West Virginia Mountaineers football
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| First season | 1891 | ||
| Athletic director | Shane Lyons | ||
| Head coach |
Dana Holgorsen 6th year, 46–31 (.597) |
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| Other staff | Tony Gibson (DC) | ||
| Stadium | Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium | ||
| Year built | 1980 | ||
| Seating capacity | 60,000 | ||
| Field surface | FieldTurf | ||
| Location | Morgantown, West Virginia | ||
| NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
| Conference | Big 12 | ||
| Past conferences |
Independent (1891–24, 1928–49, 1968–90) WVIAC (1925–27) SoCon (1950–67) Big East (1991–2011) |
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| All-time record | 737–485–45 (.599) | ||
| Bowl record | 15–20 (.429) | ||
| Conference titles | 15 SoCon: 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1964, 1965, 1967 Big East: 1993, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011 |
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| Consensus All-Americans | 11 | ||
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| Colors | Blue and Old gold |
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| Fight song | Hail, West Virginia | ||
| Mascot | The Mountaineer | ||
| Marching band | The Pride of West Virginia | ||
| Outfitter | Nike | ||
| Rivals |
Pittsburgh Panthers Virginia Tech Hokies Syracuse Orange Maryland Terrapins Penn State Nittany Lions |
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| Website | WVUSports.com | ||
The West Virginia Mountaineers football team represents West Virginia University (also referred to as "WVU" or "West Virginia") in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of college football. Dana Holgorsen is WVU's current head coach, the 33rd in the program's history. West Virginia plays its home games on Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium on the campus of West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. The Mountaineers compete in the Big 12 Conference.
With a 737–485–45 record as of the conclusion of the 2016 season, WVU ranks 14th in victories among NCAA FBS programs, as well as the most victories among those programs that never claimed nor won a National Championship. West Virginia was originally classified as a College Division school in the 1937 season, and joined the University Division, forerunner of Division I, in 1939. It has been a member of Division I FBS since 1978 (known as Division I-A until 2006). The Mountaineers have registered 82 winning seasons in their history, including one unbeaten season (10–0–1 in 1922) and nine seasons with at least ten wins (1922, 1969, 1988, 1993, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2016). The Mountaineers have won or shared a total of 15 conference championships, including eight Southern Conference titles and seven Big East Conference titles.
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