Texas Football: 3 reasons WVU could upset the Longhorns

1) Why WVU can upset Texas football: Mountaineers success in Austin

There’s a commonly stated stat this week that West Virginia is actually 4-1 in their five tries against the Longhorns in Austin. A lot of the games were really close, and the Longhorns tend to catch the Longhorns at their best when this series swings to Austin. We should also note that the first time that West Virginia and Texas met in Austin was in 1956, resulting in a 7-6 win for the former of those two teams.

The last time that Texas and West Virginia met in Austin was back in 2018. Star quarterback Will Grier led a Big 12 Title-contending Mountaineers squad onto the Forty Acres to try and knock off Ehlinger and the Longhorns. Texas, West Virginia, and the Oklahoma Sooners, were the three best teams out of the Big 12 back in 2018.

A two-point conversion was what won the game for the Mountaineers in 2018. And in 2016, West Virginia brought their best team (at the time) since joining the Big 12 into Austin. That 2016 Texas team, led by former head coach Charlie Strong, saw West Virginia get the win by a narrow four-point margin.

There is some momentum on the side of the Mountaineers in this series, specifically when these two teams meet in Austin. Before the Longhorns beat West Virginia on the road in Morgantown last season, the Mountaineers held a three-game winning streak in this series. West Virginia looks to keep this one close and maybe give Doege and this offense a chance to pull off the upset in Austin.