{"id":881358,"date":"2026-09-05T21:25:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T21:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/881358\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T21:25:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T21:25:54","slug":"final-mountaineers-open-season-with-31-24-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/881358\/","title":{"rendered":"FINAL: Mountaineers Open Season with 31-24 Win"},"content":{"rendered":"

MORGANTOWN, W.VA \u2014 West Virginia defeated Coastal Carolina, 31-24, to open the 2026 season at Milan Puskar Stadium on Sept. 5, 2026, in Morgantown, W.Va.\u00a0
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Gallery: (9-5-2026) WVU vs. Coastal Carolina <\/p>\n

FINAL: WVU 31 | Coastal Carolina 24
\n\"West<\/p>\n

TOUCHDOWN: WVU 31 | Coastal Carolina 14
\nQuarterback Michael Hawkins Jr.<\/a> scores the rushing touchdown to extend WVU’s lead.\u00a0
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Start of the Fourth Quarter
\nWest Virginia leads Coastal Carolina, 24-7, to begin fourth quarter.\u00a0
\n\"West<\/p>\n

TOUCHDOWN: WVU 24 | Coastal Carolina 0
\nCook scores his second touchdown of the afternoon!<\/p>\n


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FIELD GOAL: WVU 17 | Coastal Carolina 0
\nKicker Jack Cassidy<\/a> converts the 38-yard field goal to extend West Virginia’s lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n

First Career Touchdown for Weaver-Bomar
\n\"Wide<\/p>\n

TOUCHDOWN: WVU 14 | Coastal Carolina 0
\nQuarterback Michael Hawkins Jr.<\/a> connects with Armani Weaver-Bomar for a 49-yard touchdown!<\/p>\n


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TOUCHDOWN: WVU 7 | Coastal Carolina 0
\nRunning back takes off for 75 yards on two carries and scores the year’s first touchdown to put the Mountaineers on the board less than a minute into the first quarter.\u00a0<\/p>\n


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No. 5 Forever
\n\"Pat<\/p>\n

Our House
\n\"Mountaineer<\/p>\n

First Tailgate of the Year
\n\"West
\n\"West\"West<\/p>\n

\"Pat<\/p>\n

The Mountaineers Are Home
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All White for 5
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\n\"Fans
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Countdown to Kickoff
\nWest Virginia University’s 2026 football season kicks off later today with a nonconference clash against Coastal Carolina of the Sun Belt Conference.<\/p>\n

The Chanticleers are now coached by Ryan Beard, who comes from Missouri State where he orchestrated the Bears’ transition from an FCS playoff contender into a competitive FBS program last season.<\/p>\n

Missouri State won seven games in 2025 and faced Arkansas State in the inaugural Xbox Bowl. Just 37, Beard has already earned a reputation for producing fundamentally sound, well-coached football teams. The Bowling Green, Kentucky, native and Western Kentucky graduate brings a defensive pedigree to the table after advancing through the coaching ranks on the defensive side of the football.<\/p>\n

He served assistant coaching stints at Western Kentucky, Louisville and Central Michigan before assuming the defensive coordinator role at Missouri State in 2000.<\/p>\n

Three years later, Beard was promoted to head coach and is now in Conway attempting to revive the success Coastal Carolina enjoyed earlier this decade when Jamey Chadwell had the Chanticleers in the top 25.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to read the full story.\u00a0
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United Bank Playbook\u00a0<\/p>\n

Today’s Look<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MORGANTOWN, W.VA \u2014 West Virginia defeated Coastal Carolina, 31-24, to open the 2026 season at Milan Puskar Stadium…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":881359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-881358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=881358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/881359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}