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1981 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

1981 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Peach Bowl champion
Peach Bowl, W 26–6 vs. Florida
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 17
Record9–3
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGary Tranquill (2nd season)
Home stadiumMountaineer Field
Seasons
← 1980
1982 →
1981 Major eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Penn State $ 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 4 Pittsburgh 5 – 1 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 17 West Virginia 3 – 3 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Temple 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Syracuse 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 1
Boston College 1 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Rutgers 1 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll
1981 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Pittsburgh   –   –   11 – 1 – 0
No. 3 Penn State   –   –   10 – 2 – 0
No. 8 Miami (FL)   –   –   9 – 2 – 0
Southern Miss   –   –   9 – 2 – 1
No. 17 West Virginia   –   –   9 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   –   7 – 3 – 0
Virginia Tech   –   –   7 – 4 – 0
Navy   –   –   7 – 4 – 1
Cincinnati   –   –   6 – 5 – 0
Florida State   –   –   6 – 5 – 0
Holy Cross   –   –   6 – 5 – 0
Tulane   –   –   6 – 5 – 0
UNLV   –   –   6 – 6 – 0
South Carolina   –   –   6 – 6 – 0
Temple   –   –   5 – 5 – 0
Boston College   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
East Carolina   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Northeast Louisiana   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Louisville   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Notre Dame   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Rutgers   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
William & Mary   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Syracuse   –   –   4 – 6 – 1
Richmond   –   –   4 – 7 – 0
Army   –   –   3 – 7 – 1
North Texas State   –   –   2 – 9 – 0
Georgia Tech   –   –   1 – 10 – 0
Memphis State   –   –   1 – 10 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 89th overall season and they competed as a Division I-A Independent. The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his second year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with record of 9–3 and defeated Florida in the Peach Bowl.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 12at Virginia
W 32–1834,007[1]
September 19at Maryland
W 17–1338,300[2]
September 26Colorado State
W 49–348,716[3]
October 3at Boston College
W 38–1017,235[4][5][6]
October 10No. 4 Pittsburgh
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
L 0–1754,280[7]
October 17Virginia Tech
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
W 27–649,115[8]
October 24at No. 1 Penn State
L 7–3085,012[9]
October 31East Carolina
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 20–341,364[10]
November 7Temple
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 24–1940,342[11]
November 14Rutgers
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 20–344,395[12]
November 21at Syracuse
ABCL 24–2733,117[13]
December 31vs. Florida
CBSW 26–637,582[14]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1981 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 1 Gary Mullen Fr
QB 10 Oliver Luck Sr
FB 36 Ron Wolfley Fr
WR 48 Willie Drewrey Fr
G 79 Mike Durrette Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 50 Dennis Fowlkes Jr
LB 90 Darryl Talley Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. ^ "Cavs grounded". The Times & World-News. September 13, 1981. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Terps struggle again, lose to West Virginia". The Charlotte Observer. September 20, 1981. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "West Virginia romps 49–3". The Times Recorder. September 27, 1981. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "West Virginia rolls to 4–0, crushes Boston College". The News and Advance. October 4, 1981. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Undefeated West Virginia knocks off Boston College". Tallahassee Democrat. October 4, 1981. p. 4F – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "West Virginia 38, Boston College 10". St. Petersburg Times. October 4, 1981. p. 8C – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Pitt shelves air attack, wins, 17–0". The Miami Herald. October 11, 1981. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Virginia Tech gets lesson in Luck, 27–6". The Pittsburgh Press. October 18, 1981. Retrieved December 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Warner substitute leads Penn State past W. Va". Sunday News Journal. October 25, 1981. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "W. Virginia gets by East Carolina, 20–3". The Pittsburgh Press. November 1, 1981. Retrieved March 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "W. Va.'s Luck good; Owls' bad". The Courier-Post. November 8, 1981. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "West Virginia rips sputtering Scarlet". The Home News. November 15, 1981. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Syracuse, 4–6, upsets W. Va., 8–3". The Sunday News. November 22, 1981. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "West Virginia too much for Florida in Peach". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. January 1, 1982. Retrieved November 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_West_Virginia_Mountaineers_football_team
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