1979 Virginia Cavaliers football team

The 1979 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cavaliers were led by fourth-year head coach Dick Bestwick and played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in sixth.

1979 Virginia Cavaliers football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
1979 record6–5 (1–4 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainSteve Potter, Michael Newhall[1]
Home stadiumScott Stadium
(capacity: 37,273)
1979 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
NC State $ 5 1 07 4 0
Clemson 4 2 08 4 0
Maryland 4 2 07 4 0
Wake Forest 3 2 08 4 0
No. 15 North Carolina 3 3 08 3 1
Virginia 1 4 06 5 0
Duke 0 6 02 8 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8Richmond*W 31–029,673
September 15at No. 19 NC StateL 27–3145,800
September 22VMI*
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 19–024,872[2]
September 29Duke
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 30–1226,947
October 6at ClemsonL 7–1761,100
October 13James Madison*
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 69–918,447
October 20at No. 20 Navy*L 10–1722,604
November 3at Georgia*W 31–059,100
November 10Virginia Tech*
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)
W 20–1838,847[3]
November 17North Carolina
L 7–1331,472
November 24at MarylandL 7–1726,071
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "2017 Cavalier Football Fact Book" (PDF). Virginia Cavaliers Athletics. p. 122.
  2. "Virginia blanks Keydets". The News and Observer. September 23, 1979. Retrieved February 2, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Two-point conversion fails, UVA trips VPI". Daily Press. November 11, 1979. Retrieved December 15, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "1979 Virginia Cavaliers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  5. "All-Time Virginia Box Score Game Statistics". Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
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