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The 2022 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia as a member of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season . Led by first-year head coach Tony Elliott , the Cavaliers compiled an overall record of 3–7 with a mark of 1–6 in conference play, tying for sixth place in the ACC Coast Division. Virginia played home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia .
On the evening of November 13, wide receivers Lavel Davis Jr., Devin Chandler, and linebacker D'Sean Perry were killed while running back Mike Hollins was wounded in a shooting on the university's campus .[ 1] [ 2] The shooter was Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., a former running back for the Cavaliers in 2018.[ 3] In its aftermath, the school announced it would cancel its final home game against Coastal Carolina on November 19[ 4] [ 5] and its final game against Virginia Tech on November 26.[ 6]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 3 12:30 p.m. No. 24 (FCS ) Richmond * ACCRSN W 34–1741,122
September 10 4:00 p.m. at Illinois * ESPNU L 3–2433,669
September 17 2:00 p.m. Old Dominion * Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA ACCN W 16–1440,556
7:00 p.m. at Syracuse ESPN L 20–2234,590
October 1 7:30 p.m. at Duke ACCRSN L 17–3815,152
October 8 12:00 p.m. Louisville Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA ACCN L 17–3438,009
7:30 p.m. at Georgia Tech ESPN W 16–929,362
October 29 12:30 p.m. Miami (FL) Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA ACCRSN L 12–14 4OT 43,714
November 5 12:00 p.m. No. 17 North Carolina ACCN L 28–3144,156
November 12 12:00 p.m. Pittsburgh Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA ACCN L 7–3736,529
November 19 Coastal Carolina * Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA Canceled[a]
November 26 at Virginia Tech Canceled[ 7]
[ 8]
No. 24 (FCS) Richmond[ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 24 (FCS) Spiders
7
3
7
0
17
Cavaliers
14
14
0
6
34
1
2
3
4
Total
Cavaliers
3
0
0
0
3
Fighting Illini
17
7
3
0
27
1
2
3
4
Total
Monarchs
0
7
0
7
14
Cavaliers
7
3
0
6
16
1
2
3
4
Total
Cavaliers
0
0
13
7
20
Orange
10
6
3
3
22
1
2
3
4
Total
Cavaliers
0
7
3
7
17
Blue Devils
14
7
7
10
38
1
2
3
4
Total
Cardinals
0
13
14
7
34
Cavaliers
10
0
7
0
17
1
2
3
4
Total
Cavaliers
7
6
3
0
16
Yellow Jackets
6
3
0
0
9
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT 3OT 4OT
Total
Hurricanes
0
3
0
3 3 3 0 2
14
Cavaliers
0
0
3
3 3 3 0 0
12
No. 17 North Carolina [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 17 Tar Heels
3
7
14
7
31
Cavaliers
7
7
7
7
28
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
28
0
3
6
37
Cavaliers
0
0
7
0
7
Coastal Carolina (Canceled)[ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Chanticleers
0
Cavaliers
0
At Virginia Tech (Canceled)[ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Cavaliers
0
Hokies
0
^[a] The game between Coastal Carolina and Virginia was cancelled on November 16, 2022, following the 2022 University of Virginia shooting .[ 5]
^ Kolenich, Eric (November 13, 2022). "2 wounded, 3 dead in University of bus shooting; suspect in custody" . Richmond Times-Dispatch . Retrieved November 14, 2022 .
^ Schlabach, Mark (November 16, 2022). "Virginia shooting suspect aimed at people, witness says" . ESPN.com . Retrieved November 16, 2022 .
^ Alyssa Lukpat and Joanna Sugden (November 14, 2022). "Suspected UVA Student Gunman in Custody After Fatal Shooting of Three Football Players" . Wall Street Journal . Retrieved November 14, 2022 .
^ "University of Virginia football game cancelled this Saturday following deadly shooting" . WRIC ABC 8News . November 16, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022 .
^ a b Wang, Gene (November 16, 2022). "U-Va. football game vs. Coastal Carolina canceled after three players killed" . The Washington Post . Retrieved November 17, 2022 .
^ "UVA-Virginia Tech canceled in wake of shooting" . ESPN.com . November 22, 2022. Retrieved November 22, 2022 .
^ "UVA announces its football season is over, cancels final game against rival Virginia Tech" . Daily Press . Retrieved November 21, 2022 .
^ "2022 Virginia Football Schedule" . FBSchedules.com . Retrieved January 31, 2022 .
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