1968 Virginia Cavaliers football team

The 1968 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. The Cavaliers were led by fourth-year head coach George Blackburn and played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in third. Virginia's record of 7–3 represented the school's best record and first winning season since 1952, and the school's best finish in conference since joining the ACC in 1954.[3] The team's star was running back Frank Quayle, who set the conference single-season rushing record with 1,213 yards and was named ACC Player of the Year.[4] Blackburn was named ACC Coach of the Year.[4]

1968 Virginia Cavaliers football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record7–3 (3–2 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainRichard Brand, Clyde Arnette[1]
Home stadiumScott Stadium
(capacity: 23,848)
1968 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
NC State $ 6 –1 –06 –4 –0
Clemson 4 –1 –14 –5 –1
Virginia 3 –2 –07 –3 –0
South Carolina 4 –3 –04 –6 –0
Duke 3 –4 –04 –6 –0
Wake Forest 2 –3 –12 –7 –1
Maryland 2 –5 –02 –8 –0
North Carolina 1 –6 –03 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[2]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at No. 1 Purdue*
L 6–4460,384
September 28VMI*
W 47–024,000[5]
October 5Davidson*dagger
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 41–1416,500[6]
October 12at Duke
W 50–2022,000
October 19at NC State
L 0–1922,800
October 26at Navy*
W 24–026,127
November 2South Carolina
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
L 28–4925,600
November 9at North Carolina
W 41–623,000
November 16Tulane*
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 63–4714,500[7]
November 23Maryland
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)
W 28–2318,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[8][9]

References
  1. "2017 Cavalier Football Fact Book" (PDF). Virginia Cavaliers Athletics. p. 121. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2017. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  2. "1968 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  3. "Virginia Cavaliers Football Record By Year". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  4. "2016 ACC football media guide" (PDF). p. 125.
  5. "Gene Arnette on target as Virginia buries VMI". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 29, 1968. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Quayle stars in rout by Virginia". The Daily Times. October 6, 1968. Retrieved August 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "TD's flow at Charlottesville...Virginia 63, Tulane 47". Daily Press. November 17, 1968. Retrieved October 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "1968 Virginia Cavaliers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  9. "All-Time Virginia Box Score Game Statistics". Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
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