1984 Virginia Cavaliers football team

The 1984 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cavaliers were led by third-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 in second.

1984 Virginia Cavaliers football
Peach Bowl champion
Peach Bowl, W 27–24 vs. Purdue
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 20
1984 record	8–2–2 (3–1–2 ACC)
Head coach	George Welsh (3rd season)
Captain	Tom Kilgannon, Lester Lyles, Bob Olderman[1]
Home stadium	Scott Stadium (Capacity: 42,000)

1984 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 12 Maryland $	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 20 Virginia	3	–	1	–	2			8	–	2	–	2
North Carolina	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Wake Forest	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech	2	–	2	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
NC State	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Duke	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Clemson	0	–	0	–	0*			7	–	4	–	0
$ – 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 season was a historically successful one for Virginia. The school made their first appearance in the AP Poll in over 30 years when they entered at number 19 in week 11.[3][4] Finishing the regular season with a 7–2–2 record, they were invited to Virginia's first ever bowl game, the 1984 Peach Bowl, where they defeated Purdue. They were ranked in the final AP Poll for the second time in school history and the first time since 1951,[4] coming in at 20th.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 8	No. 3 Clemson*^A		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	L 0–55
September 15	VMI*		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	W 35–7
September 22	at Navy*		Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 21–9
September 29	at Virginia Tech*		Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	W 26–23
October 6	at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 38–10
October 13	No. 20 Georgia Tech		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	T 20–20
October 20	Wake Forest		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	W 28–9
November 3	at No. 12 West Virginia*		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 27–7
November 10	NC State		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	W 45–0
November 17	at North Carolina	No. 19	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)	T 24–24
November 24	No. 18 Maryland		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	L 34–45
December 31	vs. Purdue*		Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)	W 27–24
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:[5]

A.^ Clemson was under NCAA probation, and was ineligible for the ACC title. Therefore this game did not count in the league standings.[2]

Personnel

1984 Virginia Cavaliers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 1 Don Majkowski So	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach George Welsh Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "2017 Cavalier Football Fact Book" (PDF). Virginia Cavaliers Athletics. p. 122.
2. Williams, Larry (2012). The Danny Ford Years at Clemson.
3. "November 13, 1984 AP Football Poll". CollegePollArchive.com. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
4. "Virginia Cavaliers School History". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
5. "1984 Virginia Cavaliers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 10, 2018.