2008 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
| 2008 West Virginia Mountaineers football | |
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Meineke Car Care Bowl champion
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Meineke Car Care Bowl, W 31–30 vs. North Carolina
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| Conference | Big East Conference |
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| AP | No. 23 |
| 2008 record | 9–4 (5–2 Big East) |
| Head coach | Bill Stewart |
| Offensive coordinator | Jeff Mullen |
| Offensive scheme | Spread |
| Defensive coordinator | Jeff Casteel |
| Base defense | 3–3–5 |
| Home stadium |
Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium (Capacity: 60,000) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #17 Cincinnati $ | 6 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 5 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #23 West Virginia | 5 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 3 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Florida | 2 | – | 5 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 1 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 1 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scoring summary | ||||
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| Q1 |
5:11
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SYR | Shadle 26 yard field goal | SYR 3–0 |
| Q2 |
7:39
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WVU | Sanders 12 yard pass from Brown (McAfee kick) | WVU 7–3 |
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1:03
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SYR | Shadle 53 yard field goal | WVU 7–6 |
| Q4 |
11:41
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WVU | McAfee 33 yard field goal | WVU 10–6 |
| Q4 |
4:16
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WVU | Devine 92 yard run (McAfee kick) | WVU 17–6 |
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| Scoring summary | ||||
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| Q1 |
2:05
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AUB | Byrum 19 yard field goal | AUB 3–0 |
| Q2 |
13:25
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AUB | Lester 16 yard pass from Burns (Byrum kick) | AUB 10–0 |
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10:58
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WVU | McAfee 23 yard field goal | AUB 10–3 |
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10:20
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AUB | Burns 9 yard run (Byrum kick) | AUB 17–3 |
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6:37
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WVU | Arnett 44 yard pass from White (McAfee kick) | AUB 17–10 |
| Q3 |
10:45
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WVU | McAfee 42 yard field goal | AUB 17–13 |
| Q3 |
4:06
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WVU | Jalloh 2 yard pass from White (McAfee kick) | WVU 20–17 |
| Q4 |
11:44
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WVU | Jalloh 32 yard pass from White (McAfee kick) | WVU 27–17 |
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2:26
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WVU | Devine 30 yard run (McAfee kick) | WVU 34–17 |
The 2008 West Virginia Mountaineers football team competed on behalf of West Virginia University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Bill Stewart, who took over after he led the Mountaineers to a 2008 Fiesta Bowl victory over the #3 Oklahoma Sooners as the interim head coach after the departure of former head coach Rich Rodriguez. The team finished the season with a 9–4 record and a win over North Carolina in the Meineke Car Care Bowl.
Head coach Bill Stewart is the Mountaineers 32nd head coach in school history. He returns defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel and defensive line coach Bill Kirelawich. His new hirings are associate head coach, recruiting coordinator, fullback, and tight ends coach Doc Holliday, assistant head coach and safeties coach Steve Dunlap, running backs coach Chris Beatty, offensive line coach Dave Johnson, and cornerbacks coach David Lockwood. Jeff Mullen, former quarterbacks coach at Wake Forest, was announced as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. The receivers coach was named on January 29, Lonnie Galloway, the receivers coach from Appalachian State.
The Gold & Blue Spring Game was held on Saturday, April 19, 2008, at Mountaineer Field. A record crowd of over 25,000 fans attended as the Gold defeated the Blue 59–15. Kicker Pat McAfee was four-for-four on field goals with a long of 47 yards, and starting quarterback Pat White and backup Jarrett Brown both had touchdown passes. Brown also had a four-yard touchdown run and two backup kickers hit a field goal each. The defense recorded six sacks in total, and walk-on linebacker Najee Good led all tacklers with 10 tackles. Sophomore linebacker Pat Lazear had the only interception on the game off of a White pass. Backup runningback led all ballcarriers with 54 yards on 17 carries while sophomore Brandon Hogan led all receivers with 49 yards on 6 catches.
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