1975 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

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1975
Old Mountaineer Field (38,000)
Seasons
1975 NCAA Division I independents football records
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

AP Poll
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Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 13Temple
W 50–732,271[1]
September 20at CaliforniaNo. 20
W 28–1023,375[2]
September 27Boston CollegeNo. 14
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 35–1834,023[3]
October 4at SMUNo. 11
W 28–2227,665[4]
October 11at No. 9
University Park, PA (rivalry)
L 0–3959,658[5]
October 18Tulane
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
L 14–1633,842[6]
October 25Virginia Tech
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
W 10–729,670[7]
November 1Kent State
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 38–1330,160[8][9]
November 8No. 20 Pittsburgh
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
ABCW 17–1435,298[10]
November 15at Richmond
W 31–1316,500[11]
November 22at Syracuse
L 19–2015,336[12]
December 31vs.
Mizlou
W 13–1045,134[13]
  • 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
OL 75 Steve Earley Jr
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
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

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