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American college football season
The 1990 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season . The Cavaliers offense scored 464 points while the defense allowed 227 points. Led by head coach George Welsh , the Cavaliers competed in the Sugar Bowl .
This Virginia team is noteworthy for having achieved a No. 1 national ranking in the Associated Press college football poll for three weeks during the season, starting on October 16 of that year.[ 1] The Cavaliers held the nation's top spot through the poll of October 30,[ 2] but then dropped 10 spots after a loss to eventual national co-champion[ 3] Georgia Tech the next week[ 4] and continued to fade after that. It was the first time in the program's history that Virginia had ever earned the No. 1 ranking.[ 5]
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 1 2:00 PM at Kansas * No. 15 W 59–1035,000
September 8 4:00 PM No. 9 Clemson No. 14 ESPN W 20–746,800
September 15 1:00 PM Navy * No. 11 Scott Stadium Charlottesville, Virginia W 56–1439,400
September 22 12:00 PM at Duke No. 10 JPS W 59–024,862
September 29 1:00 PM William & Mary * No. 7 Scott Stadium Charlottesville, Virginia W 63–3540,400
October 13 1:00 PM NC State No. 2 Scott Stadium Charlottesville, Virginia W 31–044,300
October 20 1:00 PM at Wake Forest No. 1 W 49–1423,124
November 3 2:00 PM No. 16 Georgia Tech No. 1 Scott Stadium Charlottesville, Virginia CBS L 38–41 49,700
November 10 12:30 PM at North Carolina No. 11 JPS W 24–1041,000
November 17 12:00 PM at Maryland No. 8 Scott Stadium Charlottesville, Virginia (rivalry ) JPS L 30–3543,500
November 24 7:30 PM at Virginia Tech * No. 17 ESPN L 13–3854,157
January 1 8:30 PM vs. No. 10 Tennessee * ABC L 22–2375,132
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Personnel
1990 Virginia Cavaliers football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster Last update: March 22, 2020
Game summaries
Georgia Tech
#16 Georgia Tech vs #1 Virginia
1
2 3 4 Total
• Yellow Jackets
0
14 21 6
41
Cavaliers
10
18 7 3
38
Scoring summary Q1 8:09 UVA Shawn Moore 1-yard run (McInerney kick)UVA 7–0
3:58 UVA Jake McInerney 27-yard field goal UVA 10–0
Q2 14:50 UVA Jake McInerney 51-yard field goal UVA 13–0
9:43 GT Shawn Jones 23-yard run (Sisson kick) UVA 13–7
6:42 UVA Shawn Moore 1-yard run (Herman Moore pass from Shawn Moore) UVA 21–7
5:22 GT Jerry Gilchrist 43-yard pass from Shawn Jones (Sisson kick) UVA 21–14
0:36 UVA Shawn Moore 6-yard run (McInerney kick) UVA 28–14
Q3 12:47 GT Jerry Gilchrist 12-yard run (Sisson kick) UVA 28–21
4:34 GT Emmett Merchant 26-yard pass from Shawn Jones (Sisson kick) Tied 28–28
3:08 UVA Herman Moore 63-yard pass from Shawn Moore (McInerney kick) UVA 35–28
0:02 GT William Bell 8-yard run (Sisson kick)Tied 35–35
Q4 7:17 GT Scott Sisson 33-yard field goalGT 38–35
2:34 UVA Jake McInerney 22-yard field goal Tied 38–38
0:07 GT Scott Sisson 37-yard field goal GT 41–38
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
4–7–1
1989
W 17–10
Team players in the NFL
The following were selected in the 1991 NFL Draft .
[ 6]
References
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