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game-clinching 46-yard run midway through the fourth quarter. But Mississippi State finished with an advantage of 7:30 in time of possession, keeping that high-powered rushing game on the bench. Schmitt capped the first with a 5-yard TD dive at 8:11, giving West Virginia a touchdown on its first drive in seven consecutive games. White capped the Mountaineers' second drive with another 5-yard run to make it 14–0 with 14:12 remaining in the second quarter. Mississippi State had no answer for West Virginia's blitz early in the game. But crucial penalties such as roughing the punter and roughing the passer kept the Bulldogs alive and quarterback Omarr Conner got them moving late in the first half with a pair of long passes to Tony Burks. A 45-yarder to Burks pushed Mississippi State deep into West Virginia territory. A 40-yarder to Burks got the Bulldogs to the 2. But he fumbled into the end zone where Lance Long picked it up for the score at 1:01 to cut West Virginia's halftime lead to 14–7. The Mountaineers opened the second half with a commitment to Slaton, who carried the ball five times and capped a 10-play scoring drive with a 10-yard touchdown that made it 21–7 with 10:22 left in the third quarter. Conner was injured late in the third quarter and replaced by
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five seasons, though not quite as easily as in last year's 45–13 romp in Morgantown in which White and Slaton combined for 399 of West Virginia's 451 yards rushing. Pittsburgh (6–5, 2–4) led 27–24 at the half before being overwhelmed by West Virginia's playmaking speed in a scoreless second half in which the Mountaineers had 371 of their 438 yards rushing. West Virginia finished with a 641–295 edge in total yardage, outgaining Pitt 373–30 in the second half. White, the sophomore option quarterback whose quickness again was too much for Pitt to handle, threw for 204 yards and hit Slaton on the running back's first two touchdown receptions this season. White ran for touchdowns of 64 and 19 yards on the Mountaineers' first two possessions of the second half. He finished with 220 yards rushing against Pitt for the second season in a row as West Virginia's two stars again turned the rivalry very one-sided. Slaton, the nation's No. 2 rusher, was held to 7 yards on six carries in the first half, but still became the first player in school history to have more than 100 yards rushing (215) and receiving (130) in a game. He had scoring catches of 11 and 67 yards, as well as another 43-yard catch as a slot receiver, and touchdown runs of 15 and 55 yards. Pitt quarterback
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Carolina to 2 yards rushing and gaining 221 yards to the Pirates' 87, but led just 14–7 at halftime largely because of two interceptions thrown by White in the end zone. White capped West Virginia's opening drive with a 5-yard touchdown run, then flipped his scoring pass to Schmitt early in the second quarter to snap a 7-all tie. Pinkney found his favorite target—Allison—behind the West Virginia defense for a 47-yard touchdown pass midway through the first, tying it 7–7. The Pirates closed to seven points early in the fourth on Robert Lee's 27-yard field goal.
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yards early in the second quarter and had 140 by halftime. He had a 14-yard TD run around right end midway through the first quarter and scored untouched from 16 yards out after making a hard cut to the right late in the half for a 28–7 lead. Slaton also had a 10-yard TD run negated by a holding penalty in the second quarter. West Virginia (1–0), which is 6–0 all-time against Marshall, scored on four of its first five possessions and totaled 312 rushing yards.
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away at the South Florida 1 on the first drive of the second half. West Virginia got the ball back at the South Florida 28 after a punt and White found a leaping Myles with a 15-yard TD pass in the left corner of the end zone. But White's conversion pass fell incomplete to make it 14–12. Grothe, the redshirt freshman, finished 21-of-29 for 270 yards and helped keep the Mountaineers' offense off the field. He took the Bulls 70 yards on the next series, finding
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on a 5-yard run with 7:22 left in the game. Terry Caulley ran for the two-point conversion. Caulley, who came into the game averaging 98 yards per game on the ground, ran for 35 yards on 13 carries. Tony Ciaravino, the third kicker the Huskies have used this season, hit a 29-yard field goal to tie it 3–3. That score capped a 15-play, 60-yard drive that used up 5:46.
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Cody Slate caught passes of 26 and 14 yards to give Marshall its best field position at the WVU 25. Matt Morris then made up for a dropped pass in the end zone earlier in the game by grabbing a 21-yard TD toss from Bernard Morris. The pass initially was ruled incomplete but Marshall challenged and the play was overturned for a touchdown. West Virginia fullback
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ran the ball in from a yard out with 20 seconds left in the half to give the Mountaineers a 20–3 lead. Connecticut's Matt Bonislawski completed eight of 20 passes for 58 yards and an interception. He was replaced late in the third quarter by sophomore D.J. Hernandez, who scored the Huskies' touchdown
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and at the 10 by Bobby Hathaway. After the second interception, White scored his second touchdown on a slithering run that put the Mountaineers up 28–7 with 8:02 left. The Bulldogs did manage a late score on a 1-yard dive by Anthony Dixon with 5:31 remaining in the game, but the Mountaineers answered
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teams in attendance, West Virginia took a 38–10 halftime lead in beating Maryland (2–1) for the third straight year, the first time that has happened since 1996–98. The teams have met every year since 1980. Maryland, which had wins over Division I-AA William & Mary and unheralded Middle Tennessee
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in the third quarter made the score 35–31. The "sleeper" play was named so because after an offsides call on the defense was called after the ball had been snapped, the offensive line stayed still after the ball was snapped, while White rolled out and fired to Gonzales who was wide-open. White ended
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injured, Owen Schmitt had to fill in for the whole game. Johnson caught another TD pass at the start of the second to make it 21–7 GT. After a WVU FG and a James Johnson TD catch from Bennett, the Mountaineers were down 28–10. But Schmitt ended the second quarter with an 11-yard run to make it 28–17
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ran for one touchdown and threw the go-ahead score in triple overtime to help West Virginia (10–2, 5–2 Big East) cap its second straight 10-win season. Brown started for Pat White, who missed the game because of a sore ankle. Brown, a sophomore, finished 14-of-29 for 244 yards in his first extensive
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rushed for two scores as West Virginia pulled away late to extend the nation's second-longest winning streak to 12 games. But the defense needed two late interceptions deep in Mountaineers territory to secure the win as West Virginia kept three drives by Mississippi State (1–5) alive with penalties.
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to set the stage for what would have been a historic win against WVU. But while Rutgers produced its best season since going 11–0 in 1976, it wasn't enough to get the BCS berth the Scarlet Knights were hoping for. The Scarlet Knights dropped to 0–15 in Morgantown, dating to 1920. Starting with the
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threw a pair of fourth-quarter TDs. Grutza took the Bearcats 75 yards early in the third quarter, hitting Derrick Stewart with a 45-yard TD pass to pull the Bearcats within 21–10. Slaton answered with a 63-yard run on the first play of the next series to the Cincinnati 2, and White finished off the
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in 2004. White, who entered the game with 270 rushing yards for the season, had a 69-yard TD run on West Virginia's opening series of the game. His TD runs of 40, 32 and 12 yards on WVU's first three series of the second half put the Mountaineers ahead 38–14 late in the third quarter. White (105
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as a freshman.. West Virginia beat the Eagles by outgaining them 591–185, including 394 on the ground. Slaton needed just two carries for his first score and he went untouched on TD runs of 49 and 17 yards. He went to the bench afterward and didn't return, removing his uniform after halftime. White
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with first-half TD tosses of 8 and 18 yards as West Virginia built a 21–0 lead. It was the first career multiple TD game for Myles, a senior. Marshall, limited to just seven first downs in the first half, went to its passing game late in the second quarter for its only touchdown. Freshman tight end
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by teaming as a passing combination in a high-scoring first half, then put away the Panthers for the second season in a row with a string of long runs in a comeback second half to lead No. 8 West Virginia's 45–27. The Mountaineers (9–1, 4–1 Big East) beat their biggest rival for the fourth time in
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Stadium crowd—clad mostly in black T-shirts that read "Beat WVU" – stormed the field. Urrutia finished with six catches for 113 yards and Harry Douglas caught six passes for 116 yards as Louisville seemingly did whatever it wanted on offense. The Cardinals punted just three times and scored on all
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added three field goals, including a career-long 48-yarder, as West Virginia tied Ohio State for the longest winning streak in the nation. UConn (3–4, 0–2), which started six freshmen, including three on the offensive line, trailed 6–3 midway through the second quarter. But a holding penalty and a
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on kickoffs. After Slaton's early TD runs, a fumble recovery on a kickoff set up Reynaud's 5-yard scoring catch from White and Jay Henry's interception led to another first-quarter score for West Virginia. Lance Ball's 11-yard TD run early in the third quarter pulled Maryland within 38–17, but the
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but the Mountaineers squandered several other scoring chances. They had scored touchdowns on 77 percent of their drives inside the 20 entering the game, yet failed to reach the end zone four times from the red zone against South Florida, including their first three drives. Slaton fumbled the ball
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caught in the left corner of the end zone four minutes later for a 34-yard TD. Slaton slipped through a crack on the right side and went 65 yards up the sideline for a score on the second play of West Virginia's next series. The 21 first-half points were the most allowed by Cincinnati all season.
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42–10. Slaton, the nation's top freshman in 2005 with 19 rushing TDs, had his second straight 200-yard game. Slaton tore up Marshall (0–1) in just the second meeting between the state's two Division I-A schools since 1923. Slaton's 33 carries were one shy of a career-high and Slaton surpassed 100
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so leveled West Virginia's Ridwan Malik that Malik took out one of his own teammates. The only problem was Revis' return left West Virginia with plenty enough time to score, with White hitting Slaton for 67 yards on their second pass play touchdown of the half. After West Virginia was held to 67
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ran for 125 yards and four touchdowns and added 222 yards through the air. But he couldn't overcome three WVU turnovers and a relentless Louisville offense that racked up 468 total yards and kept the Mountaineers on their heels all night. The Cardinals avenged 2005's triple-overtime loss to West
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had four catches for 54 yards and a touchdown. But East Carolina couldn't get its ground game going, either—Brandon Fractious led the Pirates with 13 yards rushing, and the Pirates finished with 41 yards on the ground. West Virginia dominated the first half, holding three-touchdown underdog East
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then scored from 2 yards out. On the 2-point try, Teel scrambled to his right and threw toward Rice but Vaughn Rivers broke up the pass and several thousand fans in the sellout crowd ran onto the field in celebration. Rice carried 25 times for 129 yards, including 90 yards after halftime. Teel
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midway through the fourth and a 24–12 lead. Pat White found Myles with a 44-yard scoring pass with 5:16 left to cut the deficit to 24–19. South Florida failed to get a first down on its next drive and West Virginia got the ball back at its 15. But a pass went off Myles' hands and Trae Williams
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threw for a TD and ran for another, while Nate Sowers and Markell Harrison also ran for scores. By the time West Virginia (2–0) built a 21–3 lead early in the second quarter, Slaton and White were done for the day. Slaton followed up a 31-carry, 203-yard effort against Marshall with just eight
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ran for 156 yards and a touchdown for West Virginia, but fumbled on consecutive snaps in the third quarter—bothered by a broken left wrist. Trent Guy added a 40-yard punt return pushing Louisville's advantage to 30–16 with 9:23 left in the third. Though White led the Mountaineers on a pair of
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got to work. White and Schmitt scored two touchdowns apiece and Slaton constantly stung what had been considered a stout Bulldogs rush defense with nine runs of 10 yards or more. The Mountaineers gained 406 total yards, including 314 on the ground. White added 76 rushing yards that included a
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Virginia (7–1, 2–1) by returning a fumble and a punt for touchdowns during a pivotal three-minute stretch in the third quarter. Then, they delivered on their offseason motto to "finish", born during last year's loss to the Mountaineers, a game Louisville led by 17 in the fourth quarter.
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in 2001. White and Slaton also surpassed 100 yards in the same game last year against Pittsburgh. Perry Patterson's 47-yard TD pass to Mike Williams over three defenders on the game's opening drive marked the first time West Virginia trailed in a game since Oct. 15, 2005, against
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drive with a keeper on the next snap, his 11th rushing TD in the last four games. White went 51 yards on a bootleg on the first play of West Virginia's next drive but fumbled at the Cincinnati 6. Rayshawn Bolden picked up the loose ball and stretched over the goal line for a TD.
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30-yard punt into a stiff wind gave West Virginia the ball on the UConn 45. On the next play, White kept the ball on an option and sprinted up the middle of the field for a touchdown. White had a 30-yard scamper on the Mountaineers' next drive, which went 74 yards in 11 plays.
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yards rushing in the first half, White got outside on the second play from scrimmage of the second half for a 64-yard scoring run that give the Mountaineers a 31–27 lead. On West Virginia's next possession, White needed only four plays to drive them 97 yards for a touchdown.
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just before halftime and scored on a 7-yard run to start the second half for a 35–3 lead. Sowers and Harrison added TD runs of 8 and 1 yards, respectively, in the fourth quarter. The crowd of 59,504 was the largest ever to see Eastern Washington play, topping a 2002 game at
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then returned an interception 20 yards to the Cincinnati 10, and Slaton scored from 3 yards out for a 42–10 lead late in the third. White, who rushed for 93 yards on 10 carries, scored from 3 yards out on the first series of the second quarter and lofted a pass that
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hype, was no slouch either. He ran for 163 yards and a touchdown as the Mountaineers (6–0, 1–0 Big East) extended their winning streak to 13 games, matching the school record set in 1952–1953. But White was the star against Syracuse. On 15 carries, he broke his own
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tore up their third opponent of the season in a row. White threw for a personal-best 216 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score, and the No. 4 Mountaineers overcame Slaton's least-productive game of the season and pulled away late in a 27–10 victory over
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play. It was also the first time Louisville won against a top 3 team in school history. Brohm threw for 354 yards and a touchdown, and the Cardinals took advantage of key mistakes by West Virginia to earn the signature win they've so desperately sought under coach
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The #5 ranked Cardinals beat West Virginia 44–34 and jumped into the National Title hunt. In perhaps the biggest win in school history, Louisville (8–0, 3–0) snapped West Virginia's (7–1, 2–1) 14-game win streak and moved into a first-place tie with idle
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kicked off one of college football's most awaited weekends. West Virginia's offense was everything it expected to be in the first half, except for its reliance on throwing rather than running. The major surprise was that Pitt, held to 10 points by
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on a 7-yard TD pass and Anthony Allen added a 5-yard touchdown run to keep the Cardinals safely in front. Set back by their own mistakes, the Mountaineers simply couldn't keep pace as their school-record 14-game winning streak ended while a packed
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up getting a 15-yard touchdown run at the end of the third, which determined the win 38–35 in the Mountaineers' biggest bowl comeback win in school history. WVU finished the season 11–2 (6–2) and ranked 10th in both polls.
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State, watched as the Mountaineers compiled more than 300 yards rushing for the third straight game. West Virginia's young defense, pressed to force more turnovers, also delivered, finishing with five takeaways. Maryland's
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in its last home game, not only kept up but led 27–24 at halftime as Palko threw touchdown passes of 23 yards to Nate Byham and 15 yards to Oderick Turner. The play that Pitt fans will most remember is
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The Bulls' defense scored on a fumble return and held the nation's second-best rushing and scoring offense to less than half of its averages in a 24–19 win over the No. 7 Mountaineers.
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tried to keep the Panthers in the game with two touchdown passes, but was sacked eight times and got nothing going in the second half. The 99th edition of the game now known as the
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player of the year. Before the bowl game, he had 1,016 yards receiving and 13 touchdowns, fourth-best in the country. West Virginia started the game with a 52-yard run by
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play. The ending was a peculiar finish to an improbable regular season for Rutgers (10–2, 5–2). A loser for so long, the Scarlet Knights started 9–0 before being upset at
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described it as a milestone in the school's 11-year football history, surpassing a win over Louisville last year. West Virginia fell into second place in the conference.
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across the middle from 22 yards out for the go-ahead score against No. 13 Rutgers (10–2, 5–2), then found Dorrell Jalloh with a 2-point pass for a 41–33 lead. Rutgers'
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scored on a 3-yard run midway through the third quarter to cap a 66-yard drive that was set up by an interception by freshman Quinton Andrews. WVU backup quarterback
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with a 21-yard TD pass late in the third. He later converted a pair of third-down passes to keep alive a 14-play drive that resulted in an 18-yard field goal by
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rushed for 167 of his 195 yards in the first half, and the Mountaineers forced two turnovers in a 28–0 first-quarter blitz on their way to a 45–24 victory over
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rushed for 128 yards rushing to help No. 4 West Virginia beat Connecticut 37–11 in the Mountaineers' final tuneup before their showdown with sixth-ranked
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scored twice, including a 96-yard kickoff return, for the Mountaineers (3–0), who extended their winning streak to 10 games, second in the nation to
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ran for 105 yards and two first-quarter scores and called it a day as No. 6 West Virginia went to its bench often in a 52–3 win over Division I-AA
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but four of their possessions as they extended their home winning streak to 16 straight and beat West Virginia for the first time since 1990.
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intercepted the tipped ball for South Florida with 1:54 left. White finished 14-of-22 for 178 yards and ran for just 17 yards on 15 carries.
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and school records for rushing by a quarterback and nearly doubled his output for the season. He had 220 yards last year against
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touchdown drives to get them back in it, the Cardinals responded each time with a score of their own. Brohm connected with
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completed 19-of-26 passes for 278 yards and made West Virginia's secondary look susceptible for the second straight game.
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yards) and Slaton (101) became the first backs to surpass 100 yards against the Orange in the first half since Miami's
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at halftime. Choice started the third quarter with a five-yard TD run to make it 35–17. Then the Mountaineers, led by
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to push their winning streak to 14 games. White ran for 102 yards and a touchdown and threw a scoring pass and
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added two scoring runs as No. 10 West Virginia bounced back from its first loss with a 42–24 victory over
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In all, the Mountaineers were flagged for 132 yards. However, the trio of White, Slaton and fullback
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third overtime, teams are required to go for 2-point conversions following touchdowns. Brown hit
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soon followed. On West Virginia's third series, he drove the Mountaineers 65 yards with
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with a long drive and Schmitt's second touchdown from 5 yards out to make it 35–14.
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completed the season with an 11–2 record. The Mountaineers had a regular season
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completed 13 of 24 passes for 143 yards and was intercepted twice. Backup
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covering the final 7 for a score. Jarrett Brown threw a 5-yard TD pass to
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was 20-of-40 for 247 yards with a touchdown for the Pirates (1–3), and
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directed a second-quarter touchdown drive before the QB parade began.
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bailed out the Mountaineers (5–0) with 185 yards and a touchdown and
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closed the scoring on a 7-yard TD run with 1:13 left in the game.
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offense to threaten several times in West Virginia's 42–14 win.
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put the Yellowjackets up 14–7 at the end of the first. With
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2006 Louisville Cardinals football team § West_Virginia
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West Virginia committed 11 penalties and allowed a moribund
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this year as the nation's top receiver and was named the
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He found 2288:, who's been the main focus of West Virginia's 2859:ran for a touchdown and passed for another as 3424: 2630:ran for two touchdowns and threw another and 666:2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team 240: 231: 216: 8: 4291:West Virginia Mountaineers football seasons 3113:Triple coverage even wasn't enough to stop 199:2006 Big East Conference football standings 3431: 3417: 3409: 1343: 223: 209: 196: 20: 3013:'s automatic bid as conference champion. 1960:threw for a TD and ran for another while 232: 167:Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium 4286:2006 Big East Conference football season 3043: 2900: 2785: 2672: 2557: 2432: 2326: 2207: 2103: 1989: 1879: 1768: 1666: 1340:2006 NCAA Division I-A football rankings 679: 3188: 1249: 1208: 1168: 1118: 1078: 1033: 988: 948: 898: 848: 803: 761: 707: 2526:title game. West Virginia quarterback 7: 1968:'s 12 in a row. With scouts from 15 3441:West Virginia Mountaineers football 29:West Virginia Mountaineers football 2997:No. 15 West Virginia knocked down 14: 1626: 36: 16:American college football season 4301:2006 in sports in West Virginia 245: 204: 2879:threw two touchdown passes to 394: 349: 303: 292: 265: 1: 3022:, then rebounded by beating 1054:Papa John's Cardinal Stadium 282: 255: 4296:Gator Bowl champion seasons 3548:Take Me Home, Country Roads 4317: 3089: 3065: 2962: 2931: 2831: 2807: 2718: 2694: 2601: 2579: 2501: 2476: 2454: 2401:West Virginia Mountaineers 2372: 2348: 2251: 2229: 2149: 2125: 2035: 2011: 1923: 1901: 1812: 1790: 1710: 1688: 1365: 1337: 1014:East Hartford, Connecticut 877:Greenville, North Carolina 647: 643: 142:Defensive coordinator 121:Offensive coordinator 3151:Atlantic Coast Conference 3040:Gator Bowl – Georgia Tech 2867:bid. South Florida coach 1982:Terrapins got no closer. 1584: 1538: 1305: 1231:Morgantown, West Virginia 1190:Morgantown, West Virginia 1100:Morgantown, West Virginia 970:Morgantown, West Virginia 828:Morgantown, West Virginia 786:Morgantown, West Virginia 735:Morgantown, West Virginia 174: 35: 3161:to Johnson and a run by 3060: 3057: 3054: 3051: 3048: 2926: 2923: 2920: 2917: 2914: 2911: 2908: 2905: 2865:Bowl Championship Series 2802: 2799: 2796: 2793: 2790: 2689: 2686: 2683: 2680: 2677: 2574: 2571: 2568: 2565: 2562: 2524:Bowl Championship Series 2449: 2446: 2443: 2440: 2437: 2343: 2340: 2337: 2334: 2331: 2224: 2221: 2218: 2215: 2212: 2120: 2117: 2114: 2111: 2108: 2006: 2003: 2000: 1997: 1994: 1896: 1893: 1890: 1887: 1884: 1785: 1782: 1779: 1776: 1773: 1683: 1680: 1677: 1674: 1671: 927:Starkville, Mississippi 1635:This section is empty. 3472:Bowls & rivalries 1872:by more than 20,000. 1278:Jacksonville, Florida 872:Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium 132:Offensive scheme 3490:Friends of Coal Bowl 3462:Milan Puskar Stadium 1354:Increase in ranking 1309:*Non-conference game 1059:Louisville, Kentucky 739:Friends of Coal Bowl 3580:Statistical leaders 3554:2007 Backyard Brawl 3401:on January 4, 2013. 3383:on January 3, 2013. 3365:on January 2, 2013. 3347:on January 3, 2013. 3311:on January 3, 2013. 3275:on January 2, 2013. 3257:on January 2, 2013. 3239:on January 3, 2013. 3221:on January 2, 2013. 3203:on January 2, 2013. 2515:Big East Conference 1791:Eastern Washington 1360: 1358:Decrease in ranking 201: 99:11–2 (5–2 Big East) 69:Big East Conference 46:Gator Bowl champion 3530:Culture & lore 3145:. Johnson won the 2150:Mississippi State 1843:Eastern Washington 1765:Eastern Washington 1344: 922:Davis Wade Stadium 770:Eastern Washington 197: 170:(Capacity: 60,000) 4273: 4272: 3456:Mountaineer Field 3329:on July 13, 2012. 3147:Biletnikoff Award 3111: 3110: 3090:#25 Georgia Tech 3067:#12 West Virginia 2995: 2994: 2964:#15 West Virginia 2853: 2852: 2832:#7 West Virginia 2740: 2739: 2625: 2624: 2603:#10 West Virginia 2500: 2499: 2455:#3 West Virginia 2394: 2393: 2275: 2274: 2175:Mississippi State 2171: 2170: 2100:Mississippi State 2057: 2056: 1947: 1946: 1836: 1835: 1734: 1733: 1655: 1654: 1616: 1615: 1359: 1345:Ranking movements 1331: 1330: 1321:All times are in 1228:Mountaineer Field 1187:Mountaineer Field 1097:Mountaineer Field 967:Mountaineer Field 908:Mississippi State 825:Mountaineer Field 783:Mountaineer Field 730:Mountaineer Field 662: 661: 195: 194: 163:Home stadium 153:Base defense 4308: 3736: 3606: 3592: 3442: 3433: 3426: 3419: 3410: 3403: 3402: 3397:. 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West Virginia Mountaineers football

Gator Bowl
Georgia Tech
Big East Conference
Rich Rodriguez
Calvin Magee
Spread
Jeff Casteel
3–3–5
Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium
2005
2007
2006 Big East Conference football standings
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Louisville
West Virginia
Rutgers
South Florida
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Connecticut
Syracuse
AP Poll
Big East
Marshall
Mountaineer Field
Morgantown, West Virginia

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