1998 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

1998 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Insight.com Bowl, L 31–34 vs. Missouri
Conference Big East Conference
1998 record 8–4 (5–2 Big East)
Head coach Don Nehlen
Home stadium Mountaineer Field
(Capacity: 63,500)
1998 Big East football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#25 Syracuse $   6 – 1         8 – 4  
#20 Miami (FL)   5 – 2         9 – 3  
#23 Virginia Tech   5 – 2         9 – 3  
West Virginia   5 – 2         8 – 4  
Boston College   3 – 4         4 – 7  
Rutgers   2 – 5         5 – 6  
Temple   2 – 5         2 – 9  
Pittsburgh   0 – 7         2 – 9  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 106th overall and 8th season as a member of the Big East Conference (Big East). The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his 19th year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and four losses (8–4 overall, 5–2 in the Big East) and with a loss against Missouri in the Insight.com Bowl.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 5 7:00 PM No. 1 Ohio State* No. 11 Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV CBS L 17–34   68,409
September 19 6:00 PM Maryland* No. 19 Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV (Rivalry) ESPN2 W 42–20   52,279
September 26 12:00 PM Tulsa* No. 19 Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV ESPN+ W 44–21   48,819
October 3 12:00 PM at Navy* No. 16 Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD ESPN+ W 45–24   36,009
October 10 12:00 PM at Temple No. 16 Veterans Stadium • Philadelphia, PA W 37–7   14,851
October 24 3:30 PM Miami (FL) No. 13 Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV CBS L 31–34   60,081
October 31 12:00 PM at No. 20 Virginia Tech No. 21 Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA (Black Diamond Trophy) ESPN+ L 13–27   52,807
November 7 6:30 PM No. 15 Syracuse Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV (Ben Schwartzwalder Trophy) ESPN W 35–28   54,655
November 14 12:00 PM at Rutgers Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ W 28–14   26,740
November 21 12:00 PM Boston College Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV ESPN+ W 35–10   40,573
November 27 2:30 PM at Pittsburgh Three Rivers Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA (Backyard Brawl) CBS W 52–14   42,254
December 26 8:00 PM vs. No. 23 Missouri* Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ (Insight.com Bowl) ESPN L 31–34   36,147
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

  1. ↑ "WVU 1998 Schedule". The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
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