2017 Virginia Cavaliers football team
American college football season
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Military Bowl
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Navy
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Division | Coastal Division |
Record | 6 – 7 (3 – 5 ACC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Robert Anae (2nd season) |
Offensive scheme | Multiple [1] |
Defensive coordinator | Nick Howell (2nd season) |
Base defense | 3–4 |
Home stadium |
Scott Stadium
(Capacity: 61,500) |
Seasons
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||
Atlantic Division | ||||||||||||
No. 4 Clemson xy$^ | 7 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||
No. 23 NC State | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||
Boston College | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||
Louisville | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||
Wake Forest | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||
Florida State | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||
Syracuse | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||
Coastal Division | ||||||||||||
No. 13 Miami (FL) xy | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||
No. 24 Virginia Tech | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||
Georgia Tech | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||
Duke | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||
Pittsburgh | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||
Virginia | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||
North Carolina | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||
Championship : Clemson 38 , Miami 3 | ||||||||||||
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The 2017 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Cavaliers were led by second-year head coach Bronco Mendenhall and played their home games at Scott Stadium . They competed as members of the Coastal Division in the Atlantic Coast Conference . They finished the season 6–7, 3–5 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Military Bowl where they lost to Navy .
Roster
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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Roster
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Coaching changes
- On June 21, 2017 Vic So'oto was hired as defensive line coach. [2] So'oto replaces Ruffin McNeill who joined the University of Oklahoma coaching staff.
Depth chart
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 2 | 3:30 p.m. | William & Mary * | ACCN Extra | W 28–10 | 38,828 | |
September 9 | 3:30 p.m. | Indiana * |
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ESPNU | L 17–34 | 38,993 |
September 16 | 12:00 p.m. | UConn * |
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ESPN2 | W 38–18 | 33,056 |
September 22 | 8:00 p.m. | at Boise State * | ESPN2 | W 42–23 | 33,947 | |
October 7 | 12:20 p.m. | Duke |
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ACCN | W 28–21 | 38,638 |
October 14 | 3:30 p.m. | at North Carolina | ACCRSN | W 20–14 | 50,000 | |
October 21 | 12:30 p.m. |
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ACCRSN | L 10–41 | 39,216 |
October 28 | 12:30 p.m. | at Pittsburgh | ACCRSN | L 14–31 | 30,889 | |
November 4 | 3:00 p.m. | Georgia Tech |
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ACCRSN | W 40–36 | 38,448 |
November 11 | 3:30 p.m. | at Louisville | ESPNU | L 21–38 | 46,787 | |
November 18 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 2 Miami (FL) | ABC | L 28–44 | 63,415 | |
November 24 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 24 Virginia Tech |
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ESPN | L 0–10 | 48,609 |
December 28 | 1:30 p.m. | at Navy * | ESPN | L 7–49 | 35,921 | |
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Source: [3]
Game summaries
William & Mary
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Tribe | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
Cavaliers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
Indiana
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Hoosiers | 0 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 34 |
Cavaliers | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
UConn
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Huskies | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
Cavaliers | 7 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
At Boise State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cavaliers | 7 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
Broncos | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 23 |
The Cavaliers came in as thirteen point underdogs against the Broncos and quickly went down 7–0 within the first three minutes. After this shaky start, the Cavaliers took a 21–14 lead into halftime led by success in the passing game on offense. To start the second half, the Cavaliers took just 3 plays to score, stretching the lead to 28–14. Virginia pressed its advantage to 42–14 before Boise State made it 42–23 on a late safety and touchdown. The win has been hailed as Virginia's "most impressive win" so far under Coach Mendenhall. [4]
Duke
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Devils | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
Cavaliers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
At North Carolina
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cavaliers | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
Tar Heels | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
Boston College
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Eagles | 17 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 41 |
Cavaliers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
At Pittsburgh
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cavaliers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
Panthers | 7 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
Georgia Tech
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Yellow Jackets | 7 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 36 |
Cavaliers | 3 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 40 |
At Louisville
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cavaliers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
Cardinals | 7 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
At Miami (FL)
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cavaliers | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
No. 2 Hurricanes | 7 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 44 |
Virginia Tech
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No. 24 Hokies | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
Cavaliers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
At Navy (Military Bowl)
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cavaliers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Midshipmen | 14 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 49 |
2018 NFL Draft
Player | Team | Round | Pick # | Position |
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Micah Kiser | Los Angeles Rams | 5th | 147 | LB |
Andrew Brown | Cincinnati Bengals | 5th | 158 | DE |
References
- 1 2 3 "DEPTH CHART - NORTH CAROLINA GAME" (PDF) (Press release). Virginia Cavaliers . October 9, 2017 . Retrieved October 9, 2017 .
- ↑ "Mendenhall Elevates Vic So'oto to Defensive Line Coach" . Virginia Cavaliers . June 21, 2017 . Retrieved June 21, 2017 .
- ↑ 2017 Virginia Cavaliers football schedule . FBSchedules.com . Accessed April 15, 2017.
- ↑ Kragthorpe, Kurt (September 24, 2017). "Ex-BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall's Boise breakthrough is a sign of how far Virginia has come in his second season" . The Salt Lake Tribune . Retrieved September 25, 2017 .
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