1979 Virginia Cavaliers football team

1979 Virginia Cavaliers football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record6–5 (1–4 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainSteve Potter, Michael Newhall[1]
Home stadiumScott Stadium
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
NC State $ 5 1 0 7 4 0
Clemson 4 2 0 8 4 0
Maryland 4 2 0 7 4 0
Wake Forest 3 2 0 8 4 0
No. 15 North Carolina 3 3 0 8 3 1
Virginia 1 4 0 6 5 0
Duke 0 6 0 2 8 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cavaliers were led by fourth-year head coach Dick Bestwick and played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in sixth.

  1. ^ "2017 Cavalier Football Fact Book" (PDF). Virginia Cavaliers Athletics. p. 122. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2017. Retrieved June 11, 2018.