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American college football season
The 1997 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented
West Virginia University in the
1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 105th overall and 7th season as a member of the
Big East Conference (Big East). The team was led by head coach
Don Nehlen, in his 18th year, and played their home games at
Mountaineer Field in
Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of seven wins and five losses (7–5 overall, 4–3 in the Big East) and with a loss in the
Carquest Bowl against
Georgia Tech.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 30 | Noon |
Marshall* | | |
ESPN+ | W 42–31 | 65,492 |
September 6 | 12:30 p.m. |
East Carolina* | | - Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, West Virginia
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ESPN | W 24–17 | 51,143 |
September 13 | Noon | at
Boston College | | | ESPN | L 24–31 | 39,200 |
September 27 | 3:30 p.m. | at
Miami (FL) | | |
CBS | W 28–17 | 39,270 |
October 4 | Noon |
Rutgers | | - Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, West Virginia
| ESPN+ | W 48–0 | 51,737 |
October 11 | 1:00 p.m. | at
Maryland* | | | | W 31–14 | 31,210 |
October 25 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 19
Virginia Tech | No. 21 | | CBS | W 30–17 | 63,649 |
November 1 | 7:30 p.m. | at
Syracuse | No. 17 | | ESPN | L 10–40 | 49,273 |
November 15 | 1:00 p.m. |
Temple | | - Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, West Virginia
| | W 41–21 | 37,061 |
November 22 | 2:30 p.m. | at
Notre Dame* | No. 22 | |
NBC | L 14–21 | 80,225 |
November 28 | 2:30 p.m. |
Pittsburgh | | | CBS | L 38–41 3OT | 48,044 |
December 29 | 7:30 p.m. | vs.
Georgia Tech* | | |
TBS | L 30–35 | 28,262 |
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Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Final |
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AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 21 | 17 | — | — | 22 | — | — | — | — |
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Coaches | — | | — | 24 | — | — | — | 24 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 21 | — | — | — | — |
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Personnel
1997 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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Game summaries
Marshall
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Thundering Herd |
3 |
7 | 21 | 0 |
31 |
• Mountaineers |
21 |
7 | 0 | 14 |
42 |
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | 12:30 | WVU | Gary Thompkins 7-yard blocked punt return (Jay Taylor kick) | WVU 7–0 |
6:04 | WVU | Amos Zereoué 10-yard run (Jay Taylor kick) | WVU 14–0 |
2:24 | MAR | Billy Malashevich 25-yard field goal | WVU 14–3 |
0:02 | WVU | Amos Zereoué 52-yard run (Jay Taylor kick) | WVU 21–3 |
| 2 | 10:51 | WVU | Curtis Keaton 11-yard run (Jay Taylor kick) | WVU 28–3 |
3:34 | MAR | LaVorn Colclough 24-yard pass from
Chad Pennington (Billy Malashevich kick) | WVU 28–10 |
| 3 | 13:08 | MAR |
Randy Moss 15-yard pass from Chad Pennington (Billy Malashevich kick) | WVU 28–17 |
9:24 | MAR | Llow Turner 53-yard run (Billy Malashevich kick) | WVU 28–24 |
0:35 | MAR | Randy Moss 25-yard pass from Chad Pennington (Billy Malashevich kick) | MAR 31–28 |
| 4 | 11:07 | WVU | Chad Wable 15-yard pass from Marc Bulger (Jay Taylor kick) | WVU 35–31 |
7:56 | WVU | Amos Zereoué 1-yard run (Jay Taylor kick) | WVU 42–31 |
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Maryland
Virginia Tech
Syracuse
Pittsburgh
Georgia Tech (Carquest Bowl)
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