Conference Big 12 Conference AP No. 18 | Coaches No. 17 2016 record 10–3 (7–2 Big 12) | |
Head coach Dana Holgorsen (6th year) Offensive coordinator Joe Wickline (1st year) | ||
The 2016 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represents West Virginia University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mountaineers play as members of the Big 12 Conference (Big 12) they are led by head coach Dana Holgorsen, in his sixth year. West Virginia will play its home games at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia. 2016 marks the 125th season of West Virginia football.
Schedule
West Virginia announced its 2016 football schedule on November 24, 2015. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home, 4 away, and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Mountaineers will host Big 12 foes Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, and TCU, and will travel to Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Texas, and Texas Tech.
The team will play three non–conference games, two home games against the Missouri Tigers from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Youngstown State Penguins from the Missouri Valley Football Conference, and one neutral site game which is against the BYU Cougars at FedExField in Landover, Maryland.
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