1992 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

The 1992 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 100th overall and 2nd season as a member of the Big East Conference (Big East). The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his 13th year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of five wins, four losses and two ties (5–4–2 overall, 2–3–1 in the Big East).

1992 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Conference	Big East Conference
1992 record	5–4–2 (2–3–1 Big East)
Head coach	Don Nehlen (13th season)
Home stadium	Mountaineer Field (Capacity: 63,500)

1992 Big East Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Miami (FL)	4	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 6 Syracuse	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Rutgers	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
No. 21 Boston College	2	–	1	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
West Virginia	2	–	3	–	1			5	–	4	–	2
Pittsburgh	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	9	–	0
Virginia Tech	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	8	–	1
Temple	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
The Big East did not crown an official champion until 1993 when full league play began. Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	5:00 p.m.	Miami (OH)*		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV		T 29–29	45,418
September 12	Noon	at Pittsburgh		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (Backyard Brawl)	BEN	W 44–6	41,723
September 19	1:00 p.m.	Maryland*		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)		W 34–33	55,727
September 26	1:00 p.m.	at Virginia Tech		Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (Black Diamond Trophy)		W 16–7	51,211
October 3	Noon	No. 22 Boston College		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	BEN	T 24–24	55,634
October 17	Noon	No. 14 Syracuse	No. 24	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (Ben Schwartzwalder Trophy)	BEN	L 17–20	52,627
October 24	3:30 p.m.	No. 14 Penn State*		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	ABC	L 26–40	66,663
October 31	7:30 p.m.	at No. 1 Miami (FL)		Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPN	L 23–35	51,246
November 7	1:00 p.m.	East Carolina*		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV		W 41–28	41,139
November 14	Noon	at Rutgers		Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	BEN	L 9–13	22,295
November 21	1:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech*		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV		W 23–3	27,751
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

1992 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 14 Darren Studstill Jr WR 15 James Jett Sr QB 17 Jake Kelchner Jr WR 18 Jay Kearney Jr RB 42 Adrian Murrell Sr G, C 77 Mike Compton Sr T 78 Rich Braham Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 31 Aaron Beasley Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 13 Mike Vanderjagt Sr	Head coach Don Nehlen Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "WVU 1992 Schedule". The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on 2011-09-17. Retrieved June 23, 2012.