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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: Sol S. Metzger
Conference: Independent-

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1891 <-- 1913 <- 1914 -> 1915 --> 2024

1914 Season Highlights

Sol S. Metzger enters his 1st season as Head Coach at West Virginia.

1914 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Sat., Oct. 3	vs. Marshall	20	0	W
Sat., Oct. 10	vs. Bethany	13	0	W
Sat., Oct. 17	vs. Duquesne	37	0	W
Thu., Oct. 22	@ North Carolina State	13	26	L
Sat., Oct. 31	@ Washington & Jefferson	0	48	L
Sat., Nov. 7	vs. Davis & Elkins	55	0	W
Sat., Nov. 14	vs. Washington & Lee	6	8	L	@ Charleston, WV
Sat., Nov. 21	@ Marietta	6	0	W	@ Clarksburg, WV
Thu., Nov. 26	vs. West Virginia Wesleyan	9	14	L	@ Fairmount, WV

1914 Season Totals
Record	5-4
Points Scored	159
Scoring Average	17.7
Points Allowed	96
Defense Average	10.7
Opponents Record	7-8
Conference Record	0-0
Home Record	4-2
Away Record	1-2

1914 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank	Record	Source
was not ranked.

1914 Independent- Standings
	Season			Bowls	Conference
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA		W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Connecticut	3-0	48	9					Dave Warner
New Mexico	3-1-1	83	33					R.F. Hutchison
Army	9-0	219	20					Charles D. Daly
Pittsburgh	8-1	207	38					Joseph M. Duff, Jr.
Northern Illinois	7-0-1	148	13					William W. Wirtz
Oregon State	7-0-2	172	15					Edward J. Doc Stewart
Michigan	6-3	233	68					Fielding H. Hurry Up Yost
Navy	6-3	174	83					Lt. Douglas L. Doug Howard
Notre Dame	6-2	188	61					Jesse C. Harper
Washington	6-0-1	242	13					Gilmour Gloomy Gil Dobie
Western Michigan	6-0	180	7					William H. Bill Spaulding
Boston College	5-4	119	80					Stephen Mahoney
Marshall	5-5	231	168					Boyd B. Chambers
Maryland	5-3	72	49					H.C. Curley Byrd
Michigan State	5-2	197	57					John F. Macklin
Middle Tennessee State	5-0-1	132	13					Alfred B. Miles
Penn State	5-3-1	121	58					William M. Bill Hollenback
Rutgers	5-3-1	208	73					George Foster Sanford
South Carolina	5-5-1	168	191					N.B. Red Edgerton
Syracuse	5-3-2	202	95					Frank J. Buck ONeill
West Virginia	5-4	159	96					Sol S. Metzger
Akron	4-4-1	122	134					Frank Haggerty
Arizona	4-1	72	20					James F. Pop McKale
Arizona State	4-3	143	91					George H. Schaeffer
Arkansas State	4-3	85	94					Earl Brannon
Louisiana State	4-4-1	163	148					E.T. McDonald
New Mexico State	4-2-1	80	29					Clarence W. Russell
Oregon	4-2-1	113	30					Hugo F. Bezdek
Southern California	4-3	116	88					Ralph Glaze
Arkansas	3-6	89	200					E.T. Pickering
Jacksonville State	3-1	27	20					Ben Harris
Memphis	3-5	65	102					Clyde Wilson
North Texas	3-3	56	87					J.W. Pender
Sam Houston State	3-2	0	0					Gene Berry
Temple	3-3	69	80					William Nicholai
Wake Forest	3-6	86	221					Dr. Wilbur C. Smith
Louisiana Tech	2-4	55	129					Percy S. Prince
Texas El Paso	2-3	34	64					Tommy Dwyer
Washington State	2-4	10	75					John R. Chief Bender
Southern Mississippi	1-2-1	37	63					A.B. Dillie
Western Kentucky	1-2	24	81					J.L. Arthur
Stanford	0-0	0	0					No Team

1914 All American Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Coming Someday

1914 All Independent Conference Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Coming Someday

Some records may be incomplete.

Great Moments in College Football History

The first bowl game, later known as The Rose Bowl, was played on January 1st, 1902 between the Michigan Wolverines and Stanford Cardinals. Michigan won 49-0.