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1979 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1979
team	West Virginia Mountaineers
sport	football
conference	Independent
record	5–6
head_coach	Frank Cignetti Sr.
hc_year	4th
def_coach	Gary Tranquill
dc_year	1st
stadium	Mountaineer Field

The 1979 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 87th overall season and they competed as a Division I-A Independent. The team was led by head coach Frank Cignetti Sr., in his fourth year, and played their final season of home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall).

Schedule

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Roster

References

(September 9, 1979). "Temple routs sloppy W. Va. in second half". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
(September 16, 1979). "Hurley hurt as Syracuse rolls to win". Democrat and Chronicle.
(September 23, 1979). "QB Smith gets Pack past WVU". Durham Sunday Herald.
(September 30, 1979). "West Virginia edges Richmond". The Daily News Leader.
(October 7, 1979). "Sub back de-claws Wildcats". The Sunday Courrier & Press.
(October 14, 1979). "West Virginia rallies by BC". Daily Press.
(October 21, 1979). "Mountaineers upset Green Wave, 27–17". The Daily Advertiser.
(October 28, 1979). "West Virginia beaten, 31–6, by Penn State". The Des Moines Register.
(November 4, 1979). "Jekyll–Hyde West Virginia rallies for 34–23 win over Virginia Tech". The Pittsburgh Press.
(November 11, 1979). "Pitt holds on to beat W. Va.". The Sunday News.
(November 18, 1979). "Arizona State rolls past West Virginia". The Arizona Republic.

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