The 1984 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cavaliers were led by third-year head coach George Welsh and played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in second.

The season was a historically successful one for Virginia. The school made their first appearance in the AP Poll in over 30 years when they entered at number 19 in week 11. ^{[3] [4]} Finishing the regular season with a 7–2–2 record, they were invited to Virginia's first ever bowl game, the 1984 Peach Bowl, where they defeated Purdue. They were ranked in the final AP Poll for the second time in school history and the first time since 1951, ^[4] coming in at 20th.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	7:00 p.m.	No. 3 Clemson* A		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		L 0–55	38,676	[5]
September 15	7:00 p.m.	VMI*		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 35–7	28,997	[6]
September 22	2:00 p.m.	at Navy*		Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		W 21–9	29,349	[7]
September 29	1:30 p.m.	at Virginia Tech*		Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA ( rivalry)		W 26–23	50,600	[8]
October 6	7:00 p.m.	at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 38–10	17,200	[9]
October 13	7:00 p.m.	No. 20 Georgia Tech		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		T 20–20	40,067	[10]
October 20	3:50 p.m.	Wake Forest		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ABC	W 28–9	38,671	[11]
November 3	12:20 p.m.	at No. 12 West Virginia*		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV		W 27–7	56,453	[12]
November 10	1:00 p.m.	NC State		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 45–0	43,379	[13]
November 17	1:00 p.m.	at North Carolina	No. 19	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC ( South's Oldest Rivalry)		T 24–24	48,000	[14]
November 24	12:15 p.m.	No. 18 Maryland		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA ( rivalry)	JPS	L 34–45	43,017	[15]
December 31	3:00 p.m.	vs. Purdue*		Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, GA ( Peach Bowl)	CBS	W 27–24	41,107	[16]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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A. ^ Clemson was under NCAA probation, and was ineligible for the ACC title. Therefore this game did not count in the league standings. ^[2]

Personnel

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