1990 Virginia Cavaliers football team
American college football season
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The 1990 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by ninth-year head coach George Welsh, the Cavaliers compiled an overall record of 8–4 with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, tying for second place in the ACC. Virginia was invited to the Sugar Bowl, where the Cavaliers lost to Tennessee. The Cavaliers offense scored 464 points while the defense allowed 227 points. The team played home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.
| 1990 Virginia Cavaliers football | |
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Sugar Bowl, L 23–22 vs. Tennessee | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 15 |
| AP | No. 23 |
| Record | 8–4 (5–2 ACC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Gary Tranquill (4th season) |
| Offensive scheme | I formation |
| Defensive coordinator | Frank Spaziani (4th season) |
| Base defense | 5–2 |
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| Home stadium | Scott Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1990 Virginia team is noteworthy for having achieved a No. 1 national ranking in the AP 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]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 1 | 2:00 pm | at Kansas* | No. 15 | W 59–10 | 35,000 | [4] | ||
| September 8 | 4:00 pm | No. 9 Clemson | No. 14 | ESPN | W 20–7 | 46,800 | [5] | |
| September 15 | 1:00 pm | Navy* | No. 11 |
| W 56–14 | 39,400 | [6] | |
| September 22 | 12:00 pm | at Duke | No. 10 | JPS | W 59–0 | 24,862 | [7] | |
| September 29 | 1:00 pm | William & Mary* | No. 7 |
| W 63–35 | 40,400 | [8] | |
| October 13 | 1:00 pm | NC State | No. 2 |
| W 31–0 | 44,300 | [9] | |
| October 20 | 1:00 pm | at Wake Forest | No. 1 | W 49–14 | 23,124 | [10] | ||
| November 3 | 2:00 pm | No. 16 Georgia Tech | No. 1 |
| CBS | L 38–41 | 49,700 | [11] |
| November 10 | 12:30 pm | at North Carolina | No. 11 | JPS | W 24–10 | 41,000 | [12] | |
| November 17 | 12:00 pm | Maryland | No. 8 |
| JPS | L 30–35 | 43,500 | [13] |
| November 24 | 7:30 pm | at Virginia Tech* | No. 17 | ESPN | L 13–38 | 54,157 | [14] | |
| January 1 | 8:30 pm | vs. No. 10 Tennessee* | ABC | L 22–23 | 75,132 | [15] | ||
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Rankings
Game summaries
Georgia Tech
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • Yellow Jackets | 0 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 41 |
| Cavaliers | 10 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 38 |
- Date: November 3
- Location: Scott Stadium, Charlottesville, Virginia
- Game start: 2:00 PM EST
- Game attendance: 49,700
- Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C), Sunny, Wind S 6 mph (9.7 km/h) mph
- TV announcers (CBS): Jim Nantz, Tim Brant, and John Dockery
| Q1 | 8:09 | UVA | Shawn Moore 1-yard run (McInerney kick) | UVA 7–0 |
| 3:58 | UVA | Jake McInerney 27-yard field goal | UVA 10–0 | |
| Q2 | 14:50 | UVA | Jake McInerney 51-yard field goal | UVA 13–0 |
| 9:43 | GT | Shawn Jones 23-yard run (Sisson kick) | UVA 13–7 | |
| 6:42 | UVA | Shawn Moore 1-yard run (Herman Moore pass from Shawn Moore) | UVA 21–7 | |
| 5:22 | GT | Jerry Gilchrist 43-yard pass from Shawn Jones (Sisson kick) | UVA 21–14 | |
| 0:36 | UVA | Shawn Moore 6-yard run (McInerney kick) | UVA 28–14 | |
| Q3 | 12:47 | GT | Jerry Gilchrist 12-yard run (Sisson kick) | UVA 28–21 |
| 4:34 | GT | Emmett Merchant 26-yard pass from Shawn Jones (Sisson kick) | Tied 28–28 | |
| 3:08 | UVA | Herman Moore 63-yard pass from Shawn Moore (McInerney kick) | UVA 35–28 | |
| 0:02 | GT | William Bell 8-yard run (Sisson kick) | Tied 35–35 | |
| Q4 | 7:17 | GT | Scott Sisson 33-yard field goal | GT 38–35 |
| 2:34 | UVA | Jake McInerney 22-yard field goal | Tied 38–38 | |
| 0:07 | GT | Scott Sisson 37-yard field goal | GT 41–38 | |
Roster
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Team players in the NFL
The following were selected in the 1991 NFL draft.
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL team |
| Herman Moore | Wide receiver | 1 | 10 | Detroit Lions |
| Tony Covington | Defensive back | 4 | 93 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| Bruce McGonnigal | Tight end | 9 | 238 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Shawn Moore | Quarterback | 11 | 284 | Denver Broncos |