BYU Football Falls In Second Straight Game, Gets Blown Out By West Virginia
Nov 4, 2023, 8:45 PM | Updated: 8:53 pm
BYU vs. West Virginia on November 4, 2023 (Courtesy of BYU Photo)
(Courtesy of BYU Photo)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The BYU Cougars suffered a massive blowout loss on the gridiron to the West Virginia Mountaineers.
BYU gets blown out by West Virginia
The Mountaineers hosted the Cougars at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia on Saturday, November 4.
BYU fell to West Virginia, 37-7.
Pregame
Morgantown is a cool gameday setting. pic.twitter.com/f7eHSdKufu
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 4, 2023
Independence Bowl representatives are on hand for #BYU vs. West Virginia.#BYUFootball pic.twitter.com/2WRvbTQAlh
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 4, 2023
on the premises. pic.twitter.com/qkERxHLD5C
— BYU FOOTBALL (@BYUfootball) November 4, 2023
No Darius Lassiter tonight for #BYU.
WR Jojo Phillips is available tonight.#BYUFootball
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 4, 2023
Jake Retzlaff in warmups throwing to Chase Roberts.#BYU #BYUFootball pic.twitter.com/jXdwf4BeYX
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 4, 2023
Jake Retzlaff’s time#BYUFootball #GoCougs pic.twitter.com/7xMkiqGEaG
— KSL Sports (@kslsports) November 4, 2023
QB1: Jake Retzlaff @jretz11 #BYUFootball #GoCougs pic.twitter.com/leq1jOqK9s
— KSL Sports (@kslsports) November 4, 2023
locked in👊 pic.twitter.com/4fFMjMuUls
— BYU FOOTBALL (@BYUfootball) November 4, 2023
ready to roll🤙 pic.twitter.com/KsRFB3Azek
— BYU FOOTBALL (@BYUfootball) November 4, 2023
white with a touch of royal🤌 pic.twitter.com/HH1r6OhbOj
— BYU FOOTBALL (@BYUfootball) November 4, 2023
#BYU’s wide receivers tonight against West Virginia:
– Chase Roberts
– Kody Epps
– Talmage Gunther
– Hobbs Nyberg
– Jojo Phillips
– Koa Eldredge
– Dom Henry
– Keelan Marion
– Parker Kingston #BYUFootball— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 4, 2023
Zach Wilson trash talk from the West Virginia student section to #BYU. #BYUFootball pic.twitter.com/J1ZOLsi6bp
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 4, 2023
Jake Retzlaff’s message on IG.#BYU #BYUFootball pic.twitter.com/H6Na943FzC
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 4, 2023
#BYU QB Kedon Slovis will be watching tonight's game from the sideline.#BYUFootball #Big12 pic.twitter.com/GxHiCBLnwj
— KSL Sports (@kslsports) November 4, 2023
LET IT RIP 1️⃣2️⃣ pic.twitter.com/uMHM71FdLk
— BYU FOOTBALL (@BYUfootball) November 4, 2023
GO TIME @jretz11‼️ pic.twitter.com/WzLK27lbye
— BYU FOOTBALL (@BYUfootball) November 4, 2023
Alumni Flags tonight:
Chris Hoke (DL 1997-2000)
Charlie Petersen (QB 1995, 99-01)
Ryan Hancock (QB 1992)Team Flags:
USA: OL Jake Eichorn
West Virginia: TE Ray Paulo
Sione Veikoso: OL Weylino Lapuaho
Big 12: DT Bruce Mitchell#BYUFootball— BYU Game Notes (@BYUGameNotes) November 4, 2023
LISTEN LIVE: @BYUfootball is on the road to face @WVUfootball on @kslnewsradio and:https://t.co/mgUyojYf36 pic.twitter.com/aoCzfZBD81
— KSL Sports (@kslsports) November 4, 2023
First Half
First Quarter
West Virginia wins the toss and elects to receive. Interesting. #BYU #BYUFootball
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 4, 2023
LET'S 👏 GO 👏 pic.twitter.com/CibP2OJ0tB
— BYU FOOTBALL (@BYUfootball) November 4, 2023
The P.I. calls in this first drive have been ticky tacky to say the least. #BYU @kslsports
— Matthew Baiamonte (@baiamontematt) November 4, 2023
West Virginia's decision to receive to open the game pays off.
They eat up five minutes of game clock and drive 75 yards in 11 plays for a touchdown.#BYU #BYUFootball
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 4, 2023
Into the end zone 😤@WVUfootball strikes first pic.twitter.com/FcHB9bJ6qb
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) November 4, 2023
Jake Retzlaff begins this game like many starts Kedon Slovis experienced this season, down early.#BYU #BYUFootball
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 4, 2023
#BYU's offense wasn't prepared. Called for a delay of game before its first offensive snap.#BYUFootball
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 4, 2023
Empty set, quick strike to Keelan Marion results in a first down. That needs to be the equivalent to the run game. Quick hit passes.#BYUFootball #BYU
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 4, 2023
The 3rd & 10 scramble from Jake Retzlaff gaining eight is a glimpse of his ability to take off and run. He's got that ability. #BYU #BYUFootball
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 4, 2023
First designed run of the game is on 4th & 2. Looked like a rushed play call. Why not the quick pass again? #BYU #BYUFootball
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 4, 2023
West Virginia is the more physical football team. Making a statement early in this one. #BYU #BYUFootball
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 4, 2023
Make that ✌️ for @Sp3Cj@WVUfootball + 6️⃣ pic.twitter.com/FNXwDhGBlO
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) November 4, 2023
#BYU knows they can just call a fair catch on those kicks, right?
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 4, 2023
West Virginia – 14
BYU – 0End of 1st Quarter#BYUFootball #GoCougs pic.twitter.com/tdFUdNNabt
— KSL Sports (@kslsports) November 4, 2023
First quarter stats: pic.twitter.com/4wccYPG9Ck
— BYU Game Notes (@BYUGameNotes) November 4, 2023
Second Quarter
#BYU WR Chase Roberts takes a shot to the helmet. He struggled to get up and was wobbling when he tried to stand on his own.
Roberts is in the medical tent.#BYUFootball
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 5, 2023
Not sure how there wasn’t one targeting call on those last two hits.
Poor officiating in Morgantown. #BYU
— Matthew Baiamonte (@baiamontematt) November 5, 2023
Kody Epps is down on the field being looked at by trainers.#BYU players, including QB Kedon Slovis, are taking knees, circling the trainers and the injured Epps.#BYUFootball
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 5, 2023
Take off Roberts and Epps from this list tonight at wide receiver. https://t.co/W5uabwSdKk
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 5, 2023
3 P.I. calls in this game and the most obvious one on Roberts goes unnoticed.
Few things are more frustrating than inconsistent whistles. https://t.co/TL8Rhuk5NL
— Matthew Baiamonte (@baiamontematt) November 5, 2023
4 receptions tonight for WR Keelan Marion is a season high. #BYUFootball
— BYU Game Notes (@BYUGameNotes) November 5, 2023
Roberts is now on the exercise bike.
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 5, 2023
12-yard reception by RB Aidan Robbins is a season long. #BYUFootball
— BYU Game Notes (@BYUGameNotes) November 5, 2023
Good to see #BYU call a fair catch on a kickoff. Every yard matters at this point for BYU's offense.
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 5, 2023
Mory Bamba is emerging as another gunner for #BYU on the punt team.
Made a mistake last week at Texas, but didn't over-pursue this time.
Great speed from Bamba.#BYUFootball
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 5, 2023
No targeting on Jakob Robinson. But a late hit was enforced.
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 5, 2023
#BYU DL Bruce Mitchell is getting his first game action of the season right now. Cougs are thin along the interior without John Nelson and Caden Haws.#BYUFootball
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 5, 2023
No pressure on West Virginia. Greene has all the time in the world.
West Virginia 24, BYU 0
2:18 | 2nd quarter
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 5, 2023
On the money @P_fox21 🤑@WVUfootball touchdown 💪 pic.twitter.com/lS12cpfHWJ
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) November 5, 2023
Great to see Chase Roberts back in the game for #BYU. He's continued to battle with various injuries. Tough player.#BYUFootball
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 5, 2023
#BYU picks up a 3rd & short on the ground with Deion Smith.#BYUFootball
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 5, 2023
Picks up a first down, then a #BYU fumble. Disaster of a half.
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 5, 2023
This is hard to watch and I think Jake Retzlaff has played pretty dang good. #BYU #BYUFootball
— Matthew Baiamonte (@baiamontematt) November 5, 2023
FUMBLE! @WVUfootball comes up with the ball 👏 pic.twitter.com/s52sMV6yNk
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) November 5, 2023
WHAT A CATCH @__d1c 😱 @WVUfootball pic.twitter.com/1HP0ZOFPX3
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) November 5, 2023
+ 3️⃣ @WVUfootball@wmhayesii knocks it in pic.twitter.com/G3XrgzTgxg
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) November 5, 2023
HALFTIME 😳
West Virginia – 27
BYU – 0#BYUFootball pic.twitter.com/rjIYW2Uvoq— KSL Sports (@kslsports) November 5, 2023
Halftime stats: pic.twitter.com/pPDHlJKlmU
— BYU Game Notes (@BYUGameNotes) November 5, 2023
— BYU FOOTBALL (@BYUfootball) November 5, 2023
Second Half
Third Quarter
Attendance at Milan Puskar Stadium: 50,266
— BYU Game Notes (@BYUGameNotes) November 5, 2023
Keelan Marion to the house for a touchdown!
What a way to open up the third quarter.#BYU #BYUFootball
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 5, 2023
Wow. Isaiah Glasker called for holding on the kick return. Negates the Keelan Marion TD return.#BYU now opens the 3rd quarter from its own 10 yard line. #BYUFootball
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 5, 2023
4 man rush feels like an all-out blitz.
I don’t know if I’ll ever figure out what happened to this O-line. #BYU #BYUFootball
— Matthew Baiamonte (@baiamontematt) November 5, 2023
What a brutal turn of events for #BYU.
To go from the highs of a kick return TD to instead dealing with a three-and-out from its own 10. #BYUFootball
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 5, 2023
Live look at #BYU vs. WVU pic.twitter.com/Zp8ynz1Tbb
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 5, 2023
Greene has a handful of passes where he has overthrown his receivers that stall WVU drives.
It's frightening for #BYU that this blowout score could be worse if Greene was accurate.#BYUFootball
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 5, 2023
Might need to lay to rest that Vampire talk.
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 5, 2023
This officiating is brutal tonight.
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 5, 2023
Thank goodness the refs looked at the review. They were going to give WVU a 13-yard gain on a penalty.
How were they so confused by that?#BYU #BYUFootball
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 5, 2023
This game is a lower point than the debacle at TCU. That's saying something.
West Virginia 37, BYU 0 – 1:09 3Q#BYUFootball
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 5, 2023
Fourth Quarter
Keelan Marion has been a bright spot for #BYU tonight. Not many of those.
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 5, 2023
First reception this season for TE Ethan Erickson (5 yards). Erickson had a 14-yard TD reception last year. #BYUFootball
— BYU Game Notes (@BYUGameNotes) November 5, 2023
Ferrin misses a field goal. WVU is still pitching a shutout.
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 5, 2023
The shutout is over. BYU RB Aidan Robbins scores a touchdown. #BYUFootball
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 5, 2023
First TD as a Cougar for RB Aidan Robbins (10 yards). Had 9 rushing TDs at UNLV and 1 at Louisville. #BYUFootball
— BYU Game Notes (@BYUGameNotes) November 5, 2023
There it is! @BYUFootball is on the board 🙌 pic.twitter.com/zTEJpNEJTv
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) November 5, 2023
.@theaidanrobbins finds paydirt for the first time with @BYUfootball. ☝️#BYU #GoCougs #BYUFOOTBALL #BYUvsWVU https://t.co/E0PmWAWF4Z
— KSL Sports (@kslsports) November 5, 2023
— BYU FOOTBALL (@BYUfootball) November 5, 2023
Final from Morgantown
West Virginia – 37
BYU – 7 pic.twitter.com/E4LDwwci38— KSL Sports (@kslsports) November 5, 2023
West Virginia fans enjoying this rendition of Country Roads tonight after a blowout win over #BYU. pic.twitter.com/imWLdIVcJ0
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 5, 2023
Final stats: pic.twitter.com/of9OLS6pVy
— BYU Game Notes (@BYUGameNotes) November 5, 2023
Jake Retzlaff with his family after his first career start. #BYU #BYUFootball pic.twitter.com/jEfSw8NloX
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 5, 2023
Retzlaff showed flashes of his ability against WVU pic.twitter.com/f64YB1bVyT
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 5, 2023
With the loss, the Cougars moved to a 5-4 record this season.
BYU’s next game is at home against the Iowa State Cyclones on Saturday, November 11 at 8:15 p.m. (MDT).
BYU/West Virginia Game Day Reading
- BYU Fan Prominently Displays ‘Stretch Y’ During ESPN’s College Gameday
- Who Is Jake Retzlaff? Five Things You Should Know About BYU QB
- BYU vs. West Virginia: Game Day Preview Plus Score Prediction
- November Means Something Again For BYU Football
- BYU’s Defense Prepares For Challenging West Virginia Ground Attack
- BYU’s Jake Retzlaff Will Start At QB In Replace Of Banged Up Kedon Slovis At WVU
- World Series Closeout Gives BYU/West Virginia TV Upgrade
- BYU Football Learns Big 12 Opponents For Next Four Years
- Big 12 Football Rolls Out 16-Team Scheduling Matrix
- How To Watch BYU Football Versus West Virginia Mountaineers
- BYU Football Set To ‘Embrace The Night’ For West Virginia Game
Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for sports.ksl.com and host of the Cougar Tracks Podcast (SUBSCRIBE) and Cougar Sports Saturday (Saturday from 12–3 p.m.) on KSL Newsradio. Follow Mitch’s coverage of BYU in the Big 12 Conference on X and Threads: @Mitch_Harper.
