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Cavaliers are Orange Bowl bound

UVA will take on Florida December 30th. The 9-4 Cavs will be making their first appearance at the bowl game.
Credit: UVA Athletics

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The Virginia football team has accepted an invitation to play Florida from the Southeastern Conference in the 2019 Capital One Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, FL. The game is scheduled to kick off on Monday, Dec. 30 at 8 p.m. and will be televised nationally by ESPN.
 
The game will mark Virginia's first appearance in the Orange Bowl. The Cavaliers are 9-4 overall and the ACC Coastal Division champion. The Orange Bowl will mark UVA's 21st bowl appearance and third consecutive under fourth-year head coach Bronco Mendenhall. Florida is 10-2 and finished second in the SEC's East Division.
 
Virginia and Florida have only met one previous time when the Cavaliers visited then-No. 19 Florida one Oct. 3, 1959 at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. The Gators were victorious, 55-10.
 
The Orange Bowl will mark the fourth bowl game Virginia will play at Hard Rock Stadium. The Cavaliers also played in two Carquest Bowls (1994, 1996) and one MicronPC Bowl (1999) at the venue.
 
"We are excited to welcome the University of Virginia to the 86th Capital One Orange Bowl and a great matchup with Florida," said Orange Bowl president and chair José Romano. "Congratulation to Coach Mendenhall and the entire Virginia football on an outstanding season. Virginia is one of four ACC teams to have never played in our game, and we are looking forward to providing them with the world-class bowl experience that the Capital One Orange Bowl is known for."

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