Pitt coach Dave Wannstedt vowed he wouldn't make wholesale changes to his staff in the wake of a 5-7 season.

But he is going to make a significant one.

Wannstedt fired offensive line coach Paul Dunn after three seasons of mostly inconsistent play by the unit. Dunn, a former Pitt player, was one of the original members of Wannstedt's staff but the offensive line didn't show much progress in his three seasons.

A replacement for Dunn has not been hired, but the top candidate is believed to be New York Jets offensive line coach Tony Wise, who is a longtime friend of Wannstedt and has been on the same staff with Wannstedt at a number of places the past 30 years, including stops in the NFL with the Cowboys, Bears and Dolphins. Wise was a graduate assistant at Pitt in the mid-1970s.

Dunn is one of two assistant coaches -- along with secondary coach Chris Ball, who left for a similar job at Washington State -- Wannstedt has to replace. The secondary position, however, is likely to be filled by graduate assistant Jeff Hafley, who has worked with the secondary the past two seasons.

Rutgers running back Ray Rice had four touchdowns and 280 yards, including a career-long 90-yard score to lift the Scarlet Knights to a 52-30 win against Ball State at Toronto's Rogers Centre.

Rutgers (8-5) hadn't won a bowl game before last year. Now the program has won two in a row, after a victory against Kansas State in the 2006 Texas Bowl.

Ball State (7-6) is still waiting for its first bowl win in four tries.

Rice, whose 25 touchdowns this season are a school record, has yet to announce whether he'll skip his senior season and enter the NFL draft. Players who choose to declare for the draft must do so by Jan. 15.

Rutgers fans chanted "One more year!" after Rice's fourth touchdown run on a 1-yard dive late in the third.