Iowa State–West Virginia football rivalry
| First meeting | 2012 West Virginia 31, Iowa State 24 |
|---|---|
| Latest meeting | 2018 Iowa State 30, West Virginia 14 |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 7 |
| All-time series | West Virginia leads, 5-2 [1] |
| Largest victory | West Virginia, 49-19 (2016) |
| Longest win streak | West Virginia, 4 (2014–17) |
| Current win streak | Iowa State, 1 |
The Iowa State–West Virginia football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Iowa State Cyclones football team of Iowa State University and West Virginia Mountaineers football team of the University of West Virginia.
History[edit]
West Virginia and Iowa State first met in 2012 when West Virginia joined the Big 12 conference and is the Big 12's newest rivalry. It could be argued that this rivalry dates back to 1980 when West Virginia stole the plans for Jack Trice Stadium to construct Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium . Before the inaugural meeting the game was unofficially dubbed the Riot Bowl [2] in homage to tendency of Iowa State and West Virginia fans to riot. The game was played on Thanksgiving weekend until 2016.
The rivalry reached new heights in 2018 when Iowa State defeated 6th ranked and undefeated West Virginia, dampening their National Championship hopes and shattering the dreams of Will Grier's Heisman campaign. After the game Iowa State faithful sang John Denver's 'Take Me Home, Country Roads ' a song that they had become accustomed to hearing after numerous throttlings at the hands of West Virginia. It was also decided that this will be known henceforth as Iowa State’s Defacto National Championship, much due in part to the fact that they are a sub .500 program all time and that West Virginia is their program’s father. [3]
Game results[edit]
| Iowa State victories | West Virginia victories | Tie games |
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "West Virginia vs Iowa St". cfbdatawarehouse.com. College Football Data Warehouse. 2018. Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
- ↑ "Introducing The Riot Bowl".
- ↑ "Iowa State Sings Country Roads After Beating West Virginia & Mountaineers Fans Are Triggered".
External links[edit]
- http://www.cyclones.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10700&ATCLID=537512
- https://wvusports.com/index.aspx?path=football
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