1968 Virginia Cavaliers football team

1968 Virginia Cavaliers football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	7–3 (3–2 ACC)
Head coach	George Blackburn (4th season)
Captain	Richard Brand, Clyde Arnette [1]
Home stadium	Scott Stadium (capacity: 23,848)
Seasons ←  1967 1969  →

1968 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
NC State $	6	–	1	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Clemson	4	–	1	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Virginia	3	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
South Carolina	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Duke	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Wake Forest	2	–	3	–	1			2	–	7	–	1
Maryland	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
North Carolina	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll [2]

The 1968 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. The Cavaliers were led by fourth-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 third. Virginia's record of 7–3 represented the school's best record and first winning season since 1952, and the school's best finish in conference since joining the ACC in 1954. ^[3] The team's star was running back Frank Quayle, who set the conference single-season rushing record with 1,213 yards and was named ACC Player of the Year. ^[4] Blackburn was named ACC Coach of the Year. ^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	at No. 1 Purdue *	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 6–44	60,384
September 28	VMI *	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	W 47–0	24,000	[5]
October 5	Davidson *	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	W 41–14	16,500	[6]
October 12	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 50–20	22,000
October 19	at NC State	Carter Stadium Raleigh, NC	L 0–19	22,800
October 26	at Navy *	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 24–0	26,127
November 2	South Carolina	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	L 28–49	25,600
November 9	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)	W 41–6	23,000
November 16	Tulane *	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	W 63–47	14,500	[7]
November 23	Maryland	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	W 28–23	18,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

1. "2017 Cavalier Football Fact Book" (PDF). Virginia Cavaliers Athletics. p. 121. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2017. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
2. "1968 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
3. "Virginia Cavaliers Football Record By Year". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
4. "2016 ACC football media guide" (PDF). p. 125.
5. "Gene Arnette on target as Virginia buries VMI". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 29, 1968. Retrieved January 30, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Quayle stars in rout by Virginia". The Daily Times. October 6, 1968. Retrieved August 28, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
7. "TD's flow at Charlottesville...Virginia 63, Tulane 47". Daily Press. November 17, 1968. Retrieved October 1, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
8. "1968 Virginia Cavaliers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
9. "All-Time Virginia Box Score Game Statistics". Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site. Retrieved June 5, 2021.