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1984 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

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1984 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Bluebonnet Bowl champion
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, W 31–14 vs. TCU
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
Record8–4
Head coach
Home stadiumMountaineer Field
(Capacity: 50,000)
Seasons
← 1983
1985 →
1984 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Boston College       10 2 0
No. 11 South Carolina       10 2 0
Army       8 3 1
Rutgers       7 3 0
No. 17 Florida State       7 3 2
Virginia Tech       8 4 0
West Virginia       8 4 0
No. 18 Miami (FL)       8 5 0
Notre Dame       7 5 0
Southwestern Louisiana       6 5 0
Penn State       6 5 0
Syracuse       6 5 0
Temple       6 5 0
Memphis State       5 5 1
Navy       4 6 1
Southern Miss       4 7 0
Pittsburgh       3 7 1
Tulane       3 8 0
Cincinnati       2 9 0
East Carolina       2 9 0
Louisville       2 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 92nd overall season and they competed as a Division I-A Independent. The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his fifth year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and four losses (8–4 overall) and with a victory over TCU in the Bluebonnet Bowl.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1OhioW 38–057,070
September 8Louisville
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 30–655,002
September 15at Virginia TechW 14–748,100
September 22MarylandNo. 18
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
L 17–2058,353
September 29at PittsburghW 28–1058,032
October 13Syracuse
W 20–1057,791
October 20No. 4 Boston CollegeNo. 20
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
ABCW 21–2060,286
October 27No. 19 Penn StateNo. 18
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
ESPNW 17–1464,879
November 3VirginiaNo. 12
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
L 7–2756,453
November 10at RutgersNo. 19L 19–2325,140
November 17at TempleL 17–1921,875
December 31vs. TCUW 31–1443,260

References

  1. ^ "WVU 1984 Schedule". The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on 2012-04-06. Retrieved June 23, 2012.