1999 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

The 1999 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 107th overall and 9th season as a member of the Big East Conference (Big East). The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his 20th year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of four wins and seven losses (4–7 overall, 3–4 in the Big East).

1999 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceBig East Conference
1999 record4–7 (3–4 Big East)
Head coach
Home stadiumMountaineer Field
(Capacity: 63,500)
1999 Big East Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 2 Virginia Tech $  7 0     11 1  
No. 15 Miami (FL)  6 1     9 4  
Boston College  4 3     8 4  
Syracuse  3 4     7 5  
West Virginia  3 4     4 7  
Pittsburgh  2 5     5 6  
Temple  2 5     2 9  
Rutgers  1 6     1 10  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 43:00 p.m.at East Carolina*ESPN2L 23–3047,860
September 11NoonMiami (OH)*ESPN+W 43–2743,799
September 18Noonat Maryland*ESPN2L 0–3333,169
September 253:30 p.m.at SyracuseCBSL 7–3044,890
October 2NoonNavy*
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
ESPN+L 28–3152,875
October 161:00 p.m.Rutgers
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 62–1644,223
October 231:00 p.m.Temple
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 20–1734,908
October 30Noonat No. 23 Miami (FL)CBSL 20–2830,310
November 63:30 p.m.No. 3 Virginia Tech
CBSL 20–2256,906
November 13Noonat Boston CollegeESPNL 17–3442,335
November 27NoonPittsburgh
ESPNW 52–2140,660
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1999 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 1 Jerry Porter Sr
QB 4 Marc Bulger Sr
WR 8 Khori Ivy Sr
RB 20 Cooper Rego So
WR 21 Pat Greene Sr
RB 22 Avon Cobourne Fr
RB, LB 34 Corey McIntyre Jr
FB 40 Wes Ours Jr
TE 81 Sean Berton Fr
TE 82 Anthony Becht Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 32 Ben Collins So
LB 33 Barrett Green Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 47 Jay Taylor Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

References

  1. "WVU 1999 Schedule". The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on 2011-09-16. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
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