1999 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

1999 West Virginia Mountaineers football

Conference	Big East Conference
1999 record	4–7 (3–4 Big East)
Head coach	Don Nehlen (20th season)
Home stadium	Mountaineer Field (Capacity: 63,500)

1999 Big East football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 2 Virginia Tech $		7	–	0		11	–	1
No. 15 Miami (FL)		6	–	1		9	–	4
Boston College		4	–	3		8	–	4
Syracuse		3	–	4		7	–	5
West Virginia		3	–	4		4	–	7
Pittsburgh		2	–	5		5	–	6
Temple		2	–	5		2	–	9
Rutgers		1	–	6		1	–	10

$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 107th overall and 9th season as a member of the Big East Conference (Big East). The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his 20th year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of four wins and seven losses (4–7 overall, 3–4 in the Big East).

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	3:00 PM	at East Carolina*	Ericsson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ESPN2	L 23–30	47,860
September 11	12:00 PM	Miami (OH)*	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	ESPN+	W 43–27	43,799
September 18	12:00 PM	at Maryland*	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD (Rivalry)	ESPN2	L 0–33	33,169
September 25	3:30 PM	at Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY (Ben Schwartzwalder Trophy)	CBS	L 7–30	44,890
October 2	12:00 PM	Navy*	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	ESPN+	L 28–31	52,875
October 16	1:00 PM	Rutgers	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV		W 62–16	44,223
October 23	1:00 PM	Temple	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV		W 20–17	34,908
October 30	12:00 PM	at No. 23 Miami (FL)	Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL	CBS	L 20–28	30,310
November 6	3:30 PM	No. 3 Virginia Tech	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV (Black Diamond Trophy)	CBS	L 20–22	56,906
November 13	12:00 PM	at Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPN	L 17–34	42,335
November 27	12:00 PM	Pittsburgh	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV (Backyard Brawl)	ESPN	W 52–21	40,660
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

↑ "WVU 1999 Schedule". The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved June 21, 2012.

West Virginia Mountaineers football
Venues	Mountaineer Field (1924–1979) Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium (1980–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Marshall Maryland Penn State Pittsburgh Syracuse Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	The Mountaineer Marching band "Take Me Home, Country Roads" 2007 Backyard Brawl
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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