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this month in uva history ACC championship campaign with a 4-0 win over East Carolina at home. The Wahoos finished the year 17-3-2 and topped No. 1 North Carolina in the conference championship contest on penalty kicks. ◆ Aug. 30, 2008 — The largest crowd ever at Scott Stadium (64,947) was recorded in the Cavaliers' season opener against Southern California. The Trojans won, 52-7. ACC championship campaign with an 18-17 loss at Michigan in the Pigskin Classic. George Welsh's squad finished the year 9-4 (7-1 ACC) en route to sharing the ACC crown, winning the Peach Bowl and finishing No. 16 in the final Associated Press poll. ◆ Aug. 27, 2004 — The women's soccer team began their only ◆ Aug. 26, 1995 — Virginia football kicked off its most recent notable numbers season All-ACC first team — offensive tackle Morgan Moses and linebacker Steve Greer. Moses was also named to the magazine's All-America fourth team. .718 2 9 18 34 67 Despite a school-record crowd, UVa was unable to bring down USC in 2008. PHOTO BY ANDREW SHURTLEFF Virginia football players were named to Phil Steele's 2012 Pre- last year — eight opponents played in bowl games, while Miami self-imposed a bowl ban due to an NCAA investigation. Teams on the Wahoos' 2012 sched- ule who were postseason eligible group in the nation. Steele ranks the Cavaliers' of- fensive line as the 18th-best No. 34 team in the country, heading into the 2012 campaign. The magazine picked the Cavs to finish second in the Coastal Division. and 21 touchdowns scored, by the Cavs' top three running backs — Perry Jones, Kevin Parks and Clifton Richardson — last year. 2,584 CAVALIER CORNER ◆ AUGUST 2012 ◆ 17 Yards gained from scrimmage, the class of 2010 by Rivals.com. Sims, the No. 2 pro-style quarterback in the rank- ings, will be eligible to play this year after the NCAA granted his waiver request. Overall rank of Alabama trans- fer quarterback Phillip Sims in Lindy's College Football Pre- view ranked Virginia as the 11) of the three Football Bowl Subdivi- sion non-conference opponents for the Cavaliers, the best of any ACC program. Is the combined win- ning percentage (28-