Opening week of the season has not treated the Mountaineers kindly against stiff competition.
The Mountaineers have not fared well against the Nittany Lions winning just nine of the 60 all-time matchups. To make matters worse, they've also really struggled in these games against Power Four opponents to open up the season over the years. Under current head coach Neal Brown, West Virginia is 0-3 in these very games, dropping to regional rivals Maryland, Pitt, and Penn State over the last three seasons.
I was curious to see how WVU performed in season openers against major college programs beyond the most recent three game, so I combed through the last 100 years of the program to find out. Keep in mind, that some of these games were played prior to a certain program joining what we now call a "Power Four" conference. However, I made sure to only include the games against schools that were considered a "major" program during that time period.
For example, WVU's 1985 matchup vs. Louisville is not included. The Cardinals were an independent and had not established top-tier status. They would eventually go to Conference-USA, the Big East, and the American before transitioning to the ACC.2022: at Pitt L 31-382017: vs. Virginia Tech L 24-312003: vs. Wisconsin L 17-241996: at Pitt W 34-01982: at Oklahoma W 41-271966: at Duke L 15-341957: vs. Virginia T 6-61943: vs.
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