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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.[ 1]
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.[ 2]
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
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 .[ 3]
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 26–1160,125 September 10 2:00 p.m. No. 20 (FCS ) Youngstown State * Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV RTPT W 38–2156,261 September 24 3:30 p.m. vs. BYU * ESPN2 W 35–3238,207 October 1 3:30 p.m. Kansas State ESPNU W 17–1661,701 October 15 Noon at Texas Tech No. 20 FS1 W 48–1754,111 October 22 3:30 p.m. TCU No. 12 Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV ABC W 34–1061,780 October 29 Noon at Oklahoma State No. 10 FOX L 20–3759,584 November 5 7:00 p.m. Kansas No. 20 Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV ESPN2 W 48–2156,343 November 12 Noon at Texas No. 16 FS1 W 24–2096,367 November 19 8:00 p.m. No. 9 Oklahoma No. 14 ABC L 28–5657,645 November 26 3:30 p.m. at Iowa State No. 18 FS1 W 49–1951,365 December 3 3:30 p.m. Baylor No. 16 Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV FS1 W 24–2149,229 December 28 5:30 p.m. vs. Miami (FL) * No. 16 ESPN L 14–3148,625
Schedule Source: [ 4]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
0
3
0
8
11
Mountaineers
10
3
10
3
26
1
2
3
4
Total
#20 (FCS ) Penguins
0
14
0
7
21
Mountaineers
7
7
17
7
38
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
7
6
6
13
32
Mountaineers
7
14
7
7
35
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
7
6
3
0
16
Mountaineers
0
0
3
14
17
1
2
3
4
Total
#20 Mountaineers
10
14
3
21
48
Red Raiders
7
0
3
7
17
1
2
3
4
Total
Horned Frogs
3
7
0
0
10
#12 Mountaineers
14
7
10
3
34
1
2
3
4
Total
#10 Mountaineers
3
7
0
10
20
Cowboys
6
14
7
10
37
1
2
3
4
Total
Jayhawks
0
0
14
7
21
#14 Mountaineers
10
21
14
3
48
1
2
3
4
Total
#11 Mountaineers
10
7
7
0
24
Longhorns
3
10
7
0
20
1
2
3
4
Total
#8 Sooners
21
13
7
15
56
#10 Mountaineers
0
7
7
14
28
1
2
3
4
Total
#19 Mountaineers
14
7
14
14
49
Cyclones
13
3
3
0
19
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
14
0
7
21
#14 Mountaineers
3
7
7
7
24
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1
2
3
4
Total
#14 Mountaineers
7
0
7
0
14
Hurricanes
0
21
10
0
31
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