1994 Virginia Cavaliers football team

1994 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1994 Virginia Cavaliers football
1994 Virginia Cavaliers football
Independence Bowl champion
Independence Bowl, W 20–10 vs. TCU
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 15
1994 record	9–3 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach	George Welsh (13th season);
Offensive coordinator	Tom O'Brien (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Rick Lantz (4th season)
Captain	Mike Frederick, Randy Neal, Charles Way
Home stadium	Scott Stadium; (capacity: 42,000)
	Seasons ← 1993 1995 →

The 1994 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was George Welsh. They played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	3:30 pm	at No. 4 Florida State		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (Jefferson-Eppes Trophy)	ABC	L 17–41	74,551
September 10	7:00 pm	at Navy*		Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		W 47–10	25,463
September 17	12:00 pm	Clemson		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	JPS	W 9–6	39,000
October 1	1:00 pm	No. 8 (I-AA) William & Mary*		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 37–3	38,300
October 8	6:30 pm	at Wake Forest		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		W 42–6	20,183
October 15	1:00 pm	at Georgia Tech		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA		W 24–7	38,365
October 22	3:30 pm	No. 15 North Carolina	No. 25	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)	ABC	W 34–10	42,800
November 5	12:00 pm	at No. 23 Duke	No. 13	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	JPS	L 25–28	33,941
November 12	1:00 pm	Maryland	No. 21	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)		W 46–21	40,900
November 19	12:00 pm	at No. 14 Virginia Tech*	No. 16	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	BEN	W 42–23	53,157
November 25	11:00 am	NC State	No. 13	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ABC	L 27–30	36,300
December 28	7:00 pm	vs. TCU*	No. 18	Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA (Independence Bowl)	ESPN	W 20–10	27,242
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

1994 Virginia Cavaliers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`13`	Mike Groh
RB	`21`	Tiki Barber	So
FB	`30`	Charles Way
WR	`81`	Patrick Jeffers
WR	`82`	Tyrone Davis

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`27`	Percy Ellsworth	Jr
LB	`33`	Jamie Sharper	So
LB	`42`	James Farrior	So
DE, DT	`99`	Ryan Kuehl	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

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

1994 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Florida State $	8	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	1
No. 17 NC State	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Virginia	5	–	3	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Duke	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
North Carolina	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Clemson	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Maryland	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Wake Forest	1	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Georgia Tech	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll