2022 Virginia Cavaliers football team

2022 Virginia Cavaliers football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
DivisionCoastal Division
Record3–7 (1–6 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDesmond Kitchings (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple pro-style
Defensive coordinatorJohn Rudzinski (1st season)
Base defenseMultiple 4–2–5
Home stadiumScott Stadium
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Atlantic Division
No. 13 Clemson xy$   8 0     11 3  
No. 11 Florida State   5 3     10 3  
Syracuse   4 4     7 6  
Louisville   4 4     8 5  
NC State   4 4     8 5  
Wake Forest   3 5     8 5  
Boston College   2 6     3 9  
Coastal Division
North Carolina xy   6 2     9 5  
No. 22 Pittsburgh   5 3     9 4  
Duke   5 3     9 4  
Georgia Tech   4 4     5 7  
Miami (FL)   3 5     5 7  
Virginia   1 6     3 7  
Virginia Tech   1 6     3 8  
Championship: Clemson 39, North Carolina 10
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2022 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia as a member of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by first-year head coach Tony Elliott, the Cavaliers compiled an overall record of 3–7 with a mark of 1–6 in conference play, tying for sixth place in the ACC Coast Division. Virginia played home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.

On the evening of November 13, wide receivers Lavel Davis Jr., Devin Chandler, and linebacker D'Sean Perry were killed while running back Mike Hollins was wounded in a shooting on the university's campus.[1][2] The shooter was Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., a former running back for the Cavaliers in 2018.[3] In its aftermath, the school announced it would cancel its final home game against Coastal Carolina on November 19[4][5] and its final game against Virginia Tech on November 26.[6]

  1. ^ Kolenich, Eric (November 13, 2022). "2 wounded, 3 dead in University of bus shooting; suspect in custody". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  2. ^ Schlabach, Mark (November 16, 2022). "Virginia shooting suspect aimed at people, witness says". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  3. ^ Alyssa Lukpat and Joanna Sugden (November 14, 2022). "Suspected UVA Student Gunman in Custody After Fatal Shooting of Three Football Players". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  4. ^ "University of Virginia football game cancelled this Saturday following deadly shooting". WRIC ABC 8News. November 16, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  5. ^ Wang, Gene (November 16, 2022). "U-Va. football game vs. Coastal Carolina canceled after three players killed". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  6. ^ "UVA-Virginia Tech canceled in wake of shooting". ESPN.com. November 22, 2022. Retrieved November 22, 2022.