2008 West Virginia Mountaineers football | |
Meineke Car Care Bowl Champions | |
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Meineke Car Care Bowl vs. North Carolina, 31-30 win | |
Conference | Big East Conference |
Ranking | |
AP | No. 23 |
2008 record | 9–4 (5–2 Big East) |
Head coach | Bill Stewart |
Offensive coordinator | Jeff Mullen |
Offensive scheme | Spread |
Defensive coordinator | Jeff Casteel |
Base defense | 3–3–5 |
Home stadium | Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium (Capacity: 60,000) |
Seasons |
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#17 Cincinnati † | 6 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 5 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#23 West Virginia | 5 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 3 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 2 | – | 5 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisville | 1 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | 1 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – BCS representative as champion Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2008 West Virginia Mountaineers football team competed on behalf of West Virginia University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Bill Stewart, who took over after he led the Mountaineers to a 2008 Fiesta Bowl victory over the #3 Oklahoma Sooners as the interim head coach after the departure of former head coach Rich Rodriguez. The team finished the season with a 9–4 record and a win over North Carolina in the Meineke Car Care Bowl.
Contents
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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August 30* | 3:30 PM | Villanova | #8 | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | ESPN+ | W 48–21 | 60,566 | |
September 6* | 4:30 PM | at East Carolina | #8 | Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC | ESPN | L 3–24 | 43,610 | |
September 18* | 8:30 PM | at Colorado | #24 | Folsom Field • Boulder, CO | ESPN | L 14–17 OT | 51,883 | |
September 27* | 3:30 PM | Marshall | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV (Friends of Coal Bowl) | ESPN+ | W 27–3 | 60,154 | ||
October 4 | 12:00 PM | Rutgers | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | ESPN+ | W 24–17 | 59,122 | ||
October 11† | 12:00 PM | Syracuse | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | ESPNU | W 17–6 | 58,133 | ||
October 23* | 7:30 PM | Auburn | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV (Gold Rush) | ESPN | W 34–17 | 60,765 | ||
November 1 | 12:00 PM | at Connecticut | Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT | ESPN+ | W 35–13 | 40,000 | ||
November 8 | 7:00 PM | Cincinnati | #23 | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | ESPNU | L 23–26 OT | 59,834 | |
November 22 | 12:00 PM | at Louisville | Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY | ESPN | W 35–21 | 34,796 | ||
November 28 | 12:00 PM | at Pittsburgh | #25 | Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA (Backyard Brawl) | ABC | L 15–19 | 63,019 | |
December 6 | 8:00 PM | South Florida | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV (White Out - Pat White's final home game) | ESPN2 | W 13–7 | 48,019 | ||
December 27* | 1:00 PM | vs. North Carolina | Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC (Meineke Car Care Bowl) | ESPN | W 31–30 | 73,712 | ||
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Coaching staff
Head coach Bill Stewart is the Mountaineers 32nd head coach in school history. He returns defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel and defensive line coach Bill Kirelawich. His new hirings are associate head coach, recruiting coordinator, fullback, and tight ends coach Doc Holliday, assistant head coach and safeties coach Steve Dunlap, running backs coach Chris Beatty, offensive line coach Dave Johnson, and cornerbacks coach David Lockwood. Jeff Mullen, former quarterbacks coach at Wake Forest, was announced as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. The receivers coach was named on January 29, Lonnie Galloway, the receivers coach from Appalachian State.[1]
Spring Game
The Gold & Blue Spring Game was held on Saturday, April 19, 2008, at Mountaineer Field. A record crowd of over 25,000 fans attended as the Gold defeated the Blue 59–15. Kicker Pat McAfee was four-for-four on field goals with a long of 47 yards, and starting quarterback Pat White and backup Jarrett Brown both had touchdown passes. Brown also had a four-yard touchdown run and two backup kickers hit a field goal each. The defense recorded six sacks in total, and walk-on linebacker Najee Good led all tacklers with 10 tackles. Sophomore linebacker Pat Lazear had the only interception on the game off of a White pass. Backup runningback led all ballcarriers with 54 yards on 17 carries while sophomore Brandon Hogan led all receivers with 49 yards on 6 catches.
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Rankings
Poll | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Final |
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AP | 8 | 8 | 25 | 21 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 20 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 23 |
Coaches | 8 | 8 | 24 | 22 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 23 | NR | NR | 25 | NR | NR | NR |
Harris | not available | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 22 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | N/A | |||
BCS | not available | NR | NR | NR | 25 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | N/A |
Statistics
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Scores by quarter
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Offense
Rushing
Name | GP-GS | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
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Noel Devine | 8–8 | 132 | 909 | 6.9 | 3 | 92 | 113.3 |
Pat White | 7–7 | 102 | 545 | 5.3 | 44 | 4 | 77.9 |
Jock Sanders | 8–8 | 30 | 168 | 5.6 | 19 | 2 | 21 |
Jarrett Brown | 5–1 | 32 | 157 | 4.9 | 35 | 1 | 31.4 |
Mark Rodgers | 5–0 | 12 | 69 | 5.8 | 19 | 0 | 13.8 |
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Passing
Name | GP-GS | Cmp-Att-Int | Pct | Yds | TD | Lng | Avg/G |
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Pat White | 7–7 | 99–142–3 | 69.7 | 885 | 13 | 44 | 126.4 |
Jarrett Brown | 5–1 | 22–30–1 | 73.3 | 114 | 1 | 25 | 22.8 |
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Receiving
Name | GP-GS | Rec. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
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Jock Sanders | 8–8 | 35 | 263 | 7.5 | 6 | 25 | 32.9 |
Alric Arnett | 8–8 | 19 | 226 | 11.9 | 3 | 44 | 28.3 |
Dorrell Jalloh | 8–8 | 17 | 202 | 11.9 | 3 | 35 | 25.3 |
Noel Devine | 8–8 | 22 | 96 | 4.4 | 0 | 17 | 12 |
Wes Lyons | 4–0 | 9 | 90 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 22.5 |
Will Johnson | 4–2 | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 1 | 12 | 12 |
Tito Gonzales | 3–0 | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | 11 | 11.6 |
Tyler Urban | 2–0 | 1 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 |
Bradley Starks | 3–0 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 6.6 |
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Defense
Name | GP | Tackles | Sacks | Pass Def. | Interceptions | Fumbles | Blkd Kick | ||||||
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Solo | Ast | Total | TFL-Yds | No-Yds | BU | No.-Yds | Avg | TD | Rcv-Yds | FF | No. | ||
Mortty Ivy | 8 | 24 | 37 | 61 | 4.0 – 10 | .5 – 3 | 2 | 3–48 | 16 | 0 | 1–30 | 0 | 0 |
Quinton Andrews | 8 | 28 | 26 | 54 | 2.0 – 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sidney Glover | 8 | 23 | 22 | 45 | 4.5 – 18 | 1.0 – 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ellis Lankster | 8 | 27 | 17 | 44 | 1.5 – 11 | 0 | 4 | 1–31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Anthony Leonard | 8 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 1.5 – 4 | .5 – 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
J.T. Thomas | 8 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 3.5 – 24 | 1.5 – 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Chris Neild | 8 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 2.5 – 6 | 1.5 – 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Brandon Hogan | 8 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2–50 | 25 | 0 | 2–0 | 0 | 0 |
Franchot "Boogie" Allen | 8 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 2.5 – 4 | 1.0 – 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eain Smith | 8 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Holmes | 8 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 3.5 – 25 | 3.0 – 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Robert Sands | 8 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Slavonic | 8 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 2.5 – 9 | 2.5 – 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1–0 | 1 | 0 |
Ovid Goldbourne | 8 | 5 | 12 | 17 | .5 – 3 | .5 – 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reed Williams | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 2.0 – 4 | 0 | 1 | 1–11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pat Lazear | 8 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 1.0 – 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kent Richardson | 8 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 1.0 – 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nate Sowers | 7 | 7 | 6 | 13 | .5 – 1 | 0 | 1 | 1–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pat Liebig | 5 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guesly Dervil | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Zac Cooper | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1.0 – 8 | 1.0 – 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Special teams
Name | Kicking | Punting | |||||||||||
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XPM | XPA | XP% | FGM | FGA | FG% | LG | No. | Yds | Avg. | TB | -20 | LG | |
Pat McAfee | 25 | 25 | 100 | 9 | 10 | 90 | 52 | 37 | 1643 | 44.4 | 5 | 18 | 65 |
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Name | Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||
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No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | |
Ellis Lankster | 20 | 171 | 8.6 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 0 | 31 |
Brandon Hogan | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 | |||||
Mark Rodgers | 13 | 301 | 23.2 | 0 | 44 | |||||
Jock Sanders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 0 | 32 |
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References
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