#17 West Virginia Mountaineers

The West Virginia Mountaineers were 8-3 in 1981. They emerged victorious over the Florida Gators, 26 to 6, in the Peach Bowl on December 31, 1981.

Scores & Schedules

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DATE		OPP	SCORE
Thu 12/31	vs	FLA	W 26-6
Sat 11/21	@	SYR	L 24-27
Sat 11/14	vs	RUTG	W 20-3
Sat 11/7	vs	TEM	W 24-19
Sat 10/31	vs	ECU	W 20-3

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

2,341

Luck

RUSH YDS

460

Beck

REC YDS

736

Hollins

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1981 Stats

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	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	258	3,935	823	4.8	1,515	442	3.4	2,420	381	6.4
Team Rank		38th	47th	28th	56th	91st	109th	79th	23rd	20th	72nd
Opponent	11	149	2,867		3.8	1,719	507	3.4	1,148	248	4.6
Opponent Rank		26th	18th		13th	65th	70th	59th	4th	41st	2nd
Net		+109	+1,068	+823	+1.0	-204	-65	+0.0	+1,272	+133	+1.7
Net Rank		27th	21st	28th	24th	82nd	96th	66th	4th	12th	13th

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

887

Lopez

873

Mensah

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

444

Toney

376

Legree

333

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

11

Mensah

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Toney

5

Duff

5

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

243.9

Jennings

228.6

Mensah

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

59.0

58.5

54.5

54.0

53.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

620.5

594.3

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

396.5

358.0

356.0

343.5

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	2	0	1.000
2	Auburn	2	0	1.000
3	Florida	2	0	1.000
4	Georgia	2	0	1.000
5	LSU	2	0	1.000
6	Mississippi State	2	0	1.000
7	Missouri	2	0	1.000
8	Ole Miss	2	0	1.000
9	South Carolina	2	0	1.000
10	Tennessee	2	0	1.000
11	Texas	2	0	1.000
12	Texas A&M	2	0	1.000
13	Vanderbilt	2	0	1.000
14	Arkansas	1	1	.500
15	Oklahoma	1	1	.500
16	Kentucky	1	1	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	2	0	1.000
2	Troy	2	0	1.000
3	Georgia State	2	0	1.000
4	James Madison	2	0	1.000
5	Arkansas State	1	1	.500
6	Coastal Carolina	1	1	.500
7	Georgia Southern	1	1	.500
8	Louisiana	1	1	.500
9	Louisiana Tech	1	1	.500
10	Marshall	1	1	.500
11	Old Dominion	1	1	.500
12	South Alabama	1	1	.500
13	Southern Miss	1	1	.500
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	2	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	2	0	1.000
2	Cincinnati	2	0	1.000
3	Colorado	2	0	1.000
4	Houston	2	1	.667
5	Kansas State	2	0	1.000
6	Texas Tech	3	0	1.000
7	Utah	2	0	1.000
8	West Virginia	2	0	1.000
9	Arizona State	1	1	.500
10	Baylor	1	1	.500
11	Iowa State	1	1	.500
12	Kansas	1	1	.500
13	Oklahoma State	1	1	.500
14	TCU	1	1	.500
15	UCF	1	1	.500
16	Arizona	1	1	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	2	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	1	.500

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Pittsburgh	3	0	1.000
2	Miami	3	0	1.000
3	SMU	2	0	1.000
4	Virginia	2	0	1.000
5	California	1	1	.500
6	Duke	2	0	1.000
7	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	1	.667
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Clemson	1	1	.500
12	Louisville	1	1	.500
13	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
14	Florida State	1	1	.500
15	NC State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	2	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	1	1	.500
3	Tulsa	2	0	1.000
4	UTSA	2	0	1.000
5	Memphis	2	1	.667
6	North Texas	1	1	.500
7	Rice	1	1	.500
8	Temple	1	1	.500
9	Tulane	1	1	.500
10	UAB	1	1	.500
11	Charlotte	0	2	.000
12	East Carolina	0	2	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	2	1	.667
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333