1981_West_Virginia_Mountaineers_football_team

1981 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

1981 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

American college football season


The 1981 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 89th overall season and they competed as a Division I-A Independent. The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his second year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of nine wins and three losses (9–3 overall) and with a victory over Florida in the Peach Bowl.

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References

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  2. "Terps struggle again, lose to West Virginia". The Charlotte Observer. September 20, 1981. Retrieved January 28, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "West Virginia romps 49–3". The Times Recorder. September 27, 1981. Retrieved January 28, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "West Virginia rolls to 4–0, crushes Boston College". The News and Advance. October 4, 1981. Retrieved January 28, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Undefeated West Virginia knocks off Boston College". Tallahassee Democrat. October 4, 1981. p. 4F via Newspapers.com.
  6. "West Virginia 38, Boston College 10". St. Petersburg Times. October 4, 1981. p. 8C via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Pitt shelves air attack, wins, 17–0". The Miami Herald. October 11, 1981. Retrieved January 28, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Virginia Tech gets lesson in Luck, 27–6". The Pittsburgh Press. October 18, 1981. Retrieved December 16, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Warner substitute leads Penn State past W. Va". Sunday News Journal. October 25, 1981. Retrieved January 28, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "W. Virginia gets by East Carolina, 20–3". The Pittsburgh Press. November 1, 1981. Retrieved March 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "W. Va.'s Luck good; Owls' bad". The Courier-Post. November 8, 1981. Retrieved January 28, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  12. "West Virginia rips sputtering Scarlet". The Home News. November 15, 1981. Retrieved January 28, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Syracuse, 4–6, upsets W. Va., 8–3". The Sunday News. November 22, 1981. Retrieved January 28, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  14. "West Virginia too much for Florida in Peach". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. January 1, 1982. Retrieved November 2, 2023 via Newspapers.com.

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