1997 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

1997 West Virginia Mountaineers football

Carquest Bowl, L 30–35 vs. Georgia Tech
Conference	Big East Conference
1997 record	7–5 (4–3 Big East)
Head coach	Don Nehlen
Home stadium	Mountaineer Field (Capacity: 63,500)

1997 Big East football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#21 Syracuse $		6	–	1		9	–	4
#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		4	–	8
Rutgers		0	–	7		0	–	11

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	12:00 PM	Marshall*		Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, West Virginia (Friends of Coal Bowl)	ESPN Plus	W 42–31	65,492
September 6	12:30 PM	East Carolina*		Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, West Virginia	ESPN	W 24–17	51,143
September 13	12:00 PM	at Boston College		Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	ESPN	L 24–31	39,200
September 27	3:30 PM	at Miami (FL)		Miami Orange Bowl • Miami	CBS	W 28–17	39,270
October 4	12:00 PM	Rutgers		Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, West Virginia	ESPN+	W 48–0	51,737
October 11	1:00 PM	at Maryland*		Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland (Rivalry)		W 31–14	31,210
October 25	3:30 PM	No. 19 Virginia Tech	No. 21	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, West Virginia (Black Diamond Trophy)	CBS	W 30–17	63,649
November 1	7:30 PM	at Syracuse	No. 17	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, New York (Ben Schwartzwalder Trophy)	ESPN	L 10–40	49,273
November 15	1:00 PM	Temple		Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, West Virginia		W 41–21	37,061
November 22	2:30 PM	at Notre Dame*	No. 22	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana	NBC	L 14–21	80,225
November 28	2:30 PM	Pittsburgh		Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, West Virginia (Backyard Brawl)	CBS	L 38–41 ^3OT	48,044
December 29	7:30 PM	vs. Georgia Tech		Pro Player Stadium • Miami Gardens, Florida (Carquest Bowl)	TBS	L 30–35	28,262
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

↑ "WVU 1997 Schedule". The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved June 21, 2012.

West Virginia Mountaineers football

Venues	Mountaineer Field (1924–1979) Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium (1980–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Marshall Maryland Penn State Pittsburgh Syracuse Virginia Tech

Culture & lore	The Mountaineer Marching band "Take Me Home, Country Roads"

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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