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1990 Virginia Cavaliers football team

American college football season

American college football season

FieldValue
year1990
teamVirginia Cavaliers
sportfootball
conferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
short_confACC
CoachRank15
APRank23
record8–4
conf_record5–2
head_coachGeorge Welsh
hc_year9th
off_coachGary Tranquill
oc_year4th
off_schemeI formation
def_coachFrank Spaziani
dc_year4th
def_scheme[5–2](5-2-defense)
captainRon Carey
captain2Joe Hall
captain3Shawn Moore
stadiumScott Stadium
bowl[Sugar Bowl](1991-sugar-bowl)
bowl_resultL 23–22 vs. [Tennessee](1990-tennessee-volunteers-football-team)

The 1990 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by ninth-year head coach George Welsh, the Cavaliers compiled an overall record of 8–4 with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, tying for second place in the ACC. Virginia was invited to the Sugar Bowl, where the Cavaliers lost to Tennessee. The Cavaliers offense scored 464 points while the defense allowed 227 points. The team played home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The 1990 Virginia team is noteworthy for having achieved a No. 1 national ranking in the AP poll for two weeks during the season, starting on October 16 of that year and ending with a loss to Georgia Tech. The Cavaliers held the nation's top spot through the poll of October 30, but losses in three of four games left them unranked in the AP poll by the end of the regular season. It was the first time in the program's history that Virginia had ever earned the No. 1 ranking.

Schedule

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Rankings

Game summaries

Georgia Tech

Main article: 1990 Georgia Tech vs. Virginia football game

Roster

  • George Welsh

Team players in the NFL

The following were selected in the 1991 NFL draft.

References

References

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  3. "Move over, Miami, Notre Dame and Michigan, because - 10.22.90 - SI Vault".
  4. (September 2, 1990). "Virginia scorches Jayhawks in opener, 59–10". The Salina Journal.
  5. (September 9, 1990). "Cavs bury streak, Tigers". Daily Press.
  6. (September 16, 1990). "Virginia wallops Navy". The Charlotte Observer.
  7. (September 23, 1990). "Cavs again in 50s". The News and Advance.
  8. (September 30, 1990). "Cavs survive a scare from W&M". Daily Press.
  9. (October 14, 1990). "Cavs likely No. 1 after rout". Kingsport Times-News.
  10. (October 21, 1990). "Cavs answer wakeup call several times, bury Deacs". The News and Observer.
  11. (November 4, 1990). "Ga. Tech ends Cavs' reign at the top". The Daily News Leader.
  12. (November 11, 1990). "Cavs fiesta in Chapel Hill". Durham Morning Herald.
  13. (November 18, 1990). "Maryland stuns Virginia, 35–30". The Daily Times.
  14. (November 25, 1990). "Furrer, Hokies conquer Cavaliers". Richmond Times-Dispatch.
  15. (January 2, 1991). "Cavaliers fade down stretch". The Roanoke Times & World-News.
  16. "1990 Virginia Cavaliers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
  17. "1991 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com".
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