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20 Nov

The largest crowd at the new Mountaineer Field was 70,222

On autumn Saturdays, Mountaineer Field is where fans from throughout the state gather for West Virginia University football action. The stadium on the Evansdale Campus in Morgantown is a first-class facility. It was not always that way after WVU f...

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