1969 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

1969 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1969 West Virginia Mountaineers football
1969 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Peach Bowl champion
Peach Bowl, W 14–3 vs. South Carolina
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. 17
1969 record	10–1
Head coach	Jim Carlen (4th season);
Defensive coordinator	Richard Bell (2nd season)
Home stadium	Old Mountaineer Field (38,000)
	Seasons ← 1968 1970 →

The 1969 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. West Virginia completed the regular season with a 9–1 record and traveled to the Peach Bowl, where they beat the South Carolina Gamecocks, 14–3. They finished with a ranking of 17 in the AP Poll and 18 in the Coaches Poll.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13	Cincinnati		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 57–11	31,500
September 20	Maryland		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 31–7	31,000
September 27	at Tulane		Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	W 35–17	20,000	^[1]
October 4	VMI	No. 18	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 32–0	28,500	^[2]
October 11	at No. 5 Penn State	No. 17	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)	L 0–20	52,072
October 25	Pittsburgh		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (Backyard Brawl)	W 49–18	35,500
November 1	at Kentucky		McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 7–6	37,500
November 8	at William & Mary		Cary Field Williamsburg, VA	W 31–0	7,000
November 15	Richmond		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 33–21	21,500
November 22	at Syracuse	No. 18	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 13–10	21,409
December 30	vs. South Carolina	No. 19	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)	W 14–3	48,452
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1969 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`44`	Jim Braxton	Jr
QB	`11`	Dick Ward	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`50`	Dale Farley	Jr
LB	`54`	Marvin Six	Sr
LB	`55`	Danny Smith	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "Mountaineers defeat Tulane for third straight win". Beckley Post-Herald and Register. September 28, 1969. Retrieved October 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "W. Virginia shuts VMI out by 32–0". The Greenville News. October 5, 1969. Retrieved January 31, 2022 – 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

1969 NCAA University Division independents football records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 2 Penn State		–		11	–	0	–	0
No. 17 West Virginia		–		10	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Houston		–		9	–	2	–	0
No. 5 Notre Dame		–		8	–	2	–	1
Buffalo		–		6	–	3	–	0
Rutgers		–		6	–	3	–	0
Villanova		–		6	–	3	–	0
Florida State		–		6	–	3	–	1
Colgate		–		5	–	3	–	1
Air Force		–		6	–	4	–	0
West Texas State		–		6	–	4	–	0
Boston College		–		5	–	4	–	0
New Mexico State		–		5	–	5	–	0
Southern Miss		–		5	–	5	–	0
Syracuse		–		5	–	5	–	0
Army		–		4	–	5	–	1
VPI		–		4	–	5	–	1
Georgia Tech		–		4	–	6	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		4	–	6	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		4	–	6	–	0
Dayton		–		3	–	7	–	0
Marshall		–		3	–	7	–	0
Northern Illinois		–		3	–	7	–	0
Tulane		–		3	–	7	–	0
Utah State		–		3	–	7	–	0
Idaho		–		2	–	8	–	0
Navy		–		1	–	9	–	0
Xavier		–		1	–	9	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll