STILLWATER, Okla. — Jaylen Anderson ran for 155 yards and two touchdowns, and West Virginia defeated Oklahoma State, 24-19, on Saturday afternoon to close its season.
Anderson, a redshirt freshman, had rushed for 120 yards all season before the game. He paced a West Virginia ground attack that pounded out 250 yards rushing on a cold, rainy day that kept most fans at home.
West Virginia (5-7, 3-6 Big 12) snapped a seven-game losing skid in the series. Oklahoma State’s home win streak ended at 14 games.
Oklahoma State freshman Ollie Gordon ran for 136 yards and a touchdown. Garret Rangel started at quarterback for the Cowboys in place of Spencer Sanders, who has dealt with injuries throughout the season. Rangel passed for 178 yards.
Oklahoma State (7-5, 4-5) took over trailing 24-19 with 1 minute, 29 seconds remaining, but Rangel threw four straight incomplete passes.
Oklahoma State led 10-7 at halftime as the teams produced just 301 combined yards.
West Virginia opened the second half with a scoring drive that ended with Anderson’s 54-yard touchdown run. Anderson followed that with a 57-yard scoring run minutes later that put the Mountaineers up 21-10.
Gordon scored on a 23-yard touchdown run later in the quarter, but the 2-point conversion failed, leaving West Virginia ahead 21-19. Casey Legg’s 34-yard field goal pushed the Mountaineers’ lead to 24-19 with about six minutes to play.
