1995 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

The 1995 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 103rd overall and 5th season as a member of the Big East Conference (Big East). The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his 16th year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall, 4–3 in the Big East).

1995 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceBig East Conference
1995 record5–6 (4–3 Big East)
Head coach
Home stadiumMountaineer Field
(Capacity: 63,500)
1995 Big East Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 10 Virginia Tech +  6 1     10 2  
No. 20 Miami (FL) +  6 1     8 3  
No. 19 Syracuse  5 2     9 3  
West Virginia  4 3     5 6  
Boston College  4 3     4 8  
Rutgers  2 5     4 7  
Temple  1 6     1 10  
Pittsburgh  0 7     2 9  
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 2NoonPurdue*No. 23BENL 24–2660,876
September 9NoonTemple
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
BENW 24–1353,024
September 167:00 p.m.at Maryland*L 17–3148,055
September 231:00 p.m.Kent State*
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 45–646,624
September 30Noonat East Carolina*L 20–2334,108
October 14Noonat Boston CollegeBENW 31–1944,500
October 21Noonat SyracuseBENL 0–2248,880
October 28NoonVirginia Tech
BENL 0–2759,819
November 4NoonRutgers
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 59–2642,642
November 184:00 p.m.at No. 25 Miami (FL)L 12–1743,409
November 244:00 p.m.Pittsburgh
ESPNW 21–038,795

Roster

1995 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 8 Chad Johnston Jr
TE 82 Lovett Purnell Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 23 Mike Logan Jr
CB 32 Aaron Beasley Sr
LB 91 Bernard Russ Jr
DT 92 Henry Slay So
DT 93 John Browning Sr
DT 96 John Thornton Fr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

References

  1. "WVU 1995 Schedule". The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on 2010-12-02. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
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