The white team's rushing attack was led by halfbacks Desmond Cox and Cory Jackson, who compiled 133 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns in the win.
With the score tied at 21, Jackson had a 52-yard run to pull the white team ahead 28-21. Jackson's counterpart, Cox, had some big runs and ran well in short- yard situations.
"Desmond is a big play threat who can go at any time and he's had one of the better springs of anybody on our football team," Head Coach matt Ballard said. "His big-play capability is tremendous, but that's not the best thing he's done this spring. He's really taken steps forward in his protection and from a running standpoint has turned into a physical, aggressive, attacking back and he's giving us tough short yardage plays."
The blue team was led by quarterback Zack Lewis, who went 20-of-39 through the air for 229 yards and one touchdown. Lewis also added a touchdown on the ground from one-yard out in the third quarter.
Lewis, who came on late last season as a true freshman said the team has some things to shore up offensively.
"We got to get more consistent," Lewis said. "We can't have two or three good plays in a drive and then a penalty. We can't move 15 yards then lose 15 yards."
Defensively, white team member Chris Burns led both defensive squads with 11 tackles and chipped in with 1.5 sacks. The blue team was led Jerome Raymond, who lead both squads with 3.5 tackles for loss and captured 1.5 sacks.
Ballard said the team is on a better pace defensively then he had thought they would be since losing the likes of Wes McDermott, Andrew Doan, and Derik Steiner, who all graduated.
"We got some big shoes to fill and in the middle they've got to be two things: outstanding play from various players and its up to our guys to not make mistakes and to have great pursuit angles," Ballard said.
"Jerome (Raymond) and Mark Hall are very difficult to block," Ballard said. "We haven't blocked Jerome very many times this spring and they are going to be something to contend with this year in our league."
Cox said he was glad to be back in action.
"It was a wonderful day here and it really felt good to come out here in front of a crowd and give the people something to be happy about.," Cox said. "Last year was a very disappointing season and in the past we would just say 'lets forget about it.' But this year we want to remember how we were feeling and what it felt like to be 3-8, so we don't have that bad taste in our mouths again."
"We want to make this university proud and do good things here and just keep growing," Cox said.
The Eagles will open the season Sept. 4 at James Madison.