2013 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

2013 West Virginia Mountaineers football
2013 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	4–8 (2–7 Big 12)
Head coach	Dana Holgorsen (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Shannon Dawson (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Keith Patterson (2nd season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium
	Seasons ← 2012 2014 →

The 2013 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 2013 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 third year. West Virginia played its home games on Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia. The team finished the season at 4-8 (2-7 in Big 12 play), and as a result, they failed to qualify for a bowl game for the first time since going 3-8 in 2001.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31	12:00 p.m.	William & Mary*	Milan Puskar Stadium Morgantown, WV	FS1	W 24–17	56,350	^[1]
September 7	7:00 p.m.	at No. 16 Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	FOX	L 7–16	84,692	^[2]
September 14	12:00 p.m.	Georgia State*	Milan Puskar Stadium Morgantown, WV	ROOT	W 41–7	57,440	^[3]
September 21	3:30 p.m.	vs. Maryland*	M&T Bank Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry)	ESPNU	L 0–37	55,677	^[4]
September 28	12:00 p.m.	No. 11 Oklahoma State	Milan Puskar Stadium Morgantown, WV (Gold Rush)	ESPN	W 30–21	57,280	^[5]
October 5	8:00 p.m.	at No. 16 Baylor	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX	FS1	L 42–73	45,467	^[6]
October 19	12:00 p.m.	No. 15 Texas Tech	Milan Puskar Stadium Morgantown, WV	FS1	L 27–37	54,084	^[7]
October 26	3:45 p.m.	at Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium Manhattan, KS	FS1	L 12–35	52,898	^[8]
November 2	3:30 p.m.	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	ESPNU	W 30–27 ^OT	41,632	^[9]
November 9	7:00 p.m.	Texas	Milan Puskar Stadium Morgantown, WV (Stripe the Stadium)	FOX	L 40–47 ^OT	59,570	^[10]
November 16	12:00 p.m.	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	FSN	L 19–31	30,809	^[11]
November 30	4:00 p.m.	Iowa State	Milan Puskar Stadium Morgantown, WV	FS1	L 44–52 ^3OT	33,735	^[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tribe	7	10	0	0	17
Mountaineers	7	0	10	7	24

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers	7	0	0	0	7
#16 Sooners	3	10	0	3	16

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	0	0	7	0	7
Mountaineers	10	7	3	21	41

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers	0	0	0	0	0
Terrapins	14	16	0	7	37

Schedule

2013 Big 12 Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 13 Baylor $	8	–	1	11	–	2
No. 6 Oklahoma %	7	–	2	11	–	2
No. 17 Oklahoma State	7	–	2	10	–	3
Texas	7	–	2	8	–	5
Kansas State	5	–	4	8	–	5
Texas Tech	4	–	5	8	–	5
TCU	2	–	7	4	–	8
West Virginia	2	–	7	4	–	8
Iowa State	2	–	7	3	–	9
Kansas	1	–	8	3	–	9

$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers	7	7	7	21	42
#17 Bears	28	28	10	7	73

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Mountaineers	3	7	0	17	3	30
Horned Frogs	10	7	0	10	0	27

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	Total
Cyclones	7	7	0	24	3	3	8	52
Mountaineers	17	14	0	7	3	3	0	44