Jack Trice Stadium - Mountaineer Field

[EERwax]

Always like how they were by the same architect. They've even had identical endzone bleachers into the mid 80s before WVU added bowl seating to both endzones. I find it odd that ISU doesn't exceed the 61,500 mark.. does your AD not give out extra tickets/standing room only?

Jack Trice Stadium

Opened: 45,000

Current: 61,500

Rank Attendance Date Opponent Score
1 61,500 September 5, 2015 Northern Iowa W 31–7
1 61,500 September 12, 2015 Iowa L 17–31
1 61,500 September 2, 2017 Northern Iowa W 42–24
1 61,500 September 9, 2017 Iowa L 41–44 OT
1 61,500 November 11, 2017 #15 Oklahoma State L 42–49
1 61,500 August 31, 2019 Northern Iowa W 29–26
1 61,500 September 14, 2019 #19 Iowa L 17-18
8 60,629 September 3, 2016 Northern Iowa L 20–25
9 59,553 October 5, 2019 TCU W 49–24
10 58,479 September 15, 2018 Oklahoma L 27–37

Mountaineer Field

Opened: 50,000

Current: 60,000

Rank Attendance Date Game result
1 70,222 Nov. 20, 1993 #9 West Virginia 17, #4 Miami 14
2 68,938 Sept 30, 1989 #9 West Virginia 31, #10 Pitt 31
3 68,409 Sept 5, 1998 #11 West Virginia 17, #1 Ohio State 34
4 68,041 Aug 31, 1991 West Virginia 3, Pitt 34
5 67,715 Nov 15, 2003 West Virginia 52, #16 Pitt 31
6 66,948 Oct 26, 1996 #12 West Virginia 7, #25 Miami 10
7 66,811 Oct 29, 1988 #7 West Virginia 51, Penn State 30
8 66,663 Oct 24, 1992 West Virginia 26, #14 Penn State 40
9 66,461 Nov 3, 1990 West Virginia 19, #24 Penn State 31
10 66,015 Sept 16, 1989 #12 West Virginia 45, South Carolina 21

 

[tman24]

Easy..... some might get a little jealous of your press box.

 

[beentherebefore]

Where did they put 70k people?

 

[beentherebefore]

I like the rivalry commentary on the hillside in the old WVU pic.

 

[EERwax]

Where did they put 70k people?

Pretty much squeezed everyone in. There was no room to move for that game. Standing room only was still a thing in 1993 and with them being 9-0 all the bandwagon jumpers came out of the woodwork.

 

[NoCreativity]

"Pitt Sucks", lol, I had forgotten about the heated rivalry back in the old Big East days.

Interesting that most of your highest attended games happened back in the 80's and 90s and ISU's have been in the last few years. It would seem to me that would be a good indication of the trajectory of the programs over the last few years.

 

[cyclonpediaJoe]

Bring back the old scoreboards!

 

[Thomasrickj]

"Pitt Sucks", lol, I had forgotten about the heated rivalry back in the old Big East days.

Interesting that most of your highest attended games happened back in the 80's and 90s and ISU's have been in the last few years. It would seem to me that would be a good indication of the trajectory of the programs over the last few years.

Whenever Sweet Carolina comes on, every wvu fan screams “eat s*it Pitt” instead of “bum bum bum” and “eat s*it, eat s*it, eat s*it” instead of “so good, so good, so good”. It’s one of the funniest things I’ve seen. It’ll come on at the bars in Morgantown and everyone does it, too.

 

[CloneFan4]

What's the story behind WVU's hatred for Pitt? Relatively young so I was cognizant of 90s football.

 

[pulse]

They’re only like an hour apart so they were rivals for a long time. I have friends who went to Pitt and WVU. Both are really fun places, but I’ll definitely give the nod to Pittsburgh.

 

[Thomasrickj]

What's the story behind WVU's hatred for Pitt? Relatively young so I was cognizant of 90s football.

The biggest reason, as far as I know, is Pitt always plays them tough and they’re only 45 minutes apart. In 2007 the Mountaineers were number two and looked like they were going to be playing in the championship game, being 10-1 and number two overall when all they had to do was beat a terrible 2 win Pitt team. Pitt beat them and ruined their shot at a title.

 

[dualthreat]

What's the story behind WVU's hatred for Pitt? Relatively young so I was cognizant of 90s football.

Pitt sucks that's why

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

MAKE JACK TRICE GREAT AGAIN!!!!

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

I THINK YOU MEAN "NEW STADIUM"

 

[cyowan]

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[JP4CY]

Interesting that most of your highest attended games happened back in the 80's and 90s and ISU's have been in the last few years. It would seem to me that would be a good indication of the trajectory of the programs over the last few years.

And the awareness of the Fire Marshall and allowable capacity.

 

[LincolnWay187]

WV had a few games ther past 5 years where they eeked out a close win and got my blood boiling. Glad we got payback last year and hope for another.

 

[cyowan]

And the awareness of the Fire Marshall and allowable capacity.

He's too busy dealing with all the burning couches.

 

[EERwax]

What's the story behind WVU's hatred for Pitt? Relatively young so I was cognizant of 90s football.

Only 50 minutes away and long time rival across all sports for well over 100 years. Big city vs country. Steel industry vs Coal industry. They have a massive superiority complex (they're like Minnesota for you mid-westerners) and hate losing to us as much as we hate losing to them.

 

[Sigmapolis]

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