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Game Notes

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May 29, 2001
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• West Virginia and Towson met for the
second time on Saturday
• With the win, the Mountaineers are now
2-0 against the Tigers
• Additionally, WVU improved to 23-0
against FCS opponents
• The Mountaineers are now 196-7 all-time
when scoring at least 40 points
• WVU’s 65 points are the second-most in
the Neal Brown era (66 vs. LIU on Sept.
11, 2021)
• The Mountaineers tallied 624 yards of
total offense, tied for the most in the
Brown era and No. 18 in single-game
school history
• WVU scored 21 points in the first quarter
and 24 in the second, marking the first
time it tallied 20 or more in multiple
frames since Sept. 11, 2021, vs. LIU
• WVU’s 45 points at halftime are the most
of any half in the Brown era
• The Mountaineers scored on all 10 of its
possessions, including nine touchdowns
• Defensively, WVU recorded five three-and
-outs
• West Virginia held Towson to –3 rushing
yards in the first half
• WVU outgained the Tigers, 415-56, at
halftime
• West Virginia featured two players—CJ
Donaldson and Tony Mathis Jr.—with
multiple rushing touchdowns for the first
time since Sept. 11, 2021, vs. LIU (Leddie
Brown and Garrett Greene)
• WVU featured a pair of 100-yard
rushers—Donaldson and Mathis Jr.— for
the first time since Kansas on Nov. 27,
2021 (Leddie Brown and Tony Mathis Jr.)
• The Mountaineers had six rushing
touchdowns for the first time since Nov.
24, 2007, vs. UConn (7)
• West Virginia finished the game with 316
rushing yards, the second-most of the
Brown era
• WVU has now produced 11 games of 300
or more yards on the ground since 2012
• WVU has forced a turnover in eight of its
last 10 games and 26 of the 38 games of
the Brown era
• Towson’s 180 yards of total offense are
the fewest allowed by the Mountaineers
since Sept. 11, 2021, vs. LIU (95)
 
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