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Virginia Football vs. North Carolina Sc
Virginia Football vs. North Carolina Sc
The Virginia Cavaliers (3-5, 1-4 ACC) host the North Carolina Tar Heels (7-1, 4-0 ACC) in the 127th edition of the South's Oldest Rivalry on Saturday at Scott Stadium. UNC looks to strengthen its grip on the ACC Coastal while UVA hopes to avoid suffering its fifth ACC lo s in the last six games.Follow along with score updates and live analysis for North Carolina at Virginia. This article will be updated after each drive.
Miles Killebrew Jersey Most recent updates will be at the top of the page.Click here to read a full recap of the game:Scoring Summary1Q 10:48 - 4-yard touchdown run by Brennan Armstrong. UVA leads 7-0.1Q 6:32 - 35-yard field goal by Noah Burnette. UVA leads 7-3.2Q 6:47 - 5-yard touchdown run by Drake Maye. UNC leads 10-7.2Q 2:04 - 3-yard touchdown run by Xavier Brown. UVA leads 14-10.3Q 12:05 - 4-yard touchdown run by Elijah Green. UNC leads 17-14.3Q 7:49 - 1-yard touchdown run by Ronnie Walker Jr. UVA leads 21-17.3Q 4:13 - 19-yard touchdown reception by Josh Downs. UNC leads 24-21.4Q 13:19 - 22-yard touchdown reception by Elijah Green. UNC leads 31-21.4Q 3:24 - 8-yard touchdown run by Brennan Armstrong. UNC leads 31-28.North Carolina Drive - 3:24 4QWith no timeouts remaining (thank you special teams), Virginia tries an onside kick but the Cavaliers are called for offsides and UNC recovered the kick easily anyway. Elijah Green carries for five yards and three yards. On 3rd and 2, Maye throws to Downs, who makes a diving catch for the
Anthony Miller Jersey first down and that should just about do it with le s than two minutes to play. A few UVA defensive penalties help UNC kill the rest of the clock and North Carolina escapes Charlottesville with a 31-28 victory over Virginia.Virginia Drive - 4:23 4QArmstrong connects with Sackett Wood for 11 yards and a first down. Two plays later, Armstrong throws a deep ball down right sideline to Demick Starling, who makes the catch for a 40-yard gain to the UNC 20-yard line. A pair of incompletions brings up 3rd and 10, but UVA converts as Armstrong finds Billy Kemp for 12 yards and a fresh set of downs. The offensive line gives Armstrong plenty of time to throw but no one is open, so Armstrong scrambles to his left and bowls his way into the end zone, absorbing a hit from multiple UNC defenders to get acro s the goal line. No quit in Armstrong, who takes the Cavaliers 71 yards in 59 seconds for the score. Virginia cuts the deficit to 31-28 with 3:24 to go.Scoring Drive: 7 plays, 71 yards, 0:59 | 8-yard touchdown run by Brennan ArmstrongNorth Carolina Drive - 5:54 4QUNC takes over inside the UVA 40-yard line, but the Virginia defense makes the critical stop to just barely keep the Cavaliers in it. Maye throws an incompletion and then Elijah Green gets three-consecutive carries but is unable to gain the nece sary yardage. On 4th down, Green is tackled short of the marker by Nick Jackson, as the Tar Heels turn the ball over on downs.Virginia Drive - 7:35 4QAfter a false start, Armstrong connects with Sean Wilson on the left sideline for 13 yards and a first down. Armstrong can't connect with Xavier Brown on first down and then Hollins is tackled for no gain on second down. Armstrong tries to find Sean Wilson on third down but the play is well-covered by Storm Duck and UVA is forced to punt again. For the second-straight drive, Virginia calls a timeout while in punt formation. Josh Downs breaks several tackles and takes it 37 yards on his return before Daniel Sparks makes the touchdown-saving tackle.North Carolina Drive - 11:18 4QElijah Green gets the carry on four-consecutive downs. The first goes for seven yards and the second goes for two to set up 3rd and 1. Nick Jackson and Olasunkonmi Agunloye combine to stop Green for no gain to bring up 4th down, but Green gets the carry yet again and this time he darts ahead for three yards to keep the drive alive
Minkah Fitzpatrick Jersey . The Virginia defense comes up with a much-needed stop after that, as Maye throws an incompletion and is then sacked on second down by James Jackson. Antoine Green breaks a few tackles on 3rd down but is still brought down five yards shy of the marker and UNC punts it away. Virginia will get the ball back with seven and a half minutes to play trailing by ten.Virginia Drive - 13:13 4QVirginia is called for a holding penalty on the first play of the drive. Armstrong
Steven Sims Jersey targets Billy Kemp on a slant, but the ball is punched out of Kemp's hands before he can secure the catch. Armstrong has nowhere to throw on third down and tries to scramble for the yardage, but is tackled two yards shy of the first down marker. Virginia goes three-and-out for the first time today.To make matters worse, UVA has to burn a timeout before punting the ball away.North Carolina Drive - 3:04 3QMaye connects with Downs for 9 yards, then Elijah Green moves the chains with a 4-yard run. Maye finds Antoine Green on the next play for 15 yards out to midfield. We have seen UNC get hot offensively in the second half this season we are starting to see that happen again. UVA makes a pair of nice stops on Green's rushing attempts to bring up 3rd and 5, but UNC is able to convert as Maye completes a short pa s to D.J. Jones, who runs behind some blockers for 14 yards and a first down. The 3rd quarter ends with UNC driving at the UVA 33-yard line. Drake Maye tries to QB sneak on 3rd and one but is stopped short by Jahmeer Carter and Aaron Faumui.UNC stays on the field for 4th down and Elijah Green bounces it outside for a 2-yard gain to move the chains. On the next play, Maye connects with Elijah Green, who breaks a tackle and sprints down the right sideline for a 22-yard touchdown. North Carolina builds a 31-21 lead.Scoring Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards, 4:45 | Result: 22-yard touchdown reception by Elijah GreenVirginia Drive - 4:13 3QMike Hollins gets the carry on first and second down, gaining 8 yards and then 5 yards to move the chains. Armstrong has his pa s to Billy Kemp broken up and then his second-down pa s goes off the hands of a diving Sean Wilson, who is unable to hang onto what would've been a great catch. On 3rd down, UVA has two receivers run to the same spot and Armstrong's pa s is batted down by Storm Duck before it gets to Billy Kemp. UVA punts.North Carolina Drive - 7:49 3QScroll to ContinueDrake Maye continues to have succe s using his legs, scrambling for 21 yards out to midfield on the first play of the drive. Nick Jackson gets good pre sure on Maye and forces an incompletion to bring up 3rd and 7. UNC converts as Maye throws a bubble screen to Josh Downs, who runs for 15 yards and
Pittsburgh Steelers Jackets a first down. Maye goes back to Downs on the next play on a slant pattern for 11 yards. After a 6-yard run by Green, Olasunkonmi Agunloye gets to Maye in the backfield for a 4-yard sack. On 3rd and 8, Maye throws a beautiful ball to Josh Downs in the back corner o