1985 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

1985 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1985 West Virginia Mountaineers football
1985 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Conference	Independent
1985 record	7–3–1
Head coach	Don Nehlen (6th season);
Home stadium	Mountaineer Field; (Capacity: 57,500)
	Seasons ← 1984 1986 →

The 1985 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 93rd overall season and they competed as a Division I-A Independent. The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his sixth year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of seven wins, three losses and one tie (7–3–1 overall).

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 7	Louisville	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 52–13	62,128
September 14	Duke	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 20–18	61,191
September 21	at No. 17 Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)	L 0–28	51,250
September 28	Pittsburgh	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (Backyard Brawl)	T 10–10	62,453
October 5	Virginia Tech	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (Black Diamond Trophy)	W 24–9	57,514
October 19	at Boston College	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	W 13–6	32,000
October 26	at No. 3 Penn State	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)	L 0–27	85,534
November 2	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	L 7–27	35,000
November 9	Rutgers	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 27–0	48,373
November 16	Temple	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 23–10	34,721
November 30	at Syracuse	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY (Ben Schwartzwalder Trophy)	W 13–10	33,431
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

1985 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 Penn State		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Miami (FL)		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
Army		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Florida State		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
West Virginia		–		–		7	–	3	–	1
Southern Miss		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		7	–	5	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Navy		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Temple		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Boston College		–		–		4	–	8	–	0
Memphis State		–		–		2	–	7	–	2
Rutgers		–		–		2	–	8	–	1
East Carolina		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Louisville		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Tulane		–		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll