Sport: | football |
Year: | 1984 |
Team: | West Virginia Mountaineers |
Conference: | Independent |
Coachrank: | 18 |
Record: | 8–4 |
Hc Year: | 5th |
Champion: | Bluebonnet Bowl champion |
Bowl Result: | W 31–14 vs. TCU |
The 1984 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 92nd overall season and they competed as a Division I-A Independent. The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his fifth 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) and with a victory over TCU in the Bluebonnet Bowl.
By defeating both Pittsburgh and Penn State for the first time since 1953, West Virginia achieved its second outright Old Ironsides Trophy victory. 1984 was the final season in which the trophy was in contention, making West Virginia the last official champions.