List of West Virginia Mountaineers bowl games

The West Virginia Mountaineers college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the West Virginia University in the Big East Conference (Big East). Since the establishment of the team in 1891, Wisconsin has appeared in 31 bowl games.^[1] Included in these games are three appearances in the Sugar Bowl, two in the Fiesta Bowl, one in the Orange Bowl and three Bowl Championship Series (BCS) game appearances.^[1][2] Through the history of the program, ten separate coaches have led the Badgers to bowl games with Don Nehlen having the most appearances with 13. In their most recent bowl game, a loss in the 2010 Champs Sports Bowl brought West Virginia's overall bowl record to 13 wins and 17 losses (13–17).^[1]

Key

Bowl games

Notes

1. ^ Statistics correct as of 2010–11 NCAA football bowl games.
2. ^ Results are sortable first by whether the result was an West Virginia win, loss or tie and then second by the margin of victory.
3. ^ Links to the season article for the West Virginia team that competed in the bowl for that year.
4. ^ Links to the season article for the opponent that West Virginia competed against in the bowl for that year when available or to their general page when unavailable.
5. ^ ^{a b} The Champs Sports Bowl has been known as: the Blockbuster Bowl (1990–1993); Carquest Bowl (1994–1997); Micron PC Bowl (1998); MicronPC.com Bowl (1999–2000); Visit Florida Tangerine Bowl (2001); Mazda Tangerine Bowl (2002–2003); Champs Sports Bowl (since 2004).^[4]
6. ^ ^{a b c} Originally called Joe Robbie Stadium, in 1996 it was renamed Pro Player Stadium after naming rights were sold, and it retained the Pro Player moniker through the 2005 season. Today it is known as Sun Life Stadium.^[5][6]
7. ^ ^{a b c d e} Originally called Alltel Stadium (1997–2006) and Jacksonville Municipal Stadium (1995–1996, 2007–2009), in 2010 it was renamed EverBank Field.^[7]
8. ^ ^{a b} The Belk Bowl has been known as: the Continental Tire Bowl (2002–2004) and the Meineke Car Care Bowl (2005–2010).^[8]
9. ^ ^{a b} Originally called Ericsson Stadium, in 2004 it was renamed Bank of America Stadium.^[9]
10. ^ The 2006 Sugar Bowl was played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta due to lingering effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the Louisiana Superdome.^[10]

References

General

• National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "Bowl/All-Star Game Records". 2011 NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA.org. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2011/Bowls.pdf. Retrieved December 18, 2011. 

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