# 2015 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

The 2015 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Playing as a member of the Big 12 Conference (Big 12), the team was led by head coach Dana Holgorsen, in his fifth year. West Virginia played its home games at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season 8–5, 4–5 in Big 12 play to finish in a three way tie for fifth place. They were invited to the Cactus Bowl where they defeated Arizona State

## Schedule

West Virginia announced their 2015 football schedule on November 19, 2014. The 2015 schedule consist of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Mountaineers will host Big 12 foes Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Texas, and Texas Tech. West Virginia will travel to Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, and TCU.
The Mountaineers hosted all three non conference games against Georgia Southern, Liberty and also hosted rival Maryland.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 5 | 7:30 p.m. | Georgia Southern* | | Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WV | FSN | W 44–0 | 55,182 |
| September 12 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 15 (FCS) Liberty* | | Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WV | RTPT | W 41–17 | 52,899 |
| September 26 | 3:00 p.m. | Maryland* | | Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WV (Gold Rush) (rivalry) | FS1 | W 45–6 | 61,174 |
| October 3 | Noon | at No. 5 Oklahoma | No. 23 | Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK | FS1 | L 24–44 | 84,384 |
| October 10 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 21 Oklahoma State | | Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WV (Stripe the Stadium) | ESPN2 | L 26–33 $^{OT}$ | 60,410 |
| October 17 | Noon | at No. 2 Baylor | | McLane StadiumWaco, TX | FOX | L 38–62 | 45,370 |
| October 29 | 7:30 p.m. | at No. 5 TCU | | Amon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, TX | FS1 | L 10–40 | 45,947 |
| November 7 | Noon | Texas Tech | | Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WV | FS1 | W 31–26 | 54,932 |
| November 14 | Noon | Texas | | Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WV (True Blue) | ESPNU | W 38–20 | 56,736 |
| November 21 | Noon | at Kansas | | Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS | FSN | W 49–0 | 21,415 |
| November 28 | Noon | Iowa State | | Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WV | FS1 | W 30–6 | 42,446 |
| December 5 | 4:30 p.m. | at Kansas State | | Bill Snyder Family Football StadiumManhattan, KS | FS1 | L 23–24 | 52,918 |
| January 2, 2016 | 10:45 p.m. | vs. Arizona State* | | Chase FieldPhoenix, AZ (Cactus Bowl) | ESPN | W 43–42 | 39,321 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||
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## Game summaries
### Georgia Southern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mountaineers | 10 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 44 |

### Liberty

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Flames | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| Mountaineers | 6 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 41 |

### Maryland

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Terrapins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Mountaineers | 21 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 45 |

### Oklahoma

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #23 Mountaineers | 0 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 24 |
| #15 Sooners | 7 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 44 |

### Oklahoma State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| #21 Cowboys | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 33 |
| Mountaineers | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 26 |

### Baylor

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountaineers | 7 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
| #2 Bears | 17 | 10 | 21 | 14 | 62 |

### TCU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountaineers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| #5 Horned Frogs | 17 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 40 |

### Texas Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Red Raiders | 7 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 26 |
| Mountaineers | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |

### Texas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Longhorns | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| Mountaineers | 7 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 38 |

### Kansas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountaineers | 28 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 49 |
| Jayhawks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Iowa State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cyclones | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Mountaineers | 7 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 30 |

### Kansas State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountaineers | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| Wildcats | 0 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 24 |

### Arizona State–Cactus Bowl

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountaineers | 9 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 43 |
| Sun Devils | 3 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 42 |

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
| AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | 23 | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | — | — |
| Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | 21 | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | — | RV |
| CFP | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |