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American college football season
The 1971 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. It was the Mountaineers' 79th overall season and they competed as an independent. The team was led by head coach Bobby Bowden, in his second year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of 7–4.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 11 | Boston College | | W 45–14 | 31,500 | [1] |
September 18 | at California | | L 10–20 | 23,001–25,000 | [2][3] |
September 25 | at Richmond | | W 16–3 | 11,000 | [4] |
October 2 | Pittsburgh | - Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
| W 20–9 | 38,500 | [5] |
October 9 | at William & Mary | | W 28–23 | 15,000 | [6] |
October 16 | East Carolina | - Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, WV
| W 44–21 | 27,000 | [7] |
October 23 | Temple | - Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, WV
| W 43–33 | 25,000 | [8] |
October 30 | No. 5 Penn State | - Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
| L 7–35 | 37,000 | [9] |
November 6 | at Duke | | L 15–31 | 30,150 | [10] |
November 13 | VMI | - Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, WV
| W 28–3 | 24,000 | [11] |
November 20 | at Syracuse | | L 24–28 | 18,049 | [12] |
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Game summaries
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh at West Virginia
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Pittsburgh |
3 |
6 | 0 | 0 |
9 |
• West Virginia |
13 |
0 | 0 | 7 |
20 |
- Date: October 2
- Location: Morgantown, West Virginia
- Game attendance: 38,500
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | | PITT | Knisley 35 yard field goal | PITT 3-0 |
| 1 | | WVU | Marbury 10 yard run (kick failed) | WVU 6-3 |
| 1 | | WVU | Marbury 2 yard run (Nester kick) | WVU 13-3 |
| 2 | | PITT | Gindin 25 yard pass from Havern (run failed) | WVU 13-9 |
| 4 | | WVU | Galiffa 4 yard run (Nester kick) | WVU 20-9 |
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