1997 Virginia Cavaliers football team

The 1997 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1997 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.

1997 Virginia Cavaliers football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record7–4 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorSparky Woods (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorRick Lantz (7th season)
CaptainDoug Karczewski, Anthony Poindexter
Home stadiumScott Stadium
(capacity: 42,000)
1997 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 3 Florida State $  8 0   11 1  
No. 6 North Carolina  7 1   11 1  
Virginia  5 3   7 4  
No. 25 Georgia Tech  5 3   7 5  
Clemson  4 4   7 5  
NC State  3 5   6 5  
Wake Forest  3 5   5 6  
Maryland  1 7   2 9  
Duke  0 8   2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 48:00 pmNo. 16 Auburn*ESPNL 17–2845,300
September 133:30 pmRichmond*
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 26–738,200[1]
September 2712:00 pmat No. 5 North CarolinaABCL 20–4857,800
October 412:00 pmWake Forestdagger
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
JPSW 21–1340,000
October 116:00 pmat ClemsonESPN2W 21–774,987
October 1812:00 pmDuke
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
JPSW 13–1036,600
October 257:00 pmNo. 3 Florida State
ESPNL 21–4745,300
November 112:00 pmat MarylandJPSW 45–023,479
November 83:30 pmGeorgia Tech
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
ABCW 35–3141,000
November 1512:00 pmat NC StateJPSL 24–3142,400
November 295:30 pmVirginia Tech*
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)
ESPNW 34–2044,200
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Personnel

1997 Virginia Cavaliers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB Aaron Brooks
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    References

    1. "Sloppy U. Va. tops UR". Daily Press. September 14, 1997. Retrieved November 6, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
    2. "1997 UVa Football Schedule/Results". Virginia Athletics. Archived from the original on September 2, 1999. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
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