2021 West Virginia Mountaineers football team explained

The 2021 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University during the current 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mountaineers played their home games at the Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia, and competed in the Big 12 Conference. The team was led by third-year head coach Neal Brown.

Schedule

The 2021 schedule consists of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season.

Schedule Source:^[1]

Game summaries

At Maryland

See also: 2021 Maryland Terrapins football team.

Statistics	WVU	UMD
First downs	18	22
Total yards	319	495
Rushes/yards	21/42	44/163
Passing yards	277	332
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	24–40–2	26–36–0
Time of possession	25:57	34:03

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
West Virginia	Passing		24–40, 277 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT
Rushing		16 carries, 69 yards, 2 TD
Receiving	Sam James	5 receptions, 65 yards
Maryland	Passing		26–36, 332 yards, 3 TD
Rushing		18 carries, 123 yards
Receiving		6 receptions, 133 yards, 1 TD

LIU

See also: 2021 LIU Sharks football team.

Statistics	LIU	WVU
First downs	9	29
Total yards	95	542
Rushes/yards	35/31	55/198
Passing yards	60	344
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	11–21–0	20–32–0
Time of possession	24:53	35:07

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Long Island	Passing	Camden Orth	11–20, 60 yards
Rushing	Jonathan DeBique	8 carries, 23 yards
Receiving	Steven Chambers	2 receptions, 18 yards
West Virginia	Passing	Jarret Doege	14–22, 259 yards, 3 TD
Rushing		14 carries, 98 yards, 2 TD
Receiving		3 receptions, 77 yards, 1 TD

Virginia Tech

See also: 2021 Virginia Tech Hokies football team.

Statistics	VT	WVU
First downs	19	18
Total yards	329	373
Rush yards	106	180
Passing yards	223	193
Turnovers	1	2
Time of possession	32:03	27:57

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Virginia Tech	Passing	Braxton Burmeister	19/31, 223 yards, TD
Rushing		10 carries, 47 yards, TD
Receiving	Kaleb Smith	6 receptions, 58 yards
West Virginia	Passing	Jarret Doege	15/26, 193 yards, 2 TD
Rushing	Leddie Brown	19 carries, 161 yards, TD
Receiving	Isaiah Esdale	4 receptions, 46 yards

At Oklahoma

See also: 2021 Oklahoma Sooners football team.

Statistics	WVU	OKLA
First downs	18	19
Total yards	226	313
Rushes/yards	29-47	28-57
Passing yards	179	256
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	23-34-1	26-36-1
Time of possession	33:00	27:00

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
West Virginia	Passing	Jarret Doege	20/29, 160 yards, 1 INT
Rushing	Leddie Brown	15 carries, 56 yards
Receiving		8 receptions, 93 yards
Oklahoma	Passing		26/36, 256 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing		12 carries, 38 yards
Receiving		8 receptions, 86 yards

Texas Tech

See also: 2021 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team.

At Baylor

See also: 2021 Baylor Bears football team.

Statistics	WVU	BU
First downs	24	21
Total yards	362	525
Rushes/yards	38/90	32/171
Passing yards	272	354
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	24–37–1	20–31–0
Time of possession	34:21	25:39

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
West Virginia	Passing	Jarret Doege	20–31, 237 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing	Garrett Greene	10 carries, 55 yards, 1 TD
Receiving	Winston Wright Jr.	6 receptions, 86 yards
Baylor	Passing		18–29, 336 yards, 4 TD
Rushing		11 carries, 87 yards, 1 TD
Receiving		8 receptions, 187 yards, 2 TD

At TCU

See also: 2021 TCU Horned Frogs football team.

Iowa State

See also: 2021 Iowa State Cyclones football team.

Statistics	ISU	WVU
First downs	16	28
Total yards	424	492
Rushes/yards	34/239	29/122
Passing yards	185	370
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	16–27–0	30–47–2
Turnovers	1	2
Time of possession	25:42	34:18

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Iowa State	Passing		16–27, 185 YDS, 1 TD
Rushing		24 CAR, 167 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving	Tarique Milton	1 REC, 68 YDS, 1 TD
West Virginia	Passing	Jarret Doege	30-46, 370 YDS, 3 TD, 2 INT
Rushing	Leddie Brown	22 CAR, 109 YDS, 2 TD
Receiving		3 REC, 54 YDS, 1 TD

Oklahoma State

See also: 2021 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team.

Statistics	OKST	WVU
First downs	17	11
Total yards	285	133
Rushes/yards	32/103	33/17
Passing yards	182	116
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	21–31–1	16–24–1
Time of possession	28:52	31:08

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Oklahoma State	Passing		22/31, 182 yards, 2 TD's, 1 INT
Rushing		16 carries, 78 yards, 1 TD
Receiving		7 receptions, 63 yards, 2 TD's
West Virginia	Passing	Jarret Doege	16/24,116 yards, 1 INT
Rushing	Tony Mathis	5 carries, 25 yards
Receiving	Sam James	5 receptions, 46 yards

At Kansas State

See also: 2021 Kansas State Wildcats football team.

• Sources: ESPN box score^[2] ESPN team stats^[3]

style=	Pregame line!	style=	Over/under
KS -6	47.5

Statistics	West Virginia	Kansas State
First downs	20	15
Total yards	345	299
Rushing yards	77	161
Passing yards	268	138
Turnovers	3	0
Time of possession	26:32	33:28

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
West Virginia	Passing	Jarret Doege	27/45, 268 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
Rushing	Leddie Brown	20 carries, 85 yards, 0 TD
Receiving	Bryce Ford-Wheaton	5 catches, 67 yards, O TD
Kansas State	Passing		14/19, 138 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT
Rushing		25 carries, 121 yards, 1 TD
Receiving		5 catches, 62 yards, 0 TD

Texas

See also: 2021 Texas Longhorns football team.

• Sources:Stats

style=	Pregame line!	style=	Over/under
TX +2.0	56.5

Statistics	Texas	West Virginia
First downs	16	28
Total yards	355	459
Rushing yards	203	158
Passing yards	152	301
Turnovers	1	0
Time of possession	21:24	38:36

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Texas	Passing		10-16, 123 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT
Rushing		9 carries, 111 yards, 1 TD
Receiving		7 receptions, 85 yards, 1 TD
West Virginia	Passing	Jarret Doege	27-43, 290 yards, 3 TD, 0 INT
Rushing	Leddie Brown	33 carries, 158 yards, 1 TD
Receiving	Winston Wright	6 receptions, 67 yards, 1 TD

At Kansas

See also: 2021 Kansas Jayhawks football team.

Statistics	WVU	KU
First downs	15	23
Total yards	436	336
Rush yards	261	87
Passing yards	175	249
Turnovers	2	2
Time of possession	32:28	26:37

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
West Virginia	Passing	Jarret Doege	16/21 170 yards 3 TD 1 INT
Rushing	Leddie Brown	19 carries 156 yards 1 TD
Receiving	Sean Ryan	5 receptions 87 yards
Kansas	Passing		22/32 249 yards 1 TD 2 INT
Rushing	Amauri Pesek-Hickson	12 carries 69 yards
Receiving		4 receptions 105 yards

Vs. Minnesota (Guaranteed Rate Bowl)

See also: 2021 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team and 2021 Guaranteed Rate Bowl.

Statistics

Coaching staff

Neal Brown	Head Coach	3rd	Troy
Matt Moore	Assistant Head Coach/OL	3rd	Troy Co-OC/OL
Gerad Parker	OC/WR	2nd	Penn State (WR/PGC)
Chad Scott	Co-OC/RB	3rd	Louisville (RB)
Jeff Koonz	ILB/ST	2nd	Ole Miss (ILB)
Jordan Lesley	Co-DC/OLB	3rd	Troy (DL)
Andrew Jackson	DL	1st	Old Dominion (DL)
Sean Reagan	QB	3rd	Troy (Co-OC/QB)
Travis Trickett	TE/IWR	3rd	Georgia State (OC/QB)
Jahmile Addae	Co-DC/DB	1st	Louisville (DB)
Dontae Wright	S	2nd	Western Michigan (S)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021 West Virginia Mountaineers Football Schedule. FBSchedule. February 9, 2021.
2. Web site: West Virginia vs. Kansas State (box score). espn.com. November 13, 2021. November 15, 2021.
3. Web site: West Virginia vs. Kansas State (team stats). espn.com. November 13, 2021. November 15, 2021.