2023 Virginia Cavaliers football team

The 2023 Virginia Cavaliers football team will represent the University of Virginia as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cavaliers will be led by second-year head coach Tony Elliott and play home games at the Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.

2023 Virginia Cavaliers football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record2–5 (1–2 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDesmond Kitchings (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorJohn Rudzinski (2nd season)
Home stadiumScott Stadium
(capacity: 61,500)
2023 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Florida State  5 –0   7 –0  
No. 18 Louisville  3 –1   6 –1  
No. 17 North Carolina  3 –1   6 –1  
No. 20 Duke  2 –1   5 –2  
Virginia Tech  2 –1   3 –4  
Boston College  2 –2   4 –3  
Georgia Tech  2 –2   3 –4  
Clemson  2 –3   4 –3  
NC State  1 –2   4 –3  
Miami (FL)  1 –2   5 –2  
Virginia  1 –2   2 –5  
Wake Forest  1 –3   4 –3  
Pittsburgh  1 –3   2 –5  
Syracuse  0 –3   4 –3  
Championship: December 2, 2023
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
As of October 23, 2023
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Virginia and the ACC announced the 2023 football schedule on January 30, 2023.[1][2] The 2023 season will be the conference's first season since 2004, other than 2020, with a scheduling format not split into two divisions. The new format sets Virginia with three set conference opponents, while playing the remaining ten teams twice in an (home and away) in a four-year cycle. The Cavaliers' three set conference opponents for the next four years are Louisville, North Carolina, and Virginia Tech.[3][4]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 212:00 p.m.vs. No. 12 Tennessee*
ABCL 13–4969,507
September 912:00 p.m.James Madison*
ESPNUL 35–3656,508
September 157:00 p.m.at Maryland*
FS1L 14–4237,041
September 227:30 p.m.NC State
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
ESPNL 21–2442,979
September 302:00 p.m.at Boston College
The CWL 24–2741,868
October 712:00 p.m.No. 10 (FCS) William & Mary*dagger
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
ACCNW 27–1338,289
October 216:30 p.m.at No. 10 North Carolina
The CWW 31–2750,500
October 283:30 p.m.at Miami (FL)
ACCN
November 42:00 p.m.Georgia Tech
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
The CW
November 97:30 p.m.at Louisville
ESPN
November 18Duke
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
November 25Virginia Tech

Game summaries

vs Tennessee
See also: 2023 Tennessee Volunteers football team
Game One – Virginia Cavaliers (0-0) vs No. 12 Tennessee Volunteers (0-0) – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Virginia 0 3 7313
No. 12 Tennessee 7 14 141449

at Nissan Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee

  • Date: Saturday, September 2, 2023
  • Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Sunny, 80 °F (27 °C)
  • Game attendance: 69,507
  • Referee: Matt Loeffler
  • TV announcers (ABC): Joe Tessitore (play-by-play), Jesse Palmer (analyst), Katie George (sideline)
Game information
First quarter
  • (12:05) TENN – Dylan Sampson 9-yard pass from Joe Milton III (Charles Campbell kick) (Drive: 8 plays, 62 yards, 2:55; Tennessee 7-0)
Second quarter
  • (4:41) TENN – Dylan Sampson 3-yard run (Charles Campbell kick) (Drive: 13 plays, 90 yards, 4:52; Tennessee 14-0)
  • (1:42) UVA – Will Bettridge 30-yard field goal (Drive: 6 plays, 52 yards, 2:59; Tennessee 14-3)
  • (0:06) TENN – Joe Milton III 1-yard run (Charles Campbell kick) (Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 1:36; Tennessee 21-3)
Third quarter
  • (10:52) TENN – Joe Milton III 1-yard run (Charles Campbell kick) (Drive: 10 plays, 77 yards, 3:10; Tennessee 28-3)
  • (7:23) TENN – Dylan Sampson 2-yard run (Charles Campbell kick) (Drive: 6 plays, 30 yards, 2:28; Tennessee 35-3)
  • (3:05) UVA – Perris Jones 17-yard run (Will Bettridge kick) (Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 4:18; Tennessee 35-10)
Fourth quarter
  • (13:36) TENN – Jacob Warren 11-yard pass from Joe Milton III (Charles Campbell kick) (Drive: 6 plays, 27 yards, 2:03; Tennessee 42-10)
  • (11:06) TENN – Dylan Sampson 3-yard run (Charles Campbell kick) (Drive: 7 plays, 40 yards, 1:40; Tennessee 49-10)
  • (0:39) UVA – Will Bettridge 40-yard field goal (Drive: 10 plays, 47 yards, 3:57; Tennessee 49-13)
StatisticsUVATENN
First downs1229
Total yards64–20185–499
Rushing yards40–9552–287
Passing yards106212
Passing: Comp–Att–Int11–24–023–33–0
Time of possession32:5427:06
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
VirginiaPassingTony Muskett9/17, 94 yards
RushingPerris Jones7 carries, 39 yards, TD
ReceivingMalachi Fields4 receptions, 63 yards
TennesseePassingJoe Milton III21/30, 201 yards, 2 TD
RushingJaylen Wright12 carries, 115 yards
ReceivingRamel Keyton3 receptions, 66 yards

References
  1. Willett, Preston (January 30, 2023). "Virginia reveals 2023 football schedule". WCAV. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
  2. Johnson, Eric (January 30, 2023). "Save the Dates: 2023 Virginia Football schedule". WSLS-TV. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
  3. "ACC Announces Football Schedule Model for 2023–26" (Press release). Atlantic Coast Conference. June 28, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
  4. Frankenberry, Jami (June 28, 2022). "Virginia Tech and Virginia will play each other, two more primary opponents, annually under ACC's new football scheduling format". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved February 2, 2023.


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