The renewal of the on-campus rivalry between Virginia Tech and West Virginia was one the 15th-ranked Hokies would like to forget.
Jared Doege threw for two touchdowns and Leddie Brown added 161 rushing yards and a score as the Mountaineers held on to a 27-21 defeat of their former Big East rivals.
Virginia Tech opened the season with an impressive win against then-No. 9 North Carolina and a defeat of Middle Tennessee, but the Hokies' offense struggled all game until mounting a late rally.
Hokies quarterback Braxton Burmeister had a touchdown throw in the first quarter for the team's only points until his third-and-23 run for 25 yards set up a score with one second left in the third quarter.