Jarrett Brown threw a touchdown pass but managed little offense and West Virginia struggled to beat Louisville 17-9 on Saturday.

Running back Noel Devine played sparingly after tweaking an ankle and the Mountaineers (7-2, 3-1 Big East) were outgained 301-273, but improved to 6-0 at home. Devine was limited to 56 yards on 13 carries to surpass 1,000 yards for the second straight season.

Louisville (3-6, 0-4) couldn't take advantage of Darius Ashley's 164 yards rushing and fell to 0-5 on the road. Redshirt freshman Will Stein went 14-of-26 in his first road start but was sacked five times.

Cardinals kicker Chris Philpott made field goals of 37, 44 and 29 yards.

Ashley, playing in place of Victor Anderson who missed his second straight game due to injury, became the third rusher to surpass 100 yards against the Mountaineers this season.

Devine has been the go-to guy when the Mountaineers needed him all season. But when Devine went out late in the first half, his teammates did enough to keep Louisville at bay.

Jock Sanders gained 29 yards on the first drive of the second half and freshman Tavon Austin capped it with a 9-yard touchdown run for a 14-6 lead.

Louisville's Cory Goettsche shanked two straight punts in the third quarter and one of them led to a West Virginia field goal. After Goettsche's second short punt, Brown couldn't handle a high snap and Louisville's L.D. Scott recovered at the West Virginia 42.

But a holding call erased a 10-yard TD pass from Stein to Doug Beaumont early in the fourth and the Cardinals settled for a short field goal to trail 17-9. Continued...