The 1996 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented

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in the

1996 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Florida Gators being crowned National Champions after defeating rival Florida State in the Sugar Bowl, which was the season's designated Bowl Alliance national championship game. Florida ha ...

. It was the Mountaineers' 104th overall and 6th season as a member of the

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(Big East). The team was led by head coach

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, in his 17th year, and played their home games at

Mountaineer Field Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium is an American football stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia, on the campus of West Virginia University. It opened in 1980 and serves as the home field for the West Virginia Mountaineers football team. T ...

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. 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

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against

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West Virginia Mountaineers football seasons

West Virginia Mountaineers football The West Virginia Mountaineers football team represents West Virginia University (also referred to as "WVU" or "West Virginia") in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of college football. West Virginia plays its home games at Milan Puskar ...