1968 Virginia Cavaliers football team

1968 Virginia Cavaliers football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record7–3 (3–2 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainRichard Brand, Clyde Arnette[1]
Home stadiumScott Stadium
Seasons
← 1967
1969 →
1968 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
NC State $ 6 1 0 6 4 0
Clemson 4 1 1 4 5 1
Virginia 3 2 0 7 3 0
South Carolina 4 3 0 4 6 0
Duke 3 4 0 4 6 0
Wake Forest 2 3 1 2 7 1
Maryland 2 5 0 2 8 0
North Carolina 1 6 0 3 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[2]

The 1968 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. The Cavaliers were led by fourth-year head coach George Blackburn and played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in third. Virginia's record of 7–3 represented the school's best record and first winning season since 1952, and the school's best finish in conference since joining the ACC in 1954.[3] The team's star was running back Frank Quayle, who set the conference single-season rushing record with 1,213 yards and was named ACC Player of the Year.[4] Blackburn was named ACC Coach of the Year.[4]

  1. ^ "2017 Cavalier Football Fact Book" (PDF). Virginia Cavaliers Athletics. p. 121. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2017. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  2. ^ "1968 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  3. ^ "Virginia Cavaliers Football Record By Year". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "2016 ACC football media guide" (PDF). p. 125.