The 2007 West Virginia Mountaineers football team began play on September 1, 2007. The team was coached by Rich Rodriguez until he announced on December 16, 2007 that he was leaving West Virginia to coach the Michigan Wolverines. The head coaching position remained vacant after his announcement, with Assistant Head Coach Bill Stewart serving as interim head coach. Stewart was then named Head Coach on January 3, 2008, after leading the Mountaineers to victory in the 2008 Fiesta Bowl over the #3 Oklahoma Sooners. West Virginia played their home games on Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia.
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—Frank Zappa (1940–1993)
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And the door stood open at our feast,
When there passed us a woman with the West in her eyes,
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—Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907)
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—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)
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—Frank Zappa (1940–1993)
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