1983 Virginia Cavaliers football team

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.

1983 Virginia Cavaliers football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record6–5 (3–3 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainDave Bond, Rich Riccardi, Wayne Schuchts, Billy Smith[1]
Home stadiumScott Stadium
(capacity: 42,000)
1983 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Maryland $ 5 –0 –08 –4 –0
North Carolina 4 –2 –08 –4 –0
Georgia Tech 3 –2 –03 –8 –0
Virginia 3 –3 –06 –5 –0
Duke 3 –3 –03 –8 –0
Wake Forest 1 –5 –04 –7 –0
NC State 1 –5 –03 –8 –0
No. 11 Clemson * 0 –0 –09 –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

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 37:00 p.m.Duke
W 38–3028,947
September 107:00 p.m.Navy*
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 27–1633,847
September 177:00 p.m.James Madison*
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 21–1431,984[3]
September 2412:35 p.m.at NC State
ABCW 26–1444,800
October 11:30 p.m.at No. 19 Maryland
L 3–2340,200
October 81:00 p.m.at Clemson*A
L 21–4278,500
October 157:00 p.m.VMI*
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 38–1030,389[4]
October 221:00 p.m.at Wake Forest
L 34–3817,500
November 38:00 p.m.at Georgia Tech
TBSL 27–3122,032
November 121:30 p.m.No. 19 North Carolinadagger
W 17–1442,933
November 191:00 p.m.Virginia Tech*
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)
L 0–4844,572[5]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[6][7]

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  2. 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. "Virginia Tech thinks 9–2 should mean bowl". Tallahassee Democrat. November 20, 1983. Retrieved January 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "1983 Virginia Cavaliers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  7. "All-Time Virginia Box Score Game Statistics". Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
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