MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — Pat White threw three touchdown passes, Noel Devine rushed for a career-high 207 yards and West Virginia scored 31 consecutive points to beat Auburn 34-17 on Thursday night.

White, playing his first full game in a month after head and hand injuries, overcame two early interceptions to bring West Virginia (5-2 ) back from a 17-3 deficit. The Mountaineers had their highest points total since a season-opening 48-21 victory over Villanova.

Auburn’s Kodi Burns (Fort Smith Northside ) threw for one touchdown and ran for another score before halftime but couldn’t keep the early momentum going.

The Tigers (4-4 ) managed just 33 second-half yards, were shut out over the final 40 minutes and now have a three-game losing streak. That hadn’t happened since 1999, Coach Tommy Tuberville’s first season.

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Dorrell Jalloh caught two of White’s scoring tosses. His 2-yard catch put West Virginia ahead to stay late in the third. On his second, Jalloh shed the grasp of defender Zac Etheridge, turned around without breaking stride, sidestepped Walter McFadden and scored from 32 yards out early in the fourth to make it 27-17.

Devine completed the scoring with a 30-yard touchdown run late in the game. He surpassed a 188-yard effort in an Oct. 11 victory over Syracuse and has four 100-yard efforts this season.

White entered the game completing 73 percent of his passes and had thrown just one interception all season, but was intercepted on West Virginia’s first two series.

Auburn followed Josh Bynes ’ interception with a 20-play drive that took nearly 10 minutes. But the Tigers couldn’t scored a touchdown on three tries from inside the 3 and settled for Wes Byrum’s short field goal.

After McFadden returned an interception 18 yards to the West Virginia 27, Burns tossed a thirddown screen pass to Brad Lester, who followed three blockers 16 yards into the end zone.

Mario Fannin’s 69-yard kickoff return set up Burns’ 9-yard touchdown run for a 17-3 lead early in the second.

White hit a wide-open Alric Arnett with a 44-yard touchdown strike, West Virginia’s longest pass play of the season, midway through the second quarter to bring West Virginia to 17-10.

Burns led Auburn with 82 rushing yards and completed 13 of 21 passes for 111 yards with an interception.