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2011 Virginia Cavaliers football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	2011
team	Virginia Cavaliers
sport	football
image	U of Virginia text logo.svg
image_size	150px
conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
division	Coastal Division
short_conf	ACC
record	8–5
conf_record	5–3
head_coach	Mike London
hc_year	2nd
off_coach	Bill Lazor
oc_year	2nd
off_scheme	Pro-style
def_coach	Jim Reid
dc_year	2nd
def_scheme	[4–3](4-3-defense)
stadium	Scott Stadium
bowl	[Chick-fil-A Bowl](2011-chick-fil-a-bowl)
bowl_result	L 24–43 vs. [Auburn](2011-auburn-tigers-football-team)

The 2011 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cavaliers were led by second-year head coach Mike London and played their home games at Scott Stadium. They were members of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Virginia had an 8–5 overall record on the season with a 5–3 mark in the ACC play to finish in a tie for second place in the Coastal Division. The Cavaliers appeared in the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll for the first time since 2007. Memorable moments from the season include: upsetting #12-ranked and undefeated Georgia Tech and defeating Florida State in Tallahassee for the first time in school history. They also became the first team in NCAA history to win road games against the Miami Hurricanes and the Florida State Seminoles in the same season. They were invited to the Chick-fil-A Bowl, where they were defeated by Auburn, 43–24.

Previous season

The Cavaliers went 4–8 in 2010, their third losing season in a row, and first under new head coach Mike London. Despite having an off-season recruiting class among the best in the country, a major upset versus the then #22 Miami Hurricanes, and a near-upset in the week two game versus the University of Southern California Trojans, the Cavaliers were plagued by penalties (ranked 117th out of 120 in the country) and turnovers, and finished 5th in the Atlantic Coast Conference's Coastal division. In the ACC Preseason Poll, they were picked to finish at next to last place in the ACC Coastal division, and 11th of 12 overall. ESPN predicted that UVA would be one of the only two ACC teams (alongside Wake Forest) to not achieve bowl eligibility.

Schedule

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Personnel

Mike London

Rankings

References

(July 25, 2011). "Media Tabs Florida State as 2011 Favorite". Atlantic Coast Conference.
(August 21, 2011). "What Gets UVA to a Winning Season?". [[SB Nation]].
(October 15, 2011). "Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets vs. Virginia Cavaliers Box Score". [[ESPN]].
"Football - 2011 Schedule / Scores". University of Virginia Department of Athletics.

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