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Hall of Famer

* at (1980-2000) and Bowling Green (1968-76); one of the nation’s five winningest active coaches at the time of his retirement

* Coach Nehlen is the first person to have played or coached in the BIG EAST to be inducted into the Hall of Fame

* WVU College Hall of Famers: Bruce Bosley (inducted 1982); Sam Huff (inducted 1980); Earle “Greasy” Neale (inducted 1967); Ira Errett Rodgers (inducted 1953); Floyd “Ben” Schwartzwalder (inducted 1982); Clarence “Doc” Spears (inducted 1955); Joe Stydahar (inducted 1956); Fielding “Hurry Up” Yost (inducted 1951)

* 202-128-8 career record; only 17 coaches in NCAA Division I history have achieved 200 career wins: , Joe , , , , LaVell Edwards, , , , , , , Warren Woodson, Don Nehlen, , Eddie Anderson, Jim Sweeney

* (Coach Nehlen’s college coach) is Bowling Green’s other College Hall of Famer (inducted 1988)

* Winningest coach in WVU history with a 149-93-4 record; led WVU football to 13 bowls and 17 winning seasons

* Lambert Trophy/Eastern champion 1988, 1993; BIG EAST champions 1993; undefeated seasons 1988, 1993

* Coached 15 first team All-Americans and 84 all-conference players

* Coached six first team Academic All-Americans and 74 academic all- conference players

* Coached 83 professional players

* 1997 president of the Coaches Association; chair of the College Football Association coaches’ committee (1987-92)

* 1988 Kodak/AFCA national Coach of the Year; Coach of the Year (Atlanta Club); Coach of the Year; Scripps-Howard Coach of the Year; Playboy All-America coach

* Inducted to Mid-American Conference (1994); Bowling Green (1979); (2002); WVU Sports (2003) and College Football (2005) Halls of Fame NEHLEN 202202 Don Nehlen’s all-time coaching victories

Sept. 21, 1968 – Bowling Green 62, Ball State 8 Nehlen’s first victory as a head coach; 449 yards of total offense gained - 320 on ground Sept. 28, 1968 – Bowling Green 20, Dayton 14 P.J. Nyitray passes for 173 yards (16-23); passes and rushes for TD. Oct. 5, 1968 – Bowling Green 17, at Western Michigan 10 Six turnovers, but Falcon defense scores on 20-yard int. return for TD Oct. 12, 19 – Bowling Green 30, Kent State 7 Eddie Jones tallies six receptions for103 yards; Nyitray passes for 177 Nov. 2, 1968 – Bowling Green 54, Marshall 28 Fred Mathews rushes for four TDs on 29 carries for 143 yards Nov. 23, 1968 – Bowling Green 44, at Xavier 14 Vern Wireman passes for 181 yards, 3 TDs; 14-10 at half, BGSU score game’s final 34 points Sept. 27, 1969 – Bowling Green 27, at Dayton 7 BG intercepts four passes, two by Larry Kelly Oct. 4, 1969 – Bowling Green 21, Western Michigan 10 Bob Zimpfer catches nine passes for 123 yards and two TDs Oct. 11, 1969 – Bowling Green 7, at Kent State 0 Bowling Green ground game pounds 223 yards on 46 carries Oct. 25, 1969 – Bowling Green 3, Miami 0 Art Curtis kicks 39-yard in third quarter Nov. 8, 1969 – Bowling Green 23, at 16 Win clinches 2nd-place in MAC conference; Wireman passes for 180 yards Nov. 22, 1969 – Bowling Green 38, Northern 23 Wireman passes for 191 yards and 3 TDs; Zimpfer catches 3 passes for 100 yards and two TDs Oct. 17, 1970 – Bowling Green 44, Kent State 0 Julius Livas runs for 4 TDs Oct. 31, 1970 – Bowling Green 26, Marshall 24 Stu Shestina kicks 38-yard game-winning field goal Sept. 18, 1971 – Bowling Green 20, at Ohio 19 Paul Miles rushes for 115 yards on 27 carries; defense prevents two-point conver- sion for game-winner Sept. 25, 1971 – Bowling Green 47, East Carolina 21 Tony Bell and Jerry Fields score two each Oct. 2, 1971 – Bowling Green 23, Western Michigan 6 Bill Witte boots three field goals Oct. 16, 1971 – Bowling Green 46, at Kent State 33 Miles rushes for 192 yards and two scores; Fields rushes for 127 yards and three TDs Oct. 23, 1971 – Bowling Green 33, Miami 7 Fields catches and rushes for a TD; Lamport passes for 109 yards Nov. 6, 1971 – Bowling Green 34, Texas Arlington 17 Miles rushes for 145 yards and a score; BG scores 34 of game’s first 37 points Sept. 16, 1972 – Bowling Green 17, at Purdue 14 Don Taylor kicks game-winning 29-yard field goal Sept. 23, 1972 – Bowling Green 16, at Miami 7 Fullback Phil Polak rushes for 88 yards and a TD Oct. 8, 1972 – Bowling Green 19, at Toledo 8 Miles rushes for 108 yards and a TD; Taylor kicks two field goals Oct. 28, 1972 – Bowling Green 46, Marshall 7 Miles rushes for 217 yards on 27 carries and four TDs, two of which are over 40 yards Nov. 4, 1972 – Bowling Green 17, Ohio 0 Miles rushes for 30 times for 194 yards and a TD Nov. 11, 1972 – Bowling Green 5, Dayton 0 BG scores on FG and safety in shutout Sept. 15, 1973 – Bowling Green 41, at Syracuse 14 Paul Miles rushes for 113 yards and two scores Sept. 23, 1973 – Bowling Green 31, at Dayton 16 Greg Maczka catches 77-yard touchdown pass NEHLEN 202 Don Nehlen’s all-time coaching victories

Sept. 29, 1973 – Bowling Green 31, Western Michigan 20 Paul Miles scores all of team’s touchdowns on runs, including 60-yard dash Oct. 6, 1973 – Bowling Green 49, Toledo 35 Down 35-17 at half, Bowling Green scores game’s final 22 points; Miles rushes for 182 yards Oct. 27, 1973 – Bowling Green 24, at Marshall 21 Don Taylor boots game-winning 21-yard field goal Nov. 10, 1973 – Bowling Green 31, Eastern Michigan 7 Hal Thomas catches two touchdowns Nov. 17, 1973 – Bowling Green 21, Northern Illinois 20 Phil Polak rushes for 150 yards and a score; NIU misses game-tying extra point kick in fourth quarter Sept. 14, 1974 – Bowling Green 41, Dayton 21 Dave Preston rushes for 137 yards and five touchdowns Sept. 28, 1974 – Bowling Green 21, at Western Michigan 13 Tom Moriarty returns a 52 yards for touchdown Oct. 12, 1974 – Bowling Green 26, Kent State 10 Dave Preston rushes for 179 yards; Jim Mahoney catches 31-yard strike Oct. 26, 1974 – Bowling Green 28, Marshall 3 Bowling Green scores 28 points in second half; Preston rushes for 191 and two scores Nov. 9, 1974 – Bowling Green 17, Arkansas State 0 Dave Preston rushes for 127 yards and two scores Nov. 16, 1974 – Bowling Green 38, at Southern Mississippi 20 Team scores 21 second quarter points; Preston accounts for four scores (3 , 1 pass) Sept. 13, 1975 – Bowling Green 23, at Brigham Young 21 Dave Preston catches 72-yard touchdown, runs for another; Don Taylor boots game- winner Sept. 20, 1975 – Bowling Green 16, Southern Mississippi 14 Dave Preston scores game-winning touchdown on six-yard Sept. 27, 1975 – Bowling Green 21, at Dayton 14 Dan Saleet and Dave Preston rush for a combined 349 yards and two scores Oct. 4, 1975 – Bowling Green 28, Western Michigan 0 Four different players score in shutout, including one defensive touchdown Oct. 11, 1975 – Bowling Green 34, Toledo 17 Dan Saleet rushes for three touchdowns Oct. 18, 1975 – Bowling Green 35, at Kent State 9 Offense, defense and special teams all score at least one touchdown Nov. 8, 1975 – Bowling Green 19, at Ohio 17 Don Taylor and Dave Preston score final nine points to attain victory Nov. 15, 1975 – Bowling Green 48, at Southern Illinois 6 Team posts three 100-yard rushers who account for five touchdowns Sept. 11, 1976 – Bowling Green 22, at Syracuse 7 Robin Yocum kicks three field goals; Dave Preston rushes for 127 yards and a score Sept. 18, 1976 – Bowling Green 53, Eastern Michigan 12 Team scores game’s first 46 points in blowout; six different Falcons score Oct. 2, 1976 – Bowling Green 31, at Western Michigan 28 Nehlen’s 50th win as BG head coach Oct. 9, 1976 – Bowling Green 29, at Toledo 28 Mark Miller passes for 210 yards and two scores; Steve Holovacs rushes for 119 yards and a score Oct. 16, 1976 – Bowling Green 17, Kent State 13 Jeff Groth catches five passes for 113 yards; Mark Miller passes for 194 yards Nov. 13, 1976 – Bowling Green 35, Southern Illinois 7 Doug Wiener rushes for 130 yards and three TDs Sept. 6, 1980 – West Virginia 41, Cincinnati 27 Nehlen’s first victory as Mountaineer coach; first game at new Mountaineer Field Sept. 13, 1980 – West Virginia 42, at Colorado State 24 Mountaineers pass for then team-record five TDs in victory NEHLEN 202 Don Nehlen’s all-time coaching victories

Sept. 27, 1980 – West Virginia 31, Richmond 28 Mountaineers score touchdown in final 0:19 Oct. 4, 1980 – West Virginia 45, Virginia 21 Defense scores two TDs, including a 30-yard return by Darryl Talley Nov. 8, 1980 – West Virginia 41, at Temple 28 passes for 314 yards (20-25) and four TDs Nov. 15, 1980 – West Virginia 24, at Rutgers 15 Allen Moreland intercepts two Scarlet Knight passes in the final two minutes of game Sept. 12, 1981 – West Virginia 32, at Virginia 18 Oliver Luck throws for 211 yards; Murat Tercan kicks three field goals Sept. 19, 1981 – West Virginia 17, at 13 Luck 24-51 for 255 yards and touchdown Sept. 26, 1981 – West Virginia 49, Colorado State 3 Luck 16-22 for 199 yards and four TDs Oct. 3, 1981 – West Virginia 38, at 10 Mountaineers score in every quarter; 404 total offensive yards Oct. 17, 1981 – West Virginia 27, Virginia Tech 6 Luck sets then-records of 36 career touchdowns and 4,966 total offensive yards Oct. 31, 1981 – West Virginia 20, East Carolina 3 Luck sets career passing yardage with 4,983 yards Nov. 7, 1981 – West Virginia 24, Temple 19 Mountaineers come from behind with 400 total offense yards Nov. 14, 1981 – West Virginia 20, Rutgers 3 Mountaineers hold Rutgers to just nine first downs Dec. 31, 1981 – in Atlanta, Ga., West Virginia 26, No. 9 6 Underdog WVU routs heavily favored Gators; Mountaineer defense holds Florida to -30 yards rushing Sept. 11, 1982 – West Virginia 42, at No. 9 Oklahoma 27 WVU upsets Sooners in Norman Sept. 18, 1982 – West Virginia 19, Maryland 18 Paul Woodside kicks four field goals, one in each quarter Sept. 25, 1982 – West Virginia 43, Richmond 10 rushes for three touchdowns, passes for another Oct. 9, 1982 – West Virginia 20, No. 19 Boston College 13 Woodside totals eight points in victory Oct. 16, 1982 – West Virginia 16, at Virginia Tech 6 Offense passes for 202 yards and a score; Woodside boots three field goals Oct. 30, 1982 – West Virginia 30, East Carolina 3 Offense gains 270 yards on ground Nov. 6, 1982 – West Virginia 20, at Temple 17 Mountaineers score two touchdowns in fourth quarter Nov. 11, 1982 – West Virginia 44, at Rutgers 17 Woodside boots three field goals and five extra points Nov. 20, 1982 – West Virginia 26, Syracuse 0 Woodside tallies 14 points in victory, still a WVU record for most points by kick Sept. 3, 1983 – West Virginia 55, Ohio 3 Mountaineers post biggest margin of victory in 18 years Sept. 10, 1983 – West Virginia 48, Pacific 7 Mountaineers score 28 points in third quarter Sept. 17, 1983 – West Virginia 31, at No. 17 Maryland 21 Mountaineers score 21 straight points in second and third quarters Sept. 24, 1983 – West Virginia 27, at Boston College 17 Three trick plays key for WVU; defense holds Eagles scoreless on 10 tries inside the five Oct. 1, 1983 – West Virginia 24, Pitt 21 WVU ends 7-year drought versus rival on late 90-yard drive, Hostetler scores game- winner Oct. 15, 1983 – West Virginia 13, Virginia Tech 0 Defense holds Tech to only one sustained drive NEHLEN 202 Don Nehlen’s all-time coaching victories

Nov. 5, 1983 – West Virginia 27, Temple 9 Balanced offensive attack leads Mountaineers to victory (180 yards rushing, 175 passing) Nov. 12, 1983 – West Virginia 35, Rutgers 7 Mountaineers finish home schedule undefeated for first time since 1969 Dec. 23, 1983 – Hall of Fame Bowl in Birmingham, Ala., West Virginia 20, Kentucky 16 Mountaineers survive first-half stumble, rally on the strengths of Hostetler and Tom Gray Sept. 1, 1984 – West Virginia 38, Ohio 0 Mountaineers score in every quarter; 12 Mountaineers rush football at least once Sept. 8, 1984 – West Virginia 30, Louisville 6 Mountaineers score 24 points on seven Cardinal turnovers Sept. 15, 1984 – West Virginia 14, at Virginia Tech 7 Steve Superick traps Hokies inside their 20 six times in game Sept. 19, 1984 – West Virginia 28, at Pitt 10 Willie Drewrey scores two TDs on 31-yard reception and 74-yard punt return Oct. 13, 1984 – West Virginia 20, Syracuse 10 Defense shuts down Syracuse in second half; allows only 112 total offensive yards Oct. 20, 1984 – West Virginia 21, No. 4 Boston College 20 Defense holds Eagles to 19 yards rushing; John Gary scores game-winner on five- yard TD run Oct. 27, 1984 – West Virginia 17, No. 19 Penn State 14; WVU ends 30-year drought against Penn State; Pat Randolph tallies game-winner on 22-yard run Dec. 31, 1984 – in , Texas, West Virginia 31, Texas Christian 14 300+ yards passing, 200 yards rushing too much for Horned Frogs Sept. 7, 1985 – West Virginia 52, Louisville 13 Freshman Charlie Baumann makes seven PAT kicks and a field goal in first collegiate start Sept. 14, 1985 – West Virginia 20, Duke 18 Mountaineers hold off late-charging Blue Devils thanks to Baumann’s fourth quarter field goal Oct. 5, 1985 – West Virginia 24, Virginia Tech 9 Mountaineers win seventh consecutive Homecoming game Oct. 19, 1985 – West Virginia 13, at Boston College 6 Travis Curtis intercepts three Eagle passes Nov. 9, 1985 – West Virginia 27, Rutgers 0 Fourth straight year that Mountaineers shut out at least one opponent Nov. 16, 1985 – West Virginia 23, Temple 10 Freshman Undra Johnson rushes for then-Mountaineer Field-record 206 yards Nov. 30, 1985 – West Virginia 13, at Syracuse 10 WVU’s first-ever victory in Carrier Dome; Grantis Bell catches five-yard game-winner with seconds left Sept 6, 1986 – West Virginia 47, Northern Illinois 14 Randolph scores on 96-yard touchdown run, longest run ever at Mountaineer Field Sept. 13, 1986 – West Virginia 24, at East Carolina 21 Nehlen’s 50th victory at WVU; Mike Timko throws 10-yard TD to Harvey Smith with 0:06 left Nov. 8, 1986 – West Virginia 24, at Rutgers 17 Undra Johnson leads come-from-behind victory with 96 yards on 20 carries and two TDs Nov. 15, 1986 – West Virginia 42, at Louisville 19 Ground game garners 346 yards; Chris Peccon scores three TDs Sept. 5, 1987 – West Virginia 23, Ohio 3 throws his first touchdown pass, a 40-yard bomb to Harvey Smith Oct. 3, 1987 – West Virginia 49, East Carolina 0 ’s 84-yard interception return for a touchdown sparks a Mountaineer rout NEHLEN 202 Don Nehlen’s all-time coaching victories

Oct. 17, 1987 – West Virginia 45, Cincinnati 17 Offense posts 554 yards; defense holds Bearcats to 60 yards rushing Oct. 24, 1987 – West Virginia 37, at Boston College 16 Offense gains 438 total yards Nov. 7, 1987 – West Virginia 28, Virginia Tech 16 Ground game pounds out 317 yards; thick smoke from state forest fires covers Mountaineer Field Nov. 14, 1987 – West Virginia 37, Rutgers 13 Harris sets then-Mountaineer Field record of 304 combined yards (108 yards rushing, 196 pass) Sept. 3, 1988 – West Virginia 62, Bowling Green 14 Nehlen becomes WVU’s all-time winningest coach (59 victories) Sept. 10, 1988 – West Virginia 45, Cal State Fullerton 10 Mountaineer defense doesn’t allow Titan touchdown until 0:51 left in the game Sept. 17, 1988 – West Virginia 55, Maryland 24 Mountaineer ground game rushes for 347 yards Sept. 24, 1988 – West Virginia 31, at No. 16 Pitt 10 Charlie Baumann kicks seven points; Alvoid Mays intercepts two Panther passes Oct. 1, 1988 – West Virginia 22, at Virginia Tech 10 Mountaineer offense posts 518 yards; Tech held to just eight first downs Oct. 8, 1988 – West Virginia 30, at East Carolina, 10 Potent Pirate offense held under 200 total yards Oct. 22, 1988 – West Virginia 59, Boston College 19 Harris accounts for 372 yards; has hand in five touchdowns; 41-8 halftime score Oct. 29, 1988 – West Virginia 51, Penn State 30 Harris’s 26-yard broken TD run opens flood gates and leads WVU to rout Nov. 5, 1988 – West Virginia 51, at Cincinnati 13 Reggie Rembert catches three TDs Nov. 12, 1988 – West Virginia 35, at Rutgers 25 Defense forces four turnovers and five sacks Nov. 19, 1988 – West Virginia 31, No. 14 Syracuse 9 Win caps first undefeated regular season in Mountaineer history Sept. 2, 1989 – West Virginia 35, Ball State 10 Garrett Ford Jr. rushes for 127 yards; first Mountaineer to gain 100 yards in first career game Sept. 9, 1989 – West Virginia 14, at Maryland 10 Harris throws for 150 yards, rushes for 64 and a touchdown Sept. 16, 1989 – West Virginia 45, 21 Mountaineers gain 589 yards of offense; Harris throws for 239 and three scores Sept. 23, 1989 – West Virginia 30, at Louisville 21 Defense allows only 34 yards rushing Oct. 21, 1989 – West Virginia 69, Cincinnati 3 Mountaineers score most points under Don Nehlen (10 touchdowns) Oct. 28, 1989 – West Virginia 44, at Boston College 30 Harris posts 265 total yards in only three quarters Nov. 11, 1989 – West Virginia 21, Rutgers 20 Harris rushes for 163 yards and a TD, passes for 139 and two scores Nov. 24, 1989 – West Virginia 24, at Syracuse 17 Harris becomes only the second NCAA player to pass for 5,000 and rush for 2,000 career yards Sept.1, 1990 – West Virginia 35, at Kent 24 Nehlen posts 11th straight opening day victory Sept. 29, 1990 – West Virginia 38, at Pitt 24 Offense pounds out 547 total yards, 378 on the ground Oct. 13, 1990 – West Virginia 28, Cincinnati 20 Fullback Rico Tyler gains 102 rushing yards; Darrell Whitmore intercepts three Bearcat passes Nov. 10, 1990 – West Virginia 28, at Rutgers 3 Defense allows only 121 total yards NEHLEN 202 Don Nehlen’s all-time coaching victories

Sept. 7, 1991 – West Virginia 24, Bowling Green 17 Nehlen 2-0 against alma mater as Mountaineer coach Sept. 14, 1991 – West Virginia 21, South Carolina 16 Mountaineers score first 21 points of game Sept. 21, 1991 – West Virginia 37, at Maryland 7 Mountaineer ground game gains 334 yards, four TDs Oct. 12, 1991 – West Virginia 10, Temple 9 WVU’s first BIG EAST conference win Oct. 19, 1991 – West Virginia 31, at Boston College 24 Balanced offensive attack of 181 yards rushing, 185 yards passing Nov. 2, 1991 – West Virginia 28, Rutgers 3 Darren Studstill throws career numbers with 197 yards passing, 273 total yards. Sept. 12, 1992 – West Virginia 44, at Pitt 6 Jake Kelchner makes first career start Sept. 19, 1992 – West Virginia 34, Maryland 33 WVU posts 20 fourth-quarter points in comeback win; Studstill second-half passing 166 yards, 3 TDs Sept. 26, 1992 – West Virginia 16, at Virginia Tech 7 Adrian Murrell and Jon Jones combine for 252 yards rushing Nov. 7, 1992 – West Virginia 42, East Carolina 28 Murrell becomes only the fifth Mountaineer to gain 1,000 yards in a season Nov. 21, 1992 – West Virginia 23, Louisiana Tech 3 Mountaineers gain 481 total yards; Robert Walker’s first 100-yard game Sept. 4, 1993 – West Virginia 48, Eastern Michigan 6 Eight players score in rout; offense racks up 476 yards Sept. 18, 1993 – West Virginia 42, at Maryland 37 Mike Baker (126) and Jay Kearney (104) first pair of 100-yard receivers since 1972 Sept. 25, 1993 – West Virginia 35, Missouri 3 Mike Collins returns 97 yards for a score Oct. 2, 1993 – West Virginia 14, Virginia Tech 13 Hokie 44-yard field goal attempt with 1:10 left misses Oct. 9, 1993 – West Virginia 36, No. 18 Louisville 34 Walker rushes for 161 yards and tallies three scores; Kelchner finds nine different targets Oct. 23, 1993 – West Virginia 42, Pitt 21 Walker rushes for 163 yards and a score Oct. 30, 1993 – West Virginia 43, at Syracuse 0 Defense holds Orange to 10 first downs; Walker BIG EAST record 90-yard touchdown run Nov. 6, 1993 – West Virginia 58, Rutgers 22 Nehlen’s 100th WVU victory; Baker (172) and Kearney (106) post another 100-yard receiving day Nov. 13, 1993 – West Virginia 49, at Temple 7 Walker becomes just the sixth back in WVU history to post a 1,000-yard season Nov. 20, 1993 – West Virginia 17, No. 4 Miami 14 Walker scores 19-yard game-winning TD; largest crowd in Mountaineer Field history (70,222) Nov. 26, 1993 – West Virginia 17, at No. 11 Boston College 14 Studstill to Ed Hill 24-yard TD with 1:08 completes undefeated regular season; WVU wins first round-robin BIG EAST championship Sept. 3, 1994 – West Virginia 16, Ball State 14 Freshman Bryan Baumann kicks 33-yard game-winning FG Oct. 1, 1994 – West Virginia 34, at Missouri 10 Offense posts 543 total yards; Chad Johnston throws for 297 yards and two scores Oct. 15, 1994 – West Virginia 47, at Pitt 41 Zach Abraham 60-yard TD from Johnston at 0:15; Vanterpool and Abraham total 385 yards receiving Oct. 29, 1994 – West Virginia 52, Louisiana Tech 16 Vann Washington returns two for touchdowns NEHLEN 202 Don Nehlen’s all-time coaching victories

Nov. 12, 1994 – West Virginia 55, at Temple 17 Mountaineers pound out 518 yards of offense Nov. 19, 1994 – West Virginia 21, No. 17 Boston College 20 Defense registers six sacks, holds Eagle ground game to five yards on 32 attempts Nov. 24, 1994 – West Virginia 13, No. 24 Syracuse 0 Back-to-back victories of ranked opponents (BC and Syracuse) for the fourth time in WVU history Sept 9, 1995 – West Virginia 24, Temple 13 Vann Washington and J.T. Thomas post 11 tackles each Sept. 23, 1995 – West Virginia 45, Kent 6 Offense garners 550 total yards; defense holds Kent to just 80 yards Oct. 14, 1995 – West Virginia 31, at Boston College 19 Defense holds Eagles to just 15 yards rushing Nov. 4, 1995 – West Virginia 59, Rutgers 26 Mountaineer offense posts eight TDs and 570 total yards Nov. 24, 1995 – West Virginia 21, Pitt 0 Mountaineers shut out Pitt for first time since 1967 Aug. 31, 1996 – West Virginia 34, at Pitt 0 Amos Zereoue 69-yard TD on his first college carry; back-to-back shutouts of Pitt for first time in series Sept. 7, 1996 – West Virginia 34, Western Michigan 9 Zereoue becomes first Mountaineer to rush for 100+ yards in first two games of his career Sept. 14, 1996 – West Virginia 10, East Carolina 9; Defense comes up big with three interceptions and two sacks Sept. 21, 1996 – West Virginia 20, at Purdue 6 Defense spurs four interceptions and seven sacks; Canute Curtis becomes WVU’s career sack leader Sept. 28, 1996 – West Virginia 13, Maryland 0 Defense allows just 62 total Terrapin yards; Maryland offense never crosses midfield Oct. 5, 1996 – West Virginia 34, Boston College 17 BC QB Hasselbeck sacked 10 times by Mountaineer defense Oct. 19, 1996 – West Virginia 30, at Temple 10 Defense scores two touchdowns Nov. 9, 1996 – West Virginia 55, at Rutgers 14 Offense scores seven TDs, tallies 514 yards; No. 1 ranked defense limits Rutgers to 180 yards Aug. 30, 1997 – West Virginia 42, Marshall 31 ties -game record with four sacks Sept.6, 1997 – West Virginia 24, East Carolina 17 Nate Terry ties WVU record with 100-yard kickoff return Sept. 27, 1997 – West Virginia 28, at Miami 17 passes for 219 yards and two scores; Zereoue rushes for 206 yards and two TDs Oct. 4, 1997 – West Virginia 48, Rutgers 0; Nate Terry sets Mountaineer record with 168 punt return yards Oct. 11, 1997 – West Virginia 31, at Maryland 14 Mountaineers account for 399 yards of total offense, 10 for 15 on third-down conver- sions Oct. 25, 1997 – West Virginia 30, No. 19 Virginia Tech 17 Mountaineer defense holds Tech to just 195 total yards, two third-down conversions Nov. 15, 1997 – West Virginia 41, Temple 21 Nate Terry game-opening 100-yard kickoff return Sept. 19, 1998 – West Virginia 42, Maryland 20 Zereoue runs for 135 yards and two scores; Bulger passes for 293 yards and three TDs Sept. 26, 1998 – West Virginia 44, Tulsa 21 Zereoue rushes for 192 yards and three scores Oct. 3, 1998 – West Virginia 45, at Navy 24 tallies 19 tackles, 15 solo; Bulger throws for 354 yards and two scores NEHLEN 202 Don Nehlen’s all-time coaching victories

Oct. 10, 1998 – West Virginia 37, at Temple 7 Bulger throws for 257 yards, three scores; Alvin Swoope rushes for 141 Nov. 7, 1998 – West Virginia 35, No. 15 Syracuse 28 Zereoue rushes for 189 yards and two scores; Bulger throws for 257 yards and game-winning TD Nov. 14, 1998 – West Virginia 28, at Rutgers 14 Zereoue runs for 228 yards, third-best game in school history Nov. 21, 1998 – West Virginia 35, Boston College 10 WVU defense records four sacks and interception Nov. 27, 1998 – West Virginia 52, at Pitt 14 Bulger passes for 409 yards and six TDs – sets all-time TD pass mark Sept. 11, 1999 – West Virginia 43, Miami (Ohio) 27 Jerry Porter returns interception 68 yards for a score; rushes for 142 yards, TD Oct. 16, 1999 – West Virginia 62, Rutgers 16 WVU point total second-highest in Nehlen era Oct. 23, 1999 – West Virginia 20, Temple 17 Jay Taylor hits 32-yard FG as game expires Nov. 27, 1999 – West Virginia 52, Pitt 21 Cobourne 210 yards rushing Mountaineer Field record; 1,139 yards breaks WVU freshman rushing record Sept. 2, 2000 – West Virginia 34, Boston College 14 Cobourne rushes for 132 yards and a TD; defense returns two interceptions for touchdowns Sept. 16, 2000 – West Virginia 30, Maryland 17 Cooper Rego rushes for 114 yards and two scores; offense drives 99 yards for game- clinching TD Sept. 28, 2000 – West Virginia 29, at Temple 24 Khori Ivy hauls in seven passes for 153 yards and one TD Oct. 7, 2000 – West Virginia 28, Idaho 16 Grant Wiley intercepts two passes, including a 15-yard TD return Nov. 11, 2000 – West Virginia 31, at Rutgers 24 (2OT) Sean Berton scores game winning TD on a 5-yard pass from Brad Lewis Nov. 18, 2000 – West Virginia 42, East Carolina 21 Antonio Brown racks up 179 yards on six catches with one TD Dec. 28, 2000 - in Nashville, Tenn., West Virginia 49, Mississippi 38 Lewis throws for 308 yards on 15 of 21 attempts with five TDs; Mountaineers rack up 432 yards of total offense

Research compiled by Phil Caskey with help from Jack Carle, Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune