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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: Rich Rodriguez
Conference: Big East-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1891  <-- 2001 <- 2002 -> 2003 --> 2024
2002 Season Highlights
 Rich Rodriguez enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at West Virginia.
 
2002 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Aug. 31  vs. Tennessee-Chattanooga  56   7   W       
 Sat., Sep. 7  @ Wisconsin  17   34   L       
 Sat., Sep. 14  @ Cincinnati  35   32   W       
 Sat., Sep. 28  vs. East Carolina  37   17   W       
 Sat., Oct. 5  vs. Maryland  17   48   L       
 Sat., Oct. 12  @ Rutgers  40   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 19  vs. Syracuse  34   7   W       
 Sat., Oct. 26  vs. Miami  23   40   L       
 Sat., Nov. 2  @ Temple  46   20   W       
 Sat., Nov. 9  vs. Boston College  24   14   W       
 Wed., Nov. 20  @ Virginia Tech  21   18   W       
 Sat., Nov. 30  @ Pittsburgh  24   17   W       
 Sat., Dec. 28   Virginia  22   48   L    @ Charlotte, NC   Meinke Car Care Bowl
 
2002 Season Totals
  Record9-4
  Points Scored396
  Scoring Average30.5
  Points Allowed302
  Defense Average23.2
  Opponents Record88-69
  Conference Record6-1
  Home Record4-2
  Away Record5-1
2002 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
25 9-4-0 AP
20 9-4-0 Coaches
20 9-4-0 USA Today/ESPN
  
2002 Big East- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Miami 12-1527248Lost  24-317-0297140  Larry Coker
West Virginia 9-4396302Lost  22-486-1212116  Rich Rodriguez
Pittsburgh 9-4331232 5-2185138  Walt Harris
Virginia Tech 10-4429263Won  20-133-4209202  Frank Beamer
Boston College 9-4392253Won  51-253-4180157  Tom OBrien
Syracuse 4-8347406 2-5169245  Paul Pasqualoni
Temple 4-8242351 2-5124208  Bobby Wallace
Rutgers 1-11167397 0-779249  Greg Schiano

2002 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

2002 All Big East Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


Great Moments in College Football History

The biggest crowd for a college football game was 114,000 for the 1926 Army-Navy Game. The game ended in a tie when it became too dark to play.