2015 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 2015 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Playing as a member of the Big 12 Conference, the team was led by head coach Dana Holgorsen, in his fifth year. West Virginia played its home games at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season 8–5, 4–5 in Big 12 play to finish in a three way tie for fifth place. They were invited to the Cactus Bowl where they defeated Arizona StatePrevious season
The 2014 West Virginia Mountaineers football team finished the regular season 7–5, with a highlight win against rank #4 Baylor, 41–27. The Mountaineers made it all the way to #20 in the College Football Playoff Rankings. The Mountaineers were invited to play in the Liberty Bowl against the Texas A&M of the Southeastern Conference. West Virginia lost against the Texas A&M Aggies in Memphis, Tennessee by a score of 37–45.Schedule
West Virginia announced their 2015 football schedule on November 19, 2014. The 2015 schedule consist of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Mountaineers will host Big 12 foes Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Texas, and Texas Tech. West Virginia will travel to Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, and TCU.
The Mountaineers hosted all three non conference games against Georgia Southern, Liberty and also hosted rival Maryland.Game summaries
Georgia Southern
Liberty
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 1–0 | 2009 | WVU, 33–20 |
Maryland
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 27–22–2 | 2014 | WVU, 40–37 |
Oklahoma
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 2–5 | 2014 | OU, 45–33 |
Oklahoma State
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 4–2 | 2014 | WVU, 34–10 |
Baylor
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 2–1 | 2014 | WVU, 41–27 |
TCU
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 2–2 | 2014 | TCU, 31–30 |
Texas Tech
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 2–2 | 2014 | WVU, 37–34 |
Texas
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 2–2 | 2014 | TEX, 33–16 |
Kansas
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 3–1 | 2014 | WVU, 33–14 |
Iowa State
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 3–1 | 2014 | WVU, 37–24 |
Kansas State
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 1–4 | 2014 | KSU, 26–20 |
Arizona State–Cactus Bowl
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 0–1 | 1979 | ASU, 42–7 |
Rankings
