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1980 Virginia

4–⁠7 (2–⁠4 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Dick Bestwick.

Schedule and results

Virginia in 1980, game by game: won vs. Navy 6–3; lost vs. NC State 13–27; won at Duke 20–17; lost at West Virginia 21–45; lost vs. Clemson 24–27; lost at Virginia Tech 0–30; won at Wake Forest 24–21; won at Tennessee 16–13; lost vs. Rutgers 17–19; lost at No. 15 North Carolina 3–26; lost vs. Maryland 0–31+7−31Won 6–3 vs. Navy+3NavyLost 13–27 vs. NC State-14NC StateWon 20–17 at Duke+3DukeLost 21–45 at West Virginia-24West VirginiaLost 24–27 vs. Clemson-3ClemsonLost 0–30 at Virginia Tech-30Virginia TechWon 24–21 at Wake Forest+3Wake ForestWon 16–13 at Tennessee+3TennesseeLost 17–19 vs. Rutgers-2RutgersLost 3–26 at No. 15 North Carolina-23No. 15 North CarolinaLost 0–31 vs. Maryland-31Maryland
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsNavyW 6–⁠353%
Sep 20vsNC StateL 13–⁠2744%
Sep 27atDukeW 20–⁠1755%
Oct 4atWest VirginiaL 21–⁠4540%
Oct 11vsClemsonL 24–⁠2736%
Oct 18atVirginia TechL 0–⁠3034%
Oct 25atWake ForestW 24–⁠2131%
Nov 1atTennesseeW 16–⁠1328%
Nov 8vsRutgersL 17–⁠1940%
Nov 15at15North CarolinaL 3–⁠2616%
Nov 22vsMarylandL 0–⁠3135%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Maryland 31–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 90th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1980.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠4 tied for 4th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
144–⁠259
Coach
Dick Bestwick
Elo
1427 −54 this season
SP+ rating
-2.9 No. 82 of 133; offense No. 97, defense No. 65
SRS
−1.9 No. 77 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Quentin Murray, Brian Musselman and Tommy Vigorito

Drafted in 1981

The 1981 draft
Rd 5Tommy Vigorito RBMiami Dolphins

All-ACC

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1980 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1980 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
North Carolina6–⁠011–⁠110
Maryland5–⁠18–⁠4
NC State3–⁠36–⁠5
Clemson2–⁠46–⁠5
Wake Forest2–⁠45–⁠6
Virginia2–⁠44–⁠7
Duke1–⁠52–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.