1975 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

The 1975 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. This was Bobby Bowden's final season as head coach of West Virginia, before moving to Florida State the next season. West Virginia won the Peach Bowl game against NC State, to finish the season with a record of 9–3. They were ranked 17 in the final Coaches Poll and 20 in the final AP Poll.

1975 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Peach Bowl champion
Peach Bowl, W 13–10 vs. NC State
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 17
APNo. 20
Record9–3
Head coach
Home stadiumOld Mountaineer Field (38,000)
1975 NCAA Division I independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Rutgers    9 2 0
No. 10 Penn State    9 3 0
No. 20 West Virginia    9 3 0
Notre Dame    8 3 0
Virginia Tech    8 3 0
No. 15 Pittsburgh    8 4 0
Boston College    7 4 0
Georgia Tech    7 4 0
Memphis State    7 4 0
Navy    7 4 0
North Texas State    7 4 0
Southern Miss    7 4 0
South Carolina    7 5 0
Colgate    6 4 0
Cincinnati    6 5 0
Hawaii    6 5 0
Syracuse    6 5 0
Temple    6 5 0
Utah State    6 5 0
Indiana State    5 5 0
Dayton    5 6 0
Northeast Louisiana    4 6 1
Tulane    4 7 0
Villanova    4 7 0
Florida State    3 8 0
Air Force    2 8 1
Houston    2 8 0
Miami (FL)    2 8 0
Army    2 9 0
Marshall    2 9 0
Southern Illinois    1 9 1
Holy Cross    1 10 0
Louisville    1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 13TempleW 50–732,271
September 20at CaliforniaNo. 20W 28–1023,375
September 27Boston CollegeNo. 14
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 35–1834,023
October 4at SMUNo. 11W 28–2227,665
October 11at No. 9 Penn StateNo. 10L 0–3959,658
October 18Tulane
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
L 14–1633,842[1]
October 25Virginia Tech
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 10–729,670[2]
November 1Kent State
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 38–1329,670
November 8No. 20 Pittsburgh
ABCW 17–1435,298
November 15at RichmondW 31–1316,500[3]
November 22at SyracuseL 19–2015,336
December 31vs. NC StateMizlouW 13–1045,134
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1975 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 12 Tommy Bowden Jr
RB 24 Artie Owens Sr
OT 79 David Van Halanger Sr
TE 80 Ben McDay So
TE 82 Robin Meeley Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 18 Tom Florence Sr
DB 20 Leon Carter Jr
DB 22 Tom Pridemore So
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. "Tulane downs Mountaineers with a field goal". The Post-Herald and Register. October 19, 1975. Retrieved October 18, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "WVU battles from behind to outlast Va. Tech 10–7". The Danville Register. October 26, 1975. Retrieved December 14, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "West Virginia smears Spiders". The Daily Times-News. November 16, 1975. Retrieved February 2, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
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