Memphis used 294 yards passing and two touchdowns from quarterback Seth Henigan to defeat West Virginia 42-37 in the Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl, played tonight at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas.

The 25th^ThThe first-ranked Tigers also received 120 yards from Demeer Blankumsee and 116 from Roc Taylor en route to 474 yards of total offense.

West Virginia (6-7) rushed for a season-high 328 yards as a senior Garrett Greene166 of them go Hudson Clement on 11 receptions, in a losing effort.

Greene also ran seven times for 95 yards. The Tallahassee, Florida, resident finished his Mountaineer career eighth in rushing touchdowns (10).^Th in passing, 11^Th in touchdown passes and 18^Th at a rapid distance.

CJ Donaldson Jr. added 83 on 22 carries as WVU generated 534 yards of offense, third most this season.

Two Mountaineers turnovers, poor field position early in the game and the defense’s inability to get off the field in the third and prevent big plays were the deciding factors in today’s game.

Excellent field position allowed Memphis to take a 28-17 halftime lead. Four of the Tigers’ five scoring drives were 45, 25, 46 and 51 yards.

Memphis’ final scoring drive of the half traveled 75 yards and lasted just 55 seconds.

Henigan threw touchdown passes of 4 yards to Mario Anderson Jr. and 18 yards to Blankumsee, and Greg Desrosiers Jr. returned a reverse handoff of 46 yards for another score.

Tristian Vandenberg also kicked field goals of 34 and 42 yards.

West Virginia’s offense finally came to life after starting the game with two three-and-out possessions, gaining just 28 yards after the first quarter and digging itself into a 17-0 hole.

A 33-yard touchdown pass from Greene down the other sideline to Clement put the Mountaineers on the scoreboard, and six minutes later a scrambling Greene took off down the other sideline and kept running until he reached the end zone 56 yards later.

It was the longest touchdown run by a Mountaineer player this year.

After Blankumsee’s touchdown reception came with 55 seconds left in the second quarter and Henigan’s 2-point conversion pass to Blankumsee gave the Tigers a 28-14 lead, Greene was able to put the Mountaineers in position Michael Hayes II kicking a 46-yard field goal on the final play of the half.

Memphis (11-2) got the ball early in the third quarter and continued to encounter little resistance from West Virginia’s defense. Henigan’s first play was a long pass across the field to Taylor for a 48-yard gain to the WVU 27.

Henigan’s third-and-9 pass to Anderson moved the ball to the 6, and from there Anderson needed two cracks to reach the end zone, the second coming from the 3. Vandenberg’s conversion kick made it 35-17 Tigers.

West Virginia responded with a 10-play, 75-yard march that cut Memphis’ lead by six points as Greene connected with Clement in the end zone again, this time for 10 yards. However, WVU was unable to reach the conversion point due to a mishandled snap.

Thanks to pressure from the linebacker, the defense was finally able to get a third-down stop Ben Cutterforcing the Tigers to punt for the second time tonight.

West Virginia took over its own 10, converted two third downs, two fourth downs and overcame two holding penalties, making it a one-possession game.

The big play was Clement’s 37-yard reception on third-and-9 that brought the ball to the Tiger 15. Donaldson scored the touchdown from the 1st, culminating in a 16-play, 90-yard drive.

But all of the offense’s hard work was undone in a single play: an 89-yard pass from Henigan to a wide-open Blankumsee on the other sideline, who brought the ball to the Mountaineer 1. Brandon Thomas and Vandenberg picked it up from there. The conversion kick made it 42-30.

The Mountaineers had a different answer, marching 75 yards in 12 plays and getting into the end zone on Donaldson’s second 1-yard plunge. The big plays were Greene’s passes for 17 yards Jarel Williams13 yards to Cole Taylor and 27 yards to Rodney Gallagher III.

Memphis got two first downs, forced West Virginia to use all of its timeouts and put Vandenberg in position to attempt a 50-yard field goal to bring the game to eight points. But his kick went wide right, giving Greene the opportunity for some late-game heroics with 51 seconds left and the ball at the WVU 31.

His first pass went to Clement for 23 yards to Memphis’ 46 yards. Another pass to Clement gained 5 yards, and then he struggled for 4 more yards.

However, his final pass through the middle to Gallagher ended up in the arms of Elijah Herring, who returned it 21 yards before fumbling it back to West Virginia.

Unfortunately, the replay director decided he was on the ground even though the ball came out before he began his slide.

Memphis took a knee and ran the remaining eight seconds to win the game.