1965 Virginia Cavaliers football team

The 1965 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. The Cavaliers were led by first-year head coach George Blackburn and played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, originally finishing in seventh, however forfeited wins by South Carolina moved Virginia up to a tie for fourth.[2]

1965 Virginia Cavaliers football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record4–6 (2–4 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainBob Kowalkowski, John Pincavage[1]
Home stadiumScott Stadium
(capacity: 23,848)
1965 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
NC State + 5 –2 –06 –4 –0†
Clemson + 5 –2 –05 –5 –0†
Duke 4 –2 –06 –4 –0
Maryland 3 –3 –04 –6 –0
North Carolina 3 –3 –04 –6 –0
Virginia 3 –3 –04 –6 –0†
Wake Forest 2 –4 –03 –7 –0†
South Carolina 0 –6 –05 –5 –0†
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • † South Carolina forfeited its 4 conference wins (Clemson, NC State, Virginia, Wake Forest) due to use of ineligible players. This improved Clemson and NC State from 4–3 to 5–2, making them co-champions. Overall records did not change due to the forfeits. Duke and South Carolina were originally co-champions with records of 4–2.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18Duke
L 7–2127,800
September 25Clemson
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
L 14–2015,000
October 2at North Carolina
W 21–1738,000
October 9VMI*
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 14–1021,000[3]
October 16vs. West Virginia*
W 41–024,000
October 23at VPI*
L 14–2230,100
October 30NC Statedagger
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
L 0–1325,000
November 6South Carolina
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
L 7–1718,000
November 13at Georgia Tech*
L 19–4240,094
November 20at Maryland
W 33–2721,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

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References
  1. "2017 Cavalier Football Fact Book" (PDF). Virginia Cavaliers Athletics. p. 120. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2017. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  2. "2016 ACC football media guide" (PDF). p. 124.
  3. "Frustrated Cavaliers rally to turn back VMI, 14 to 10". The Danville Register. October 10, 1965. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "1965 Virginia Cavaliers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  5. "All-Time Virginia Box Score Game Statistics". Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
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