1979 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–6
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorGary Tranquill (1st season)
Home stadiumMountaineer Field
1979 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Florida State      11 1 0
No. 7 Pittsburgh      11 1 0
UNLV      9 1 2
No. 17 Temple      10 2 0
Tulane      9 3 0
Rutgers      8 3 0
Tennessee State      8 3 0
East Carolina      7 3 1
No. 20 Penn State      8 4 0
South Carolina      8 4 0
Navy      7 4 0
Notre Dame      7 4 0
Southern Miss      6 4 1
Syracuse      7 5 0
Colgate      5 4 1
Boston College      5 6 0
Holy Cross      5 6 0
Memphis State      5 6 0
Miami (FL)      5 6 0
North Texas State      5 6 0
Villanova      5 6 0
Virginia Tech      5 6 0
West Virginia      5 6 0
Georgia Tech      4 6 1
Louisville      4 6 1
William & Mary      4 7 0
Illinois State      3 8 0
Northeast Louisiana      3 8 0
Army      2 8 1
Air Force      2 9 0
Cincinnati      2 9 0
Richmond      0 11 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 87th overall season and they competed as a Division I-A Independent. The team was led by head coach Frank Cignetti Sr., in his fourth year, and played their final season of home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8TempleL 16–3834,299
September 15vs. SyracuseL 14–2410,375
September 22No. 19 NC State
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
L 14–3826,298
September 29at RichmondW 20–1817,500[1]
October 6Kentucky
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 10–633,792
October 13at Boston CollegeW 20–1821,640
October 20Tulane
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 27–1728,303
October 27at Penn StateL 6–3177,923
November 3Virginia Tech
W 34–2327,531[2]
November 10Pittsburgh
L 17–2438,681
November 17at Arizona StateL 7–4268,573

Roster

1979 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 10 Oliver Luck So
RB 31 Robert Alexander Jr
FB 45 Walter Easley Jr
G 83 Mike Durrette Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 27 Jerry Holmes Sr
DB 40 Fulton Walker Jr
LB 50 Dennis Fowlkes Fr
LB 90 Darryl Talley Fr
DT 91 Todd Campbell Fr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. "West Virginia edges Richmond". The Daily News Leader. September 30, 1979. Retrieved October 28, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Jekyll–Hyde West Virginia rallies for 34–23 win over Virginia Tech". The Pittsburgh Press. November 4, 1979. Retrieved December 15, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
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