1980 Virginia Cavaliers football team

The 1980 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cavaliers were led by fifth-year head coach Dick Bestwick and played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing tied for fourth.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13	1:30 p.m.	Navy*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	W 6–3	35,174	[2]
September 20	1:30 p.m.	NC State	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	L 13–27	30,072	[3]
September 27	1:30 p.m.	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 20–17	14,144	[4]
October 4	1:30 p.m.	at West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	L 21–45	45,088	[5]
October 11	1:30 p.m.	Clemson	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	L 24–27	32,443	[6]
October 18	1:30 p.m.	at Virginia Tech*	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	L 0–30	52,000	[7]
October 25	1:00 p.m.	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 24–21	23,300	[8]
November 1	1:30 p.m.	at Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	W 16–13	94,333	[9]
November 8	1:30 p.m.	Rutgers*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	L 17–19	30,011	[10]
November 15	1:00 p.m.	at No. 15 North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)	L 3–26	49,500	[11]
November 22	1:30 p.m.	Maryland	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	L 0–31	22,407	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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