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▲ Above its 5-year level +4▼ Down 4 this season
Career62since 1936
Peak861990
Last 564seasons
#54 nationally · 4-2 (2-1 conf)
Résumé #61
Schedule so far #82
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
Virginia Cavaliers
ACC · Charlottesville, VA · Scott Stadium · Head coach Tony Elliott
Rival
Virginia Tech · also North Carolina
Heated rivalry
34-62-5 all time (101 meetings since 1902)
Virginia Tech leads
Last: won 27-7 (2025)
Holds it
program traits are earned from history
0national titles
0Heisman
0AP top-10
10All-Americans
102NFL picks
46.6%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1889. Every season →
Chemistry
59
58Foundation
60Gel
gel counts 45% so far
▲ Above its norm +9
early · #63 of 138
HC year5
Ret. starters36%
QB yrs w/ OC1
| Season | Record | Conference | AP final | Season rank | Rating | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026in progress | 4-2 | ACC | — | #54 | 68 | Tony Elliott |
| 2025 | 11-3 | ACC | #16 | #30 | 76 | Tony Elliott |
| 2024 | 5-7 | ACC | — | #75 | 62 | Tony Elliott |
| 2023 | 3-9 | ACC | — | #87 | 59 | Tony Elliott |
| 2022 | 3-7 | ACC | — | #90 | 57 | Tony Elliott |
| 2021 | 6-6 | ACC | — | #62 | 67 | Bronco Mendenhall |
| 2020 | 5-5 | ACC | — | — | — | Bronco Mendenhall |
| 2019 | 9-5 | ACC | — | #40 | 71 | Bronco Mendenhall |
| 2018 | 8-5 | ACC | — | #36 | 73 | Bronco Mendenhall |
| 2017 | 6-7 | ACC | — | #67 | 64 | Bronco Mendenhall |
| 2016 | 2-10 | ACC | — | #86 | 59 | Bronco Mendenhall |
| 2015 | 4-8 | ACC | — | #65 | 66 | Mike London |
| 2014 | 5-7 | ACC | — | #45 | 70 | Mike London |
| 2013 | 2-10 | ACC | — | #92 | 57 | Mike London |
| 2012 | 4-8 | ACC | — | #89 | 57 | Mike London |
| 2011 | 8-5 | ACC | — | #78 | 60 | Mike London |
| 2010 | 4-8 | ACC | — | #76 | 59 | Mike London |
| 2009 | 3-9 | ACC | — | #57 | 66 | Al Groh |
| 2008 | 5-7 | ACC | — | #60 | 65 | Al Groh |
| 2007 | 9-4 | ACC | — | #51 | 69 | Al Groh |
| 2006 | 5-7 | ACC | — | #70 | 61 | Al Groh |
| 2005 | 7-5 | ACC | — | #38 | 70 | Al Groh |
| 2004 | 8-4 | ACC | #23 | #12 | 80 | Al Groh |
| 2003 | 8-5 | ACC | — | #21 | 77 | Al Groh |
| 2002 | 9-5 | ACC | — | #31 | 74 | Al Groh |
| 2001 | 5-7 | ACC | — | #69 | 63 | Al Groh |
| 2000 | 6-6 | ACC | — | #69 | 63 | George Welsh |
| 1999 | 7-5 | ACC | — | #42 | 70 | George Welsh |
| 1998 | 9-3 | ACC | #18 | #25 | 78 | George Welsh |
| 1997 | 7-4 | ACC | — | #32 | 73 | George Welsh |
| 1996 | 7-5 | ACC | — | #20 | 77 | George Welsh |
| 1995 | 9-4 | ACC | #16 | #16 | 77 | George Welsh |
| 1994 | 9-3 | ACC | #15 | #22 | 76 | George Welsh |
| 1993 | 7-5 | ACC | — | #35 | 71 | George Welsh |
| 1992 | 7-4 | ACC | — | #20 | 77 | George Welsh |
| 1991 | 8-3-1 | ACC | — | #19 | 76 | George Welsh |
| 1990 | 8-4 | ACC | #23 | #8 | 86 | George Welsh |
| 1989 | 10-3 | ACC | #18 | #18 | 78 | George Welsh |
| 1988 | 7-4 | ACC | — | #39 | 68 | George Welsh |
| 1987 | 8-4 | ACC | — | #33 | 70 | George Welsh |
| 1986 | 3-8 | ACC | — | #76 | 56 | George Welsh |
| 1985 | 6-5 | ACC | — | #38 | 70 | George Welsh |
| 1984 | 8-2-2 | ACC | #20 | #18 | 78 | George Welsh |
| 1983 | 6-5 | ACC | — | #60 | 61 | George Welsh |
| 1982 | 2-9 | ACC | — | #83 | 54 | George Welsh |
| 1981 | 1-10 | ACC | — | #85 | 58 | Dick Bestwick |
| 1980 | 4-7 | ACC | — | #74 | 61 | Dick Bestwick |
| 1979 | 6-5 | ACC | — | #35 | 73 | Dick Bestwick |
| 1978 | 2-9 | ACC | — | #98 | 54 | Dick Bestwick |
| 1977 | 1-9-1 | ACC | — | #95 | 54 | Dick Bestwick |
| 1976 | 2-9 | ACC | — | #98 | 54 | Dick Bestwick |
| 1975 | 1-10 | ACC | — | #112 | 33 | Sonny Randle |
| 1974 | 4-7 | ACC | — | #60 | 63 | Sonny Randle |
| 1973 | 4-7 | ACC | — | #86 | 54 | Don Lawrence |
| 1972 | 4-7 | ACC | — | #79 | 57 | Don Lawrence |
| 1971 | 3-8 | ACC | — | #89 | 53 | Don Lawrence |
| 1970 | 5-6 | ACC | — | #82 | 55 | George Blackburn |
| 1969 | 3-7 | ACC | — | #101 | 46 | George Blackburn |
| 1968 | 7-3 | ACC | — | #43 | 68 | George Blackburn |
| 1967 | 5-5 | ACC | — | #65 | 61 | George Blackburn |
| 1966 | 4-6 | ACC | — | #64 | 61 | George Blackburn |
| 1965 | 4-6 | ACC | — | #66 | 61 | George Blackburn |
| 1964 | 5-5 | ACC | — | #87 | 54 | William Elias |
| 1963 | 2-7-1 | ACC | — | #82 | 55 | William Elias |
| 1962 | 5-5 | ACC | — | #71 | 59 | William Elias |
| 1961 | 4-6 | ACC | — | #76 | 55 | William Elias |
| 1960 | 0-10 | ACC | — | #98 | 31 | Richard Voris |
| 1959 | 0-10 | ACC | — | #93 | 22 | Richard Voris |
| 1958 | 1-9 | ACC | — | #84 | 47 | Richard Voris |
| 1957 | 3-6-1 | ACC | — | #54 | 63 | Ben Martin |
| 1956 | 3-7 | ACC | — | #74 | 56 | Ben Martin |
| 1955 | 1-9 | ACC | — | #81 | 52 | Ned McDonald |
| 1954 | 3-6 | ACC | — | #67 | 58 | Ned McDonald |
| 1953 | 1-8 | FBS Independents | — | #90 | 32 | Ned McDonald |
| 1952 | 8-2 | FBS Independents | — | #37 | 69 | Arthur Guepe |
| 1951 | 8-1 | FBS Independents | #13 | #19 | 75 | Arthur Guepe |
| 1950 | 8-2 | FBS Independents | — | #36 | 69 | Arthur Guepe |
| 1949 | 7-2 | FBS Independents | — | #38 | 69 | Arthur Guepe |
| 1948 | 5-3-1 | FBS Independents | — | #55 | 64 | Arthur Guepe |
| 1947 | 7-3 | FBS Independents | — | #24 | 75 | Arthur Guepe |
| 1946 | 4-4-1 | FBS Independents | — | #52 | 63 | Arthur Guepe |
| 1945 | 7-2 | FBS Independents | — | #36 | 63 | Frank Murray |
| 1944 | 6-1-2 | FBS Independents | — | #38 | 61 | Frank Murray |
| 1943 | 3-4-1 | FBS Independents | — | #43 | 55 | Frank Murray |
| 1942 | 2-6-1 | FBS Independents | — | #75 | 51 | Frank Murray |
| 1941 | 8-1 | FBS Independents | — | #34 | 70 | Frank Murray |
| 1940 | 4-5 | FBS Independents | — | #77 | 55 | Frank Murray |
| 1939 | 5-4 | FBS Independents | — | #63 | 61 | Frank Murray |
| 1938 | 4-4-1 | FBS Independents | — | #77 | 54 | Frank Murray |
| 1937 | 2-7 | FBS Independents | — | #90 | 32 | Frank Murray |
| 1936 | 2-7 | Southern | — | #91 | 28 | Gus Tebell |
| 1935 | 1-5-4 | Southern | — | #92 | 37 early | Gus Tebell |
| 1934 | 3-6 | Southern | — | #87 | 37 early | Gus Tebell |
| 1933 | 2-6-2 | Southern | — | #76 | 51 early | Fred Dawson |
| 1932 | 5-4 | Southern | — | #77 | 51 early | Fred Dawson |
| 1931 | 1-7-2 | Southern | — | #77 | 52 early | Fred Dawson |
| 1930 | 4-6 | Southern | — | #81 | 20 early | Earl Abell |
| 1929 | 4-3-2 | Southern | — | #68 | 51 early | Earl Abell |
| 1928 | 2-6-1 | Southern | — | #74 | 51 early | Greasy Neale |
| 1927 | 5-4 | Southern | — | #55 | 59 early | Greasy Neale |
| 1926 | 6-2-2 | Southern | — | #56 | 56 early | Greasy Neale |
| 1925 | 7-1-1 | Southern | — | #50 | 61 early | Greasy Neale |
| 1924 | 5-4 | Southern | — | #59 | 56 early | Greasy Neale |
| 1923 | 3-5-1 | Southern | — | #68 | 52 early | Greasy Neale |
| 1922 | 4-4-1 | Southern | — | #38 | 67 early | Thomas Campbell |
| 1921 | 5-4 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic | — | #51 | 57 early | W. Warren |
| 1920 | 5-2-2 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic | — | #37 | 65 early | W. Warren |
| 1919 | 2-5-2 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic | — | #55 | 57 early | Harris Coleman |
| 1916 | 4-5 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic | — | #45 | 58 early | Peyton Evans |
| 1915 | 8-1 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic | — | #9 | 78 early | Harry Varner |
| 1914 | 8-1 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic | — | #18 | 72 early | Joseph Wood |
| 1913 | 7-1 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic | — | #9 | 79 early | W. Warren |
| 1912 | 6-3 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic | — | #24 | 65 early | Speed Elliott |
| 1911 | 8-2 | FBS Independents | — | #14 | 73 early | Kemper Yancey |
| 1910 | 6-2 | FBS Independents | — | #33 | 58 early | Charles Crawford |
| 1909 | 7-1 | FBS Independents | — | #23 | 67 early | John Neff |
| 1908 | 7-0-1 | FBS Independents | — | #21 | 69 early | M.T. Cooke |
| 1907 | 6-3-1 | FBS Independents | — | #27 | 60 early | Edward Johnson |
| 1906 | 0-2 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1905 | 5-4 | Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic | — | #42 | 50 early | William Cole |
| 1904 | 6-3 | Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic | — | #13 | 72 early | Foster Sanford |
| 1903 | 7-2-1 | Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic | — | #12 | 70 early | Gresham Poe |
| 1902 | 8-1-1 | Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic | — | #21 | 62 early | John DeSaulles |
| 1901 | 0-1 | Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic | — | — | — | |
| 1900 | 0-1 | Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic | — | — | — | |
| 1899 | 1-2 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1898 | 0-3 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1897 | 1-2 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1896 | 0-2 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1895 | 0-2 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1894 | 0-2 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1892 | 0-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1891 | 0-0-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1890 | 5-2 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1889 | 0-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — |
★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.