2016 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

2016 Big 12 football standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

West Virginia Mountaineers football
2016 West Virginia Mountaineers football
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Conference	Big 12 Conference
2016 record	0–0 (0–0 Big 12)
Head coach	Dana Holgorsen (6th year)
Offensive coordinator	Joe Wickline (1st year)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Tony Gibson (3rd as coordinator, 10th overall year)
Base defense	3–3–5
Home stadium	Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium (60,000)
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The 2016 West Virginia Mountaineers football team will represent West Virginia University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mountaineers will play as members of the Big 12 Conference (Big 12), the team will be 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.

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.^[1]

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.

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV
September 3	12:00 PM	Missouri*	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	FS1
September 10	1:00 PM	Youngstown State*	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	RTPT
September 24		vs. BYU*	FedExField • Landover, MD
October 1		Kansas State	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV
October 15		at Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX
October 22		TCU	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV
October 29		at Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK
November 5		Kansas	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV
November 12		at Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX
November 19		Oklahoma	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV
November 26		at Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA
December 3		Baylor	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Schedule Source:^[2]

Game notes

Missouri

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers					0
Mountaineers					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–3	1998	MIZZOU, 34–31

Youngstown State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Penguins					0
Mountaineers					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	1938	WVU, 27–6

vs. BYU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars					0
Mountaineers					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First Meeting

Kansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats					0
Mountaineers					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–5	2015	KSU, 24–23

at Texas Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers					0
Red Raiders					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–2	2015	WVU, 31–26

TCU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Horned Frogs					0
Mountaineers					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–3	2015	TCU, 40–10

at Oklahoma State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers					0
Cowboys					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–3	2015	OSU, 33–26

Kansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jayhawks					0
Mountaineers					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–1	2015	WVU, 49–0

at Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers					0
Longhorns					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–2	2015	WVU, 38–20

Oklahoma

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sooners					0
Mountaineers					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–6	2015	OU, 44–24

at Iowa State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers					0
Cyclones					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–1	2015	WVU, 30–6

Baylor

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears					0
Mountaineers					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–2	2015	BAY, 62–38

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = 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

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Missouri

Youngstown State

vs. BYU

Kansas State

at Texas Tech

TCU

at Oklahoma State

Kansas

at Texas

Oklahoma

at Iowa State

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v t e	Conf				Overall
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

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