1997 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

The 1997 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 105th overall and 7th season as a member of the Big East Conference (Big East). The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his 18th year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of seven wins and five losses (7–5 overall, 4–3 in the Big East) and with a loss in the Carquest Bowl against Georgia Tech.

1997 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceBig East Conference
1997 record7–5 (4–3 Big East)
Head coach
Home stadiumMountaineer Field
(Capacity: 63,500)
1997 Big East Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 21 Syracuse $  6 1     9 4  
No. 23 Virginia Tech  5 2     7 5  
West Virginia  4 3     7 5  
Pittsburgh  4 3     6 6  
Miami (FL)  3 4     5 6  
Boston College  3 4     4 7  
Temple  3 4     3 8  
Rutgers  0 7     0 11  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 30NoonMarshall*ESPN+W 42–3165,492
September 612:30 p.m.East Carolina*
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, West Virginia
ESPNW 24–1751,143
September 13Noonat Boston CollegeESPNL 24–3139,200
September 273:30 p.m.at Miami (FL)CBSW 28–1739,270
October 4NoonRutgers
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, West Virginia
ESPN+W 48–051,737
October 111:00 p.m.at Maryland*W 31–1431,210
October 253:30 p.m.No. 19 Virginia TechNo. 21
CBSW 30–1763,649
November 17:30 p.m.at SyracuseNo. 17ESPNL 10–4049,273
November 151:00 p.m.Temple
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, West Virginia
W 41–2137,061
November 222:30 p.m.at Notre Dame*No. 22NBCL 14–2180,225
November 282:30 p.m.Pittsburgh
CBSL 38–41 3OT48,044
December 297:30 p.m.vs. Georgia TechTBSL 30–3528,262

Personnel

1997 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OT 65 Sam Austin
QB 10 Marc Bulger So
C 67 Eric de Groh Jr
OG 62 Steve Ford Jr
WR 16 Shawn Foreman Jr
RB 9 Curtis Keaton
WR 80 Carlos Osegueda Fr
OT 77 Solomon Page So
OG 61 Bryan Pukenas Jr
TE 87 Chad Wable Sr
FB 34 Leroy White Sr
RB 20 Amos Zereoué So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 3 Perlo Bastien So
DE 45 Bob Baum
LB 1 Damon Cogdell
SS 33 Barrett Green So
LB 52 John Hadley Sr
LB 50 Steve Lippe Sr
DT 78 Henry Slay Sr
DE 55 Gary Stills Jr
CB 28 Nate Terry
FS 11 Gary Thompkins So
NT 96 John Thornton Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 7 Bryan Baumann Sr
K 47 Jay Taylor So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

    Game summaries

    Marshall

    1 234Total
    Thundering Herd 3 7210 31
    Mountaineers 21 7014 42
           


    [2]

    Maryland


    Virginia Tech


    Syracuse


    Pittsburgh


    Georgia Tech (Carquest Bowl)


    References

    1. "WVU 1997 Schedule". The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on 2012-05-05. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
    2. "Marshall Makes It Close". Los Angeles Times. August 31, 1997. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
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