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Texas Tech

35–46
Final
 Milan Puskar Stadium, MorgantownWVU -5.5
FINALTexas Tech 35, West Virginia 46WVU covered -5.5CLOSED WVU -5.5

Highlights

8 CLIPS · ESPN
White climbs the ladder for the TD grabVIDEO: ESPN ↗

Win probability

EVERY PLAY · ESPN MODEL
WVU WINNING
TTU WINNING
KICKQ2Q3Q4FINAL

KICKOFF: TTU 53% · BIGGEST SINGLE-PLAY SWING: 19 PTS

Scoring plays

12 SCORES
Q1
Passing Touchdown

T.J. Vasher 60 Yd pass from Nic Shimonek (Michael Barden Kick)

12:53
7-0
Passing Touchdown

David Sills V 31 Yd pass from Will Grier (Mike Molina Kick)

12:07
7-7
Passing Touchdown

Dylan Cantrell 6 Yd pass from Nic Shimonek (Michael Barden Kick)

7:58
14-7
Field Goal Good

Mike Molina 43 Yd Field Goal

3:55
14-10
Q2
Passing Touchdown

Keke Coutee 6 Yd pass from Nic Shimonek (Michael Barden Kick)

10:58
21-10
Rushing Touchdown

Justin Crawford 5 Yd Run (Mike Molina Kick)

7:44
21-17
Passing Touchdown

T.J. Vasher 53 Yd pass from Nic Shimonek (Michael Barden Kick)

5:35
28-17
Q3
Rushing Touchdown

Tre King 30 Yd Run (Michael Barden Kick)

9:11
35-17
Passing Touchdown

David Sills V 8 Yd pass from Will Grier (Mike Molina Kick)

5:07
35-24
Q4
Passing Touchdown

Ka'Raun White 32 Yd pass from Will Grier (Will Grier Pass to David Sills V for Two-Point Conversion)

13:03
35-32
Passing Touchdown

Ka'Raun White 17 Yd pass from Will Grier (Mike Molina Kick)

9:14
35-39
Passing Touchdown

David Sills V 11 Yd pass from Will Grier (Mike Molina Kick)

3:23
35-46

What happened

ESPN RECAP

Grier throws for 5 TDs, West Virginia beats Texas Tech 46-35

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- West Virginia finally beat a ranked opponent, using a big rally to do it. Will Grier threw four of his five touchdown passes in the second half and West Virginia overcame an 18-point deficit after halftime to beat No. 24 Texas Tech 46-35 on Saturday. West Virginia (4-2, 2-1 Big 12) beat a team in the AP Top 25 poll for the first time in 10 tries dating to the 2014 season. The Mountaineers dropped close games earlier this season to No. 6 TCU and No. 15 Virginia Tech. "Things weren't going great," said West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen. "Our guys were just fighting and kept hanging in there. We finished for the first time this year in a close game." Nic Shimonek threw four first-half TD passes for Texas Tech, but the Red Raiders (4-2, 1-2) got little going after halftime and made plenty of mistakes to enable the Mountaineers to mount their comeback.

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Top performers

TTU
PASSINGNic Shimonek24/39, 323 YDS, 4 TD, 1 INT
RUSHINGJustin Stockton15 CAR, 96 YDS
RECEIVINGT.J. Vasher2 REC, 113 YDS, 2 TD
WVU
PASSINGWill Grier32/41, 352 YDS, 5 TD, 1 INT
RUSHINGJustin Crawford14 CAR, 47 YDS, 1 TD
RECEIVINGKa'Raun White8 REC, 114 YDS, 2 TD

Team stats

TTU · WVU
513
TOTAL YARDS
396
323
PASSING
352
190
RUSHING
44
27
1ST DOWNS
28
5-14
3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY
4-13
1
TURNOVERS
1
16-159
PENALTIES
9-93
29:06
POSSESSION
30:54

MILAN PUSKAR STADIUM, MORGANTOWN · ATTENDANCE 60,928

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