The 1982 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represents West Virginia University in the NCAA Division I-A football season 1982. This is the 90th overall season of Mountaineers and they compete as an Independent I-A Division. The team is headed by head coach Don Nehlen, in his third year, and plays their home game at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record nine wins and three defeats (9-3 overall) and with losses against Florida State at Gator Bowl.
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Jeff Hostetler is an early quarterback for mountain climbers. He led the team by 1916 passing yards and 10 goals. Leading the team in a hurry is Curlin Beck with 357 net yards. Darrell Miller leads the receiving team with 34 receptions for 565 yards.
The first game featured Mountain Climber against Oklahoma's perennial powerhouse. Despite being two goals and underdogs, the mountaineers played a great game to upset Sooners in Norman, 41-27. It was followed by a 19-18 victory at home to rivals Mayland. The third match against Richmond, was a blast, in which Mountaineers won 43-10.
Their first loss of the season came to their rivals, Pittsburgh, at Backyard Brawl, with a score of 16-13. In a fight, fans are introduced to Allry's All-American linebacker Talley. He intercepted Dan Marino's pass and blocked a kick for safety in a 16-13 West Virginia loss to the No. 2-rated Panthers. The 1982 game is one of only five times that both teams are nationally ranked: Pitt tops No. 2 and West Virginia is 14th after an angry win over Oklahoma and Maryland.
The Mountaineers rebounded with a hard-fought 20-13 slugfest over Boston College, and quarterback Doug Flutie. WVU traveled to Blacksburg to face rival Virginia Tech, in a match, Mountaineers won 16-6.
The following week, Mountaineers hosted the number 1 team at Nation, Penn State Nittany Lions at home. The WVU offense never rolled over Penn State's prestigious defense, which pitched a 24-0 shutout. WVU rebounded once again with its own explosive against East Carolina, 30-3. The Mountaineers travel to Philadelphia to take the Temple. Owls lost 20-17.
West Virginia closed the season with dominating victories over Rutgers, and Syracuse. It gave them a 9-2 record, ranked 10th nationally, and a trip to the Gator Bowl to pick up Florida State.
Awards and honors
- Darryl Talley, All-America selection
References
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