West Virginia football 2023 schedule release: Mountaineers set to welcome all four newcomers to the Big 12

After a longer-than-anticipated wait, the Big 12 Conference has announced the conference schedule for the 2023 season which means the West Virginia Mountaineers schedule is finally set.

West Virginia will begin the season on the road with a trip to Happy Valley, where they’ll renew a historically one-sided rivalry with the Penn State Nittany Lions on September 2nd. The Mountaineers will then return to Morgantown for the 2023 home opener against the FCS’ Duquesne Dukes in a tune-up game before the Pittsburgh Panthers come to visit on September 16th for the 106th edition of The Backyard Brawl.

Getting into the conference schedule, WVU will kick off Big 12 Conference play with visit from the Texas Tech Red Raiders on September 23rd to conclude a three-game homestand.

As if the schedule isn’t already daunting enough through the first four weeks, the Mountaineers will follow that up with a trip to Forth Worth to take on the College Football Playoff runners-up TCU Horned Frogs on September 30th, closing out a meat-grinder of a month.

After a sure-to-be much-needed bye week, the Mountaineers will face off with the first of the four new teams to the Big 12 with a visit to Houston on Thursday, October 12th to take on former WVU head coach Dana Holgorsen and his Houston Cougars.

The Mountaineers will then return home for a showdown with the Oklahoma State Cowboys on October 21st before visiting the UCF Knights in Florida a week later.

That will be followed with what will surely be a spectacle, purely based on the clash of cultures, as the BYU Cougars will come to town on November 11th for their first-ever visit to Morgantown.

West Virginia will wind down the season with one final visit to Norman to take on the Oklahoma Sooners on November 11th. The following week, the Mountaineers will rekindle a rivalry that began budding in the Big East as they’ll take on the Cincinnati Bearcats on Senior Day.

The season concludes with a road trip to Waco to take on Dave Aranda’s Baylor Bears.

You can check out the full schedule below:

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Game 1
Saturday, September 2, 2023 - Time TBA
@ Penn State Nittany Lions
Beaver Stadium, University Park, PA

Photo by Brett Carlsen/Getty Images

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Game 2
Saturday, September 9, 2023 - Time TBA
vs. Duquesne Dukes
Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, West Virginia

Andrew Weber-USA TODAY Sports

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Game 3
Saturday, September 16, 2023 - Time TBA
vs. Pitt Panthers
Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, West Virginia

Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images

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Game 4
Saturday, September 23, 2023 - Time TBA
vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders
Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, West Virginia

Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

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Game 5
Saturday, September 30, 2023 - Time TBA
@ TCU Horned Frogs
Amon G. Carter Stadium, Forth Worth, Texas

Photo by Matthew Pearce/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

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Game 6
Thursday, October 12, 2023 - Time TBA
@ Houston Cougars
TDECU Stadium, Houston, Texas

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports

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Game 7
October 21, 2023 - Time TBA
vs. Oklahoma State Cowboys
Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, West Virginia

Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

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Game 8
Saturday, October 28, 2023 - Time TBA
@ UCF Knights
The Bounce House (FBC Mortgage Stadium), Orlando, Florida

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images

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Game 9
Saturday, November 4, 2023 - Time TBA
vs BYU Cougars
Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, West Virginia

Photo by John McCreary/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

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Game 10
Saturday, November 11, 2023 - Time TBA
@ Oklahoma Sooners
Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma

Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images

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Game 11
Saturday, November 18, 2023 - Time TBA
vs. Cincinnati Bearcats
Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, West Virginia

Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports

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Game 12
Saturday, November 25, 2023 - Time TBA
@ Baylor Bears
McLane Stadium, Waco, Texas

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images