MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Devon Dampier responded to Utah's first loss with one of his best performances.
Dampier threw a career-high four touchdown passes and ran for another score to lead the Utes to a 48-14 win over West Virginia on Saturday.
Dampier bounced back from a lopsided home loss to Texas Tech last week in which he didn't throw a touchdown pass, was intercepted twice and fumbled the ball away once and Utah was held to 263 total yards.
“That was a big emphasis this week — to make sure that we came out with energy first quarter to fourth quarter,” said Dampier, a transfer from New Mexico. "I thought we did that very well today."
Utah (4-1, 1-1 Big 12) gained yards in chunks against the Mountaineers, scored on its first three drives and was never challenged by a West Virginia o