GLENDALE, Ariz. – Oklahoma's Fiesta Bowl misery isn't dead yet.

And this time, the Sooners weren't outsmarted by trick plays. They were simply outplayed.

No. 11 West Virginia jumped out to a two-touchdown lead by halftime Wednesday and never looked back in a 48-28 victory over No. 3 OU before a capacity crowd of 70,016 at University of Phoenix Stadium.

The Mountaineers (11-2) had no problem without coach Rich Rodriguez, their offensive play-caller, who bolted for Michigan last month. Interim coach Bill Stewart put the game in the hands of junior quarterback Pat White and freshman running back Noel Devine as WVU won its third consecutive bowl game.

"I speak for all the players," White said, "he [Stewart] needs to be our head coach. Oklahoma is a great team, but we were a little bit more hungry than they were."

Oklahoma (11-3) ended another season with a resounding thud. The Sooners lost a wild Fiesta Bowl a year ago to Boise State, 43-42, in overtime. OU lost its fourth consecutive BCS bowl game and dropped to 4-5 in bowls under coach Bob Stoops.

"They definitely outcoached us and outplayed us," Stoops said. "They were more physical and more disciplined. It's very disappointing to finish the season this way, after such a solid year, to come out and play like we did."

Stoops became the only coach to lose to an interim coach this bowl season. Before the Fiesta Bowl, teams with interim coaches were 0-5 and teams in the midst of a coaching change had been 1-7.

But switching leaders didn't seem to faze the Mountaineers.

WVU, the nation's fourth-leading rushing team at 293 yards per game, rolled up 525 yards of total offense and had 349 rushing yards against OU, which had the nation's seventh-ranked rushing defense.

But the Sooners defense played short-handed. OU replaced three defensive starters, who were out for the game, with three players who made their first starts of the season. And the Sooners played most of the game without junior receiver Malcolm Kelly (leg injury). OU also finished with 13 penalties for 113 yards.

"Just embarrassing. Absolutely no discipline whatsoever," Stoops said. "That has to be a reflection on me. I'm obviously not doing a good enough job of getting players to play smart."

White, the game's offensive MVP, finished with a game-high 150 rushing yards on 20 carries and was 10-for-19 passing for 176 yards and two touchdowns. Devine, who received most of the playing time at running back after starter Steve Slaton went out with a right hamstring injury in the first quarter, had 108 yards rushing and two touchdowns on 13 carries.

"The guys counted on me," Devine said, "so I had to step up."

West Virginia's defense had OU freshman quarterback Sam Bradford on the run most of the night. WVU had three sacks and seven tackles for losses, and held OU to minus-1 yard in the first quarter

WVU scored two second-quarter touchdowns to lead, 20-6.

OU cut the Mountaineers' lead to 20-15 in the third quarter with the third field goal of the game for senior Garrett Hartley of Southlake Carroll, followed by Chris Brown's 1-yard touchdown run.

Back in the game, Stoops then gambled by calling for an onside kick. Hartley grazed the football and it trickled only 8 yards before West Virginia recovered at the OU 39-yard line.

"We obviously didn't kick it far enough," Stoops said. "We had the momentum and the opportunity was there. We just didn't execute."

Six plays later, Devine scored on a 17-yard run around left end to put WVU up, 27-15. Late in the third quarter, WVU receiver Darius Reynaud added another touchdown on a 30-yard reverse to the left to go ahead, 34-15.

The Mountaineers poured it on in the fourth quarter on two big plays. Tito Gonzales caught White's pass down the middle of the field and ran through the tackle attempt of OU cornerback Marcus Walker, who slipped off of Gonzales' back. Gonzales raced 79 yards for a touchdown.

On WVU's ensuing possession, Devine took a handoff and bolted to the left before cutting back to the middle of the field and racing 65 yards for a touchdown.