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1985 Virginia

6–⁠5 (4–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by George Welsh.

Schedule and results

Virginia in 1985, game by game: won vs. VMI 40–15; won at Georgia Tech 24–13; lost vs. Navy 13–17; won vs. Duke 37–14; lost at Clemson 24–27; lost vs. Virginia Tech 10–28; won at Wake Forest 20–18; won vs. West Virginia 27–7; lost at NC State 22–23; won vs. North Carolina 24–22; lost at Maryland 21–33+25−18Won 40–15 vs. VMI+25VMIWon 24–13 at Georgia Tech+11Georgia TechLost 13–17 vs. Navy-4NavyWon 37–14 vs. Duke+23DukeLost 24–27 at Clemson-3ClemsonLost 10–28 vs. Virginia Tech-18Virginia TechWon 20–18 at Wake Forest+2Wake ForestWon 27–7 vs. West Virginia+20West VirginiaLost 22–23 at NC State-1NC StateWon 24–22 vs. North Carolina+2North CarolinaLost 21–33 at Maryland-12Maryland
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14vsVMIW 40–⁠1589%
Sep 21atGeorgia TechW 24–⁠1344%
Sep 28vsNavyL 13–⁠1779%
Oct 5vsDukeW 37–⁠1475%
Oct 12atClemsonL 24–⁠2751%
Oct 19vsVirginia TechL 10–⁠2870%
Oct 26atWake ForestW 20–⁠1857%
Nov 2vsWest VirginiaW 27–⁠752%
Nov 9atNC StateL 22–⁠2372%
Nov 16vsNorth CarolinaW 24–⁠2264%
Nov 29atMarylandL 21–⁠3327%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Maryland 33–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 39th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 20

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 1985.

Consensus All-AmericanJim Dombrowski, OT

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 20
Points
262–⁠217
Coach
George Welsh
Elo
1552 −15 this season
SP+ rating
4.6 No. 45 of 106; offense No. 56, defense No. 43
SRS
5.5 No. 38 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Jim Dombrowski, Charles McDaniel and Antonio Rice

Drafted in 1986

The 1986 draft
Rd 1Jim Dombrowski OTNew Orleans Saints
Rd 3Barry Word RBNew Orleans Saints
Rd 6Jim Huddleston OGWashington Redskins

All-ACC

4 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1985 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1985 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Maryland6–⁠09–⁠318
Georgia Tech5–⁠19–⁠2–⁠119
Virginia4–⁠36–⁠5
Clemson4–⁠36–⁠6
North Carolina3–⁠45–⁠6
Duke2–⁠54–⁠7
NC State2–⁠53–⁠8
Wake Forest1–⁠64–⁠7

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