2020 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
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.
2020 West Virginia Mountaineers football | |
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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) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: December 5, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of August 18, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll. |
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 | Result |
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September 12 | Eastern Kentucky* | ||
September 26 | at Oklahoma State | ||
October 3 | Baylor | ||
October 17 | Kansas | ||
October 24 | at Texas Tech | ||
October 31 | Kansas State | ||
November 7 | at Texas | ||
November 14 | TCU | ||
November 28 | Oklahoma | ||
December 5 | at Iowa State | ||
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- Schedule Source:[6]
|Gerad Parker
|OC/WR
|1st
|Penn State (WR/PGC)
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|Chad Scott
|Co-OC/RB
|2nd
|Louisville (RB)
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|Jahmile Addae
|DB
|2nd
|Minnesota (DB)
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|Dennis Johnson
|DL
|1st
|LSU (DL)
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|Jeff Koonz
|ILB/ST
|1st
|Ole Miss (ILB)
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|Jordan Lesley
|DL
|2nd
|Troy (DL)
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|Seth Reagan
|QB
|2nd
|Troy (Co-OC/QB)
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|Travis Trickett
|TE/WR
|2nd
|Georgia State (OC/QB)
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Game summaries
vs. Eastern Kentucky
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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First meeting |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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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 |
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Statistics | EKU | WVU |
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First downs | ||
Total yards | ||
Rushes/yards | ||
Passing yards | ||
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | ||
Time of possession | ||
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Eastern Kentucky | Passing | ||
Rushing | |||
Receiving | |||
West Virginia | Passing | ||
Rushing | |||
Receiving |
vs. Kansas State (Homecoming)
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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5–5 | 2019 | W, 24–20 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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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 |
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Statistics | KSU | WVU |
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First downs | ||
Total yards | ||
Rushes/yards | ||
Passing yards | ||
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | ||
Time of possession | ||
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Kansas State | Passing | ||
Rushing | |||
Receiving | |||
West Virginia | Passing | ||
Rushing | |||
Receiving |
at Texas Tech
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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6–3 | 2019 | L, 17–38 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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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:
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Statistics | WVU | TTU |
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First downs | ||
Total yards | ||
Rushes/yards | ||
Passing yards | ||
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | ||
Time of possession | ||
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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West Virginia | Passing | ||
Rushing | |||
Receiving | |||
Texas Tech | Passing | ||
Rushing | |||
Receiving |
vs. TCU
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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5–4 | 2019 | W, 20–17 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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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:
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Statistics | TCU | WVU |
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First downs | ||
Total yards | ||
Rushes/yards | ||
Passing yards | ||
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | ||
Time of possession | ||
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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TCU | Passing | ||
Rushing | |||
Receiving | |||
West Virginia | Passing | ||
Rushing | |||
Receiving |
at Texas
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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5–4 | 2019 | L, 31–42 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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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 |
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Statistics | WVU | TEX |
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First downs | ||
Total yards | ||
Rushes/yards | ||
Passing yards | ||
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | ||
Time of possession | ||
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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West Virginia | Passing | ||
Rushing | |||
Receiving | |||
Texas | Passing | ||
Rushing | |||
Receiving |
vs. Kansas
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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8–1 | 2019 | W, 29–24 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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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:
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Statistics | KAN | WVU |
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First downs | ||
Total yards | ||
Rushes/yards | ||
Passing yards | ||
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | ||
Time of possession | ||
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Kansas | Passing | ||
Rushing | |||
Receiving | |||
West Virginia | Passing | ||
Rushing | |||
Receiving |
vs. Oklahoma
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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2–10 | 2019 | L, 14–52 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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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:
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Statistics | OKLA | WVU |
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First downs | ||
Total yards | ||
Rushes/yards | ||
Passing yards | ||
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | ||
Time of possession | ||
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Oklahoma | Passing | ||
Rushing | |||
Receiving | |||
West Virginia | Passing | ||
Rushing | |||
Receiving |
at Oklahoma State
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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4–7 | 2019 | L, 13–20 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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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:
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Statistics | WVU | OKST |
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First downs | ||
Total yards | ||
Rushes/yards | ||
Passing yards | ||
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | ||
Time of possession | ||
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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West Virginia | Passing | ||
Rushing | |||
Receiving | |||
Oklahoma State | Passing | ||
Rushing | |||
Receiving |
vs. Baylor
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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5–3 | 2019 | L, 14–17 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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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:
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Statistics | BAY | WVU |
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First downs | ||
Total yards | ||
Rushes/yards | ||
Passing yards | ||
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | ||
Time of possession | ||
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Baylor | Passing | ||
Rushing | |||
Receiving | |||
West Virginia | Passing | ||
Rushing | |||
Receiving |
at Iowa State
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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5–3 | 2019 | L, 14–38 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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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:
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Statistics | WVU | ISU |
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First downs | ||
Total yards | ||
Rushes/yards | ||
Passing yards | ||
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | ||
Time of possession | ||
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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West Virginia | Passing | ||
Rushing | |||
Receiving | |||
Iowa State | Passing | ||
Rushing | |||
Receiving |
Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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.