1985 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumMountaineer Field
(Capacity: 57,500)
1985 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Penn State      11 1 0
No. 9 Miami (FL)      10 2 0
Army      9 3 0
No. 15 Florida State      9 3 0
West Virginia      7 3 1
Southern Miss      7 4 0
Syracuse      7 5 0
Virginia Tech      6 5 0
Pittsburgh      5 5 1
Cincinnati      5 6 0
Notre Dame      5 6 0
South Carolina      5 6 0
Southwestern Louisiana      4 7 0
Navy      4 7 0
Temple      4 7 0
Boston College      4 8 0
Memphis State      2 7 2
Rutgers      2 8 1
East Carolina      2 9 0
Louisville      2 9 0
Tulane      1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 93rd overall season and they competed as a Division I-A Independent. The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his sixth year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of seven wins, three losses and one tie (7–3–1 overall).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 7LouisvilleW 52–1362,128
September 14Duke
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 20–1861,191
September 21at No. 17 MarylandL 0–2851,250
September 28Pittsburgh
T 10–1062,453
October 5Virginia Tech
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
W 24–957,514
October 19Boston CollegeW 13–632,000
October 26at No. 3 Penn StateL 0–2785,534
November 2at VirginiaL 7–2735,000
November 9Rutgers
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 27–048,373
November 16Temple
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 23–1034,721
November 30at SyracuseW 13–1033,431
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1985 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 1 Grantis Bell Fr
RB 3 John Holifield Sr
WR 7 John Talley So
QB 17 Mike Timko So
FB 20 Craig Taylor Fr
G 75 John Stroia Fr
OT 77 Brian Jozwiak Sr
OT 79 Brian Smider Fr
TE 81 Keith Winn Fr
WR 82 Calvin Phillips Fr
TE 83 Gary Basil So
WR 87 Brian Krawchyk Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 22 Bo Orlando Fr
LB 30 Fred Smalls Sr
DT 98 David Grant So
DT 99 Jeff Lucas Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 8 Charlie Baumann Fr
P 11 Steve Superick Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

References

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