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College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas 33, West Virginia 16
When: 3:30 PM ET, Saturday, November 8, 2014
Where: Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas
Temperature: 74°
Head Official: Mike Defee
Attendance: 95714

Texas 33, No. 25 West Virginia 16: Johnathan Gray ran for 101 yards and three touchdowns and the host Longhorns dominated the potent Mountaineers attack for their first two-game winning streak of the season.

Malcolm Brown helped out a 227-yard rushing attack for Texas (5-5, 4-3 Big 12) with 90 yards on the ground and Tyrone Swoopes threw for 124 yards and a touchdown with one interception. Defensive end Cedric Reed had a safety and a forced fumble on two late sacks as the Longhorns ended West Virginia's eight-game streak of scoring at least 30 points.

Clint Trickett completed 36-of-49 passes for 248 yards with one interception as the Mountaineers (6-4, 4-3) dropped their second straight since a four-game winning streak. Kevin White set a school record with 16 receptions while Dreamius Smith and Wendell Smallwood each had a rushing score as part of a late comeback attempt that fell short.

The Longhorns' first possession was an 11-play, 90-yard drive that resulted in Swoopes' 2-yard TD pass to Geoff Swaim but West Virginia answered moments later with a field goal. The rest of the first half was all Texas, as Gray had scoring runs of 39 and 2 yards less than three minutes apart in the second quarter to help the hosts seize a 24-3 halftime lead.

Smith scampered in for a 9-yard TD on West Virginia's fourth play of the final quarter to get within 24-10 but Reed sacked Trickett in the end zone for a safety with 10:36 left and then forced a fumble with another sack near the midway point of the fourth. The Mountaineers recovered to get within 26-16 on Smallwood's 3-yard scoring run with 6:38 to go before failing to convert a fourth-down try on their next possession and watching Gray ice it with a 15-yard TD with 3:06 left.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Trickett became the third West Virginia passer to go over 3,000 in a season, joining Marc Bulger and Geno Smith. ... The Longhorns outgained the Mountaineers on the ground by a 172-48 margin in the first half. ... Mountaineers K Josh Lambert missed two of his three field-goal tries.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
West Virginia   Texas
Dreamius Smith Player Johnathan Gray
10 Attempts 10
100 Yards 101
10.0 Avg Yards 10.1
1 Touchdowns 3
0 Long 0
Receiving
West Virginia   Texas
Kevin White Player John Harris
16 Receptions 2
132 Yards 45
8.2 Avg Yards 22.5
0 Touchdowns 0
0 Long 0
Team Stats Summary
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
West Virginia 448 200 248 2 1 1 0.0 0
Texas 351 227 124 4 1 1 3.0 2