The 1987 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cavaliers were led by sixth-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 in second. Virginia was invited to the 1987 All-American Bowl in Birmingham, Alabama, where they defeated BYU.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	1:00 p.m.	at No. 20 Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA		L 22–30	75,126	[2]
September 12	12:05 p.m.	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)	JPS	L 19–21	35,550	[3]
September 19	1:00 p.m.	Virginia Tech*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)		W 14–13	44,300	[4]
September 26	7:00 p.m.	Duke	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 42–17	35,500	[5]
October 3	7:00 p.m.	VMI*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 30–0	23,500	[6]
October 10	12:00 p.m.	at No. 8 Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	JPS	L 21–38	79,963	[7]
October 17	1:30 p.m.	at South Carolina*	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC		L 10–58	67,638	[8]
October 24	7:00 p.m.	Wake Forest	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 35–21	32,500	[9]
November 7	12:05 p.m.	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	JPS	W 23–14	38,111	[10]
November 14	1:00 p.m.	North Carolina	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)		W 20–17	38,400	[11]
November 21	12:00 p.m.	at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC		W 34–31	35,200	[12]
December 22	8:00 p.m.	vs. BYU*	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (All-American Bowl)	Raycom	W 22–16	37,000	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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