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West Virginia Football Team History


West Virginia Mountaineers
West Virginia University
 Monrgantown, WV
Founded: 1867
Stadium: Mountaineer Field
Capacity: 63,500
Colors: Old Gold & Blue
Coach: Neal Brown
Conference: Big 12-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference

West Virginia 
Team Timeline
First Team: 1891  
  1892 - Did not field a team.
  1918 - Did not field a team.
  2007 - Rich Rodriguez announced on December 16 that he was leaving West Virginia to coach Michigan. Bill Stewart served as interim head coach.
 
Championships
National Championships
None
Conference Championships
  1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1964, 1965
1967, 1993, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011
Division Championships
 
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 782-526-45
 Winning Pct. 60%
 Vacated Wins 0
 Forfeit Games 0
 Adjusted Record 782-526-45
 Winning Pct. 60%
 National Championships 0
 Conference Titles 15
 Division Titles 0
 Conference Record 146-105-1
 All American Players 
 NFL Players (#2)
 Home Record 490-191-31
 Away Record 274-309-14
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 132
 Winning Seasons (#1) 94
 Losing Seasons (#1)34
 Most Wins in A Season 11 (2007)
 Most Loses in A Season 9 (1978)
 10 Win Seasons 9
 Most Points Scored in a Game 92 (11/6/1915)
 Most Points Scored in a Season 515 (2007)
 Most Points Allowed in a Game 130 (10/22/1904)
 Most Points Allowed in a Season 495 (2012)
 Largest Margin of Victory 89 (10/20/1951)
 Largest Margin of Defeat 130 (10/22/1904)
 Most Points Both Teams in a Game 133 (9/29/2012)
 Last Shutout 9/11/2021
 Last Time Shutout 9/21/2013
 Shutouts All-Time 233
 Been Shutout All-Time 153
 
Streaks
 Longest Win 14 (10/8/2005-10/20/2006)
 Longest Losing  8 (10/24/1959-10/1/1960)
 
Bowl Records
 Overall Record 16-23-0
 Rose 0-0-0
 Cotton 0-0-0
 Orange 1-0-0
 Fiesta 0-1-0
 Sugar 1-2-0
 
By the Decade
 2020-29  27-23
 2010-19  75-52
 2000-09  86-39
 1990-99 65-49
 1980-89 77-39-2
 1970-79 59-53
 1960-69 54-43-5
 1950-59 58-38-2
 1940-49 48-44-4
 1930-39 46-45-8
 1920-29 63-24-10
Next Game
 9/14/2024 (Sat)  
@ Pittsburgh in a Non-Conference Game
Last Time: West Virginia won 17-6 in 2023.
All-Time:
 West Virginia vs. Pittsburgh 36-60-3 37.5% 
 
2024 Season
 Sat., Aug. 31  vs. Penn State  12-34 L
 Sat., Sep. 7  vs. Albany  49-14 W
 Sat., Sep. 14  @ Pittsburgh  
 Sat., Sep. 21  vs. Kansas  
 Sat., Sep. 28  OPEN 
 Sat., Oct. 5  @ Oklahoma State  
 Sat., Oct. 12  vs. Iowa State  
 Sat., Oct. 19  vs. Kansas State  
 Sat., Oct. 26  @ Arizona  
 Sat., Nov. 2  OPEN 
 Sat., Nov. 9  @ Cincinnati  
 Sat., Nov. 16  vs. Baylor  
 Sat., Nov. 23  vs. Central Florida  
 Sat., Nov. 30  @ Texas Tech  
 
2024 Season Totals
  Record1-1
  Scoring61-48
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record1-1
  Away Record0-0
 
2024 Big 12  Standings
 Season   Conference 
Arizona 2-1
Arizona State 3-0
Baylor 1-1
Brigham Young 2-0
Central Florida 2-0
Cincinnati 1-1
Colorado 1-1
Houston 0-2
Iowa State 2-0
Kansas 1-2
Kansas State 3-0
Oklahoma State 2-0
Texas Christian 2-0
Texas Tech 1-1
Utah 2-0
West Virginia 1-1
 
Longest Running Rivalry
 West Virginia & Pittsburgh have played 99 games.
West Virginia has won 36 games.
Pittsburgh has won 60 games.
with 3 tie games.
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 0-13
 10 or more 188-101
 20 or more  179-54
 30 or more 138-24
 40 or more 73-7
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 33-0
 10 or more 155-114
 20 or more 84-100
 30 or more 28-82
 40 or more 6-40
 
  
 
Some records may be incomplete.

NOTES:
(1) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 8 games.
(2) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

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