The 1983 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cavaliers were led by second-year head coach George Welsh and played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing tied for fourth.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	7:00 p.m.	Duke	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 38–30	28,947	[3]
September 10	7:00 p.m.	Navy*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 27–16	33,847	[4]
September 17	7:00 p.m.	James Madison*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 21–14	31,984	[5]
September 24	12:35 p.m.	at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ABC	W 26–14	44,800	[6]
October 1	1:30 p.m.	at No. 19 Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)		L 3–23	40,200	[7]
October 8	1:00 p.m.	at Clemson*A	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC		L 21–42	78,500	[8]
October 15	7:00 p.m.	VMI*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 38–10	30,389	[9]
October 22	1:00 p.m.	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		L 34–38	17,500	[10]
November 3	8:00 p.m.	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	TBS	L 27–31	22,032	[11]
November 12	1:30 p.m.	No. 19 North Carolina	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)		W 17–14	42,933	[12]
November 19	1:00 p.m.	Virginia Tech*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)		L 0–48	44,572	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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A.^ Clemson was under NCAA probation, and was ineligible for the ACC title. Therefore this game did not count in the league standings.^[2]