1972 Virginia Cavaliers football team
Appearance
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Record | 4–7 (1–5 ACC) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Thomas Kennedy, William Williams[1] |
Home stadium | Scott Stadium (Capacity: 23,848) |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 12 North Carolina $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 17 NC State | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1972 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. The Cavaliers were led by second-year head coach Don Lawrence and played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing tied for last.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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September 9 | at South Carolina* | W 24–16 | |
September 16 | Virginia Tech* | W 24–20 | |
September 23 | West Virginia* |
| L 10–48 |
September 30 | at Duke | L 13–37 | |
October 7 | at Vanderbilt* | L 7–10 | |
October 14 | VMI* |
| W 45–14 |
October 21 | at Clemson | L 21–37 | |
October 28 | Maryland |
| L 23–24 |
November 4 | NC State |
| L 14–35 |
November 11 | at No. 18 North Carolina | L 3–23 | |
November 18 | at Wake Forest | W 15–12 | |
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Source:[3]
References
- ^ "2017 Cavalier Football Fact Book" (PDF). Virginia Cavaliers Athletics. p. 121.
- ^ "1972 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
- ^ "1972 Virginia Cavaliers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 11, 2018.