2020 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 2020 West Virginia Mountaineers football team will represent West Virginia University during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mountaineers will play their home games at the Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium, in Morgantown, West Virginia, and will compete in the Big 12 Conference. They will be led by second-year head coach Neal Brown.Previous season
The Mountaineers finished the 2019 season with a 5–7 record, 3–6 in Big 12 play, failing to earn bowl eligibility.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.Preseason
Big 12 media poll
The Big 12 media days will be held on July 21-22, 2020 in Frisco, Texas.Schedule
Spring game
The West Virginia football spring "Blue-Gold game" was cancelled due to COVID19.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 will host 2 non-conference games against Eastern Kentucky and Maryland, and will 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 will 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 cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Game summaries
vs. Eastern Kentucky
| First meeting | First meeting | First meeting |
| Statistics | EKU | WVU |
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| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | | |
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vs. Kansas State (Homecoming)
| Statistics | KSU | WVU |
| First downs | | |
| Total yards | | |
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| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | | |
| Time of possession | | |
at Texas Tech
| Statistics | WVU | TTU |
| First downs | | |
| Total yards | | |
| Rushes/yards | | |
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| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | | |
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vs. TCU
| Statistics | TCU | WVU |
| First downs | | |
| Total yards | | |
| Rushes/yards | | |
| Passing yards | | |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | | |
| Time of possession | | |
at Texas
| Statistics | WVU | TEX |
| First downs | | |
| Total yards | | |
| Rushes/yards | | |
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| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | | |
| Time of possession | | |
vs. Kansas
| Statistics | KAN | WVU |
| First downs | | |
| Total yards | | |
| Rushes/yards | | |
| Passing yards | | |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | | |
| Time of possession | | |
vs. Oklahoma
| Statistics | OKLA | WVU |
| First downs | | |
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| Rushes/yards | | |
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| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | | |
| Time of possession | | |
at Oklahoma State
| Statistics | WVU | OKST |
| First downs | | |
| Total yards | | |
| Rushes/yards | | |
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| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | | |
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vs. Baylor
| Statistics | BAY | WVU |
| First downs | | |
| Total yards | | |
| Rushes/yards | | |
| Passing yards | | |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | | |
| Time of possession | | |
at Iowa State
| Statistics | WVU | ISU |
| First downs | | |
| Total yards | | |
| Rushes/yards | | |
| Passing yards | | |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | | |
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Rankings
