2020 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

2020 Big 12 Conference football standings
	Championship: December 5, 2020
	As of August 18, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll.

West Virginia Mountaineers football
2020 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Head coach	Neal Brown (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Gerad Parker (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Chad Scott (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Jordan Lesley (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Jahmile Addae (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Jeff Koonz (1st season)
Home stadium	Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium; (Capacity: 60,000)

The 2020 West Virginia Mountaineers football team will represent West Virginia University during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mountaineers will play their home games at the Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium, in Morgantown, West Virginia, and will compete in the Big 12 Conference. They will be led by second-year head coach Neal Brown.

Previous season

The Mountaineers finished the 2019 season with a 5–7 record, 3–6 in Big 12 play, failing to earn bowl eligibility.

Offseason

Coaching changes

Offensive coordinator Matt Moore was promoted to assistant head coach, and was replaced in his role as offensive coordinator by Penn State wide receivers coach Gerad Parker. Parker also replaced Xavier Dye, who departed for South Florida, as wide receivers coach. Additionally, the Mountaineers hired Jeff Koonz from Ole Miss to serve as inside linebackers and special team coach and later became co-defensive coordinator.[1]

On July 22, Defensive coordinator Vic Koenning parted ways with West Virginia after allegations of mistreatment by West Virginia players.[2] To replace him, they promoted three defensive coaches to become co-defensive coordinators: Jordan Lesley, Jahmile Addae, and Jeff Koonz. They also moved linebackers coach Dontae Wright to safeties coach along with promoting analyst Jeff Casteel to outside linebackers coach.[3]

Preseason

Big 12 media poll

The Big 12 media days will be held on July 21-22, 2020 in Frisco, Texas.

Schedule

Spring game

The West Virginia football spring "Blue-Gold game" was cancelled due to COVID19.

Regular season

West Virginia released its 2020 schedule on October 21, 2019. The 2020 schedule originally consisted of 7 home games, 4 away games and 1 neutral-site game in the regular season. The Mountaineers will host 2 non-conference games against Eastern Kentucky and Maryland, and will play a non-conference neutral site game against Florida State in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. West Virginia will host Kansas State, TCU, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Baylor and travel to Texas Tech, Texas, Oklahoma State, and Iowa State in regular season conference play.

The Mountaineers' games against Florida State, scheduled for September 5, and Maryland, scheduled for September 19, were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5]

Date	Opponent	Site
September 12	Eastern Kentucky*	Milan Puskar Stadium Morgantown, WV
September 26	at Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK
October 3	Baylor	Milan Puskar Stadium Morgantown, WV
October 17	Kansas	Milan Puskar Stadium Morgantown, WV
October 24	at Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX
October 31	Kansas State	Milan Puskar Stadium Morgantown, WV
November 7	at Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX
November 14	TCU	Milan Puskar Stadium Morgantown, WV
November 28	Oklahoma	Milan Puskar Stadium Morgantown, WV
December 5	at Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings (after November 3) released prior to game

Schedule Source:[6]

|Gerad Parker |OC/WR |1st |Penn State (WR/PGC) |- |Chad Scott |Co-OC/RB |2nd |Louisville (RB) |- |Jahmile Addae |DB |2nd |Minnesota (DB) |- |Dennis Johnson |DL |1st |LSU (DL) |- |Jeff Koonz |ILB/ST |1st |Ole Miss (ILB) |- |Jordan Lesley |DL |2nd |Troy (DL) |- |Seth Reagan |QB |2nd |Troy (Co-OC/QB) |- |Travis Trickett |TE/WR |2nd |Georgia State (OC/QB) |}

Game summaries

vs. Eastern Kentucky

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Eastern Kentucky Colonels (0–0) vs. West Virginia Mountaineers (0–0)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eastern Kentucky	0	0	0	0	0
West Virginia	0	0	0	0	0

at Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV

Date: Saturday, September 12, 2020
Game time: EDT
Game weather: • Temperature:
Pregame line:

Game information

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

Statistics	EKU	WVU
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Eastern Kentucky	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
West Virginia	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

vs. Kansas State (Homecoming)

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–5	2019	W, 24–20

Kansas State Wildcats (0–0) vs. West Virginia Mountaineers (0–0)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas State	0	0	0	0	0
West Virginia	0	0	0	0	0

at Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV

Date: Saturday, September 26, 2020
Game time: EDT
Game weather: • Temperature:
Pregame line:

Game information

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

Statistics	KSU	WVU
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Kansas State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
West Virginia	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at Texas Tech

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–3	2019	L, 17–38

West Virginia Mountaineers (0–0) vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders (0–0)

	1	2	3	4	Total
West Virginia	0	0	0	0	0
Texas Tech	0	0	0	0	0

at Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX

Date: Saturday, October 3, 2020
Game time: EDT
Game weather: • Temperature:
Pregame line:

Game information

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

Statistics	WVU	TTU
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
West Virginia	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Texas Tech	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

vs. TCU

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–4	2019	W, 20–17

TCU Horned Frogs (0–0) vs. West Virginia Mountaineers (0–0)

	1	2	3	4	Total
TCU	0	0	0	0	0
West Virginia	0	0	0	0	0

at Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV

Date: Saturday, October 10, 2020
Game time: EDT
Game weather: • Temperature:
Pregame line:

Game information

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

Statistics	TCU	WVU
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
TCU	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
West Virginia	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at Texas

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–4	2019	L, 31–42

West Virginia Mountaineers (0–0) vs. Texas Longhorns (0–0)

	1	2	3	4	Total
West Virginia	0	0	0	0	0
Texas	0	0	0	0	0

at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX

Date: Saturday, October 17, 2020
Game time: EDT
Game weather: • Temperature:
Pregame line:

Game information

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

Statistics	WVU	TEX
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
West Virginia	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Texas	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

vs. Kansas

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–1	2019	W, 29–24

Kansas Jayhawks (0–0) vs. West Virginia Mountaineers (0–0)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas	0	0	0	0	0
West Virginia	0	0	0	0	0

at Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV

Date: Saturday, October 24, 2020
Game time: EDT
Game weather: • Temperature:
Pregame line:

Game information

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

Statistics	KAN	WVU
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Kansas	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
West Virginia	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

vs. Oklahoma

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–10	2019	L, 14–52

Oklahoma Sooners (0–0) vs. West Virginia Mountaineers (0–0)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	0	0	0	0	0
West Virginia	0	0	0	0	0

at Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV

Date: Saturday, November 7, 2020
Game time: EST
Game weather: • Temperature:
Pregame line:

Game information

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

Statistics	OKLA	WVU
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Oklahoma	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
West Virginia	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at Oklahoma State

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–7	2019	L, 13–20

West Virginia Mountaineers (0–0) vs. Oklahoma State Cowboys (0–0)

	1	2	3	4	Total
West Virginia	0	0	0	0	0
Oklahoma State	0	0	0	0	0

at Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK

Date: Saturday, November 14, 2020
Game time: EST
Game weather: • Temperature:
Pregame line:

Game information

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

Statistics	WVU	OKST
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
West Virginia	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Oklahoma State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

vs. Baylor

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–3	2019	L, 14–17

Baylor Bears (0–0) vs. West Virginia Mountaineers (0–0)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Baylor	0	0	0	0	0
West Virginia	0	0	0	0	0

at Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV

Date: Saturday, November 21, 2020
Game time: EST
Game weather: • Temperature:
Pregame line:

Game information

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

Statistics	BAY	WVU
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Baylor	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
West Virginia	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at Iowa State

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–3	2019	L, 14–38

West Virginia Mountaineers (0–0) vs. Iowa State Cyclones (0–0)

	1	2	3	4	Total
West Virginia	0	0	0	0	0
Iowa State	0	0	0	0	0

at Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA

Date: Friday, November 27, 2020
Game time: EST
Game weather: • Temperature:
Pregame line:

Game information

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

Statistics	WVU	ISU
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
West Virginia	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Iowa State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP
Coaches
CFP	Not released															Not released

References

Callihan, Schuyler. "Matt Moore Promoted to Assistant Head Coach". si.com. ABG-SI LLC. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
"West Virginia D-Coordinator Vic Koenning part ways". ESPN.com.
Sallee, Barrett. "West Virginia defensive staff to share coordinator duties in 2020 season after parting with Vic Koenning". CBSSports.com.
Myerberg, Paul. "Big Ten football reduces season schedule to only conference games, maybe setting stage for others to follow". USA TODAY. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
Kelley, Kevin (30 July 2020). "All three Chick-fil-A Kickoff games canceled in 2020". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
"West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule 2020". ESPN.com. ESPN, Inc. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

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[1] Callihan, Schuyler. "Matt Moore Promoted to Assistant Head Coach". si.com. ABG-SI LLC. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[2] "West Virginia D-Coordinator Vic Koenning part ways". ESPN.com.

[3] Sallee, Barrett. "West Virginia defensive staff to share coordinator duties in 2020 season after parting with Vic Koenning". CBSSports.com.

[4] Myerberg, Paul. "Big Ten football reduces season schedule to only conference games, maybe setting stage for others to follow". USA TODAY. Retrieved 10 July 2020.

[5] Kelley, Kevin (30 July 2020). "All three Chick-fil-A Kickoff games canceled in 2020". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

[6] "West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule 2020". ESPN.com. ESPN, Inc. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

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