1992 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

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1992 West Virginia Mountaineers football
West Virginia Mountaineers logo.svg
ConferenceBig East Conference
1992 record5–4–2 (2–3–1 Big East)
Head coach
Home stadiumMountaineer Field
(Capacity: 63,500)
Seasons
← 1991
1993 →
1992 Big East Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Miami (FL) 4 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 6 Syracuse 6 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Rutgers 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
No. 21 Boston College 2 – 1 – 1 8 – 3 – 1
West Virginia 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 2
Pittsburgh 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 9 – 0
Virginia Tech 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 1
Temple 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • The Big East did not crown an official champion until 1993 when full league play began.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1992 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 100th overall and 2nd season as a member of the Big East Conference (Big East). The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his 13th year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of five wins, four losses and two ties (5–4–2 overall, 2–3–1 in the Big East).

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 55:00 p.m.Miami (OH)*
T 29–2945,418
September 12Noonat Pittsburgh
BENW 44–641,723
September 191:00 p.m.Maryland*
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
W 34–3355,727
September 261:00 p.m.at Virginia Tech
W 16–751,211
October 3NoonNo. 22 Boston College
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
BENT 24–2455,634
October 17NoonNo. 14 SyracuseNo. 24
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (Ben Schwartzwalder Trophy)
BENL 17–2052,627
October 243:30 p.m.No. 14 Penn State*
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
ABCL 26–4066,663
October 317:30 p.m.at No. 1 Miami (FL)
ESPNL 23–3551,246
November 71:00 p.m.East Carolina*
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 41–2841,139[1]
November 14Noonat Rutgers
BENL 9–1322,295
November 211:00 p.m.Louisiana Tech*
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 23–327,751[2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster[]

1992 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 14 Darren Studstill Jr
WR 15 James Jett Sr
QB 17 Jake Kelchner Jr
WR 18 Jay Kearney Jr
RB 42 Adrian Murrell Sr
G, C 77 Mike Compton Sr
T 78 Rich Braham Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 31 Aaron Beasley Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 13 Mike Vanderjagt Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References[]

  1. ^ "W. Virginia scoring blitz tops ECU". The Charlotte Observer. November 8, 1992. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "WVU blasts Tech, 23–3". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. November 22, 1992. Retrieved July 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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