Tale of the Tape: Virginia vs. Virginia Tech

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Posted on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018, 4:55 pm

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The Virginia football team will try to put an end to the 14-year drought against in-state arch rival Virginia Tech Friday afternoon in the Battle for the Commonwealth Cup at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, where the Hokies (4-6, 3-4 ACC) have lost four straight games.

The Cavaliers (7-4, 4-3) haven’t won in Blacksburg since 1998, and can end those two streaks as well as Tech’s 25-straight bowl appearance streak (which leads the nation) with a victory. In addition, the ‘Hoos could quite possibly swing the in-state recruiting battle in their favor as well.

Tech has dropped four games in a row overall, and five of its last six. UVA has already clinched bowl eligibility for a second straight season and nothing more needs to be said – Black Friday is almost here and both teams will be rearing to go, and you can throw out the records.

The 100th meeting between the ‘Hoos and the Hokies kicks off at 3:30 p.m. on ABC.











 Friday, November 23, 2018Lane Stadium, 3:30
p.m.          TV- ABC		Weather Forecast: Bleak,
partly cloudy with highs in the 30s		 
 VIRGINIAVSVA. TECH 
 Lost last meeting, 10-0, in
2017		 Leads all-time series,
57-37-5		 
 7-4OVERALL W-L4-6 
 4-3CONFERENCE W-L3-4 
 L 30-27 (OT) at Ga. Tech, 11/17LAST GAMEL 38-14 vs
Miami, 11/17		 
  OFFENSE  
 378.8 (11th)TOTAL YPG421.6 (7th) 
 207.6 (11th)PASS YPG257.0 (4th) 
 171.2 (9th)RUSH YPG164.6 (11th) 
 38TOUCHDOWNS37 
 13-6FUMBLES-LOST16-5 
 28.3 (10th)POINTS PER GAME28.2 (11th) 
 226 (7th)TOTAL 1ST DOWNS224 (8th) 
 1021ST DOWN BY PASS120 
 1111ST DOWN BY RUSH94 
 131ST DOWN BY FLAG10 
  3RD DOWN CONVOS  
 68/141, 48% (2nd)CONVERTED/TOTAL (%)56/148, 38% (10th) 
  4TH DOWN CONVOS  
 7/12, 58% (T-1st)CONVERTED/TOTAL (%)13/24, 54% (5th) 
  RED ZONE SCORING  
 34/45, 76% (13th)SCORES/TRIPS (%)27/30, 90% (2nd) 
  RED ZONE TOUCHDOWNS  
 23/45 (51%)TDs/TRIPS (%)22/30 (70%) 
  TIME OF POSSESSION  
 32:02 (3rd)AVG PER GAME30:02 (6th) 
  DEFENSE  
 326.6 (3rd)TOTAL YPG
ALLOWED		436.5 (11th) 
 178.4 (3rd)PASS YPG ALLOWED228.3 (7th) 
 148.3 (6th)RUSH YPG ALLOWED208.2 (11th) 
 20.6 (3rd)PTS.
ALLOWED/GAME		31.7 (11th) 
 13INTERCEPTIONS5 
 22SACKS22 
 57PTS. OFF
TURNOVERS		52 
 704/54TACKLES/FOR LOSS639/72 
  PENALTIES  
 49/436/39.6 (3rd)#/YDS/PER GAME55/512/51.2
(8th)		 
  SPECIAL TEAMS  
  PUNTING  
 38.7 (4th)NET PUNT AVG38.0 (5th) 
 8/6150-PLUS/LONG4/72 
 16INSIDE 2015 
  KICKOFFS  
 39.0 (10th)NET KICK AVG39.8 (8th) 
 38TOUCHBACKS49 
  FIELD GOALS  
 14/20, 70% (T-9th)MADE/ATT (%)7/12, 58% (14th) 
 46LONG45 
 0BLOCKED0 
  EXTRA POINTS  
 37/37 (100%)MADE/ATT (%)35/35 (100%) 
  PUNT RETURNS  
 30/208/6.9 (12th)#/YDS/PER GAME22/123/5.6
(13th)		 
  KICKOFF RETURNS  
 31/786/25.4 (2nd)#/YDS/PER GAME34/746/21.9
(7th)		 
   INDIVIDUAL LEADERS  
 Bryce PerkinsPASSINGRyan Willis 
 189-289, 2213 yds, 19 TD, 9 INT
(173-730 rush, 9 TD)		 161-274, 1986
yds, 17 TD, 6 INT (84-295 rush, 3 TD)		 
 Jordan EllisRUSHINGSteven Peoples 
 177-868 (4.9), 8 TD 116-586 (5.1), 5
TD		 
 Olamide ZaccheausRECEIVINGDamon Hazelton 
 77-903 (11.7), 6 TD 45-745 (16.6), 8
TD		 
 Juan Thornhill, 78TACKLESRayshard Ashby, 77 
 Chris Peace, 6.0SACKSHoushun Gaines, 4.5 
 Juan Thornhill, 5INTERCEPTIONSReggie Floyd,
Caleb Farley, 2		 
 Brian Delaney, 11/14 FG (17/17 PAT)KICKINGBrian Johnson, 7/12 FG (31/31 PAT) 
 Tavares Kelly, 13-143 (11.0)PUNT RETURNSDamon Hazelton, 11-50 (4.5) 
 Joe Reed,
25-679 (27.2), 1 TD		KICK RETURNSTerius Wheatley, 8-204 (25.5)