1998 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

1998 West Virginia Mountaineers football
1998 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Insight.com Bowl, L 31–34 vs. Missouri
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	8–4 (5–2 Big East)
Head coach	Don Nehlen (19th season);
Offensive coordinator	Dan Simrell (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Steve Dunlap (7th season)
Home stadium	Mountaineer Field; (Capacity: 63,500)
	Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 106th overall and 8th season as a member of the Big East Conference (Big East). The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his 19th year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and four losses (8–4 overall, 5–2 in the Big East) and with a loss against Missouri in the Insight.com Bowl.

1998 Big East Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 25 Syracuse $	6	–	1	8	–	4
No. 20 Miami (FL)	5	–	2	9	–	3
No. 23 Virginia Tech	5	–	2	9	–	3
West Virginia	5	–	2	8	–	4
Boston College	3	–	4	4	–	7
Rutgers	2	–	5	5	–	6
Temple	2	–	5	2	–	9
Pittsburgh	0	–	7	2	–	9

$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	7:00 p.m.	No. 1 Ohio State*	No. 11	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, West Virginia	CBS	L 17–34	68,409
September 19	6:00 p.m.	Maryland*	No. 19	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, West Virginia (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 42–20	52,279
September 26	Noon	Tulsa*	No. 19	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, West Virginia	MSN	W 44–21	48,819
October 3	Noon	at Navy*	No. 16	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, Maryland	FSN	W 45–24	36,009
October 10	Noon	at Temple	No. 16	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia	ESPN+	W 37–7	14,851
October 24	3:30 p.m.	Miami (FL)	No. 13	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, West Virginia	CBS	L 31–34	60,081
October 31	Noon	at No. 20 Virginia Tech	No. 21	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, Virginia (Black Diamond Trophy)	ESPN+	L 13–27	52,807
November 7	7:30 p.m.	No. 15 Syracuse		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, West Virginia (Ben Schwartzwalder Trophy)	ESPN	W 35–28	54,655
November 14	Noon	at Rutgers		Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey	ESPN+	W 28–14	26,740
November 21	Noon	Boston College		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, West Virginia	ESPN	W 35–10	40,573
November 27	2:30 p.m.	at Pittsburgh		Three Rivers Stadium Pittsburgh (Backyard Brawl)	CBS	W 52–14	42,254
December 26	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 23 Missouri*		Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona (Insight.com Bowl)	ESPN	L 31–34	36,147
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

1998 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`1`	Jerry Porter	Jr
QB	`4`	Marc Bulger	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class