October 25, 2014 Week 9 · Regular Season Belt defended

West Virginia defends the belt, 34–10, on the road at Oklahoma State.

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Recap

West Virginia dominated from the opening kickoff, with Clint Trickett connecting on two touchdown passes in the first quarter alone—a 19-yard strike to Kevin White and a 79-yard bomb to Mario Alford—to establish early control of the game. Oklahoma State managed a field goal and answered with a touchdown pass to Teddy Johnson in the second quarter, but struggled mightily on third down, converting just 2 of 15 attempts compared to West Virginia's 9 of 18. The Mountaineers controlled the clock with over 33 minutes of possession and added insurance through field goals and a fourth-quarter defensive touchdown when Dravon Henry picked off Daxx Garman and returned it 52 yards for a score. Oklahoma State's offense never found rhythm, and West Virginia's opportunistic defense—picking off two passes—ensured the belt would stay in Morgantown despite a late touchdown run by Dreamius Smith.

Trickett's 79-yard TD pass to Mario Alford in Q1—established West Virginia's offensive dominance early
Dravon Henry's pick-six in Q4—sealed the game and showed West Virginia's defense capitalizing on turnovers
Oklahoma State's 2-of-15 third-down conversions—inability to sustain drives prevented any comeback momentum
West Virginia's 33:39 time of possession—controlled the pace and kept Oklahoma State's offense off the field

Written by Claude from the box score and play-by-play on this page — a plain-English recap of the numbers below, not a substitute for them.

Full Box Score

Team stats

CFBD box score

Oklahoma StateWest Virginia

Total yards436448

Rushing yards194210

Passing yards242238

First downs2322

3rd down conv.2/159/18

Turnovers20

Penalties–yards4–307–57

Time of possession26:2133:39

Full team box score from CFBD’s /games/teams data. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have team-level stats that far back.

Play By Play

Key plays

CFBD play-by-play

When	Team	Yards	Play
Q1 10:29	West Virginia	+19 yd	Clint Trickett pass complete to Kevin White for 19 yds for a TD, (Josh Lambert KICK)
Q1 11:27	West Virginia	+20 yd	Wendell Smallwood run for 20 yds to the OKSt 25 for a 1ST down
Q1 7:49	West Virginia	+79 yd	Clint Trickett pass complete to Mario Alford for 79 yds for a TD, (Josh Lambert KICK)
Q1 5:55	Oklahoma State	-1 yd	Daxx Garman pass intercepted Dravon Henry return for 1 yd to the WVirg 14
Q1 2:42	Oklahoma State	+52 yd	Kip Smith punt for 52 yds , Jaylon Myers returns for a loss of 1 yard to the WVirg 14
Q1 1:40	West Virginia	-5 yd	Clint Trickett sacked by Emmanuel Ogbah for a loss of 5 yards to the WVirg 9 Clint Trickett fumbled, forced by Emmanuel Ogbah, recovered by WVirg Marquis Lucas , return for 0 yards
Q2 14:11	Oklahoma State	+40 yd	Ben Grogan 40 yd FG GOOD
Q2 8:34	Oklahoma State	+8 yd	Daxx Garman pass complete to Teddy Johnson for 8 yds for a TD, (Ben Grogan KICK)
Q2 8:48	Oklahoma State	+51 yd	Brandon Sheperd run for 51 yds to the WVirg 8 for a 1ST down
Q2 6:00	Oklahoma State	+38 yd	Daxx Garman pass complete to James Washington for 38 yds to the WVirg 26 for a 1ST down
Q2 3:28	Oklahoma State	+36 yd	Ben Grogan 36 yd FG MISSED
Q2 6:20	Oklahoma State	+25 yd	Daxx Garman pass complete to Tyreek Hill for 10 yds to the OKSt 21 for a 1ST down WEST VIRGINIA Penalty, Roughing Passer (KJ Dillon) to the OKSt 36 for a 1ST down
Q3 14:45	West Virginia	+22 yd	Wendell Smallwood run for 22 yds to the WVirg 47 for a 1ST down
Q3 9:59	West Virginia	+39 yd	Josh Lambert 39 yd FG GOOD
Q3 0:37	West Virginia	+30 yd	Nick O'Toole punt for 30 yds, downed at the OKSt 16 OKLAHOMA ST Penalty, Running Into Kicker (NA) declined
Q3 5:35	West Virginia	+20 yd	Dreamius Smith run for 20 yds to the WVirg 25 for a 1ST down
Q4 10:14	West Virginia	+43 yd	Josh Lambert 43 yd FG GOOD
Q4 4:44	Oklahoma State	-52 yd	Daxx Garman pass intercepted for a TD Dravon Henry return for 52 yds for a TD, (Josh Lambert KICK)
Q4 3:12	West Virginia	+40 yd	Dreamius Smith run for 40 yds for a TD, (Josh Lambert KICK)
Q4 3:12	West Virginia	+30 yd	Michael Molinari kickoff for 68 yds , Brandon Sheperd return for 30 yds to the OKSt 42

Scoring plays, turnovers, and gains of 20+ yards, pulled from CFBD’s play-by-play. This section only appears for belt games with play-by-play on file (2003 onward).

Box Score

Player stats

CFBD player stats

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Daxx GarmanOklahoma State	21/41	242	5.9	1	2	19.3
Clint TrickettWest Virginia	21/30	238	7.9	2	0	51.5

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Tyreek HillOklahoma State	14	78	5.6	0	17
Brandon SheperdOklahoma State	1	51	51.0	0	51
Desmond RolandOklahoma State	12	37	3.1	0	13
Raymond TaylorOklahoma State	7	25	3.6	0	9
Daxx GarmanOklahoma State	5	3	0.6	0	14
Wendell SmallwoodWest Virginia	23	132	5.7	0	22
Dreamius SmithWest Virginia	5	72	14.4	1	40
Andrew BuieWest Virginia	6	17	2.8	0	6
Dustin GarrisonWest Virginia	3	14	4.7	0	6
Mario AlfordWest Virginia	1	-5	-5.0	0	0
Clint TrickettWest Virginia	5	-18	-3.6	0	8

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
James WashingtonOklahoma State	5	87	17.4	0	38
David GliddenOklahoma State	5	63	12.6	0	17
Brandon SheperdOklahoma State	3	37	12.3	0	13
Tyreek HillOklahoma State	3	26	8.7	0	16
Jeremy SeatonOklahoma State	1	11	11.0	0	11
Teddy JohnsonOklahoma State	1	8	8.0	1	8
Kameron DoolittleOklahoma State	1	8	8.0	0	8
Austin HaysOklahoma State	2	2	1.0	0	3
Mario AlfordWest Virginia	7	136	19.4	1	79
Jordan ThompsonWest Virginia	5	46	9.2	0	14
Kevin WhiteWest Virginia	3	27	9.0	1	19
Daikiel ShortsWest Virginia	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wendell SmallwoodWest Virginia	1	14	14.0	0	14
Dustin GarrisonWest Virginia	1	2	2.0	0	2
Andrew BuieWest Virginia	1	2	2.0	0	2
Dreamius SmithWest Virginia	2	-4	-2.0	0	0

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Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Dravon HenryWest Virginia	2	53	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Brandon SheperdOklahoma State	1	30	30.0	30
Tyreek HillOklahoma State	1	14	14.0	14
Mario AlfordWest Virginia	2	21	10.5	11

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Ben GroganOklahoma State	1/2	50.0	40	1/1	4
Josh LambertWest Virginia	2/2	100.0	43	4/4	10

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Tyreek HillOklahoma State	3	5	1.7	4	0
Jaylon MyersWest Virginia	2	-1	-0.5	0	0

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Kip SmithOklahoma State	5	263	52.6	0	4	71
Nick O'TooleWest Virginia	7	288	41.1	0	5	56

Full player stats from CFBD’s /games/players data. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have player-level stats that far back.

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