| Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Sat., Sept. 3 | Bowling Green | W, 62-14 |
| Sat., Sept. 10 | Cal-Fullerton | W, 45-10 |
| Sat., Sept. 17 | Maryland | W, 55-24 |
| Sat., Sept. 24 | at #18 Pitt | W, 31-10 |
| Sat., Oct. 1 | at Virginia Tech | W, 22-10 |
| Sat., Oct. 8 | at East Carolina | W, 30-10 |
| Sat., Oct. 22 | Boston College | W, 59-19 |
| Sat., Oct. 29 | Penn State | W, 51-30 |
| Sat., Nov. 5 | at Cincinnati | W, 51-13 |
| Sat., Nov. 12 | at Rutgers | W, 35-25 |
| Sat., Nov. 19 | #14 Syracuse | W, 31-9 |
| Mon., Jan. 2 | vs. #1 Notre Dame (Fiesta Bowl) | L, 21-34 |
| Date | Opponent | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Sat., Sept. 1 | Western Michigan | W, 62-24 |
| Sat., Sept. 8 | at Marshall | W, 48-23 |
| Thurs., Sept. 13 | at Maryland | W, 31-14 |
| Sat., Sept. 22 | East Carolina | W, 48-7 |
| Fri., Sept. 28 | at #18 South Florida* | L, 13-21 |
| Sat., Oct. 6 | at Syracuse* | W, 55-14 |
| Sat., Oct. 20 | Mississippi State | W, 38-13 |
| Sat., Oct. 27 | at #25 Rutgers* | W, 31-3 |
| Thurs., Nov. 8 | Louisville* | W, 38-31 |
| Sat., Nov. 17 | at #21 Cincinnati* | W, 28-23 |
| Sat., Nov. 24 | #20 Connecticut* | W, 66-21 |
| Sat., Dec. 1 | Pitt* | L, 9-13 |
| Wed., Jan. 2 | vs. #3 Oklahoma (Fiesta Bowl) | W, 48-28 |
Coach Don Nehlen, the winningest football coach in WVU history, served as Mountaineer coach from 1980-2000, posting a 149-93-4 record in Morgantown. One of the five winningest coaches in the nation at the time of his retirement, Nehlen's career record of 202-138-8 (including nine seasons as head coach at Bowling Green from 1968-76) made him one of only 17 coaches in NCAA history to record 200 wins.
Taking WVU to 13 bowls and 17 winning seasons, Nehlen coached 15 first team All-Americans, 82 all-conference players, six first team Academic All-Americans and 80 players who went on to professional football. He received coach of the year honors from Kodak, AFCA, Bobby Dodd Award, Walter Camp, Scripps-Howard, Playboy, Woody Hayes Award, Joseph Sheehan Award and was the unanimous choice as the 1993 BIG EAST coach of the year.
In 1997, Nehlen served as president of the 10,000-member American Football Coaches Association, the culmination of a career that saw him on the AFCA's Board of Trustees, chair of the College Football Association's coaches committee and a nominator for the College Footbal Hall of Fame. After quarterbacking Bowling Green to a MAC championship, Nehlen began his coaching career in 1958 at Mansfield (Ohio) High School. He served as head coach at Canton South and Canton McKinley Highs, and was an assistant coach at Cincinnati, Bowling Green and Michigan. His last game as a head coach was a 49-38 win over Ole Miss in the 2000 Music City Bowl.
A member of the Mid-American Conference, Bowling Green and Gator Bowl halls of fame, Nehlen has a bachelor's degree (1958) from Bowling Green and a master's (1966) from Kent State. A native of Canton, Ohio, he and his wife Merry Ann have two children - Dan and Vicky - and five grandchildren.
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Rich Rodriguez spent seven years as head coach at West Virginia from 2001-07 and transformed the Mountaineers into one of the top programs in college football during that time.
At West Virginia, Rodriguez led WVU to six bowl games, including three BCS bowls, four Big East championships, three Top-10 national finishes and eight or more wins in all but one year.
Rodriguez was the first coach to lead WVU to three straight double-digit win seasons.
His top seasons came in 2005 when the Mountaineers finished 11-1, won the Big East and defeated SEC Champion Georgia in the Sugar Bowl; in 2006 when WVU was 11-2 and defeated Georgia Tech in the Gator Bowl and in 2007 when West Virginia won 11 games.
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