GREENVILLE, N.C. -- Redshirt freshman Josh Jackson threw for 372 yards and five touchdowns -- three to Cam Phillips -- to help No. 16 Virginia Tech beat East Carolina 64-17 on Saturday.
Phillips had a program-record 14 catches for 189 yards to help the Hokies improve to 3-0 for the first time since 2011. He punctuated his day with a perfectly executed route that left him wide open, and Jackson hit him in stride for a 45-yard score with 7:46 left in the third quarter.
Both Jackson and Phillips called it a day before the fourth, as Virginia Tech roared out of a slow first-quarter start by scoring 57 straight points to turn this into a rout.