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1993 Virginia

7–⁠5 (5–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by George Welsh.

Schedule and results

Virginia in 1993, game by game: won at Maryland 43–29; won vs. Navy 38–0; won at Georgia Tech 35–14; won vs. Duke 35–0; won vs. Ohio 41–7; lost at No. 1 Florida State 14–40; won vs. No. 12 North Carolina 17–10; lost at NC State 29–34; won vs. Wake Forest 21–9; lost at Clemson 14–23; lost vs. No. 25 Virginia Tech 17–20; lost vs. No. 15 Boston College 13–31+38−26Won 43–29 at Maryland+14MarylandWon 38–0 vs. Navy+38NavyWon 35–14 at Georgia Tech+21Georgia TechWon 35–0 vs. Duke+35DukeWon 41–7 vs. Ohio+34OhioLost 14–40 at No. 1 Florida State-26No. 1 Florida StateWon 17–10 vs. No. 12 North Carolina+7No. 12 North CarolinaLost 29–34 at NC State-5NC StateWon 21–9 vs. Wake Forest+12Wake ForestLost 14–23 at Clemson-9ClemsonLost 17–20 vs. No. 25 Virginia Tech-3No. 25 Virginia TechLost 13–31 vs. No. 15 Boston College-18No. 15 Boston College
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4atMarylandW 43–⁠2956%
Sep 11vsNavyW 38–⁠086%
Sep 16atGeorgia TechW 35–⁠1453%
Sep 25vsDukeW 35–⁠080%
Oct 2vsOhioW 41–⁠791%
Oct 16at1Florida StateL 14–⁠4021%
Oct 23vs12North CarolinaW 17–⁠1051%
Oct 30atNC StateL 29–⁠3449%
Nov 6vsWake ForestW 21–⁠981%
Nov 13atClemsonL 14–⁠2357%
Nov 20vs25Virginia TechL 17–⁠2062%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs15Boston CollegeCarquest BowlL 13–⁠3143%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Boston College 31–⁠13 in the Carquest Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 31st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 25
  2. Wk 5: 22
  3. Wk 6: 21
  4. Wk 7: 18
  5. Wk 8: 15
  6. Wk 9: 21
  7. Wk 10: 16
  8. Wk 11: 21
  9. Wk 12: 18
  10. Wk 13: 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 1993.

William V. Campbell TrophyThomas D. Burns, LB

Consensus All-AmericanMark Dixon, OG

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 15
Points
317–⁠217
Coach
George Welsh
Elo
1571 +9 this season
SP+ rating
9.6 No. 33 of 105; offense No. 49, defense No. 31
SRS
6.4 No. 35 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Tom O’Brien
Defensive coordinator
Rick Lantz
Captains
Mark Dixon, Keith Lyle, Greg McClellan and Jerrod Washington

Drafted in 1994

The 1994 draft
Rd 3Keith Lyle DBLos Angeles Rams
Rd 5Jim Reid OTHouston Oilers

All-ACC

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1993 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1993 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida State8–⁠012–⁠11
North Carolina6–⁠210–⁠319
Clemson5–⁠39–⁠323
Virginia5–⁠37–⁠5
NC State4–⁠47–⁠5
Georgia Tech3–⁠55–⁠6
Duke2–⁠63–⁠8
Maryland2–⁠62–⁠9
Wake Forest1–⁠72–⁠9

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