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American college football season
The 1981 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented
West Virginia University in the
1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 89th overall season and they competed as a
Division I-A Independent. The team was led by head coach
Don Nehlen, in his second year, and played their home games at
Mountaineer Field in
Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of nine wins and three losses (9–3 overall) and with a victory over
Florida in the
Peach Bowl.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 12 | at
Virginia | | | W 32–18 | 34,007 |
[1] |
September 19 | at
Maryland | | | W 17–13 | 38,300 |
[2] |
September 26 |
Colorado State | | | W 49–3 | 48,716 |
[3] |
October 3 | at
Boston College | | | W 38–10 | 17,235 |
[4]
[5]
[6] |
October 10 | No. 4
Pittsburgh | - Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, WV (
rivalry)
| | L 0–17 | 54,280 |
[7] |
October 17 |
Virginia Tech | - Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, WV (
rivalry)
| | W 27–6 | 49,115 |
[8] |
October 24 | at No. 1
Penn State | | | L 7–30 | 85,012 |
[9] |
October 31 |
East Carolina | - Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, WV
| | W 20–3 | 41,364 |
[10] |
November 7 |
Temple | - Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, WV
| | W 24–19 | 40,342 |
[11] |
November 14 |
Rutgers | - Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, WV
| | W 20–3 | 44,395 |
[12] |
November 21 | at
Syracuse | |
ABC | L 24–27 | 33,117 |
[13] |
December 31 | vs.
Florida | |
CBS | W 26–6 | 37,582 |
[14] |
- Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to the game
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Roster
1981 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster
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Players
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Coaches
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
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Injured
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Redshirt
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References
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"Cavs grounded". The Times & World-News. September 13, 1981. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Terps struggle again, lose to West Virginia". The Charlotte Observer. September 20, 1981. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"West Virginia romps 49–3". The Times Recorder. September 27, 1981. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"West Virginia rolls to 4–0, crushes Boston College". The News and Advance. October 4, 1981. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Undefeated West Virginia knocks off Boston College". Tallahassee Democrat. October 4, 1981. p. 4F – via
Newspapers.com.
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"West Virginia 38, Boston College 10". St. Petersburg Times. October 4, 1981. p. 8C – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Pitt shelves air attack, wins, 17–0". The Miami Herald. October 11, 1981. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Virginia Tech gets lesson in Luck, 27–6". The Pittsburgh Press. October 18, 1981. Retrieved December 16, 2021 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Warner substitute leads Penn State past W. Va". Sunday News Journal. October 25, 1981. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"W. Virginia gets by East Carolina, 20–3". The Pittsburgh Press. November 1, 1981. Retrieved March 4, 2021 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"W. Va.'s Luck good; Owls' bad". The Courier-Post. November 8, 1981. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"West Virginia rips sputtering Scarlet". The Home News. November 15, 1981. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Syracuse, 4–6, upsets W. Va., 8–3". The Sunday News. November 22, 1981. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"West Virginia too much for Florida in Peach". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. January 1, 1982. Retrieved November 2, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com.
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