1998 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
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Insight.com Bowl, L 31–34 vs. Missouri | |
Conference | Big East Conference |
1998 record | 8–4 (5–2 Big East) |
Head coach | Don Nehlen (19th season) |
Home stadium |
Mountaineer Field (Capacity: 63,500) |
1998 Big East football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 25 Syracuse $ | 6 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Miami (FL) | 5 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 Virginia Tech | 5 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 2 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 0 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1998 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 106th overall and 8th season as a member of the Big East Conference (Big East). The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his 19th 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, 5–2 in the Big East) and with a loss against Missouri in the Insight.com Bowl.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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September 5 | 7:00 PM | No. 1 Ohio State* | No. 11 | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, West Virginia | CBS | L 17–34 | 68,409 | ||
September 19 | 6:00 PM | Maryland* | No. 19 | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, West Virginia (Rivalry) | ESPN2 | W 42–20 | 52,279 | ||
September 26 | 12:00 PM | Tulsa* | No. 19 | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, West Virginia | ESPN+ | W 44–21 | 48,819 | ||
October 3 | 12:00 PM | at Navy* | No. 16 | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland | ESPN+ | W 45–24 | 36,009 | ||
October 10 | 12:00 PM | at Temple | No. 16 | Veterans Stadium • Philadelphia | W 37–7 | 14,851 | |||
October 24 | 3:30 PM | Miami (FL) | No. 13 | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, West Virginia | CBS | L 31–34 | 60,081 | ||
October 31 | 12:00 PM | at No. 20 Virginia Tech | No. 21 | Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia (Black Diamond Trophy) | ESPN+ | L 13–27 | 52,807 | ||
November 7 | 6:30 PM | No. 15 Syracuse | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, West Virginia (Ben Schwartzwalder Trophy) | ESPN | W 35–28 | 54,655 | |||
November 14 | 12:00 PM | at Rutgers | Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, New Jersey | W 28–14 | 26,740 | ||||
November 21 | 12:00 PM | Boston College | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, West Virginia | ESPN+ | W 35–10 | 40,573 | |||
November 27 | 2:30 PM | at Pittsburgh | Three Rivers Stadium • Pittsburgh (Backyard Brawl) | CBS | W 52–14 | 42,254 | |||
December 26 | 8:00 PM | vs. No. 23 Missouri* | Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona (Insight.com Bowl) | ESPN | L 31–34 | 36,147 | |||
*Non-conference game. |
- Reference:[1]
References
- ↑ "WVU 1998 Schedule". The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on 2012-05-11. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
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