1978
| H/A/N | Games | Wins | Losses | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Games | 11 | 2 | 9 | .182 |
| Home | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 |
| Away | 6 | 0 | 6 | .000 |
| Date | Rank | Opponent | Opp. Rank | Conf. | Site | Location | H/A | OTs | WVU | Opp | W/L | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 | Richmond | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 14 | 12 | W | 36,558 | ||||
| Sep 16 | Oklahoma | 3 | Owen Field at Memorial Stadium | Norman, OK | A | 10 | 52 | L | 71,458 | |||
| Sep 23 | North Carolina State | Carter Stadium | Raleigh, NC | A | 15 | 29 | L | 42,200 | ||||
| Sep 30 | California | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 21 | 28 | L | 33,190 | ||||
| Oct 7 | Syracuse | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 15 | 31 | L | 32,491 | ||||
| Oct 14 | Virginia Tech | Lane Stadium | Blacksburg, VA | A | 3 | 16 | L | 40,000 | ||||
| Oct 21 | Temple | Veterans Stadium | Philadelphia, PA | A | 27 | 28 | L | 11,445 | ||||
| Oct 28 | Penn State | 2 | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 21 | 49 | L | 34,010 | |||
| Nov 4 | Virginia | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 20 | 17 | W | 29,291 | ||||
| Nov 11 | Pitt | 20 | Pitt Stadium | Pittsburgh, PA | A | 7 | 52 | L | 53,074 | |||
| Nov 18 | Colorado State | Hughes Stadium | Ft. Collins, CO | A | 14 | 50 | L | 12,782 |
| Rushing | GP | No. | Rg | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg./g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 11 | 501 | 1939 | 488 | 1445 | 11 | 31 | 131.4 |
| Dane Conwell | 10 | 88 | 427 | 15 | 412 | 4 | 26 | 41.2 |
| Fulton Walker | 11 | 79 | 405 | 13 | 392 | 2 | 31 | 35.6 |
| Robert Alexander | 9 | 84 | 347 | 19 | 328 | 0 | 16 | 36.4 |
| Eldridge Dixon | 10 | 53 | 213 | 1 | 212 | 2 | 11 | 21.2 |
| Oliver Luck | 6 | 27 | 122 | 77 | 45 | 0 | 14 | 7.5 |
| Garnet Edwards | 4 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 21 | 10.5 |
| Billy McLee | 3 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 6.7 |
| Mike Williams | 2 | 9 | 27 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 |
| Terry Bowden | 9 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 |
| Darrell Miller | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.4 |
| Billy Evans | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | -2 | -0.3 |
| Curt Carion | 11 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 | -6 | -0.5 |
| Cedric Thomas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 0 | -2.3 | |
| Doug Banda | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 0 | -7 | -2.3 |
| Mark "Dutch" Hoffman | 11 | 134 | 310 | 328 | -10 | 3 | 26 | -0.9 |
| TEAM | 5 | 2 | -14 | 0 | -2.8 |
| Passing | GP | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked | Avg./g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 11 | 120 | 276 | 26 | 1655 | 9 | 38 | 0 | 150.5 |
| Mark "Dutch" Hoffman | 11 | 105 | 238 | 21 | 1475 | 9 | 38 | 134.1 | |
| Oliver Luck | 6 | 12 | 32 | 5 | 151 | 0 | 1 | 25.2 | |
| Mike Williams | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 14.5 |
| Receiving | GP | No. | Yds | Avg. | TD | Long | Avg./G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 11 | 120 | 1655 | 13.8 | 9 | 38 | 150.5 |
| Steve Lewis | 11 | 38 | 629 | 16.6 | 5 | 31 | 57.2 |
| Rich Duggan | 11 | 23 | 372 | 16.2 | 1 | 38 | 33.8 |
| Darrell Miller | 9 | 15 | 221 | 14.7 | 2 | 38 | 24.6 |
| Cedric Thomas | 3 | 7 | 131 | 18.7 | 1 | 8 | 43.7 |
| Eldridge Dixon | 10 | 8 | 54 | 6.8 | 0 | 14 | 5.4 |
| Robin Meeley | 5 | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | 18 | 10.2 |
| Robert Alexander | 9 | 7 | 50 | 7.1 | 0 | 15 | 5.6 |
| Garnet Edwards | 4 | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | 38 | 11.8 |
| Fulton Walker | 11 | 7 | 42 | 6.0 | 0 | 9 | 3.8 |
| Dane Conwell | 10 | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 0 | 18 | 2.5 |
| Billy Evans | 6 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 13 | 4.2 |
| Terry Bowden | 9 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 0.9 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 19 | 136 | 33 | 48 | 793 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 10 |
| Fulton Walker | 14 | 103 | 33 | 16 | 310 | ||||
| Jerry Holmes | 4 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jody McKown | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| Mike Dawson | 10 | 160 | |||||||
| Robert Alexander | 9 | 196 | |||||||
| Dane Conwell | 6 | 59 | |||||||
| Terry Bowden | 3 | 25 | |||||||
| Rich Duggan | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| Billy McLee | 2 | 43 | |||||||
| John Garcia | 2 | -2 | -2 | ||||||
| John LaSavage | 3 | 35 | 10 | ||||||
| Al Pisula | 1 | -1 |
| # | Name | Pos | Ht | Wt | Class | Letter | Captain | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Sinclair | K | 6' 1" | 190 | So | * | East Liverpool, OH | |
| 2 | Jamie Keys | SS | 6' 2" | 195 | Jr | * | Harrisburg, PA | |
| 3 | Billy Evans | WR | 6' 3" | 195 | Fr | Bethel Park, PA | ||
| 4 | Eldridge Dixon | RB | 6' 1" | 225 | Fr | * | Cleveland, OH | |
| 5 | Curt Carion | P | 6' 0" | 190 | So | * | New Kensington, PA | |
| 6 | Mike Williams | QB | 5' 10" | 180 | So | Belle, WV | ||
| 7 | Mark "Dutch" Hoffman | QB | 6' 1" | 185 | So | * | Newark, DE | |
| 9 | Cedric Thomas | WR | 6' 0" | 180 | Jr | Aliquippa, PA | ||
| 11 | Jody McKown | DB | 5' 11" | 170 | So | * | Fayetteville, WV | |
| 12 | Oliver Luck | QB | 6' 2" | 190 | Fr | * | Cleveland, OH | |
| 14 | Doug Banda | QB | 6' 1" | 195 | So | * | New Manchester, WV | |
| 15 | Sedrick King | DB | 6' 2" | 200 | Fr | * | Boynton Beach, FL | |
| 17 | John LaSavage | DB | 5' 11" | 175 | Sr | * | Carbondale, PA | |
| 19 | Mark Pupilli | DB | 5' 11" | 185 | Jr | Pittsburgh, PA | ||
| 21 | Terry Bowden | RB | 5' 9" | 180 | Sr | * | Morgantown, WV | |
| 22 | Mike Dawson | LB | 6' 1" | 210 | So | New Martinsville, WV | ||
| 23 | Jerry Holmes | DB | 6' 3" | 175 | Jr | * | Hampton, VA | |
| 26 | Malcolm Hunter | DB | 5' 11" | 175 | So | * | Silver Spring, MD | |
| 30 | Mickey Walczak | RB | 6' 1" | 205 | Fr | * | Saratoga Springs, NY | |
| 31 | Robert Alexander | RB | 6' 1" | 190 | So | * | South Charleston, WV | |
| 32 | Dane Conwell | FB | 6' 1" | 210 | Fr | * | South Point, OH | |
| 33 | Steve Lewis | WR | 6' 3" | 190 | Sr | * | * | Hurricane, WV |
| 36 | Tom Perlozzo | RB | 5' 11" | 190 | Jr | Cumberland, MD | ||
| 39 | Mike Thomas | DL | 6' 2" | 250 | So | Cleveland, OH | ||
| 40 | Fulton Walker | DB | 5' 11" | 185 | So | * | Martinsburg, WV | |
| 41 | Calvin Turner | DT | 6' 4" | 245 | Fr | * | Fairmont, WV | |
| 42 | Garnet Edwards | DB | 6' 4" | 185 | So | Welch, WV | ||
| 43 | A.C. Mullens | LB | 5' 11" | 196 | So | War, WV | ||
| 44 | Reggie McLee | RB | 6' 0" | 185 | Jr | Uniontown, PA | ||
| 47 | Gil Parthemore | TE | 6' 4" | 230 | Fr | Camp Hill, PA | ||
| 48 | Bill Holvey | LB | 6' 2" | 200 | Jr | Wescosville, PA | ||
| 50 | Billy McLee | LB | 6' 1" | 210 | Jr | Uniontown, PA | ||
| 51 | John Garcia | LB | 6' 0" | 210 | Fr | * | Plum, PA | |
| 52 | Jack Palmer | C | 6' 1" | 220 | Jr | * | Wheeling, WV | |
| 53 | Mark Arbogast | DT | 6' 2" | 225 | So | Weston, WV | ||
| 54 | Bob Crites | DT | 6' 4" | 230 | Fr | Akron, OH | ||
| 55 | Jeff Macerelli | LB | 6' 1" | 216 | Sr | * | * | Canonsburg, PA |
| 56 | Doc Holliday | LB | 5' 11" | 205 | Sr | * | Hurricane, WV | |
| 57 | Pat Conachan | C | 6' 2" | 240 | So | * | Cleveland, OH | |
| 58 | Bob Tomko | LB | 6' 1" | 220 | So | Wilkes-Barre, PA | ||
| 59 | James "Rocky" Gianola | K | 5' 10" | 210 | Sr | * | Morgantown, WV | |
| 60 | Chuck Gambill | OG | 6' 2" | 235 | So | * | Penn Hills, PA | |
| 61 | Terry Alessi | OG | 6' 0" | 220 | Sr | * | Steubenville, OH | |
| 62 | Jim Himic | OG | 6' 3" | 240 | Jr | * | Derry, PA | |
| 63 | Bob Ochs | LB | 6' 0" | 210 | Sr | * | Parkland, PA | |
| 64 | Al Thomas | OL | 6' 4" | 255 | So | * | St. Albans, WV | |
| 65 | Joe Jelich | MG | 6' 1" | 225 | Sr | * | Ravenswood, WV | |
| 66 | Tony Neare | MG | 6' 2" | 235 | So | Wilkes-Barre, PA | ||
| 68 | Randy Weppler | OT | 6' 2" | 250 | Sr | * | Marietta, OH | |
| 70 | Mark Cuneo | OL | 6' 1" | 245 | So | Greensburg, PA | ||
| 71 | Al Pisula | DL | 6' 3" | 240 | Jr | * | Scottdale, PA | |
| 73 | Keith Jones | OT | 6' 5" | 255 | Fr | * | Charleston, WV | |
| 74 | Tom Creeden | OT | 6' 4" | 250 | Sr | * | Levittown, PA | |
| 75 | Frank Kinczel | OT | 6' 6" | 230 | So | Cleveland, OH | ||
| 76 | Tobin Geatz | OT | 6' 4" | 240 | So | Cumberland, MD | ||
| 77 | Gordon Gordon | OG | 6' 2" | 255 | So | * | Moundsville, WV | |
| 78 | Jed Dojan | OT | 6' 6" | 225 | So | Reading, PA | ||
| 79 | Jay Krohe | OL | 6' 4" | 240 | Jr | * | McKeesport, PA | |
| 80 | Jeff Seals | DE | 6' 1" | 210 | Fr | * | Silver Spring, MD | |
| 81 | Darrell Miller | WR | 6' 3" | 205 | Fr | * | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 82 | Robin Meeley | TE | 6' 3" | 240 | Sr | * | Belpre, OH | |
| 84 | Ricky Davis | TE | 6' 6" | 230 | So | Roanoke, VA | ||
| 85 | Tom McGrath | DT | 6' 2" | 240 | So | Altoona, PA | ||
| 86 | Dave Sarkus | N | 6' 1" | 230 | Jr | Monongahela, PA | ||
| 87 | Pete McConnell | DE | 6' 3" | 210 | Jr | Smoke Rise, NJ | ||
| 88 | Rich Duggan | TE | 5' 11" | 205 | Sr | * | Vienna, WV | |
| 89 | Matt Grimone | DE | 6' 1" | 200 | Sr | Emporium, PA | ||
| 90 | Ken Braswell | LB | 6' 1" | 200 | Jr | * | Clairton, PA | |
| 91 | Norm Patterson | DT | 6' 4" | 240 | Sr | Brownsville, PA | ||
| 92 | David White | LB | 6' 2" | 205 | So | Weston, WV | ||
| 93 | James Simpson | OLB | 6' 4" | 220 | So | Roanoke, VA | ||
| 94 | Andre Gist | DT | 6' 5" | 230 | Fr | Clinton, MD | ||
| 95 | Delbert Fowler | DE | 6' 3" | 220 | So | * | Cleveland, OH | |
| 96 | Jim Backna | DT | 6' 4" | 235 | Fr | North Ridgeville, OH | ||
| 97 | John Bendana | MG | 6' 2" | 240 | So | * | Englewood, NJ |
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