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2019 Virginia Cavaliers football team

2019 Virginia Cavaliers football

Atlantic Coast Conference
Coastal Division
No. 25
9–5 (6–2 ACC)
Bronco Mendenhall (4th season)
Robert Anae (4th season)
Multiple
Nick Howell (4th season)
Kelly Poppinga (2nd season)
3–4
Scott Stadium

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.

Coming off an 8–5 season in 2018, Virginia was considered the favorite to win the Coastal Division. 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.

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.

In September, the Cavaliers defeated the Seminoles for the Jefferson-Eppes Trophy.
In early November, the Cavaliers defeated the Tar Heels in the South's Oldest Rivalry.
In late November, the Cavaliers defeated the Hokies for the Commonwealth Cup.

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.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:30 p.m.	at Pittsburgh		Heinz FieldPittsburgh, PA	ACCN	W 30–14	47,144
.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}September 6	8:00 p.m.	William & Mary*		Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA	ACCN	W 52–17	45,250
September 14	7:30 p.m.	Florida State	No. 25	Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA (Jefferson-Eppes Trophy)	ACCN	W 31–24	57,826
September 21	7:00 p.m.	Old Dominion*	No. 21	Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA	ESPN2	W 28–17	44,573
September 28	3:30 p.m.	at No. 10 Notre Dame*	No. 18	Notre Dame StadiumNotre Dame, IN	NBC	L 20–35	77,622
October 11	8:00 p.m.	at Miami (FL)	No. 20	Hard Rock StadiumMiami Gardens, FL	ESPN	L 9–17	54,538
October 19	3:30 p.m.	Duke		Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA	ACCN	W 48–14	52,847
October 26	3:30 p.m.	at Louisville		Cardinal StadiumLouisville, KY	ACCN	L 21–28	48,689
November 2	7:30 p.m.	at North Carolina		Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)	ACCN	W 38–31	50,500
November 9	12:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech		Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA	ACCRSN	W 33–28	44,596
November 23	12:00 p.m.	Liberty*		Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA	ACCRSN	W 55–27	37,329
November 29	12:00 p.m.	No. 24 Virginia Tech		Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA (Commonwealth Cup)	ABC	W 39–30	52,619
December 7	7:30 p.m.	vs. No. 3 Clemson	No. 23	Bank of America StadiumCharlotte, NC (ACC Championship Game)	ABC	L 17–62	66,810
December 30	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 9 Florida*	No. 24	Hard Rock StadiumMiami Gardens, FL (Orange Bowl)	ESPN	L 28–36	65,157
*Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 5 released prior to gameAll times are in Eastern time

Staff as of 2019.

Name	Position
Bronco Mendenhall	Head coach
Nick Howell	Defensive coordinator, secondary coach
Kelly Poppinga	Co defensive coordinator, Outside Linebackers coach
Shane Hunter	Inside linebackers coach
Vic So'oto	Defensive line
Robert Anae	Offensive coordinator, inside receivers coach
Mark Atuaia	Running backs coach
Jason Beck	Quarterbacks coach
Marques Hagans	Wide receivers coach
Garett Tujague	Offensive line coach
Ricky Brumfield	Special teams coordinator

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cavaliers	10	3	10	7	30
Panthers	0	14	0	0	14

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tribe	0	3	7	7	17
Cavaliers	21	14	7	10	52

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seminoles	0	14	3	7	24
No. 25 Cavaliers	3	7	0	21	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
Monarchs	10	7	0	0	17
No. 21 Cavaliers	0	7	7	14	28

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 18 Cavaliers	7	10	0	3	20
No. 10 Fighting Irish	14	0	14	7	35

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 20 Cavaliers	0	3	0	6	9
Hurricanes	7	0	0	10	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	0	0	7	7	14
Cavaliers	0	17	24	7	48

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cavaliers	7	7	0	7	21
Cardinals	7	0	7	14	28

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cavaliers	7	10	21	0	38
Tar Heels	3	14	14	0	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
Yellow Jackets	14	7	0	7	28
Cavaliers	14	10	0	9	33

	1	2	3	4	Total
Flames	7	7	7	6	27
Cavaliers	10	14	14	17	55

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 24 Hokies	3	3	21	3	30
Cavaliers	13	0	7	19	39

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 23 Cavaliers	7	0	7	3	17
No. 3 Tigers	14	17	14	17	62

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 24 Cavaliers	7	7	0	14	28
No. 9 Gators	14	10	3	9	36

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
5	151	Joe Reed	WR	Los Angeles Chargers
5	158	Bryce Hall	CB	New York Jets

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