1957 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

1957 Southern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1957 West Virginia Mountaineers football
1957 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Conference	Southern Conference
1957 record	7–2–1 (3–0 SoCon)
Head coach	Art Lewis (8th season);
Home stadium	Old Mountaineer Field (38,000)
	Seasons ← 1956 1958 →

The 1957 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University during the 1957 NCAA University Division football season.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	Virginia*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	T 6–6
September 28	VPI	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	W 14–0	26,000
October 5	at Wisconsin*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 13–45	38,889
October 12	at Boston University*	Boston University Field Boston, MA	W 46–6
October 18	at George Washington	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	W 34–14	8,000	^[2]^[3]
October 26	William & Mary	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 19–0
November 2	at Penn State*	New Beaver Field University Park, PA (rivalry)	L 6–27	28,712
November 9	at Pittsburgh*	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (Backyard Brawl)	W 7–6
November 16	at Wake Forest*	Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 27–14	5,000
November 23	Syracuse*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	W 7–0	26,000
*Non-conference game

^ "1957 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results".
^ Blackman, Herman (October 18, 1957). "Henzes, Hino Try to Make Colonials Go". The Washington Post. p. D1.
^ "West Virginia tramples G.W. in 34–14 rout". Monroe Morning World. October 19, 1957. Retrieved February 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

v t West Virginia Mountaineers football
Venues	Mountaineer Field (1924–1979) Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium (1980–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Marshall Maryland Penn State Pittsburgh Syracuse Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	The Mountaineer Marching band "Take Me Home, Country Roads" 1921 Backyard Brawl (first college football game to be radio broadcasted) 2007 Backyard Brawl
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

1957 Southern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 20 VMI $	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	1
West Virginia	3	–	0	–	0	7	–	2	–	1
The Citadel	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	1
Furman	2	–	1	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Richmond	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
William & Mary	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Davidson	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
VPI	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
George Washington	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Washington and Lee	0	–	0	–	0	0	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll