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The West Virginia Mountaineers college football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the West Virginia University in the Big 12 Conference (Big 12). Since the establishment of the team in 1891, West Virginia University has appeared in 41 bowl games. [1]
0–9. 1922 San Diego East-West Christmas Classic; 1938 Sun Bowl; 1949 Sun Bowl; 1954 Sugar Bowl; 1964 Liberty Bowl; 1969 Peach Bowl; 1972 Peach Bowl; 1975 Peach Bowl
This was West Virginia's fourth straight bowl appearance and first Bluebonnet Bowl. They started off well, winning their first three games and at one point ranked 12th in the polls before losing their last three games. TCU improved seven games from last season under Wacker in his second season, in their first bowl appearance since 1965.
West Virginia’s Thornton Jalen (87) consoles North Carolina’s Kaimon Rucker (25) following the Mountaineers’ 30-10 victory in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl on Wednesday, December 27, 2023 at Bank ...
The 1992 game was the final head coaching appearance of 2001 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Grant Teaff of Baylor; his Bears won 20–15 over Arizona. [11] The 1994 game was voted the greatest Sun Bowl ever played, and included four touchdowns by Priest Holmes, as Texas defeated North Carolina, 35–31. [8]
Despite losing its bowl game, West Virginia finished with a 9–4 record and was ranked in both the final Coaches (No. 20) and AP (No. 25) polls for the first time since 1993. The momentum generated from the 2002 campaign was short-lived as the Mountaineers stumbled to a 1–4 record early in the 2003 season.
Since 2012, West Virginia has competed as a member of Big 12 Conference. Through the 2022 season, West Virginia has compiled an official overall record of 769 wins, 513 losses, 45 ties and has appeared in 39 bowl games, with its most recent appearance coming in the 2021 Guaranteed Rate Bowl. This is a list of their annual results. [3] [4]
The 1989 Sunkist Fiesta Bowl, played on Monday, January 2, was the 18th edition of the Fiesta Bowl. It featured the top-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the third-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers. With both teams undefeated, the Fiesta Bowl was the stage for the "national championship" for the second time in three