1975 Virginia Cavaliers football team
The 1975 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. The Cavaliers were led by second-year head coach Sonny Randle and played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in last. After a 1–10 campaign with many blowout losses, Randle was fired as head coach.[3]
| 1975 Virginia Cavaliers football | |
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| 1975 record | 1–10 (0–4 ACC) |
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| Captain | Scott Gardner, Tom Glassic[1] |
| Home stadium | Scott Stadium (Capacity: 28,000) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Maryland $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 3 | – | 0 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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| September 13 | Navy* | L 14–42 | |
| September 20 | VMI* |
| W 22–21 |
| September 27 | at Duke | L 11–26 | |
| October 4 | North Carolina |
| L 28–31 |
| October 11 | at South Carolina* | L 14–41 | |
| October 18 | at Virginia Tech* | L 17–24 | |
| October 25 | Wake Forest |
| L 21–66 |
| November 1 | at Vanderbilt* | L 14–17 | |
| November 8 | East Carolina* |
| L 10–61 |
| November 15 | Syracuse* |
| L 0–37 |
| November 22 | at No. 20 Maryland | L 24–62 | |
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Personnel
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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References
- "2017 Cavalier Football Fact Book" (PDF). Virginia Cavaliers Athletics. p. 122.
- "1975 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
- Boswell, Thomas (November 24, 1975). "Virginia Fires Randle; Coach 'Just Didn't Fit In'". The Washington Post. p. C1.
- "1975 Virginia Cavaliers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
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