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Garrett Greene throws two late TD passes and West Virginia beats Kansas 32-28
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) Garrett Greene threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Rodney Gallagher with 26 seconds left to lift West Virginia to a 32-28 victory over Kansas in their Big 12 opener Saturday.
The Mountaineers (2-2) overcame an 11-point deficit and withstood a lightning delay of about two hours with two touchdown passes by Greene in the final 3:27. It came a week after the Mountaineers squandered a 10-point lead in the final three minutes of a heartbreaking loss at Pittsburgh.
“Offensively, we just found a way,” coach Neal Brown said. “It wasn't our best day. We didn't have our ‘A’ game, but we finished well.”
Saturday's outcome wasn't decided until West Virginia's Tyrin Bradley stripped the ball from Jalon Daniels on a pass attempt and Bradley recovered it with 8 seconds left. Bradley also had the team's first interception of the season in the first quarter.
Kansas appeared to be in control when wide receiver Luke Grimm went 32 yards down the left sideline for a touchdown with 5:39 left for a 28-17 lead.
“Sometimes it doesn't roll your way," Grimm said. “We just didn't execute in the final stretch. They executed and we didn't.”
Greene, who had been shaky up until that point, then took over. He hit Kole Taylor with an 8-yard TD toss, and Taylor caught the two-point conversion pass from Traylon Ray.
After Kansas was forced to punt, Greene ran for 25 yards on the winning drive. A pass interference call in the end zone on Mello Dotson of Kansas gave the Mountaineers first-and-goal at the 10. A false start pushed the ball back to the 15 before Greene hit Gallagher in the end zone for the final margin.
“I always want the ball in my hands at the end of the game,” Greene said.
West Virginia's Hudson Clement caught seven passes for 150 yards.
Greene, who also had a 5-yard scoring run, completed 15 of 30 passes for 295 yards. He also led the Mountaineers with 87 rushing yards on on 17 carries.
“I may coach for a long time and may never have another guy that’s as competitive as he is,” Brown said.
Devin Neal rushed for 110 yards for Kansas (1-3). It was his fourth straight 100-yard game this season.
Brown said defensive back Aubrey Burks was walking around and “in good spirits” and that medical tests on him were “clear” after Burks was removed from the sideline on a cart in the second quarter with what the coach described as an upper body injury. Burks initially was tended to while the West Virginia offense was on the field.
"It must have happened during a play but he didn't have symptoms until he came out," Brown said.
Last year Burks was injured making a tackle on a punt at TCU and had to have his neck immobilized. He missed one game with a concussion.
Kansas: KU has lost three straight. The Jayhawks are in a free fall after starting the season ranked.
“We’ve been in situations worse than this,” Grimm said. "We sucked when I was first here. We came from way worse than what we are right now. So we’re not worried at all.”
West Virginia: The Mountaineers showed some mettle in the comeback win, but the schedule doesn’t get any easier with the next three games against ranked opponents and three of the next five games on the road.
Kansas: Hosts TCU next Saturday.
West Virginia: Has a week off before playing at No. 14 Oklahoma State on Oct. 5.
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L. Grimm
11 WR 75 ReYds, ReTD, 6 RECs, 55 RuYds, RuTD |
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G. Greene
6 QB 295 PaYds, 2 PaTDs, 2 INTs, 87 RuYds, RuTD |
Team Stats | ||
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1st Downs | 24 | 22 |
Rushing | 15 | 7 |
Passing | 9 | 13 |
Penalty | 0 | 2 |
3rd Down Conv | 6-13 | 7-13 |
4th Down Conv | 2-2 | 1-1 |
Total Net Yards | 431 | 443 |
Total Plays | 72 | 63 |
Avg Gain | 6.0 | 7.0 |
Net Yards Rushing | 247 | 148 |
Rush Attempts | 47 | 33 |
Avg Rush Yards | 5.3 | 4.5 |
Yards Passing | 184 | 295 |
Comp. - Att. | 15-25 | 15-30 |
Yards Per Pass | 6.1 | 8.8 |
Penalties - Yards | 5-42 | 3-20 |
Touchdowns | 4 | 4 |
Rushing TDs | 3 | 2 |
Passing TDs | 1 | 2 |
Other | 0 | 0 |
Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
Fumbles - Lost | 1-1 | 1-0 |
Int. Thrown | 1 | 2 |
Punts - Avg | 5-44.2 | 4-38.5 |
Return Yards | 5 | 34 |
Punts - Returns | 0-0 | 2-18 |
Kickoffs - Returns | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Int. - Returns | 2-5 | 1-16 |
Safeties | 0 | 0 |
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Passing | CP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT |
J. Daniels
6 QB
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J. Daniels | 15/25 | 184 | 1 | 1 |
Rushing | ATT | YDS | TD | LG |
D. Neal
4 RB
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D. Neal | 27 | 110 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
D. Hishaw Jr.
9 RB
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D. Hishaw Jr. | 9 | 72 | 1 | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||
L. Grimm
11 WR
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L. Grimm | 3 | 55 | 1 | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Daniels
6 QB
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J. Daniels | 7 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
Receiving | TAR | REC | YDS | TD | LG |
L. Grimm
11 WR
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L. Grimm | 8 | 6 | 75 | 1 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
L. Arnold
2 WR
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L. Arnold | 6 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J. Casey
47 TE
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J. Casey | 3 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Q. Skinner
0 WR
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Q. Skinner | 3 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
T. Kardell
45 TE
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T. Kardell | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
D. Hishaw Jr.
9 RB
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D. Hishaw Jr. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
D. Neal
4 RB
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D. Neal | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Defense | T-A | SACK | INT |
O. Burroughs
5 S
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O. Burroughs | 4-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
M. Dotson
3 CB
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M. Dotson | 3-0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
C. Wheeler
44 LB
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C. Wheeler | 2-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
D. Dye
11 S
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D. Dye | 2-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
D. Withers
52 DT
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D. Withers | 2-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
C. Bryant
2 CB
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C. Bryant | 1-0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Brown
1 LB
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J. Brown | 1-0 | 1.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
T. Dunn Jr.
92 DT
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T. Dunn Jr. | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
C. Taylor
53 DT
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C. Taylor | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
B. Herold
94 DT
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B. Herold | 1-0 | 1.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Robinson
90 DE
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J. Robinson | 1-0 | 1.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
M. Grant
4 S
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M. Grant | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Kicking | FG | LG | XP | PTS |
T. Allen
40 K
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T. Allen | 0/0 | 0 | 4/4 | 4 |
Punting | NO | AVG | IN20 | LG |
D. Greaves
35 P
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D. Greaves | 5 | 44.2 | 1 | 56 |
Kickoff Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |
T. Wilson
7 WR
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T. Wilson | 2 | 15.5 | 18 | 0 |
Punt Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |
Passing | CP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT |
G. Greene
6 QB
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G. Greene | 15/30 | 295 | 2 | 2 |
Rushing | ATT | YDS | TD | LG |
G. Greene
6 QB
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G. Greene | 17 | 87 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||
C. Donaldson Jr.
4 RB
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C. Donaldson Jr. | 6 | 38 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. White
1 RB
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J. White | 6 | 15 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
R. Gallagher III
24 WR
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R. Gallagher III | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
N. Marchiol
8 QB
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N. Marchiol | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 |
Receiving | TAR | REC | YDS | TD | LG |
H. Clement
3 WR
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H. Clement | 9 | 7 | 150 | 0 | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
T. Ray
7 WR
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T. Ray | 6 | 2 | 70 | 0 | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
R. Gallagher III
24 WR
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R. Gallagher III | 6 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
K. Taylor
87 TE
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K. Taylor | 3 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J. White
1 RB
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J. White | 3 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J. Bray
5 WR
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J. Bray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J. Williams
10 WR
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J. Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
C. Donaldson Jr.
4 RB
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C. Donaldson Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defense | T-A | SACK | INT |
T. Lathan
4 LB
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T. Lathan | 5-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Trotter
40 LB
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J. Trotter | 4-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
A. Wilson Jr.
12 S
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A. Wilson Jr. | 3-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
T. Jackson
11 DL
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T. Jackson | 2-0 | 1.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
T. Crandall
23 CB
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T. Crandall | 2-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Joseph
3 S
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J. Joseph | 2-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
H. Russell IV
99 DL
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H. Russell IV | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
A. Garnes
0 CB
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A. Garnes | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
T. French
47 LB
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T. French | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
T. Bradley Jr.
8 S
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T. Bradley Jr. | 1-0 | 1.0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
A. Redwood
92 DL
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A. Redwood | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Kicking | FG | LG | XP | PTS |
M. Hayes II
22 K
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M. Hayes II | 1/1 | 40 | 3/3 | 6 |