2011 West Virginia Mountaineer football team represented West Virginia University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season as members of the Big East Conference . The Mountaineers were led by Dana Holgorsen , who was in his first season as head coach . West Virginia played their home games on Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown , West Virginia . They finished the season 10 – 3 , 5 – 2 in Big East play to earn a share of the Big East Conference championship with Cincinnati and Louisville . The Mountaineers earned the league 's automatic berth in the BCS due to being the highest ranked of the Big East champions in the final BCS rankings . They were invited to the Orange Bowl for the first time ever where they defeated Clemson 70 – 33 . West Virginia is now 3 – 0 in BCS games and the 70 points in the Orange Bowl is the most points ever scored by one team in a bowl game
Big East Conference
Big East Conference (1979–2013)
2011 West Virginia Mountaineers football team