1971
| H/A/N | Games | Wins | Losses | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Games | 11 | 7 | 4 | .636 |
| Home | 6 | 5 | 1 | .833 |
| Away | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 |
| Date | Rank | Opponent | Opp. Rank | Conf. | Site | Location | H/A | OTs | WVU | Opp | W/L | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11 | Boston College | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 45 | 14 | W | 31,500 | ||||
| Sep 18 | California | California Memorial Stadium | Berkeley, CA | A | 10 | 20 | L | 23,000 | ||||
| Sep 25 | Richmond | Richmond City Stadium | Richmond, VA | A | 16 | 3 | W | 11,000 | ||||
| Oct 2 | Pitt | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 20 | 9 | W | 38,500 | ||||
| Oct 9 | William & Mary | Cary Field | Williamsburg, VA | A | 28 | 23 | W | 15,000 | ||||
| Oct 16 | East Carolina | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 44 | 21 | W | 27,000 | ||||
| Oct 23 | Temple | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 43 | 33 | W | 25,000 | ||||
| Oct 30 | Penn State | 6 | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 7 | 35 | L | 37,000 | |||
| Nov 6 | Duke | Wallace Wade Stadium | Durham, NC | A | 15 | 31 | L | 30,150 | ||||
| Nov 13 | VMI | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 28 | 3 | W | 24,000 | ||||
| Nov 20 | Syracuse | Archbold Stadium | Syracuse, NY | A | 24 | 28 | L | 18,049 |
| Rushing | GP | No. | Rg | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg./g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 11 | 512 | 2599 | 209 | 2390 | 29 | 33 | 217.3 |
| Kerry Marbury | 11 | 144 | 922 | 36 | 886 | 6 | 18 | 80.5 |
| Andrew "Pete" Wood | 11 | 145 | 744 | 20 | 724 | 10 | 10 | 65.8 |
| Brian Chiles | 8 | 97 | 491 | 5 | 486 | 6 | 15 | 60.8 |
| Mike Nelson | 11 | 33 | 162 | 1 | 161 | 1 | 33 | 14.6 |
| Bernie Galiffa | 11 | 68 | 199 | 114 | 85 | 5 | 7 | 7.7 |
| John Herold | 6 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4.3 | |
| Kim West | 7 | 9 | 30 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 2.6 | |
| Ron Fusco | 10 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1.5 | |
| James Roark | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.0 | |
| Harry Blake | 11 | 3 | 4 | 19 | -15 | 0 | -1.4 |
| Passing | GP | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked | Avg./g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 11 | 130 | 261 | 9 | 1688 | 8 | 89 | 0 | 153.5 |
| Bernie Galiffa | 11 | 120 | 237 | 9 | 1538 | 8 | 89 | 139.8 | |
| Kim West | 7 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 150 | 0 | 38 | 21.4 | |
| Andrew "Pete" Wood | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Ron Fusco | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Receiving | GP | No. | Yds | Avg. | TD | Long | Avg./G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 11 | 130 | 1688 | 13.0 | 8 | 89 | 153.5 |
| Nate Stephens | 9 | 24 | 393 | 16.4 | 2 | 17 | 43.7 |
| Harry Blake | 11 | 27 | 388 | 14.4 | 2 | 13 | 35.3 |
| Chris Potts | 11 | 22 | 294 | 13.4 | 2 | 89 | 26.7 |
| Bernie Kirchner | 10 | 23 | 283 | 12.3 | 0 | 19 | 28.3 |
| David Jagdmann | 10 | 9 | 176 | 19.6 | 1 | 17.6 | |
| Andrew "Pete" Wood | 11 | 7 | 51 | 7.3 | 1 | 6 | 4.6 |
| Kerry Marbury | 11 | 14 | 45 | 3.2 | 0 | 13 | 4.1 |
| Mike Nelson | 11 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 38 | 4.1 |
| Greg Ferris | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 3.7 | |
| Brian Chiles | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 41 | 255 | 6 | 41 | 664 | 25 | 22 | 297 | 14 |
| Leon Jenkins | 32 | 211 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 0 | |
| John Billetz | 7 | 27 | 1 | 24 | |||||
| David Morris | 1 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 68 | 6 | ||
| Rick Weiskircher | 1 | 6 | 1 | 18 | |||||
| Andrew "Pete" Wood | 14 | 280 | 16 | ||||||
| Kerry Marbury | 10 | 199 | 25 | ||||||
| Chris Potts | 6 | 46 | 14 | ||||||
| David Jagdmann | 3 | 21 | 13 | ||||||
| Harry Blake | 2 | 55 | |||||||
| Kevin Gladys | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Mike Nelson | 1 | 10 | |||||||
| James Roark | 1 | 13 | |||||||
| Brian Chiles | 1 | 15 | |||||||
| Terry King | 1 | 14 | 14 | ||||||
| Doug Charley | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Billy Joe Mantooth | 1 | 16 | |||||||
| Jack Hines | 2 | 35 | |||||||
| John Harcharic | 2 | 26 | |||||||
| Tom Geishauser | 2 | 28 | 0 | ||||||
| Tom Zakowski | 2 | 33 | |||||||
| Wilbert "Wib" Newton | 1 | 11 | 11 |
| # | Name | Pos | Ht | Wt | Class | Letter | Captain | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Doug Charley | DB | 6' 2" | 175 | Jr | Ford City, PA | ||
| 11 | Mike Michael | DB | 6' 1" | 190 | So | Fredericksburg, VA | ||
| 12 | Bernie Galiffa | QB | 5' 11" | 184 | Sr | * | Donora, PA | |
| 14 | Ron Fusco | QB | 5' 11" | 185 | So | Niles, OH | ||
| 15 | Kim West | QB | 6' 2" | 195 | Jr | * | St. Albans, WV | |
| 18 | David Morris | DB | 5' 11" | 190 | Jr | * | Wayne, WV | |
| 20 | Rick Weiskircher | DB | 5' 10" | 175 | Jr | * | Martins Ferry, OH | |
| 21 | Leon Jenkins | DB | 5' 11" | 165 | Sr | * | * | Weirton, WV |
| 22 | Kerry Marbury | RB | 5' 10" | 180 | So | * | Carolina, WV | |
| 23 | Tom Geishauser | DB | 6' 1" | 178 | Jr | * | Altoona, PA | |
| 25 | John Billetz | DB | 6' 2" | 195 | Jr | * | Greensboro, PA | |
| 26 | Jack Hines | DB | 5' 10" | 178 | Sr | * | Morgantown, WV | |
| 27 | Dick Hart | DB | 5' 9" | 175 | So | Mt. Lebanon, PA | ||
| 28 | Harry Blake | WR | 5' 11" | 165 | So | * | Summerville, SC | |
| 30 | John Harcharic | DB | 6' 1" | 175 | So | * | Weirton, WV | |
| 32 | Chris Potts | E | 5' 11" | 178 | Sr | * | Washington, PA | |
| 33 | Mike Nelson | FB | 6' 0" | 186 | So | * | Paden City, WV | |
| 34 | Frank Nester | K | 5' 9" | 179 | So | * | Ravenswood, WV | |
| 36 | John Herold | FB | 5' 11" | 190 | So | Gibsonia, PA | ||
| 37 | James Roark | LB | 6' 0" | 215 | So | Ravenswood, WV | ||
| 40 | Andrew "Pete" Wood | FB | 5' 7" | 193 | Sr | * | Bluefield, WV | |
| 41 | Steve Soroka | K | 6' 1" | 183 | Jr | * | Clifton, NJ | |
| 42 | Jeff Rice | TB | 5' 10" | 180 | So | St. Clairsville, OH | ||
| 44 | Brian Chiles | FB | 6' 1" | 225 | Jr | * | Inwood, NY | |
| 50 | Billy Joe Mantooth | LB | 6' 2" | 225 | Jr | * | Clendenin, WV | |
| 51 | John Withers | LB | 6' 2" | 205 | So | * | Altoona, PA | |
| 52 | Sam Nastase | C | 6' 0" | 221 | Jr | Bellefonte, PA | ||
| 53 | Terry King | LB | 6' 0" | 222 | Sr | * | * | Lorain, OH |
| 54 | Dan Hannahs | LB | 5' 11" | 208 | Jr | * | Barnesville, OH | |
| 55 | Wilbert "Wib" Newton | LB | 6' 2" | 230 | So | * | New Martinsville, WV | |
| 56 | David Hudson | C | 6' 0" | 220 | Sr | * | Bellaire, OH | |
| 57 | Gerald Schultze | C | 6' 0" | 228 | Jr | * | Wheeling, WV | |
| 58 | Terry Voithofer | OT | 5' 11" | 220 | Sr | * | * | Smithfield, PA |
| 60 | Bill Samuelson | OT | 6' 2" | 225 | Jr | * | York, PA | |
| 61 | B.C. Williams | RB | 5' 9" | 240 | Sr | * | Clifton Forge, VA | |
| 62 | Dan Resenic | OT | 6' 1" | 230 | Jr | Latrobe, PA | ||
| 63 | Tom Zakowski | LB | 6' 1" | 220 | Jr | * | Colebrook, PA | |
| 64 | Steve Fleming | LB | 6' 1" | 190 | Sr | Van, WV | ||
| 65 | Jim Auxier | OG | 6' 2" | 242 | So | Glasgow, WV | ||
| 66 | Rick Stump | DE | 6' 2" | 225 | Jr | * | Clendenin, WV | |
| 67 | Dave Smith | OG | 6' 2" | 221 | Jr | Struthers, OH | ||
| 70 | Adam Gluchoski | 6' 4" | 240 | Jr | * | Woodbridge, NJ | ||
| 71 | Billy Don Farley | OT | 6' 4" | 220 | So | Hinton, WV | ||
| 72 | Dan Larcamp | OT | 6' 2" | 240 | So | St. Albans, WV | ||
| 73 | Frank Samsa | DT | 6' 0" | 225 | Jr | * | Turtle Creek, PA | |
| 74 | Mike Goodwin | OG | 6' 2" | 216 | Sr | * | Elizabeth, WV | |
| 75 | Ron Brown | DT | 6' 3" | 225 | Jr | * | Mallory, WV | |
| 76 | Kevin Gladys | OT | 6' 0" | 230 | Sr | * | Monessen, PA | |
| 77 | Dennis Reid | DT | 6' 1" | 225 | Jr | * | New Martinsville, WV | |
| 78 | Walt Bragg | OG-OT | 6' 0" | 225 | So | * | Morristown, TN | |
| 79 | Newlon Burnworth | OG | 6' 2" | 210 | So | South Amherst, OH | ||
| 80 | Ron Goodwin | LB | 5' 10" | 195 | Sr | * | Bluefield, WV | |
| 81 | Tom Tamburino | DE | 6' 1" | 200 | Jr | * | Youngstown, OH | |
| 82 | David Jagdmann | TE | 6' 1" | 215 | So | * | Monroeville, PA | |
| 83 | Cliff Harris | DE | 6' 3" | 225 | Jr | * | Charleston, WV | |
| 84 | Greg Ferris | SE | 6' 2" | 178 | So | Glen Dale, WV | ||
| 85 | Russ Sweickert | DE | 6' 1" | 218 | Jr | * | Parkersburg, WV | |
| 86 | Bernie Kirchner | WR | 6' 3" | 190 | So | * | Arlington, VA | |
| 87 | Scott Hindsley | DE | 6' 1" | 206 | Sr | * | Beckley, WV | |
| 88 | Nate Stephens | TE | 6' 2" | 205 | Jr | * | Farmington, WV | |
| 89 | Bob Sims | DE | 6' 2" | 225 | Jr | * | Zanesville, OH |
Not in a conference.