GAME 9 // No. 11/10 WEST VIRGINIA at TEXAS 2016 SATURDAY, NOV. 12, 2016 | NOON (ET) | DARRELL K ROYAL-TEXAS MEMORIAL STADIUM (100,119) | AUSTIN, TEXAS THE SERIES WITH TEXAS Missouri All-Time Series ........................WVU leads 3-2 September 3 In Austin ...................................WVU leads 2-1 In Morgantown ....................................Tied 1-1 Morgantown At Neutral Site ............................................0-0 W/26-11 Dana Holgorsen vs. Texas ..........................2-2 Youngstown State Holgorsen vs. Charlie Strong......................1-2 Strong vs. West Virginia .............................2-2 September 10 Strong vs. Holgorsen ..................................2-1 Morgantown WEST VIRGINIA TEXAS W/38-21 2016 Record ..................................... 7-1, 4-1 Big 12 2016 Record ..................................... 5-4, 3-3 Big 12 BYU Head Coach.......................................Dana Holgorsen Head Coach......................................... Charlie Strong September 24 Alma Mater/Year ................................ Iowa Wesleyan (‘93) Alma Mater/Year ............................. Central Arkansas (‘83) Record at WVU ......................................... 43-29 (6th) Landover, Md. Record at Texas ............................................... 16-18 (3rd) Overall Record........................................ 43-29 (6th) Overall Record......................................... 53-34 (7th) W/35-32 Kansas State*✪ October 1 Morgantown W/17-16 Texas Tech* October 15 Lubbock, Texas W/48-17 TCU* October 22 Morgantown W/34-10 * BIG 12 CONFERENCE GAME Oklahoma State* October 29 Stillwater, Okla. L/20-37 SkylerHOWARD RasulDOUGLAS ▲ Kansas* NOTES TO REMEMBER ✓ WVU’s offense is ranked No. 10 nationally in November 5 ✓ The 2016 season marks West Virginia’s 125th total offense, No. 19 in completion percentage Morgantown year of football. WVU is No. 14 all-time in and third-down conversions, No. 25 in passing W/48-21 college football wins. offense and passing efficiency, No. 28 in fewest ✓ West Virginia has won 12 of its last 14 games, tackles for loss allowed and rushing offense Texas* HOMECOMING dating back to Nov. 7, 2015 ✓ WVU quarterback Skyler Howard is ranked November 12 ✓ The WVU offense has had 16 scoring drives of No. 16 nationally in total offense, No. 17 in Austin, Texas 10 plays or more (7 TD/9 FG) and has had 22 completion percentage, yards per pass Noon scoring drives of 70 yards or more (19 TD/3 attempt and points responsible for per game, FG) including 10 TD drives of 80+ yards No. 18 in passing yards per game, No. 19 Oklahoma* ✓ Since 2000, WVU is 106-13 when scoring 30 or in passing efficiency, No. 20 in completions per November 19 more points in a contest/54-4 when scoring 40 game, No. 28 in passing yards and No. 30 in Morgantown or more points in a game points responsible for MOUNTAINEER WEEK MOUNTAINEER ✓ ✓ TBA In the Dana Holgorsen era, WVU has produced WVU senior Daikiel Shorts Jr. is No. 27 69 games with 300 or more yards of total nationally in receiving yards per game (84.8) Iowa State* offense, 52 games with 400 or more yards of and No. 4 in the Big 12. He also is No. 4 in November 26 total offense, 26 games with more than 500 receptions per game in the Big 12, and Shelton yards and 14 with more than 600 yards Gibson is No. 6 in receiving yards per game. Ames, Iowa ✓ In the Holgorsen era, WVU has scored 30 or ✓ TBA Kicker Mike Molina is No. 19 nationally in field more points in 49 games, 40 or more points in goals made per game. Punter Billy Kinney is Baylor* 25 games, 50 or more points in seven games ✓ ranked No. 2 in the Big 12 in punting. December 3 and 60 or more points three times WVU’s defense is ranked No. 20 nationally in ✓ WVU is 79-11 since 2002 when winning the Morgantown scoring defense, No. 27 in first down defense turnover battle No. 28 in pass efficiency defense TBA 1 Game Coverage TV .................................................................................FS1 Joe Davis (PBP), Brady Quinn (analysis), Bruce Feldman (sideline) Radio ..........Tony Caridi (PBP), Dwight Wallace (analysis), Jed Drenning (sideline), Dan Zangrilli (pre and postgame host) Satellite Radio Broadcast .......... Sirius Ch 118, XM Ch 200 Live Statistics............................... WVU.Statbroadcast.com Twitter Updates...................@WVUFootball, @WVUsports National Rankings ASSOCIATED PRESS // (NOV. 6) Prev. School Record Points Rank 1. Alabama (60) 9-0 1524 1 2. Michigan (1) 9-0 1432 2 3. Clemson 9-0 1408 3 4. Washington 9-0 1364 4 5. Louisville 8-1 1255 5 6. Ohio State 8-1 1245 6 7. Wisconsin 7-2 1159 8 8. Auburn 7-2 1081 11 9. Oklahoma 7-2 996 12 10. Texas A&M 7-2 820 7 Statistical Comparisons 11. West Virginia 7-1 805 14 WVU Texas 12. Penn State 7-2 752 20 West Virginia Opponents Texas Opponents 13. Utah 7-2 686 16 33.2 20.6 Scoring Offense 37.0 33.2 14. Western Michigan 9-0 583 17 209 165 First Downs 228 214 15. North Carolina 7-2 559 18 223.6 148.2 Rushing Offense 247.3 193.6 16. Colorado 7-2 550 21 287.1 245.8 Passing Offense 258.1 270.6 17. Oklahoma State 7-2 516 22 510.8 394.0 Total Offense 505.4 464.1 18. Virginia Tech 7-2 479 23 24.5 23.9 Kick Return Average 18.5 21.1 19. LSU 5-3 454 15 2.1 7.4 Punt Return Average 8.3 7.8 20. Florida State 6-3 450 19 9-11.8 7-14.7 INT-Return Average 5-14.2 7-14.0 21. Nebraska 7-2 434 9 6-5 9-4 Fumbles/Lost 10-6 20-8 22. Florida 6-2 390 10 48-437 57-494 Penalties/Yards 67-612 62-530 23. Washington State 7-2 305 25 38.8 38.7 Net Punting Avg. 41.8 35.4 24. Boise State 8-1 226 25 14-20 11-15 Field Goal-Attempts 12-16 10-13 25. Baylor 6-2 90 13 30:15 29:45 Time of Possession 26:55 33:05 ARV: USC 76, Arkansas 74, San Diego State 38, Troy 28, 54-114 (47%) 59-133 (44%) 3rd Down Conversion 58-141 (41%) 60-145 (41%) Houston 25, Tennessee 9, Tulsa 3, USF 3, Minnesota 2, Navy 2, 4-7 (57%) 3-11 (27%) 4th Down Conversion 7-13 (54%) 8-15 (53%) Wyoming 2 13-106 14-112 Sacks By-Yards 34-253 18-103 34-40 (85%) 26-31 (84%) Red Zone Scoring 35-41 (85%) 31-37 (84%) 21-40 (52%) 15-31 (48%) Red Zone TD 25-41 (61%) 22-37 (59%) USA TODAY COACHES POLL // (NOV. 6) Prev. The 2016 Mountaineer Roster Non-Conference Play School Record Points Rank ✓ West Virginia finished 3-0 in its three 1. Alabama (62) 9-0 1598 1 ✓The 2016 roster currently consists of 127 players 2. Clemson (2) 9-0 1497 3 from 15 different states. non-conference games in 2016. The 3. Michigan 9-0 1493 2 ✓ Leading the way is West Virginia (35), followed by Mountaineers defeated Missouri, 26-11, on 4. Washington 9-0 1422 4 Ohio (24), Pennsylvania (16), Florida (14), ✓ Sept. 3 in the season opener. 5. Ohio State 8-1 1316 6 Maryland (8), New Jersey (7), Texas (5), North On Sept. 10, WVU defeated FCS opponent 6. Louisville 8-1 1307 5 Carolina (5), Georgia (3), Virginia (4), Illinois Youngstown State, 38-21, at home. 7. Wisconsin 7-2 1191 8 ✓ (2), Michigan (1), Mississippi (1), Missouri (1) and WVU closed out its non-confereence schedule 8. Auburn 7-2 1075 12 on Sept. 24 with a 35-32 win against BYU at 9. Oklahoma 7-2 1068 11 Tennessee (1). FedExField in Landover, Md. 10. West Virginia 7-1 877 15 11. Texas A&M 7-2 801 7 Against the Big 12 Conference ✓ At Home 12. Utah 7-2 788 16 WVU is 28-26 all-time against current ✓ 13. North Carolina 7-2 695 17 members of the Big 12 Conference. WVU is The 2016 season marks the 37th season of 14. Penn State 7-2 667 23 2-2 vs. Baylor; 3-1 against Iowa State; 5-1 competition for West Virginia at Milan Puskar 15. Colorado 7-2 627 21 against Kansas; 2-5 vs. Kansas State; 2-6 vs. Stadium. 16. Florida 6-2 486 9 ✓ WVU holds a 167-61-4 (.728) all-time mark 17. Oklahoma State 7-2 483 22 Oklahoma; 4-4 vs. Oklahoma State; 3-2 vs. 18. Florida State 6-3 482 19 Texas; 3-3 vs. TCU and 4-2 vs. Texas Tech. ✓ at the facility, which opened in 1980. 19. LSU 5-3 479 14 A sellout crowd of 60,125 fans was in attendance 20. Nebraska 7-2 476 10 On Turf for the season opener against Missouri. In week 21. Western Michigan 9-0 467 18 ✓Since 1980, West Virginia is 230-99-4 in games two, 56,261 fans were in attendance for the 22. Virginia Tech 7-2 466 23 Youngstown State game and a sellout season played on artificial turf surfaces. WVU was 23. Washington State 7-2 331 25 high crowd of 61,701 was in attendance for 57-29 on turf in the 1990s, 66-21 on turf in the 24. Boise State 8-1 211 NR Kansas State. The TCU game was the third sellout 25. Baylor 6-2 161 13 2000 decade and is 41-27 on turf in this and the 61,780 in attendance once again was the ARV: USC 79, San Diego State 58, Arkansas 53, Houston 49, decade. USF 28, Wyoming 20, Navy 12, Tennessee 12, Tulsa 9, Troy 6, ✓ The Mountaineers are 34-25 on turf under high for the season and 56,343 fans attended the Appalachian State 5, Minnesota 2, Stanford 2, Louisiana Tech.