1987 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Sun Bowl, L 33–35 vs. Oklahoma State
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–6
Head coach
Home stadiumMountaineer Field
(Capacity: 63,500)
1987 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Miami (FL)      12 0 0
No. 4 Syracuse      11 0 1
No. 2 Florida State      11 1 0
No. 15 South Carolina      8 4 0
Pittsburgh      8 4 0
Penn State      8 4 0
No. 17 Notre Dame      8 4 0
Southern Miss      6 5 0
Rutgers      6 5 0
Southwestern Louisiana      6 5 0
Memphis State      5 5 1
Northern Illinois      5 5 1
West Virginia      6 6 0
Tulane      6 6 0
Army      5 6 0
Boston College      5 6 0
East Carolina      5 6 0
Akron      4 7 0
Cincinnati      4 7 0
Louisville      3 7 1
Temple      3 8 0
Tulsa      3 8 0
Virginia Tech      2 9 0
Navy      2 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 95th overall season and they competed as a Division I-A Independent. The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his eighth year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of six wins and six losses (6–6 overall), and with a loss against Oklahoma State in the 1987 Sun Bowl.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 5OhioW 23–346,744
September 12at No. 5 Ohio StateL 3–2488,272
September 19at MarylandL 20–2540,125
September 26Pittsburgh
L 3–665,079
October 3East Carolina
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 49–036,630
October 17Cincinnati
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 45–1746,488
October 24at Boston CollegeW 37–1632,000
October 31at No. 18 Penn StateL 21–2585,108
November 7Virginia Tech
W 28–1647,322
November 14Rutgers
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 37–1344,717
November 21at No. 6 SyracuseL 31–3249,866
December 25vs. No. 11 Oklahoma StateL 33–3543,240

Roster

1987 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 1 Grantis Bell Jr
WR 7 John Talley Sr
QB 9 Major Harris Fr
QB 12 Chuck LeVinus So
QB 13 Ben Reed Sr
QB 17 Mike Timko Sr
FB 20 Craig Taylor Jr
RB 28 A. B. Brown Jr
G 75 John Stroia Jr
WR 88 Reggie Rembert So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 3 Alvoid Mays Jr
DB 14 Jay Darr Fr
DB 22 Bo Orlando Jr
DT 61 Mike Fox So
DE 87 Renaldo Turnbull So
DT 98 David Grant Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 8 Charlie Baumann Jr
P 18 Lance Carion Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

References

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