2015 West Virginia Mountaineers football
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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
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 .
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
September 5 7:30 p.m. Georgia Southern* Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WV FSN W 44–0 55,182 September 12 3:00 p.m. No. 15 (FCS) Liberty* Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WV RTPT W 41–17 52,899 September 26 3:00 p.m. Maryland* Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WV (Gold Rush) (rivalry) FS1 W 45–6 61,174 October 3 Noon at No. 5 Oklahoma No. 23 Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK FS1 L 24–44 84,384 October 10 7:00 p.m. No. 21 Oklahoma State Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WV (Stripe the Stadium) ESPN2 L 26–33 OT 60,410 October 17 Noon at No. 2 Baylor McLane StadiumWaco, TX FOX L 38–62 45,370 October 29 7:30 p.m. at No. 5 TCU Amon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, TX FS1 L 10–40 45,947 November 7 Noon Texas Tech Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WV FS1 W 31–26 54,932 November 14 Noon Texas Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WV (True Blue) ESPNU W 38–20 56,736 November 21 Noon at Kansas Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS FSN W 49–0 21,415 November 28 Noon Iowa State Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WV FS1 W 30–6 42,446 December 5 4:30 p.m. at Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Football StadiumManhattan, KS FS1 L 23–24 52,918 January 2, 2016 10:45 p.m. vs. Arizona State* Chase FieldPhoenix, AZ (Cactus Bowl) ESPN W 43–42 39,321 *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to gameAll times are in Eastern time
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Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 Mountaineers 10 6 14 14 44
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Flames 0 0 7 10 17 Mountaineers 6 14 14 7 41
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Terrapins 0 0 0 6 6 Mountaineers 21 17 0 7 45
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#23 Mountaineers 0 7 17 0 24 #15 Sooners 7 17 10 10 44
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#21 Cowboys 7 10 6 3 7 33 Mountaineers 0 2 14 10 0 26
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Mountaineers 7 10 7 14 38 #2 Bears 17 10 21 14 62
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Mountaineers 0 10 0 0 10 #5 Horned Frogs 17 6 14 3 40
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Red Raiders 7 7 3 9 26 Mountaineers 7 10 7 7 31
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Longhorns 10 0 7 3 20 Mountaineers 7 14 7 10 38
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Mountaineers 28 14 7 0 49 Jayhawks 0 0 0 0 0
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Cyclones 0 6 0 0 6 Mountaineers 7 6 10 7 30
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Mountaineers 3 10 7 3 23 Wildcats 0 3 14 7 24
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Mountaineers 9 13 14 7 43 Sun Devils 3 15 14 10 42
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