1991 Virginia Cavaliers football team

The 1991 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cavaliers were led by 10th-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 in fourth. Virginia was invited to the Gator Bowl, where they lost to Oklahoma.

1991 Virginia Cavaliers football
Gator Bowl, L 14–48 vs. Oklahoma
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
1991 record8–3–1 (4–2–1 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTom O'Brien (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorRick Lantz (1st season)
CaptainMatt Blundin, Tyrone Lewis, Don Reynolds, Ray Roberts
Home stadiumScott Stadium
(capacity: 42,000)
1991 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 18 Clemson $ 6 0 19 2 1
No. 24 NC State 5 2 09 3 0
Georgia Tech 5 2 08 5 0
Virginia 4 2 18 3 1
North Carolina 3 4 07 4 0
Maryland 2 5 02 9 0
Duke 1 6 04 6 1
Wake Forest 1 6 03 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 7at MarylandJPSL 6–1736,198
September 14Navy*W 17–1042,400
September 19at No. 17 Georgia TechESPNL 21–2444,192
September 28Duke
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 34–343,400
October 5Kansas*
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 31–1940,200
October 12at No. 18 ClemsonABCT 20–2083,000
October 19North Carolina
JPSW 14–940,100
October 26Wake Forest
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 48–741,900
November 2VMI*
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 42–039,000
November 9at No. 18 NC StateJPSW 42–1041,109
November 23Virginia Tech*No. 20
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)
JPSW 38–044,100
December 29vs. No. 20 Oklahoma*No. 19TBSL 14–4862,003
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[1][2]

Roster

1991 Virginia Cavaliers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 14 Matt Blundin
RB 30 Charles Way
RB 42 Terry Kirby
T 72 Ray Roberts
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 25 Keith Lyle
DE 85 Chris Slade
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 18 Michael Husted Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

    Roster

    References

    1. "1991 Virginia Cavaliers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
    2. "All-Time Virginia Box Score Game Statistics". Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.