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Included in these games are four appearances in the Peach Bowl, three appearances in the Sugar Bowl, two in the Fiesta Bowl and one in the Orange Bowl. [1] [2] Throughout the history of the program, eleven separate coaches have led the Mountaineers to bowl games with Don Nehlen having the most appearances (13). West Virginia's overall bowl ...
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.
The West Virginia University Mountaineer Marching Band is nicknamed "The Pride of West Virginia". The 390-member band performs at every home football game and makes several local and national appearances throughout the year. The band was the recipient of the prestigious Sudler Trophy in 1997.
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.
1972 Peach Bowl; 1975 Peach Bowl; 1981 Peach Bowl (December) 1982 Gator Bowl; 1983 Hall of Fame Classic; 1984 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl; 1987 Sun Bowl; 1989 Fiesta Bowl; 1989 Gator Bowl (December) 1994 Sugar Bowl; 1995 Carquest Bowl (January) 1997 Carquest Bowl; 1997 Gator Bowl; 1998 Insight.com Bowl; 2000 Music City Bowl; 2002 Continental Tire ...
2012 Discover Orange Bowl. The 2012 Discover Orange Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game on Wednesday, January 4, 2012, at Sun Life Stadium, now known as Hard Rock Stadium, in Miami Gardens, Florida. The West Virginia Mountaineers defeated the Clemson Tigers by a score of 70–33. West Virginia tied or broke eight separate team and ...
Rankings from AP Poll. The 1993 West Virginia Mountaineers football team completed the regular season with an 11–0 (7–0 conference record) and won the school's first Big East Conference championship in the first year of round-robin play for the conference. The team traveled to the Sugar Bowl, where they lost to the Florida Gators, 41–7.
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.