West Virginia vs. Youngstown State

West Virginia and Youngstown State first met in 1938 and have played 3 times; West Virginia leads the series 3–⁠0. Over the last 3 meetings it’s West Virginia 3–⁠0, and West Virginia has won the last 3.

Scheduled 2028 at West Virginia. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

West Virginia wins
3
Youngstown State wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1938
Longest streak
3 West Virginia
Current streak
3 West Virginia
Last 10 meetings
West Virginia 3–⁠0
Most recent
2018

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s1–⁠0
2010s2–⁠0
Average margin
24 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At West Virginia
3–⁠0 West Virginia’s record at home

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of West Virginia and Youngstown State, 1938 on130015001700194019501960197019801990200020102020

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.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Shelton Gibson West Virginia6 catches, 171 yards, 2 TD2016 Receiving

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game

Sep 8, 201814West Virginia 52, Youngstown State 17at West Virginia
Sep 10, 2016West Virginia 38, Youngstown State 21at West Virginia
Oct 29, 1938West Virginia 27, Youngstown State 7at West Virginia

Every game is listed as played on the field.