Duggan throws for 3 TDs, No. 7 TCU （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域s West Virginia 41-31
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - No. 7 TCU is still working on putting together an ideal 業績／成果 on both 味方するs of the ball.
For now, the Horned Frogs are happy to still have a perfect 記録，記録的な／記録する.
Max Duggan threw three touchdown passes, Kendre Miller ran for 120 yards and a 得点する／非難する／２０ and TCU used big plays on 罪／違反 to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 West Virginia 41-31 Saturday.
Though the Horned Frogs had four plays of at least 50 yards, with three going for touchdowns, they had to fight hard in the fourth ４半期/4分の1 to 持つ／拘留する on.
"We´re not playing for how pretty it looks," Duggan said. "We´re playing to get that 勝利，勝つ, whether it´s won by one or by 40. 明白に, there´s things that we need to work on that will make it easier for us."
The Horned Frogs (8-0, 5-0 Big 12) didn´t need a 復帰 from a 二塁打-digit 赤字 like they did in their two previous games. Duggan 火刑／賭けるd TCU to a 28-21 halftime lead that held up.
TCU quarterback Max Duggan (15) passes against West Virginia during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Morgantown, W.Va., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Kathleen Batten)
TCU has won its first eight games for the first time since 2015 and broke a four-game losing streak to the Mountaineers.
Duggan 以前 had gone 0-3 against West Virginia. He changed that by 完全にするing 16 of 28 passes for 341 yards.
"We're 感謝する to be 8-0," he said. "You're never going to take winning for 認めるd. We know it's hard to 勝利，勝つ in this league, 特に on the road."
West Virginia (3-5, 1-4), which was coming off a season-low 282 yards of 罪／違反 in a lopsided loss at last week at Texas Tech, gave the Horned Frogs a fight.
JT Daniels threw a 23-yard TD pass to Reese Smith with 4:12 left to 削減（する） the Mountaineers' 赤字 to 34-31. TCU 回復するd the 続いて起こるing onside kick, but Duggan was 迎撃するd by Malachi Ruffin at the West Virginia 16, giving the Mountaineers another chance. West Virginia was 軍隊d to punt, and Duggan 設立する Savion Williams with a 29-yard 得点する／非難する／２０ing 投げ上げる／ボディチェックする on fourth 負かす／撃墜する with 20 seconds left.
After 連合させるing for 637 yards of 罪／違反 before halftime, both teams squandered several second-half touchdown chances from inside the 対抗者's 20.
The Mountaineers 回復するd a muffed punt at the TCU 17 早期に in the third ４半期/4分の1, but settled for a field goal. On its next 所有／入手, West Virginia drove to the TCU 4, but Daniels threw incomplete into the end zone on fourth 負かす／撃墜する. TCU then drove 95 yards to the West Virginia 1. Quentin Johnston was 取り組むd for an 11-yard loss on third 負かす／撃墜する, resulting in a short field goal for a 31-24 lead.
"Some crazy stuff happened in this game today," said TCU's Sonny Dykes, who joined Francis Schmidt in 1929 as the only Horned Frogs coaches to 勝利，勝つ their 開始 eight games. "There was some wild plays, some strange stuff."
West Virginia mistakes 与える／捧げるd to TCU's first three touchdowns.
Duggan took advantage of blown ニュース報道 in the 第２位, throwing TD 投げ上げる／ボディチェックするs of 71 yards to Taye Barber and 55 yards to Johnston. 中途の through the second ４半期/4分の1, Daniels was 攻撃する，衝突する going 支援する to pass and fumbled. TCU 回復するd at its 49 and Miller 得点する／非難する／２０d untouched on the next play for a 21-14 lead.
Miller now has a 急ぐing TD in nine straight games.
Daniels finished 23 of 39 for 275 yards for West Virginia, which now needs to 勝利，勝つ three of its final four games to become bowl 適格の.
"I thought our guys competed, really played their tails off," West Virginia coach Neal Brown said. "I'm proud of how they played. We're based on 結果s. I get that. The 結果 wasn't what we 手配中の，お尋ね者. We just didn't make enough plays in the second half."
THE TAKEAWAY
TCU: The Horned Frogs weren't 支配的な, but they did enough to stay 頂上に the Big 12 standings.
West Virginia: The Mountaineers put up a fight on 罪／違反 にもかかわらず 存在 without two 負傷させるd linemen and 主要な rusher Tony Mathis. Freshman running 支援する CJ Donaldson, who finished with 104 yards, twice left the game with 傷害s. West Virginia kept the game の近くに after starting slowly in its three previous games.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
TCU should 持つ／拘留する の上に its 最高の，を越す 10 最高位の.
UP NEXT
TCU hosts Texas Tech next Saturday. The Horned Frogs have won the last three 会合s.
West Virginia visits Iowa 明言する／公表する next Saturday. The Mountaineers had lopsided losses in their last two trips to Ames, Iowa.
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TCU wide receiver Taye Barber (4) catches a pass for a touchdown as West Virginia linebacker 物陰／風下 Kpogba (8) chases during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Morgantown, W.Va., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Kathleen Batten)
West Virginia tight end CJ Donaldson (12) is 取り組むd TCU cornerback Josh Newton (24) and safety Namdi Obiazor (4) during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Morgantown, W.Va., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Kathleen Batten)
West Virginia wide receiver Bryce Ford-Wheaton (0) catches a pass as TCU cornerback Kee'あそこの Stewart (2) defends during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Morgantown, W.Va., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Kathleen Batten)
West Virginia running 支援する CJ Donaldson (12) and quarterback JT Daniels (18) celebrate during the first half of an NCAA college football game against TCU in Morgantown, W.Va., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Kathleen Batten)
TCU players and staff celebrate during the first half of an NCAA college football game against West Virginia in Morgantown, W.Va., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Kathleen Batten)
West Virginia players celebrate after a touchdown during the first half of an NCAA college football game against TCU in Morgantown, W.Va., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Kat hleen Batten)
TCU 防御の lineman Lwal Uguak (96) 回復するs a fumble during the first half of an NCAA college football game against West Virginia in Morgantown, W.Va., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Kathleen Batten)
TCU wide receiver Savion Williams (18) catches a pass as West Virginia cornerback Wesley McCormick (11) defends during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Morgantown, W.Va., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Kathleen Batten)
