1990 Virginia Cavaliers football team
| 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) |
| Head coach | George Welsh (9th season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Gary Tranquill |
| 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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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.
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 | Memorial Stadium (University of Kansas) • Lawrence, Kansas | W 59–10 | 35,000 | |||
| September 8 | 4:00 PM | No. 9 Clemson | No. 14 | Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, Virginia | ESPN | W 20–7 | 46,800 | ||
| September 15 | 1:00 PM | Navy* | No. 11 | Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, Virginia | W 56–14 | 39,400 | |||
| September 22 | 12:00 PM | at Duke | No. 10 | Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, North Carolina | JPS | W 59–0 | 24,862 | ||
| September 29 | 1:00 PM | William & Mary* | No. 7 | Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, Virginia | W 63–35 | 40,400 | |||
| October 13 | 1:00 PM | NC State | No. 2 | Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, Virginia | W 31–0 | 44,300 | |||
| October 20 | 1:00 PM | at Wake Forest | No. 1 | Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina | W 49–14 | 23,124 | |||
| November 3 | 2:00 PM | No. 16 Georgia Tech | No. 1 | Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, Virginia | CBS | L 38–41 | 49,700 | ||
| November 10 | 12:30 PM | at North Carolina | No. 11 | Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina (South's Oldest Rivalry) | JPS | W 24–10 | 41,000 | ||
| November 17 | 12:00 PM | at Maryland | No. 8 | Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, Virginia (Rivalry) | JPS | L 30–35 | 43,500 | ||
| November 24 | 7:30 PM | at Virginia Tech* | No. 17 | Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia (Commonwealth Cup) | ESPN | L 13–38 | 54,157 | ||
| January 1 | 8:30 PM | vs. No. 10 Tennessee* | Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans (Sugar Bowl) | ABC | L 22–23 | 75,132 | |||
*Non-conference game.  | |||||||||
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.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ↑ http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-8194
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ↑ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1136305/index.htm
- ↑ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1991.htm