1984 Virginia Cavaliers football team

The 1984 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cavaliers were led by third-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.

1984 Virginia Cavaliers football
Peach Bowl champion
Peach Bowl, W 27–24 vs. Purdue
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 20
Record	8–2–2 (3–1–2 ACC)
Head coach	George Welsh (3rd season)
Captain	Tom Kilgannon, Lester Lyles, Bob Olderman^[1]
Home stadium	Scott Stadium (capacity: 42,000)
Seasons ← 1983 1985 →

1984 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 12 Maryland $	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 20 Virginia	3	–	1	–	2			8	–	2	–	2
North Carolina	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Wake Forest	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech	2	–	2	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
NC State	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Duke	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Clemson	0	–	0	–	0*			7	–	4	–	0
$ – Conference champion * – Clemson was under NCAA and ACC probation and was ineligible for the ACC title. As a result, their ACC games did not count in the league standings.^[2] Rankings from AP Poll

The season was a historically successful one for Virginia. The school made their first appearance in the AP Poll in over 30 years when they entered at number 19 in week 11.^[3][4] Finishing the regular season with a 7–2–2 record, they were invited to Virginia's first ever bowl game, the 1984 Peach Bowl, where they defeated Purdue. They were ranked in the final AP Poll for the second time in school history and the first time since 1951,^[4] coming in at 20th.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	7:00 p.m.	No. 3 Clemson*^A		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		L 0–55	38,676
September 15	7:00 p.m.	VMI*		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 35–7	28,997	^[5]
September 22	2:00 p.m.	at Navy*		Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		W 21–9	29,349
September 29	1:30 p.m.	at Virginia Tech*		Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)		W 26–23	50,600
October 6	7:00 p.m.	at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 38–10	17,200
October 13	7:00 p.m.	No. 20 Georgia Tech		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		T 20–20	40,067
October 20	3:50 p.m.	Wake Forest		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ABC	W 28–9	38,671
November 3	12:20 p.m.	at No. 12 West Virginia*		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV		W 27–7	56,453
November 10	1:00 p.m.	NC State		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 45–0	43,379
November 17	1:00 p.m.	at North Carolina	No. 19	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)		T 24–24	48,000
November 24	12:15 p.m.	No. 18 Maryland		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	JPS	L 34–45	43,017
December 31	3:00 p.m.	vs. Purdue*		Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)	CBS	W 27–24	41,107
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^[6][7]

A.^ Clemson was under NCAA probation, and was ineligible for the ACC title. Therefore this game did not count in the league standings.^[2]

Personnel

1984 Virginia Cavaliers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 1 Don Majkowski So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 97 Rayotis Perkins So LB 51 Russ Swan Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach George Welsh Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible   Injured   Redshirt

References

1. (PDF). Virginia Cavaliers Athletics. p. 122. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
2. Williams, Larry (2012). The Danny Ford Years at Clemson.
3. "November 13, 1984 AP Football Poll". CollegePollArchive.com. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
4. "Virginia Cavaliers School History". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
5. "Virginia trounces Virginia Military". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 16, 1984. Retrieved February 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "1984 Virginia Cavaliers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
7. "All-Time Virginia Box Score Game Statistics". Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site. Retrieved June 5, 2021.