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1995 West Virginia

5–⁠6 (4–⁠3 Big East), coached by Don Nehlen.

Schedule and results

West Virginia in 1995, game by game: lost vs. Purdue 24–26; won vs. Temple 24–13; lost at Maryland 17–31; won vs. Kent State 45–6; lost at East Carolina 20–23; won at Boston College 31–19; lost at Syracuse 0–22; lost vs. Virginia Tech 0–27; won vs. Rutgers 59–26; lost at No. 25 Miami 12–17; won vs. Pittsburgh 21–0+39−27Lost 24–26 vs. Purdue-2PurdueWon 24–13 vs. Temple+11TempleLost 17–31 at Maryland-14MarylandWon 45–6 vs. Kent State+39Kent StateLost 20–23 at East Carolina-3East CarolinaWon 31–19 at Boston College+12Boston CollegeLost 0–22 at Syracuse-22SyracuseLost 0–27 vs. Virginia Tech-27Virginia TechWon 59–26 vs. Rutgers+33RutgersLost 12–17 at No. 25 Miami-5No. 25 MiamiWon 21–0 vs. Pittsburgh+21Pittsburgh
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsPurdueL 24–⁠2670%
Sep 9vsTempleW 24–⁠1381%
Sep 16atMarylandL 17–⁠3148%
Sep 23vsKent StateW 45–⁠682%
Sep 30atEast CarolinaL 20–⁠2343%
Oct 14atBoston CollegeW 31–⁠1932%
Oct 21atSyracuseL 0–⁠2234%
Oct 28vsVirginia TechL 0–⁠2749%
Nov 4vsRutgersW 59–⁠2668%
Nov 18at25MiamiL 12–⁠1725%
Nov 24vsPittsburghW 21–⁠076%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Pittsburgh 21–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Big East.

In program history: The 57th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 23
  2. Wk 2: 23

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1995.

Consensus All-AmericanAaron Beasley, DB

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 4th in Big East
AP final
Unranked peak No. 23
Points
253–⁠210
Coach
Don Nehlen
Elo
1525 −22 this season
SP+ rating
2.6 No. 53 of 107; offense No. 76, defense No. 36
SRS
4.7 No. 40 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dan Simrell
Defensive coordinator
Steve Dunlap

Drafted in 1996

The 1996 draft
Rd 3Aaron Beasley DBJacksonville Jaguars
Rd 3John Browning DTKansas City Chiefs
Rd 4Kantroy Barber RBNew England Patriots
Rd 7Lovett Purnell TENew England Patriots

All-Big East

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Big East standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Virginia Tech6–⁠110–⁠210
Miami6–⁠18–⁠320
Syracuse5–⁠29–⁠319
West Virginia4–⁠35–⁠6
Boston College4–⁠34–⁠8
Rutgers2–⁠54–⁠7
Temple1–⁠61–⁠10
Pittsburgh0–⁠72–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.