page_title: Virginia Cavaliers football
section_title: Bowl games
hierarchical_section_title: Virginia Cavaliers football / Bowl games
caption_attribution_description: The Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. as seen from the flight deck of a C-17 Globemaster III. Aircrew members from each flying squadron in the the 315th Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB, S.C., flew a fly-by in a for the Carolina Panthers’ season opener on Sept. 10, 2006. (Photo by Capt. Wayne Capps, USAFR)
context_page_description: The Virginia Cavaliers football team represents the University of Virginia in the sport of American football. Established in 1888, Virginia plays its home games at Scott Stadium, capacity 61,500, featured prominently at the center of its campus near the Academical Village. UVA played an outsized role in the shaping of the modern game's ethics and eligibility rules as well as its safety rules, after a Georgia fullback died fighting the tide of a lopsided Virginia victory in 1897.
  Quickly asserting itself as the South's first great program with 28 straight winning seasons from its first in 1888, Virginia football claimed 12 southern championships and was the first program outside the Northeast to defeat perennial power Yale, on the first attempt in 1915. During those early days, Virginia established long-lasting rivalries that still continue on: particularly the South's Oldest Rivalry with North Carolina and a heated rivalry with VPI. Virginia has also played William & Mary annually or biennially for extended stretches since 1908.
context_section_description: Virginia has been invited to the Gator, Peach, Citrus, Sugar, and Orange Bowls, among others. The Cavaliers' most recent bowl appearance was in the 2019 Orange Bowl against the Florida Gators. The program's all-time bowl record is 8–13 through the 2019 season. The team has appeared in four consecutive bowl games twice in its history, in 1994–1996 and 2002–2005. Virginia is the winningest team in Belk Bowl history with a 3–0 record after its victories in 2002, 2003, and 2018. Virginia also holds the record for largest margin of victory in that bowl after its 28–0 shutout victory over South Carolina at Bank of America Stadium in 2018.
caption: Virginia holds a 3–0 record at the Belk Bowl, played at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte.
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