1987 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
American college football season
1987 West Virginia Mountaineers football | |
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Sun Bowl
, L 33–35 vs.
Oklahoma State
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Conference | Independent |
Record | 6–6 |
Head coach |
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Home stadium |
Mountaineer Field
(Capacity: 63,500) |
Seasons
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | 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 |
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 .
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 5 | Ohio | W 23–3 | 46,744 | |
September 12 | at No. 5 Ohio State | L 3–24 | 88,272 | |
September 19 | at Maryland | L 20–25 | 40,125 | |
September 26 | Pittsburgh |
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L 3–6 | 65,079 |
October 3 | East Carolina |
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W 49–0 | 36,630 |
October 17 | Cincinnati |
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W 45–17 | 46,488 |
October 24 | at Boston College | W 37–16 | 32,000 | |
October 31 | at No. 18 Penn State | L 21–25 | 85,108 | |
November 7 | Virginia Tech |
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W 28–16 | 47,322 |
November 14 | Rutgers |
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W 37–13 | 44,717 |
November 21 | at No. 6 Syracuse | L 31–32 | 49,866 | |
December 25 | vs. No. 11 Oklahoma State | L 33–35 | 43,240 | |
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