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The 1980 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 88th overall season and they competed as a Division I-A Independent. The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his first year, and played their home games at their new stadium, Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of six wins and six losses (6–6 overall).
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 6 | Cincinnati | | W 41–27 | 50,150 | [1] |
September 13 | at Colorado State | | W 52–24 | 23,972 | [2] |
September 20 | Maryland | - Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
| L 11–14 | 48,038 | [3] |
September 27 | Richmond | - Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, WV
| W 31–28 | 40,847 | [4] |
October 4 | Virginia![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, WV
| W 45–21 | 45,088 | [5] |
October 11 | at Hawaii | | L 13–16 | 41,889 | [6] |
October 18 | at No. 11 Pittsburgh | | L 14–42 | 55,130 | [7] |
October 25 | No. 13 Penn State | - Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
| L 15–20 | 49,194 | [8] |
November 1 | at Virginia Tech | | L 11–34 | 45,200 | [9] |
November 8 | at Temple | | W 41–28 | 14,995 | [10] |
November 15 | at Rutgers | | W 24–15 | 16,400 | [11] |
November 22 | Syracuse | - Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
| L 7–20 | 34,441 | [12] |
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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1980 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster
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Players
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Coaches
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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Curt Carion
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Sr
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- Head coach
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- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
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- ^ "Mountaineers put Evil 'I' on UC, 41–27". The Cincinnati Enquirer. September 7, 1980. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "West Virginia has way too much for CSU". The Daily Sentinel. September 14, 1980. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wysocki and Terps sock WVU, 14–11". The Pittsburgh Press. September 21, 1980. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "WVU comes up big, nips Spiders, 31–28". The Pittsburgh Press. September 28, 1980. Retrieved October 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "'Explosive' defense paces WVU, 45–21". The Pittsburgh Press. October 5, 1980. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Asmus kicks in UH upset special". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. October 12, 1980. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pitt rips West Virginia". The Anniston Star. October 19, 1980. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Penn State uses interception to tip W. Va., 20–15". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 26, 1980. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Turkey trot by Gobblers steams Nehlen". The Pittsburgh Press. November 2, 1980. Retrieved December 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "WVU topples Temple by using a lot of Luck". The Pittsburgh Press. November 9, 1980. Retrieved August 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "West Virginia stops Rutgers to end any hopes at bowl bid". Asbury Park Press. November 16, 1980. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "West Virginia loses". The Roanoke Times & World-News. November 23, 1980. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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