West Virginia 37, Cincinnati 10
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 13, 2010
Where: Mountaineer Field, Morgantown, West Virginia
Temperature:
62°
Head Official:
Dennis Hennigan
Attendance:
56593
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Geno Smith threw four touchdown passes in the first half and West Virginia rolled to a 37-10 win over visiting Cincinnati in a Big East game on Saturday.
Noel Devine added a 13-yard touchdown run in the third quarter to pace the Mountaineers (6-3, 2-2 Big Ten), who snapped a two-game losing streak.
Isaiah Pead ran 53 yards for a touchdown for the Bearcats (3-6, 1-3 Big Ten), who have lost three in a row.
Zach Collaros, who missed the Bearcats' last game against Syracuse, returned for Cincinnati. He completed 24-of-44 passes for 219 yards but threw two interceptions.
Smith completed 15-of-25 passes for 174 yards and one interception. He threw 32- and 10-yard touchdown passes to Tavon Austin in the first quarter. Smith hit Jock Sanders with scoring passes of 48 and 5 yards in the second quarter as the Mountaineers built a 30-3 halftime lead.
West Virginia totaled 419 yards on offense, including 245 on the ground.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
| Cincinnati |
|
West Virginia |
|
Isaiah Pead
|
Player |
Noel Devine
|
|
8 |
Attempts |
18 |
|
78 |
Yards |
77 |
|
9.8 |
Avg Yards |
4.3 |
|
1 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
|
0 |
Long |
0 |
Receiving
| Cincinnati |
|
West Virginia |
|
Armon Binns
| Player |
Jock Sanders
|
|
10 |
Receptions |
6 |
|
115 |
Yards |
95 |
|
11.5 |
Avg Yards |
15.8 |
|
0 |
Touchdowns |
2 |
|
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
| Cincinnati
|
281 |
60 |
221 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2.0 |
1 |
| West Virginia
|
419 |
245 |
174 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
5.0 |
1 |
