American college football season
The 2018 Virginia Cavaliers football team represents the University of Virginia during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Cavaliers are led by third-year head coach Bronco Mendenhall and play their home games at Scott Stadium . They compete as a member of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
Previous season [ edit ] Virginia ended the 2017 season with a 6–7 overall record, 3–5 in the ACC, to finish in a tie for fourth place in the ACC Coastal Division. They were invited to the Military Bowl , where they were defeated by Navy .
Preseason [ edit ] Award watch lists [ edit ] Listed in the order that they were released
ACC media poll [ edit ] The ACC media poll was released on July 24, 2018.
Media poll (Coastal) Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Miami 998 (122) 2 Virginia Tech 838 (16) 3 Georgia Tech 654 (8) 4 Duke 607 (1) 5 Pittsburgh 420 6 North Carolina 370 (1) 7 Virginia 257
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 1 6:00 p.m. Richmond * ACCN Extra W 42–1340,524 September 8 7:30 p.m. at Indiana * BTN L 16–2035,492 September 15 4:15 p.m. vs. Ohio * ESPN2 W 45–315,438 September 22 12:30 p.m. Louisville Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA ACCRSN W 27–334,446 September 29 12:20 p.m. at NC State Raycom L 21–3557,600 October 13 7:00 p.m. No. 16 Miami (FL) Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA ESPN2 W 16–1342,393 October 20 12:30 p.m. at Duke ACCRSN W 28–1420,277 October 27 12:20 p.m. North Carolina Raycom W 31–2143,000 7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh No. 25 Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA ESPN2 L 13–2336,256 November 10 3:00 p.m. Liberty * Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA ACCRSN W 45–2441,485 November 17 3:30 p.m. at Georgia Tech ACCRSN L 27–30 OT 37,543 3:30 p.m. at Virginia Tech ABC L 31–34 OT 60,776 December 29 12:00 p.m. vs. South Carolina * ABC W 28–0 48,263
Depth chart [ edit ] Defense
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DE NT DE Mandy Alonso Eli Hanback Aaron Faumui Aaron Faumui Jordan Redmond Tommy Christ ⋅ Dylan Thompson ⋅
Offense
[7] LT LG C RG RT Ryan Nelson R.J. Proctor Dillon Reinkensmeyer Jake Fieler Marcus Appliefield Bobby Haskins Chris Glaser Gerrik Vollmer Ben Knutson Ryan Swoboda ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅
TE Evan Butts Tanner Cowley ⋅
WR (Y) Hasise Dubois Terrell Jana Ugo Obasi
Key reserves KO Brian Delaney BB Jamari Peacock BB Chris Sharp
RB Jordan Ellis PK Kier Lamont Atkins
Special teams PK Brian Delaney PK Hunter Pearson P Lester Coleman KR Joe ReedKR PK Kier PR Chuck DavisPR Tavares Kelly LS Joe Spaziani H Nash Griffin
Game summaries [ edit ] Richmond [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Spiders 10 0 3 0 13 Cavaliers 14 14 7 7 42
At Indiana [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Cavaliers 9 0 7 0 16 Hoosiers 13 7 0 0 20
vs Ohio [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bobcats 7 14 7 3 31 Cavaliers 21 17 0 7 45
Louisville [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Cardinals 0 0 3 0 3 Cavaliers 0 6 7 14 27
At NC State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Cavaliers 7 0 7 7 21 Wolfpack 3 17 7 8 35
Miami (FL) [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 16 Hurricanes 0 6 0 7 13 Cavaliers 0 13 0 3 16
At Duke [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Cavaliers 7 7 6 8 28 Blue Devils 0 0 7 7 14
North Carolina [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Tar Heels 7 7 0 7 21 Cavaliers 14 3 7 7 31
Pittsburgh [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Panthers 7 0 7 9 23 No. 23 Cavaliers 7 3 0 3 13
Liberty [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Flames 7 10 7 0 24 Cavaliers 14 10 14 7 45
At Georgia Tech [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 OT Total Cavaliers 14 7 0 6 0 27 Yellow Jackets 13 3 0 11 3 30
At Virginia Tech [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 OT Total Cavaliers 0 0 14 17 0 31 Hokies 0 14 3 14 3 34
Vs. South Carolina (Belk Bowl) [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Gamecocks 0 0 0 0 0 Cavaliers 7 7 7 7 28
Rankings [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP — — — — — — — RV RV 23 — — — — — Coaches — — — — RV — — RV RV 22 — RV RV — — CFP Not released 25 — — — — — Not released
2019 NFL Draft [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ "2018 Bednarik Award Watch List" . July 16, 2018. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018 . ^ "2018 Biletnikoff Award Watch List" . July 19, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018 . ^ "2018 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Preseason Watch List" . July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018 . ^ "43 PLAYERS NAMED TO 2018 PAUL HORNUNG AWARD WATCH LIST" . July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018 . ^ "Watch List for 2018 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award ® Presented by A. O. Smith Announced" . August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018 . ^ "Virginia Football vs. Ohio Moved to Nashville Due to Hurricane Florence" (Press release). Virginia Cavaliers . September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 11, 2018 . ^ a b "DEPTH CHART" (PDF) (Press release). Virginia Cavaliers . August 27, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 30, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2018 .
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