Never before in its long football history had Virginia beaten a top 10 team on the road.
The Cavaliers’ solid post-World War II teams couldn’t do it, nor could George Welsh’s consistent winners, nor could Bronco Mendenhall’s late-2010s outfits.
It was coach Tony Elliott’s 1–5 squad that shocked No. 10 North Carolina 31–27 Saturday evening to knock the Tar Heels from the ranks of the unbeaten.
