1990 Virginia Cavaliers football team
The 1990 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cavaliers offense scored 464 points while the defense allowed 227 points. Led by head coach George Welsh, the Cavaliers competed in the Sugar Bowl.
| 1990 Virginia Cavaliers football | |
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Sugar Bowl, L 22–23 vs. Tennessee | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 15 |
| AP | No. 23 |
| 1990 record | 8–4 (5–2 ACC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Gary Tranquill (4th season) |
| Offensive scheme | I formation |
| Defensive coordinator | Frank Spaziani |
| Base defense | 5–2 |
| Home stadium | Scott Stadium (Capacity: 42,000) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Georgia Tech $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Clemson | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 23 Virginia | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This Virginia team is noteworthy for having achieved a No. 1 national ranking in the Associated Press college football poll for three weeks during the season, starting on October 16 of that year.[1] The Cavaliers held the nation's top spot through the poll of October 30,[2] but then dropped 10 spots after a loss to eventual national co-champion[3] Georgia Tech the next week[4] and continued to fade after that. It was the first time in the program's history that Virginia had ever earned the No. 1 ranking.[5]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 1 | 2:00 pm | at Kansas* | No. 15 | W 59–10 | 35,000 | ||
| September 8 | 4:00 pm | No. 9 Clemson | No. 14 | ESPN | W 20–7 | 46,800 | |
| September 15 | 1:00 pm | Navy* | No. 11 |
| W 56–14 | 39,400 | |
| September 22 | 12:00 pm | at Duke | No. 10 | JPS | W 59–0 | 24,862 | |
| September 29 | 1:00 pm | William & Mary* | No. 7 |
| W 63–35 | 40,400 | |
| October 13 | 1:00 pm | NC State | No. 2 |
| W 31–0 | 44,300 | |
| October 20 | 1:00 pm | at Wake Forest | No. 1 | W 49–14 | 23,124 | ||
| November 3 | 2:00 pm | No. 16 Georgia Tech | No. 1 |
| CBS | L 38–41 | 49,700 |
| November 10 | 12:30 pm | at North Carolina | No. 11 | JPS | W 24–10 | 41,000 | |
| November 17 | 12:00 pm | at Maryland | No. 8 |
| JPS | L 30–35 | 43,500 |
| November 24 | 7:30 pm | at Virginia Tech* | No. 17 | ESPN | L 13–38 | 54,157 | |
| January 1 | 8:30 pm | vs. No. 10 Tennessee* | ABC | L 22–23 | 75,132 | ||
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Personnel
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Offense
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Special teams
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Game summaries
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Team players in the NFL
The following were selected in the 1991 NFL Draft.
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL team |
| Herman Moore | Wide receiver | 1 | 10 | Detroit Lions |
| Tony Covington | Defensive back | 4 | 93 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| Bruce McGonnigal | Tight end | 9 | 238 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Shawn Moore | Quarterback | 11 | 284 | Denver Broncos |
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2009-12-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2009-12-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-8194
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2009-12-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1136305/index.htm
- https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1991.htm
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