1983 Virginia Cavaliers football team
1983 Virginia Cavaliers football | |
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Record | 6–5 (3–3 ACC) |
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Captain | Dave Bond, Rich Riccardi, Wayne Schuchts, Billy Smith[1] |
Home stadium | Scott Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Clemson * | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1983 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cavaliers were led by second-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 tied for fourth.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 3 | 7:00 p.m. | Duke | W 38–30 | 28,947 | [3] | ||
September 10 | 7:00 p.m. | Navy* |
| W 27–16 | 33,847 | [4] | |
September 17 | 7:00 p.m. | James Madison* |
| W 21–14 | 31,984 | [5] | |
September 24 | 12:35 p.m. | at NC State | ABC | W 26–14 | 44,800 | [6] | |
October 1 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 19 Maryland | L 3–23 | 40,200 | [7] | ||
October 8 | 1:00 p.m. | at Clemson*A | L 21–42 | 78,500 | [8] | ||
October 15 | 7:00 p.m. | VMI* |
| W 38–10 | 30,389 | [9] | |
October 22 | 1:00 p.m. | at Wake Forest | L 34–38 | 17,500 | [10] | ||
November 3 | 8:00 p.m. | at Georgia Tech | TBS | L 27–31 | 22,032 | [11] | |
November 12 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 19 North Carolina |
| W 17–14 | 42,933 | [12] | |
November 19 | 1:00 p.m. | Virginia Tech* |
| L 0–48 | 44,572 | [13] | |
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- A.^ Clemson was under NCAA probation, and was ineligible for the ACC title. Therefore this game did not count in the league standings.[2]
References
- ^ "2017 Cavalier Football Fact Book" (PDF). Virginia Cavaliers Athletics. p. 122. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
- ^ a b Williams, Larry (2012). The Danny Ford Years at Clemson.
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- ^ "1983 Virginia Cavaliers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
- ^ "All-Time Virginia Box Score Game Statistics". Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site. Retrieved June 5, 2021.