1967 Virginia Cavaliers football team

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1967 Virginia Cavaliers football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record5–5 (3–3 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainMalcolm McGregor [1]
Home stadium Scott Stadium
Seasons
  1966
1968  
1967 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Clemson $ 6 0 06 4 0
NC State 5 1 09 2 0
South Carolina 4 2 05 5 0
Virginia 3 3 05 5 0
Wake Forest 3 4 04 6 0
Duke 2 4 04 6 0
North Carolina 2 5 02 8 0
Maryland 0 6 00 9 0
  • $ Conference champion

[2] The 1967 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. The Cavaliers were led by third-year head coach George Blackburn and played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in fourth.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23at Army *L 7–2628,500 [3]
September 30 Buffalo *W 35–1216,000 [4]
October 7at Wake Forest W 14–1211,000 [5]
October 14 Duke Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
L 6–1325,000 [6]
October 21at South Carolina L 23–2434,159 [7]
October 28 VMI *
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
L 13–1818,500 [8]
November 4No. 4 NC State
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
L 8–3016,000 [9]
November 11 North Carolina
W 40–1719,000 [10]
November 18at Tulane *W 14–1017,712 [11]
November 25at Maryland W 12–724,200 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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