# 2013 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

The 2013 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 2013 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 third year. West Virginia played its home games on Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia. The team finished the season at 4-8 (2-7 in Big 12 play), and as a result, they failed to qualify for a bowl game for the first time since going 3-8 in 2001.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | Noon | William & Mary* | Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WV | FS1 | W 24–17 | 56,350 |
| September 7 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 16 Oklahoma | Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK | FOX | L 7–16 | 84,692 |
| September 14 | Noon | Georgia State* | Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WV | ROOT | W 41–7 | 57,440 |
| September 21 | 3:30 p.m. | vs. Maryland* | M&T Bank StadiumBaltimore, MD (rivalry) | ESPNU | L 0–37 | 55,677 |
| September 28 | Noon | No. 11 Oklahoma State | Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WV (Gold Rush) | ESPN | W 30–21 | 57,280 |
| October 5 | 8:00 p.m. | at No. 16 Baylor | Floyd Casey StadiumWaco, TX | FS1 | L 42–73 | 45,467 |
| October 19 | Noon | No. 15 Texas Tech | Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WV | FS1 | L 27–37 | 54,084 |
| October 26 | 3:45 p.m. | at Kansas State | Bill Snyder Family Football StadiumManhattan, KS | FS1 | L 12–35 | 52,898 |
| November 2 | 3:30 p.m. | at TCU | Amon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, TX | ESPNU | W 30–27 $^{OT}$ | 41,632 |
| November 9 | 7:00 p.m. | Texas | Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WV (Stripe the Stadium) | FOX | L 40–47 $^{OT}$ | 59,570 |
| November 16 | Noon | at Kansas | Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS | FSN | L 19–31 | 30,809 |
| November 30 | 4:00 p.m. | Iowa State | Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WV | FS1 | L 44–52 $^{3OT}$ | 33,735 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||
* Schedule sources:

## Game summaries
### William & Mary

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tribe | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Mountaineers | 7 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 24 |

### #16 Oklahoma

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountaineers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| #16 Sooners | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 16 |

### Georgia State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Panthers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Mountaineers | 10 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 41 |

### Maryland

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountaineers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrapins | 14 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 37 |

### #11 Oklahoma State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #11 Cowboys | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Mountaineers | 14 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 30 |

### #17 Baylor

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountaineers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 42 |
| #17 Bears | 28 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 73 |

### #16 Texas Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #16 Red Raiders | 10 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 37 |
| Mountaineers | 0 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 27 |

### Kansas State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountaineers | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| Wildcats | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 35 |

### TCU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Mountaineers | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 30 |
| Horned Frogs | 10 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 27 |

### Texas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Longhorns | 3 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 47 |
| Mountaineers | 9 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 40 |

### Kansas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountaineers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 19 |
| Jayhawks | 3 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 31 |

### Iowa State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | Total |
| Cyclones | 7 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 52 |
| Mountaineers | 17 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 44 |