1997 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 21 Syracuse $ | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 Virginia Tech | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 4 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (FL) | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 3 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1997 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 105th overall and 7th season as a member of the Big East Conference (Big East). The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his 18th year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of seven wins and five losses (7–5 overall, 4–3 in the Big East) and with a loss in the Carquest Bowl against Georgia Tech.
Schedule
August 3012:00 PMMarshall*
ESPN+W 42–3165,492 September 612:30 PMEast Carolina*
- Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, WV
ESPNW 24–1751,143 September 1312:00 PMat Boston College
ESPNL 24–3139,200 September 273:30 PMat Miami (FL)
CBSW 28–1739,270 October 412:00 PMRutgers
- Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, WV
ESPN+W 48–051,737 October 111:00 PMat Maryland*
W 31–1431,210 October 253:30 PMNo. 19 Virginia TechNo. 21
- Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, WV (Black Diamond Trophy)
CBSW 30–1763,649 November 17:30 PMat SyracuseNo. 17
ESPNL 10–4049,273 November 151:00 PMTemple
- Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, WV
W 41–2137,061 November 222:30 PMat Notre Dame*No. 22
NBCL 14–2180,225 November 282:30 PMPittsburgh
- Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, WV (Backyard Brawl)
CBSL 38–41 3OT48,044 December 297:30 PMvs. Georgia Tech
TBSL 30–3528,262
- Reference:[1]
References
- ^ "WVU 1997 Schedule". The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved June 21, 2012.