2016 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

2016 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Conference Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 17
AP No. 18
2016 record 10–3 (7–2 Big 12)
Head coach Dana Holgorsen (6th season)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinator Tony Gibson (3rd as coordinator, 10th overall season)
Base defense 3–3–5
Home stadium Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium (60,000)
2016 Big 12 football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 5 Oklahoma $  9 –0     11 –2  
No. 11 Oklahoma State  7 –2     10 –3  
No. 18 West Virginia  7 –2     10 –3  
Kansas State  6 –3     9 –4  
TCU  4 –5     6 –7  
Baylor  3 –6     7 –6  
Texas  3 –6     5 –7  
Texas Tech  3 –6     5 –7  
Iowa State  2 –7     3 –9  
Kansas  1 –8     2 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mountaineers played as members of the Big 12 Conference (Big 12) and were led by head coach Dana Holgorsen, in his sixth year. West Virginia played its home games at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia. 2016 was the 125th season of West Virginia football. They finished the season 10–3, 7–2 in Big 12 play to finished in a tie for second place. They received an invitation to the Russell Athletic Bowl where they lost to Miami.[1]

Schedule

West Virginia announced its 2016 football schedule on November 24, 2015. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home, 4 away, and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Mountaineers will host Big 12 foes Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, and TCU, and will travel to Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Texas, and Texas Tech.[2]

The team will play three non–conference games, two home games against the Missouri Tigers from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Youngstown State Penguins from the Missouri Valley Football Conference, and one neutral site game which is against the BYU Cougars at FedExField in Landover, Maryland.

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 12:00 p.m. Missouri* Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV FS1 W 26–11   60,125
September 10 2:00 p.m. No. 20 (FCS) Youngstown State* Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV RTPT W 38–21   56,261
September 24 3:30 p.m. vs. BYU* FedExField • Landover, MD ESPN2 W 35–32   38,207
October 1 3:30 p.m. Kansas Statedagger Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV ESPNU W 17–16   61,701
October 15 12:00 p.m. at Texas Tech No. 20 Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX FS1 W 48–17   54,111
October 22 3:30 p.m. TCU No. 12 Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV ABC W 34–10   61,780
October 29 12:00 p.m. at Oklahoma State No. 10 Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK FOX L 20–37   59,584
November 5 7:00 p.m. Kansas No. 14 Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV ESPN2 W 48–21   56,343
November 12 12:00 p.m. at Texas No. 11 Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX FS1 W 24–20   96,367
November 19 8:00 p.m. No. 8 Oklahoma No. 10 Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV ABC L 28–56   57,645
November 26 3:30 p.m. at Iowa State No. 19 Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA FS1 W 49–19   51,365
December 3 3:30 p.m. Baylor No. 14 Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV FS1 W 24–21   49,229
December 28 5:30 p.m. vs. Miami (FL)* No. 14 Camping World Stadium • Orlando, FL (Russell Athletic Bowl) ESPN L 14–31   48,625
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.
Schedule Source:[3]

Game summaries

Missouri

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 3 0 8 11
Mountaineers 10 3 10 3 26
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–3 1998 MIZZOU, 34–31

Youngstown State

1 2 3 4 Total
#20 (FCS) Penguins 0 14 0 7 21
Mountaineers 7 7 17 7 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 1938 WVU, 27–6

vs. BYU

1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 7 6 6 13 32
Mountaineers 7 14 7 7 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Kansas State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 6 3 0 16
Mountaineers 0 0 3 14 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–5 2015 KSU, 24–23

at Texas Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
#20 Mountaineers 10 14 3 21 48
Red Raiders 7 0 3 7 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–2 2015 WVU, 31–26

TCU

1 2 3 4 Total
Horned Frogs 3 7 0 0 10
#12 Mountaineers 14 7 10 3 34
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–3 2015 TCU, 40–10

at Oklahoma State

1 2 3 4 Total
#10 Mountaineers 3 7 0 10 20
Cowboys 6 14 7 10 37
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–3 2015 OSU, 33–26

Kansas

1 2 3 4 Total
Jayhawks 0 0 14 7 21
#14 Mountaineers 10 21 14 3 48
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–1 2015 WVU, 49–0

at Texas

1 2 3 4 Total
#11 Mountaineers 10 7 7 0 24
Longhorns 3 10 7 0 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–2 2015 WVU, 38–20

Oklahoma

1 2 3 4 Total
#8 Sooners 21 13 7 15 56
#10 Mountaineers 0 7 7 14 28
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–6 2015 OU, 44–24

at Iowa State

1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Mountaineers 14 7 14 14 49
Cyclones 13 3 3 0 19
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–1 2015 WVU, 30–6

Baylor

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 14 0 7 21
#14 Mountaineers 3 7 7 7 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–2 2015 BAY, 62–38

Miami (FL) – Russell Athletic Bowl

1 2 3 4 Total
#14 Mountaineers 7 0 7 0 14
Hurricanes 0 21 10 0 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–16 2003 MIAMI, 22–20

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP NR RV NR NR RV 22 20 12 10 14 11 10 19 14 14 18 
Coaches NR RV RV RV RV 20 18 13 9 15 10 9 17 13 12 17 
CFP Not released 16 14 18 16 16 Not released

References

  1. ↑ "West Virginia vs. Miami - Game Recap - December 28, 2016 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  2. ↑ "2016 Football Schedule Released" (Press release). University of West Virginia Department of Athletics. July 11, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ "2016 West Virginia Mountaineers Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
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