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1983 Virginia Cavaliers football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record6–5 (3–3 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainDave Bond, Rich Riccardi, Wayne Schuchts, Billy Smith[1]
Home stadiumScott Stadium
(Capacity: 42,000)
Seasons
← 1982
1984 →
1983 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – Clemson was under NCAA and ACC probation and was ineligible for the ACC title. As a result, their ACC games did not count in the league standings.[2]
Rankings from AP Poll

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

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 3Duke
W 38–30
September 10Navy*
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 27–16
September 17James Madison*
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 21–14
September 24at NC State
W 26–14
October 1at No. 19 Maryland
L 3–23
October 8at Clemson*A
L 21–42
October 15VMI*
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 38–10
October 22at Wake Forest
L 34–38
November 3at Georgia Tech
L 27–31
November 12No. 19 North Carolina
W 17–14
November 19Virginia Tech*
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)
L 0–48
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:[3]

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

  1. ^ "2017 Cavalier Football Fact Book" (PDF). Virginia Cavaliers Athletics. p. 122.
  2. ^ a b Williams, Larry (2012). The Danny Ford Years at Clemson.
  3. ^ "1983 Virginia Cavaliers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
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