This is the first in a series of articles looking back at the last time WVU faced off against this season’s opponents. First up, is Missouri.

WVU 26, Missouri 11

Date: September 3, 2016

September 2016 seems like an eternity ago. In many ways, that year’s 26-11 WVU victory is a mirror image of this year’s contest as WVU heads to Columbia to complete the backend of a home-and-home series.

Coming into the 2016 season, Missouri was beginning a new era in Barry Odom’s first season following Gary Pinkel’s retirement at the end of the previous season due to health concerns while WVU entered the fourth year of the Dana Holgerson era with high expectations following a strong 2015 campaign.