VIRGINIA WELCOMES PITT TO SCOTT STADIUM • Virginia returns to action on Saturday when the Cavaliers welcome the Pitt Panthers to Scott Stadium for Home- comings. Kickoff is set for 12:30 p.m. and the game will be televised on the ACC Network.
IT IS HOMECOMINGS IN CHARLOTTESVILLE
• Saturday is Homecomings at UVA and the Cavaliers own a 46-43-2 (.516) all-time Homecomings record. • UVA’s last win on Homecomings was last year when the Cavaliers defeated Syracuse, 44-38, in three overtimes.
VIRGINIA COMING OFF A BYE WEEK • Virginia is 27-30 all-time when playing a game after a bye week. • Virginia has won six of its last nine games coming out of a bye week. • Bronco Mendenhall was 11-4 coming off a bye week during his 11-year stint at BYU.
FIVE TOP STORYLINES
• Saturday is the 85th anniversary of the first game played at Scott Stadium on Oct. 15, 1931. UVA welcomed the VMI Keydets in the inaugural game, losing 18-3. Virginia is 6-3 all-time at Scott Stadium when playing on its anniversary date, including winning five in a row (1966, 1983, 1994, 2005, 2011). Current UVA statistician Dr. John Risher, age 106, stood on the sidelines as a member of the Cavalier football team during that inaugural game. • The series between UVA and Pitt began in 1953, but until the Panthers joined the ACC in 2013, these two teams only met twice in the regular season between 1956 and 2012. • Last time out, on Oct. 1, UVA intercepted five passes at Duke. That tied a team record and was the 10th time the mark had been set by a UVA team. Bryce Hall and Juan Thornhill led the way with two picks, while Quin Blanding had one interception. • With an 84-yard pass at Duke and an 82-yard pass against Central Michigan, UVA quarterback Kurt Benkert became the first Cavalier to have passes of 80+ yards in back-to-back games. Benkert is the only QB in the nation with two passes of 82 or more yards this season. • Bronco Mendenhall is only the second UVA head coach to win his ACC debut. Al Groh was the first in 2001 vs. then-No. 19 Clemson. While Mendenhall beat Duke, George Welsh (1982), Dick Bestwick (1976), Sonny Randle (1974), Don Lawrence (1971), George Blackburn (1965), Bill Elias (1961) and Ben Martin (1956) all lost their ACC debuts for UVA against Duke.
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#PITTvsUVA BREAKDOWN 2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time /Result TV S. 3 RICHMOND L, 20-37 ACC Net. Extra S. 10 at No. 24 Oregon L, 26-44 ESPN S. 17 at UConn L, 10-13 ESPN3/SNY S. 24 CENTRAL MICHIGAN W, 49-35 RSN O. 1 at Duke* W, 34-20 ACC Network O. 15 PITT*1 12:30 p.m. ACC Network O. 22 NORTH CAROLINA* 3 p.m. RSN O. 29 LOUISVILLE* TBD N. 5 at Wake Forest* TBD N. 12 MIAMI* TBD N. 19 at Georgia Tech* TBD N. 26 at Virginia Tech* TBD All Times Eastern; *ACC game; 1Homecomings
Date: Sat., Oct. 15, 2016 Location: Charlottesville, Va. Stadium: Scott Stadium (61,500) Series vs. Pitt: Pitt leads, 5-3
In Charlottesville: UVA leads, 2-1 at Scott Stadium: UVA leads, 2-0 Last Meeting: 2015 (at Pitt, 26-19) First Meeting: 1953 at UVA (Pitt, 26-0) Largest UVA win: 30 (44-14), 2007 Longest Win Streak: 1 (three times) Mendenhall vs. Narduzzi: First Meeting
Websites: VirginiaSports.com PittsburghPanthers.com
ON THE AIR ACC Network Tom Werme, play-by-play Dave Archer, analyst Roddy Jones, sideline Virginia Sports Radio Network Dave Koehn, play-by-play Tony Covington, analyst Jay James, sideline
Satellite Radio Sirius 145 • XM 193
VIRGINIA COACHES On the Field Bronco Mendenhall, Head Coach Robert Anae, Offensive Coordinator, Inside Receivers Mark Atuaia, Running Backs Marques Hagans, Wide Receivers Nick Howell, Defensive Coordinator/Secondary Ruffin McNeill, Assistant Head Coach, Defensive Line Kelly Poppinga, Outside Linebackers, Special Teams Garett Tujague, Offensive Line Daquan Romero, Graduate Assistant Kyle Visciglia, Graduate Assistant
In the Booth Jason Beck, Quarterbacks Shane Hunter, Inside Linebackers Famika Anae, Graduate Assistant Vic So’oto, Graduate Assistant
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VIRGINIA MEDIA RELATIONS Asst. AD for Media Relations (coach interviews) Jim Daves • @JimDaves O: (434) 243-2467 • C: (434) 962-7668 • jimdaves@virginia.edu
Football Contact (player interviews): Vincent Briedis • @VincentBriedis
O: (434) 982-5533 • C: (434) 362-3792 • briedis@virginia.edu
OPENING KICK
VIRGINIA CAVALIERS Record: 2-3, ACC: 1-0
Head Coach: Bronco Mendenhall UVA Record: 2-3 • first season Career Record: 101-46 • 12th season Mendenhall vs. Pitt: 0-0
PITT PANTHERS Record: 4-2, ACC: 1-1
Head Coach: Pat Narduzzi Pitt Record: 12-7 • second season Career Record: 12-7 • second season Narduzzi vs. UVA: 1-0
Bryce Hall (left) and Juan Thornhill (right) each had two interceptions against Duke, helping UVA match a program record with
five picks in a game.
#HOOSRISING: BY THE NUMBERS
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After being -6 in turnover margin through the season’s first two games, UVA has been +6 in turnover margin over the past three games.
TB Taquan Mizzell has a reception in 38 straight games, which is tied for the fourth-longest active streak in the nation.
Saturday is the 85th anniversary of Scott Stadium, which debuted on Oct. 15, 1931 when the VMI Keydets opened the venue.
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MONDAY
• Weekly press confer- ence John Paul Jones Arena Media Room (12 p.m.)
TUESDAY
• Defensive players available for interviews • Defensive coaches available for interviews • Kelvin Rainey Teleconference (10:45 a.m.) • WINA Coaches Radio Show, Buffalo Wild Wings (7-8 p.m.)
WEDNESDAY
• Offensive players available for interviews • Offensive coaches available for interviews • Bronco Mendenhall on ACC Conference Call (10:30 a.m.) • Jack English Teleconference (10:45 a.m.)
THURSDAY
12:30 p.m. ACC Network
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ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS JIM DAVES Asst. AD for Media Relations Coach Interviews
Office: 434-243-2467 Mobile: 434-962-7668 jimdaves@virginia.edu @JimDaves
VINCENT BRIEDIS Asst. Director for Media Relations (Primary Football Contact) Player Interviews
Office: 434-982-5533 Mobile: 434-326-3792 briedis@virginia.edu @VincentBriedis
WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE Each Monday during the football season, the UVA Athletics Media Relations office will conduct a weekly football press conference, attended by head coach Bronco Mendenhall and selected stu- dent-athletes. Mendenhall will field questions beginning at 12 p.m. and student-athletes will fol- low.
Quotes from the press conference will be posted on VirginiaSports.com Monday afternoon.
PLAYER INTERVIEWS Players are available for interviews each Monday, depending on class schedules. If you have specific player interview requests, they should be directed to Vincent Briedis in the UVA Athletics Media Relations office by noon Sunday.
Requested defensive players and defensive coaches will be available for telephone interviews Tuesday, while offensive players and offensive coaches will be available Wednesday.
No player or coach interviews will be arranged after Wednesday during game week.
POSTGAME INTERVIEWS Coach Mendenhall will hold his postgame press conference in the media room, while requested players will be brought to the media room to meet with media representatives after Mendenhall. UVA athletics media relations personnel will take player requests during the fourth quarter of each game.
Virginia’s locker room is closed to media following games, both at home and on the road.
FACT BOOK/ROSTER FILES Virginia’s fact book is available online throughout the season at VirginiaSports.com.
You will find the Fact Book linked on the football page, or by visiting: http://wahoowa.net/2av5Ad1
The most up-to-date Virginia roster files also are available at VirginiaSports.com.
WEEKLY GAME NOTES Virginia’s game notes will be available beginning Monday at the weekly press conference. They also can be accessed online in PDF format at VirginiaSports.com. If you are interested in receiving the weekly game notes via email, please contact Vincent Briedis.
UVA GAMEDAY APP The Virginia Sports Gameday Mobile App is avail- able. Fans may download the App for their iPhone or Android by searching for “Virginia Sports” in their Apps section of the mobile device. The App gives access to live game audio, stats, post-game recaps, press releases, content from Jeff White, video and much more.
COLLEGEPRESSBOX.COM The ACC again has contracted with the FWAA for its web service, collegepressbox.com, a media web portal for ACC Football. This is a football-only site which assists the media, both locally and nationally, in covering ACC football on a more user-friendly basis. Login information will be distributed to accredited media or you can apply for a password by sending an e-mail to password@collegepress- box.com. ACC WEEKLY TELECONFERENCE The 14 ACC football coaches will be featured on a weekly teleconference each Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:50 p.m., beginning Aug. 31, and conclud- ing November 16. The teleconference of Thanksgiving week will be held at the same time, but on Tuesday, Nov. 22. Each coach will have 10 minutes to make an opening statement and answer questions. There will be an audio file of each tele- conference on theACC.com Wednesday afternoon. Transcripts of the teleconference will also be avail- able on the theACC.com each afternoon. Contact an ACC staff member or member institu- tion’s sports information office for access instruc- tions to the teleconference.
Bronco Mendenhall, Virginia ................ 10:30 a.m. Dabo Swinney, Clemson ...................................10:40 a.m. Jimbo Fisher, Florida State ...............................10:50 a.m. Bobby Petrino, Louisville ..................................11:00 a.m. Dino Babers, Syracuse .......................................11:10 a.m. Paul Johnson, Georgia Tech.............................11:30 a.m. Larry Fedora, North Carolina ...........................11:40 a.m. Justin Fuente, Virginia Tech .............................11:50 a.m. Dave Clawson, Wake Forest ............................ 12:00 p.m. Pat Narduzzi, Pitt ................................................ 12:10 p.m. Steve Addazio, Boston College ..................... 12:20 p.m. David Cutcliffe, Duke......................................... 12:30 p.m. Dave Doeren, NC State ..................................... 12:40 p.m. Mark Richt, Miami .............................................. 12:50 p.m.
ACC FOOTBALL COACHES TELECONFERENCES ALSO AVAILABLE IN PODCAST FORM Podcasts of the ACC’s Coaches Teleconferences will be available at TheACC.com. They will be posted by late Wednesday afternoon each week during the season for football, and will also be available for basketball. You can listen in iTunes and subscribe to the free feed to receive each week’s new content as it becomes available.
ACC HEADSHOTS AND LOGOS The media section of theACC.com is dedicated to specific needs of the media, including downloads of ACC and school logos and headshots of players and coaches from select sports. You will need an individ- ual account to access the site. To register, go to: the- ACC.com/media
ACC VIDEO CLIP SERVICE Broadcast media outlets will be able access ACC football highlights and press conference excerpts via the ACC Video Clip Service (AVCS) throughout the football season. This video content willonly be available for download in a digital file format that can be accessed on the AVCS. To register for this service contact Scott McBurney, Assistant Commissioner/ACC Advanced Media, at smcburney@theacc.org or call 336.369.4646.
ACC INJURY GUIDELINES On each Monday during the season, ACC schools will announce any players who are out for the sea- son or scheduled to have surgery. No other announcements regarding player injuries will be made until the end of practice on Thursday or two days prior to the next football game (Tuesday for Thursday game, Thursday for Saturday). On that day, within 90 minutes of the end of prac- tice, injured players’ playing status for the next game will be announced in one of five categories: - Definitely will play - Probable - Questionable - Doubtful - Out
WAHOO CENTRAL The Virginia athletics department’s social media hub, Wahoo Central, provides Cavalier fans with an online platform to share their thoughts, experiences and conversations. Wahoo Central aggregates, shares and pusesh fan-generated content from mul- tiple sources and tools to a single visual platform. You can access it by going to: virginiasports.com/ wahoocentral. Fans can follow and interact with Wahoo Central on Twitter at @wahoocentral.
MAILING ADDRESS John Paul Jones Arena
295 Massie Road, Room 154 P.O. Box 400853
Charlottesville, VA 22904
PLAYERS Naji Abdullah Nah-Gee Ab-Duel-Ah Kurt Benkert Ben-Kurt Ryan Bischoff Bish-Off Osiris Crutchfield OH-Cyrus Hasise Dubois Ha-Cease Doob-Wah Keeon Johnson Key-on Ben Knutson Newt-Son Andre Levrone Lev–rown-knee Taquan Mizzell Tay-Qwan My-Zell Juwan Moye Moy (rhymes with Boy) Wilfred Wahee WA-Hee Olamide Zaccheaus Oh-llama-day Zah-key-us COACHES Robert Anae Ah-NIGH Mark Atuaia Ah-too-why-ah Marques Hagans Marcus Kelly Poppinga PUH-ping-guh Vic So’oto So-OH-toe Garett Tujague TOO-Jay Kyle Visciglia Vis-cig-LEE-ah Famika Anae Fam-EE-kah Ah-NIGH
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
2016 VIRGINIA FOOTBALL UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FACTS
Game Information 1 Media Information/Schedule 2 University of Virginia Facts 3 Virginia vs. Pitt 4-5 Team Notes 6-9, 11 ACC Standings/Preseason Poll 6 Career Starts/ 2016 UVA Opponents 9 UVA Overtime Games 9 National Polls/Game-By-Game Notables 10 Game-Winning Field Goals 11 Quarterback Kurt Benkert 12 Running Back Taquan Mizzell 14 Game-Opening/ Second Half-Opening Drives 14 Last Minute Game-Winning Scores 14 Goal-to-Goal 14
WHAT’S INSIDE
UNIQUELY UVA The University of Virginia is an institution rich with history and tradition. Here is some of the terminology that contributes to UVA’s culture.
Grounds: The term used by students, faculty and alumni to refer to the University dating as far back as Thomas Jefferson. “Campus” is never used.
First Year, Second Year, Third Year, Fourth Year: Instead of freshman, sophomore, junior, senior. Why you may ask? To be a “senior” implies that a person has reached the final phase of learning, a feat that Thomas Jefferson believed to be impossible, arguing instead that education is a life-long process.
Commonwealth: Virginia is one of four constituent states of the United States of America that officially uses the name “Commonwealth” instead of the word state in all references. The other three common- wealths are Kentucky, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.
UNIVERSITY NICKNAMES Virginia’s athletics teams have been accompanied by a somewhat confusing array of nicknames. The most prominent and widely accepted of these monikers are “Cavaliers,” “Wahoos” and “Hoos.”
Although the terms “Cavaliers,” “Wahoos” and “Hoos” are used almost interchangeably to refer to University teams and players, “Cavaliers” is more often used by the media, while “Wahoos” and “Hoos” are frequently used by Virginia students and fans.
Legend has it that Washington & Lee baseball fans dubbed the Virginia players “Wahoos” during the fiercely contested rivalry that existed between the two in-state schools in the 1890s. By 1940, “Wahoos” was in general use around Grounds to denote University students or events relating to them. The abbreviated “Hoos” sprang up later in student newspapers and has gained growing popularity in recent years.
THE CAVALIER MASCOT The costumed Cavalier with a large character head debuted during Virginia’s 1984 football season and has remained the official mascot of the University.
The first documented Cavalier on horseback was Francis Bell, a Virginia student from Dublin, Va., in 1947. Bell rode onto the field dressed as Cavaliers for Virginia’s home football game with Harvard on the afternoon of October 11.
The Cavalier on horseback returned as the University’s mascot in 1963. The UVA Polo Club provided both the horse and rider. However, the mounted Cavalier and his horse parted company in 1974 with the inception of AstroTurf at Scott Stadium.
The mounted Cavalier made its return in the Florida Citrus Bowl at the end of the 1989 football season. Due to its instant popularity, the Cavalier on horseback returned the following season on a regular basis and continues to lead the Virginia football team onto the field at the beginning of all home games.
UNIVERSITY COLORS Orange and blue were adopted as the University of Virginia’s official athletic colors at a mass student meeting in 1888. UVA athletic teams had previously worn silver gray and cardinal red, but those colors did not stand out on muddy football fields, prompting a student movement to change them.
One of the students attending the mass meeting was Allen Potts, a star athlete who played on Virginia’s first football team in 1888. Potts showed up at the meeting wearing a navy blue-and-orange scarf that he had acquired during a summer boating expedition at Oxford University. Orange and blue were cho- sen as the official athletic colors after one of Potts’ fellow students pulled the scarf off Potts’ neck and, waving it to the crowd, yelled, “How will this do?” UVA later served as the inspiration for schools like Auburn and Florida when they selected school colors. WAH-HOO-WAH The origin of “Wah-hoo-wah” is uncertain. The cheer was used to root on Virginia teams as early as 1890 and may have been borrowed from Dartmouth College, whose athletics teams were once known as the Indians.
Legend attributes the yell to Natalie Floyd Otey, who sang the ballad “Where’er You Are, There Shall My Love Be” at Charlottesville’s Levy Opera House in 1893. The predominantly student audience noticed that Otey warbled the first three words of the song between each of the stanzas and decided to join in the refrain. By evening’s end, goes the legend, the crowd had corrupted “Where’er You Are” into “Wah- hoo-wah.”
The Levy Opera House stands at the corner of High Street and Park Street and has since been renovated into an office building.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Location Charlottesville, VA Founded 1819 by Thomas Jefferson Enrollment 23,833 (Undergraduate 16,673) President Teresa A. Sullivan Athletics Director Craig Littlepage Facutly Athletics Rep Carolyn M. Callahan Nicknames Cavaliers, Wahoos, ‘Hoos Mascot Cavalier Colors Orange and Blue Song Good Old Song Stadium Complex Carl Smith Center, Home of David A. Harrison III Field at Scott Stadium Capacity 61,500 Playing Surface Prescription Athletic Turf Scott Stadium Opened Oct. 15, 1931 All-Time Record at Scott Stadium 256-185-12 Affiliations NCAA, Division I-FBS, Atlantic Coast Conference (Coastal Division)
FOOTBALL INFORMATION First Year of Football 1888 All-Time Record 645-589-48 (127th season) All-Time ACC Record 171-238-4 (63rd season) ACC Championships 1989, 1995 All-Time Bowl Record 7-11 Offensive Alignment Multiple Formation Defensive Alignment 3-4
COACHING STAFF Bronco Mendenhall Head Coach Ruffin McNeill Assistant Head Coach/Def. Line Robert Anae Offensive Coord./Inside Receivers Nick Howell Defensive Coord./Secondary Kelly Poppinga Special Teams/Coord./Outside LBs Mark Atuaia Running Backs Jason Beck Quarterbacks Marques Hagans Wide Receivers Shane Hunter Inside Linebackers Garett Tujague Offensive Line Frank Wintrich Director of Football Performance Famika Anae Graduate Assistant Daquan Romero Graduate Assistant Vic So’oto Graduate Assistant Kyle Visciglia Graudate Assistant
SUPPORT STAFF Assoc. AD for Football Admin Gerry Capone Admin. Assistant to Mike London Dot Kirby Admin. Assistant for Football Admin. Suzanne Hoeft Director of Player Development Pat Hickman Director of Player Personnel Justin Anderson Football Analyst Pat Higgins Assist. Football Performance Coach Kevin Heiberger Assistant Performance Coach Chris Ronald Recruiting Assistant Bob Price Assistant AD for Video Services Luke Goldstein Recruiting Assistant Blanda Wolfe Recruiting Assistant/Graphic Designer Brett Parker Admin. Assistant for Recruiting Kerri Cain Student Assistant Adam Shaker
Head Coach Bronco Mendenhall 15 Fun Facts 16 NCAA & ACC Stat Leaders/Cavaliers in the NFL 17 NFL Draft Picks 17 Did You Know?/ National Award Watch Lists 18 Honors & Awards 18 Individual Statistics 19-20 Team Statistics 21-22 Defensive Statistics 23 Game-by-Game Starters 24 What Happens on First Down 25 Third Down Conversions 25 Starting Field Position 25 Penalties 25 Season Drive & Turnover/ Takeaway Analysis 26
Scoring Drives 27 Drive Charts 28 Game-By-Game Statistics 29-36 Miscellaneous/ Special Teams Tackles Leaders 36 Individual/Team Game Highs 37 Money Plays 38 Long Plays of 20 Yards or Longer 39 The Last Time 40-41 Participation 42 Career Highs 43-44 Individual and Career Statistics 45-48 Game-By-Game Summeries 49-51 Virginia and Opponent Long Plays 52 Virginia Numerical/Alphabetical Rosters 53-54 Depth Chart 55
VIRGINIA FACTS
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Pitt leads, 5-3 • In Charlottesville: UVA leads, 2-1 • In Pittsburgh: Pitt leads, 4-0 • at Neutral Site: Virginia leads, 1-0 Longest UVA win streak: 1 (2003, 2007, 2014) • Longest Pitt win Streak: 2 (1953-1955) • Largest Victory: 30 (44-14), 2007 Season Site UVA Coach W/L/T Score UVA Rank Pitt Coach Opp. Rank 1953 UVA Ned McDonald L 0-26 NR Red Dawson NR 1955 Pittsburgh Ned McDonald L 7-18 NR John Michelosen NR 2003 Charlotte* Al Groh W 23-16 NR Walt Harris NR 2006 Pittsburgh Al Groh L 13-28 NR Dave Wannstedt NR 2007 UVA Al Groh W 44-14 NR Dave Wannstedt NR 2013 Pittsburgh Mike London L 3-14 NR Paul Chryst NR 2014 UVA Mike London W 24-19 NR Paul Chryst NR 2015 Pittsburgh Mike London L 19-26 NR Pat Narduzzi NR *2003 Continental Tire Bowl
UVA VS. PITT • SERIES HISTORY
THE SERIES VS. THE PANTHERS • Pittsburgh leads the all-time series by a 5-3 margin. • Between 1956 and 2012 UVA and Pitt only met twice in the regular season and once in a bowl game. Once Pitt joined the ACC in 2013, the two programs have met every season as members of the ACC Coastal Division. • Until UVA’s 44-14 win in the 2007 Scott Stadium meeting, Pittsburgh had won all three regu- lar-season meetings. The Panthers won 26-0 in Charlottesville in 1953, 18-7 in Pittsburgh in 1955 and 38-13 in Pittsburgh in 2006. • Virginia’s 23-16 win over Pittsburgh in the 2003 Continental Tire Bowl in Charlotte, N.C., has been one of the most closely contested game of the series. • UVA’s Tony Franklin played a big role on defense in the bowl game to end Larry Fitzgerald’s 18- game streak with a touchdown reception. • The teams seesawed back and forth in the first half with Virginia holding a 17-13 lead at halftime. The second half featured only field goals in UVA’s seven-point win. Matt Schaub closed his stellar career by capturing MVP honors after passing for 244 yards. Former Pittsburgh Steeler tight end Heath Miller had a big day for UVA with four receptions for 84 yards, including a 52-yard touch- down reception from Schaub late in the first quarter for the game’s first score.
MORE ON THE PITT SERIES DURIG THE LEAN 1950’S
• The 26-0 loss in 1953 remains one of the worst offensive performances in the modern era of UVA football. The Cavaliers recorded three first downs, an all-time low, and had just 43 yards of total offense, their second-lowest modern-day total. • Pittsburgh scored on its first possession 5:52 into the contest and scored in every quarter to win. • In 1955, UVA ended more than 80 scoreless minutes against Pitt when halfback Ralph Kneeland scored UVA’s first touchdown in the series on an eight-yard run at the 9:39 mark of the second quarter. That score gave UVA a brief 7-6 lead, but Pitt halfback Lou Cimarolli scored the game-win- ner on a 32-yard dash midway through the third quarter.
VIRGINIA - PITT CONNECTIONS • Pitt special teams coordinator and running backs coach Andre Powell coached at Virginia under George Welsh from 1996-2000. While on Grounds Powell coached future NFL players Tiki Barber, Germaine Crow- ell, Thomas Jones, Charles Kirby, Pat Washington and Terrence Wilkins. Powell coached running backs in 1996 and 2000. From 1997-99 he coached wide receivers. • UVA’s freshman OLB Eric Gallon’s father, Eric Gallon Sr., spent the 2013-14 seasons coaching at Youngstown State with current Pitt defensive line coach Tom Sims. • Below is a list of hometown and high school connec- tions between players on UVA’s roster and those on Pitt’s roster:
Virginia Hometown Pitt
Reed Kellam Richmond, Va. Rimoni Dorsey Malcolm Cook Doni Dowling Jack English Tim Harris Andre Miles-Redmond Andrew Brown Chesapeake, Va. Patrick Jones II CJ Epps Richard Burney Gladimir Paul Philadelphia, Pa. Calvin Hamilton Olamide Zaccheaus Justin Moody James Trucilla Erie, Pa. James Conner Naji Abdullah Jacksonville, Fla. Nathan Peterman Eric Gallon Lakeland, Fla. Keyshon Camp Dominic Sheppard Miami, Fla. Allen Edwards Sam Hayward Dallas, Texas Bo Schneider
Virginia has played 20 previous games in its history on Oct 15. The Cavaliers are 13-6-1 all-time on this date.
Season Site UVA Coach W/L/T Score UVA Rank Opponent Opp. Coach Opp. Rank 1889 Home Unknown W 32-0 NR Georgetown Bill Gleason NR 1894 Neutral John Poe L 0-12 NR Princeton Unknown NR 1898 Home Joseph Massie W 16-0 NR Gallaudet Unknown NR 1904 Home Foster Sanford W 5-0 NR NC State W.S. Keinholtz NR 1910 Home Charles Crawford W 29-0 NR St. John’s Unknown NR 1921 Away Rice Warren W 14-7 NR VMI Red Fleming NR 1927 Home Earle Neale W 13-8 NR VMI W.C. Raftery NR 1931 Home Fred Dawson L 3-18 NR VMI W.C. Raftery NR 1932 Away Fred Dawson L 6-22 NR Columbia Lou Little NR 1938 Away Frank Murray W 14-6 NR Virginia Tech Henry Redd NR 1949 Home Art Guepe W 17-7 NR Wash. & Lee George Barclay NR 1955 Home Ned McDonald L 13-20 NR VMI John McKenna NR 1960 Home Richard Voris L 16-30 NR VMI John McKenna NR 1966 Home George Blackburn W 38-27 NR VMI Vito Ragazzo NR 1977 Away Dick Bestwick T 14-14 NR Virginia Tech Jimmy Sharpe NR 1983 Home George Welsh W 38-10 NR VMI Bob Thalman NR 1988 Away George Welsh L 28-30 NR Louisville Howard Schnellenberger NR 1994 Away George Welsh W 24-7 NR Georgia Tech George O’Leary NR 2005 Home Al Groh W 26-21 NR Florida State Bobby Bowden 4 2011 Home Mike London W 24-21 NR Georgia Tech Paul Johnson 12
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Pitt 26, Virginia 19 Oct. 10, 2015 • Pittsburgh, Pa.
Last Meeting Nate Peterman threw for 222 yards and two scores, Qadree Ollison added one on the ground and Pittsburgh held off Virginia 26-19 the last time these two teams met. Virginia had the ball with a chance to tie it in the final seconds but Matt Johns’ fourth-down pass to T.J. Thorpe sailed wide. Johns completed 17 of 33 for 209 yards and a touchdown with an intercep- tion. The Panthers came out sharp, racing to a quick 17-3 lead. Peterman hit tight end Scott Orndoff for a 37-yard touchdown pass on game’s fifth play, Chris James ripped off a 48-yard sprint to set up a 4-yard scoring run by Ollison later in the first quarter and the Panthers appeared to be in firm control. Several times the Cavaliers had receivers running open deep in the second- ary in the first half only to narrowly miss a momentum-turning play. The defense produced a touchdown when Mike Moore hit Peterman. The ball popped up in the air and defensive end Kwontie Moore snagged it, taking the first turnover produced by Virginia all season and chugging 15 yards to the end zone to bring the Cavaliers within 17-10. Pitt extended its lead back to 13 when Matt Galambos returned an intercep- tion 51 yards to set up Tyler Boyd’s pretty 8-yard touchdown reception. When Johns was tackled in the end zone for a safety, the Panthers were up 26-13. The Cavaliers made it 26-19 when Johns found Canaan Severin for a 32-yard score with 5:50 to play. Given one last shot, Virginia converted a fourth-and-25 and moved to the Pitt 42 with a minute to go. Four straight incompletions, however, ended any hopes of Virginia getting the win.
Score by Quarters: Virginia 3 7 3 6 — 19 Pitt 17 0 7 2 — 26 Scoring Summary: 1st 12:56 UP Scott Orndoff 37 yd pass from Peterman (Blewitt kick), 5-75 2:04, VA 0 - UP 7 10:38 VA Ian Frye 33 yd field goal, 6-66 2:18, VA 3 - UP 7 04:50 UP Qadree Ollison 4 yd run (Blewitt kick), 3-59 1:21, VA 3 - UP 14 00:11 UP Chris Blewitt 33 yd field goal, 7-56 3:05, VA 3 - UP 17 2nd 10:40 VA Kwontie Moore 15 yd fumble recovery (Frye kick), , VA 10 - UP 17 3rd 11:25 UP Tyler Boyd 8 yd pass from Peterman (Blewitt kick), 2-20 0:24, VA 10 - UP 24 04:02 VA Ian Frye 26 yd field goal, 15-66 7:23, VA 13 - UP 24 4th 13:23 UP Mike Caprara safety, , VA 13 - UP 26 05:50 VA Canaan Severin 32 yd pass from Johns (kick blocked), 6-66 2:36, VA 19 - UP 26 Attendance—45,237 UVA UP First Downs 16 16 Rushes-Yards (Net) 31-139 35-141 Passing Yards (Net) 209 222 Passes Att-Comp-Int 34-17-1 24-17-0 Total Offense Plays-Yards 65-348 59-363 Fumble Returns-Yards 1-15 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 2-7 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-48 3-61 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-51 RUSHING: Virginia-Albert Reid 4-74; Taquan Mizzell 7-39; Daniel Hamm 10-36; TEAM 1--2; Matt Johns 9--8. Pitt-Chris James 11-94; Qadree Ollison 13-49; Tyler Boyd 1-7; Nate Peterman 6-5; Chad Voytik 2-2; TEAM 2--16. PASSING: Virginia-Matt Johns 17-33-1-209; Taquan Mizzell 0-1-0-0. Pitt-Nate Peterman 17-24-0-222. RECEIVING: Virginia-T.J. Thorpe 5-70; Canaan Severin 3-50; Taquan Mizzell 3-48; Connor Wingo-Reeves 2-22; Keeon Johnson 2-18; Albert Reid 1-2; Olamide Zaccheaus 1--1. Pitt-Tyler Boyd 7-54; Dontez Ford 3-63; Scott Orndoff 2-63; J.P. Holtz 2-36; Chris James 1-4; Jaymar Parrish 1-3; George Aston 1--1.
ILB Micah Kiser led UVA with 11 tackles, including 1.0 for loss and forced one fumble in the last meeting between UVA and Pitt in 2015 at Heinz Field.
Date Opponent Location Time/Result Sept. 3 Villanova Pittsburgh, Pa. W, 28-7 Sept. 10 Penn State Pittsburgh, Pa. W, 42-39 Sept. 17 Oklahoma State at Stillwater, Okla. L, 38-45 Sept. 24 North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC. L, 36-37 Oct. 1 Marshall Pittsburgh, Pa. W, 43-27 Oct. 8 Georgia Tech Pittsburgh, Pa. W, 37-34 Oct. 15 Virginia at Charlottesville, Va. 12:30 p.m. Oct. 27 Virginia Tech Pittsburgh, Pa. 7 p.m. Nov. 5 Miami Miami Gardens, Fla. TBA Nov. 12 Clemson at Clemson, SC. TBA Nov. 19 Duke Pittsburgh, Pa. TBA Nov. 26 Syracuse Pittsburgh, Pa. TBA
Record .......................................... 2-3 Scoring Offense ........................ 27.8 Rushing Offense ............................... 119.8 Passing Offensive ............................ 291.4 Pass Efficiency .................................135.96 Total Offense ..................................... 411.2 Time/Possession .............................. 27:15 Scoring Defense ........................ 29.8 Rushing Defense .............................. 162.0 Passing Defense ............................... 309.6 Pass Efficiency Defense ...............138.48 Total Defense .................................... 471.6 Sacks .......................................................2.40 Tackles for Loss ...................................... 5.0 Turnover Margin ....................... 0.00 Net Punting ....................................... 41.30 Punt Returns .........................................6.30 Kickoff Returns ................................. 23.00
Record .......................................... 4-2 Scoring Offense ........................ 37.3 Rushing Offense ............................... 244.2 Passing Offensive ............................ 185.8 Pass Efficiency .................................148.83 Total Offense ..................................... 430.0 Time/Possession .............................. 34:34 Scoring Defense ........................ 31.5 Rushing Defense .................................98.3 Passing Defense ............................... 302.3 Pass Efficiency Defense ...............154.57 Total Defense .................................... 400.7 Sacks .......................................................3.50 Tackles for Loss ...................................... 7.2 Turnover Margin ....................... 0.67 Net Punting ....................................... 36.43 Punt Returns .........................................9.57 Kickoff Returns ................................. 28.29
TEAM COMPARISONLAST MEETING • 2015
PITT SCHEDULE
UVA UP Punts (Number-Avg) 5-47.0 6-44.7 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 4-2 Penalties-Yards 4-22 5-40 Possession Time 29:39 30:21 Third-Down Conversions 5 of 15 6 of 13 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 3-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-10 4-25
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2016 ACC STANDINGS Conference Overall Atlantic W L W L Clemson 3 0 6 0 NC State 1 0 4 1 Louisville 2 1 4 1 Wake Forest 2 1 5 1 Florida State 1 2 4 2 Syracuse 0 2 2 4 Boston College 0 3 3 3
Coastal W L W L Virginia Tech 2 0 4 1 North Carolina 2 1 4 2 Miami 1 1 4 1 Pittsburgh 1 1 4 2 VIRGINIA 1 0 2 3 Georgia Tech 1 3 3 3 Duke 0 2 3 3
2016 PRESEASON ACC POLL Atlantic Division 1. Clemson (148) ..............................1,293 2. Florida State (42) .........................1,176 3. Louisville (1) ..................................... 961 4. NC State ............................................. 704 5. Boston College ................................ 441 6. Syracuse ............................................ 426 7. Wake Forest ...................................... 347
Coastal Division 1. North Carolina (121) ..................1,238 2. Miami (50) ......................................1,108 3. Pittsburgh (14) ................................ 859 4. Virginia Tech (3) ............................... 697 5. Duke (2) ............................................. 597 6. Georgia Tech (1) .............................. 588 7. Virginia ............................................... 261
ACC Championship Votes 1. Clemson ............................................ 144 2. Florida State ........................................39 3. North Carolina ...................................... 7 4. Louisville ................................................ 1
MIZZELL RECEPTION STREAK ONE OF THE NATION’S LONGEST • RB Taquan Mizzell has a reception in 37 straight games, which is tied for the fourth-longest active streak in the nation and the longest of any running back. Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey is the next closest running back at 30 games. • Mizzell’s streak started in his second career college game, Sept. 7, 2013, against then-No. 2 Oregon.
Player, Class, School, Pos. Reception Streak 1. Robert Davis, Sr., Georgia State, WR 42 Corey Davis, Sr., Western Michigan, WR 42 3. Nate Phillips, Sr., Arizona, WR 39 4. Taquan Mizzell, Sr., Virginia, RB 38 Jonnu Smith, Sr., FIU, TE 38
BENKERT MOST PASSING YARDS BY A CAVALIER IN FIRST FIVE CAREER STARTS
• QB Kurt Benkert has passed for 1,455 yards over his first five UVA starts. That is the most all-time among UVA quarterbacks. • Benkert’s 1,119 passing yards through his first four starts was also a program best, becoming the first Cavalier to amass over 1,000 passing yards through his first four career starts.
Passing Yards Passing Yards Player First 5 Career Starts First 4 Career Starts (Rank) 1. Kurt Benkert 1,455 1,119 (1) 2. Matt Johns 1,172 883 (3) 3. Matt Blundin 1,110 917 (2) 4. Symmion Willis 1,107 828 (5) 5. Dan Ellis 970 808 (6) 6. Mike Groh 966 843 (4)
UVA WINS ACC OPENER FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THREE YEARS
• UVA’s 34-20 win at Duke gave the Cavaliers a win in an ACC opener for the second time in three seasons after beating then-No. 21 Louisville at Scott Stadium in 2014 (23-21). • It was UVA’s first win in an ACC opener on the road since defeating North Carolina in Chapel Hill, 16-3, in 2009.
• Bronco Mendenhall is only the second UVA head coach to win his ACC debut. Al Groh was the first in 2001 vs. then-No. 19 Clemson. While Mendenhall beat Duke, George Welsh (1982), Dick Bestwick (1976), Sonny Randle (1974), Don Lawrence (1971), George Blackburn (1965), Bill Elias (1961) and Ben Martin (1956) all lost their ACC debuts at UVA against Duke.
REID IS UVA’S OTHER 1,000-YARD RUSHER
• With 1,395 rushing yards, UVA’s Taquan Mizzell is No. 29 all-time at UVA in career rushing, but he isn’t the only Cavalier with at least 1,000 career rushing yards at the college level. • TB Albert Reid reached 1,000 career yards at the college level in Week 3 at UConn. • Reid currently has 1,125 rushing yards at the college level with 10 career scores. • He rushed 122 times for 447 yards and three scores at Maryland from 2012-14. • Reid has rushed 125 times for 678 yards and seven touchdowns in 16 career games at UVA.
RED-ZONE OFFENSE • Since Taquan Mizzell fumbled on the five-yard line against Richmond in the season-opening game, UVA scored on eight straight trips inside the red-zone, including seven touchdowns and one field goal. • The streak was snapped on UVA’s very last play of the UConn game. Alex Furbank’s 20-yard field goal attempt as time expired at UConn on Sept. 17 halted UVA’s streak at eight. The streak included four trips inside the red-zone at then-No. 24 Oregon, resulting in four touchdowns. • UVA has scored on 16 of its last 17 trips inside the redzone, with 15 touchdowns and one field goal. • UVA ranks tied for fourth in the nation in red zone chances that ended with a touchdown (83.3 percent). • In 2015 UVA ranked 109 nationally in red zone chances that ended with a touchdown (51.5 percent).
BENKERT BREAKS UVA PASSING RECORD FOR A GAME • Virginia quarterback Kurt Benkert broke Marc Verica’s record for passing yards in a game. Benkert threw for 421 passing yards on Sept. 24 against Central Michigan, snapping Verica’s 2010 record of 417 passing yards in a game that came at Duke. • Benkert threw five touchdowns, making him the fith Cavalier to throw five touchdowns in a game and the first since Matt Schaub in 2002 against Akron. The five touchowns is tied for second-most by a UVA quarterback in a game.
UVA’S OFFENSIVE TOUCHDOWN DRIVES ARE SCORING QUICKLY • Of UVA’s 17 touchdown drives in 2016, 15 of them have been completed in 3:50 or less. • All seven of UVA’s touchdown drives against Central Michigan were completed in 3:50 or less. • Two of UVA’s touchdown drives against Central Michigan were under 37 seconds, while five were under 2:15. • UVA’s 99-yard touchdown drive against Central Michigan was a program record. The previous record was 98 yards, done various times. UVA’s longest touchdown drive against Central Michigan was completed in 11 plays and 3:50, the longest touchdown drive play and time wise in the game for UVA.
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2016 VIRGINIA FOOTBALL TEAM NOTES
Name (Years) Total Yards 1. Billy McMullen (1999-02) 2,976 2. Herman Moore (1988-90) 2,504 3. John Ford (1984, 1986-88) 2,399 4. Kris Burd (2008-11) 2,190 5. Tyrone Davis (1991-94) 2,153 6. Germane Crowell (1994-97) 2,142 7. Patrick Jeffers (1992-95) 1,785 8. Heath Miller (2002-04) 1,703 9. Darius Jennings (2011-14) 1,667 10. Tim Smith (2009-13) 1,591 11. Dave Sullivan (1970-72) 1,578 12. Bruce McGonnigal (1987-90) 1,556 13. Terrence Wilkins (1995-98) 1,495 14. Alvin Pearman (2001-04) 1,396 15. Canaan Severin (2012-15) 1,383 16. Kevin Coffey (1997-00) 1,347 17. Kevin Ogletree (2006-08) 1,332 18. Taquan Mizzell (2013-pres.) 1,327 19. Demetrius Allen (1992-95) 1,312 20. Tim Finkleston (1986-89) 1,279 21. Tom Fadden (1973-76) 1,237 Deyon Williams (2003-06) 1,237 23. Aaron Mundy (1990-93) 1,196 24. Tom Santi (2004-07) 1,183 25. Perry Jones (2009-12) 1,165 26. Frank Quayle (1966-68) 1,145 Keith Mattoli (1986-87) 1,145 28. Bob Bischoff (1968-70) 1,109 29. Michael McGrew (2001-02, 2004) 1,101 30. Dontrelle Inman (2007-10) 1,098 31. Billy Smith (1981-83) 1,079 32. Nick Merrick (1981-84) 1,044 33. John Pincavage (1963-65) 1,033 34. Terry Kirby (1989-92) 1,022 35. Henry Johnson (1980-82) 1,016 Next Up: Keeon Johnson (2013- pres.) 857
VIRGINIA’S 1,000 CAREER RECEIVING LIST
TB Taquan Mizzell is one of five Cavaliers to record 1,000 career rushing and 1,000 career receiving yards.
OLAMIDE ZACCHEAUS A FAVORITE TARGET OF BENKERT • Olamide Zaccheaus leads UVA with 26 catches, 340 receiving yards and four touchdowns. He shares the team lead with Keeon Johnson with 26 receptions. • Zaccheaus had a career day against Central Michigan where he made eight catches for 141 yards and two touchdowns. • His 82-yard touchdown reception from Kurt Benkert is the 21st longest reception in the nation this season and the 13th longest touchdown reception in UVA program history. • Zaccheaus came to UVA as a running back, but switched to wide receiver as a true freshman to fill a need in 2015. • The versatile Zaccheaus also ran back kicks in 2015 and is on the preseason watch list for the Paul Hor- nung Award, the national honor given to the most versatile player. • Olamide is Nigerian for “the blessing has come.”
BLANDING AND KISER PICKING UP IN 2016 WHERE THEY LEFT OFF IN 2015
• Micah Kiser (11.6) is leading the ACC in tackles per game and is No. 3 in the nation. Quin Blanding (9.2) is No. 6 in the ACC in tackles per game. • At Oregon and UConn Blanding and Kiser were identical in tackle production. The duo has led the team at then-No. 24 Oregon and at UConn in tackles. At Oregon both finished with nine stops, with an identical five solo stops and four assisted tackles. At UConn it was the same thing, both had 11 tackles with an identical eight solo stops and three assisted tackles. • The difference was the opening game against Richmond when Kiser led all players with 14 tackles. Blan- ding led all players against Central Michigan with 12 tackles. Kiser made 18 tackles against Duke. • Not much is different from 2015 as Kiser finished the season No. 1 in the ACC in tackles with 9.8 tackles per game. Blanding has finished 2014 and 2015 No. 2 in the ACC in tackles.
BLANDING DOUBLES UP THE TACKLES
• UVA’s Quin Blanding owns 14 double-digit tackle games over 29 collegiate games. • Blanding owns two double-digit tackle games in 2016 (UConn, Central Michigan) • Blanding had six double-digit tackles games in 2015 and six as a freshman in 2014. • Blanding has 284 career tackles, 9.79 per game.
KISER DOUBLES UP THE TACKLES • Micah Kiser owns 10 double-digit tackle games over his 17 career starts. • Kiser has recorded 175 tackles over his 17 career starts, which is every game since the start of the 2015 season. • Kiser played in all 12 games a redshirt freshman, mostly on special teams when he shared the UVA team lead with nine special teams tackles.
JOHNSON EMERGES AS BIG TARGET FOR BENKERT • Senior WR Keeon Johnson has 26 receptions for 264 yards and three touchdowns. • His 26 receptions are already equals his 2014 and 2015 output combined. Johnson only recorded 13 receptions each of those seasons after grabbing 20 catches as a freshman in eight games. • Johnson’s two touchdown catches through the first two games of 2016 equaled his career total entering 2016. He now has five career touchdowns. • Johnson’s 264 receiving yards are more than the 138 receiving yards the senior had in 2014 and his 2015 total of 173 yards. • Eight of his receptions have given UVA a first down on third or fourth down, including a crucial 4th and 10 at UConn that went for 34 yards.
RUSHING ATTACK IS PICKING UP • After the running backs rushed for only 35 yards as a team against Richmond in the season opener, UVA received a big performance from its ground game at then-No. 24 Oregon on Sept. 10. • Albert Reid’s 126-yard rushing game led UVA’s 220 combined rushing yards from its three backs against Oregon. Taquan Mizzell added 48 rushing yards and Jordan Ellis added 46 in the loss at Oregon. • At Oregon UVA’s running backs gained 220 yards on 31 carries for an average of 7.1 yards per rush, while also scoring two touchdowns. • Starting with the Oregon game, UVA’s running backs have rushed for 599 yards and six touchdowns for an average 149.8 rushing yards per game.
EIGHT TRUE FRESHMEN HAVE PLAYED SO FAR IN 2016 • True freshmen Hasise Dubois (WR), Bryce Hall (CB), Jordan Mack (OLB), Juwan Moye (DE) and Joe Reed (WR) made their college debut against Richmond on Sept. 3. • True freshmen Chris Moore (S) Landan Word (OLB) made their collegiate debut at Oregon on Sept. 10. • True freshman Matt Terrell (OLB) made his collegiate debut against Central Michigan on Sept. 24. • All together, 22 Cavaliers have made their collegiate debuts so far in 2016. • In all, 13 freshmen, including true and redshirt, made their debut against Richmond: Warrent Craft (WR), Tanner Cowley (WR), Hasise Dubois (WR), Bryce Hall (CB), Eli Hanback (DE), Jordan Mack (OLB), Juwan Moye (DE), Gladimir Paul (OLB), Joe Reed (WR), Chris Sharp (S), Jahvoni Simmons (ILB), James Trucilla (DT) and Steve Wright (DE). • Other collegiate debuts against Richmond were made by sophomores Jake Fieler (OG), Ben Hogg (WR) and Cory Jones (OLB). • Redshirt freshman RJ Proctor (C/OG) made his collegiate debut at Oregon on Sept. 10. • Redshirt freshman Kareem Gibson (CB) and sophomore Alex Furbank (PK) made their collegiate debuts at UConn on Sept. 17. • Junior Sam Hayward (PK) made his football collegiate debut at Duke on Oct. 1.
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Name (Years) Total Yards 1. Thomas Jones (1996-99) 3,998 2. Tiki Barber (1993-96) 3,389 3. Terry Kirby (1989-92) 3,348 4. Johnny Papit (1947-50) 3,238 5. Kevin Parks (2011-14) 3,219 6. Wali Lundy (2002-05) 3,193 7. Tommy Vigorito (1977-80) 2,913 8. Frank Quayle (1966-68) 2,695 9. Jim Bakhtiar (1955-57) 2,434 10. Alvin Pearman (2001-04) 2,394 11. Barry Word (1982-85) 2,257 12. Marcus Wilson (1987-89) 2,219 13. Antwoine Womack (1997-98, 2000-01) 2,207 14. Howard Petty (1983-85) 2,171 15. Kevin Brooks (1992-95) 2,082 16. Nikki Fisher (1988-91) 2,069 17. Billy Copeland (1973-76) 2,051 18. Perry Jones (2009-12) 2,033 19. Kent Merritt (1971-73) 1,905 20. Gary Helman (1969-71) 1,832 21. Cedric Peerman (2005-08) 1,749 22. Antonio Rice (1982-84, 1986) 1,726 23. Greg Taylor (1977-79, 1981) 1,653 24. Jerrod Washington (1990-93) 1,651 25. Bill Dudley (1939-41) 1,631 26. David Sloan (1973-76) 1,567 27. Jeff Anderson (1966-68) 1,508 28. Kevin Morgan (1985-88) 1,504 29. Taquan Mizzell (2013-pres.) 1,395 30. Charles Way (1991-94) 1,330 31. Durwin Greggs (1986-89) 1,324 Jason Snelling (2002, 2004-06) 1,324 33. Mikell Simpson (2006-09) 1,274 34. Shawn Moore (1987-90) 1,268 35. Jim Lacey (1969-71) 1,259 36. John Duda (1944-46) 1,252 37. Gerry Furst (1950-52) 1,249 38. Derek Jenkins (1981-83) 1,200 39. Carroll Jarvis (1964-66) 1,138 40. Bobby Pate (1950-52) 1,115 41. Quentin Walker (1979-80, 1982-83) 1,114 42. Keith Payne (2007, 2010) 1,004 Next Up: Albert Reid (2015-pres.) 678
VIRGINIA’S 1,000 CAREER RUSHING LIST
TB Taquan “Smoke” Mizzell rushed for 91 yards at Miami on Nov. 7, 2015 to become the 42nd Cavalier to amass at least 1,000 career rushing yards.
NOTING FIRST CAREER STARTS IN 2016 • Nine Cavaliers have made their first career starts in 2016. • Six Cavaliers made their first career starts against Richmond on Sept. 3. • First time starters on offense vs. Richmond: Kurt Benkert (QB), Warren Craft (WR), Jake Fieler (LG). • First time starters on defense vs. Richmond: Jordan Mack (OLB), Jack Powers (DE) and Myles Robinson (CB). • Two Cavaliers made their first career starts at Oregon on Sept. 10. • Eli Hanback (DE) and Kirk Garner (CB) each made their first career starts on defense. • One Cavalier made his first career start at UConn on Sept. 17. • Hasise Dubois (WR) made his first career start on offense, becoming only the second true freshman to start a game for the Cavaliers in 2016. Jordan Mack (OLB) started the season opener against Richmond and at UConn.
JORDAN MACK STARTS SEASON OPENER AT OUTSIDE LINEBACKER • True freshman Jordan Mack (Lithonia, Ga.) started at one of the outside linebacker positions against Richmond. Mack finished with three tackles. • Mack became the first true freshman to start at linebacker in a season opener since Ahmad Brooks in 2003. Brooks made seven tackles and broke up two passes in his debut against Duke on Aug. 30, 2003.
EARNED NOT GIVEN • UVA head coach Bronco Mendenhall has brought an “Earned Not Given” mentality to the Virginia Foot- ball program. • When winter workouts started, players wore all black and nothing affixed with a Virginia logo. Players had to earn the right to wear the blue and orange. Then had to earn the right to wear the Virginia logo. • Everything from access to the locker room, to numbers was part of the new “Earned Not Given” mental- ity. Even when it came to practice, players had to earn the next period, repeating the previous period as many times as needed until the next period was earned.
TASK UNIT LEADERS • Bronco Mendenhall has entrusted the team with a leadership body with six units. With a military flair, there are six task unit leaders. • The coaching staff selected the six task leaders. Each unit consists of 12-13 players, drafted by the task unit leaders themselves. Each task unit leader from his team names an assistant leader. • A lot of activities over the summer was accomplished through the task units. Accountability and disci- pline were two really big emphasis. • It was the task unit leaders that determined the draft order when it came time to select numbers. • RB Jordan Ellis received the first pick and NT Donte Wilkins received the second pick.
PLAYERS EARN THEIR NUMBERS • On the night of Saturday, Aug. 27, inside the locker room at Scott Stadium, 60 players earned their num- bers in a special ceremony. • Eleven more Cavaliers earned their numbers on the morning of Sept. 1, prior to practice. • On Sept. 15, prior to practice, OLB Matt Terrell (Fr.) earned his number. • On Sept. 22, prior to practice, DT Andre Miles-Redmond (Sr.) and PK Sam Hayward (Jr.) earned their numbers. • On Sept. 29, prior to practice, OLB Reed Kellam and WR Ross Gardner earned their numbers. • On Oct 13, after practice, OLB Sean Fitzgerald earned his jersey to bring the total number of players whom have earned numbers to 77. • Below are the Cavaliers who have number changes in 2016: Player Old Number New Number Connor Brewer, QB 2 16 Evan Butts, TE 45 46 Lester Coleman, P 93 47 Nicholas Conte, P 18 30 Malcolm Cook, OLB 27 17 Warren Craft, WR 1 23 Doni Dowling, WR 19 7 David Eldridge, WR 82 11 Jake Fieler, OG 64 77 Sean Fitzgerald 46 43 Ross Gardner, WR 84 86 Kirk Garner, CB 2 32 Kareem Gibson, CB 7 31 Ben Hogg, WR 83 18 Keeon Johnson, WR 85 8 Cory Jones, OLB 54 27 Reed Kellam, OLB 40 45 Andre Levrone, WR 14 19 Brendan Marshall, TE 49 83 Chris Peace, OLB 31 13 Albert Reid, TB 5 2 Myles Robinson, CB 13 14 Jahvoni Simmons, ILB 22 42 Joe Spaziani, QB 7 99 C.J. Stalker, ILB 15 40 Braedon Urie, WR 37 82 Donte Wilkins, DT 93 1 Steven Wright, DE 96 20
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2016 VIRGINIA FOOTBALL TEAM NOTES
Name, Pos. ‘12 ‘13 ‘14 ‘15 ‘16 Career Streak Quin Blanding, FS * * 12 12 5 29 29 Tim Harris, CB * 7 5 9 0 21 0 Micah Kiser, ILB * * 0 12 5 17 17 Kelvin Rainey, SS * 0 0 12 5 17 17 Zach Bradshaw, OLB * 1 0 9 5 15 5 Donte Wilkins, DT * 4 5 1 5 15 5 Wilfred Wahee, CB * * 0 6 0 6 0 Chris Peace, OLB * * * 1 5 6 5 Andrew Brown, DT * * 0 1 4 5 4 Eli Hanback, DE * * * * 4 4 4 Jordan Mack, OLB * * * * 4 4 3 Juan Thornhill, CB * * * 0 4 4 1 Myles Robinson, CB * * * 0 4 4 0 Darious Latimore, CB * * * 3 0 3 0 A. Miles-Redmond, DT * 0 0 3 0 3 0 Kareem Gibson, CB * * * * 2 2 2 Eric Gallon, OLB * * * 1 0 1 0 Kirk Garner, CB * * 0 0 1 1 0 Jack Powers, DE * * 0 * 1 1 0 C.J. Stalker, ILB * * * 1 0 1 0 Steven Wright, DE * * * * 1 1 0 * did not play Note: Some starts may be at positions other than the ones listed.
Defensive Players
Name, Pos. ‘12 ‘13 ‘14 ‘15 ‘16 Career Streak Eric Smith, OT * 8 12 12 5 37 37 Keeon Johnson, WR * 7 3 6 5 21 6 Jackson Matteo, C * 1 2 12 5 20 17 Michael Mooney, OT * 0 9 5 5 19 5 Matt Johns, QB * 0 3 12 0 15 0 Taquan Mizzell, TB * 0 0 11 4 15 2 Jack English, OT * * 0 7 4 11 4 Albert Reid, TB 0 3 1 1 5 10& 5 Doni Dowling, WR * * 1 1 5 7 5 Jack McDonald, OG * * 0 2 5 7 5 O. Zaccheaus, WR * * * 4 3 7 3 Evan Butts, TE * * * 5 0 5 0 Kurt Benkert, QB * * 0 * 5 5 5 Andre Levrone, WR * * 2 1 0 3 0 Warren Craft, WR * * * * 2 2 0 Daniel Hamm, TB * 0 0 2 0 2 0 Sean Karl, OG * 0 0 2 0 2 0 Ryan Santoro, WR * * 0 1 0 2 0 Hasise Dubois, WR * * * * 1 1 0 Jake Fieler, OT * * * * 1 1 0 C. Wingo-Reeves, FB * 0 1 0 0 1 0 * did not play Note: Some starts may be at positions other than the ones listed.
CAREER STARTS
Offensive Players
OFFENSE WR LT LG C RG RT TE QB TB WR WR FB Johnson (21) Mooney (15) Mooney (4) Matteo (19) McDonald (5) Smith (37) Butts (5) Johns (15) Mizzell (15) Zaccheaus (7) Levrone (3) Wingo-Reeves (1) Santoro (2) English (11) McDonald (2) Benkert (5) Reid (5) Dowling (7) Dubois (1) Craft (2) Reid (1) Karl (2) Hamm (2) Matteo (1) Fieler (1) DEFENSE DE DT DE OLB ILB ILB OLB CB FS SS CB Brown (5) Wilkins (15) Hanback (4) Mack (4) Bradshaw (5) Kiser (17) Bradshaw (10) Harris. T (21) Blanding (29) Rainey (15) Latimore (3) Peace (1) Miles-Redmond (3) Wright (1) Rainey (2) Peace (4) Thornhill (4) Wahee (2) Wahee (3) Powers (1) Stalker (1) Gallon (1) Robinson (4) Garner (1) Robinson (1) Gibson (2)
CAREER STARTS BY POSITION
Opponent ‘16 Record AP Rank This Week Next Game Richmond 4-1 7 (FCS) 10/15 Villanova 10/22 at Elon at Oregon 2-4 BYE 10/21 at California at UConn 3-3 10/15 at USF 10/22 UCF Central Michigan 4-2 10/15 at Northern Illinois 10/22 at Toledo at Duke 3-3 10/14 at Louisville 10/29 at Georgia Tech. Pitt 4-2 10/15 at Virginia 10/27 Virginia Tech. North Carolina 4-2 RV 10/15 at Miami 10/22 at Virginia Louisville 4-1 7 10/14 Duke 10/22 NC State at Wake Forest 5-1 RV 10/15 at Florida State 10/29 Army Miami 4-1 16 10/15 North Carolina 10/20 at Virginia Tech. at Georgia Tech 3-3 10/15 Georgia Southern 10/29 Duke at Virginia Tech 4-1 17 10/15 at Syracuse 10/20 Miami
• UVA has played nine all-time OT games and has a 4-5 record all-time: Year Opponent Site Result 2015 vs. Syracuse (3 OT) Scott Stadium W, 44-38 2011 vs. Idaho Scott Stadium W, 21-20 2008 vs. Miami Scott Stadium L, 17-24 2008 vs. North Carolina Scott Stadium W, 16-13 2006 vs. Wyoming Scott Stadium W, 13-12 2004 vs. Fresno State * Bronco Stadium (Boise, Idaho) L, 34-37 2003 at Clemson Memorial Stadium (Clemson, S.C.) L, 27-30 2000 vs. BYU Scott Stadium L, 35-38 1999 vs. Duke (2 OT) Scott Stadium L, 17-24 *MPC Computers Bowl
The Carl Smith Center, home of David A. Harrison III Field at Scott Stadium, with its unique architectural design, scenic setting on the University’s Grounds and exceptional sight lines, is one of the nation’s finest college football settings.
Opened in 1931, Scott Stadium might be one of the oldest campus college football stadiums in the nation, but you could never tell from its appearance. Numerous upgrades and expansions make it a modern home for the Cavaliers and their fans.
Scott Stadium was the gift of Frederic William Scott and Elisabeth Strother Scott, and was dedicated to the memory of his parents, Frederic Robert Scott and Fran- ces Branch Scott.
Virginia played its dedication game at Scott Stadium on Oct. 15, 1931 against the Virginia Military Institute before a then-capacity crowd of 22,000. Prior to that season, the Cavaliers staged their home games at the University’s Lambeth Field.
Virginia has played 453 games in the historic venue. UVA’s all-time record at Scott Stadium stands at 256-185-12.
Top 10 Scott Stadium Crowds All-Time Date Attend. Opponent Result 8/30/08 64,947 USC USC, 52-7 11/13/04 63,701 Miami UM, 31-21 11/19/05 63,344 Virginia Tech VT, 52-14 10/15/05 63,106 Florida State UVA, 26-21 11/6/04 63,072 Maryland UVA, 16-0
Date Attend. Opponent Result 10/18/03 62,875 Florida State FSU, 19-14 9/11/04 62,790 North Carolina UVA, 56-24 10/7/04 61,833 Clemson UVA, 30-10 8/30/03 61,737 Duke UVA, 27-0 11/24/07 61,711 Virginia Tech VT, 33-21
2016 VIRGINIA OPPONENTS
SCOTT STADIUM, HOME OF THE CAVALIERS
2016 VIRGINIA FOOTBALL TEAM NOTES/POLLS
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GAME-BY-GAME NOTABLES
Coin Kickoff/ UVA Game Game Jersey/ Opponent Toss Receive 1st Poss. Time (ET) Length Pants Helmet Attendance Result Richmond Loss Kickoff Fumble 3:30 p.m. 3:09 Blue/White Blue 49,270 L/20-37 at Oregon Win Receive Punt 10:30 p.m. 3:30 White/White White 53,774 L/26-44 at Connecticut Win Receive Punt 1:30 p.m. 3:11 White/White White 31,036 L/10-13 Central Michigan Win Kickoff Punt 12:30 p.m. 3:33 Blue/White Blue 35,211 W/49-35 at Duke Win Kickoff Downs 12:30 p.m. 3:28 White/White White 25,021 W/34-20 Pittsburgh 12:30 p.m. North Carolina 3 p.m. Louisville at Wake Forest Miami at Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech
NATIONAL POLLS (OCT. 10)
ASSOCIATED PRESS Record Points 1. Alabama (56) 6-0 1520 2. Ohio State (2) 5-0 1444 3. Clemson (2) 6-0 1406 4. Michigan (1) 6-0 1339 5. Washington 6-0 1286 6. Texas A&M 6-0 1202 7. Louisville 4-1 1193 8. Wisconsin 4-1 1020 9. Tennessee 5-1 962 10. Nebraska 5-0 958 11. Baylor 5-0 934 12. Ole Miss 3-2 800 13. Houston 5-1 701 14. Florida State 4-2 628 15. Boise State 5-0 590 16. Miami 4-1 576 17. Virginia Tech 4-1 546 18. Florida 4-1 483 19. Oklahoma 3-2 476 20. West Virginia 4-0 424 21. Utah 5-1 287 22. Arkansas 4-2 203 23. Auburn 4-2 166 24. Western Michigan 6-0 154 25. Navy 4-1 122 Others receiving votes: Georgia 59, Arizona State 53, North Carolina 51, LSU 50, Oklahoma State 48, North Dakota State 36, Stanford 26, Colorado 22, South Florida 20, TCU 14, Washington State 9, NC State 9, Iowa 3, Air Force 2, San Diego State 2, Wake Forest 1
USA TODAY Record Points 1. Alabama (58) 6-0 1570 2. Ohio State (4) 5-0 1504 3. Clemson (1) 6-0 1455 4. Michigan 6-0 1370 5. Washington 6-0 1329 6. Texas A&M 6-0 1256 7. Louisville 4-1 1201 8. Baylor 5-0 1061 9. Nebraska 5-0 1052 10. Wisconsin 4-1 995 11. Tennessee 5-1 919 12. Houston 5-1 754 13. Ole Miss 3-2 746 14. Florida 4-1 661 15. Boise State 5-0 628 16. Florida State 4-2 584 17. Miami 4-1 580 18. West Virginia 4-0 526 19. Virginia Tech 4-1 441 20. Oklahoma 3-2 424 21. Utah 5-1 408 22. Arkansas 4-2 194 23. Western Michigan 6-0 185 24. Arizona State 5-1 116 25. LSU 3-2 81 Others receiving votes: Auburn 70, Georgia 63, Navy 58, South Florida 53, North Carolina 51, NC State 34, Oklahoma State 29, USC 13, Stanford 12, Washington State 8, Colorado 7, Wake Forest 6, Memphis 6, Troy 6, TCU 5, Appalachian State 3, Penn State 3, Pittsburgh 3, San Diego State 2, South Alabama 1, Tulsa 1, Middle Tennessee 1
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2016 VIRGINIA FOOTBALL TEAM NOTES
Name, Pos. Streak ‘16 Rec. Career Rec. Streak Started Taquan Mizzell, TB 38 21 164 Sept. 7, 2013 (Oregon) Olamide Zaccheaus, WR 9 26 47 Nov. 7, 2015 (Miami) Doni Dowling, WR 5 18 36 Sept. 3, 2016 (Richmond) Keeon Johnson, WR 5 26 72 Sept. 3, 2016 (Richmond) Warren Craft, WR 3 5 5 Sept. 3, 2016 (Richmond) Albert Reid, TB 2 4 16 Sept. 24, 2016 (Central Mich.) David Eldridge, WR 1 4 6 Oct. 1, 2016 (Duke) Andre Levrone, WR 1 2 19 Oct. 1, 2016 (Duke) Hasise Dubois, WR 1 6 6 Oct. 1, 2016 (Duke) Evan Butts, TE 1 4 20 Oct. 1, 2016 (Duke) Richard Burney, TE 1 1 1 Oct. 1, 2016 (Duke) * - career number includes receptions from previous FBS school
100+Yard Receiving Games Name, Pos. ‘13 ‘14 ‘15 ‘16 Career Taquan Mizzell, TB 0 0 2 0 2 Olamide Zaccheaus, WR * * 0 1 1 100+Yard Rushing Games Name, Pos. ‘13 ‘14 ‘15 ‘16 Career Albert Reid, TB 0 0 1 1 2 Daniel Hamm, TB 1 0 0 0 1 Taquan Mizzell, TB 0 0 1 0 1
200+Yard Passing Games Name ‘13 ‘14 ‘15 ‘16 Career Matt Johns 0 2 8 0 10 Kurt Benkert * 0 * 4 4
300+Yard Passing Games Name ‘13 ‘14 ‘15 ‘16 Career Kurt Benkert * 0 * 2 2 Matt Johns 0 1 1 0 2
CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH A RECEPTION
100-YARD GAMES
200/300/400-YARD GAMES
Name Career Catches 1. Billy McMullen, WR (1999-01) 210 2. Taquan Mizzell, RB (2013-pres.) 164 3. Kris Burd, WR (2008-11) 162 4. Heath Miller, TE (2002-04) 144 5. Alvin Pearman, RB (2001-04) 138 6. Darius Jennings, WR (2011-14) 133 7. Perry Jones, RB (2009-12) 129 8. John Ford, WR (1984, 86-88) 128 9. Germane Crowell, WR (1994-97) 122 10. Dave Sullivan, WR (1970-72) 120 11. Kevin Ogletree, WR (2005-06, 08) 117 12. Herman Moore, WR (1988-90) 114 Wali Lundy, RB (2002-05) 114 14. Patrick Jeffers, WR (1992-95) 108 15. Terry Kirby, RB (1989-92) 105 16. Tyrone Davis, WR (1991-94) 103 Bruce McGonnigal, TE (1987-90) 103 Kevin Parks, RB (2011-14) 103 19. Canaan Severin (2012-15) 102 20. Tom Fadden, WR (1973-76) 100 Next Up: Keeon Johnson, WR (2013-pres.) 72
UVA’S ALL-TIME RECEPTIONS LIST (100+)
NAME DATE OPP. DISTANCE TIME FINAL Ian Frye Sept. 13, 2014 Louisville 42 3:42 23-21 Robert Randolph Sept. 10, 2011 at Indiana 23 :00 34-31 Chris Gould Oct. 13, 2007 UConn 19 3:20 17-16 Chris Gould Oct. 6, 2007 at Middle Tenn. 34 :08 23-21 Connor Hughes Dec. 30, 2005 vs. Minnesota 39 1:08 34-31 Connor Hughes Sept. 17, 2005 at Syracuse 19 :01 27-24 Connor Hughes Sept. 27, 2003 Wake Forest 38 :10 27-24 Todd Braverman Sept. 4, 1999 at North Carolina 50 :27 20-17 Todd Braverman Sept. 19, 1998 Clemson 30 :49 20-18 John A. Roberts Oct. 18, 1997 Duke 29 2:31 13-10 Rafael Garcia Nov. 16, 1996 North Carolina 32 :39 20-17 Rafael Garcia Sept. 17, 1994 Clemson 19 :26 9-6 Jake McInerney Oct. 28, 1989 Louisville 37 :00 16-15 Mark Inderlied Sept. 17, 1988 Georgia Tech 35 :09 17-16 Mark Inderlied Nov. 12, 1988 North Carolina 28 6:11 27-24 Jeff Gaffney Oct. 4, 1986 at Wake Forest 36 :56 30-28 Kenny Stadlin Dec. 31, 1984 vs. Purdue 22 7:17 27-24 Wayne Morrison Oct. 31, 1981 VMI 20 11:26 13-10 Wayne Morrison Nov. 1, 1980 at Tennessee 43 11:03 16-13 Russell Henderson Oct. 22, 1977 Wake Forest 34 :05 12-10 Billy Maxwell Nov. 20, 1971 at Maryland 22 :18 29-27
Below is the list of UVA’s all-time fourth quarter game-winning field goals that were the game’s last score and gave the Cavaliers the lead for good.
GAME-WINNING FIELD GOALS IN UVA HISTORY
LAST UVA KICKOFF RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN Terence Fells-Danzer vs. Eastern Michigan, 2010 (70 yards)
LAST UVA PUNT RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN Maurice Canady vs. William & Mary, 2015 (74 yards) LAST TIME UVA BLOCKED A PUNT DreQuan Hoskey vs. VMI, 2013 LAST TIME UVA BLOCKED A PUNT FOR A TD Trey Womack at Miami (Fla.), 2009 (B. Schautz TD for 20 yards) LAST TIME UVA BLOCKED A FIELD GOAL Daquan Romero vs. Miami, 2014 LAST TIME UVA BLOCKED A PAT Brent Urban vs. Oregon, 2013
LAST TIME: SPECIAL TEAMS
NICHOLAS CONTE ONE OF UVA’S BEST PUNTERS • Nicholas Conte owns a 44.5 yards per punt average for his career. He is 21 punts shy of the 100 career punt minimum to rank on the career list at UVA. • Currently Conte’s 44.8 yards per punt average would rank No. 1 in the UVA annals, topping Russ Henderson’s 43.3 yards per punt mark.
SOCCER NATIONAL CHAMPION JOINS TEAM AS A PLACEKICKER • Former UVA men’s soccer player Sam Hayward officially joined the football team as a walk-on placekicker on Sept. 19. • Hayward made his college football debut at Duke on Oct. 1, connecting on all three PATs he attempted. • Hayward was a member of UVA’s men’s soccer program in 2014 and 2015 after spending the 2013 season at Penn. • Hayward was part of UVA’s 2014 NCAA title team. He finished the second penalty kick in the shootout of the NCAA championship match against UCLA. He also convert- ed on one of UVA’s PKs in the quarterfinal win over Georgetown and tied the game late in the first half of the second round NCAA match with UNC Wilmington. • Hayward played football as a kicker and wide receiver in the 8th, 9th and 10th grade.
UVA HAS ATTEMPTED ONLY TWO FIELD GOALS IN 2016
• UVA attempted its first field goal of 2016 in game three at UConn. Alex Furbank connected on a 23-yard field goal in his first career play of football at any level. He later missed from 20 as time expired. Furbank walked-on to the UVA team during fall camp after being on the soccer roster at DIII Randolph-Macon in 2015, but did not appear in any games.
400+Yard Passing Games Name ‘13 ‘14 ‘15 ‘16 Career Kurt Benkert * 0 * 1 1
2016 VIRGINIA FOOTBALL KURT BENKERT
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BENKERT IS UVA’S STARTING QUARTERBACK • Kurt Benkert was named the starting quarterback by head coach Bronco Mendenhall on August 24 following the final practice of fall camp. • Benkert, a transfer from East Carolina, became (vs. Richmond) the first Cavalier quarterback to start his UVA debut since 1977 when Bry- an Shumock started the season opener against NC State. Shumock switched to defensive back for the 1978 season and led UVA with four interceptions. • Benkert was the 11th different UVA starting quarterback to start an opener in the last 12 seasons. The list includes: Matt Johns (2015), Greyson Lambert (2014), David Watford (2013), Michael Rocco (2011- 12), Marc Verica (2010), Vic Hall (2009), Peter Lalich (2008), Jameel Sewell (2007), Christian Olsen (2006) and Marques Hagans (2005).
UVA QUARTERBACKS IN THEIR FIRST-CAREER START
• QB Kurt Benkert, a transfer from ECU, made his first collegiate start for the Cavaliers against Richmond (Sept. 3) in the season opener. • Since 1955, 19 Virginia quarterbacks have passed for at least 150 yards in their first-career start. Here is a breakdown of the most pass- ing yards by a Virginia QB in their first-ever start:
Year (Opp.) Name A-C-I Yards TD 1997 (Auburn) Aaron Brooks 41-25-1 305 2 2012 (Duke) Phillip Sims 42-21-2 268 0 2016 (Richmond) Kurt Benkert 34-26-1 264 3 1994 (Navy) Mike Groh 35-26-1 257 3 1964 (WFU) Bob Davis 27-14-2 250 0 1989 (Clemson) Matt Blundin 34-14-2 250 2 1999 (Ga. Tech) David Rivers 30-18-1 228 3 2014 (Kent State) Matt Johns 28-17-2 227 2 1993 (Maryland) Symmion Willis 23-15-1 192 2 2011 (W&M) Michael Rocco 29-21-0 174 0 1988 (W&M) Shawn Moore 22-13-1 167 2 1999 (UNC) Dan Ellis 25-10-3 165 1 1967 (Army) Gene Arnette 25-14-3 164 0 1984 (Ga. Tech) Don Majkowski 20-6-3 161 1 2008 (UConn) Marc Verica 30-22-1 158 0 1980 (Clemson) Lindsay Delaney 15-8-0 156 0 1982 (NC State) Wayne Schuchts 23-10-0 156 1 2008 (USC) Peter Lalich 35-18-1 155 0 1970 (VMI) Bill Troup 14-13-0 154 2
KURT BENKERT SAYS ‘I DO’ • Virginia quarterback Kurt Benkert got married this summer. Him and his sweetheart, Samantha, tied the knot on July 2 at Lovers Key State Park in Fort Myers, Fla. • Benkurt doesn’t wear his actual wedding band while playing foot- ball, but he does wear a band made out of silicone as a representa- tion of that wedding band. He rotates between three colors, black, grey and white.
The Automated ScoreBook East Carolina Individual Game-by-Game (as of Sep 01, 2016)
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#6Q BENKERT, Kurt
Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns all Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg purp Aug 30 N.C. CENTRAL 2 13 1 9 0 0 0 0 6-8-1 50 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Sep 20 NORTH CAROLINA 1 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 2-2-0 8 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Jan 03 vs Florida 2 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Totals 5 23 2 9 0 0 0 0 8-10-1 58 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
Games: 3 • Avg/rush: 4.6 • Pass effic: 108.72 • All purpose avg/game: 7.7 • Total offense avg/gm: 27.0
Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Aug 30 N.C. CENTRAL 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 6 Sep 20 NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 6 Jan 03 vs Florida 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Totals 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 12
2014 GAME-BY-GAME (AT EAST CAROLINA)
6 KURT BENKERT (BEN-KURT)
Quarterback • 6-4 • 230 • Junior Cape Coral, Fla. • Island Coast HS/East Carolina
Virginia Football 2016 Virginia Individual Game-by-Game (as of Oct 04, 2016)
All games
#6 Kurt Benkert
Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns all Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg purp Sep 03 RICHMOND 8 3 0 11 0 0 0 0 26-34-1 264 3 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Sep 10 at Oregon 9 -27 0 13 0 0 0 0 20-39-2 193 2 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -27 Sep 17 at UConn 3 -1 0 8 0 0 0 0 23-42-1 241 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 Sep 24 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 27-43-1 421 5 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Oct 01 at Duke 5 -23 0 1 0 0 0 0 23-41-1 336 3 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -23 Totals 26 -46 0 13 0 0 0 0 119-199-6 1455 13 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -46
Games: 5 • Avg/rush: -1.8 • Pass effic: 136.74 • All purpose avg/game: -9.2 • Total offense avg/gm: 281.8
Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Sep 03 RICHMOND 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Sep 10 at Oregon 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Sep 17 at UConn 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Sep 24 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Oct 01 at Duke 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Totals 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0
2016 GAME-BY-GAME
Kurt Benkert
RUSHING g att yards td long avg/c avg/g 2016 5 26 -46 0 13 -1.8 -9.2 TOTAL 5 26 -46 0 13 -1.8 -9.2
PASSING g cmp-att-int yards td long pct avg/p avg/g effic 2016 5 119-199-6 1455 13 84 59.8 7.3 291.0 136.7 TOTAL 5 119-199-6 1455 13 84 59.8 7.3 291.0 136.7
TOTAL OFFENSE g rush pass total avg/g 2016 5 -46 1455 1409 281.8 TOTAL 5 -46 1455 1409 281.8
ALL PURPOSE g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g 2016 5 -46 0 0 0 0 -46 -9.2 TOTAL 5 -46 0 0 0 0 -46 -9.2
BENKERT BY THE NUMBERS (UVA CAREER) Individual Career History
Kurt Benkert
RUSHING g att yards td long avg/c avg/g 2016 5 26 -46 0 13 -1.8 -9.2 TOTAL 5 26 -46 0 13 -1.8 -9.2
PASSING g cmp-att-int yards td long pct avg/p avg/g effic 2016 5 119-199-6 1455 13 84 59.8 7.3 291.0 136.7 TOTAL 5 119-199-6 1455 13 84 59.8 7.3 291.0 136.7
TOTAL OFFENSE g rush pass total avg/g 2016 5 -46 1455 1409 281.8 TOTAL 5 -46 1455 1409 281.8
ALL PURPOSE g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g 2016 5 -46 0 0 0 0 -46 -9.2 TOTAL 5 -46 0 0 0 0 -46 -9.2
Individual Career History
Kurt Benkert
RUSHING g att yards td long avg/c avg/g 2016 5 26 -46 0 13 -1.8 -9.2 TOTAL 5 26 -46 0 13 -1.8 -9.2
PASSING g cmp-att-int yards td long pct avg/p avg/g effic 2016 5 119-199-6 1455 13 84 59.8 7.3 291.0 136.7 TOTAL 5 119-199-6 1455 13 84 59.8 7.3 291.0 136.7
TOTAL OFFENSE g rush pass total avg/g 2016 5 -46 1455 1409 281.8 TOTAL 5 -46 1455 1409 281.8
ALL PURPOSE g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g 2016 5 -46 0 0 0 0 -46 -9.2 TOTAL 5 -46 0 0 0 0 -46 -9.2
KURT BENKERT NOTES
QB Kurt Benkert was 23-of-41 for 336 yards and three touchdowns in a 34-20 ACC win at Duke the last time out. He has thrown for 757 yards and 8 touchdowns in his last two games.
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4 TAQUAN MIZZELL
Tailback • 5-10 • 195 • Senior Virginia Beach, Va. • Bayside HS
Virginia Football 2013 Virginia Individual Game-by-Game (as of Nov 15, 2015)
All games
#4 Taquan Mizzell
Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns all Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg purp Aug 31 BYU 7 16 0 6 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 3 56 0 25 0 0 0 0 72 Sep 07 OREGON 6 14 0 9 4 18 0 5 0-0-0 0 0 0 2 26 0 23 0 0 0 0 58 Oct 05 BALL STATE 5 14 0 6 5 30 0 11 0-0-0 0 0 0 2 18 0 15 0 0 0 0 62 Oct 12 at Maryland 3 13 0 8 1 -4 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 4 55 0 17 0 0 0 0 64 Oct 19 DUKE 6 52 0 36 1 4 0 4 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 Oct 26 GEORGIA TECH 3 16 0 12 3 13 0 7 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 38 Nov 02 CLEMSON 8 17 0 7 4 24 0 27 0-0-0 0 0 0 3 59 0 31 0 0 0 0 100 Nov 09 at North Carolina 3 9 0 5 4 25 0 9 0-0-0 0 0 0 5 108 0 48 0 0 0 0 142 Nov 23 at Miami 4 33 1 13 6 45 1 12 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 Nov 30 VIRGINIA TECH 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 9 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 25 Totals 45 184 1 36 29 164 1 27 0-0-0 0 0 0 21 347 0 48 0 0 0 0 695
Games: 10 • Avg/rush: 4.1 • Avg/catch: 5.7 • KR avg: 16.5 • All purpose avg/game: 69.5 • Total offense avg/gm: 18.4
Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Aug 31 BYU 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Sep 07 OREGON 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Oct 05 BALL STATE 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Oct 12 at Maryland 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Oct 19 DUKE 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Oct 26 GEORGIA TECH 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Nov 02 CLEMSON 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Nov 09 at North Carolina 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Nov 23 at Miami 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 12 Nov 30 VIRGINIA TECH 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Totals 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 12
Individual Career History
Taquan Mizzell
RUSHING g att yards td long avg/c avg/g 2013 10 45 184 1 36 4.1 18.4 2014 12 64 280 2 16 4.4 23.3 2015 12 163 671 4 36 4.1 55.9 2016 5 52 260 2 44 5.0 52.0 TOTAL 39 324 1395 9 44 4.3 35.8
PASSING g cmp-att-int yards td long pct avg/p avg/g effic 2013 10 0-0-0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2014 12 0-0-0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2015 12 0-1-0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2016 5 0-0-0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 TOTAL 39 0-1-0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TOTAL OFFENSE g rush pass total avg/g 2013 10 184 0 184 18.4 2014 12 280 0 280 23.3 2015 12 671 0 671 55.9 2016 5 260 0 260 52.0 TOTAL 39 1395 0 1395 35.8
RECEIVING g rec yards td long rec/g avg/c avg/g 2013 10 29 164 1 27 2.9 5.7 16.4 2014 12 39 271 0 54 3.2 6.9 22.6 2015 12 75 721 4 80 6.2 9.6 60.1 2016 5 21 171 1 53 4.2 8.1 34.2 TOTAL 39 164 1327 6 80 4.2 8.1 34.0
SCORING g td rush rcv ret pat 2pat fg total avg/g 2013 10 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 12 1.2 2014 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 1.0 2015 12 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 48 4.0 2016 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 18 3.6 TOTAL 39 15 9 6 0 0 0 0 90 2.3
KICK RETURNS g no. yards td long avg/r avg/g 2013 10 21 347 0 48 16.5 34.7 2014 12 9 208 0 39 23.1 17.3 2015 12 7 96 0 20 13.7 8.0 2016 5 2 32 0 20 16.0 6.4 TOTAL 39 39 683 0 48 17.5 17.5
ALL PURPOSE g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g 2013 10 184 164 0 347 0 695 69.5 2014 12 280 271 0 208 0 759 63.2 2015 12 671 721 0 96 0 1488 124.0 2016 5 260 171 0 32 0 463 92.6 TOTAL 39 1395 1327 0 683 0 3405 87.3
TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk qbh 2013 10 0 0 0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2014 12 0 0 0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2015 12 1 0 1 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2016 5 0 0 0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 39 1 0 1 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Virginia Football 2013 Virginia Individual Game-by-Game (as of Nov 15, 2015)
All games
#4 Taquan Mizzell
Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns all Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg purp Aug 31 BYU 7 16 0 6 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 3 56 0 25 0 0 0 0 72 Sep 07 OREGON 6 14 0 9 4 18 0 5 0-0-0 0 0 0 2 26 0 23 0 0 0 0 58 Oct 05 BALL STATE 5 14 0 6 5 30 0 11 0-0-0 0 0 0 2 18 0 15 0 0 0 0 62 Oct 12 at Maryland 3 13 0 8 1 -4 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 4 55 0 17 0 0 0 0 64 Oct 19 DUKE 6 52 0 36 1 4 0 4 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 Oct 26 GEORGIA TECH 3 16 0 12 3 13 0 7 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 38 Nov 02 CLEMSON 8 17 0 7 4 24 0 27 0-0-0 0 0 0 3 59 0 31 0 0 0 0 100 Nov 09 at North Carolina 3 9 0 5 4 25 0 9 0-0-0 0 0 0 5 108 0 48 0 0 0 0 142 Nov 23 at Miami 4 33 1 13 6 45 1 12 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 Nov 30 VIRGINIA TECH 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 9 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 25 Totals 45 184 1 36 29 164 1 27 0-0-0 0 0 0 21 347 0 48 0 0 0 0 695
Games: 10 • Avg/rush: 4.1 • Avg/catch: 5.7 • KR avg: 16.5 • All purpose avg/game: 69.5 • Total offense avg/gm: 18.4
Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Aug 31 BYU 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Sep 07 OREGON 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Oct 05 BALL STATE 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Oct 12 at Maryland 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Oct 19 DUKE 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Oct 26 GEORGIA TECH 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Nov 02 CLEMSON 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Nov 09 at North Carolina 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Nov 23 at Miami 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 12 Nov 30 VIRGINIA TECH 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Totals 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 12
Virginia Football 2014 Virginia Individual Game-by-Game (as of Nov 15, 2015)
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#4 Taquan Mizzell
Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns all Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg purp Aug 30 UCLA 10 31 0 7 6 15 0 4 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 58 Sep 06 RICHMOND 7 16 1 4 5 26 0 8 0-0-0 0 0 0 2 70 0 39 0 0 0 0 112 Sep 13 LOUISVILLE 5 40 0 14 3 11 0 8 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 26 0 26 0 0 0 0 77 Sep 20 at BYU 8 16 0 6 2 10 0 8 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Sep 27 KENT STATE 9 61 1 15 3 24 0 12 0-0-0 0 0 0 2 49 0 35 0 0 0 0 134 Oct 04 PITT 3 9 0 4 2 13 0 8 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Oct 18 at Duke 4 21 0 11 3 19 0 8 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Oct 25 NORTH CAROLINA 5 17 0 8 3 25 0 13 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 63 Nov 01 at Georgia Tech 2 5 0 5 4 33 0 20 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 54 Nov 08 at Florida State 2 7 0 5 2 14 0 10 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Nov 22 MIAMI (FLA.) 8 55 0 16 2 7 0 5 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 Nov 28 at Virginia Tech 1 2 0 2 4 74 0 54 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 90 Totals 64 280 2 16 39 271 0 54 0-0-0 0 0 0 9 208 0 39 0 0 0 0 759
Games: 12 • Avg/rush: 4.4 • Avg/catch: 6.9 • KR avg: 23.1 • All purpose avg/game: 63.2 • Total offense avg/gm: 23.3
Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Aug 30 UCLA 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Sep 06 RICHMOND 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 6 Sep 13 LOUISVILLE 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Sep 20 at BYU 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Sep 27 KENT STATE 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 6 Oct 04 PITT 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Oct 18 at Duke 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Oct 25 NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Nov 01 at Georgia Tech 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Nov 08 at Florida State 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Nov 22 MIAMI (FLA.) 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Nov 28 at Virginia Tech 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Totals 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 12
Virginia Football 2014 Virginia Individual Game-by-Game (as of Nov 15, 2015)
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#4 Taquan Mizzell
Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns all Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg purp Aug 30 UCLA 10 31 0 7 6 15 0 4 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 58 Sep 06 RICHMOND 7 16 1 4 5 26 0 8 0-0-0 0 0 0 2 70 0 39 0 0 0 0 112 Sep 13 LOUISVILLE 5 40 0 14 3 11 0 8 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 26 0 26 0 0 0 0 77 Sep 20 at BYU 8 16 0 6 2 10 0 8 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Sep 27 KENT STATE 9 61 1 15 3 24 0 12 0-0-0 0 0 0 2 49 0 35 0 0 0 0 134 Oct 04 PITT 3 9 0 4 2 13 0 8 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Oct 18 at Duke 4 21 0 11 3 19 0 8 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Oct 25 NORTH CAROLINA 5 17 0 8 3 25 0 13 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 63 Nov 01 at Georgia Tech 2 5 0 5 4 33 0 20 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 54 Nov 08 at Florida State 2 7 0 5 2 14 0 10 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Nov 22 MIAMI (FLA.) 8 55 0 16 2 7 0 5 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 Nov 28 at Virginia Tech 1 2 0 2 4 74 0 54 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 90 Totals 64 280 2 16 39 271 0 54 0-0-0 0 0 0 9 208 0 39 0 0 0 0 759
Games: 12 • Avg/rush: 4.4 • Avg/catch: 6.9 • KR avg: 23.1 • All purpose avg/game: 63.2 • Total offense avg/gm: 23.3
Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Aug 30 UCLA 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Sep 06 RICHMOND 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 6 Sep 13 LOUISVILLE 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Sep 20 at BYU 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Sep 27 KENT STATE 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 6 Oct 04 PITT 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Oct 18 at Duke 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Oct 25 NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Nov 01 at Georgia Tech 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Nov 08 at Florida State 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Nov 22 MIAMI (FLA.) 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Nov 28 at Virginia Tech 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Totals 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 12
2015 University of Virginia Football Virginia Individual Game-by-Game (as of Aug 23, 2016)
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#4 Taquan Mizzell
Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns all Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg purp Sep 05 at UCLA 16 45 0 7 8 100 1 19 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 155 Sep 12 NOTRE DAME 18 66 0 25 4 10 0 6 0-0-0 0 0 0 4 51 0 16 0 0 0 0 127 Sep 19 WILLIAM & MARY 5 44 0 36 5 123 1 80 0-0-0 0 0 0 2 35 0 20 0 0 0 0 202 Sep 25 BOISE STATE 7 2 0 4 5 59 1 45 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 Oct 10 at Pitt 7 39 0 20 3 48 0 34 0-1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 Oct 17 SYRACUSE 13 58 2 13 10 69 0 19 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 Oct 24 at North Carolina 24 117 0 25 6 57 0 16 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 174 Oct 31 GEORGIA TECH 14 75 0 21 5 33 0 15 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 Nov 07 at Miami (FL) 18 91 0 27 8 40 0 19 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 131 Nov 14 at Louisville 13 47 0 14 9 89 0 26 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 Nov 21 DUKE 17 61 2 13 5 43 1 36 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 Nov 28 VIRGINIA TECH 11 26 0 13 7 50 0 14 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 Totals 163 671 4 36 75 721 4 80 0-1-0 0 0 0 7 96 0 20 0 0 0 0 1488
Games: 12 • Avg/rush: 4.1 • Avg/catch: 9.6 • Pass effic: 0.00 • KR avg: 13.7 • All purpose avg/game: 124.0 • Total offense avg/gm: 55.9
Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Sep 05 at UCLA 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 6 Sep 12 NOTRE DAME 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Sep 19 WILLIAM & MARY 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 6 Sep 25 BOISE STATE 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 6 Oct 10 at Pitt 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Oct 17 SYRACUSE 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 12 Oct 24 at North Carolina 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Oct 31 GEORGIA TECH 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Nov 07 at Miami (FL) 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Nov 14 at Louisville 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Nov 21 DUKE 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 18 Nov 28 VIRGINIA TECH 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Totals 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 48
2015 University of Virginia Football Virginia Individual Game-by-Game (as of Aug 23, 2016)
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#4 Taquan Mizzell
Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns all Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg purp Sep 05 at UCLA 16 45 0 7 8 100 1 19 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 155 Sep 12 NOTRE DAME 18 66 0 25 4 10 0 6 0-0-0 0 0 0 4 51 0 16 0 0 0 0 127 Sep 19 WILLIAM & MARY 5 44 0 36 5 123 1 80 0-0-0 0 0 0 2 35 0 20 0 0 0 0 202 Sep 25 BOISE STATE 7 2 0 4 5 59 1 45 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 Oct 10 at Pitt 7 39 0 20 3 48 0 34 0-1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 Oct 17 SYRACUSE 13 58 2 13 10 69 0 19 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 Oct 24 at North Carolina 24 117 0 25 6 57 0 16 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 174 Oct 31 GEORGIA TECH 14 75 0 21 5 33 0 15 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 Nov 07 at Miami (FL) 18 91 0 27 8 40 0 19 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 131 Nov 14 at Louisville 13 47 0 14 9 89 0 26 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 Nov 21 DUKE 17 61 2 13 5 43 1 36 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 Nov 28 VIRGINIA TECH 11 26 0 13 7 50 0 14 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 Totals 163 671 4 36 75 721 4 80 0-1-0 0 0 0 7 96 0 20 0 0 0 0 1488
Games: 12 • Avg/rush: 4.1 • Avg/catch: 9.6 • Pass effic: 0.00 • KR avg: 13.7 • All purpose avg/game: 124.0 • Total offense avg/gm: 55.9
Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Sep 05 at UCLA 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 6 Sep 12 NOTRE DAME 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Sep 19 WILLIAM & MARY 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 6 Sep 25 BOISE STATE 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 6 Oct 10 at Pitt 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Oct 17 SYRACUSE 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 12 Oct 24 at North Carolina 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Oct 31 GEORGIA TECH 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Nov 07 at Miami (FL) 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Nov 14 at Louisville 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Nov 21 DUKE 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 18 Nov 28 VIRGINIA TECH 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 0 Totals 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - 48
Individual Career History
Taquan Mizzell
RUSHING g att yards td long avg/c avg/g 2013 10 45 184 1 36 4.1 18.4 2014 12 64 280 2 16 4.4 23.3 2015 12 163 671 4 36 4.1 55.9 2016 5 52 260 2 44 5.0 52.0 TOTAL 39 324 1395 9 44 4.3 35.8
PASSING g cmp-att-int yards td long pct avg/p avg/g effic 2013 10 0-0-0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2014 12 0-0-0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2015 12 0-1-0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2016 5 0-0-0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 TOTAL 39 0-1-0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TOTAL OFFENSE g rush pass total avg/g 2013 10 184 0 184 18.4 2014 12 280 0 280 23.3 2015 12 671 0 671 55.9 2016 5 260 0 260 52.0 TOTAL 39 1395 0 1395 35.8
RECEIVING g rec yards td long rec/g avg/c avg/g 2013 10 29 164 1 27 2.9 5.7 16.4 2014 12 39 271 0 54 3.2 6.9 22.6 2015 12 75 721 4 80 6.2 9.6 60.1 2016 5 21 171 1 53 4.2 8.1 34.2 TOTAL 39 164 1327 6 80 4.2 8.1 34.0
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