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The 2016 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Mountaineers played as members of the Big 12 Conference (Big 12) and were led by head coach Dana Holgorsen , in his sixth year. West Virginia played its home games at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia . 2016 was the 125th season of West Virginia football. They finished the season 10–3, 7–2 in Big 12 play to finished in a tie for second place. They received an invitation to the Russell Athletic Bowl where they lost to Miami.[ 1]
Schedule
West Virginia announced its 2016 football schedule on November 24, 2015. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home, 4 away, and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Mountaineers will host Big 12 foes Baylor , Kansas , Kansas State , Oklahoma , and TCU , and will travel to Iowa State , Oklahoma State , Texas , and Texas Tech .[ 2]
The team will play three non–conference games, two home games against the Missouri Tigers from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Youngstown State Penguins from the Missouri Valley Football Conference , and one neutral site game which is against the BYU Cougars at FedExField in Landover, Maryland .
September 312:00 p.m.Missouri *
FS1 W 26–1160,125
September 102:00 p.m.No. 20 (FCS ) Youngstown State *
Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV RTPT W 38–2156,261
September 243:30 p.m.vs. BYU *
ESPN2 W 35–3238,207
October 13:30 p.m.Kansas State
Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV ESPNU W 17–1661,701
October 1512:00 p.m.at Texas Tech No. 20
FS1W 48–1754,111
October 223:30 p.m.TCU No. 12
Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV ABC W 34–1061,780
October 2912:00 p.m.at Oklahoma State No. 10
FOX L 20–3759,584
November 57:00 p.m.Kansas No. 14
Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV ESPN2 W 48–2156,343
November 1212:00 p.m.at Texas No. 11
FS1W 24–2096,367
November 198:00 p.m.No. 8 Oklahoma No. 10
Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV ABC L 28–5657,645
November 263:30 p.m.at Iowa State No. 19
FS1W 49–1951,365
December 33:30 p.m.Baylor No. 14
Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV FS1W 24–2149,229
December 285:30 p.m.vs. Miami (FL) * No. 14
ESPN L 14–31 48,625
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Schedule Source: [ 3]
Game summaries
Missouri
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
0
3
0
8
11
Mountaineers
10
3
10
3
26
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–3
1998
MIZZOU, 34–31
Youngstown State
1
2
3
4
Total
#20 (FCS ) Penguins
0
14
0
7
21
Mountaineers
7
7
17
7
38
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–0
1938
WVU, 27–6
vs. BYU
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
7
6
6
13
32
Mountaineers
7
14
7
7
35
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
Kansas State
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
7
6
3
0
16
Mountaineers
0
0
3
14
17
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–5
2015
KSU, 24–23
at Texas Tech
1
2
3
4
Total
#20 Mountaineers
10
14
3
21
48
Red Raiders
7
0
3
7
17
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
3–2
2015
WVU, 31–26
TCU
1
2
3
4
Total
Horned Frogs
3
7
0
0
10
#12 Mountaineers
14
7
10
3
34
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–3
2015
TCU, 40–10
at Oklahoma State
1
2
3
4
Total
#10 Mountaineers
3
7
0
10
20
Cowboys
6
14
7
10
37
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
4–3
2015
OSU, 33–26
Kansas
1
2
3
4
Total
Jayhawks
0
0
14
7
21
#14 Mountaineers
10
21
14
3
48
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
4–1
2015
WVU, 49–0
at Texas
1
2
3
4
Total
#11 Mountaineers
10
7
7
0
24
Longhorns
3
10
7
0
20
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
3–2
2015
WVU, 38–20
Oklahoma
1
2
3
4
Total
#8 Sooners
21
13
7
15
56
#10 Mountaineers
0
7
7
14
28
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–6
2015
OU, 44–24
at Iowa State
1
2
3
4
Total
#19 Mountaineers
14
7
14
14
49
Cyclones
13
3
3
0
19
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
3–1
2015
WVU, 30–6
Baylor
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
14
0
7
21
#14 Mountaineers
3
7
7
7
24
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–2
2015
BAY, 62–38
Miami (FL) – Russell Athletic Bowl
1
2
3
4
Total
#14 Mountaineers
7
0
7
0
14
Hurricanes
0
21
10
0
31
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
3–16
2003
MIAMI, 22–20
Rankings
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