1970 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1970 NCAA University Division football season . It was the Mountaineers ' 78th overall season and they competed as an independent . The team was led by head coach Bobby Bowden , in his first year , and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown , West Virginia . They finished the season with a record of 8 – 3
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NCAA Division I FBS independent schools
1970 West Virginia Mountaineers football team