1987 Virginia Cavaliers football team

1987 Virginia Cavaliers football
All-American Bowl champion
All-American Bowl, W 22–16 vs. BYU
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record8–4 (5–2 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGary Tranquill (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorFrank Spaziani (1st season)
CaptainSean Scott & Scott Secules[1]
Home stadiumScott Stadium
Seasons
← 1986
1988 →
1987 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 Clemson $ 6 1 0 10 2 0
Virginia 5 2 0 8 4 0
Wake Forest 4 3 0 7 4 0
NC State 4 3 0 4 7 0
Maryland 3 3 0 4 7 0
North Carolina 3 4 0 5 6 0
Duke 2 5 0 5 6 0
Georgia Tech 0 6 0 2 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cavaliers were led by sixth-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. Virginia was invited to the 1987 All-American Bowl in Birmingham, Alabama, where they defeated BYU.

  1. ^ "2017 Cavalier Football Fact Book" (PDF). Virginia Cavaliers Athletics. p. 122. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2018.