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1997 Virginia Cavaliers football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record7–4 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Sparky Woods (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Rick Lantz (7th season)
CaptainDoug Karczewski, Anthony Poindexter
Home stadium Scott Stadium
Seasons
←  1996
1998 →
1997 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 Florida State $   8 – 0     11 – 1  
No. 6 North Carolina   7 – 1     11 – 1  
Virginia   5 – 3     7 – 4  
No. 25 Georgia Tech   5 – 3     7 – 5  
Clemson   4 – 4     7 – 5  
NC State   3 – 5     6 – 5  
Wake Forest   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Maryland   1 – 7     2 – 9  
Duke   0 – 8     2 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was George Welsh. They played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 48:00 pmNo. 16 Auburn*
 ESPNL 17–2845,300
September 133:30 pm Richmond*
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 26–738,200 [1]
September 2712:00 pmat No. 5 North Carolina
 ABCL 20–4857,800
October 412:00 pm Wake Forestdagger
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
 JPSW 21–1340,000
October 116:00 pmat Clemson
 ESPN2W 21–774,987
October 1812:00 pm Duke
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
JPSW 13–1036,600
October 257:00 pmNo. 3 Florida State
ESPNL 21–4745,300
November 112:00 pmat Maryland
JPSW 45–023,479
November 83:30 pm Georgia Tech
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
ABCW 35–3141,000
November 1512:00 pmat NC State
JPSL 24–3142,400
November 295:30 pm Virginia Tech*
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA ( rivalry)
ESPNW 34–2044,200
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[2]

Personnel

1997 Virginia Cavaliers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB Aaron Brooks
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. ^ "Sloppy U. Va. tops UR". Daily Press. September 14, 1997. Retrieved November 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "1997 UVa Football Schedule/Results". Virginia Athletics. Archived from the original on September 2, 1999. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
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