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UConn Routed By UNC

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The Associated Press

The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 5, 2008

Updated: 10/05/2008 12:13 am

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Shawn Draughn rushed for a career-high 109 yards and a touchdown, defensive lineman Marvin Austin returned an interception 23 yards for another score and North Carolina routed No. 24 Connecticut 38-12 on Saturday night.
Bruce Carter blocked three punts, Matt Merletti fell on one of them for a touchdown and Draughn's 39-yard touchdown run started the game-breaking sequence that gave the Tar Heels their first win over a ranked team in three years.

Ryan Houston had a 1-yard score and Cameron Sexton threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Hakeem Nicks for North Carolina (4-1), which overcame some shortcomings on the stat sheet by scoring 21 points off Huskies mistakes.

UConn outgained the Tar Heels 378-263 and had a 10-minute advantage in time of possession, but couldn't overcome three interceptions by new starter Zach Frazer.

Donald Brown, the nation's leading rusher, ran for 161 yards - 20 below his average - with a touchdown for the Huskies (5-1). But 93 of those yards came in the fourth quarter, well after this one was decided.

Draughn, a former safety, took a handoff from Sexton midway through the third quarter and raced untouched up the middle to make it 24-6.

WEST VIRGINIA 24,

RUTGERS 17

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Pat White threw two touchdown passes and moved into second place on the NCAA's career rushing list for quarterbacks, leading West Virginia to a win over Rutgers.

But White was injured for the second straight week, leaving the game late in the third quarter after being tackled on a 10-yard run. Coach Bill Stewart said afterward that White was hit in the head and could have returned to the game but remained on the sideline as a precaution.

White rushed for 59 yards to move past Indiana's Antwaan Randle El, who ran for 3,895 yards from 1998-2001. White has 3,934 career yards and is 356 yards away from breaking former Missouri star Brad Smith's mark set from 2002-05.

With Major Harris and other members of the 1988 West Virginia team that finished undefeated in the regular season on hand, the Mountaineers (3-2, 1-0) improved to 16-0 at home against Rutgers (1-4, 0-1).

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