1949 Virginia Cavaliers football team

1949 Virginia Cavaliers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2
Head coach
CaptainJohn Thomas[1]
Home stadiumScott Stadium
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Maryland State     8 0 0
Memphis State     9 1 0
Delaware     8 1 0
Virginia     7 2 0
Grambling     7 3 2
Miami (FL)     6 3 0
Sewanee     4 2 1
Chattanooga     5 4 0
Georgetown     5 5 0
West Virginia     4 6 1
Navy     3 5 1
Rollins     3 5 0
Texas State     3 6 1
Oklahoma City     2 8 0

The 1949 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1949 college football season. The Cavaliers were led by fourth-year head coach Art Guepe and played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. They competed as independents. Opening the year with seven straight victories, Virginia climbed to ninth in the AP Poll. They lost their final two games of the year, including to rival North Carolina, to finish 7–2.

  1. ^ "2017 Cavalier Football Fact Book" (PDF). Virginia Cavaliers Athletics. p. 120. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2017. Retrieved June 19, 2018.