1980 Virginia Cavaliers football team
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
1980 record | 4–7 (2–4 ACC) |
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Captain | Quentin Murray, Brian Musselman, Tommy Vigorito[1] |
Home stadium | Scott Stadium (capacity: 42,073) |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 North Carolina $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1980 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cavaliers were led by fifth-year head coach Dick Bestwick and played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing tied for fourth.
Schedule[]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 13 | Navy* | W 6–3 | 35,174 | ||
September 20 | NC State |
| L 13–27 | 30,072 | |
September 27 | at Duke | W 20–17 | 14,144 | ||
October 4 | at West Virginia* | L 21–45 | 45,088 | ||
October 11 | Clemson |
| L 24–27 | 32,443 | |
October 18 | at Virginia Tech* | L 0–30 | 52,000 | [2] | |
October 25 | at Wake Forest | W 24–21 | 23,300 | ||
November 1 | at Tennessee* | W 16–13 | 94,333 | ||
November 8 | Rutgers* |
| L 17–19 | 30,011 | |
November 15 | at No. 15 North Carolina | L 3–26 | 49,500 | ||
November 22 | Maryland |
| L 0–31 | 22,407 | |
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References[]
- ^ "2017 Cavalier Football Fact Book" (PDF). Virginia Cavaliers Athletics. p. 122.
- ^ "Virginia Tech batters rival Virginia 30–0". The Charlotte Observer. October 19, 1980. Retrieved December 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1980 Virginia Cavaliers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
- ^ "All-Time Virginia Box Score Game Statistics". Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
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