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1996 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1996
team	West Virginia Mountaineers
sport	football
conference	Big East Conference
short_conf	Big East
record	8–4
conf_record	4–3
head_coach	Don Nehlen
hc_year	17th
off_coach	Dan Simrell
oc_year	2nd
def_coach	Steve Dunlap
dc_year	5th
stadium	Mountaineer Field
bowl	[Gator Bowl](1997-gator-bowl)
bowl_result	L 13–20 vs. [North Carolina](1996-north-carolina-tar-heels-football-team)

The 1996 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University as a member of the Big East Conference during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 17th-year head coach Don Nehlen, the Mountaineers compiled an overall record of 8–4 with a mark of 4–3 in conference play, placing fourth in the Big East. West Virginia was invited to the Gator Bowl, where the Mountaineers lost to North Carolina. The team played home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Schedule

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Rankings

Roster

References

(September 1, 1996). "WVU stomps Pitt". Indiana Gazette.
(September 8, 1996). "West Virginia rushes past Western Michigan". Detroit Free Press.
(September 15, 1996). "West Virginia wins, 10–9, after East Carolina fails on 2-point play". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(September 22, 1996). "Purdue's offense feels mountain of W. Va. pressure". The Indianapolis Star.
(September 29, 1996). "Double-zero; Mountaineers blank Maryland while keeping the loss column empty". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(October 6, 1996). "Eagles have no answer". The Boston Globe.
(October 20, 1996). "Only victory Temple finds in moral". Courier-Post.
(October 27, 1996). "Blocked punt revives 'Canes' fortunes 10–7". Fort Myers News-Press.
(November 3, 1996). "Syracuse rips Mountaineers". The Roanoke Times.
(November 10, 1996). "West Virginia blasts Rutgers". The Record.
(November 24, 1996). "Virginia Tech stays in Big East title chase". The Charlotte Observer.
(January 2, 1997). "Backup quarterback stars for Tar Heels". The Cincinnati Enquirer.
"1996 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.

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