1996 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 1996 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 104th overall and 6th season as a member of the Big East Conference (Big East). The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his 17th 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, 4–3 in the Big East) and with a loss in the Gator Bowl against North Carolina.
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Gator Bowl, L 13–20 vs. North Carolina | |
| Conference | Big East Conference |
| Record | 8–4 (4–3 Big East) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Dan Simrell (2nd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Steve Dunlap (5th season) |
| Home stadium | Mountaineer Field (Capacity: 63,500) |
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| No. 13 Virginia Tech + | 6 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Miami (FL) + | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21 Syracuse + | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 4 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 1 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| August 31 | 7:30 p.m. | at Pittsburgh | ESPN | W 34–0 | 54,612 | ||
| September 7 | Noon | Western Michigan* | ESPN | W 34–9 | 47,938 | ||
| September 14 | Noon | East Carolina* |
| ESPN+ | W 10–9 | 50,129 | |
| September 21 | 7:00 p.m. | at Purdue* | W 20–6 | 40,624 | |||
| September 28 | 6:00 p.m. | Maryland* | No. 23 |
| ESPN2 | W 13–0 | 54,542 |
| October 5 | 3:30 p.m. | Boston College | No. 19 |
| CBS | W 34–17 | 58,307 |
| October 19 | 1:30 p.m. | at Temple | No. 15 | W 30–10 | 12,546 | ||
| October 26 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 25 Miami (FL) | No. 12 |
| ESPN | L 7–10 | 66,948 |
| November 2 | 3:30 p.m. | Syracuse | No. 18 |
| CBS | L 7–30 | 56,312 |
| November 9 | Noon | at Rutgers | W 55–14 | 21,024 | |||
| November 23 | Noon | at No. 17 Virginia Tech | No. 23 | ESPN2 | L 14–31 | 50,086 | |
| January 1 | 12:30 p.m. | vs. No. 12 North Carolina* | No. 25 | NBC | L 13–20 | 52,103 | |
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Roster
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Special teams
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References
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