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Conference | Big East Conference |
Record | 5–6 (4–3 Big East) |
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Offensive coordinator | Dan Simrell (1st season) |
Defensive coordinator | Steve Dunlap (4th season) |
Home stadium | Mountaineer Field (Capacity: 63,500) |
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No. 10 Virginia Tech + | 6 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Miami (FL) + | 6 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Syracuse | 5 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 4 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 4 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 1 | – | 6 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 0 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1995 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 103rd overall and 5th season as a member of the Big East Conference (Big East). The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his 16th year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall, 4–3 in the Big East).
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 2 | 12:00 p.m. | Purdue * | No. 23 | BEN | L 24–26 | 60,876 | [1] | |
September 9 | 12:00 p.m. | Temple |
| BEN | W 24–13 | 53,024 | [2] | |
September 16 | 7:00 p.m. | at Maryland * | L 17–31 | 48,055 | [3] | |||
September 23 | 1:00 p.m. | Kent State * |
| W 45–6 | 46,624 | [4] | ||
September 30 | 12:00 p.m. | at East Carolina * | L 20–23 | 34,108 | [5] | |||
October 14 | 12:00 p.m. | at Boston College | BEN | W 31–19 | 44,500 | [6] | ||
October 21 | 12:00 p.m. | at Syracuse | BEN | L 0–22 | 48,880 | [7] | ||
October 28 | 12:00 p.m. | Virginia Tech |
| BEN | L 0–27 | 59,819 | [8] | |
November 4 | 12:00 p.m. | Rutgers |
| W 59–26 | 42,642 | [9] | ||
November 18 | 4:00 p.m. | at No. 25 Miami (FL) | L 12–17 | 43,409 | [10] | |||
November 24 | 4:00 p.m. | Pittsburgh |
| ESPN | W 21–0 | 38,795 | [11] | |
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Purdue | 10 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 26 |
West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 24 |
at Mountaineer Field, Morgantown, West Virginia
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Temple | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
West Virginia | 0 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
at Mountaineer Field, Morgantown, West Virginia
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West Virginia | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
Maryland | 14 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 31 |
at Byrd Stadium, College Park, Maryland
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Kent State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
West Virginia | 0 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 45 |
at Mountaineer Field, Morgantown, West Virginia
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West Virginia | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
East Carolina | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Greenville, North Carolina
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West Virginia | 10 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
Boston College | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 19 |
at Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
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West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Syracuse | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 22 |
at Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York
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Virginia Tech | 3 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 27 |
West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Mountaineer Field, Morgantown, West Virginia
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Rutgers | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
West Virginia | 10 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 59 |
at Mountaineer Field, Morgantown, West Virginia
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West Virginia | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
Miami (FL) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
at Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida
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Pitt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
West Virginia | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
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