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Cam Cook rushed for 142 yards and two short touchdowns, Michael Hawkins Jr. threw for one score and passed for another TD, and West Virginia held on for a 31-24 win over Coastal Carolina in the teams’ season opener Saturday.
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Virginia → rush → opener
On a day in which West Virginia retired the No. 5 jersey of record-setting quarterback Pat White, the Mountaineers dominated the game early but looked disheveled on both sides of the ball for much of the second half.
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Mountaineers → retire → half
Coastal Carolina’s Nico Cavanillas Alti kicked a 32-yard field goal with 27 seconds left to cap the Chanticleers’ rally from a 24-0 deficit.
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Alti → kick → deficit
But the ensuing onside kick went out of bounds and West Virginia survived.
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Virginia → ensue → bounds
With 88 new players on the roster, it’s going to take some time for West Virginia to work the kinks out, especially on defense.
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Virginia → go → defense
At least they’re set with two marquee positions on offense.
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they → set → offense
Cook ran 72 yards up the left sideline on the first play from scrimmage to set up his 3-yard TD run.
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Cook → run → run
The transfer from Jacksonville State, who led the nation with 1,659 rushing yards last season, went over 100 yards early in the second quarter.
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who → lead → quarter
Hawkins, a transfer from Oklahoma, had a stellar debut on the ground with 103 yards on 20 carries.
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Hawkins → have → carries
Hawkins led scoring drives on three of West Virginia’s first four possessions.
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Hawkins → lead → possessions
West Virginia had 336 total yards in the first half and raced to a 24-0 lead.
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Virginia → have → lead
But the Mountaineers punted on their first four possessions of the second half and were limited to 77 yards after halftime.
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Mountaineers → punt → halftime
Hawkins had an 11-yard TD run late in the game after a Coastal Carolina punt went out of bounds at its 35-yard line.
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punt → have → line
Hawkins also threw a 49-yard scoring toss in the first quarter to Armoni Weaver-Bomar.
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Hawkins → throw → Bomar
Hawkins’ only hiccup came when he fumbled while reaching for the pylon and the ball went through the end zone for a touchback early in the second quarter.
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ball → come → quarter
Hawkins finished 11-of-14 passing for 132 yards.
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Hawkins → finish → yards
West Virginia’s defense surrendered just five first downs in the first half, then looked porous after halftime.
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defense → surrender → halftime
Redshirt freshman quarterback Deuce Bailey threw three touchdown passes for Coastal Carolina, which outgained West Virginia 425-413.
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which → throw → Virginia
Bailey, a redshirt freshman who followed new coach Ryan Beard to the Chanticleers from Missouri State, had second-half TD tosses of 37 and 34 yards to Clayton Coppock and 13 yards to Colton Hinton.
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who → follow → Hinton
Bailey completed 21 of 37 passes for 373 yards.
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Bailey → complete → yards
Cook and Hawkins looked as good as advertised but the team’s struggles in the second half will need fixing.
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struggles → look → fixing
Up Next
Coastal Carolina hosts Fordham of the Championship Subdivision on Saturday.
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Carolina → host → Saturday
West Virginia hosts FCS member UT Martin on Saturday.
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Virginia → host → Saturday
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