1949 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

The 1949 West Virginia Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia University as an independent during the 1949 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach Dudley DeGroot, the team compiled a 4–6–1 record and was outscored by a total of 275 to 227.^[1][2] The team played its home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. Peter Zinaich was the team captain.^[3]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	Waynesburg	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 42–7		[4]
September 24	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	L 7–17	10,000	[5]
October 1	vs. Washington and Lee	Laidley Field Charleston, WV	W 28–20	10,000	[6]
October 8	No. 19 Pittsburgh	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	L 7–20	31,005	[7][8]
October 14	at Boston University	Fenway Park Boston, MA	L 20–52	19,301	[9]
October 22	Quantico Marines	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 47–26		[10]
October 29	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	L 14–19	16,000	[11]
November 5	Penn State	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	L 14–34	20,000–21,000	[12]
November 12	Texas Western	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	T 13–13	10,000	[13]
November 19	at Western Reserve	League Park Cleveland, OH	W 28–20	1,000	[14]
November 24	at No. 15 Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)	L 7–47	16,117	[15]
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

The following Mountaineers were selected in the 1950 NFL draft after the season.^[16]