No. 4 West Virginia overpowers Maryland

Steve Slaton ran for 137 yards and three touchdowns, Noel Devine amassed 125 yards in his first three carries and No. 4 West Virginia cruised past Maryland, 31-14, in a nonconference game Thursday night at College Park, Md.

Slaton scored on a 22-yard run, and twice on one-yard runs.

He has 41 touchdowns at West Virginia, one short of the team record shared by Ira Errett Rodgers and Avon Cobourne.

The 5-foot-8 Devine served as Slaton’s setup man.

Early in the third quarter, Devine ran 31 yards to the Maryland one, putting Slaton in position for his second scoring run.

Late in the quarter, Devine ran 76 yards to the Maryland one.

Slaton scored on the next play to put the Mountaineers ahead, 28-7.

In the fourth quarter, Devine ran for 18 yards to put West Virginia (3-0) in position for a field goal.

Devine, a freshman, finished with 136 rushing yards in five attempts.

Keon Lattimore ran for 80 yards and a touchdown for Maryland (2-1). The Terrapins yielded a total of 350 yards in their first two games; West Virginia finished with 448.

West Virginia took the second-half kickoff and moved 63 yards in nine plays to go ahead, 21-7.

Three punts later, Devine’s 76-yard run -- tied for the longest non-scoring carry in West Virginia history -- helped put the Mountaineers ahead by 21.

Ryan Harrison’s 33-yard field goal gave Air Force a 20-17 overtime victory over Texas Christian at Air Force Academy, Colo.

The Falcons, 3-0 overall, 2-0 in the Mountain West Conference, overcame a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit.

Harrison’s winner followed a miss by Texas Christian (1-2, 0-1) kicker Chris Manfredini, whose 36-yard attempt hit the left upright on the first possession of overtime.

Texas senior safety Tyrell Gatewood was suspended indefinitely after his arrest on drug charges, the fifth arrest of a Longhorns player since June.