2007 Virginia Cavaliers football team explained
Year: | 2007 |
Team: | Virginia Cavaliers |
Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Division: | Coastal |
Short Conf: | ACC |
Record: | 9–4 |
Conf Record: | 6–2 |
Head Coach: | Al Groh |
Hc Year: | 7th |
Off Coach: | Mike Groh |
Oc Year: | 2nd |
Off Scheme: | West Coast |
Def Coach: | Mike London |
Dc Year: | 2nd |
Def Scheme: | 3–4 |
Stadium: | Scott Stadium (Capacity: 61,500) |
Bowl: | Gator Bowl |
Bowl Result: | L 28–31 vs. Texas Tech |
Uniform: | File:ACC-Uniform-UVA-2006-2007,2009.png |
The 2007 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was coach Al Groh. They played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Preseason
The Cavaliers and coach Al Groh face a pivotal season in 2007 as they attempt to overcome their losing record in 2006. While the defense made improvements under new coordinator Mike London, the offense struggled all season. In November 2006, Groh indicated that he was not ready to "anoint" Jameel Sewell, who started the final nine games of 2006, as the unquestioned quarterback for 2007.[1]
The Cavaliers were a young team in 2006, leading Groh to joke that the 2007 team was playing the 2006 season.[2] While Groh had frequently played true freshman in earlier seasons, sometime for very limited action, he redshirted the entire freshman class in 2006 except for defensive lineman Nate Collins. Several players from that class are expected to be contributors in 2007, in particular running back Keith Payne has generated excitement among fans. Several talented true freshmen, such as quarterback Peter Lalich, joined the team in 2007.[3]
Coaching staff
Players
Recruiting
The Virginia Cavalier 2007 recruiting class consisted of 24 signed players. The class is headlined by quarterback Peter Lalich, outside linebacker J'Courtney Williams and wide receiver Dontrelle Inman. Overall, the 2007 Virginia recruiting class was ranked #25 by rivals.com and #32 by scout.com.
Roster
Virginia's first official depth chart for the 2007 football season was announced August 28, prior to the Cavaliers' season opener against Wyoming on September 1. Click here to see depth charts for each individual game.
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Quarterbacks- 10 Jameel Sewell – Sophomore
- 7 Peter Lalich – Freshman
- 15 Scott Deke – Junior
- 1 Patch Duda – Freshman (RS)
- 6 Mark Verica – Freshman (RS)
- 13 Brendan Lane – Freshman
Tail backs
- 37 Cedric Peerman – Junior
- 5 Mikell Simpson – Sophomore
- 21 Andrew Pearman – Junior
- 27 Hall Simmons – Sophomore
- 28 William Webb – Freshman
- 32 Keith Payne – Freshman (RS)
- 36 Max Milien – Freshman
- 25 Rob Lewis -- Junior
- 44 Raynard Horne – Freshman (RS)
Wide receivers
- 22 Staton Jobe – Freshman (RS)
- 80 Maurice Covington – Junior
- 18 Kris Burd – Freshman
- 20 Kevin Ogletree – Junior
- 23 Dom Joseph – Freshman
- 23 Zach Mendez-Zfass – Freshman (RS)
- 26 Cary Koch – Junior
- 39 Chris Gorham – Senior
- 81 Dontrelle Inman – Freshman (RS)
- 84 Jared Green – Freshman
- 89 Chris Dalton – Freshman (RS)
Fullbacks
- 31 Rashawn Jackson – Sophomore
- 25 Josh Zidenberg – Senior
- 47 Curt Orshoski – Freshman
Tight ends
- 86 Tom Santi – Senior
- 82 Mark Ambrose – Freshman
- 83 Joe Torchia – Freshman (RS)
- 85 John Phillips – Junior
- 87 Andrew Devlin – Freshman
- 88 Jonathan Stupar – Senior
- 90 Crutcher Reiss – Sophomore
- 91 Andrew Dewey – Sophomore
- 92 Tony Konstant – Junior
| | Center- 63 Jordy Lipsey – Senior
- 64 Jack Shields – Freshman (RS)
Offensive guard
- 71 Branden Albert – Junior
- 77 Ian-Yates Cunningham – Senior
- 65 B.J. Cabbell – Freshman (RS)
- 74 Patrick Slebonick – Sophomore
- 78 Isaac Cain – Freshman (RS)
- 79 Gordie Sammis – Senior
Offensive tackle
- 61 Will Barker – Sophomore
- 75 Eugene Monroe – Junior
- 76 Zak Stair – Junior
Offensive linemen
- 62 Billy Cuffee – Freshman
- 67 Landon Bradley – Freshman
- 68 Anthony Mihota – Freshman
- 69 Lamar Milstead – Freshman
- 72 Dave Roberts – Freshman
Linebackers
- 51 Clint Sintim – Junior
- 54 Jon Copper – Junior
- 57 Jermaine Dias – Senior
- 58 Antonio Appleby – Junior
- 33 John Bivens LB – Freshman (RS)
- 41 Aaron Clark – Junior
- 42 Darnell Carter – Freshman (RS)
- 45 Denzel Burrell – Sophomore
- 46 J'Courtney Williams – Freshman
- 47 Daniel Childress – Freshman (RS)
- 49 Darren Childs – Sophomore
- 50 Terrence Fells-Danzer – Freshman
- 52 Aaron Taliaferro – Freshman
- 53 Bernie McKeever – Junior
- 55 Jared Detrick – Freshman
- 59 John-Kevin Dolce – Freshman (RS)
| | Cornerbacks- 4 Vic Hall – Sophomore
- 26 Chris Cook – Junior
- 1 Trey Womack – Freshman (RS)
- 19 Ras-I Dowling – Freshman
- 28 Mike Brown – Junior
- 32 Brandon Jarvis – Junior
- 43 Mike Parker – Freshman (RS)
Safeties
- 22 Byron Glaspy – Junior
- 30 Nate Lyles – Senior
- 17 Brandon Woods – Sophomore
- 27 Jamaal Jackson – Senior
- 29 Rico Bell – Freshman (RS)
- 34 Matt Leemhuis – Freshman (RS)
- 40 Corey Mosley – Freshman
Defensive backs
- 31 Chase Minnifield – Freshman
Defensive ends
- 91 Chris Long – Senior
- 95 Jeffrey Fitzgerald – Sophomore
- 72 John Roberts – Junior
- 74 Pete Bladel – Senior
- 90 Jason Fuller – Sophomore
- 93 Alex Field – Junior
- 99 Sean Gottschalk – Freshman (RS)
Defensive line
- 70 Matt Conrath – Freshman
- 92 Zane Parr – Freshman
- 96 Nick Jenkins – Freshman
Nose tackles
- 94 Allen Billyk – Senior
- 98 Nate Collins – Sophomore
Place Kickers
- 9 Chris Gould – Senior
- 11 Chris Hinkebein – Freshman
Punters
- 16 Ryan Weigand – Senior
- 4 John Thornton – Junior
Long Snappers
- 66 Danny Aiken – Freshman
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See also: American football positions and Glossary of American football.
Watch list
- Jameel Sewell[4]
- Chris Long[6]
- Tom Santi
Game summaries
Wyoming
With only 110 yards of total offense and just 7 yards on the ground, the Cavaliers were outmatched by a better-prepared Wyoming team.[17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]
Duke
Tight end Tom Santi scored two touchdowns and tailback Cedric Peerman ran for 137 yards with 1 touchdown. Quarterbacks Jameel Sewell and Peter Lalich platooned for 191 yards through the air and one touchdown.[23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28]
North Carolina
See also: 2007 North Carolina Tar Heels football team. Place kicker Chris Gould tied the school record held by Rafael Garcia (versus Virginia Tech, 1994) and Connor Hughes (versus Georgia Tech, 2003) by making five field goals and Cedric Peerman set a career-high in rushing for 186 yards and 1 touchdown on 30 carries. It represents the first road triumph since 2006's Sept. 30 victory at Duke and just the second since a Sept. 17, 2005, win at Syracuse.[29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34]
Georgia Tech
See also: 2007 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team. Virginia survived Georgia Tech erasing a 14-point deficit and hung on to win their third straight ACC game 28–23. Tailback Cedric Peerman ran for 138 yards and scored a touchdown while punter Ryan Weigand averaged 47.5 yards on 8 punts with a long of 58 to keep Georgia Tech's offense at bay. Two key turnovers, an interception and fumble led to Virginia touchdowns. Defensive end Chris Long anchored the Cavalier defense with nine tackles including one for loss as well as two batted balls, one returned for a touchdown by fellow lineman Jeffery Fitzgerald, and a game-saving sack on 4th down late in the 4th quarter. Virginia quarterbacks combined to go 20 for 35 with one interception and one touchdown.[35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40]
Pittsburgh
Virginia dominated the first quarter jumping out to a 27–0 lead. Pittsburgh's offense sputtered throughout the contest allowing the Cavaliers to take advantage of excellent field position. Jameel Sewell went 16 of 31 for 169 yards and three touchdowns while Cedric Peerman continued excelling on the ground with 87 yards on 24 carries.[41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49]
Middle Tennessee State
See also: 2007 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team. Place kicker Chris Gould kicked a 34 yard field goal with 8-seconds left to secure a last second victory. Virginia running backs combined for 151 yards on the ground while quarterback Jameel Sewell threw for 223 yards with an interception and a touchdown. Despite being huge underdogs, Middle Tennessee hung around the entire game and led by one late due to a blocked extra point. Virginia's decisive scoring drive started from their own 20 with less than two minutes to go and no time outs.[50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56]
Connecticut
See also: 2007 Connecticut Huskies football team. With a strong defensive effort, the Virginia Cavaliers held off the previously undefeated Connecticut Huskies 17-16. Despite a very poor outing from Jameel Sewell, the Cavs drove the length of the field with Chris Gould chipping in a 19 yard field goal to win the game. The win propelled Virginia to be ranked #24 in the Coaches Poll and #19 in the first BCS rankings for the first time in 3 years.[57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63]
Maryland
See also: 2007 Maryland Terrapins football team. In another last minute victory, tailback Mikell Simpson scored the game-winning touchdown with 16 seconds left. The play had to be reviewed by the officials due to the ball leaving Simpson's hands as he dove across the line, but the touchdown stood giving Virginia their seventh victory in a row. Defensive end Chris Long tackled Maryland quarterback Chris Turner in the end zone for a critical safety late in the third quarter bringing the Virginia deficit down to five.[64] [65] [66] [67] [68] [69] [70]
N.C. State
N.C. State quarterback Daniel Evans threw for 347 yards and 3 touchdowns while wide receiver Donal Bowens was on the receiving end of 202 of those yards. Despite a poor performance from the Virginia defense, the Virginia offense still scraped together 24 points on a streaky night by quarterback Jameel Sewell.[71] [72] [73] [74] [75] [76] [77]
Wake Forest
See also: 2007 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team. Virginia running back Mikell Simpson scored the go ahead touchdown with 2:18 left in the 4th quarter and Wake Forest kicker Sam Swank missed a 48 yard field goal with 2 seconds left sealing the Virginia victory. The Virginia defense was anchored by defensive end Chris Long who recorded 10 tackles and a sack. The win was Virginia's 5th win this season by two points or less breaking the NCAA record set by Columbia in 1971.[78] [79] [80] [81] [82] [83] [84]
Miami
See also: 2007 Miami Hurricanes football team. On an emotional night for the Miami Hurricanes as they played their last game in the historic Miami Orange Bowl, the Cavaliers dominated all facets of the game shutting out the home team 48-0. Quarterback Jameel Sewell completed 20 of 25 passes for 288 yards, threw for a touchdown and ran for one as well. Tailback Mikell Simpson contributed 93 yards and two one-yard touchdown carries. The Cavalier defense posted three interceptions, four sacks, two fumble recoveries, seven tackles for loss and a touchdown. The win set up a Thanksgiving match-up versus cross-state rival Virginia Tech playing for the Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division title and the chance to play in the 3rd Annual Atlantic Coast Conference Championship game.[85] [86] [87] [88] [89] [90] [91]
Virginia Tech
See also: 2007 Virginia Tech Hokies football team. In a game with a trip to the conference championship game on the line, the Cavaliers fell flat against their in-state rivals Virginia Tech. Poor clock management and poor defense allowed Virginia Tech to exploit Virginia en route to an easy 33–21 win.[92] [93] [94] [95] [96] [97] [98]
Gator Bowl – Texas Tech
See main article: 2008 Gator Bowl.
See also: 2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team.
Statistics
Team
| Team | Opp |
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Scoring | 317 | 256 | Points per Game | 24.4 | 19.7 | First Downs | 249 | 228 | Rushing | 109 | 79 | Passing | 125 | 136 | Penalty | 15 | 13 | Total Offense | 4295 | 4322 | Avg per Play | 4.7 | 4.7 | Avg per Game | 330.4 | 332.5 | Fumbles-Lost | 25–10 | 21–11 | Penalties-Yards | 62–532 | 84–646 | Avg per Game | 40.9 | 49.7 | |
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Punts-Yards | 81–3313 | 72–3064 | Avg per Punt | 40.9 | 42.6 | Time of Possession/Game | 29:39 | 30:21 | 3rd Down Conversions | 83/203 | 73/209 | 4th Down Conversions | 8/14 | 16/28 | Touchdowns Scored | 38 | 27 | Field Goals-Attempts-Long | 16–20– | 22–30 | PAT-Attempts | 35–37 | 24–24 | Attendance | 358,944 | 283,077 | Games/Avg per Game | 6/59,824 | 6/47,180 | |
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Scores by quarter
Offense
Rushing
Name | GP-GS | Att | Gain | Loss | Net | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
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Cedric Peerman | 6–6 | 113 | 620 | 35 | 585 | 5.2 | 5 | 58 | 97.5 |
Mikell Simpson | 13– | 113 | 605 | 35 | 570 | 5.0 | 8 | 96 | 43.8 |
Jameel Sewell | 13– | 126 | 485 | 206 | 279 | 2.2 | 4 | 18 | 21.5 |
Keith Payne | 10– | 58 | 235 | 16 | 219 | 3.8 | 2 | 17 | 21.9 |
Andrew Pearman | 12– | 37 | 152 | 8 | 144 | 3.9 | 2 | 21 | 12.0 |
Rashawn Jackson | 11– | 20 | 75 | 3 | 72 | 3.6 | 0 | 12 | 6.5 |
Chris Gorham | 11– | 2 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 8 | 1.3 |
Vic Hall | 13– | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 4 | 0.3 |
Branden Albert | 13– | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.2 |
Josh Zidenberg | 13– | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Peter Lalich | 8– | 9 | 0 | 60 | -60 | -6.7 | 0 | 0 | -7.5 |
TEAM | 13–13 | 9 | 0 | 66 | -66 | -7.3 | 0 | 0 | -5.1 |
Total | 13–13 | 490 | 2192 | 429 | 1763 | 3.6 | 22 | 96 | 135.6 |
Opponents | 13–13 | 472 | 1801 | 411 | 1390 | 2.9 | 9 | 49 | 106.9 | |
Passing
Name | GP-GS | Effic | Att-Cmp-Int | Pct | Yds | TD | Lng | Avg/G |
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Jameel Sewell | 13–13 | 114.94 | 364–214–9 | 58.8 | 2176 | 12 | 45 | 167.4 |
Peter Lalich | 8–0 | 109.12 | 61–35–1 | 57.4 | 321 | 2 | 31 | 40.1 |
TEAM | 13–13 | 0.00 | 2–2–0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Vic Hall | 13–13 | 394.00 | 1–1–0 | 100.0 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 2.7 |
Total | 13–13 | 114.23 | 428–250–10 | 58.4 | 2532 | 14 | 45 | 194.8 |
Opponents | 13–13 | 120.95 | 452–263–11 | 58.2 | 2932 | 18 | 56 | 225.5 | |
Receiving
Name | GP-GS | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
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Mikell Simpson | 13– | 43 | 402 | 9.3 | 2 | 30 | 30.9 |
Jonathan Stupar | 13– | 40 | 359 | 9.0 | 2 | 23 | 27.6 |
Tom Santi | 12– | 36 | 418 | 11.6 | 3 | 45 | 34.8 |
Maurice Covington | 9– | 21 | 269 | 12.8 | 2 | 39 | 29.9 |
John Phillips | 13– | 17 | 193 | 11.4 | 2 | 30 | 14.8 |
Dontrelle Inman | 13– | 17 | 181 | 10.6 | 0 | 31 | 13.9 |
Staton Jobe | 13– | 17 | 163 | 9.6 | 1 | 26 | 12.5 |
Andrew Pearman | 12– | 13 | 99 | 7.6 | 0 | 19 | 8.2 |
Cedric Peerman | 6– | 12 | 99 | 8.2 | 0 | 25 | 16.5 |
Cary Koch | 10– | 9 | 97 | 10.8 | 1 | 15 | 9.7 |
Chris Gorham | 11– | 8 | 123 | 15.4 | 0 | 35 | 11.2 |
Rashawn Jackson | 11– | 8 | 46 | 5.8 | 1 | 15 | 4.2 |
Keith Payne | 10– | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 0 | 16 | 4.5 |
Josh Zidenberg | 13– | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | 17 | 2.9 |
Total | 13–13 | 250 | 2532 | 10.1 | 14 | 45 | 194.8 |
Opponents | 13–13 | 263 | 2932 | 11.1 | 18 | 56 | 225.5 | |
Defense
Name | GP | Tackles | Sacks | Pass Defense | Fumbles | Blkd Kick | Saf |
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Solo | Ast | Total | TFL-Yds | No-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | QBH | Rcv-Yds | FF |
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--------Tackles-------- | | -Sacks- | | ---Pass Def--- | | -Fumbles- | Blkd --> |
54 Jon Copper | 13 | 56 | 53 | 109 | 9.0-32 | 3.0-24 | 2-7 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | . |
91 Chris Long | 13 | 36 | 43 | 79 | 19.0-132 | 14.0-122 | 1-25 | 9 | 23 | . | 2 | 1 | . |
51 Clint Sintim | 13 | 44 | 33 | 77 | 9.0-48 | 9.0-48 | . | . | 17 | . | 2 | . | . |
95 J. Fitzgerald | 13 | 33 | 40 | 73 | 11.5-39 | 7.0-31 | 2-25 | 4 | 15 | 1-0 | 2 | . | . |
22 Byron Glaspy | 13 | 41 | 30 | 71 | 2.0-5 | . | 1-29 | 4 | . | 1-0 | . | . | . |
30 Nate Lyles | 13 | 39 | 29 | 68 | 4.5-14 | 1.0-9 | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
58 Antonio Appleby | 13 | 24 | 36 | 60 | 5.0-18 | 2.5-13 | . | 6 | 1 | 1-0 | . | . | . |
4 Vic Hall | 13 | 33 | 25 | 58 | . | . | 1-3 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . |
57 Jermaine Dias | 12 | 31 | 23 | 54 | 1.5-3 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . |
19 Ras-I Dowling | 12 | 30 | 14 | 44 | . | . | 2-17 | 9 | . | . | 2 | . | . |
26 Chris Cook | 9 | 25 | 14 | 39 | 1.0-2 | . | 1-25 | 6 | 1 | 1-44 | . | . | . |
27 Jamaal Jackson | 13 | 22 | 17 | 39 | . | . | 1-3 | 4 | . | 1-0 | . | . | . |
94 Allen Billyk | 13 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 2.5-5 | 1.0-3 | . | 1 | 6 | . | . | . | . |
98 Nate Collins | 13 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 4.5-22 | 2.0-20 | . | . | 1 | 1-0 | . | . | . |
43 Mike Parker | 13 | 19 | 7 | 26 | . | . | . | 4 | . | 2-0 | . | . | . |
25 Josh Zidenberg | 13 | 11 | 5 | 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
45 Denzel Burrell | 13 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 1.0-3 | 1.0-3 | . | 1 | . | 1-0 | . | . | . |
1 Trey Womack | 12 | 7 | 5 | 12 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1-0 | . | . | . |
93 Alex Field | 13 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2.5-12 | 1.5-10 | . | . | 1 | 1-0 | . | . | . |
41 Aaron Clark | 13 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1.0-8 | 1.0-8 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
17 Brandon Woods | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
66 Danny Aiken | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
85 John Phillips | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
86 Tom Santi | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
99 Sean Gottschalk | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
9 Chris Gould | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
33 John Bivens | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
55 Jared Detrick | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
16 Ryan Weigand | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
49 Darren Childs | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
53 Bernie McKeever | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
75 Eugene Monroe | 11 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
34 Matt Leemhuis | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
42 Darnell Carter | 6 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
32 Keith Payne | 10 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
TM TEAM | 13 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 |
83 Joe Torchia | 12 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
29 Rico Bell | 7 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
10 Jameel Sewell | 13 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
88 Jonathan Stupar | 13 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
77 I-Y Cunningham | 13 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
39 Chris Gorham | 11 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Total.......... | 13 | 520 | 456 | 976 | 74-343 | 43-291 | 11-134 | 56 | 72 | 11-44 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
Opponents...... | 13 | 542 | 393 | 935 | 93-351 | 33-212 | 10-148 | 44 | 7 | 9-0 | 16 | 5 | 1 | |
Special teams
Name | Punting | Kickoffs |
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No. | Yds | Avg | Long | TB | FC | I20 | Blkd | No. | Yds | Avg | TB | OB | Retn | Net | YdLn |
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Ryan Weigand | 52 | 2352 | 45.2 | 61 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chris Gould | 26 | 949 | 36.5 | 51 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 65 | 4197 | 64.6 | 7 | 1 | . | . | . |
TEAM | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Total.......... | 81 | 3313 | 40.9 | 61 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 65 | 4197 | 64.6 | 7 | 1 | 1185 | 44.2 | 25 |
Opponents...... | 72 | 3064 | 42.6 | 64 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 1 | 63 | 3949 | 62.7 | 10 | 0 | 1048 | 42.9 | 27 | |
Name | Punt Returns | Kick Returns |
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No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
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Vic Hall | 23 | 230 | 10.0 | 0 | 67 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 19 |
Andrew Pearman | 4 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 608 | 21.0 | 0 | 67 |
Josh Zidenberg | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 250 | 22.7 | 0 | 55 |
Cedric Peerman | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 0 | 32 |
Mikell Simpson | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | 23 |
Darnell Carter | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Torchia | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 |
TEAM | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Total.......... | 28 | 252 | 9.0 | 0 | 67 | 53 | 1048 | 19.8 | 0 | 67 |
Opponents...... | 42 | 391 | 9.3 | 0 | 43 | 56 | 1185 | 21.2 | 0 | 37 | |
After the season
Awards
- Al Groh
- Chris Long
- Unanimous All-American[101]
- CBSSports.com First-Team All-America
- Rivals.com First-Team All-America
- Ted Hendricks Award winner as the nation's top defensive end
- First-Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference
- Dudley Award winner as the top collegiate player in the state of Virginia
- Richmond Touchdown Club Defensive Lineman of the Year
- ACC Defensive Player of the Year[105] [106]
- Branden Albert
- Tom Santi
- ACC James E. Tatum Award (top senior student-athlete)[107]
Notes and References
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- Web site: Much Anticipated 2007 Season Arrives for the Cavaliers. Featherston. Al. theACC.com. September 20, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071028041738/http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-footbl/07daysva.html. October 28, 2007. dead. mdy-all.
- Web site: 2007 Preview: Virginia. https://archive.today/20120712232436/http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/7002946?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=24. dead. July 12, 2012. Fiutak. Pete. Fox Sports. August 9, 2007. October 8, 2007.
- Web site: Jameel Sewell Named to Davey O'Brien Watch List. https://web.archive.org/web/20110524205506/http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/082207aaz.html. dead. May 24, 2011. September 23, 2007. August 22, 2007. CSTV Networks, Inc..
- 2007 Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award Watch List . Davey O'Brien Foundation . August 21, 2007 . September 23, 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080113140827/http://www.daveyobrien.com/Pages/PressRelease-07_WatchList.htm . January 13, 2008 .
- Best of the Best: Defensive Ends . Fantasy Insider Online, LLC. . July 22, 2007 . September 23, 2007 . usurped.
- October 11, 2007 . SI.com's Midseason All-Americas . https://web.archive.org/web/20071019035301/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/ncaa/midseason.all.americans/index.html . October 19, 2007 . October 15, 2007 . Sports Illustrated.
- Web site: 2007 Midseason Report & All-Americans. CollegeFootballNews.com. October 17, 2007. October 17, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071019010925/http://cfn.scout.com/2/691569.html. October 19, 2007. dead. mdy-all.
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- Web site: Al Groh Selected ACC Coach of the Year. November 29, 2007. November 27, 2007. VirginiaSports.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20110725220714/http://www.virginiasports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17800&ATCLID=1327514. July 25, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
- News: Groh Top Coach in ACC. Jeff. White. Richmond Times Dispatch. November 28, 2007. November 29, 2007.
- NCAA recognizes five All-America teams: The Associated Press, The American Football Coaches Association, The Sporting News, The Walter Camp Football Foundation and the Football Writers of America Association.
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