The 2018 season's largest margin: West Virginia 58, Baylor 14. A 44-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2018 — The Winning Chapter
West Virginia's 2018 season (8-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Will GrierQB3,864 passing yards
- Jack AllisonQB354 passing yards
- Kennedy McKoyRB802 rushing yards
- Martell PettawayRB623 rushing yards
- Leddie BrownRB446 rushing yards
- Gary Jennings Jr.WR917 receiving yards
- David Sills VWR846 receiving yards
- Marcus SimmsWR699 receiving yards
- David Long Jr.LB99 tackles
- Kenny RobinsonS77 tackles
- Joshua NorwoodCB63 tackles
- Jovanni StewartLB4 sacks
- Dante StillsDL3 sacks
- Kenny Bigelow Jr.DL2 sacks
Season leaders, 2018.
The season's deepest loss: West Virginia 14, Iowa State 30. A 16-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: West Virginia fell to Syracuse 18-34 in the postseason.
"Let's Go Mountaineers"
2018 is a middle chapter for West Virginia — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.