BY JEREMY CURTIS
Tribune Correspondent

West Virginia University quarterback Patrick White made college football history Saturday at Louisville and helped the Mountaineers defeat the Cardinals, 35-21.
With 5:38 to go in the game, White became the NCAA all-time leader for rushing yards by a quarterback, when he took the snap out of the shotgun and ran to his left for a four-yard gain.
 His four-yard run brought his career total to 4,292 yards, passing former Missouri quarterback Brad Smith’s record of 4,289 yards.
“When I’m done, I’ll sit down and think about it, reflect on it,” White told the Associated Press. “Right now I’m just thinking about the next two.”
“I ran No. 5, put the ball in his hands,” West Virginia head coach Bill Stewart told the Associated Press. “He’s the greatest young man. You witnessed something we may never see again.”
White rushed for 200 yards and three touchdowns, including scoring runs of 66 yards and 43 yards. He completed six of 11 passes for 121 yards and two touchdowns.
After scoring five touchdowns against Louisville, White’s 98 career touchdowns set a new Big East record, passing Donovan McNabb, who accounted for 96 touchdowns when he was a quarterback at Syracuse.
The Mountaineers totaled 498 offensive yards, with 376 yards coming on the ground.
WVU running back Noel Devine carried the ball 13 times for 154 yards, including a long run of 79 yards. He surpassed the century mark in rushing for the fifth time this season and has now rushed for 1,121 yards.
Louisville (5-6, 1-5) finished the game with 474 offensive yards and won the time of possession battle against WVU (7-3, 4-1) 35:45 to 24:15, but turned the ball over five times.
Both teams struggled to convert third down plays — WVU was just four of 11 and Louisville finished four of 15.
U of L struck first with a one-yard touchdown run by running back Bilal Powell, putting the Cardinals up 7-0, with 1:53 to go in the first quarter.
White would immediately answer for WVU on the following possession. He took the snap, drifted toward his right, got a convoy of blockers in front of him and darted 66 yards up the right sideline for the score.
WVU placekicker Pat McAfee hit the extra point and the game was tied 7-7 with 0:09 to go in the opening quarter.
The score remained tied heading into halftime, but the Mountaineers rallied in the third quarter, outscoring the Cardinals, 21-7.
Two minutes into the second half, White found receiver Dorrell Jalloh on a 28-yard touchdown pass in the middle of the endzone.
On Louisville’s ensuing possession, Cardinal receiver Chris Vaughn caught a pass from quarterback Hunter Cantwell and WVU cornerback Ellis Lankster, who also intercepted Cantwell in the second quarter, stripped the ball from Vaughn.
Defensive lineman Julian Miller recovered the loose ball for the Mountaineers.
Two plays later, White erupted for a 43-yard touchdown run down the left sideline, putting his team up 21-7.
Brock Bolen answered for the Cardinals on a five-yard touchdown run that cut the lead to 21-14 with 5:44 to go in the third quarter.
Three minutes later, WVU linebacker Anthony Leonard intercepted a pass from Cantwell that was tipped by two other Mountaineer defenders.
Leonard, who led the WVU defense with nine tackles, rumbled 36 yards to
the seven yard line before being brought down.
WVU’s offense took over deep in U of L territory and on the next play from scrimmage, White scrambled through the middle of the Cardinals’ defense for a seven-yard touchdown run. The Mountaineers built up a 28-14 advantage over Louisville.
White scored his final touchdown of the game, in the fourth quarter, on a 25-yard passing play to slot receiver Jock Sanders. Sanders ran a wheel route up the left sideline and White threw the ball in perfect stride with Sanders. WVU built up a commanding 35-14 lead.
Cantwell through a 17-yard touchdown pass to receiver Josh Chichester, later in the quarter, cutting the lead to 35-21.
Louisville’s on-side kick attempt was recovered by WVU cornerback Brandon Hogan and the hopes of a Cardinal comeback all but vanished.
White won three of four games against the Cardinals, during his WVU career.
The Mountaineers re-entered the USA TODAY/coaches’ poll Sunday afternoon, tabbed at No. 25.
WVU is currently in second place in the Big East standings, behind Cincinnati (9-2, 5-1) and will play at Pittsburgh, (7-3, 3-2) Friday, at noon.