1975 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

1975 NCAA Division I independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

West Virginia Mountaineers football
1975 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Peach Bowl champion
Peach Bowl, W 13–10 vs. NC State
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 20
1975 record	9–3
Head coach	Bobby Bowden (6th season);
Home stadium	Old Mountaineer Field (38,000)

The 1975 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. West Virginia won the Peach Bowl game against NC State, to finish the season with a record of 9–3. They were ranked 17 in the final Coaches Poll and 20 in the final AP Poll.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 13	Temple		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV		W 50–7	32,271
September 20	at California	No. 20	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA		W 28–10	23,375
September 27	Boston College	No. 14	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV		W 35–18	34,023
October 4	at SMU	No. 11	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX		W 28–22	27,665
October 11	at No. 9 Penn State	No. 10	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA		L 0–39	59,658
October 18	Tulane		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV		L 14–16	33,842
October 25	Virginia Tech		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV		W 10–7	29,670
November 1	Kent State		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV		W 38–13	29,670
November 8	No. 20 Pittsburgh		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (Backyard Brawl)	ABC	W 17–14	35,298
November 15	at Richmond		University of Richmond Stadium Richmond, VA		W 31–13	16,500
November 22	at Syracuse		Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY		L 19–20	15,336
December 31	vs. NC State		Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)	Mizlou	W 13–10	45,134
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1975 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`12`	Tommy Bowden	Jr
RB	`24`	Artie Owens	Sr
OT	`79`	David Van Halanger	Sr
TE	`80`	Ben McDay	So
TE	`82`	Robin Meeley	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`18`	Tom Florence	Sr
DB	`20`	Leon Carter	Jr
DB	`22`	Tom Pridemore	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

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West Virginia Mountaineers football
Venues	Mountaineer Field (1924–1979) Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium (1980–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Marshall Maryland Penn State Pittsburgh Syracuse Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	The Mountaineer Marching band "Take Me Home, Country Roads" 1921 Backyard Brawl (first college football game to be radio broadcasted) 2007 Backyard Brawl
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

1975 NCAA Division I independents football records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Rutgers		–		9	–	2	–	0
No. 10 Penn State		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 20 West Virginia		–		9	–	3	–	0
Notre Dame		–		8	–	3	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		8	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Pittsburgh		–		8	–	4	–	0
Boston College		–		7	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		7	–	4	–	0
Memphis State		–		7	–	4	–	0
Navy		–		7	–	4	–	0
North Texas State		–		7	–	4	–	0
Southern Miss		–		7	–	4	–	0
South Carolina		–		7	–	5	–	0
Colgate		–		6	–	4	–	0
Cincinnati		–		6	–	5	–	0
Hawaii		–		6	–	5	–	0
Syracuse		–		6	–	5	–	0
Temple		–		6	–	5	–	0
Utah State		–		6	–	5	–	0
Indiana State		–		5	–	5	–	0
Dayton		–		5	–	6	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		4	–	6	–	1
Tulane		–		4	–	7	–	0
Villanova		–		4	–	7	–	0
Florida State		–		3	–	8	–	0
Air Force		–		2	–	8	–	1
Houston		–		2	–	8	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		2	–	8	–	0
Army		–		2	–	9	–	0
Marshall		–		2	–	9	–	0
Southern Illinois		–		1	–	9	–	1
Holy Cross		–		1	–	10	–	0
Louisville		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll