1987 Virginia Cavaliers football team

1987 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1987 Virginia Cavaliers football
1987 Virginia Cavaliers football
All-American Bowl champion
All-American Bowl, W 22–16 vs. BYU
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1987 record	8–4 (5–2 ACC)
Head coach	George Welsh (6th season);
Offensive coordinator	Gary Tranquill (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Frank Spaziani (1st season)
Captain	Sean Scott & Scott Secules
Home stadium	Scott Stadium; (capacity: 42,000)
	Seasons ← 1986 1988 →

The 1987 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cavaliers were led by sixth-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 in second. Virginia was invited to the 1987 All-American Bowl in Birmingham, Alabama, where they defeated BYU.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 5	at No. 20 Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 22–30	75,126
September 12	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)	L 19–21	35,550
September 19	Virginia Tech*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	W 14–13	44,300
September 26	Duke	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	W 42–17	35,500
October 3	VMI*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	W 30–0	23,500
October 10	at No. 8 Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	L 21–38	80,500
October 17	at South Carolina*	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	L 10–58	67,638
October 24	Wake Forest	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	W 35–21	32,500
November 7	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 23–14	38,111
November 14	North Carolina	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)	W 20–17	38,400
November 21	at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	W 34–31	35,200
December 22	vs. BYU*	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (All-American Bowl)	W 22–16	37,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1987 Virginia Cavaliers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`10`	Scott Secules (C)	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "2017 Cavalier Football Fact Book" (PDF). Virginia Cavaliers Athletics. p. 122.
^ "1987 Virginia Cavaliers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
^ "All-Time Virginia Box Score Game Statistics". Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site. Retrieved June 5, 2021.

v t Virginia Cavaliers football
Venues	Madison Hall Field (1888–1912) Lambeth Field (1913–1930) Scott Stadium (1931–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Florida State: Jefferson-Eppes Trophy Maryland North Carolina: South's Oldest Rivalry Virginia Tech: Commonwealth Cup
Culture & lore	"The Cavalier Song" "The Good Old Song" Cavalier Marching Band 1990 Georgia Tech game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders W. A. Lambeth
Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

1987 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 12 Clemson $	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Virginia	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Wake Forest	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
NC State	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Maryland	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Duke	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Georgia Tech	0	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll