2020 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

2020 West Virginia Mountaineers football
2020 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl, W 24–21 vs. Army
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	6–4 (4–4 Big 12)
Head coach	Neal Brown (2nd season);
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
	Seasons ← 2019 2021 →

2020 Big 12 Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
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
$ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll.

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.

Offseason

Coaching changes

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]

Preseason

Big 12 media days

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

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
Big 12 media poll^[5]
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

Schedule

Spring game

The West Virginia football spring "Blue-Gold game" was canceled due to COVID-19.

Regular season

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
September 12	12:00 p.m.	Eastern Kentucky*	Milan Puskar Stadium Morgantown, WV	FS1	W 56–10	976
September 26	3:30 p.m.	at No. 15 Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	ABC	L 13–27	14,672
October 3	12:00 p.m.	Baylor	Milan Puskar Stadium Morgantown, WV	ABC	W 27–21 ^2OT	978
October 17	12:00 p.m.	Kansas	Milan Puskar Stadium Morgantown, WV	FOX	W 38–17	10,759
October 24	5:30 p.m.	at Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX	ESPN2	L 27–34	13,532
October 31	12:00 p.m.	No. 16 Kansas State	Milan Puskar Stadium Morgantown, WV	ESPN2	W 37–10	10,441
November 7	12:00 p.m.	at No. 22 Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	ABC	L 13–17	17,843
November 14	12:00 p.m.	TCU	Milan Puskar Stadium Morgantown, WV	FOX	W 24–6	11,111
December 5	3:30 p.m.	at No. 9 Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	ESPN	L 6–42	14,256
December 31	4:00 p.m.	vs. Army	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl)	ESPN	W 24–21	8,187
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings (after November 24) released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

Schedule Source:^[8]

Coaching staff

Coach	Title	Year at West Virginia	Previous job
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)

Game summaries

Vs. Eastern Kentucky

Eastern Kentucky Colonels (0–1) vs. West Virginia Mountaineers (0–0)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Eastern Kentucky	0	7	3	0	10
West Virginia	14	28	7	7	56

at Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV

Date: Saturday, September 12, 2020
Game time: 12:00 p.m. EDT
Game weather: mostly cloudy, 88°F
TV: FS1
Pregame line: West Virginia -40.0

Game information

First quarter

Second quarter

Third quarter

Fourth quarter

Statistics	EKU	WVU
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
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

At Oklahoma State

West Virginia Mountaineers (1–0) vs. No. 15 Oklahoma State Cowboys (1–0)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
West Virginia	0	7	3	3	13
No. 15 Oklahoma State	0	20	0	7	27

at Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK

Date: Saturday, September 26, 2020
Game time: 3:30 p.m. EST
Game weather: •Sunny Temperature: 87
Game attendance: 14,672
Referee: David Alvarez
TV announcers (ABC): Bob Wischusen (play-by-play), Dan Orlovsky (analyst), Kris Budden (sideline)
Pregame line:

Game information

First Quarter

None

Second Quarter

(13:43) OKST – LD Brown 66-yard run, Alex Hale kick (Drive: 3 plays, 76 yards, 1:04; Oklahoma State 7–0)
(11:07) OKST – Tyren Irby 56-yard fumble return, Alex Hale kick (Drive: 8 plays, 31 yards, 2:36; Oklahoma State 14–0)
(5:02) OKST – Alex Hale 40-yard field goal (Drive: 7 plays, 48 yards, 2:22; Oklahoma State 17–0)
(3:48) WVU – Winston Wright Jr. 70-yard pass from Jarret Doege, Evan Staley kick (Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards, 1:14; Oklahoma State 17–7)
(0:03) OKST – Alex Hale 40-yard field goal (Drive: 8 plays, 40 yards, 0:56; Oklahoma State 20–7)

Third Quarter

(0:37) WVU – Evan Staley 26-yard field goal (Drive: 6 plays, 32 yards, 2:12; Oklahoma State 20–10)

Fourth Quarter

(9:01) WVU – Evan Staley 30-yard field goal (Drive: 11 plays, 57 yards, 4:40; Oklahoma State 20–13)
(1:17) OKST – Chuba Hubbard 23-yard run, Alex Hale kick (Drive: 15 plays, 80 yards, 7:44; Oklahoma State 27–13)

Statistics	WVU	OKST
First downs	22	20
Total yards	353	342
Rushes/yards	42–68	41–203
Passing yards	285	139
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