1979
| H/A/N | Games | Wins | Losses | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Games | 11 | 5 | 6 | .455 |
| Home | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 |
| Away | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 |
| Neutral | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Date | Rank | Opponent | Opp. Rank | Conf. | Site | Location | H/A | OTs | WVU | Opp | W/L | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8 | Temple | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 16 | 38 | L | 34,299 | ||||
| Sep 15 | Syracuse | Giants Stadium | East Rutherford, NJ | N | 14 | 24 | L | 10,375 | ||||
| Sep 22 | North Carolina State | 19 | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 14 | 38 | L | 26,298 | |||
| Sep 29 | Richmond | Richmond City Stadium | Richmond, VA | A | 20 | 18 | W | 17,500 | ||||
| Oct 6 | Kentucky | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 10 | 6 | W | 33,792 | ||||
| Oct 13 | Boston College | Alumni Stadium | Chestnut Hill, MA | A | 20 | 18 | W | 21,640 | ||||
| Oct 20 | Tulane | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 27 | 17 | W | 28,303 | ||||
| Oct 27 | Penn State | Beaver Stadium | University Park, PA | A | 6 | 31 | L | 77,923 | ||||
| Nov 3 | Virginia Tech | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 34 | 23 | W | 27,531 | ||||
| Nov 10 | Pitt | 12 | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 17 | 24 | L | 38,681 | |||
| Nov 17 | Arizona State | Sun Devil Stadium | Tempe, AZ | A | 7 | 42 | L | 68,573 |
| Rushing | GP | No. | Rg | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg./g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 11 | 555 | 2528 | 382 | 2146 | 15 | 60 | 195.1 |
| Robert Alexander | 11 | 118 | 681 | 25 | 656 | 2 | 35 | 59.6 |
| Eldridge Dixon | 11 | 102 | 463 | 2 | 461 | 4 | 40 | 41.9 |
| Oliver Luck | 11 | 204 | 715 | 308 | 407 | 5 | 27 | 37.0 |
| Curlin Beck | 11 | 63 | 316 | 6 | 310 | 1 | 20 | 28.2 |
| Dane Conwell | 6 | 33 | 146 | 4 | 142 | 2 | 14 | 23.7 |
| Ray Armstrong | 8 | 23 | 114 | 1 | 113 | 0 | 31 | 14.1 |
| Cedric Thomas | 11 | 5 | 78 | 0 | 78 | 1 | 60 | 7.1 |
| Reggie McLee | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2.5 | |
| Roger Dietz | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Doug Banda | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | |
| TEAM | 2 | 1 | 0 | 34 | -34 | 0 | -34 | -17.0 |
| Passing | GP | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked | Avg./g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 11 | 104 | 238 | 13 | 1298 | 8 | 51 | 1 | 118.0 |
| Oliver Luck | 11 | 103 | 231 | 12 | 1292 | 8 | 51 | 1 | 117.5 |
| Doug Banda | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.9 | ||
| Roger Dietz | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Robert Alexander | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Receiving | GP | No. | Yds | Avg. | TD | Long | Avg./G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 11 | 104 | 1298 | 12.5 | 8 | 52 | 118.0 |
| Darrell Miller | 10 | 33 | 507 | 15.4 | 4 | 52 | 50.7 |
| Cedric Thomas | 11 | 23 | 341 | 14.8 | 3 | 25 | 31.0 |
| Mark Raugh | 8 | 11 | 138 | 12.5 | 0 | 24 | 17.3 |
| Curlin Beck | 11 | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 0 | 51 | 7.4 |
| Rich Duggan | 7 | 8 | 75 | 9.4 | 1 | 24 | 10.7 |
| Robert Alexander | 11 | 9 | 50 | 5.6 | 0 | 19 | 4.5 |
| Dane Conwell | 6 | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 0 | 9 | 7.3 |
| Eldridge Dixon | 11 | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 | 18 | 3.4 |
| Billy Evans | 2 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 | 8.0 |
| Ray Armstrong | 8 | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 7 | 1.1 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 23 | 175 | 85 | 46 | 700 | 19 | 12 | 112 | 32 |
| Fulton Walker | 16 | 154 | 85 | 3 | 39 | 32 | |||
| Reggie Armstead | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 24 | ||||
| Jerry Holmes | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ray Armstrong | 1 | 12 | 9 | 131 | 19 | ||||
| Curlin Beck | 16 | 258 | 11 | ||||||
| Mickey Walczak | 6 | 78 | |||||||
| Reggie McLee | 4 | 77 | 10 | ||||||
| Robert Alexander | 4 | 92 | |||||||
| Dane Conwell | 3 | 27 | |||||||
| Darrell Miller | 2 | 13 | |||||||
| Eldridge Dixon | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Sedrick King | 4 | 31 | 0 | ||||||
| Dennis Fowlkes | 2 | 18 | 10 | ||||||
| Mike Dawson | 1 | 12 | 12 | ||||||
| Darryl Talley | 2 | 12 |
| # | Name | Pos | Ht | Wt | Class | Letter | Captain | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Daiutolo | ||||||||
| 1 | Steve Sinclair | K | 6' 1" | 190 | Jr | * | East Liverpool, OH | |
| 2 | Doug Goin | WR | 6' 2" | 180 | Jr | Morgantown, WV | ||
| 3 | Billy Evans | WR | 6' 3" | 195 | So | * | Bethel Park, PA | |
| 4 | Eldridge Dixon | RB | 6' 1" | 225 | So | * | Cleveland, OH | |
| 5 | Curt Carion | P | 6' 0" | 190 | Jr | * | New Kensington, PA | |
| 8 | Roger Dietz | QB | 6' 1" | 195 | So | Rootstown, OH | ||
| 9 | Cedric Thomas | WR | 6' 0" | 180 | Jr | * | Aliquippa, PA | |
| 10 | Murat Tercan | K | 5' 7" | 145 | So | * | Morgantown, WV | |
| 11 | Jody McKown | DB | 5' 11" | 170 | Jr | * | Fayetteville, WV | |
| 12 | Oliver Luck | QB | 6' 2" | 190 | So | * | Cleveland, OH | |
| 13 | Marcus Blake | DB | 6' 0" | 185 | So | Wilkes-Barre, PA | ||
| 14 | Doug Banda | QB | 6' 1" | 195 | Jr | * | New Manchester, WV | |
| 15 | Sedrick King | DB | 6' 2" | 200 | So | * | Boynton Beach, FL | |
| 17 | Mike Byus | DB | 6' 0" | 185 | Fr | Madison, WV | ||
| 18 | Ed Armstrong | RB | 5' 11" | 195 | So | Cortland, OH | ||
| 19 | Mark Pupilli | DB | 5' 11" | 185 | Jr | * | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 20 | Curlin Beck | RB | 6' 1" | 200 | Fr | * | Bedford Heights, OH | |
| 21 | Ray Armstrong | RB | 6' 0" | 180 | Fr | * | Elyria, OH | |
| 23 | Everett Pettaway | DB | 6' 0" | 185 | Fr | * | Richmond, VA | |
| 24 | Reggie Armstead | DB | 6' 0" | 190 | Fr | * | Fairmont, WV | |
| 25 | Joe Jones | DB | 5' 10" | 170 | So | Miami, FL | ||
| 26 | Allen Moreland | DB | 6' 2" | 180 | Fr | * | Ridgeley, WV | |
| 27 | Jerry Holmes | DB | 6' 3" | 175 | Sr | * | * | Hampton, VA |
| 29 | Mike Engle | DB | 6' 0" | 185 | Fr | * | Beaver Falls, PA | |
| 30 | Mickey Walczak | RB | 6' 1" | 205 | So | * | Saratoga Springs, NY | |
| 31 | Robert Alexander | RB | 6' 1" | 190 | Jr | * | South Charleston, WV | |
| 32 | Dane Conwell | FB | 6' 1" | 210 | So | * | South Point, OH | |
| 33 | Eddie Mullins | RB | 5' 9" | 170 | Jr | Newark, NJ | ||
| 34 | Bob Simone | P | 6' 0" | 181 | So | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | ||
| 36 | Tom Perlozzo | RB | 5' 11" | 190 | Sr | * | Cumberland, MD | |
| 39 | Mike Thomas | DL | 6' 2" | 250 | Jr | Cleveland, OH | ||
| 40 | Fulton Walker | DB | 5' 11" | 185 | Jr | * | Martinsburg, WV | |
| 42 | Garnet Edwards | DB | 6' 4" | 185 | Jr | Welch, WV | ||
| 43 | Damon Beasley | RB | 6' 4" | 215 | So | Akron, OH | ||
| 44 | Reggie McLee | RB | 6' 0" | 185 | Sr | * | Uniontown, PA | |
| 46 | Walter Easley | FB | 6' 3" | 230 | Jr | * | Charleston, WV | |
| 49 | Karl Sommer | LB | 6' 1" | 220 | Jr | Martins Ferry, OH | ||
| 50 | Dennis Fowlkes | LB | 6' 2" | 225 | Fr | * | Columbus, OH | |
| 51 | John Garcia | LB | 6' 0" | 210 | So | * | Plum, PA | |
| 52 | Jim Himic | OG | 6' 3" | 240 | Sr | * | * | Derry, PA |
| 52 | Jack Palmer | C | 6' 1" | 220 | Sr | * | Wheeling, WV | |
| 54 | Bob Crites | DT | 6' 4" | 230 | So | Akron, OH | ||
| 55 | Mike Dawson | LB | 6' 1" | 210 | So | * | New Martinsville, WV | |
| 56 | Andre Gist | OG | 6' 5" | 230 | Fr | Clinton, MD | ||
| 57 | Pat Conachan | C | 6' 2" | 240 | Jr | * | Cleveland, OH | |
| 59 | Kevin Osborne | C | 6' 3" | 215 | Fr | Sparta, NJ | ||
| 60 | Chuck Gambill | OG | 6' 2" | 235 | Jr | * | Penn Hills, PA | |
| 64 | Al Thomas | OL | 6' 4" | 255 | Jr | * | St. Albans, WV | |
| 65 | Dave Oblak | MG | 6' 3" | 215 | Fr | * | Brook Park, OH | |
| 68 | Bob Gibson | OG | 6' 1" | 235 | Fr | Hurricane, WV | ||
| 70 | Mark Cuneo | OL | 6' 1" | 245 | Jr | * | Greensburg, PA | |
| 71 | Al Pisula | DL | 6' 3" | 240 | Sr | * | * | Scottdale, PA |
| 73 | Keith Jones | OT | 6' 5" | 255 | So | * | Charleston, WV | |
| 75 | Frank Kinczel | OT | 6' 6" | 230 | So | * | Cleveland, OH | |
| 76 | Tobin Geatz | OT | 6' 4" | 240 | Sr | * | Cumberland, MD | |
| 77 | Gordon Gordon | OG | 6' 2" | 255 | Jr | * | Moundsville, WV | |
| 78 | Kenny Allen | OL | 6' 6" | 270 | Oxon Hill, MD | |||
| 79 | Jay Krohe | OL | 6' 4" | 240 | Sr | * | McKeesport, PA | |
| 80 | Jeff Seals | DE | 6' 1" | 210 | So | * | Silver Spring, MD | |
| 81 | Darrell Miller | WR | 6' 3" | 205 | So | * | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 82 | John Foy | DE | 6' 2" | 210 | Jr | Lambertville, NJ | ||
| 83 | Mike Durrette | OG | 6' 4" | 250 | Jr | Charlottesville, VA | ||
| 84 | Dave Johnson | TE | 6' 3" | 230 | Fr | * | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 85 | Mark Raugh | TE | 6' 3" | 210 | Fr | * | Roaring Spring, PA | |
| 86 | Dale Rusesky | DE | 6' 2" | 225 | Fr | Shenandoah, PA | ||
| 87 | Gil Parthemore | TE | 6' 4" | 230 | So | Camp Hill, PA | ||
| 88 | Rich Duggan | TE | 5' 11" | 205 | Sr | * | * | Vienna, WV |
| 89 | Ricky Davis | TE | 6' 6" | 230 | So | Roanoke, VA | ||
| 90 | Darryl Talley | LB | 6' 4" | 210 | Fr | * | East Cleveland, OH | |
| 91 | Todd Campbell | DT | 6' 3" | 240 | Fr | * | New Kensington, PA | |
| 92 | Dave Sarkus | N | 6' 1" | 230 | Sr | * | Monongahela, PA | |
| 93 | Andy Holliday | LB | 6' 3" | 220 | Fr | Hurricane, WV | ||
| 95 | Delbert Fowler | DE | 6' 3" | 220 | Jr | * | Cleveland, OH | |
| 97 | John Bendana | MG | 6' 2" | 240 | Jr | * | Englewood, NJ | |
| 98 | Danny Lee | DL | 6' 6" | 260 | Jr | * | Jacksonville, FL | |
| 99 | Calvin Turner | DT | 6' 4" | 245 | So | * | Fairmont, WV |
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