1990 Virginia Cavaliers football team

1990 Virginia Cavaliers football
Sugar Bowl, L 23–22 vs. Tennessee
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 23
Record8–4 (5–2 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGary Tranquill (4th season)
Offensive schemeI formation
Defensive coordinatorFrank Spaziani (4th season)
Base defense5–2
CaptainRon Carey, Joe Hall, Shawn Moore
Home stadiumScott Stadium
Seasons
← 1989
1991 →
1990 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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, losing 23-22.

This Virginia team is noteworthy for having achieved a No. 1 national ranking in the Associated Press college football poll for two weeks during the season, starting on October 16 of that year and ending with a loss to Georgia Tech.[1] The Cavaliers held the nation's top spot through the poll of October 30, but losses in three of four games left them unranked in the AP poll by the end of the regular season.[2] It was the first time in the program's history that Virginia had ever earned the No. 1 ranking.[3]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved December 21, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved December 21, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Move over, Miami, Notre Dame and Michigan, because - 10.22.90 - SI Vault". Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved December 21, 2009.