American college football season
The 2015 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Playing as a member of the Big 12 Conference (Big 12), the team was led by head coach Dana Holgorsen, in his fifth year. West Virginia played its home games at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season 8–5, 4–5 in Big 12 play to finish in a three way tie for fifth place. They were invited to the Cactus Bowl where they defeated Arizona State
Schedule
West Virginia announced their 2015 football schedule on November 19, 2014. The 2015 schedule consist of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Mountaineers will host Big 12 foes Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Texas, and Texas Tech. West Virginia will travel to Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, and TCU.[1]
The Mountaineers hosted all three non conference games against Georgia Southern, Liberty and also hosted rival Maryland.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 5 | 7:30 p.m. | Georgia Southern* | | | FSN | W 44–0 | 55,182 |
September 12 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 15 (FCS) Liberty* | | - Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, WV
| RTPT | W 41–17 | 52,899 |
September 26 | 3:00 p.m. | Maryland* | | | FS1 | W 45–6 | 61,174 |
October 3 | Noon | at No. 5 Oklahoma | No. 23 | | FS1 | L 24–44 | 84,384 |
October 10 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 21 Oklahoma State | | | ESPN2 | L 26–33 OT | 60,410 |
October 17 | Noon | at No. 2 Baylor | | | FOX | L 38–62 | 45,370 |
October 29 | 7:30 p.m. | at No. 5 TCU | | | FS1 | L 10–40 | 45,947 |
November 7 | Noon | Texas Tech | | - Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, WV
| FS1 | W 31–26 | 54,932 |
November 14 | Noon | Texas | | | ESPNU | W 38–20 | 56,736 |
November 21 | Noon | at Kansas | | | FSN | W 49–0 | 21,415 |
November 28 | Noon | Iowa State | | - Mountaineer Field
- Morgantown, WV
| FS1 | W 30–6 | 42,446 |
December 5 | 4:30 p.m. | at Kansas State | | | FS1 | L 23–24 | 52,918 |
January 2, 2016 | 10:45 p.m. | vs. Arizona State* | | | ESPN | W 43–42 | 39,321 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game
- All times are in Eastern time
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- Schedule Source:[2]
Game summaries
Georgia Southern
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mountaineers | 10 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 44 |
Liberty
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Flames | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
Mountaineers | 6 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 41 |
Maryland
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Terrapins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Mountaineers | 21 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 45 |
Oklahoma
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#23 Mountaineers | 0 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 24 |
#15 Sooners | 7 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 44 |
Oklahoma State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
#21 Cowboys | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 33 |
Mountaineers | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 26 |
Baylor
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Mountaineers | 7 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
#2 Bears | 17 | 10 | 21 | 14 | 62 |
TCU
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Mountaineers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
#5 Horned Frogs | 17 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 40 |
Texas Tech
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Red Raiders | 7 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 26 |
Mountaineers | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
Texas
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Longhorns | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
Mountaineers | 7 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 38 |
Kansas
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Mountaineers | 28 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 49 |
Jayhawks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Iowa State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Cyclones | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Mountaineers | 7 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 30 |
Kansas State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Mountaineers | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
Wildcats | 0 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 24 |
Arizona State–Cactus Bowl
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Mountaineers | 9 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 43 |
Sun Devils | 3 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 42 |
Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
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AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | 23 | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | — | — |
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Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | 21 | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | — | RV |
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CFP | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |
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References
- ^ "2015 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED" (Press release). West Virginia Athletics. November 19, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
- ^ "2015 West Virginia Mountaineers Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
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