2006 Virginia Cavaliers football team

2006 Virginia Cavaliers football

Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Coastal
2006 record	5–7 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach	Al Groh (6th year)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Groh (1st year)
Offensive scheme	West Coast
Defensive coordinator	Mike London (1st year)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Scott Stadium (Capacity: 61,500)
Uniform

2006 ACC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Atlantic Division
#18 Wake Forest x$		6	–	2		11	–	3
#20 Boston College		5	–	3		10	–	3
Maryland		5	–	3		9	–	4
Clemson		5	–	3		8	–	5
Florida State		3	–	5		7	–	6
NC State		2	–	6		3	–	9
Coastal Division
Georgia Tech x		7	–	1		9	–	5
#19 Virginia Tech		6	–	2		10	–	3
Virginia		4	–	4		5	–	7
Miami		3	–	5		7	–	6
North Carolina		2	–	6		3	–	9
Duke		0	–	8		0	–	12
Championship: Wake Forest 9, Georgia Tech 6
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Al Groh. They played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Preseason

Coming off an up and down season, the 2006 Virginia Cavaliers looked to continue their success while initiating a new starting quarterback.

The Cavaliers finished their season 5–7, 4–4 in the ACC:

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 PM	at Pittsburgh*	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ESPNU	L 13–38	46,758
September 9	3:30 PM	Wyoming*	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA		W 13–12 ^OT	60,429
September 16	3:30 PM	Western Michigan*	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ESPN360	L 10–17	59,679
September 21	7:30 PM	at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ESPN	L 7–24	51,081
September 30	12:00 PM	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	LFS	W 37–0	19,241
October 7	3:30 PM	at East Carolina*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	CSTV	L 21–31	35,541
October 14	3:30 PM	Maryland	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA (Rivalry)	ESPN360	L 26–28	59,367
October 19	7:30 PM	North Carolina	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)	ESPN	W 23–0	56,632
October 28	12:00 PM	NC State	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	LFS	W 14–7	55,730
November 4	12:00 PM	at Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	LFS	L 0–33	82,804
November 18	12:00 PM	Miami	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	LFS	W 17–7	54,552
November 25	12:00 PM	at No. 14 Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA (Commonwealth Cup)	LFS	L 0–17	66,233
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Position	Name
Head Coach:	Al Groh
Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line Coach:	Mike London
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach Recruiting Coordinator:	Mike Groh
Assistant Head Coach for Offense/Wide Receivers:	John Garrett
Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Backs Coach:	Steve Bernstein
Special Teams Coordinator/Linebackers Coach	Bob Diaco
Defensive Assistant Coach/Assistant Defensive Line Coach	Lervern Belin
Running Game Coordinator/Offensive Line Coach	Dave Borbely
Asst. Special Teams Coordinator/Running Backs Coach	Anthony Poindexter
Tight Ends Coach/Assistant Recruiting Coordinator	Bob Price
Graduate Assistant Offense	Kase Luzar
Graduate Assistant Defense	Rich Yahner
Head Strength Coach	Evan Marcus
Director of Football Video Operations	Luke Goldstein

Virginia Cavaliers football

Venues	Madison Hall Field (1888–1912) Lambeth Field (1913–30) Scott Stadium (1931–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Florida State (Jefferson–Eppes Trophy) Maryland North Carolina (South's Oldest Rivalry) Virginia Tech (Commonwealth Cup)

Culture & lore	CavMan "The Cavalier Song" "The Good Old Song" Cavalier Marching Band "Toe meets leather"

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders W. A. Lambeth

Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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