West Virginia Stops Rutgers

Chris Henry caught a 39-yard scoring pass and set up another touchdown with a long catch before being kicked out of the game, leading No. 15 West Virginia to a 35-30 win over Rutgers on Saturday in a Big East Conference game at Piscataway, N.J..

Rasheed Marshall threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as the Mountaineers, who improved to 7-1 overall and 3-0 in the conference, beat Rutgers (4-4, 1-3) for the 10th straight time.

As Henry walked to the bench after the second of two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, West Virginia Coach Rich Rodriguez got in his face and tried to talk to him, but Henry didn’t seem to listen. He was escorted off the field, occasionally looking at the Rutgers bench and later yelling at fans. A league official said he would not be suspended, because such punishment is only for fighting.

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In another Big East game: Perry Patterson threw for two touchdowns, Walter Reyes ran for two more and the defense forced five turnovers to lead Syracuse (4-4, 2-1) to a 42-30 victory over Connecticut (5-3, 2-3) at Syracuse, N.Y.

EAST

Stan Hill threw a touchdown pass and Chris Royal returned an interception for a score to lead Marshall (5-3, 5-0) to a 20-3 victory over Central Florida (0-8, 0-5) in a Mid-American Conference game at Huntington, W.Va.... Aaron Polanco ran for three touchdowns and threw for another to lead Navy (7-1) to a 34-20 victory over Delaware (6-2) at Annapolis, Md.... James Pinkey threw three touchdown passes to Bobby Good to help East Carolina (2-5, 2-3) to a 38-28 victory over Army (2-5, 2-4) in a Conference USA game at Greenville, N.C.

WEST

Jordan Palmer threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score to help Texas El Paso (6-2, 4-1) secure its second winning season in 16 years with a 38-20 victory at San Jose State (2-5, 1-3) in a Western Athletic Conference game.... Paul Pinegar threw three touchdown passes and Bryson Sumlin had two scoring runs to help Fresno State (4-3, 1-3) to a 42-0 victory over Southern Methodist (1-7, 1-4) in a WAC game at Fresno.... DonTrell Moore ran for 154 yards and a touchdown to help New Mexico (5-4, 3-2) to a 26-17 victory over Colorado State (3-5, 2-2) in a Mountain West Conference game at Fort Collins, Colo.... Ivan Harrison scored on two fourth-quarter one-yard runs to lead Wyoming (5-3, 2-2) to a 43-26 victory over Air Force (3-5, 2-3) in a Mountain West game at Laramie, Wyo.

MIDWEST

Garrett Wolfe rushed for 280 yards and three touchdowns, scoring the game-winner on a nine-yard run in overtime to give Northern Illinois (7-2, 6-0) a 38-31 victory over Ball State (1-8, 1-5) in a MAC game at Muncie, Ind.... Omar Jacobs passed for 333 yards and three touchdowns to lead Bowling Green (6-2, 4-1) to a 41-20 victory over Eastern Michigan (3-5, 3-2) in a MAC game at Bowling Green, Ohio.

SOUTHWEST

Jamario Thomas ran for his NCAA-record-tying fourth 200-yard game and set the NCAA record for most yards by a freshman in his first seven games as North Texas (4-4, 4-0) rolled to a 45-30 victory over Louisiana Monroe (3-5, 2-2) in a Sun Belt game at Denton, Texas. Thomas has 1,215 yards rushing to break Marshall Faulk’s record (1,157).

SOUTHLAND

Ryan Gonzales rushed for two touchdowns to lead Occidental (6-1, 4-0) to a 27-16 victory over visiting Pomona-Pitzer (3-4, 2-3) in a SCIAC game.... Bo Drake scored two first-half touchdowns to lead Claremont-Mudd (2-5, 1-3) to a 41-7 victory over visiting Whittier (2-5, 1-3) in a SCIAC game.... Cody Bloom kicked two field goals to lead Eastern Oregon (5-3) to a 14-10 upset of Azusa Pacific (7-2) at La Grande, Ore.... Tony Kays caught a 14-yard touchdown pass with 13 seconds left to lift visiting UC Davis (6-2, 3-1) to a 36-33 victory over Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (7-1, 3-1) in a Great West Conference game.... Evan Harney rushed for 181 yards and two touchdowns to lead San Diego (5-4, 2-1) to a 41-12 victory over Butler (1-8, 0-3) in a Pioneer League game at Indianapolis.