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Iowa State

16–20
Final
 Milan Puskar Stadium, MorgantownWVU -3.5
FINALIowa State 16, West Virginia 20WVU covered -3.5CLOSED WVU -3.5

Highlights

8 CLIPS · ESPN
Grier shows off arm with 55-yard TD strikeVIDEO: ESPN ↗

Win probability

EVERY PLAY · ESPN MODEL
WVU WINNING
ISU WINNING
KICKQ2Q3Q4FINAL

KICKOFF: WVU 51% · BIGGEST SINGLE-PLAY SWING: 17 PTS

Scoring plays

8 SCORES
Q1
Passing Touchdown

David Sills V 10 Yd pass from Will Grier (Evan Staley Kick)

13:39
0-7
Field Goal Good

Evan Staley 28 Yd Field Goal

10:02
0-10
Q2
Passing Touchdown

Ka'Raun White 55 Yd pass from Will Grier (Evan Staley Kick)

11:59
0-17
Field Goal Good

Evan Staley 36 Yd Field Goal

6:20
0-20
Field Goal Good

Garrett Owens 42 Yd Field Goal

1:46
3-20
Q3
Passing Touchdown

Allen Lazard 1 Yd pass from Kyle Kempt (Garrett Owens Kick)

10:48
10-20
Field Goal Good

Garrett Owens 18 Yd Field Goal

2:29
13-20
Q4
Field Goal Good

Garrett Owens 24 Yd Field Goal

7:19
16-20

What happened

ESPN RECAP

West Virginia beats No. 14 Iowa State 20-16

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Will Grier threw two touchdown passes, Justin Crawford broke out of a three-game slump with 102 yards rushing and West Virginia held on for a 20-16 victory over No. 14 Iowa State on Saturday. West Virginia (6-3, 4-2 Big 12) became bowl eligible and knocked the Cyclones (6-3, 4-2, No. 15 CFP) out of a four-way tie for first place. Iowa State trailed 20-0 late in the second quarter and never recovered in losing on the road for the first time. Grier rebounded from his worst performance of the season last week when he threw four interceptions in a loss to Oklahoma State. Grier had scoring passes of 10 yards to David Sills and 55 yards to Ka'Raun White . But West Virginia was held scoreless in the second half. Iowa State crawled back behind Kyle Kempt 's TD pass and three field goals from Garrett Owens .

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Top performers

ISU
PASSINGKyle Kempt27/40, 249 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT
RUSHINGDavid Montgomery26 CAR, 115 YDS
RECEIVINGHakeem Butler4 REC, 62 YDS
WVU
PASSINGWill Grier20/25, 316 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INT
RUSHINGJustin Crawford25 CAR, 102 YDS
RECEIVINGKa'Raun White4 REC, 167 YDS, 1 TD

Team stats

ISU · WVU
350
TOTAL YARDS
524
249
PASSING
316
101
RUSHING
208
23
1ST DOWNS
23
6-14
3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY
6-14
1
TURNOVERS
1
3-30
PENALTIES
8-85
31:01
POSSESSION
28:59

MILAN PUSKAR STADIUM, MORGANTOWN · ATTENDANCE 55,831

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