1987 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

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.

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

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

References

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