1983 Virginia Cavaliers football team

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1983 Virginia Cavaliers football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
1983 record6–5 (3–3 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainDave Bond, Rich Riccardi, Wayne Schuchts, Billy Smith[1]
Home stadiumScott Stadium
(capacity: 42,000)
Seasons
← 1982
1984 →
1983 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Maryland $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
North Carolina 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Georgia Tech 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Virginia 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Duke 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Wake Forest 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
NC State 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
No. 11 Clemson * 0 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – Clemson was under NCAA and ACC probation and was ineligible for the ACC title. As a result, their ACC games did not count in the league standings.[2]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cavaliers were led by second-year head coach George Welsh 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[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 3Duke
W 38–3028,947
September 10Navy*
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 27–1633,847
September 17James Madison*
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 21–1431,984[3]
September 24at NC State
W 26–1444,800
October 1at No. 19 Maryland
L 3–2340,200
October 8at Clemson*A
L 21–4278,500
October 15VMI*
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 38–1030,389[4]
October 22at Wake Forest
L 34–3817,500
November 3at Georgia Tech
L 27–3122,032
November 12No. 19 North Carolina
W 17–1442,933
November 19Virginia Tech*
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)
L 0–4844,572
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[5][6]

A.^ Clemson was under NCAA probation, and was ineligible for the ACC title. Therefore this game did not count in the league standings.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "2017 Cavalier Football Fact Book" (PDF). Virginia Cavaliers Athletics. p. 122.
  2. ^ a b Williams, Larry (2012). The Danny Ford Years at Clemson.
  3. ^ "U. Va whips Dukes". Daily Press. September 18, 1983. Retrieved October 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Cavaliers get victory over winless Keydets". The Charlotte Observer. October 16, 1983. Retrieved February 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "1983 Virginia Cavaliers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  6. ^ "All-Time Virginia Box Score Game Statistics". Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
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