1980 Virginia Cavaliers football team

1980 Virginia Cavaliers football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	4–7 (2–4 ACC)
Head coach	Dick Bestwick (5th season)
Captain	Quentin Murray, Brian Musselman, Tommy Vigorito
Home stadium	Scott Stadium (Capacity: 42,073)

1980 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 10 North Carolina $	6	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
Maryland	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
NC State	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Clemson	2	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Wake Forest	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Virginia	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Duke	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cavaliers were led by fifth-year head coach Dick Bestwick 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	Opponent	Site	Result
September 13	Navy*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	W 6–3
September 20	NC State	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	L 13–27
September 27	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 20–17
October 4	at West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	L 21–45
October 11	Clemson	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	L 24–27
October 18	at Virginia Tech*	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	L 0–30
October 25	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 24–21
November 1	at Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	W 16–13
November 8	Rutgers*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	L 17–19
November 15	at No. 15 North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)	L 3–26
November 22	Maryland	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	L 0–31
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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