The 2017 season's largest margin: Virginia 38, UConn 18. A 20-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The Correction
2017 is a losing-side chapter for Virginia. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Kurt BenkertQB3,207 passing yards
- Jordan Ellis?836 rushing yards
- Olamide ZaccheausWR895 receiving yards
- Andre LevroneWR689 receiving yards
- Doni DowlingWR647 receiving yards
- Micah KiserILB143 tackles
- Quin Blanding?136 tackles
- Jordan MackLB114 tackles
- Chris PeaceOLB7.5 sacks
- Andrew BrownDE3.5 sacks
- Malcolm CookILB2 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: Virginia 7, Navy 49. A 42-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Virginia fell to Navy 7-49 in the postseason.
"Wahoowa"
2017 sits in Virginia's crisis ledger. The program does not moralise it. The next season begins the day this one ended and the crisis chapter closes when the ledger does.