1980 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–6
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGary Tranquill (1st season)
Home stadiumMountaineer Field
(Capacity: 50,000)
1980 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Pittsburgh      11 1 0
No. 5 Florida State      10 2 0
No. 8 Penn State      10 2 0
No. 9 Notre Dame      9 2 1
No. 18 Miami (FL)      9 3 0
Southern Miss      9 3 0
Navy      8 4 0
South Carolina      8 4 0
Virginia Tech      8 4 0
Boston College      7 4 0
Northeast Louisiana      7 4 0
Rutgers      7 4 0
UNLV      7 4 0
Tulane      7 5 0
Colgate      5 4 1
North Texas State      6 5 0
Villanova      6 5 0
West Virginia      6 6 0
Louisville      5 6 0
Richmond      5 6 0
Syracuse      5 6 0
East Carolina      4 7 0
Illinois State      4 7 0
Temple      4 7 0
Army      3 7 1
Holy Cross      3 8 0
Cincinnati      2 9 0
Memphis State      2 9 0
William & Mary      2 9 0
Georgia Tech      1 9 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 88th overall season and they competed as a Division I-A Independent. The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his first year, and played their home games at their new stadium, Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of six wins and six losses (6–6 overall).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 6CincinnatiW 41–2750,150
September 13at Colorado StateW 52–2423,972
September 20Maryland
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
L 11–1448,038
September 27Richmond
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 31–2840,847[1]
October 4Virginia
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 45–2145,088
October 11at HawaiiL 13–1641,889
October 18at No. 11 PittsburghL 14–4255,130
October 25No. 13 Penn State
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
L 15–2049,194
November 1at Virginia TechL 11–3445,200[2]
November 8at TempleW 41–2814,995[3]
November 15at RutgersW 24–1516,400
November 22Syracuse
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
L 7–2034,441
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1980 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 12 Oliver Luck Jr
RB 31 Robert Alexander Sr
FB 46 Walter Easley Sr
WR 81 Darrell Miller Jr
WR 89 Darryl Weatherspoon Jr
G 79 Mike Durrette Jr
TE 94 Mark Nagy Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 40 Fulton Walker Sr
LB 50 Dennis Fowlkes So
LB 90 Darryl Talley So
DT 91 Todd Campbell So
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 5 Curt Carion Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

References

  1. "WVU comes up big, nips Spiders, 31–28". The Pittsburgh Press. September 28, 1980. Retrieved October 28, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Turkey trot by Gobblers steams Nehlen". The Pittsburgh Press. November 2, 1980. Retrieved December 15, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "WVU topples Temple by using a lot of Luck". The Pittsburgh Press. November 9, 1980. Retrieved August 10, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
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