American college football season
The2016 West Virginia Mountaineers football team representedWest Virginia University in the2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Mountaineers played as members of theBig 12 Conference (Big 12) and were led by head coachDana Holgorsen , in his sixth year. West Virginia played its home games atMountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium inMorgantown, West Virginia . 2016 was the 125th season of West Virginia football. They finished the season 10–3, 7–2 inBig 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]
The 2016 Big 12 media days were held July 18–19, 2016 inDallas, 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
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 foesBaylor ,Kansas ,Kansas State ,Oklahoma , andTCU , and will travel toIowa State ,Oklahoma State ,Texas , andTexas Tech .[ 3]
The team will play three non–conference games, two home games against theMissouri Tigers from theSoutheastern Conference (SEC) andYoungstown State Penguins from theMissouri Valley Football Conference , and one neutral site game which is against theBYU Cougars atFedExField inLandover, 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 atTexas 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 atOklahoma 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 atTexas No. 16 FS1 W 24–2096,367 November 19 8:00 p.m. No. 9Oklahoma No. 14 ABC L 28–5657,645 November 26 3:30 p.m. atIowa 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] 1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 0 3 0 8 11 Mountaineers 10 3 10 3 26
1 2 3 4 Total #20(FCS ) Penguins 0 14 0 7 21 Mountaineers 7 7 17 7 38
1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 7 6 6 13 32 Mountaineers 7 14 7 7 35
1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 7 6 3 0 16 Mountaineers 0 0 3 14 17
1 2 3 4 Total #20 Mountaineers 10 14 3 21 48 Red Raiders 7 0 3 7 17
1 2 3 4 Total Horned Frogs 3 7 0 0 10 #12 Mountaineers 14 7 10 3 34
1 2 3 4 Total #10 Mountaineers 3 7 0 10 20 Cowboys 6 14 7 10 37
1 2 3 4 Total Jayhawks 0 0 14 7 21 #14 Mountaineers 10 21 14 3 48
1 2 3 4 Total #11 Mountaineers 10 7 7 0 24 Longhorns 3 10 7 0 20
1 2 3 4 Total #8 Sooners 21 13 7 15 56 #10 Mountaineers 0 7 7 14 28
1 2 3 4 Total #19 Mountaineers 14 7 14 14 49 Cyclones 13 3 3 0 19
1 2 3 4 Total Bears 0 14 0 7 21 #14 Mountaineers 3 7 7 7 24
[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #14 Mountaineers 7 0 7 0 14 Hurricanes 0 21 10 0 31
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