American college football season
The 2016 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Mountaineers played as members of the Big 12 Conference (Big 12) and were led by head coach Dana Holgorsen , in his sixth year. West Virginia played its home games at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia . 2016 was the 125th season of West Virginia football. They finished the season 10–3, 7–2 in Big 12 play to finished in a tie for second place. They received an invitation to the Russell Athletic Bowl where they lost to Miami.
Preseason
Big 12 media poll
The 2016 Big 12 media days were held July 18–19, 2016 in Dallas, Texas . In the Big 12 preseason media poll, West Virginia was predicted to finish seventh in the standings.
Big 12 media poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Oklahoma
258 (24)
2
TCU
222 (2)
3
Oklahoma State
202
4
Baylor
156
5
Texas
151
6
Texas Tech
141
7
West Virginia 126
8
Kansas State
88
9
Iowa State
59
10
Kansas
27
Schedule
West Virginia announced its 2016 football schedule on November 24, 2015. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home, 4 away, and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Mountaineers will host Big 12 foes Baylor , Kansas , Kansas State , Oklahoma , and TCU , and will travel to Iowa State , Oklahoma State , Texas , and Texas Tech .
The team will play three non–conference games, two home games against the Missouri Tigers from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Youngstown State Penguins from the Missouri Valley Football Conference , and one neutral site game which is against the BYU Cougars at FedExField in Landover, Maryland .
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3 Noon Missouri *FS1 W 26–11 60,125 September 10 2:00 p.m. No. 20 (FCS ) Youngstown State * Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV RTPT W 38–21 56,261 September 24 3:30 p.m. vs. BYU * ESPN2 W 35–32 38,207 October 1 3:30 p.m. Kansas State ESPNU W 17–16 61,701 October 15 Noon at Texas Tech No. 20 FS1 W 48–17 54,111 October 22 3:30 p.m. TCU No. 12 Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV ABC W 34–10 61,780 October 29 Noon at Oklahoma State No. 10 FOX L 20–37 59,584 November 5 7:00 p.m. Kansas No. 20 Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV ESPN2 W 48–21 56,343 November 12 Noon at Texas No. 16 FS1 W 24–20 96,367 November 19 8:00 p.m. No. 9 Oklahoma No. 14 ABC L 28–56 57,645 November 26 3:30 p.m. at Iowa State No. 18 FS1 W 49–19 51,365 December 3 3:30 p.m. Baylor No. 16 Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV FS1 W 24–21 49,229 December 28 5:30 p.m. vs. Miami (FL) * No. 16 ESPN L 14–31 48,625
Schedule Source: Game summaries
Missouri
See also: 2016 Missouri Tigers football team
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
0
3
0
8
11
Mountaineers
10
3
10
3
26
Youngstown State
See also: 2016 Youngstown State Penguins football team
1
2
3
4
Total
#20 (FCS ) Penguins
0
14
0
7
21
Mountaineers
7
7
17
7
38
Vs. BYU
See also: 2016 BYU Cougars football team
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
7
6
6
13
32
Mountaineers
7
14
7
7
35
Kansas State
See also: 2016 Kansas State Wildcats football team
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
7
6
3
0
16
Mountaineers
0
0
3
14
17
At Texas Tech
See also: 2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
1
2
3
4
Total
#20 Mountaineers
10
14
3
21
48
Red Raiders
7
0
3
7
17
TCU
See also: 2016 TCU Horned Frogs football team
1
2
3
4
Total
Horned Frogs
3
7
0
0
10
#12 Mountaineers
14
7
10
3
34
At Oklahoma State
See also: 2016 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team
1
2
3
4
Total
#10 Mountaineers
3
7
0
10
20
Cowboys
6
14
7
10
37
Kansas
See also: 2016 Kansas Jayhawks football team
1
2
3
4
Total
Jayhawks
0
0
14
7
21
#14 Mountaineers
10
21
14
3
48
At Texas
See also: 2016 Texas Longhorns football team
1
2
3
4
Total
#11 Mountaineers
10
7
7
0
24
Longhorns
3
10
7
0
20
Oklahoma
See also: 2016 Oklahoma Sooners football team
1
2
3
4
Total
#8 Sooners
21
13
7
15
56
#10 Mountaineers
0
7
7
14
28
At Iowa State
See also: 2016 Iowa State Cyclones football team
1
2
3
4
Total
#19 Mountaineers
14
7
14
14
49
Cyclones
13
3
3
0
19
Baylor
See also: 2016 Baylor Bears football team
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
14
0
7
21
#14 Mountaineers
3
7
7
7
24
Miami (FL) – Russell Athletic Bowl
See also: 2016 Miami Hurricanes football team and 2016 Russell Athletic Bowl
1
2
3
4
Total
#14 Mountaineers
7
0
7
0
14
Hurricanes
0
21
10
0
31
Rankings
Further information: 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP — RV — — RV 22 20 12 10 14 11 10 19 14 14 18 Coaches — RV RV RV RV 20 18 13 9 15 10 9 17 13 12 17 CFP Not released 20 16 14 18 16 16 Not released
References
"West Virginia vs. Miami - Game Recap - December 28, 2016 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved September 7, 2017."Oklahoma Tops Big 12 Media Preseason Football Poll" . big12sports.com . Big 12 Conference. July 14, 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2020."2016 Football Schedule Released" (Press release). University of West Virginia Department of Athletics. July 11, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2015."2016 West Virginia Mountaineers Football Schedule" . FB Schedules. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
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