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TCU vs. West Virginia

TCU and West Virginia have 14 meetings on file, the first in 1984; West Virginia leads the series 8–⁠6 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s West Virginia 6–⁠4.

TCU wins
6
West Virginia wins
8
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1984
Longest streak
4 West Virginia
Current streak
1 TCU
Last 10 meetings
West Virginia 6–⁠4
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1980s0–⁠1
2010s4–⁠4
2020s2–⁠3
Both ranked
2 meetings: TCU 2, West Virginia 0
Average margin
12.3 points; 7 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At TCU
2–⁠4 TCU’s record at home
At West Virginia
3–⁠4 West Virginia’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 TCU first

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. TCU’s biggest win2015: TCU 40, West Virginia 10by 30 points
  2. West Virginia’s biggest win2018: West Virginia 47, TCU 10by 37 points
  3. Upset2023: West Virginia 24, TCU 21West Virginia had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset2019: West Virginia 20, TCU 17West Virginia had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset2021: West Virginia 29, TCU 17West Virginia had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  6. Ranked showdown2014: TCU 31, West Virginia 30No. 10 TCU at No. 20 West Virginia
  7. Ranked showdown2017: TCU 31, West Virginia 24No. 23 West Virginia at No. 8 TCU

Coach against coach

YearsTCUSeriesWest Virginia
2012–⁠2018Gary Patterson4–⁠3Dana Holgorsen
2019–⁠2021Gary Patterson0–⁠3Neal Brown

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from TCU’s side (Patterson 4–⁠3 against Holgorsen). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of TCU and West Virginia, 1984 on1300150017001990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

On television

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game twice: 2017, 2014.

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Oct 24, 2026West Virginia at TCU upcomingat TCU
Oct 25, 2025TCU 23, West Virginia 17at West Virginia
Sep 30, 2023West Virginia 24, TCU 21at TCU
Oct 29, 20227TCU 41, West Virginia 31at West Virginia
Oct 23, 2021West Virginia 29, TCU 17at TCU
Nov 14, 2020West Virginia 24, TCU 6at West Virginia
Nov 29, 2019West Virginia 20, TCU 17at TCU
Nov 10, 20187West Virginia 47, TCU 10at West Virginia
Oct 7, 20178TCU 31, 23West Virginia 24at TCU
Oct 22, 201612West Virginia 34, TCU 10at West Virginia
Oct 29, 20155TCU 40, West Virginia 10at TCU
Nov 1, 201410TCU 31, 20West Virginia 30at West Virginia
Nov 2, 2013West Virginia 30, TCU 27at TCU
Nov 3, 2012TCU 39, 23West Virginia 38at West Virginia
Dec 31, 1984West Virginia 31, TCU 14Neutral siteAstro-Bluebonnet Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field.