Penn State–West Virginia football rivalry

Penn State–West Virginia football rivalry
First meetingOctober 15, 1904
Latest meetingAugust 31, 2024
Next meetingTBA
Statistics
Meetings total60
All-time seriesPenn State leads, 50–9–2
Largest victoryPenn State, 51–6 (1991)
Longest win streakPenn State, 25 (1959–1983)
Current win streakPenn State, 6 (1989–present)
50km
31miles
Penn State
West Virginia
Locations of Penn State and West Virginia

The Penn State–West Virginia football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Penn State Nittany Lions and West Virginia Mountaineers. Penn State leads the series 50–9–2.

Penn State and West Virginia have met 60 times, the third-highest number of meetings for a Nittany Lion opponent, trailing only the Pittsburgh Panthers (100) and Syracuse Orange (71). The Nittany Lions and Mountaineers first met in 1904 and played every season from 1947 to 1992 (46 consecutive games), with the series ending in 1993 after Penn State and West Virginia joined the Big Ten and Big East Conferences, respectively.