1984 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

1984 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1984 West Virginia Mountaineers football
1984 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Bluebonnet Bowl champion
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, W 31–14 vs. TCU
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
1984 record	8–4
Head coach	Don Nehlen (5th season);
Home stadium	Mountaineer Field; (Capacity: 50,000)
	Seasons ← 1983 1985 →

The 1984 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 92nd overall season and they competed as a Division I-A Independent. The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his fifth 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) and with a victory over TCU in the Bluebonnet Bowl.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	Ohio		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV		W 38–0	57,070
September 8	Louisville		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV		W 30–6	55,002
September 15	at Virginia Tech		Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (Black Diamond Trophy)	USA	W 14–7	48,100
September 22	Maryland	No. 18	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)		L 17–20	58,353
September 29	at Pittsburgh		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (Backyard Brawl)		W 28–10	58,032
October 13	Syracuse		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (Ben Schwartzwalder Trophy)		W 20–10	57,791
October 20	No. 4 Boston College	No. 20	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	ABC	W 21–20	60,286
October 27	No. 19 Penn State	No. 18	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	ESPN	W 17–14	64,879
November 3	Virginia	No. 12	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV		L 7–27	56,453
November 10	at Rutgers	No. 19	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ		L 19–23	25,140
November 17	at Temple		Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA		L 17–19	21,875
December 31	vs. TCU		Houston Astrodome Houston, TX (Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl)		W 31–14	43,260
Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

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

1984 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Boston College		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
No. 11 South Carolina		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
Army		–		–		8	–	3	–	1
Rutgers		–		–		7	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Florida State		–		–		7	–	3	–	2
Virginia Tech		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
West Virginia		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
No. 18 Miami (FL)		–		–		8	–	5	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–		7	–	5	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Penn State		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Temple		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Memphis State		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
Navy		–		–		4	–	6	–	1
Southern Miss		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–		3	–	7	–	1
Tulane		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Cincinnati		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
East Carolina		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Louisville		–		–		2	–	9	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll