 |
WVU Football Trivia
Names, places & events of Mountaineer Football
This former Mountaineer is the only player
to win Super Bowl MVP honors as a member
of the losing team.
Who is
he?
As an outside linebacker with the Dallas Cowboys, Wheeling native Chuck Howley became the first and only member of a
losing team to win Super Bowl MVP honors. In Super Bowl V, Howley intercepted two passes and recovered a fumble in the
Cowboys' 16-13 loss to the Baltimore Colts. Excelling as a guard and center (not linebacker) at WVU, Chuck Howley also
earned varsity letters in track, wrestling, diving, and gymnastics. He was the fourth player inducted into the Ring of Honor
at Texas Stadium, and he is also a member of the West Virginia Athletics Hall of Fame.
Playing in bowl games has become the norm in Morgantown these days, but for the longest time post season games were few and
often far between. When was the first time that West Virginia earned bowl berths in back-to-back seasons?
 
Don Nehlen's West Virginia Mountaineers earned a trip to the Peach Bowl following the 1981 season and destroyed the heavily
favored Florida Gators 26-6. The following year the Mounties were selected to play the Florida State Seminoles in the Gator
Bowl, and for the first time in school history West Virginia had been rewarded with back-to-back bowl berths. Not to be
outdone, Nehlen's teams in 1983 & '84 also played in and won bowl games, completing a four year stretch of regular and bowl
season success never before enjoyed in Morgantown.
This Mountaineer kicker holds the team all-time record for extra points (PATs) in a career.
Who is he?
 Never before in the history of WVU football has the Mountaineer offense been as productive as it has during the past few years, and accordingly Pat McAfee is the school's
all-time career leader in extra points made with 168 (through the Pitt game, 2007). With his senior year yet to come, McAfee
already leads second-place Jay Taylor's four season (1996-99) total by 17. Charlie Baumann (1985-88) ranks a distant third
with a career total of 135.
WVU football trivia, page 7 of 10:
(1)
|
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10)
(next)
Finished with WVU Football Trivia?
Click here to return to the home page.
|
|
|
