🏈 Virginia Wins The TaxSlayer Gator Bowl!

🔼 History For The Hoos! A month after hoisting the Commonwealth Cup in the jubilant home locker room at Scott Stadium, Virginia head football coach Tony Elliott lifted another prize in triumph late Saturday night: the trophy awarded to the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl champion.

In its first bowl appearance since 2019, No. 20 UVA defeated No. 25 Missouri 13-7 at EverBank Stadium, home of the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars. In doing so, the Cavaliers made history.

“Welcome to the 11-win club,” Elliott told his players. “That’s history. That’s legacy, and it’s not easy to leave a legacy.”

The 11 victories are the most ever by a UVA team. Only twice have the Wahoos reached the 10-win mark: in 1989 and then this season, their fourth under Elliott. Not bad for a group that, in the media’s preseason poll, was picked to finish 14th out of the ACC’s 17 teams.

🏈 RECAP: Hoos Cap Record-Setting Season With Gator Bowl Win
📱 SOCIAL: Virginia Football wins the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
🎥 HIGHLIGHTS: Virginia Football vs. Missouri
📸 PHOTOS: Virginia Football vs. Missouri
🎤 POSTGAME: Press Conference

🔼 One For The Record Books! For the University of Virginia football team, the 2025 season started with a 48-7 rout over Coastal Carolina at Scott Stadium. That ranked as the most one-sided victory of Tony Elliott’s tenure as UVA’s head coach, but he knew bigger battles lay ahead for his team. He kept the win in perspective.

“All we did was go 1-0,” Elliott told his players. “The objective every week is to go 1-0. But now you know what you’re capable of.”

The Wahoos would meet that objective 10 more times in their fourth season under Elliott. UVA’s historic campaign ended late Saturday night with a win in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, and in the locker room afterward Elliott acknowledged the magnitude of the team’s accomplishment.

“I don’t think you guys realize just how special this season is,” Elliott said after No. 20 Virginia defeated No. 25 Missouri 13-7 at EverBank Stadium.

📰 FEATURE: Hoos Celebrate Happy Ending to Historic Season

Today’s Trivia Question: How many of Chandler Morris’ 10 third-down pass attempts did he complete in the Gator Bowl?

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📅 UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Monday, December 29
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. SMU @ 7 p.m.

Wednesday, December 31
🏀 Men’s Basketball at Virginia Tech @ 2 p.m.

Thursday, January 1
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Clemson @ 7 p.m.

Saturday, January 3
🤼 Wrestling at Southern Scuffle (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
🏀 Men’s Basketball at NC State @ 11 a.m.

Sunday, January 4
🤼 Wrestling at Southern Scuffle (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
🏀 Women’s Basketball at Florida State @ 2 p.m.

Trivia Answer: All 10!

⚔️ Happy New Year, y’all!