1975 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

The 1975 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. This was Bobby Bowden's final season as head coach of West Virginia, before moving to Florida State the next season. West Virginia won the Peach Bowl game against NC State, to finish the season with a record of 9–3. They were ranked 17 in the final Coaches Poll and 20 in the final AP Poll.

1975 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Peach Bowl champion
Peach Bowl, W 13–10 vs. NC State
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 17
APNo. 20
Record9–3
Head coach
Home stadiumOld Mountaineer Field (38,000)
Seasons
← 1974
1976 →
1975 NCAA Division I independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Rutgers  920
No. 10 Penn State  930
No. 20 West Virginia  930
Notre Dame  830
Virginia Tech  830
No. 15 Pittsburgh  840
Boston College  740
Georgia Tech  740
Memphis State  740
Navy  740
North Texas State  740
Southern Miss  740
South Carolina  750
Colgate  640
Cincinnati  650
Hawaii  650
Syracuse  650
Temple  650
Utah State  650
Indiana State  550
Dayton  560
Northeast Louisiana  461
Tulane  470
Villanova  470
Florida State  380
Air Force  281
Houston  280
Miami (FL)  280
Army  290
Marshall  290
Southern Illinois  191
Holy Cross  1100
Louisville  1100
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 13TempleW 50–732,271[1]
September 20at CaliforniaNo. 20W 28–1023,375[2]
September 27Boston CollegeNo. 14
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 35–1834,023[3]
October 4at SMUNo. 11W 28–2227,665[4]
October 11at No. 9 Penn StateNo. 10L 0–3959,658[5]
October 18Tulane
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
L 14–1633,842[6]
October 25Virginia Tech
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
W 10–729,670[7]
November 1Kent State
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 38–1330,160[8][9]
November 8No. 20 Pittsburgh
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
ABCW 17–1435,298[10]
November 15at RichmondW 31–1316,500[11]
November 22at SyracuseL 19–2015,336[12]
December 31vs. NC StateMizlouW 13–1045,134[13]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1975 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR12Tommy BowdenJr
RB24Artie OwensSr
OT79David Van HalangerSr
TE80Ben McDaySo
TE82Robin MeeleyFr
OL75Steve EarleyJr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB18Tom FlorenceSr
DB20Leon CarterJr
DB22Tom PridemoreSo
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References