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American college football season
The 2016 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented
West Virginia University in the
2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Mountaineers played as members of the
Big 12 Conference (Big 12) and were led by head coach
Dana Holgorsen , in his sixth year. West Virginia played its home games at
Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in
Morgantown, West Virginia . 2016 was the 125th season of West Virginia football. They finished the season 10–3, 7–2 in
Big 12 play to finished in a tie for second place. They received an invitation to the Russell Athletic Bowl where they lost to Miami.
[1]
Preseason Big 12 media poll The 2016 Big 12 media days were held July 18–19, 2016 in
Dallas, Texas . In the Big 12 preseason media poll, West Virginia was predicted to finish seventh in the standings.
[2]
Big 12 media poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Oklahoma
258 (24)
2
TCU
222 (2)
3
Oklahoma State
202
4
Baylor
156
5
Texas
151
6
Texas Tech
141
7
West Virginia 126
8
Kansas State
88
9
Iowa State
59
10
Kansas
27
Schedule West Virginia announced its 2016 football schedule on November 24, 2015. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home, 4 away, and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Mountaineers will host Big 12 foes
Baylor ,
Kansas ,
Kansas State ,
Oklahoma , and
TCU , and will travel to
Iowa State ,
Oklahoma State ,
Texas , and
Texas Tech .
[3]
The team will play three non–conference games, two home games against the
Missouri Tigers from the
Southeastern Conference (SEC) and
Youngstown State Penguins from the
Missouri Valley Football Conference , and one neutral site game which is against the
BYU Cougars at
FedExField in
Landover, Maryland .
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3 Noon
Missouri *
FS1 W 26–1160,125 September 10 2:00 p.m. No. 20 (
FCS )
Youngstown State * Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV
RTPT W 38–2156,261 September 24 3:30 p.m. vs.
BYU *
ESPN2 W 35–3238,207 October 1 3:30 p.m.
Kansas State
ESPNU W 17–1661,701 October 15 Noon at
Texas Tech No. 20 FS1 W 48–1754,111 October 22 3:30 p.m.
TCU No. 12 Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV
ABC W 34–1061,780 October 29 Noon at
Oklahoma State No. 10
FOX L 20–3759,584 November 5 7:00 p.m.
Kansas No. 20 Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV
ESPN2 W 48–2156,343 November 12 Noon at
Texas No. 16 FS1 W 24–2096,367 November 19 8:00 p.m. No. 9
Oklahoma No. 14
ABC L 28–5657,645 November 26 3:30 p.m. at
Iowa State No. 18 FS1 W 49–1951,365 December 3 3:30 p.m.
Baylor No. 16 Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV FS1 W 24–2149,229 December 28 5:30 p.m. vs.
Miami (FL) * No. 16
ESPN L 14–3148,625
Schedule Source:
[4] Game summaries Missouri
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
0
3
0
8
11
Mountaineers
10
3
10
3
26
Youngstown State
1
2
3
4
Total
#20 (
FCS ) Penguins
0
14
0
7
21
Mountaineers
7
7
17
7
38
Vs. BYU
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
7
6
6
13
32
Mountaineers
7
14
7
7
35
Kansas State
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
7
6
3
0
16
Mountaineers
0
0
3
14
17
At Texas Tech
1
2
3
4
Total
#20 Mountaineers
10
14
3
21
48
Red Raiders
7
0
3
7
17
TCU
1
2
3
4
Total
Horned Frogs
3
7
0
0
10
#12 Mountaineers
14
7
10
3
34
At Oklahoma State
1
2
3
4
Total
#10 Mountaineers
3
7
0
10
20
Cowboys
6
14
7
10
37
Kansas
1
2
3
4
Total
Jayhawks
0
0
14
7
21
#14 Mountaineers
10
21
14
3
48
At Texas
1
2
3
4
Total
#11 Mountaineers
10
7
7
0
24
Longhorns
3
10
7
0
20
Oklahoma
1
2
3
4
Total
#8 Sooners
21
13
7
15
56
#10 Mountaineers
0
7
7
14
28
At Iowa State
1
2
3
4
Total
#19 Mountaineers
14
7
14
14
49
Cyclones
13
3
3
0
19
Baylor
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
14
0
7
21
#14 Mountaineers
3
7
7
7
24
Miami (FL) – Russell Athletic Bowl
1
2
3
4
Total
#14 Mountaineers
7
0
7
0
14
Hurricanes
0
21
10
0
31
Rankings Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
AP — RV — — RV 22 20 12 10 14 11 10 19 14 14 18
Coaches — RV RV RV RV 20 18 13 9 15 10 9 17 13 12 17
CFP Not released 20 16 14 18 16 16 Not released
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