1996 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

The 1996 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 104th overall and 6th season as a member of the Big East Conference (Big East). The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his 17th year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and four losses (8–4 overall, 4–3 in the Big East) and with a loss in the Gator Bowl against North Carolina.

1996 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Gator Bowl, L 13–20 vs. North Carolina
ConferenceBig East Conference
1996 record8–4 (4–3 Big East)
Head coach
Home stadiumMountaineer Field
(Capacity: 63,500)
1996 Big East Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 13 Virginia Tech +  6 1     10 2  
No. 14 Miami (FL) +  6 1     9 3  
No. 21 Syracuse +  6 1     9 3  
West Virginia  4 3     8 4  
Pittsburgh  3 4     4 7  
Boston College  2 5     5 7  
Rutgers  1 6     2 9  
Temple  0 7     1 10  
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:30 p.m.at PittsburghESPNW 34–054,612
September 7NoonWestern Michigan*ESPN+W 34–947,938
September 14NoonEast Carolina*
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, West Virginia
ESPN+W 10–950,129
September 217:00 p.m.at Purdue*W 20–640,624
September 286:00 p.m.Maryland*No. 23
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, West Virginia (rivalry)
ESPN2W 13–054,542
October 53:30 p.m.Boston CollegeNo. 19
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, West Virginia
CBSW 34–1758,307
October 191:30 p.m.at TempleNo. 15W 30–1012,546
October 267:00 p.m.No. 25 Miami (FL)No. 12
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, West Virginia
ESPNL 7–1066,948
November 23:30 p.m.SyracuseNo. 18
CBSL 7–3056,312
November 9Noonat RutgersW 55–1421,024
November 23Noonat No. 17 Virginia TechNo. 23ESPN2L 14–3150,086
January 112:30 p.m.vs. No. 12 North CarolinaNo. 25CBSL 13–2052,103
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1996 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 8 Chad Johnston Sr
QB 10 Marc Bulger Fr
QB 17 Ja'Juan Seider Fr
RB 20 Amos Zereoue Fr
TE 82 Anthony Becht Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 23 Mike Logan Sr
LB 57 Gary Stills So
DT 78 Henry Slay So
LB 91 Bernard Russ Sr
DT 92 John Thornton So
LB 98 Kevin Landolt So
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

References

  1. "WVU 1996 Schedule". The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on 2012-04-06. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
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