1985 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

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1985
Mountaineer Field
(Capacity: 57,500)
Seasons
1985 Major eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Penn State $ 6 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
West Virginia 4 – 1 – 1 7 – 3 – 1
Syracuse 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Boston College 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 8 – 0
Pittsburgh 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Temple 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Rutgers 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 1
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    AP Poll
1985 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
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

The 1985 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented

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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 7Louisville
W 52–1362,128[1]
September 14Duke
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 20–1861,191[2]
September 21at No. 17 Maryland
L 0–2851,250[3]
September 28Pittsburgh
T 10–1062,453[4]
October 5Virginia Tech
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
W 24–957,514[5]
October 19Boston College
W 13–632,000[6]
October 26at No. 3
University Park, PA (rivalry)
L 0–2785,534[7]
November 2at Virginia
L 7–2735,000[8]
November 9Rutgers
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 27–048,373[9]
November 16Temple
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 23–1034,721[10]
November 30at Syracuse
W 13–1033,431[11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1985 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 1 Grantis Bell Fr
RB 3 John Holifield Sr
WR 7 John Talley So
QB 17 Mike Timko So
FB 20 Craig Taylor Fr
G 75 John Stroia Fr
OT 77 Brian Jozwiak Sr
OT 79 Brian Smider Fr
TE 81 Keith Winn Fr
WR 82 Calvin Phillips Fr
TE 83 Gary Basil So
WR 87 Brian Krawchyk Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 22 Bo Orlando Fr
LB 30 Fred Smalls Sr
DT 98 David Grant So
DT 99 Jeff Lucas Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 8 Charlie Baumann Fr
P
 11 Steve Superick Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

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  12. ^ "1985 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
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