The 1992 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 100th overall and 2nd season as a member of the Big East Conference (Big East). The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his 13th year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of five wins, four losses and two ties (5–4–2 overall, 2–3–1 in the Big East).
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Conference | Big East Conference |
Record | 5–4–2 (2–3–1 Big East) |
Head coach |
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Defensive coordinator | Steve Dunlap (1st season) |
Home stadium | Mountaineer Field (Capacity: 63,500) |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Miami (FL) | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Syracuse | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 21 Boston College | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia Tech | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 5 | 5:00 p.m. | Miami (OH)* | T 29–29 | 45,418 | [1] | |||
September 12 | 12:00 p.m. | at Pittsburgh | BEN | W 44–6 | 41,723 | [2] | ||
September 19 | 1:00 p.m. | Maryland* |
| W 34–33 | 55,727 | [3] | ||
September 26 | 1:00 p.m. | at Virginia Tech | W 16–7 | 51,211 | [4] | |||
October 3 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 22 Boston College |
| BEN | T 24–24 | 55,634 | [5] | |
October 17 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 14 Syracuse | No. 24 |
| BEN | L 17–20 | 52,627 | [6] |
October 24 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 14 Penn State* |
| ABC | L 26–40 | 66,663 | [7] | |
October 31 | 7:30 p.m. | at No. 1 Miami (FL) | ESPN | L 23–35 | 51,246 | [8] | ||
November 7 | 1:00 p.m. | East Carolina* |
| W 41–28 | 41,139 | [9] | ||
November 14 | 12:00 p.m. | at Rutgers | BEN | L 9–13 | 22,295 | [10] | ||
November 21 | 1:00 p.m. | Louisiana Tech* |
| W 23–3 | 27,751 | [11] | ||
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Roster
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Offense
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| Special teams
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