1	10	APP	20	Armstrong rush for 3 (Scott Windsor, Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-10-01	Appalachian State	3	3	APP	27	Briggs, 12-yd pass from Bobby Fuller (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-10-01	Appalachian State	2	19	APP	31	Ritchie Melchor rush for 2 (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-10-15	Georgia Tech	3	6	GAT	25	Emmett Merchant, 11-yd pass from Todd Rampley (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-10-15	Georgia Tech	2	9	GAT	49	Kelsey, 10-yd pass from Todd Rampley (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-10-15	Georgia Tech	1	10	GAT	36	Jerry Mays rush for 5 (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-11-12	Navy	1	10	NAV	30	Sims rush for 5 (Matt McKernan, Derrick Little)
1988	1988-11-12	Navy	2	5	NAV	35	Sims rush for 4 (Stephane Williams, Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-11-12	Navy	1	10	USC	48	Sims off right guard for 3 (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-11-12	Navy	3	5	USC	43	Sims rush for 5 (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-11-12	Navy	1	10	NAV	29	Gary McIntosh rush for 4 (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-11-12	Navy	3	1	NAV	31	Sims rush for 4 (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-11-12	Navy	2	5	NAV	30	Sims rush for 2 (David Taylor, Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-11-12	Navy	1	10	NAV	36	Bradley rush for 6 (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-11-19	Clemson	2	2	USC	27	Tracy Johnson off right tackle for 5 (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-11-19	Clemson	1	10	USC	47	Terry Allen off left guard for 2 (Matt McKernan)
1988	1988-11-19	Clemson	2	10	USC	34	Gary Cooper, 12-yd pass from Rodney Williams (Matt McKernan)