Late score lifts No. 6 West Virginia

Pat White scored on a 50-yard run with 1:36 remaining and also threw two touchdown passes to help No. 6 West Virginia beat Louisville, 38-31, on Thursday night in a Big East Conference game at Morgantown, W.Va.

Brian Brohm rallied Louisville from a 17-point deficit in the second half, with the Cardinals tying it on Art Carmody’s 37-yard field goal with 3:05 left.

White then capped a 65-yard drive with his scoring run up the left side.

Brohm, who broke his Big East record with his seventh 300-yard game of the season, threw a desperation pass that Antonio Lewis intercepted at the West Virginia seven.

The win allowed West Virginia (8-1 overall, 3-1 in the Big East) to remain on Connecticut’s heels for a berth in the Bowl Championship Series with three games left, including a key matchup next week at Cincinnati.

Louisville (5-5, 2-3) was eliminated from the conference title chase. The Cardinals need a win either at South Florida or at home against Rutgers to become bowl eligible for a 10th straight season.

White ran 24 times for 147 yards and threw for 181 more in his third straight stellar game against the Cardinals.

Brohm completed 27 of 46 passes for 345 yards, but two of his passes were intercepted and he was sacked four times.

Louisville held the nation’s third-best rushing attack to 216 yards and leading rusher Steve Slaton had only 60 yards in 17 carries, his second-lowest total of the season.

West Virginia is 51-1 since 2000 when scoring at least 30 points.

Max Hall passed for 305 yards and a touchdown and Brigham Young’s defense came up with two sacks in an 11-second span to secure a 27-22 victory over Texas Christian in a Mountain West Conference game at Provo, Utah.

The Cougars (7-2, 5-0) won their 13th straight conference game and, with a final defensive stand, remained on pace for a second straight unbeaten run through the league.

The Horned Frogs (5-5, 3-3) made it close with a 94-yard scoring drive that cut the lead to 27-22 with 3:49 remaining, and then forced the Cougars to punt on the next possession. But quarterback Andy Dalton was sacked twice, ending TCU’s last threat.

Oklahoma State suspended linebacker Chris Collins Jr. for the rest of the season after he pleaded guilty to a felony aggravated sexual assault charge in Texas this week. . . . Louisville has filed a lawsuit against Duke claiming breach of contract after the Blue Devils opted out of the final three games of a four-game series. The lawsuit is asking for $450,000 in damages and any additional damages that the court sees fit. . . . Texas Southern fired Coach Steve Wilson. The team is 0-9 this season and has been outscored, 355-138. Wilson’s four-season record is 4-38.