Virginia Cavaliers Football History, Records and Database

Tony Elliott
Head Coach
First Year: 2022

School: Virginia
Nickname: Cavaliers
Current Conference: ACC
Former Conference(s): SAIAA, Southern Conference
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
First year of football: 1888

STADIUM
Name: Scott/Harrison Field
Year built: 1931
Capacity: 61,500
Playing Surface: Grass

VIRGINIA CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

YEAR

CHAMPION(S)

CONFERENCE

VIRGINIA YEAR BY YEAR SCHEDULES AND SCORES

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VIRGINIA BOWL RECORD

SCHOOL	WINS	LOSSES	TIES	TOTAL	WIN%
Virginia	8	13	0	21	0.381

VIRGINIA BOWL HISTORY

BOWL	DATE	WINNER	POINTS	LOSER	POINTS
Fenway Canceled	29-Dec-2022	SMU		Virginia
Orange	30-Dec-2019	Florida	36	Virginia	28
Belk	29-Dec-2018	Virginia	28	South Carolina	0
Military	28-Dec-2017	Navy	49	Virginia	7
Chick-Fil-A-Bowl	31-Dec-2011	Auburn	43	Virginia	24
Gator	01-Jan-2008	Texas Tech	31	Virginia	28
Music City	30-Dec-2005	Virginia	34	Minnesota	31
Famous Idaho Potato	27-Dec-2004	Fresno State	37	Virginia	34
Belk	27-Dec-2003	Virginia	23	Pittsburgh	16
Belk	28-Dec-2002	Virginia	48	West Virginia	22
Seattle	24-Dec-2000	Georgia	37	Virginia	14
Russell Athletic	30-Dec-1999	Illinois	63	Virginia	21
Chick-Fil-A-Bowl	31-Dec-1998	Georgia	35	Virginia	33
Russell Athletic	27-Dec-1996	Miami (Fla.)	31	Virginia	21
Chick-Fil-A-Bowl	30-Dec-1995	Virginia	34	Georgia	27
Independence	28-Dec-1994	Virginia	20	TCU	10
Russell Athletic	01-Jan-1994	Boston College	31	Virginia	13
Gator	29-Dec-1991	Oklahoma	48	Virginia	14
Sugar	01-Jan-1991	Tennessee	23	Virginia	22
Citrus	01-Jan-1990	Illinois	31	Virginia	21
All-American	22-Dec-1987	Virginia	22	Brigham Young	16
Chick-Fil-A-Bowl	31-Dec-1984	Virginia	27	Purdue	24

VIRGINIA AP FINISHES

Sorted by Year, Rank and Team

1951	13	Virginia
1984	20	Virginia
1989	18	Virginia
1990	23	Virginia
1994	15	Virginia
1995	16	Virginia
1998	18	Virginia
2002	22	Virginia
2004	23	Virginia

VIRGINIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Year

CHAMPIONS

VIRGINIA HEAD COACHES

Year(s)	Coach	Years	Games	Win	Loss	Tie	Win %	School
1902-1902	John DeSaulles	1	10	8	1	1	0.850	Virginia
1903-1903	Gresham Poe	1	10	7	2	1	0.750	Virginia
1904-1904	Foster Sanford	1	9	6	3	0	0.667	Virginia
1905-1905	William Cole	1	9	5	4	0	0.556	Virginia
1907-1907	Edward Johnson	1	10	6	3	1	0.650	Virginia
1908-1908	M.T. Cooke	1	8	7	0	1	0.938	Virginia
1909-1909	John Neff	1	8	7	1	0	0.875	Virginia
1910-1910	Charles Crawford	1	8	6	2	0	0.750	Virginia
1911-1911	Kemper Yancey	1	10	8	2	0	0.800	Virginia
1912-1912	Speed Elliott	1	9	6	3	0	0.667	Virginia
1913-1921	W. Warren	3	26	17	7	2	0.692	Virginia
1914-1914	Joseph Wood	1	9	8	1	0	0.889	Virginia
1915-1915	Harry Varner	1	9	8	1	0	0.889	Virginia
1916-1916	Peyton Evans	1	9	4	5	0	0.444	Virginia
1919-1919	Harris Coleman	1	9	2	5	2	0.333	Virginia
1922-1922	Thomas Campbell	1	9	4	4	1	0.500	Virginia
1923-1928	Greasy Neale	6	55	28	22	5	0.555	Virginia
1929-1930	Earl Abell	2	19	8	9	2	0.474	Virginia
1931-1933	Fred Dawson	3	29	8	17	4	0.345	Virginia
1934-1936	Gus Tebell	3	28	6	18	4	0.286	Virginia
1937-1945	Frank Murray	9	80	41	34	5	0.544	Virginia
1946-1952	Arthur Guepe	7	66	47	17	2	0.727	Virginia
1953-1955	Ned McDonald	3	28	5	23	0	0.179	Virginia
1956-1957	Ben Martin	2	20	6	13	1	0.325	Virginia
1958-1960	Richard Voris	3	30	1	29	0	0.033	Virginia
1961-1964	William Elias	4	40	16	23	1	0.413	Virginia
1965-1970	George Blackburn	6	61	28	33	0	0.459	Virginia
1971-1973	Don Lawrence	3	33	11	22	0	0.333	Virginia
1974-1975	Sonny Randle	2	22	5	17	0	0.227	Virginia
1976-1981	Dick Bestwick	6	66	16	49	1	0.250	Virginia
1982-2000	George Welsh	19	223	134	86	3	0.608	Virginia
2001-2009	Al Groh	9	112	59	53	0	0.527	Virginia
2010-2015	Mike London	6	73	27	46	0	0.370	Virginia
2016-2019	Bronco Mendenhall	4	52	25	27	0	0.481	Virginia

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