Jarret Doege threw three touchdown passes and Leddie Brown rushed for two scores as host West Virginia cruised to a 66-0 rout over Long Island University on Saturday.
The Mountaineers rebounded from their disappointing season-opening loss at Maryland by dominating all facets and taking the lead 11 seconds in on Winston Wright Jr.'s 90-yard kickoff return. WVU easily improved to 22-0 against FCS opponents.
Brown, who had three TDs last week, scored a pair of short TDs in the final six-plus minutes of the first quarter. Garrett Greene had a three-yard TD run early in the second before the Mountaineers scored the next three TDs via their passing game. Greene also gained 98 yards on the ground to lead all rushers as West Virginia finished with 198 yards on the ground. WVU converted 9 of 15 third downs and scored 49 points in the red zone.
LIU quarterback Camden Orth was 11 of 20 for 60 yards, and the Sharks totaled just 95 yards and converted 2 of 13 third downs.Brown's two short runs in the first made it 21-0. West Virginia opened a 28-0 lead on a 3-yard run by Greene with 8:58 left and pushed the lead to 38-0 on an 18-yard TD catch by Sam James and Casey Legg's 44-yard field goal as time expired.
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