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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: George R. Krebs
Conference: Independent-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1891  <-- 1896 <- 1897 -> 1898 --> 2024
1897 Season Highlights
 George R. Krebs enters his 1st season as Head Coach at West Virginia.
 
1897 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Oct. 9  @ Pittsburgh AC  0   6   L       
 Thu., Oct. 14  vs. Wesminster  18   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 16  @ Marietta  6   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 23  @ Washington & Jefferson  0   12   L       
 Sat., Oct. 30  @ Pittsburgh Collegians  0   0   T       
 Thu., Nov. 4  @ Washington & Lee  14   0   W       
 Fri., Nov. 5  @ Ohio  0   12   L       
 Sat., Nov. 6  @ Ohio State  24   0   W       
 Wed., Nov. 17  @ Bethany  30   0   W       
 Thu., Nov. 25  @ Latrobe Independents  0   16   L       
 
1897 Season Totals
  Record5-4 -1
  Points Scored92
  Scoring Average9.2
  Points Allowed46
  Defense Average4.6
  Opponents Record7-9
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record1-0
  Away Record4-4 -1
1897 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1897 Independent- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Indiana 6-1-115032   Madison G. Gonterman
Connecticut 5-29268   No Coach
Iowa State 3-14022   Bert German
Cincinnati 8-1-112422   Thomas F. Tom Fennell
Navy 7-111034   Richard Bill Armstrong
Army 6-1-119441   Herman J. Koehler
Ohio 6-211420   Warwick Ford
Virginia 6-2-111154   Martin V. Bergen
Oregon State 5-01648   Bill Bloss
Southern California 5-110018   Lewis R. Freeman
Syracuse 5-3-116048   Frank E. Wade
Virginia Tech 5-215536   Charles Firth
West Virginia 5-4-19246   George R. Krebs
Boston College 4-35440   John Dunlop
Buffalo 4-110037   C.W. Dibble
Notre Dame 4-1-116540   Frank E. Hering
Stanford 4-15426   George H. Brooke
Penn State 3-669141   Dr. Samuel B. Newton
Temple 3-310085   Charles M. Williams
Texas Christian 3-17824   Joe J. Field
Arkansas 2-0-1426   B.N. Wilson
Central Michigan 2-12528   Carl Pray
Maryland 2-44468   Grenville Lewis
Miami Ohio 2-4-13256   Herbert McIntyre
Oklahoma 2-0338   Vernon L. Parrington
Rutgers 2-634118   John C.B. Pendleton
Tulsa 2-100   Norman Leard
Washington State 2-03212   Robert R. Galley
Wyoming 2-0200   Justus F. Soule
Kansas State 1-2-1440   A.W. Jub Ehrsam
Louisiana State 1-12832   Allen W. Jeardeau
New Mexico State 1-0-1100   Charles M. Barber
North Carolina State 1-21958   Perrin Busbee
Ohio State 1-7-118168   David F. Edwards
Oregon 1-11826   Joe Smith
Pittsburgh 1-31391   Thomas Gawthrop Doggie Trenchard
Texas A&M 1-21040   C.W. Taylor
Utah 1-51266   Mr. Cummings
Washington 1-21626   Carl L. Clemans
California 0-3-2858   Charles P. Nott
Marshall 0-31632   No Coach
Nevada 0-1620   No Coach
South Carolina 0-3628   W.P. Murphy

1897 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1897 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 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.