The Mountaineers come out victorious in the Backyard Brawl, as JT Daniels finds Kaden Prather in the final minutes of the game to pull out a 35-28 victory. The come-from-behind win steels the team, as they quickly gain confidence in their next three games. Victories over Kansas (35-10), Towson (66-7), and Virginia Tech (28-7) have the team riding high and sitting at 4-0. The national media begins to take notice and the Mountaineers are ranked for the first time in Neal Brown’s tenure at WVU.
A trip to Austin doesn’t phase the Mountaineers as they use trickeration and guile and come out ahead and stave off Quinn Ewers with a 28-27 victory.