1981 Virginia Cavaliers football team
American college football season
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The 1981 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cavaliers were led by sixth-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 last. At the conclusion of a 1–10 campaign, Bestwick was fired.[2] He had a record of 16–49–1 at Virginia.
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record1–10 (0–6 ACC)
Headcoach
- Dick Bestwick (6th season)
Captains
- Keith Lee
- Todd Kirtley[1]
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Record | 1–10 (0–6 ACC) |
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| Home stadium | Scott Stadium |
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| No. 1 Clemson $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 North Carolina | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 12 | 1:30 p.m. | West Virginia* | L 18–32 | 34,007 | [3] | |
| September 18 | 7:30 p.m. | at Rutgers* | L 0–3 | 22,816 | [4] | |
| September 26 | 1:30 p.m. | Duke |
| L 24–29 | 27,523 | [5] |
| October 3 | 1:00 p.m. | at NC State | L 24–30 | 42,200 | [6] | |
| October 10 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 9 Clemson | L 0–27 | 63,000 | [7] | |
| October 17 | 7:00 p.m. | at South Carolina* | L 3–21 | 56,101 | [8] | |
| October 24 | 1:30 p.m. | Wake Forest |
| L 21–24 | 24,222 | [9] |
| October 31 | 1:30 p.m. | VMI* |
| W 13–10 | 25,119 | [10] |
| November 14 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 13 North Carolina |
| L 14–17 | 30,047 | [11] |
| November 21 | 1:30 p.m. | at Maryland | L 7–48 | 21,300 | [12] | |
| November 28 | 1:30 p.m. | Virginia Tech* |
| L 3–20 | 39,027 | [13] |
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Roster
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