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1982 Virginia

2–⁠9 (1–⁠5 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by George Welsh.

Schedule and results

Virginia in 1982, game by game: lost at Navy 16–30; lost vs. James Madison 17–21; lost at Duke 17–51; lost vs. NC State 13–16; lost vs. Clemson 0–48; won vs. Wake Forest 34–27; won vs. VMI 37–6; lost at Georgia Tech 32–38; lost at North Carolina 14–27; lost vs. No. 19 Maryland 14–45; lost at Virginia Tech 14–21+31−48Lost 16–30 at Navy-14NavyLost 17–21 vs. James Madison-4James MadisonLost 17–51 at Duke-34DukeLost 13–16 vs. NC State-3NC StateLost 0–48 vs. Clemson-48ClemsonWon 34–27 vs. Wake Forest+7Wake ForestWon 37–6 vs. VMI+31VMILost 32–38 at Georgia Tech-6Georgia TechLost 14–27 at North Carolina-13North CarolinaLost 14–45 vs. No. 19 Maryland-31No. 19 MarylandLost 14–21 at Virginia Tech-7Virginia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11atNavyL 16–⁠3022%
Sep 18vsJames MadisonL 17–⁠2181%
Sep 25atDukeL 17–⁠5119%
Oct 2vsNC StateL 13–⁠1633%
Oct 9vsClemsonL 0–⁠4817%
Oct 23vsWake ForestW 34–⁠2740%
Oct 30vsVMIW 37–⁠642%
Nov 6atGeorgia TechL 32–⁠3837%
Nov 13atNorth CarolinaL 14–⁠2712%
Nov 20vs19MarylandL 14–⁠4521%
Nov 25atVirginia TechL 14–⁠2121%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Virginia Tech 21–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 119th-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 1982.

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠5 6th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
208–⁠330
Coach
George Welsh
Elo
1341 −46 this season
SP+ rating
-13.5 No. 94 of 109; offense No. 63, defense No. 101
SRS
−8.6 No. 84 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Pat Chester and Kevin Riccio

All-ACC

1 first team

First team

  • Pat ChesterDBAP

From Wikipedia’s 1982 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1982 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson6–⁠09–⁠1–⁠18
Maryland5–⁠18–⁠420
North Carolina3–⁠38–⁠418
NC State3–⁠36–⁠5
Duke3–⁠36–⁠5
Virginia1–⁠52–⁠9
Wake Forest0–⁠63–⁠8

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