1996 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season . It was the Mountaineers ' 104th overall and 6th season as a member of the Big East Conference ( Big East ) . The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen , in his 17th year , and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown , West Virginia . They finished the season with a record of eight wins and four losses ( 8 – 4 overall , 4 – 3 in the Big East ) and with a loss in the Gator Bowl against North Carolina
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Big East Conference (1979–2013)
1996 West Virginia Mountaineers football team