WVU Announces 2026 Football Promotional Schedule: Coal Rush, Gold Rush, Homecoming Dates Set

Schuyler Callihan

20h ago· 8 min readenNews

Summary

West Virginia University has announced the promotional schedule for the 2026 football season, including themed games such as the season opener against Coastal Carolina (a "white out" honoring Pat White's retired No. 5 jersey), Coal Rush, Stripe The Stadium, Gold Rush, and Homecoming. The article details each promotional event and the dates they fall on throughout the season.

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Sep. 5 vs. Coastal Carolina: All White for 5

A couple of weeks ago, WVU announced that the season opener would be the date that they would officially retire Pat White's No. 5 and also declared it a 'white out.'

The only other time WVU has had such a theme was for its final game at Mountaineer Field back in 2008 against South Florida, a game WVU won 13-7

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The 2026 WVU football promotional schedule has been released.

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