1975 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

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1975 West Virginia Mountaineers football
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Peach Bowl champion
Peach Bowl, W 13–10 vs. NC State
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 17
APNo. 20
1975 record9–3
Head coach
  • Bobby Bowden (6th season)
Home stadiumOld Mountaineer Field (38,000)
Seasons
← 1974
1976 →
1975 NCAA Division I independents football records
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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

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.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 13Temple
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 50–732,271
September 20at CaliforniaNo. 20
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 28–1023,375
September 27Boston CollegeNo. 14
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 35–1834,023
October 4at SMUNo. 11
W 28–2227,665
October 11at No. 9 Penn StateNo. 10
L 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 Richmond
  • University of Richmond Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
W 31–1316,500
November 22at Syracuse
L 19–2015,336
December 31vs. NC State
MizlouW 13–1045,134
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster[]

1975 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
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. # Name Class
DB 18 Tom Florence Sr
DB 20 Leon Carter Jr
DB 22 Tom Pridemore So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
  • Bobby Bowden
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.
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