1971 West Virginia Mountaineers Football Team

1971 West Virginia Mountaineers football
1971 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–4
Head coach	Bobby Bowden (2nd season);
Home stadium	Mountaineer Field
	Seasons ← 1970 1972 →

It was the Mountaineers' 79th overall season and they competed as an independent. The team was led by head coach Bobby Bowden, in his second year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of 7–4.

1971 NCAA University Division independents football records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 5 Penn State		–		11	–	1	–	0
Boston College		–		9	–	2	–	0
No. 17 Houston		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 13 Notre Dame		–		8	–	2	–	0
Utah State		–		8	–	3	–	0
Florida State		–		8	–	4	–	0
Cincinnati		–		7	–	4	–	0
West Virginia		–		7	–	4	–	0
Temple		–		6	–	2	–	1
Air Force		–		6	–	4	–	0
Army		–		6	–	4	–	0
Colgate		–		6	–	4	–	0
Villanova		–		6	–	4	–	1
South Carolina		–		6	–	5	–	0
Southern Miss		–		6	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		6	–	6	–	0
New Mexico State		–		5	–	5	–	1
Northern Illinois		–		5	–	5	–	1
Syracuse		–		5	–	5	–	1
Dayton		–		5	–	6	–	0
Holy Cross		–		4	–	6	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		4	–	7	–	0
Rutgers		–		4	–	7	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		4	–	7	–	0
Navy		–		3	–	8	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		3	–	8	–	0
Tulane		–		3	–	8	–	0
Marshall		–		2	–	8	–	0
Xavier		–		1	–	9	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 11	Boston College	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 45–14	31,500
September 18	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 10–20	23,001–25,000
September 25	at Richmond	City Stadium Richmond, VA	W 16–3	11,000
October 2	Pittsburgh	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	W 20–9	38,500
October 9	at William & Mary	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA	W 28–23	15,000
October 16	East Carolina	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 44–21	27,000
October 23	Temple	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 43–33	25,000
October 30	No. 5 Penn State	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	L 7–35	37,000
November 6	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	L 15–31	30,150
November 13	VMI	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 28–3	24,000
November 20	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	L 24–28	18,049
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh at West Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pittsburgh	3	6	0	0	9
• West Virginia	13	0	0	7	20

Date: October 2
Location: Morgantown, West Virginia
Game attendance: 38,500

Source: Palm Beach Post

1971 West Virginia Mountaineers Football Team

Schedule

Game summaries

Pittsburgh

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