1992 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

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).

1992 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record5–4–2 (2–3–1 Big East)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorSteve Dunlap (1st season)
Home stadiumMountaineer Field
(Capacity: 63,500)
Seasons
← 1991
1993 →
1992 Big East Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Miami (FL)4001110
No. 6 Syracuse6101020
Rutgers420740
No. 21 Boston College211831
West Virginia231542
Pittsburgh130390
Virginia Tech140281
Temple0601100
  • The Big East did not crown an official champion until 1993 when full league play began.
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 55:00 p.m.Miami (OH)*T 29–2945,418[1]
September 1212:00 p.m.at PittsburghBENW 44–641,723[2]
September 191:00 p.m.Maryland*
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
W 34–3355,727[3]
September 261:00 p.m.at Virginia TechW 16–751,211[4]
October 312:00 p.m.No. 22 Boston College
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
BENT 24–2455,634[5]
October 1712:00 p.m.No. 14 SyracuseNo. 24
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
BENL 17–2052,627[6]
October 243:30 p.m.No. 14 Penn State*
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
ABCL 26–4066,663[7]
October 317:30 p.m.at No. 1 Miami (FL)ESPNL 23–3551,246[8]
November 71:00 p.m.East Carolina*
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 41–2841,139[9]
November 1412:00 p.m.at RutgersBENL 9–1322,295[10]
November 211:00 p.m.Louisiana Tech*
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 23–327,751[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

1992 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR5Ed HillJr
QB14Darren StudstillJr
WR15James JettSr
QB17Jake KelchnerJr
WR18Jay KearneyJr
RB42Adrian MurrellSr
G, C77Mike ComptonSr
OT78Rich BrahamJr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB22Harold KiddSo
DB23Kwame SmithSr
DB24Tommy OrrJr
DB25Mike CollinsJr
CB31Aaron BeasleyFr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P16Todd SauerbrunSo
P13Mike VanderjagtSr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

References