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1992 Virginia

7–⁠4 (4–⁠4 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by George Welsh.

Schedule and results

Virginia in 1992, game by game: won vs. Maryland 28–15; won at Navy 53–0; won vs. No. 22 Georgia Tech 55–24; won at Duke 55–28; won at Wake Forest 31–17; lost vs. No. 25 Clemson 28–29; lost at North Carolina 7–27; won vs. William & Mary 33–7; lost vs. No. 6 Florida State 3–13; lost vs. No. 17 NC State 7–31; won at Virginia Tech 41–38+53−24Won 28–15 vs. Maryland+13MarylandWon 53–0 at Navy+53NavyWon 55–24 vs. No. 22 Georgia Tech+31No. 22 Georgia TechWon 55–28 at Duke+27DukeWon 31–17 at Wake Forest+14Wake ForestLost 28–29 vs. No. 25 Clemson-1No. 25 ClemsonLost 7–27 at North Carolina-20North CarolinaWon 33–7 vs. William & Mary+26William & MaryLost 3–13 vs. No. 6 Florida State-10No. 6 Florida StateLost 7–31 vs. No. 17 NC State-24No. 17 NC StateWon 41–38 at Virginia Tech+3Virginia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsMarylandW 28–⁠1579%
Sep 12atNavyW 53–⁠076%
Sep 19vs22Georgia TechW 55–⁠2462%
Sep 26atDukeW 55–⁠2872%
Oct 3atWake ForestW 31–⁠1778%
Oct 10vs25ClemsonL 28–⁠2967%
Oct 17atNorth CarolinaL 7–⁠2761%
Oct 24vsWilliam & MaryW 33–⁠790%
Oct 31vs6Florida StateL 3–⁠1338%
Nov 7vs17NC StateL 7–⁠3155%
Nov 21atVirginia TechW 41–⁠3859%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Virginia Tech 41–⁠38; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 25th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 25
  2. Wk 3: 23
  3. Wk 4: 20
  4. Wk 5: 14
  5. Wk 6: 14
  6. Wk 7: 10
  7. Wk 8: 17
  8. Wk 9: 24
  9. Wk 10: 23

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 1992.

Consensus All-AmericanChris Slade, DL

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 4th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
341–⁠229
Coach
George Welsh
Elo
1593 −3 this season
SP+ rating
10.1 No. 27 of 105; offense No. 16, defense No. 64
SRS
10.6 No. 20 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Tom O’Brien
Defensive coordinator
Rick Lantz
Captains
Terry Kirby, Chris Slade and Gary Steele

Drafted in 1993

The 1993 draft
Rd 2Chris Slade DENew England Patriots
Rd 3Terry Kirby RBMiami Dolphins
Rd 4David Ware OTNew York Jets
Rd 6Greg Jeffries DBDetroit Lions

All-ACC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1992 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1992 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida State8–⁠011–⁠12
NC State6–⁠29–⁠3–⁠117
North Carolina5–⁠39–⁠319
Wake Forest4–⁠48–⁠425
Virginia4–⁠47–⁠4
Georgia Tech4–⁠45–⁠6
Clemson3–⁠55–⁠6
Maryland2–⁠63–⁠8
Duke0–⁠82–⁠9

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