1981
| H/A/N | Games | Wins | Losses | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Games | 12 | 9 | 3 | .750 |
| Home | 6 | 5 | 1 | .833 |
| Away | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 |
| Neutral | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Date | Rank | Opponent | Opp. Rank | Conf. | Site | Location | H/A | OTs | WVU | Opp | W/L | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | Virginia | Scott Stadium | Charlottesville, VA | A | 32 | 18 | W | 34,007 | ||||
| Sep 19 | Maryland | Byrd Stadium | College Park, MD | A | 17 | 13 | W | 38,300 | ||||
| Sep 26 | Colorado State | Milan Puskar Stadium | Morgantown, WV | H | 49 | 3 | W | 48,716 | ||||
| Oct 3 | Boston College | Alumni Stadium | Chestnut Hill, MA | A | 38 | 10 | W | 23,500 | ||||
| Oct 10 | Pitt | 4 | Milan Puskar Stadium | Morgantown, WV | H | 0 | 17 | L | 54,280 | |||
| Oct 17 | Virginia Tech | Milan Puskar Stadium | Morgantown, WV | H | 27 | 6 | W | 49,115 | ||||
| Oct 24 | Penn State | 1 | Beaver Stadium | University Park, PA | A | 7 | 30 | L | 85,012 | |||
| Oct 31 | East Carolina | Milan Puskar Stadium | Morgantown, WV | H | 20 | 3 | W | 41,364 | ||||
| Nov 7 | Temple | Milan Puskar Stadium | Morgantown, WV | H | 24 | 19 | W | 40,342 | ||||
| Nov 14 | Rutgers | Milan Puskar Stadium | Morgantown, WV | H | 20 | 3 | W | 44,395 | ||||
| Nov 21 | Syracuse | Carrier Dome | Syracuse, NY | A | 24 | 27 | L | 33,117 | ||||
| Dec 31 | Florida | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | Atlanta, GA | N | 26 | 6 | W | 37,582 |
| Rushing | GP | No. | Rg | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg./g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 12 | 496 | 1921 | 212 | 1709 | 14 | 32 | 142.4 |
| Curlin Beck | 12 | 123 | 537 | 40 | 497 | 2 | 18 | 41.4 |
| Dane Conwell | 10 | 128 | 439 | 2 | 437 | 5 | 19 | 43.7 |
| Mickey Walczak | 11 | 73 | 290 | 16 | 274 | 2 | 17 | 24.9 |
| King Harvey | 8 | 67 | 239 | 43 | 196 | 1 | 26 | 24.5 |
| Damon Beasley | 9 | 32 | 170 | 1 | 169 | 0 | 32 | 18.8 |
| Oliver Luck | 12 | 40 | 143 | 94 | 49 | 3 | 14 | 4.1 |
| Al Bouldin | 6 | 12 | 35 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 4.5 |
| Eldridge Dixon | 2 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 13.0 |
| Cam Zopp | 4 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 6.5 |
| Ron Wolfley | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 13.0 |
| Dan Thistlethwaite | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Curt Cignetti | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bruce Gillard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 |
| Kevin White | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | -2 | -0.7 |
| Gary Mullen | 11 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 | -2 | -0.5 |
| Passing | GP | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked | Avg./g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 12 | 222 | 404 | 16 | 2527 | 18 | 73 | 0 | 210.6 |
| Oliver Luck | 12 | 216 | 394 | 16 | 2448 | 16 | 73 | 0 | 204.0 |
| Kevin White | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 19.3 |
| Mickey Walczak | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 21 | 1.9 | |
| Curt Cignetti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Receiving | GP | No. | Yds | Avg. | TD | Long | Avg./G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 12 | 222 | 2527 | 11.4 | 18 | 73 | 210.6 |
| Rich Hollins | 12 | 37 | 754 | 20.4 | 6 | 73 | 62.8 |
| Mark Raugh | 12 | 64 | 601 | 9.4 | 3 | 25 | 50.1 |
| Mickey Walczak | 11 | 49 | 338 | 6.9 | 6 | 32 | 30.7 |
| Gary Mullen | 11 | 11 | 210 | 19.1 | 0 | 59 | 19.1 |
| Darrell Miller | 2 | 8 | 141 | 17.6 | 0 | 24 | 70.5 |
| Wayne Brown | 5 | 8 | 138 | 17.3 | 1 | 25 | 27.6 |
| Curlin Beck | 12 | 17 | 127 | 7.5 | 0 | 43 | 10.6 |
| King Harvey | 8 | 8 | 69 | 8.6 | 0 | 39 | 8.6 |
| Billy Evans | 7 | 8 | 68 | 8.5 | 1 | 25 | 9.7 |
| Dane Conwell | 10 | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 0 | 24 | 3.3 |
| Damon Beasley | 9 | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 | 2.2 |
| Al Bouldin | 6 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 1 | 18 | 3.0 |
| Jim Kaser | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 32 | 302 | 65 | 21 | 409 | 35 | 24 | 190 | 41 |
| Willie Drewrey | 21 | 223 | 65 | 12 | 265 | 35 | |||
| Steve Newberry | 6 | 51 | 4 | 56 | 22 | ||||
| Reggie Armstead | 4 | 28 | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Gary Mullen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 118 | 25 | |||
| Damon Beasley | 1 | 13 | 13 | ||||||
| Al Bouldin | 1 | 13 | |||||||
| Billy Evans | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Tim Agee | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Lind Murray | 6 | 33 | 21 | ||||||
| Sedrick King | 2 | 17 | 0 | ||||||
| Mike Engle | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jeff Deem | 2 | 33 | 19 | ||||||
| Jeff Seals | 1 | 41 | 41 |
| # | Name | Pos | Ht | Wt | Class | Letter | Captain | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Nicholich | DB | 5' 10" | 180 | So | Fairmont, WV | |||
| 1 | Gary Mullen | WR | 6' 0" | 165 | Fr | * | Clairton, PA | |
| 2 | Lind Murray | DB | 6' 2" | 200 | Jr | * | Youngstown, OH | |
| 3 | Billy Evans | WR | 6' 3" | 195 | Sr | * | Bethel Park, PA | |
| 4 | Eldridge Dixon | RB | 6' 1" | 225 | Sr | Cleveland, OH | ||
| 6 | Tom Archer | QB-DB | 6' 0" | 185 | Fr | Sistersville, WV | ||
| 6 | Paul Woodside | K | 6' 0" | 170 | Fr | * | Falls Church, VA | |
| 7 | Curt Cignetti | QB | 6' 3" | 200 | Jr | Morgantown, WV | ||
| 8 | Roger Dietz | QB | 6' 1" | 195 | Sr | Rootstown, OH | ||
| 10 | Murat Tercan | K | 5' 7" | 145 | Sr | * | Morgantown, WV | |
| 11 | Everett Pettaway | DB | 6' 0" | 185 | Jr | * | Richmond, VA | |
| 12 | Oliver Luck | QB | 6' 2" | 190 | Sr | * | * | Cleveland, OH |
| 14 | Kevin White | QB | 6' 0" | 180 | Fr | Casa Grande, AZ | ||
| 15 | Sedrick King | DB | 6' 2" | 200 | Sr | * | Boynton Beach, FL | |
| 17 | Bruce Gillard | QB | 6' 3" | 185 | So | Zanesville, OH | ||
| 18 | Ed Armstrong | RB | 5' 11" | 195 | Sr | Cortland, OH | ||
| 19 | Wayne Brown | WR | 6' 1" | 171 | Fr | * | Somerville, NJ | |
| 20 | Curlin Beck | RB | 6' 1" | 200 | Jr | * | Bedford Heights, OH | |
| 21 | Jody McKown | DB | 5' 11" | 170 | Sr | * | Fayetteville, WV | |
| 22 | Tom Bowman | RB | 6' 0" | 225 | Fr | Portsmouth, OH | ||
| 23 | Dave Burroughs | WR | 5' 10" | 190 | So | Barberton, OH | ||
| 24 | Reggie Armstead | DB | 6' 0" | 190 | Jr | * | Fairmont, WV | |
| 26 | Allen Moreland | DB | 6' 2" | 180 | Jr | * | Ridgeley, WV | |
| 27 | Mike Scott | DB | 5' 11" | 206 | Fr | Parkersburg, WV | ||
| 28 | Steve Newberry | DB | 6' 3" | 185 | So | * | Peterstown, WV | |
| 29 | Mike Engle | DB | 6' 0" | 185 | Jr | * | Beaver Falls, PA | |
| 30 | Dan Thistlethwaite | RB | 5' 9" | 195 | Sr | * | Kingwood, WV | |
| 31 | Arthur Ashe | DB | 5' 11" | 185 | Fr | Washington, DC | ||
| 32 | Dane Conwell | FB | 6' 1" | 210 | Sr | * | South Point, OH | |
| 33 | King Harvey | TB | 5' 8" | 179 | Fr | * | Dublin, VA | |
| 34 | Al Bouldin | DB | 5' 8" | 175 | Fr | Akron, OH | ||
| 35 | Don Stemple | DB | 6' 0" | 195 | Jr | * | Vienna, WV | |
| 36 | Ron Wolfley | FB | 6' 0" | 222 | Fr | * | Orchard Park, NY | |
| 40 | Anthony Daniels | DB | 6' 0" | 203 | Fr | Cleveland, OH | ||
| 41 | Jeff Deem | LB | 6' 3" | 220 | So | * | Williamstown, WV | |
| 42 | Mickey Walczak | RB | 6' 1" | 205 | Jr | * | Saratoga Springs, NY | |
| 43 | Cam Zopp | LB | 6' 2" | 215 | Fr | * | Buckhannon, WV | |
| 44 | Tim Agee | DB | 5' 11" | 175 | So | * | Bethesda, MD | |
| 45 | Steve Hathaway | LB | 6' 4" | 215 | So | * | Beaver Falls, PA | |
| 46 | Damon Beasley | RB | 6' 4" | 215 | Sr | * | Akron, OH | |
| 47 | Ed Hughes | LB | 6' 3" | 200 | So | * | Ypsilanti, MI | |
| 48 | Willie Drewrey | WR | 5' 10" | 165 | Fr | * | Columbus, NJ | |
| 49 | Derek Christian | LB | 6' 4" | 230 | Fr | * | St. Albans, WV | |
| 50 | Dennis Fowlkes | LB | 6' 2" | 225 | Jr | * | Columbus, OH | |
| 51 | Mike Herzog | DT | 6' 3" | 252 | Fr | Waldorf, MD | ||
| 53 | Joe Zabkar | TE | 6' 4" | 230 | So | Latrobe, PA | ||
| 54 | Scott Barrows | OG | 6' 3" | 238 | Fr | Marietta, OH | ||
| 55 | Dave Oblak | MG | 6' 3" | 215 | So | * | Brook Park, OH | |
| 56 | Gerald Queener | MG | 6' 2" | 220 | So | Youngstown, OH | ||
| 57 | Dave Johnson | TE | 6' 3" | 230 | Jr | * | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 58 | Andre Gist | OG | 6' 5" | 230 | Jr | * | Clinton, MD | |
| 59 | Scott Dixon | LB | 6' 2" | 223 | Fr | Canton, OH | ||
| 60 | Barry Karnes | OLB | 6' 2" | 197 | So | Princeton, WV | ||
| 60 | Dave DeJarnett | OG | 6' 4" | 256 | Fr | Charleston, WV | ||
| 61 | Rob Schelhaas | OG | 6' 2" | 235 | So | * | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 62 | Bill Legg | C | 6' 3" | 260 | Fr | * | Poca, WV | |
| 63 | Bill Dyer | OG | 6' 3" | 215 | Jr | * | Summersville, WV | |
| 64 | Randy Jackson | OT | 6' 3" | 250 | Fr | Portsmouth, OH | ||
| 65 | Ed Fornadel | OT | 6' 5" | 260 | So | Bethel Park, PA | ||
| 66 | Mike Birorakis | OG | 6' 2" | 235 | Fr | Charleston, WV | ||
| 66 | Jeff Garnes | ILB | 6' 5" | 220 | Fr | Sissonville, WV | ||
| 67 | Chuck Jolliff | OG | 6' 4" | 255 | Fr | Canton, OH | ||
| 68 | Bill McCarthy | C | 6' 1" | 240 | Jr | Pittsburgh, PA | ||
| 69 | Rich Silvestro | C | 6' 2" | 265 | Jr | Willowick, OH | ||
| 70 | Chuck Harris | DT | 6' 3" | 270 | Jr | * | Madison City, IA | |
| 71 | Kurt Kehl | OT | 6' 6" | 275 | So | * | Berwick, PA | |
| 73 | Keith Jones | OT | 6' 5" | 255 | Sr | * | Charleston, WV | |
| 74 | Ray Hoisington | OT | 6' 3" | 245 | Jr | * | Norristown, PA | |
| 75 | Frank Kinczel | OT | 6' 6" | 230 | Sr | * | Cleveland, OH | |
| 77 | Jerry DeJarnett | MG | 6' 0" | 225 | So | Charleston, WV | ||
| 78 | Vince Mahaldo | OT | 6' 3" | 250 | Fr | Akron, OH | ||
| 79 | Mike Durrette | OG | 6' 4" | 250 | Sr | * | Charlottesville, VA | |
| 80 | Jeff Seals | DE | 6' 1" | 210 | Sr | * | Silver Spring, MD | |
| 81 | Darrell Miller | WR | 6' 3" | 205 | Sr | Philadelphia, PA | ||
| 82 | Rod Jeter | WR | 6' 2" | 185 | So | Aliquippa, PA | ||
| 83 | Jim Kaser | TE | 6' 4" | 220 | So | * | Toledo, OH | |
| 84 | Rob Bennett | TE | 6' 6" | 249 | Fr | Buckhannon, WV | ||
| 85 | Mark Raugh | TE | 6' 3" | 210 | Jr | * | Roaring Spring, PA | |
| 86 | Dale Rusesky | DT | 6' 2" | 225 | Jr | * | Shenandoah, PA | |
| 87 | Tom Hamilton | OT | 6' 6" | 270 | Fr | Stow, OH | ||
| 88 | Rich Hollins | WR | 6' 2" | 180 | So | * | Zanesville, OH | |
| 90 | Darryl Talley | LB | 6' 4" | 210 | Jr | * | East Cleveland, OH | |
| 91 | Todd Campbell | DT | 6' 3" | 240 | Jr | * | New Kensington, PA | |
| 92 | Brad Minetree | LB | 6' 0" | 195 | So | Bridgeport, WV | ||
| 93 | Andy Holliday | LB | 6' 3" | 220 | Jr | Hurricane, WV | ||
| 94 | Chris Genther | LB | 6' 4" | 215 | Fr | Cleveland, OH | ||
| 95 | Ernie Anderson | MG | 6' 0" | 235 | Fr | * | Colliers, WV | |
| 97 | Rich Walters | DT | 6' 1" | 230 | So | * | Glenshaw, PA | |
| 99 | Calvin Turner | DT | 6' 4" | 245 | Sr | * | * | Fairmont, WV |
Not in a conference.