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UVA Football: Herman Moore to be honored for pending Hall of Fame induction

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Herman Moore. Photo: UVA Athletics

UVA Athletics will honor 2026 College Football Hall of Fame electee Herman Moore during Saturday’s UVA Football game with Syracuse.

Moore, a consensus first-team All-American in 1990, finished sixth in the Heisman Trophy voting that year as he and QB Shawn Moore led Virginia to a #1 national ranking for three weeks in October and November.

Moore will be the sixth Virginia player inducted into the College Hall of Fame, joining:

  • Bill Dudley (1939-1941)
  • Joe Palumbo (1949-1951)
  • Tom Scott (1950-1952)
  • Jim Dombrowski (1982-1985)
  • Anthony Poindexter (1995-1998)

Hall of Fame coaches who headed the University of Virginia program include

  • Frank Murray
  • Greasy Neale
  • George Sanford
  • George Welsh

The 2026 College Football Hall of Fame class will be inducted on Dec. 8.

 

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