1975 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

The 1975 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. This was Bobby Bowden's final season as head coach of West Virginia, before moving to Florida State the next 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.

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
Record	9–3
Head coach	Bobby Bowden (6th season)
Home stadium	Mountaineer Field
Seasons ← 1974 1976 →

1975 NCAA Division I independents football records

v t e	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
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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13	Temple		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV		W 50–7	32,271	[1]
September 20	at California	No. 20	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA		W 28–10	23,375	[2]
September 27	Boston College	No. 14	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV		W 35–18	34,023	[3]
October 4	at SMU	No. 11	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX		W 28–22	27,665	[4]
October 11	at No. 9 Penn State	No. 10	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)		L 0–39	59,658	[5]
October 18	Tulane		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV		L 14–16	33,842	[6]
October 25	Virginia Tech		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)		W 10–7	29,670	[7]
November 1	Kent State		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV		W 38–13	30,160	[8][9]
November 8	No. 20 Pittsburgh		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	ABC	W 17–14	35,298	[10]
November 15	at Richmond		City Stadium Richmond, VA		W 31–13	16,500	[11]
November 22	at Syracuse		Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)		L 19–20	15,336	[12]
December 31	vs. NC State		Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)	Mizlou	W 13–10	45,134	[13]
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

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 OL 75 Steve Earley Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 18 Tom Florence Sr DB 20 Leon Carter Jr DB 22 Tom Pridemore So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Bobby Bowden Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt