1980
| H/A/N | Games | Wins | Losses | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Games | 12 | 6 | 6 | .500 |
| Home | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 |
| Away | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 |
| Date | Rank | Opponent | Opp. Rank | Conf. | Site | Location | H/A | OTs | WVU | Opp | W/L | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6 | Cincinnati | Milan Puskar Stadium | Morgantown, WV | H | 41 | 27 | W | 50,150 | ||||
| Sep 13 | Colorado State | Hughes Stadium | Ft. Collins, CO | A | 52 | 24 | W | 23,972 | ||||
| Sep 20 | Maryland | Milan Puskar Stadium | Morgantown, WV | H | 11 | 14 | L | 48,038 | ||||
| Sep 27 | Richmond | Milan Puskar Stadium | Morgantown, WV | H | 31 | 28 | W | 40,847 | ||||
| Oct 4 | Virginia | Milan Puskar Stadium | Morgantown, WV | H | 45 | 21 | W | 45,088 | ||||
| Oct 11 | Hawaii | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu, HI | A | 13 | 16 | L | 41,899 | ||||
| Oct 18 | Pitt | 11 | Pitt Stadium | Pittsburgh, PA | A | 14 | 42 | L | 55,130 | |||
| Oct 25 | Penn State | 13 | Milan Puskar Stadium | Morgantown, WV | H | 15 | 20 | L | 49,194 | |||
| Nov 1 | Virginia Tech | Lane Stadium | Blacksburg, VA | A | 11 | 34 | L | 45,200 | ||||
| Nov 8 | Temple | Veterans Stadium | Philadelphia, PA | A | 41 | 28 | W | 14,995 | ||||
| Nov 15 | Rutgers | Rutgers Stadium | Piscataway, NJ | A | 24 | 15 | W | 16,400 | ||||
| Nov 22 | Syracuse | Milan Puskar Stadium | Morgantown, WV | H | 7 | 20 | L | 34,441 |
| Rushing | GP | No. | Rg | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg./g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 12 | 599 | 2730 | 348 | 2382 | 17 | 61 | 198.5 |
| Robert Alexander | 12 | 204 | 1138 | 74 | 1064 | 5 | 61 | 88.7 |
| Walter Easley | 12 | 186 | 841 | 8 | 833 | 8 | 46 | 69.4 |
| Eldridge Dixon | 11 | 34 | 174 | 3 | 171 | 0 | 19 | 15.5 |
| Mickey Walczak | 11 | 29 | 121 | 5 | 116 | 0 | 13 | 10.5 |
| Dane Conwell | 6 | 23 | 96 | 0 | 96 | 1 | 14 | 16.0 |
| Curlin Beck | 6 | 18 | 75 | 5 | 70 | 0 | 22 | 11.7 |
| Oliver Luck | 12 | 96 | 262 | 246 | 16 | 3 | 20 | 1.3 |
| Darrell Miller | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0.8 |
| Roger Dietz | 2 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 2.0 |
| Darryl Weatherspoon | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Passing | GP | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked | Avg./g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 12 | 143 | 282 | 16 | 1966 | 19 | 40 | 0 | 163.8 |
| Oliver Luck | 12 | 135 | 254 | 12 | 1874 | 19 | 40 | 156.2 | |
| Roger Dietz | 2 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 92 | 0 | 22 | 46.0 | |
| Robert Alexander | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Receiving | GP | No. | Yds | Avg. | TD | Long | Avg./G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 12 | 143 | 1966 | 13.7 | 19 | 65 | 163.8 |
| Cedric Thomas | 12 | 31 | 607 | 19.6 | 10 | 65 | 50.6 |
| Darrell Miller | 12 | 23 | 393 | 17.1 | 2 | 35 | 32.8 |
| Robert Alexander | 12 | 31 | 329 | 10.6 | 0 | 34 | 27.4 |
| Billy Evans | 7 | 15 | 210 | 14.0 | 3 | 30 | 30.0 |
| Mark Raugh | 8 | 12 | 166 | 13.8 | 2 | 35 | 20.8 |
| Mickey Walczak | 11 | 8 | 68 | 8.5 | 1 | 23 | 6.2 |
| Dave Johnson | 8 | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 0 | 18 | 7.5 |
| Darryl Weatherspoon | 5 | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 0 | 18 | 11.4 |
| Walter Easley | 12 | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 0 | 15 | 4.3 |
| Jim Kaser | 4 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 1 | 15 | 5.0 |
| Eldridge Dixon | 11 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 6 | 0.5 |
| Curlin Beck | 6 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | -1 | -0.2 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 25 | 339 | 77 | 39 | 854 | 52 | 21 | 107 | 30 |
| Fulton Walker | 21 | 307 | 77 | 20 | 449 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Newberry | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 78 | 6 | 12 | 4 | |
| Mike Dawson | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| Calvin Turner | 1 | 20 | |||||||
| Mickey Walczak | 11 | 201 | 25 | ||||||
| Darryl Weatherspoon | 7 | 126 | 35 | ||||||
| Dennis Fowlkes | 3 | 42 | 10 | ||||||
| Allen Moreland | 4 | 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Lind Murray | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave Preston | 1 | 6 | 6 | ||||||
| Darryl Talley | 1 | 30 | 30 | ||||||
| Don Stemple | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Reggie Armstead | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| # | Name | Pos | Ht | Wt | Class | Letter | Captain | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Sinclair | KS | 6' 1" | 190 | Sr | * | East Liverpool, OH | |
| 2 | Lind Murray | DB | 6' 2" | 200 | So | * | Youngstown, OH | |
| 3 | Billy Evans | WR | 6' 3" | 195 | Jr | * | Bethel Park, PA | |
| 4 | Eldridge Dixon | RB | 6' 1" | 225 | Jr | * | Cleveland, OH | |
| 5 | Curt Carion | P | 6' 0" | 190 | Sr | * | New Kensington, PA | |
| 6 | Keith Burgess | WR | 6' 2" | 195 | Jr | Martinsville, VA | ||
| 7 | Curt Cignetti | QB | 6' 3" | 200 | So | Morgantown, WV | ||
| 8 | Roger Dietz | QB | 6' 1" | 195 | So | Rootstown, OH | ||
| 9 | Cedric Thomas | WR | 6' 0" | 180 | Sr | * | Aliquippa, PA | |
| 10 | Murat Tercan | K | 5' 7" | 145 | Jr | * | Morgantown, WV | |
| 11 | Everett Pettaway | DB | 6' 0" | 185 | So | * | Richmond, VA | |
| 12 | Oliver Luck | QB | 6' 2" | 190 | Jr | * | Cleveland, OH | |
| 13 | Marcus Blake | DB | 6' 0" | 185 | Jr | Wilkes-Barre, PA | ||
| 14 | Doug Banda | QB | 6' 1" | 195 | Sr | * | New Manchester, WV | |
| 15 | Sedrick King | DB | 6' 2" | 200 | Jr | * | Boynton Beach, FL | |
| 16 | Dan Fairbanks | DB | 5' 11" | 185 | So | Morgantown, WV | ||
| 17 | Bruce Gillard | QB | 6' 3" | 185 | Fr | Zanesville, OH | ||
| 18 | Ed Armstrong | RB | 5' 11" | 195 | Jr | Cortland, OH | ||
| 19 | Mark Introcaso | RB | 6' 1" | 195 | Fr | Church Creek, MD | ||
| 20 | Curlin Beck | RB | 6' 1" | 200 | So | * | Bedford Heights, OH | |
| 21 | Ray Armstrong | RB | 6' 0" | 180 | So | Elyria, OH | ||
| 22 | Jim Simpson | DB | 6' 0" | 175 | So | Falls Church, VA | ||
| 23 | Dave Burroughs | WR | 5' 10" | 190 | Fr | Barberton, OH | ||
| 24 | Reggie Armstead | DB | 6' 0" | 190 | So | * | Fairmont, WV | |
| 25 | Jim Dixon | LB | 6' 1" | 190 | Fr | Youngstown, OH | ||
| 26 | Allen Moreland | DB | 6' 2" | 180 | So | * | Ridgeley, WV | |
| 28 | Steve Newberry | DB | 6' 3" | 185 | Fr | * | Peterstown, WV | |
| 29 | Mike Engle | DB | 6' 0" | 185 | So | * | Beaver Falls, PA | |
| 30 | Brian Gillard | DB | 5' 11" | 190 | Fr | Zanesville, OH | ||
| 31 | Robert Alexander | RB | 6' 1" | 190 | Sr | * | South Charleston, WV | |
| 32 | Dane Conwell | FB | 6' 1" | 210 | Jr | * | South Point, OH | |
| 34 | Rich Hollins | WR | 6' 2" | 180 | Fr | Zanesville, OH | ||
| 35 | Don Stemple | DB | 6' 0" | 195 | So | * | Vienna, WV | |
| 36 | C.R. Howdyshell | RB | 5' 10" | 185 | So | Sistersville, WV | ||
| 38 | Dave Preston | LB | 6' 0" | 224 | Fr | * | Warren, OH | |
| 39 | Rich Walters | LB | 6' 1" | 230 | Glenshaw, PA | |||
| 40 | Fulton Walker | DB | 5' 11" | 185 | Sr | * | * | Martinsburg, WV |
| 41 | Jeff Deem | LB | 6' 3" | 220 | Fr | Williamstown, WV | ||
| 42 | Chris Genther | LB | 6' 4" | 215 | Fr | Cleveland, OH | ||
| 43 | Damon Beasley | RB | 6' 4" | 215 | Jr | Akron, OH | ||
| 44 | Tim Agee | DB | 5' 11" | 175 | Fr | Bethesda, MD | ||
| 45 | Steve Hathaway | LB | 6' 4" | 215 | Fr | Beaver Falls, PA | ||
| 46 | Walter Easley | FB | 6' 3" | 230 | Sr | * | Charleston, WV | |
| 47 | Ed Hughes | LB | 6' 3" | 200 | Fr | * | Ypsilanti, MI | |
| 48 | Tyrone White | LB | 6' 2" | 220 | So | Cleveland, OH | ||
| 49 | Karl Sommer | LB | 6' 1" | 220 | Sr | Martins Ferry, OH | ||
| 50 | Dennis Fowlkes | LB | 6' 2" | 225 | So | * | Columbus, OH | |
| 51 | John Garcia | LB | 6' 0" | 210 | Jr | Plum, PA | ||
| 53 | Dave LaRosa | DT | 6' 3" | 245 | So | Clarksburg, WV | ||
| 54 | Bob Crites | DT | 6' 4" | 230 | So | * | Akron, OH | |
| 55 | Mike Dawson | LB | 6' 1" | 210 | Jr | * | New Martinsville, WV | |
| 56 | Todd Geist | LB | 6' 3" | 225 | So | Ashland, PA | ||
| 57 | Pat Conachan | C | 6' 2" | 240 | Sr | * | Cleveland, OH | |
| 58 | Andre Gist | OG | 6' 5" | 230 | So | * | Clinton, MD | |
| 59 | Kevin Osborne | C | 6' 3" | 215 | So | Sparta, NJ | ||
| 60 | Chuck Gambill | OG | 6' 2" | 235 | Sr | * | Penn Hills, PA | |
| 62 | Bill Legg | C | 6' 3" | 260 | Fr | Poca, WV | ||
| 63 | Bill Dyer | OG | 6' 3" | 215 | So | Summersville, WV | ||
| 64 | Al Thomas | OL | 6' 4" | 255 | Sr | * | St. Albans, WV | |
| 66 | Bob Seese | OT-DL | 6' 4" | 240 | So | Youngstown, NY | ||
| 67 | Mike Cottrell | OL | 6' 4" | 245 | Fr | Parkersburg, WV | ||
| 68 | Bob Gibson | OL | 6' 1" | 235 | So | Hurricane, WV | ||
| 69 | Rich Silvestro | C | 6' 2" | 265 | So | Willowick, OH | ||
| 70 | Mark Cuneo | OL | 6' 1" | 245 | Sr | * | Greensburg, PA | |
| 71 | Kurt Kehl | OT | 6' 6" | 275 | Fr | Berwick, PA | ||
| 72 | Jim Rodgers | OT | 6' 4" | 245 | So | Smithsburg, MD | ||
| 73 | Keith Jones | OT | 6' 5" | 255 | Jr | * | Charleston, WV | |
| 74 | Ray Hoisington | OT | 6' 3" | 245 | So | Norristown, PA | ||
| 75 | Frank Kinczel | OT | 6' 6" | 230 | Jr | * | Cleveland, OH | |
| 76 | Dwayne Jones | DT | 6' 6" | 245 | Fr | Chester, PA | ||
| 77 | Gordon Gordon | OG | 6' 2" | 255 | Sr | * | * | Moundsville, WV |
| 78 | Ed Shafer | OT | 6' 4" | 245 | Sr | Frederick, MD | ||
| 79 | Mike Durrette | OG | 6' 4" | 250 | Jr | * | Charlottesville, VA | |
| 80 | Jeff Seals | DE | 6' 1" | 210 | Jr | * | Silver Spring, MD | |
| 81 | Darrell Miller | WR | 6' 3" | 205 | Jr | * | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 82 | John Foy | DE | 6' 2" | 210 | Sr | * | Lambertville, NJ | |
| 83 | Jim Kaser | TE | 6' 4" | 220 | Fr | Toledo, OH | ||
| 84 | Dave Johnson | TE | 6' 3" | 230 | So | * | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 85 | Mark Raugh | TE | 6' 3" | 210 | So | * | Roaring Spring, PA | |
| 86 | Dale Rusesky | DT | 6' 2" | 225 | So | Shenandoah, PA | ||
| 87 | Gil Parthemore | TE | 6' 4" | 230 | So | Camp Hill, PA | ||
| 88 | Mickey Walczak | RB | 6' 1" | 205 | So | Saratoga Springs, NY | ||
| 89 | Darryl Weatherspoon | WR | 6' 1" | 175 | Jr | Brookfield, WI | ||
| 90 | Darryl Talley | LB | 6' 4" | 210 | So | * | East Cleveland, OH | |
| 91 | Todd Campbell | DT | 6' 3" | 240 | So | * | New Kensington, PA | |
| 92 | Nate Smith | DT | 6' 4" | 250 | Jr | Pittsburgh, PA | ||
| 93 | Andy Holliday | LB | 6' 3" | 220 | So | Hurricane, WV | ||
| 94 | Mark Nagy | TE | 6' 4" | 245 | Sr | Frederick, MD | ||
| 95 | Delbert Fowler | DE | 6' 3" | 220 | Sr | * | Cleveland, OH | |
| 96 | James Simpson | OLB | 6' 4" | 220 | Sr | Roanoke, VA | ||
| 97 | John Bendana | MG | 6' 2" | 240 | Sr | * | Englewood, NJ | |
| 98 | Danny Lee | DL | 6' 6" | 260 | Sr | Jacksonville, FL | ||
| 99 | Calvin Turner | DT | 6' 4" | 245 | Jr | * | Fairmont, WV |
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