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The 2015 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season . Playing as a member of the Big 12 Conference (Big 12), the team was led by head coach Dana Holgorsen , in his fifth year. West Virginia played its home games at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia . They finished the season 8–5, 4–5 in Big 12 play to finish in a three way tie for fifth place. They were invited to the Cactus Bowl where they defeated Arizona State
West Virginia announced their 2015 football schedule on November 19, 2014. The 2015 schedule consist of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Mountaineers will host Big 12 foes Iowa State , Oklahoma State , Texas , and Texas Tech . West Virginia will travel to Baylor , Kansas , Kansas State , Oklahoma , and TCU .[ 1]
The Mountaineers hosted all three non conference games against Georgia Southern , Liberty and also hosted rival Maryland .
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 5 7:30 p.m. Georgia Southern * FSN W 44–055,182 September 12 3:00 p.m. No. 15 (FCS ) Liberty * Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV RTPT W 41–1752,899 September 26 3:00 p.m. Maryland * FS1 W 45–661,174 October 3 Noon at No. 5 Oklahoma No. 23 FS1 L 24–4484,384 October 10 7:00 p.m. No. 21 Oklahoma State ESPN2 L 26–33 OT 60,410 October 17 Noon at No. 2 Baylor FOX L 38–6245,370 October 29 7:30 p.m. at No. 5 TCU FS1 L 10–4045,947 November 7 Noon Texas Tech Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV FS1 W 31–2654,932 November 14 Noon Texas ESPNU W 38–2056,736 November 21 Noon at Kansas FSN W 49–021,415 November 28 Noon Iowa State Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV FS1 W 30–642,446 December 5 4:30 p.m. at Kansas State FS1 L 23–2452,918 January 2, 2016 10:45 p.m. vs. Arizona State * ESPN W 43–4239,321 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Eastern time
Schedule Source: [ 2]
1
2
3
4
Total
Eagles
0
0
0
0
0
Mountaineers
10
6
14
14
44
1
2
3
4
Total
Flames
0
0
7
10
17
Mountaineers
6
14
14
7
41
1
2
3
4
Total
Terrapins
0
0
0
6
6
Mountaineers
21
17
0
7
45
1
2
3
4
Total
#23 Mountaineers
0
7
17
0
24
#15 Sooners
7
17
10
10
44
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
#21 Cowboys
7
10
6
3 7
33
Mountaineers
0
2
14
10 0
26
1
2
3
4
Total
Mountaineers
7
10
7
14
38
#2 Bears
17
10
21
14
62
1
2
3
4
Total
Mountaineers
0
10
0
0
10
#5 Horned Frogs
17
6
14
3
40
1
2
3
4
Total
Red Raiders
7
7
3
9
26
Mountaineers
7
10
7
7
31
1
2
3
4
Total
Longhorns
10
0
7
3
20
Mountaineers
7
14
7
10
38
1
2
3
4
Total
Mountaineers
28
14
7
0
49
Jayhawks
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
4
Total
Cyclones
0
6
0
0
6
Mountaineers
7
6
10
7
30
1
2
3
4
Total
Mountaineers
3
10
7
3
23
Wildcats
0
3
14
7
24
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1
2
3
4
Total
Mountaineers
9
13
14
7
43
Sun Devils
3
15
14
10
42
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