The 1988 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cavaliers were led by seventh-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.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	7:00 p.m.	William & Mary*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 31–23	32,000	[1]
September 10	7:00 p.m.	No. 18 Penn State*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		L 14–42	45,000	[2]
September 17	12:00 p.m.	Georgia Tech	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	JPS	W 17–16	24,800	[3]
September 24	12:00 p.m.	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	JPS	L 34–38	20,200	[4]
October 8	1:00 p.m.	No. 11 Clemson	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		L 7–10	42,000	[5]
October 15	4:00 p.m.	at Louisville*	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY		L 28–30	30,142	[6]
October 22	12:00 p.m.	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	JPS	W 34–14	21,300	[7]
October 29	1:00 p.m.	at Virginia Tech*	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)		W 16–10	50,329	[8]
November 5	1:00 p.m.	NC State	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 19–14	31,600	[9]
November 12	2:00 p.m.	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)		W 27–24	45,000	[10]
November 19	12:00 p.m.	Maryland	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	JPS	W 24–23	30,600	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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