2020 West Virginia Mountaineers football | |
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Liberty Bowl champion | |
Liberty Bowl, W 24–21 vs. Army | |
Conference | Big 12 Conference |
Record | 6–4 (4–4 Big 12) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Gerad Parker (1st season) |
Co-offensive coordinator | Chad Scott (2nd season) |
Offensive scheme | Multiple |
Defensive coordinator | Jordan Lesley (1st season) |
Co-defensive coordinator | Jahmile Addae (1st season) |
Co-defensive coordinator | Jeff Koonz (1st season) |
Base defense | Multiple |
Home stadium | Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium |
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No. 9 Iowa State y | 8 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Oklahoma y$ | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Oklahoma State | 6 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Texas | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 5 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 4 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 3 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 2 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Oklahoma 27, Iowa State 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2020 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mountaineers played their home games at the Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium, in Morgantown, West Virginia, and competed in the Big 12 Conference. They were led by second-year head coach Neal Brown.
Offensive coordinator Matt Moore was promoted to assistant head coach, and was replaced in his role as offensive coordinator by Penn State wide receivers coach Gerad Parker. Parker also replaced Xavier Dye, who departed for South Florida, as wide receivers coach. Additionally, the Mountaineers hired Jeff Koonz from Ole Miss to serve as inside linebackers and special team coach and later became co-defensive coordinator.[1]
On July 22, Defensive coordinator Vic Koenning parted ways with West Virginia after allegations of mistreatment by West Virginia players.[2] To replace him, they promoted three defensive coaches to become co-defensive coordinators: Jordan Lesley, Jahmile Addae, and Jeff Koonz. They also moved linebackers coach Dontae Wright to safeties coach along with promoting analyst Jeff Casteel to outside linebackers coach.[3]
The Big 12 media days were held on July 21–22, 2020 in a virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
Big 12 media poll[5] | ||
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Oklahoma | 888 (88) |
2 | Oklahoma State | 742 (6) |
3 | Texas | 727 (4) |
4 | Iowa State | 607 |
5 | Baylor | 489 |
6 | TCU | 477 |
7 | Kansas State | 366 |
8 | West Virginia | 287 |
9 | Texas Tech | 267 |
10 | Kansas | 100 |
The West Virginia football spring "Blue-Gold game" was canceled due to COVID-19.
West Virginia released its 2020 schedule on October 21, 2019. The 2020 schedule originally consisted of 7 home games, 4 away games, and 1 neutral-site game in the regular season. The Mountaineers were to host two non-conference games against Eastern Kentucky and Maryland, and play a non-conference neutral site game against Florida State in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. West Virginia was to host Kansas State, TCU, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Baylor; and travel to Texas Tech, Texas, Oklahoma State, and Iowa State in regular-season conference play.
The Mountaineers' games against Florida State, scheduled for September 5, and Maryland, scheduled for September 19, were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6][7]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 12 | 12:00 p.m. | Eastern Kentucky* | FS1 | W 56–10 | 976 | |
September 26 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 15 Oklahoma State | ABC | L 13–27 | 14,672 | |
October 3 | 12:00 p.m. | Baylor |
| ABC | W 27–21 2OT | 978 |
October 17 | 12:00 p.m. | Kansas |
| FOX | W 38–17 | 10,759 |
October 24 | 5:30 p.m. | at Texas Tech | ESPN2 | L 27–34 | 13,532 | |
October 31 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 16 Kansas State![]() |
| ESPN2 | W 37–10 | 10,441 |
November 7 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 22 Texas | ABC | L 13–17 | 17,843 | |
November 14 | 12:00 p.m. | TCU |
| FOX | W 24–6 | 11,111 |
December 5 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 9 Iowa State | ESPN | L 6–42 | 14,256 | |
December 31 | 4:00 p.m. | vs. Army | ESPN | W 24–21 | 8,187 | |
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Coach | Title | Year at West Virginia | Previous job |
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Neal Brown | Head Coach | 2nd | Troy |
Matt Moore | Assistant Head Coach/OL | 2nd | Troy Co-OC/OL |
Gerad Parker | OC/WR | 1st | Penn State (WR/PGC) |
Chad Scott | Co-OC/RB | 2nd | Louisville (RB) |
Jeff Koonz | ILB/ST | 1st | Ole Miss (ILB) |
Jahmile Addae | DB | 2nd | Minnesota (DB) |
Jeff Casteel | Defensive Analyst/OLB | 1st | Nevada (DC/LB) |
Jordan Lesley | DL | 2nd | Troy (DL) |
Seth Reagan | QB | 2nd | Troy (Co-OC/QB) |
Travis Trickett | TE/WR | 2nd | Georgia State (OC/QB) |
Dontae Wright | S | 1st | Western Michigan (S) |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Eastern Kentucky | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
West Virginia | 14 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 56 |
Game information |
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Statistics | EKU | WVU |
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First downs | 9 | 31 |
Total yards | 206 | 624 |
Rushes/yards | 75 | 329 |
Passing yards | 131 | 295 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 9-17-1 | 25-35-0 |
Time of possession | 24:17 | 35:43 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Eastern Kentucky | Passing | Peyton McKinney | 9-17, 131 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT |
Rushing | Alonzo Booth | 7 carries, 45 yds | |
Receiving | Keyion Dixon | 3 receptions, 53 yds, 1 TD | |
West Virginia | Passing | Jarret Doege | 19–25, 228 yds, 3 TD |
Rushing | Alec Sinkfield | 15 carries, 123 yds, 2 TD | |
Receiving | Sam James | 5 receptions, 72 yds, 1 TD |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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West Virginia | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
No. 15 Oklahoma State | 0 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 27 |
at Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK
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Statistics | WVU | OKST |
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First downs | 22 | 20 |
Total yards | 353 | 342 |
Rushes/yards | 42–68 | 41–203 |
Passing yards | 285 | 139 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 20–37–0 | 15–22–1 |
Time of possession | 32:51 | 27:09 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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West Virginia | Passing | Jarret Doege | 20/37, 285 yards, TD |
Rushing | Leddie Brown | 26 carries, 104 yards | |
Receiving | Winston Wright Jr. | 6 receptions, 127 yards, TD | |
Oklahoma State | Passing | Shane Illingworth | 15/21, 139 yards, INT |
Rushing | LD Brown | 11 carries, 103 yards, TD | |
Receiving | Tylan Wallace | 6 receptions, 78 yards |
See also: 2020 Baylor Bears football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
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Baylor | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
West Virginia | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 27 |
at Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV
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Statistics | BAY | WVU |
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First downs | 15 | 18 |
Total yards | 256 | 345 |
Rushes/yards | 33/27 | 39/134 |
Passing yards | 229 | 211 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 23–38–2 | 30–42–2 |
Time of possession | 28:07 | 31:53 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Baylor | Passing | Charlie Brewer | 23–38, 229 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT |
Rushing | John Lovett | 14 carries, 23 yards | |
Receiving | R.J. Sneed | 6 receptions, 48 yards, 1 TD | |
West Virginia | Passing | Jarret Doege | 30–42, 211 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT |
Rushing | Leddie Brown | 27 carries, 93 yards, 2 TD | |
Receiving | Sam James | 8 reception, 66 yards |
See also: 2020 TCU Horned Frogs football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Kansas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV
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Statistics | KAN | WVU |
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First downs | ||
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Passing yards | ||
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | ||
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Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Kansas | Passing | ||
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Receiving | |||
West Virginia | Passing | ||
Rushing | |||
Receiving |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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West Virginia | 7 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 27 |
Texas Tech | 13 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
at Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX
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Statistics | WVU | TTU |
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First downs | ||
Total yards | ||
Rushes/yards | ||
Passing yards | ||
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | ||
Time of possession |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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West Virginia | Passing | Jarret Doege | 32/50, 347 yards, TD |
Rushing | Leddie Brown | 21 rushes, 77 yards, 2 TD | |
Receiving | Winston Wright Jr. | 9 receptions, 126 yards | |
Texas Tech | Passing | Henry Colombi | 22/28, 169 yards, TD |
Rushing | SaRodorick Thompson | 8 rushes, 68 yards, TD | |
Receiving | Myles Price | 7 receptions, 79 yards |
See also: 2020 Kansas State Wildcats football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Kansas State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV
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Statistics | KSU | WVU |
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First downs | ||
Total yards | ||
Rushes/yards | ||
Passing yards | ||
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | ||
Time of possession |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Kansas State | Passing | ||
Rushing | |||
Receiving | |||
West Virginia | Passing | ||
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Receiving |
See also: 2020 Texas Longhorns football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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West Virginia | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
No. 22 Texas | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX
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Statistics | WVU | TEX |
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First Downs | 21 | 17 |
Total Yards | 360 | 363 |
Rushing: Att/Yds | 26/43 | 36/9 |
Passing Yards | 317 | 184 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 35–50–0 | 15–31–0 |
Time of Possession | 34:21 | 25:39 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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West Virginia | Passing | Jarret Doege | 35–50, 317 yards |
Rushing | Leddie Brown | 15 car, 47 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | T.J. Simmons | 4 rec, 71 yards | |
Texas | Passing | Sam Ehlinger | 15–31, 184 yards, 2 TDs |
Rushing | Bijan Robinson | 12 car, 113 yards | |
Receiving | Jake Smith | 3 rec, 59 yards, 1 TD |
See also: 2020 TCU Horned Frogs football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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TCU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV
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Statistics | TCU | WVU |
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First downs | ||
Total yards | ||
Rushes/yards | ||
Passing yards | ||
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | ||
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TCU | Passing | ||
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Receiving | |||
West Virginia | Passing | ||
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Receiving |
See also: 2020 Iowa State Cyclones football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
No. 9 Iowa State | 7 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
at Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA
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Statistics | WVU | ISU |
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First downs | 16 | 26 |
Total yards | 263 | 483 |
Rushes/yards | 25-54 | 44-236 |
Passing yards | 209 | 247 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 21-41-0 | 20-23-0 |
Time of possession | 28:09 | 31:51 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics | |
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West Virginia | Passing | Jarret Doege | 21–44, 209 YDS | |
Rushing | Leddie Brown | 14 CAR, 48 YDS | ||
Receiving | Sean Ryan | 5 REC, 79 YDS | ||
Iowa State | Passing | Brock Purdy | 20–23, 247 YDS, 3 TD | |
Rushing | Breece Hall | 22 CAR, 97 YDS, TD | ||
Receiving | Xavier Hutchinson | 8 REC, 89 YDS |
See also: 2020 Army Black Knights football team and 2020 Liberty Bowl |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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West Virginia | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
Army | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN
Game information |
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Statistics | WVU | ARMY |
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First downs | 19 | 16 |
Total yards | 322 | 239 |
Rushes/yards | 27–42 | 59–182 |
Passing yards | 280 | 57 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 23–42–1 | 4–6–1 |
Time of possession | 26:19 | 33:41 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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West Virginia | Passing | Jarrett Doege | 15/25, 159 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT |
Rushing | Leddie Brown | 20 carries, 65 yards | |
Receiving | T.J. Simmons | 4 receptions, 56 yards, 2 TD | |
Army | Passing | Christian Anderson | 4/6, 57 yards, 1 INT |
Rushing | Tyhier Tyler | 24 carries, 76 yards, 3 TD | |
Receiving | Chris Cameron | 1 reception, 32 yards |
Further information: 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
AP | — | — | — | RV | RV | — | RV | RV | RV | — | RV | — | ||||
Coaches | — | — | — | RV | RV | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | ||||
CFP | Not released | Not released |
See also: 2021 NFL Draft |
Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL Club |
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5 | 153 | Tony Fields II | ILB | Cleveland Browns |