. After four consecutive seasons of bowl berths and finishes in at least one of the polls, West Virginia went on a three-year drought from 1985-87, finishing those seasons with records of 7-3-1, 4-7 (Nehlen's first of only four losing seasons), and 6-6 respectively.  The 1988 season, however, was one that will live on as one of the greatest seasons in Mountaineer history