1984 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

1984 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Bluebonnet Bowl champion
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, W 31–14 vs. TCU
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
Record8–4
Head coach
Home stadiumMountaineer Field
Seasons
← 1983
1985 →
1984 Major eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
West Virginia 4 2 0 8 4 0
Penn State 3 2 0 6 5 0
No. 5 Boston College $ 3 2 0 10 2 0
Rutgers 3 2 0 7 3 0
Temple 2 2 0 6 5 0
Pittsburgh 1 3 0 3 7 1
Syracuse 1 4 0 6 5 0
Rankings from AP Poll
1984 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Boston College       10 2 0
No. 11 South Carolina       10 2 0
Army       8 3 1
Rutgers       7 3 0
No. 17 Florida State       7 3 2
Virginia Tech       8 4 0
West Virginia       8 4 0
No. 18 Miami (FL)       8 5 0
Notre Dame       7 5 0
Southwestern Louisiana       6 5 0
Penn State       6 5 0
Syracuse       6 5 0
Temple       6 5 0
Memphis State       5 5 1
Navy       4 6 1
Southern Miss       4 7 0
Pittsburgh       3 7 1
Tulane       3 8 0
Cincinnati       2 9 0
East Carolina       2 9 0
Louisville       2 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

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.