2019 Virginia Cavaliers football team

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2019 Virginia Cavaliers football
U of Virginia text logo.svg
ACC Coastal Division champion
Orange Bowl, L 28–36 vs. Florida
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
DivisionCoastal Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 25
Record9–5 (6–2 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Robert Anae (4th season)
Defensive coordinator Nick Howell (4th season)
Co-defensive coordinator Kelly Poppinga (2nd as co-DC; 4th overall season)
Home stadium Scott Stadium
Uniform
Virginia cavaliers football uni.png
Seasons
  2018
2020  
2019 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Atlantic Division
No. 2 Clemson xy$^  8 0   14 1  
Louisville  5 3   8 5  
Wake Forest  4 4   8 5  
Florida State  4 4   6 7  
Boston College  4 4   6 7  
Syracuse  2 6   5 7  
NC State  1 7   4 8  
Coastal Division
Virginia x  6 2   9 5  
Virginia Tech  5 3   8 5  
Miami (FL)  4 4   6 7  
Pittsburgh  4 4   8 5  
North Carolina  4 4   7 6  
Duke  3 5   5 7  
Georgia Tech  2 6   3 9  
Championship: Clemson 62, Virginia 17
  • ^ College Football Playoff participant
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2019 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cavaliers were led by fourth-year head coach Bronco Mendenhall and played their home games at Scott Stadium. The team competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

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Coming off an 8–5 season in 2018, Virginia was considered the favorite to win the Coastal Division. [1] The Cavaliers began the season with four straight victories, but then lost three games in a four-game stretch to Notre Dame, Miami, and Louisville. The team rebounded with four straight victories to close out the regular season, including a win over rival and 24th-ranked Virginia Tech to secure Virginia's place in the ACC Championship Game. It was Virginia's first win over Virginia Tech since 2003, and it was the school's first appearance in the conference title game, concluding a seven-year stretch in which all seven members of the Coastal Division won the division. In the Championship Game, Virginia lost to Clemson, 62–17. The team received an invitation to the Orange Bowl to play Florida, where they lost 36–28, to end the season with a 9–5 record.

Virginia was led on offense by quarterback Bryce Perkins, who finished with 3,530 passing yards and 22 touchdowns, and was named second-team all-conference. Perkins also led the team in rushing, finishing with 769 yards and 11 touchdowns on the ground. Wide receiver and return specialist Joe Reed was named first-team all-conference as an all-purpose back. On defense, the team's leading tackler and sacks leader was linebacker Zane Zandier.

Preseason

Preseason media poll

In the preseason ACC media poll, Virginia was predicted to win the Coastal Division, but received just one vote out of 173 to win the ACC Championship Game. [1]

Regular season

Bronco Mendenhall became the first coach to bring both trophies to Charlottesville at the same time. The Jefferson-Eppes Trophy may remain in Cavalier hands until at least 2025, as FSU does not appear on the ACC schedules for Virginia through 2024.

As projected by the pre-season media, Virginia won the Coastal division for the first time despite an early season-ending injury to the team's highest NFL prospect, Bryce Hall, in the game against Miami.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:30 p.m.at Pittsburgh ACCN W 30–1447,144
September 68:00 p.m. William & Mary *ACCNW 52–1745,250
September 147:30 p.m. Florida State No. 25
ACCNW 31–2457,826
September 217:00 p.m. Old Dominion *No. 21
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
ESPN2 W 28–1744,573
September 283:30 p.m.at No. 10 Notre Dame *No. 18 NBC L 20–3577,622
October 118:00 p.m.at Miami (FL) No. 20ESPNL 9–1754,538
October 193:30 p.m. Duke
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
ACCNW 48–1452,847
October 263:30 p.m.at Louisville ACCNL 21–2848,689
November 27:30 p.m.at North Carolina ACCNW 38–3150,500
November 912:30 p.m. Georgia Tech Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
ACCRSN W 33–2844,596
November 2312:00 p.m. Liberty *
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
ACCRSNW 55–2737,329
November 2912:00 p.m.No. 24 Virginia Tech
ABC W 39–3052,619
December 77:30 p.m.vs. No. 3 Clemson No. 23 ABC L 17–6266,810
December 308:00 p.m.vs. No. 9 Florida *No. 24
ESPN L 28–3665,157

[2]

Personnel

Coaching staff

Staff as of 2019. [3] [4]

NamePosition
Bronco Mendenhall Head coach
Nick Howell Defensive coordinator, secondary coach
Kelly Poppinga Co defensive coordinator, Outside Linebackers coach
Shane HunterInside linebackers coach
Vic So'oto Defensive line
Robert Anae Offensive coordinator, inside receivers coach
Mark AtuaiaRunning backs coach
Jason Beck Quarterbacks coach
Marques Hagans Wide receivers coach
Garett TujagueOffensive line coach
Ricky BrumfieldSpecial teams coordinator

Roster

2019 Virginia Cavaliers football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 2 Joe Reed Sr
QB 3 Bryce Perkins Sr
TB 5Lamont AtkinsJr
TB 6PK KierJr
WR 8Hasise DuboisSr
QB 10 Brennan Armstrong Redshirt.svg  Fr
WR 13Terrell JanaJr
WR 18Ben Hogg Redshirt.svg  Sr
WR 19Chuck DavisJr
RB 20 Mike Hollins Fr
TB 21Wayne TaulapapaSo
FB 27Jamari PeacockJr
TB 31Chris SharpSr
QB 36Lindell StoneSo
RB 37Perris Jones Redshirt.svg  Fr
QB 40 R. J. Harvey Fr
TE 44Tanner CowleySr
TE 46Christian BaumgardnerJr
FB 46Andrew YavinskySo
OT 50Tommy ChristSo
WR 51Jalen HarrisonJr
G 52Joe Bissinger Redshirt.svg  Fr
OT 54Ryan NelsonSo
C 55 Olusegun Oluwatimi So
WR 59Andrew SpazianiJr
C 63Tyler Fannin Redshirt.svg  So
G 64Ben TrentJr
OT 65Jonathan LeechFr
OT 67Derek Devine Redshirt.svg  Fr
WR 68Sean MooreFr
OT 69 Chris Glaser Jr
OT 70Bobby HaskinsSo
OT 72 Ryan Swoboda So
OT 75Ja'Quay HubbardFr
WR 77Josh CliffordFr
G 79Dillon ReinkensmeyerJr
HB 80Billy Kemp IVSo
WR 82Brandon White Redshirt.svg  Fr
WR 83Hayden MitchellSo
WR 84Dorien GoddardFr
TE 85Grant Misch Redshirt.svg  Fr
WR 86Ugo ObasiSo
WR 87 Dontayvion Wicks Fr
WR 88Tavares Kelly Jr.So
WR 89 Dejon Brissett Sr
RB 96Seneca MilledgeFr
G Kariem Al SoufiFr
WR Nathaniel Beal IIIFr
G Charlie BoxleyFr
WR Terrell ChatmanSr
OT Alex GellerstedtFr
OT Landry GerbersFr
WR John IzlarFr
OT Jack KeenanRFr
WR Zack KindelFr
TE T. J. KittsSo
TE Mike Kosar
G Micah MariteragiRFr
QB Jared RaymanFr
G Zachary TeterFr
C/G Gerrik VollmerSo
G Martin WeiszRFr
QB Luke WentzFr
RB Justin ZollarSr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 1Nick GrantJr
ILB 4Jordan MackSr
FS 7Chris MooreJr
DL 9Samson Reed Redshirt.svg  Fr
OLB 11 Charles Snowden Jr
OLB 14Noah TaylorSo
FS 15De'Vante CrossJr
DE 16Richard BurneySr
OLB 17Elliott BrownJr
ILB 22Robert SnyderJr
CB 23Heskin SmithSo
DB 25Joseph White Redshirt.svg  Fr
FS 28Brenton NelsonJr
FS 29 Joey Blount Jr
DB 30Antonio ClaryFr
CB 30Myles RobinsonJr
CB 32 Darrius Bratton Jr
ILB 33Zane ZandierJr
CB 34 Bryce Hall Sr
ILB 38T. C. Harrison Redshirt.svg  Fr
CB 39Jaylon Baker Redshirt.svg  Fr
CB 41Germane CrowellSo
41 41Darnell PrattSo
ILB 42 Nick Jackson Fr
ILB 45Reed KellamSr
OLB 47Dre BryantJr
DB 49Coen King Redshirt.svg  Fr
DB 53Fentrell Cypress IIFr
OLB 56Matt GahmJr
OLB 57Colin DixonSo
DT 58Eli HanbackSr
DB 60Chayce ChalmersFr
OLB 66Jairus SatiuFr
S 71Darren Klein Redshirt.svg  Fr
DB 74Jake DeweaseFr
NT 76Jordan RedmondSo
DB 90Major WilliamsFr
DE 91Mandy AlonsoJr
DB 92Tenyeh DixonFr
OLB 93Hunter StewartFr
DT 94Aaron FaumuiSo
DE 95Ben Smiley IIIFr
OLB 98D'Sean PerryFr
DT 99 Jowon Briggs So
ILB Josh AhernFr
DL Isaac BuellSo
DB Jude CarlonFr
CB Mark ChichesterRFr
LB Evan ClarkRFr
DE Sam GallettaFr
ILB DaJuan MooreRFr
LB Aidan SaundersFr
S Vinnie VladicRFr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 26Brian DelaneyJr
K 43Justin DuenkelFr
LS 61Enzo AnthonyFr
LS 62Lee Dudley Redshirt.svg  Fr
PK/P 81Nash GriffinJr
PK 89Hunter Pearson Redshirt.svg  Fr
PK 95A. J. MejiaJr
P Brendan FarrellFr
LS Tucker Finkelston Redshirt.svg  Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Robert Anae (BYU)
    Offensive coordinator, inside receivers
  • Marques Hagans (Virginia)
    Wide receivers
  • Mark Atuaia (BYU)
    Running backs
  • Garett Tujague (BYU)
    Offensive line
  • Jason Beck (BYU)
    Quarterbacks
  • Vic So'oto (BYU)
    Defensive line
  • Nick Howell (Weber State)
    Defensive coordinator, secondary
  • Kelly Poppinga (BYU)
    Co-defensive coordinator coordinator, outside linebackers
  • Shane Hunter (BYU)
    Inside linebackers
  • Rickey Brumfield (Utah State)
    Special teams coordinator
  • Patrick Hickman (BYU)
    Director of football operations
  • Justin Anderson (BYU)
    Director of player personnel
  • Jordan Arcement (Nicholls State)
    Assistant director of player personnel
  • Shawn Griswold (Utah State)
    Director of football training & player development
  • Matt Edwards (BYU)
    Football analyst
  • Kirk Garner (Virginia)
    Graduate assistant
  • C.J. Stalker (Virginia)
    Graduate assistant
  • Jackson Matteo (Virginia)
    Graduate assistant
  • Andrew Meyer (Wisconsin)
    Graduate assistant

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2018-07-27

Depth chart

Game summaries

At Pittsburgh

1234Total
Cavaliers10310730
Panthers0140014

William & Mary

1234Total
Tribe037717
Cavaliers211471052

Florida State

1234Total
Seminoles0143724
No. 25 Cavaliers3702131

Old Dominion

1234Total
Monarchs1070017
No. 21 Cavaliers0771428

At Notre Dame

1234Total
No. 18 Cavaliers7100320
No. 10 Fighting Irish14014735

At Miami (FL)

1234Total
No. 20 Cavaliers03069
Hurricanes7001017

Duke

1234Total
Blue Devils007714
Cavaliers01724748

At Louisville

1234Total
Cavaliers770721
Cardinals7071428

At North Carolina

1234Total
Cavaliers71021038
Tar Heels31414031

Georgia Tech

1234Total
Yellow Jackets1470728
Cavaliers14100933

Liberty

1234Total
Flames777627
Cavaliers1014141755

Virginia Tech

1234Total
No. 24 Hokies3321330
Cavaliers13071939

Clemson (ACC Championship game)

1234Total
No. 23 Cavaliers707317
No. 3 Tigers1417141762

Vs. Florida (Orange Bowl)

1234Total
No. 24 Cavaliers7701428
No. 9 Gators14103936

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP RVRV2521182320RVRVRVRVRVRVRV22RVRV
Coaches RVRVRV22182219RVRVRVRVRVRVRV222525
CFP Not released2324Not released

Players drafted into the NFL

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Club
5151 Joe Reed WR Los Angeles Chargers
5158 Bryce Hall CB New York Jets

References

  1. 1 2 "Clemson Favored to Continue ACC Football Championship Run". theACC.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  2. "Virginia Announces 2019 Football Schedule". VirginiaSports.com. University of Virginia Athletics. January 16, 2019.
  3. "Mendenhall Adds Eight to Coaching Staff" (Press release). Virginia Cavaliers. December 12, 2015. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  4. "Mendenhall Announces Defensive Coaching Switch" (Press release). Virginia Cavaliers. March 18, 2016. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
  5. 1 2 "DEPTH CHART" (PDF) (Press release). Virginia Cavaliers. August 26, 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 30, 2018. Retrieved August 26, 2019.