Tyrod Taylor had a 13-yard touchdown run, Matt Waldron kicked three field goals, and Williams cracked the 1,000-yard mark for the Hokies (6-3).

Patrick Pinkney was 16 of 33 passing for 167 yards with a late interception for East Carolina (5-4). Junior safety Dekota Marshall left with a right-leg injury with about 10 minutes remaining in the first quarter.

No decision yet on Groh. Virginia athletic director Craig Littlepage said a decision on Al Groh's future as the school's football coach will come at the end of the season.

Littlepage said in an e-mail to the Associated Press that Groh, who is in his ninth season at his alma mater, will be evaluated on his "full body of work" and that the school's goal is to have fan support at games.

The 3-5 Cavaliers play at Miami tomorrow. Virginia is averaging 46,605 fans for its five home games, down more than 7,000 from what last year's 5-7 team drew.

Rutgers in stadium's debut. The first major college football game at the new Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., will feature Rutgers and Army.

The schools and the New Meadowlands Stadium Corp. announced that the two New York metropolitan-area teams will play on Oct. 16 next season.

Giants Stadium has been the site for the New York Urban League Classic for more than three decades. There is a chance that another classic will be played at the new stadium before the Rutgers-Army game.

Bryant denied. All-American receiver Dez Bryant lost his final appeal to be reinstated by the NCAA this season.

The junior has sat out the last five games for No. 18 Oklahoma State (6-2, 3-1 Big Twelve Conference) after the school ruled him ineligible for lying to an NCAA investigator looking into Bryant's off-season meeting with former NFL player Deion Sanders.

ACC bowl deals. The Atlantic Coast Conference will send teams to the Sun and Independence Bowls starting next year.