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Scheduling Change Announced for Virginia Football Game at Maryland

The renewal of the old gridiron ACC rivalry between the Cavaliers and Terrapins will now be played on a Friday in College Park

Matt Newton

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Virginia and Maryland announced a slight scheduling change for their football game, which was originally scheduled to be played on Saturday, September 16th. Instead, UVA will now play at Maryland on Friday, September 15th at SECU Stadium in College Park, Maryland. The kickoff time has not been revealed yet, but as the game will be played on a Friday, it is expected that it will be an evening/night game. 

Virginia and Maryland will face each other for the 79th time, but this will be the first meeting between these old ACC rivals since 2013, when the Terrapins joined the Big Ten. Maryland holds a 44-32-2 advantage over UVA in the all-time series. There will be a return game in the 2024 season between the Cavaliers and Terrapins on Saturday, September 14th, 2024 at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville. 

Virginia will now have three non-Saturday games on its 2023 football schedule, including back-to-back Friday games. The Cavaliers will play at Maryland on Friday, September 15th and will host NC State on the following Friday, September 22nd. UVA will also visit Louisville on Thursday, November 9th. 

Virginia's non-conference schedule this season:

September 2nd vs. Tennessee (Nashville)
September 9th vs. James Madison
September 15th at Maryland
October 7th vs. William & Mary

Virginia's ACC schedule for this season: 

September 22nd vs. NC State
September 30th at Boston College
October 21st at North Carolina
October 28th at Miami
November 4th vs. Georgia Tech
November 9th at Louisville
November 18th vs. Duke
November 25th vs. Virginia Tech

The kickoff time and TV designations for the Virginia-Maryland game will be announced later this spring. 

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MATT NEWTON

Matt launched Virginia Cavaliers On SI in August of 2021 and has since served as the site's publisher and managing editor, covering all 23 NCAA Division I sports teams at the University of Virginia. He is from Downingtown, Pennsylvania and graduated from UVA in May of 2021.

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