1983 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

1983 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Hall of Fame Classic champion
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
APNo. 16
Record9–3
Head coach
Home stadiumMountaineer Field
1983 Major eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn State 4 1 18 4 1
No. 16 West Virginia 4 2 09 3 0
No. 18 Pittsburgh 2 1 18 3 1
No. 19 Boston College $ 3 2 09 3 0
Syracuse 3 3 06 5 0
Temple 2 4 04 7 0
Rutgers 0 5 03 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll
1983 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Miami (FL)      11 1 0
Virginia Tech      9 2 0
No. 19 Boston College      9 3 0
No. 16 West Virginia      9 3 0
No. 20 East Carolina      8 3 0
No. 18 Pittsburgh      8 3 1
Florida State      8 4 0
Penn State      8 4 1
Southern Miss      7 4 0
Memphis State      6 4 1
Notre Dame      7 5 0
Syracuse      6 5 0
South Carolina      5 6 0
Cincinnati    4 6 1
Southwestern Louisiana      4 6 0
Temple      4 7 0
Tulane      4 7 0
Louisville      3 8 0
Navy      3 8 0
Rutgers      3 8 0
Army      2 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 91st overall season and they competed as a Division I-A Independent. The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of 9–3 and defeated Kentucky in the Hall of Fame Classic.