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1 VIRGINIA 2017 DUKE October 7, :20 p.m. ACC Network Charlottesville, Va. Scott Stadium (61,500) GAME 5 #DUKEvsUVA BREAKDOWN VIRGINIA CAVALIERS Record: 3-1, ACC: 0-0 Head Coach: Bronco Mendenhall UVA Record: 5-11 second season Career Record: th season Mendenhall vs. Duke: 1-0 VS DUKE BLUE DEVILS Record: 4-1, ACC: 0-1 Head Coach: David Cutcliffe DU Record: th season Career Record: th season Cutcliffe vs. UVA: 6-3 OPENING KICK VIRGINIA OPENS UP ACC PLAY VS. DUKE Virginia enters ACC play on Saturday when the Cavaliers return to Scott Stadium to face the Duke Blue Devils. Kickoff is set for 12:20 p.m., and the game will be televised on ACC Network, which will air in the Charlottesville area on NBC 29. This weekend the University of Virginia is celebrating its Bicentennial with a Launch Weekend, begining with a celebration on Friday, Oct. 6 of the historic laying of the the cornerstone by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe. NOTING VIRGINIA IN ACC OPENERS Virginia begins its 64th season competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference on Saturday against Duke. Virginia holds a all-time record in conference openers. This is only the fourth season over the last 12 years that Virginia will open ACC play at Scott Stadium. During that span only the 2007 (Duke), 2010 (Florida State) and 2014 (Louisville) seasons did UVA start ACC play in Charlottesville. This is the second year in a row UVA opens ACC play with the Duke Blue Devils. VIRGINIA VS. DUKE Virginia leads the series with Duke by a narrow margin. Virginia s victory over Duke at Scott Stadium in 2015 snapped a three-game winning streak in the series by the Blue Devils. UVA s win at Wallace Wade Stadium in 2016 has the Cavaliers looking for their third straight win in the series on Saturday. After UVA won eight games in a row in the series from , Duke has won six of the last nine meetings. At one time Duke had a 12-game advantage in the series, Date: Sat., Oct. 7, 2017 Location: Charlottesville, Va. Stadium: Scott Stadium (61,500) Series vs. Duke: UVA leads, In Charlottesville: UVA leads, at Scott Stadium: UVA leads, Last Meeting: 2016 (UVA, W34-20) First Meeting: 1890 in Richmond (UVA, 10-4) Largest UVA win: 59 (59-0), 1990 Longest Win Streak: 8 ( ) Mendenhall vs. Cutcliffe: Mendenhall leads, 1-0 Websites: VirginiaSports.com GoDuke.com but by winning 24 of the last 34 meetings since 1982, UVA now leads the all-time series by two wins over the Blue Devils. FIVE TOP STORYLINES Duke is Virginia s oldest opponent (1890) this season, while North Carolina is the second oldest (1892). QB Kurt Benkert has started 14 career games for the Cavaliers and in seven of those starts he has thrown for at least three touchdowns. Named ACC Offensive Back of the Week on Sept. 25, Benkert is a combined 49-of-69 (.710) for 728 passing yards and six touchdowns during UVA s current two-game winning streak. ILB Micah Kiser has registered 38 combined tackles, four sacks, one fumble recovery and three pass breakup over UVA s last three games. UVA s defense has limited its first three opponents to a combined 6-of-35 (.171) when it is third-andfive, or longer. #HoosRising: BY THE NUMBERS WR Andre Levrone was named ACC Receiver of the Week on Sept. 25 after hauling in five receptions for 141 yards and two touchdowns at Boise State. He has nine catches over the last two games and is averaging 29.8 yards per catch. FS Quin Blanding s 401 career tackles are the most among all active FBS players and ranks No. 4 all-time in the UVA record book. WR Andre Levrone is No. 2 in the nation and No. 1 in the ACC with 26.8 yards per reception. He leads UVA with 348 receiving yards. UVA snapped Boise State s 32-game regular season non-conference home winning streak on Sept. 22, which dates back to 2001 vs. Washington State. SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time /Result TV S. 2 WILLIAM & MARY W/28-10 ACC Net. Extra S. 9 INDIANA L/17-34 ESPNU S. 16 UCONN W/38-18 ESPN2 S. 22 at Boise State^ W/42-23 ESPN2 O. 7 DUKE* 12:20 p.m. ACC Network O. 14 at North Carolina* TBD O. 21 BOSTON COLLEGE* 1 TBD O. 28 at Pitt* TBD N. 4 GEORGIA TECH* TBD N. 11 at Louisville* TBD N. 18 at Miami* TBD N. 24 VIRGINIA TECH*^ TBD All Times Eastern; *ACC game; 1 Homecomings; ^ Friday ACC Network Tom Werme, play-by-play Dave Archer, analyst D.J. Shockley, sideline ON THE AIR Virginia Sports Radio Network Dave Koehn, play-by-play Tony Covington, analyst Jay James, sideline Satellite Radio Sirius 83 XM 83 VIRGINIA COACHES On the Field Bronco Mendenhall, Head Coach Mark Atuaia, Running Backs Jason Beck, Quarterbacks Marques Hagans, Wide Receivers Shane Hunter, Inside Linebackers Nick Howell, Defensive Coordinator/Secondary Vic So oto, Defensive Line Garett Tujague, Offensive Line Drew Meyer, Graduate Assistant In the Booth Robert Anae, Offensive Coordinator, Inside Receivers Kelly Poppinga, Outside Linebackers, Special Teams Famika Anae, Graduate Assistant Albert Reid, Graduate Assistant Jackson Matteo, Graduate Assistant VIRGINIA MEDIA RELATIONS Asst. AD for Media Relations (coach interviews) Jim O: (434) C: (434) jimdaves@virginia.edu Football Contact (player interviews) Vincent O: (434) C: (434) VirginiaFootball

2 2017 VIRGINIA FOOTBALL MEDIA INFORMATION THIS WEEK S SCHEDULE 1 SUNDAY 2 MONDAY 3 TUESDAY 4 WEDNESDAY 5 THURSDAY 6 FRIDAY 7 SATURDAY PLAYER DAY OFF No availability Weekly press conference John Paul Jones Arena Media Room (12 p.m.) Defensive players available for interviews Defensive coaches available for interviews DT Eli Hanback Teleconference (12 p.m.) WINA Coaches Radio Show, Birdwood Grill (7-8 p.m.) Offensive players available for interviews Offensive coaches available for interviews Bronco Mendenhall on ACC Conference Call (10:30 a.m.) TB Jordan Ellis Teleconference (10:50 a.m.) No availability No availability Game No. 5 vs. Duke 12:20 p.m. ACC Network Charlottesville, Va. 2 ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS JIM DAVES Asst. AD for Media Relations Coach Interviews Office: Mobile: VINCENT BRIEDIS Asst. Director for Media Relations (Primary Football Contact) Player Interviews Office: Mobile: MAILING ADDRESS John Paul Jones Arena 295 Massie Road, Room 154 P.O. Box Charlottesville, VA 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 student-athletes. Mendenhall will field questions beginning at 12 p.m. and student-athletes will follow. 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: 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 , please contact Vincent Briedis. UVA GAMEDAY APP The Virginia Sports Gameday Mobile App is available. 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 to password@collegepressbox.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. 30, and concluding November 15. The teleconference of Thanksgiving week will be held at the same time, but on Tuesday, Nov. 21. Each coach will have 10 minutes to make an opening statement and answer questions. There will be an audio file of each teleconference on theacc.com Wednesday afternoon. Transcripts of the teleconference will also be available on the theacc.com each afternoon. Contact an ACC staff member or member institution s sports information office for access instructions 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 individual 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, Associate Commissioner/ACC Advanced Media, at smcburney@theacc.org or call ACC INJURY GUIDELINES On each Monday during the season, ACC schools will announce any players who are out for the season 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 (Wednesday for Friday game, Thursday for Saturday). On that day, within 90 minutes of the end of practice, injured players playing status for the next game will be announced in one of five categories: - Definitely will play - Probable - Questionable - Doubtful - Out PRONUNCIATION GUIDE PLAYERS Kurt Benkert Ryan Bischoff Riah Burton Osiris Crutchfield Hasise Dubois Matt Gaham Terrell Jana Ben Knutson Andre Levrone A.J. Mejia John Montelus Juwan Moye Brandon Pertile Donovan Rolle Ryan Swoboda Olamide Zaccheaus Zane Zandier COACHES Robert Anae Mark Atuaia Marques Hagans Kelly Poppinga Vic So oto Garett Tujague Famika Anae Ben-Kurt Bish-Off RYE-uh OH-Cyrus Ha-Cease Doob-Wah Gam (rhymes with Ham) Tur-Rell Jan-ah Newt-Son Lev rown-knee meh-hee-uh Mon-Tell-es Moy (rhymes with Boy) Purr-Tile Roll Swo-Bo-Duh Oh-llama-day Zah-key-us Zann-Deer Ah-NIGH Ah-too-why-ah Marcus PUH-ping-guh So-OH-toe TOO-Jay Fam-EE-kah Ah-NIGH

3 2017 VIRGINIA FOOTBALL UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FACTS Game Information 1 Media Information/Schedule 2 University of Virginia Facts 3 Virginia vs. Duke 4-5 Team Notes 6-8 ACC Standings/Preseason Poll 6 Career Starts/ 2017 UVA Opponents 9 UVA Overtime Games 9 Special Teams Notes/Game-Winning Field Goals 10 Quarterback Kurt Benkert 11 Safety Quin Blanding 12 Linebacker Micah Kiser 13 Last Minute Game-Winning Scores 14 Opening Drives/Goal-to-Goal 14 Head Coach Bronco Mendenhall 15 UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Location Charlottesville, VA Founded 1819 by Thomas Jefferson Enrollment 21,800 (Undergraduate 14,898) 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 Affiliations NCAA, Division I-FBS, Atlantic Coast Conference (Coastal Division) FOOTBALL INFORMATION First Year of Football 1888 All-Time Record (128th season) All-Time ACC Record (64th 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 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 Vic So oto Defensive Line Garett Tujague Offensive Line Frank Wintrich Director of Football Performance Famika Anae Graduate Assistant Jackson Matteo Graduate Assistant Drew Meyer Graudate Assistant Albert Reid Graduate Assistant SUPPORT STAFF Assoc. AD for Football Admin Gerry Capone Admin. Assistant to Bronco Mendenhall Dot Kirby Admin. Assistant for Football Admin. Suzanne Hoeft Director of Player Development Pat Hickman Director of Player Personnel Justin Anderson Football Analyst Matt Edwards 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 WHAT S INSIDE Game-By-Game Notables/Retired Numbers 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 Team Statistics 21 Defensive Statistics 22 Game-By-Game Starters/Statistical Leaders 23 What Happens on First Down 24 Third Down Conversions 24 Starting Field Position 24 Penalties 24 Season Drive & Turnover/ Takeaway Analysis 25 Scoring Drives 26 VIRGINIA FACTS Drive Charts 27 Game-By-Game Statistics Miscellaneous/ Special Teams Tackles Leaders 35 Individual/Team Game Highs 36 Money Plays 37 Long Plays of 20 Yards or Longer 38 The Last Time Participation 41 Career Highs Individual and Career Statistics Game-By-Game Summeries Virginia and Opponent Long Plays 48 Virginia Rosters Depth Chart 51 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 commonwealths 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 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 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 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 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 chosen 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 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 Wahhoo-wah. The Levy Opera House stands at the corner of High Street and Park Street and has since been renovated into an office building. 3

4 2017 VIRGINIA FOOTBALL DUKE SERIES NOTES 4 UVA VS. DUKE SERIES HISTORY Virginia leads, In Charlottesville: UVA leads, In Durham: Duke leads, at Neutral Site: Tied, 3-3 Longest UVA win streak: 8 ( ) Longest Duke win Streak: 5 ( ) Largest Victory: 59 (59-0), 1990 in Durham Season Site UVA Coach W/L/T Score UVA Rank Duke Coach Opp. Rank 1890 Richmond Unknown W 10-4 NR No coach NR 1891 Richmond Unknown L 0-20 NR No coach NR 1892 Atlanta Unknown W 46-4 NR No coach NR 1893 Lynchburg John Poe W 30-0 NR No coach NR 1923 UVA Earle Neale W 33-0 NR S.M. Alexander NR 1930 Durham Earl Abell L 0-32 NR James DeHart NR 1943 Durham Frank Murray L 0-49 NR Edmund M. Cameron Durham Art Guepe W 30-7 NR William D. Murray NR 1952 UVA Art Guepe L William D. Murray Norfolk Ned McDonald L 6-48 NR William D. Murray UVA Ben Martin L 7-40 NR William D. Murray NR 1957 Durham Ben Martin L 0-40 NR William D. Murray UVA Richard Voris W NR William D. Murray NR 1961 Richmond Bill Elias L 0-42 NR William D. Murray NR 1963 UVA Bill Elias L 8-30 NR William D. Murray NR 1964 Durham Bill Elias L 0-30 NR William D. Murray NR 1965 UVA George Blackburn L 7-21 NR William D. Murray NR 1966 Durham George Blackburn L 8-27 NR Tom Harp NR 1967 UVA George Blackburn L 6-13 NR Tom Harp NR 1968 Durham George Blackburn W NR Tom Harp NR 1969 UVA George Blackburn W 10-0 NR Tom Harp NR 1970 Durham George Blackburn L 7-17 NR Tom Harp NR 1971 UVA Don Lawrence L 0-28 NR Mike McGee Durham Don Lawrence L NR Mike McGee NR 1973 UVA Don Lawrence W 7-3 NR Mike McGee NR 1974 Durham Sonny Randle L NR Mike McGee NR 1975 Durham Sonny Randle L NR Mike McGee NR 1976 UVA Dick Bestwick L 6-21 NR Mike McGee NR 1977 UVA Dick Bestwick L 7-31 NR Mike McGee NR 1978 Durham Dick Bestwick L NR Mike McGee NR 1979 UVA Dick Bestwick W NR Shirley Wilson NR 1980 Durham Dick Bestwick W NR Shirley Wilson NR 1981 UVA Dick Bestwick L NR Shirley Wilson NR 1982 Durham George Welsh L NR Shirley Wilson NR 1983 UVA George Welsh W NR Steve Sloan NR 1984 Durham George Welsh W NR Steve Sloan NR 1985 UVA George Welsh W NR Steve Sloan NR 1986 Durham George Welsh L NR Steve Sloan NR 1987 UVA George Welsh W NR Steve Spurrier NR 1988 Durham George Welsh L NR Steve Spurrier NR 1989 UVA George Welsh W NR Steve Spurrier NR 1990 Durham George Welsh W Barry Wilson NR 1991 UVA George Welsh W 34-3 NR Barry Wilson NR 1992 Durham George Welsh W Barry Wilson NR 1993 UVA George Welsh W Barry Wilson NR 1994 Durham George Welsh L Fred Goldsmith UVA George Welsh W Fred Goldsmith NR 1996 Durham George Welsh W Fred Goldsmith NR 1997 UVA George Welsh W NR Fred Goldsmith NR 1998 Durham George Welsh W 24-0 NR Fred Goldsmith NR 1999 UVA George Welsh L NR Carl Franks NR 2000 Durham George Welsh W NR Carl Franks NR 2001 UVA Al Groh W NR Carl Franks NR 2002 Durham Al Groh W NR Carl Franks NR 2003 UVA Al Groh W Carl Franks NR 2004 Durham Al Groh W Ted Roof NR 2005 UVA Al Groh W Ted Roof NR 2006 Durham Al Groh W 37-0 NR Ted Roof NR 2007 UVA Al Groh W NR Ted Roof NR 2008 Durham Al Groh L 3-31 NR David Cutcliffe NR 2009 UVA Al Groh L NR David Cutcliffe NR 2010 Durham Mike London L NR David Cutcliffe NR 2011 UVA Mike London W NR David Cutcliffe NR 2012 Durham Mike London L NR David Cutcliffe NR 2013 UVA Mike London L NR David Cutcliffe NR 2014 Durham Mike London L NR David Cutcliffe NR 2015 UVA Mike London W NR David Cutcliffe NR 2016 Durham Bronco Mendenhall W NR David Cutcliffe NR MORE ON VIRGINIA-DUKE SERIES Duke is Virginia s oldest opponent (1890) this season; North Carolina is the second oldest (1892). Virginia has played 68 games vs. Duke fifth most among all UVA opponents (UNC, VT, VMI, MD). The teams have played every year since OFFENSE TYPICALLY EXCELS VS. BLUE DEVILS The Cavaliers have put up some impressive offensive performances against Duke in recent games. Virginia has scored at least 30 points in 19 of the last 34 meetings against the Blue Devils and topped 40 points seven times. In the last 27 games, UVA has outscored Duke, (avg of ). The 2011 meeting between UVA and Duke at Scott Stadium marked the Cavaliers one of three UVA victories in the last nine meetings. UVA scored 17 third-quarter points in the win, including a Chase Minnifield pick-six and a Perry Jones one-yard rushing touchdown. In the 2010 meeting at Wallace Wade Stadium in 2010, Virginia s 48 points were the most scored in a UVA loss and there were 103 combined points between the two teams at the time it was the second-highest combined total in ACC history. Former UVA quarterback Marc Verica set the then school record for passing yards in a game with 417, which has been surpassed twice by Kurt Benkert. The senior first broke the record with 421 passing yards against Central Michigan in Benkert broke his own record this season with 455 passing yards against UConn. The 417 passing yards also stood as a school team record for passing yards until UVA broke the record with 480 team passing yards in the 2012 meeting with Louisiana Tech. The last time Duke came to UVA in 2015, the Cavaliers held on late for a triumph. Matt Johns passed for a career-high 344 yards and two touchdowns as Virginia held off a late Duke rally to win Duke rallied from a 22-point fourth-quarter deficit and drove inside the Virginia 20 in the final minute behind a 49-yard pass from backup quarterback Parker Boehme to Anthony Nash. But on fourth down, Wilfred Wahee batted away Boehme s pass attempt to Nash in the end zone to seal the victory. VIRGINIA - DUKE CONNECTIONS Below is a list of hometown and high school connections between players on UVA s roster and those on Duke s roster: Virginia Hometown/High School Duke Mandy Alonso Miami, Fla. Nicodem Pierre Brenton Nelson Edger Cerenord Dominic Sheppard Malcolm Cook Richmond, Va. Scott Bracey Doni Dowling Jack English Tim Harris Reed Kellam Matt Gahm Dallas, Texas Tim Skapek Matthew Merrick Lindell Stone Tommy Christ Sterling, Va. Damani Neal Kirk Garner Baltimore, Md. Victor Dimukeje Micah Kiser Chris Peace Newport News, Va. Scott Jones Shane Ellers Jesuit HS Clark Bulleit Jordan Ellis Suwanee, Ga. Christian Harris Trevon McSwain Drew Jordan Harrison Turlington Oaks Christian HS Reno Rosene Chris Moore Ashburn, Va. Mark Birmingham Cole Blackman Glen Allen, Va. Aaron Wright Mikey McDonald Benedictine College Scott Bracey Robert Snyder Collins Hill Christian Harris Charles Snowden St. Albans Collin Wareham

5 2017 VIRGINIA FOOTBALL DUKE SERIES NOTES LAST MEETING 2016 Virginia 34, Duke 20 Oct. 1 Durham, N.C. Last Meeting Virginia intercepted five passes and forced six turnovers in a victory over Duke the last time these two teams met. The five interceptions tied the program record, last accomplished against Miami in Kurt Benkert threw for 336 yards and three touchdowns, finishing 23 of 41 with touchdowns covering 28 yards to David Eldridge, 12 yards to Olamide Zaccheaus and 3 yards to Richard Burney. Albert Reid also had a short TD run to help the Cavaliers snap their 17-game road losing streak. Joseph Ajeigbe s 4-yard touchdown run with 11:34 left pulled Duke to 27-20, and the Blue Devils had the ball inside Virginia territory twice after that but were stopped on downs both times. Daniel Jones threw five interceptions for Duke, and fumbled in his own end zone with 4:24 left after a hard hit from Jordan Mack. Eli Hanback recovered for the touchdown that put the Cavaliers back up by two touchdowns. Score by Quarters: Virginia Duke Scoring Summary: 1st 09:29 DU TJ Rahming 23 yd pass from Jones, :14, VA 0 - DU 7 00:38 VA David Eldridge 28 yd pass from Benkurt, :14, VA 6 - DU 7 2nd 11:23 DU AJ Reed 38 yd field goal, :28, VA 6 - DU 10 04:01 VA Albert Reid 1 yd run, :00, VA 13 - DU 10 00:12 VA Olamide Zaccheaus 12 yd pass from Benkurt, :44, VA 20 - DU 10 3rd 05:40 DU AJ Reed 21 yd field goal, :03, VA 20 - DU 13 01:17 VA Richard Burney 2 yd pass from Benkurt, :23, VA 27 - DU 20 4th 11:34 DU J. Ajeigbe 4 yd run, :47, VA 27 - DU 20 04:24 VA Eli Hanback 0 yd fumble recovery, VA 34 - DU 20 UCONN 13 Record Scoring Offense Rushing Offense Passing Offensive Pass Efficiency Total Offense Time/Possession... 33:20 Scoring Defense Rushing Defense Passing Defense Pass Efficiency Defense Total Defense Sacks Tackles for Loss Turnover Margin Net Punting Punt Returns Kickoff Returns TEAM COMPARISON Record Scoring Offense Rushing Offense Passing Offensive Pass Efficiency Total Offense Time/Possession... 35:38 Scoring Defense Rushing Defense Passing Defense Pass Efficiency Defense Total Defense Sacks Tackles for Loss Turnover Margin Net Punting Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Attendance 25,201 UVA DU UVA DU First Downs Punts (Number-Avg) Rushes-Yards (Net) Fumbles-Lost Passing Yards (Net) Penalties-Yards Passes Comp-Att-Int Possession Time 31:03 28:57 Total Offense Plays-Yards Third-Down Conversions 11 of 21 6 of 15 Fumble Returns-Yards Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 1 of 3 Punt Returns-Yards Red-Zone Scores-Chances Kickoff Returns-Yards Sacks By: Number-Yards Interception Returns-Yards RUSHING: Virginia-Taquan Mizzell 14-60; Albert Reid 13-44; Jordan Ellis 1-3; TEAM 2-minus 2; Daniel Hamm 1-minus 2; Kurt Benkert 5-minus 23. Duke- Shaun Wilson 16-55; Joseph Ajeigbe 7-27; Daniel Jones PASSING: Virginia-Kurt Benkert ; Duke-Daniel Jones RECEIVING: Virginia-Keeon Johnson 5-46; Olamide Zaccheaus 4-42; Taquan Mizzell 3-7; David Eldridge 2-112; Andre Levrone 2-65; Doni Dowling 2-21; Hasise Dubois 1-19; Warren Craft 1-8; Evan Butts 1-7; Albert Reid 1-6; Richard Burney 1-3. Duke- Anthony Nash 8-82; T.J. Rahming 6-65; Quay Chambers 5-90; Davis Koppenhaver 5-30; Erich Schneider 3-32; Johnathan Lloyd 3-23; Daniel Helm 1-3; Daniel Jones 1-0; Shaun Wilson 1-minus 1. CB Bryce Hall (left) and CB Juan Thornhill (right) each had two interceptions of Duke quarterback Daniel Jones in the 2016 meeting. UVA had four interceptions to tie a program record for a single game. 5

6 2017 VIRGINIA FOOTBALL TEAM NOTES ON THIS DATE OCT. 7 Virginia has played 19 previous games in its history on Oct 7. The Cavaliers are 9-10 all-time on this date. ACC STANDINGS Conference Overall Atlantic W L W L Clemson NC State Louisville Wake Forest Florida State Syracuse Boston College Coastal W L W L Georgia Tech Miami Duke VIRGINIA Pittsburgh Virginia Tech North Carolina PRESEASON ACC POLL Atlantic Division 1. Florida State (121)...1, Clemson (37)...1, Louisville (9) NC State Wake Forest Syracuse Boston College Coastal Division 1. Miami (103)...1, Virginia Tech (40) Georgia Tech (9) Pittsburgh (7) North Carolina (4) Duke (4) Virginia ACC Championship Votes 1. Florida State Clemson Louisville Miami... 3 Virginia Tech Duke... 1 Season Site UVA Coach W/L/T Score UVA Rank Opponent Opp. Coach Opp. Rank 1893 Home John Poe W 34-4 NR Richmond Dana Rucker NR 1899 Home Archie Hoxton W 33-6 NR Epicostal High Unknown NR 1905 Home William Cole W 10-0 NR NC State Bill Fetzer NR 1911 Home Kemper Yancey W 31-0 NR Randolph-Macon Unknown NR 1916 Away Peyton Evans L 3-61 NR Yale Tad Jones NR 1922 Away Thomas Campbell L 0-5 NR Princeton Bill Roper NR 1933 Away Fred Dawson L 0-75 NR Ohio State Sam Williaman NR 1939 Away Frank Murray L NR Navy Swede Larson NR 1944 Neutral Frank Murray W 24-6 NR West Virginia Unknown NR 1950 Neutral Art Guepe W 45-6 NR Virginia Tech Robert McNeish NR 1961 Home Bill Elias L NR NC State Earle Edwards NR 1967 Away George Blackburn W NR Wake Forest Bill Tate NR 1972 Away Don Lawrence L 7-10 NR Vanderbilt Bill Pace NR 1978 Away Dick Bestwick L NR Duke Mike McGee NR 1989 Away George Welsh L NR Clemson Danny Ford Away George Welsh L North Carolina Mack Brown NR 2000 Home George Welsh W NR Maryland Ron Vanderlinden NR 2004 Home Al Groh W Clemson Tommy Bowden NR 2006 Away Al Groh L NR East Carolina Skip Holtz NR UVA MAKES A LITTLE HISTORY AT BOISE STATE UVA s win at Boise State last time out created a little niche in history for the Cavaliers. It was UVA s first win on a Friday since Nov. 10, 1939 when UVA beat Washington & Lee, 7-0. It was UVA s first non-conference road win since 2011 (at Indiana). UVA is now all-time on Fridays in the regular season. UVA handed Boise State its first double-digit loss at home since Sept. 8, 2001 vs. Washington State, which was a triumph. UVA snapped Boise State s 32-game regular season non-conference home winning streak, which dated back to the 2001 Washington State game. Boise State lost by 19 points at home to Virginia. In its 102 previous home games, Boise State lost 4 games by a combined 17 points. It was UVA s first win west of the Mississippi River since winning at BYU in LEVRONE PUTS BACK-TO-BACK 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES TOGETHER In back-to-back games against UConn and Boise State WR Andre Levrone has set new career highs in receiving yards for a game. He recorded his first 100-yard receiving game against UConn with four catches for 127 yards and a score. Levrone followed that up with five receptions for 141 yards and two scores at Boise State, which led to him being named the ACC Receiver of the Week on Sept. 25. Levrone leads UVA with 348 receiving yards and his 26.8 yards per reception ranks No. 5 in the nation and No. 1 in the ACC. His 348 receiving yards ranks No. 4 in the ACC, while his four receiving touchdowns ranks No. 11 in the nation and No. 3 in the ACC. RECEIVING TRIO SETS RECORD AGAINST UCONN For the first time in program history, UVA had three different players record at least 100 yards receiving in the same game. Doni Dowling (136), Andre Levrone (127) and Olamide Zaccheaus (122) became the first UVA trio to accomplish the milestone in UVA s win over UConn. It was only the 10th time UVA had multiple Cavaliers with at least 100 yards receiving in the same game and the first time since the 2013 Georgia Tech game (Tim Smith, 151 yard & Darius Jennings, 119 yards). Dowling, Levrone and Zaccheaus are only the sixth ACC trio to accomplish the feat since Since 2000, Florida State accomplished the feat twice in 2000 and once in Miami did it in 2012 and Virginia Tech in Year ACC School vs. Opponent Players 2017 Virginia vs. UConn Doni Dowling (136), Andre Levrone (127), Olamide Zaccheaus (122) 2016 Virginia Tech at Pitt Bucky Hodges (145), Isaiah Ford (143), Cam Phillips (109) 2012 Miami vs. South Florida Clive Walford (135), Herb Waters (130), Phillip Dorsett (111) 2005 Florida State vs. The Citadel Chris Davis (125), De Cody Fagg (113), Greg Carr (104) 2000 Florida State vs. Clemson Snoop Minnis (163), Atrews Bell (111), Javon Walker (109) 2000 Florida State at Miami Atrews Bell (146), Snoop Minnis (145), Anquan Boldin (108) UVA RECEIVERS HAVE RARE ACCOMPLISHMENT IN 2017 UVA is one of eight schools in all of FBS in 2017 with at least three different players with at least one 100-yard receiving game. UVA is tied for No. 4 in the nation with three. Oklahoma State, who had four receivers go over 100 yards against Pitt this year, is the only other team this season with at least three players in the same game reach the 100-yard receiving mark. UVA ROLLS OVER 600 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE AGAINST UCONN UVA accumulated 626 yards of total offense against UConn last time out. It was the most yards gained by the Cavaliers since 2010 when UVA gained 643 yards at Duke. It was UVA s first 600+-yard game of total offense since 2012 when the Cavaliers gained 625 yards of total offense against Louisiana Tech. 6

7 2017 VIRGINIA FOOTBALL TEAM NOTES BENKERT BREAKS UVA SINGLE-GAME PASSING/TOTAL OFFENSE RECORD QB Kurt Benkert was 30-of-40 for a career-high 455 passing yards against UConn on Sept. 16. He broke his own UVA single-game passing record (421) that he set last season against Central Michigan. UVA has had a quarterback throw for over 400 yards only three times in program history and Benkert has done it twice. Marc Verica was the first Cavalier to throw for at least 400 yards in a game in 2010 when he threw for 417 at Duke. Benkert also broke Verica s record for total offense in a game with 465 yards of total offense. Verica s record was 413 at Duke in DOWLING AND ZACCHEAUS REACH MILESTONE TOGETHER WR Doni Dowling and HB Olamide Zaccheaus each passed the career 1,000-yard receiving mark in UVA s win against UConn on Sept. 16. Zaccheaus became the 37th Cavalier in program history in the second quarter, while Dowling became the 38th Cavalier in program history in the fourth quarter. Against UConn, Dowling recorded his first career 100-yard receiving game (136). Zaccheaus recorded his second career 100-yard receiving game (122). Zaccheaus had his first last season against Central Michigan, the other career game QB Kurt Benkert threw for over 400 yards. DOWLING HONORS TIM HARRIS WR Doni Dowling moved from No. 7 to No. 5 prior to the Indiana game to honor CB Tim Harris. Wearing No. 5 since his arrival on Grounds in 2013, Harris had a season-ending injury in the opener against William & Mary. Dowling and Harris have been lifelong friends, as well as teammates at Richmond s Varina High School. BLANDING AND KISER ANCHOR THE DEFENSE ILB Micah Kiser (11.3) and FS Quin Blanding (10.8) currently rank No. 1 and No. 2 in the ACC in tackles. This is nothing new for the duo as they finished No. 1 and No. 2 in the ACC in tackles in 2015 and Kiser ranks No. 8 in the nation in tackles in 2017, while Blanding ranks No.13 in the nation. In 2016 Kiser (11.2) led the ACC in tackles and finished No. 4 nationally. Blanding (10.0) finished No. 2 in the ACC in tackles for the third year in a row and No. 9 nationally. Kiser (9.75) and Blanding (9.58) also finished No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, in the ACC in tackles in Since the ACC started tracking tackle leaders in 1990, no previous tandem of tacklers has led the league in tackles for two consecutive seasons until Kiser and Blanding. Blanding, who also finished No. 2 in the ACC in tackles in 2014 (10.25), is the only player in ACC history to finish second in tackles for three straight seasons. The only ACC player since 1990 to lead the league in tackles for three consecutive seasons is Boston College s Luke Kuechly ( ), now of the NFL s Carolina Panthers. BLANDING AND KISER GET HELP ON DEFENSE Despite ranking No. 1 and No. 2 in the ACC in tackles, FS Quin Blanding and ILB Micah Kiser are getting solid help on defense as UVA has four of the ACC s Top 15 tacklers. ILB Jordan Mack is No. 11 in the ACC with 8.0 tackles per game, while OLB Malcolm Cook is No. 15 with 7.7 stops per game. Cook made a career-high 13 stops against William & Mary and Mack made a career-high 16 tackles against Indiana. BLANDING DOUBLES UP THE TACKLES UVA s Quin Blanding has 21 double-digit tackle games over 40 collegiate games. Blanding has had six double-digit tackle games in each of his first three seasons. Blanding has 401 career tackles, 10.1 per game. VIRGINIA S 1,000 CAREER RECEIVING LIST Name (Years) Total Yards 1. Billy McMullen ( ) 2, Herman Moore ( ) 2, John Ford (1984, ) 2, Kris Burd ( ) 2, Tyrone Davis ( ) 2, Germane Crowell ( ) 2, Patrick Jeffers ( ) 1, Heath Miller ( ) 1, Darius Jennings ( ) 1, Tim Smith ( ) 1, Dave Sullivan ( ) 1, Taquan Mizzell ( ) 1, Bruce McGonnigal ( ) 1, Terrence Wilkins ( ) 1, Alvin Pearman ( ) 1, Canaan Severin ( ) 1, Kevin Coffey ( ) 1, Kevin Ogletree ( ) 1, Demetrius Allen ( ) 1, Tim Finkleston ( ) 1, Tom Fadden ( ) 1,237 Deyon Williams ( ) 1, Aaron Mundy ( ) 1, Tom Santi ( ) 1, Perry Jones ( ) 1, Frank Quayle ( ) 1,145 Keith Mattoli ( ) 1, Bob Bischoff ( ) 1, Michael McGrew ( , 2004) 1, Dontrelle Inman ( ) 1, Billy Smith ( ) 1,079 Olamide Zaccheaus (2015-pres.) 1, Keeon Johnson ( ) 1, Nick Merrick ( ) 1, Doni Dowling (2014-pres.) 1, John Pincavage ( ) 1, Terry Kirby ( ) 1, Henry Johnson ( ) 1,016 EVAN BUTTS HAD A CAREER DAY AGAINST INDIANA Tight end Evan Butts had a career-high six receptions for a career-high 54 yards against Indiana. Butts six receptions was the most by a UVA tight end since Jake McGee made eight at Maryland in With eight receptions in 2017 already, Butts has more catches than he had in all of 2016 (seven). ZACCHEAUS GIVES BENKERT A BIG OFFENSIVE WEAPON Junior Olamide Zaccheaus became the 37th Cavalier all-time with 1,000 career receiving yards after his 122-yard day against UConn. Zaccheaus also becqme the 21st Cavalier to reach 100-career receptions in UVA history after grabbing four at Boise State. Zaccheaus 12 receptions against Indiana on Sept. 9 are the sixth most in a single game in UVA history. Olamide is Nigerian for the blessing has come. VIRGINIA FOOTBALL TO WEAR #HOOSTOGETHER PATCHES ON UNIFORMS IN 2017 In the aftermath of the events that took place in Charlottesville this summer, the Virginia athletics department initiated the #HoosTogether campaign on social media in an effort to unite our community in support of love, diversity and inclusion. During the academic year, all UVA sports programs will incorporate a #HoosTogether patch on their uniforms or equipment. It is UVA s hope the patches serve as a reminder of what can be accomplished when we are united behind a common goal and we hope this effort continues to help bring our community together. HAMM RUSHES FOR A TOUCHDOWN IN FIVE STRAIGHT SEASONS After his five-yard rushing score against UConn, TB Daniel Hamm has rushed for at least one touchdown in five straight seasons. Hamm becomes the first Cavalier to rush for at least one touchdown in five straight seasons. With available records dating back to 2004, no ACC player has rushed for at least one touchdown in five straight seasons. Hamm played in two games as a true freshman in 2013 before being hurt at Pitt and receiving a medical hardship. In his collegiate debut, he set a UVA record for most rushing yards in a college debut with 136 against VMI. Hamm also rushed for two touchdowns against the Keydets in Hamm has six career rushing touchdowns. HB Olamide Zaccheaus and WR Doni Dowling each passed the 1,000 career receiving threshold against UConn, becoming the 37th and 38th Cavaliers all-time to do so. 7

8 2017 VIRGINIA FOOTBALL TEAM NOTES VIRGINIA S 1,000 CAREER RUSHING LIST Name (Years) Total Yards 1. Thomas Jones ( ) 3, Tiki Barber ( ) 3, Terry Kirby ( ) 3, Johnny Papit ( ) 3, Kevin Parks ( ) 3, Wali Lundy ( ) 3, Tommy Vigorito ( ) 2, Frank Quayle ( ) 2, Jim Bakhtiar ( ) 2, Alvin Pearman ( ) 2, Barry Word ( ) 2, Marcus Wilson ( ) 2, Antwoine Womack ( , ) 2, Howard Petty ( ) 2, Kevin Brooks ( ) 2, Taquan Mizzell ( ) 2, Nikki Fisher ( ) 2, Billy Copeland ( ) 2, Perry Jones ( ) 2, Kent Merritt ( ) 1, Gary Helman ( ) 1, Cedric Peerman ( ) 1, Antonio Rice ( , 1986) 1, Greg Taylor ( , 1981) 1, Jerrod Washington ( ) 1, Bill Dudley ( ) 1, David Sloan ( ) 1, Jeff Anderson ( ) 1, Kevin Morgan ( ) 1, Charles Way ( ) 1, Durwin Greggs ( ) 1,324 Jason Snelling (2002, ) 1, Mikell Simpson ( ) 1, Shawn Moore ( ) 1, Jim Lacey ( ) 1, John Duda ( ) 1, Gerry Furst ( ) 1, Derek Jenkins ( ) 1, Carroll Jarvis ( ) 1, Bobby Pate ( ) 1, Quentin Walker ( , ) 1, Keith Payne (2007, 2010) 1,004 REINKENSMEYER STARTS OPENER AT LEFT TACKLE, SHIFTS TO CENTER Dillon Reinkensmeyer was the first freshman, true or redshirt, to start a season-opening game on the offensive line for UVA since R-Fr. Will Barker started at RT in 2006 vs. Pitt. Reinkensmeyer is the first freshman, redshirt or true, to start a season-opening game at LT since D Brickashaw Ferguson (true freshman) in 2002 vs. Colorado State. Reinkensmeyer has not appeared at left tackle since, despite receiving the highest grade on the offensive line against the Tribe. He played most of the second half at center against Indiana and started the UConn game at center. FORMER WALK-ON BEN HOGG GETS FIRST COLLEGIATE RECEPTION WR Ben Hogg, a former walk-on, made his first collegiate catch in UVA s opener against William & Mary. The reception came on UVA s first offensive snap, in what was Hogg s first career start. Hogg was awarded a scholarship on the eve of the 2016 season. He went on to appear in nine games that season. Hogg walked-on to UVA in 2014 after earning first-team VHSL all-state honors at Brookville High School in Lynchburg, Va., where he caught 63 passes for 1,078 yards and nine scores as a senior. Hogg added one reception against Indiana on Sept. 9. FIFTEEN TRUE FRESHMEN HAVE PLAYED IN 2017 Fifteen UVA true freshmen have played in 2017, which ranks No. 7 in the nation entering week No. 6. Ten true freshmen made their collegiate debut against William & Mary on Sept. 2. Mandy Alonso (DL), Lamont Atkins (TB), Joey Blount (FS), Germane Crowell (CB), Brian Delaney (PK), Matt Gahm (LB), Terrell Jana (WR), PK Kier (TB), A.J. Mejia (PK) and Jamari Peacock (FB) all made their collegiate debuts against the Tribe. ILB Zane Zandier became the 11th UVA true freshman to play in 2017 after he appeared on defense against Indiana. OLB Elliott Brown and DL John Kirven became the 12th and 13th UVA true freshmen to play in Brown saw time on defense and Kirven played on special teams against UConn. OLB Charles Snowden and CB Darrius Bratton made their collegiate debuts at Boise State The 10 true freshmen playing on the opening weekend ranked No. 8 among the nation s FBS teams. Six redshirt freshmen also made their collegiate debut against William & Mary. Dillon Reinkensmeyer (OT), Brenton Nelson (CB), DeVante Cross (WR), Nick Grant (CB) Nash Griffin (Holder) and Ben Knutson (OG) also made their collegiate debuts against the Tribe. Additionally, sophomore walk-on linebacker Reed Kellam and junior punter Lester Coleman also made their collegiate debut against William & Mary. NOTING FIRST CAREER STARTS IN 2017 Nine Cavaliers have made their first collegiate starts in Six Cavaliers made their first career starts against William & Mary on Sept. 2. First time starters on offense vs. William & Mary: Jordan Ellis (TB), Ben Hogg (WR), John Montelus (OG) and Dillon Reinkensmeyer (OT). First time starters on defense vs. William & Mary: Malcolm Cook (OLB) and Brenton Nelson (CB). Three Cavaliers made their first collegiate starts against Indiana on Sept. 9. Tanner Cowley (TE) and Richard Burney (TE) started on offense, while Juwan Moye (DE) started on the defensive line. COLLEGE GRADUATES ON UVA ROSTER IS NINTH IN THE NATION There are 11 Cavaliers that have graduated with their undergraduate degree and who will be competing for Virginia in (QB) Kurt Benkert, (OLB) Malcolm Cook, (OT) Jack English, (CB) Kirk Garner, (TB) Daniel Hamm, (CB) Tim Harris, (ILB) Micah Kiser, (WR) Andre Levrone, (OG) Jack McDonald, (OG) John Montelus and (OT) Brandon Pertile hold their undergraduate degrees. Eight of the 11 walked The Lawn in May 2017 as graduates of UVA. Kurt Benkert ( 16, East Carolina), John Montelus ( 17 Notre Dame) and Brandon Pertile ( 17 Oklahoma State) joined Virginia as transfers. UVA was No. 1 in the nation with 15 college graduates on its roster last season and No. 1 in the nation with 13 college graduates on its 2015 roster Below is a list of schools with the most student-athletes on its 2017 roster that have earned their undergraduate degrees already. Number of Grad School Students on Roster 1. Northwestern Cincinnati 14 Coastal Carolina 14 East Carolina Toledo Alabama 12 Oregon 12 TCU Virginia 11 Georgia State 11 Kansas State 11 Maryland 11 UCF 11 USF 11 Last season, TB Taquan Smoke Mizzell became the first player in ACC History with 1,500 career receiving and 1,500 career rushing yards. Mizzell is a current member of the Chicago Bears. 8

9 2017 VIRGINIA FOOTBALL TEAM NOTES Defensive Players CAREER STARTS Name, Pos Career Streak Quin Blanding, FS * Micah Kiser, ILB * Tim Harris, CB Chris Peace, OLB * * Andrew Brown, DE * Eli Hanback, DT * * * Juan Thornhill, CB * * Jordan Mack, ILB * * * Bryce Hall, CB * * * Brenton Nelson * * * * Chris Moore, CB * * * Darious Latimore, CB * * Malcolm Cook * 0 0 * Juwan Moye * * * Kirk Garner, CB * C.J. Stalker, ILB * * Steven Wright, DE * * * * did not play Note: Some starts may be at positions other than the ones listed. Offensive Players Name, Pos Career Streak Jack English, OT * Jack McDonald, OG * Doni Dowling, WR * O. Zaccheaus, WR * * Kurt Benkert, QB * 0 * Andre Levrone, WR * Jake Fieler, C/OG * * * Evan Butts, TE * * Jordan Ellis, TB * * Daniel Hamm, TB John Monetlus * * * * Brandon Pertile * * * * Hasise Dubois, WR * * * Dillon Reinkensmeyer * * * * Warren Craft, WR * * * Joe Reed, WR * * * RJ Proctor, OG * * * Tanner Cowley * * * Ben Hogg * * * Richard Burney * * * did not play Note: Some starts may be at positions other than the ones listed VIRGINIA OPPONENTS Opponent 17 Record AP Rank This Week Next Game William & Mary 2-2 at Elon at Delaware Indiana 2-2 Charleston Southern Michigan UConn 1-3 Memphis at Temple at Boise State 2-2 at BYU at San Diego State Duke 4-1 at Virginia Florida State at North Carolina 1-4 Notre Dame Virginia Boston College 2-3 Virginia Tech at Louisville at Pitt 2-3 at Syracuse NC State Georgia Tech 3-1 RV BYE at Miami at Louisville at NC State Boston College at Miami at Florida State Georgia Tech Virginia Tech at Boston College North Carolina VIRGINIA S ALL-TIME OVERTIME GAMES 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, vs. Idaho Scott Stadium W, vs. Miami Scott Stadium L, vs. North Carolina Scott Stadium W, vs. Wyoming Scott Stadium W, vs. Fresno State * Bronco Stadium (Boise, Idaho) L, at Clemson Memorial Stadium (Clemson, S.C.) L, vs. BYU Scott Stadium L, vs. Duke (2 OT) Scott Stadium L, *MPC Computers Bowl SCOTT STADIUM, HOME OF THE CAVALIERS 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 Frances 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 460 games in the historic venue. UVA s all-time record at Scott Stadium stands at Top 10 Scott Stadium Crowds All-Time Date Attend. Opponent Result 8/30/08 64,947 USC USC, /13/04 63,701 Miami UM, /19/05 63,344 Virginia Tech VT, /15/05 63,106 Florida State UVA, /6/04 63,072 Maryland UVA, 16-0 Date Attend. Opponent Result 10/18/03 62,875 Florida State FSU, /11/04 62,790 North Carolina UVA, /7/04 61,833 Clemson UVA, /30/03 61,737 Duke UVA, /24/07 61,711 Virginia Tech VT, CAREER STARTS BY POSITION OFFENSE WR LT LG C RG RT TE QB TB WR WR FB Craft (4) English (21) Montelus (4) Fieler (2) McDonald (11) Pertile (4) Butts (5) Benkert (14) Hamm (4) Dowling (13) Levrone (7) Reed (3) Reinkensmeyer (1) McDonald (2) Reinkensmeyer (2) Proctor (3) Cowley (2) Ellis (4) Zaccheaus (11) Dubois (4) Fieler (2) Fieler (2) Burney (1) Hogg (2) Cowley (1) DEFENSE DE DT DE OLB ILB ILB OLB CB FS SS CB Brown (15) Hanback (4) Hanback (11) Mack (9) Mack (4) Kiser (28) Peace (16) Harris. T (22) Blanding (40) Nelson (3) Hall, B. (11) Peace (1) Moye (2) Stalker (1) Cook (2) Thornhill (14) Thornhill (1) Moore (3) Wright (2) Latimore (3) Garner (1) Nelson (1) 9

10 2017 VIRGINIA FOOTBALL TEAM NOTES JOE REED EXCELS ON KICK RETURN Wide Receiver Joe Reed returned three kicks for 91 yards in the opener against William & Mary, with a long of 44 yards. Reed is coming off a solid 2016 where led UVA with 678 kick return yards as a true freshman. Reed s 25.1 yards per kick return average was No. 3 in the ACC and No. 21 in the nation in Reed s 678 kick return yards are the second most in a season by a Cavalier, trailing only Khalek Shepherd s single-season program record of 929 in Reed s best game in 2016 was 117 return yards against Miami and his 50-yard return against North Carolina was a season best. BREAKING IN A NEW PLACEKICKER/PUNTER Entering 2017, zero of the UVA kickers on the 2017 roster had attempted a field goal or a punt in a collegiate game. In fact, no UVA kicker or punter had appeared in a college game. Virginia, Arizona State and UAB were the only programs in the nation that entered 2017 with a kicker or a punter on its roster with zero collegiate experience. Virginia was one of six schools in the nation that had zero career collegiate field goal attempts and punts among the kickers on its roster entering Arizona State, Georgia Tech, Hawaii, Troy and UAB are the other schools. This was the the second year in a row UVA has entered a season without a kicker that had attempted a field goal in college. Punter Lester Coleman and placekicker A.J. Mejia both made debuts against William & Mary in the season-opening win. Mejia is 2-of-3 on field goals (22, 28) and 17-of-17 PATs. Coleman is averaging 40.6 yards per punt with four of his six punts landing inside the 20. LAST TIME: SPECIAL TEAMS 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) CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH A RECEPTION Name, Pos. Streak 17 Rec. Career Rec. Streak Started Olamide Zaccheaus, HB Nov. 7, 2015 (Miami) Doni Dowling, WR Oct. 29, 2016 (Louisville) Joe Reed, WR Nov. 26, 2016 (Virginia Tech) Daniel Hamm Sept. 2, 2017 (W&M) Andre Levrone Sept. 2, 2017 (W&M) Evan Butts Sept. 22, 2017 (Boise St) Hasise Dubois Sept. 22, 2017 (Boise St) 100-YARD GAMES 100+Yard Receiving Games Name, Pos Career Andre Levrone, WR Olamide Zaccheaus, WR * Doni Dowling, WR Yard Rushing Games Name, Pos Career Daniel Hamm, TB /300/400-YARD GAMES 200+Yard Passing Games Name Career Kurt Benkert 0 * 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 GAME-WINNING FIELD GOALS IN UVA HISTORY 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. NAME DATE OPP. DISTANCE TIME FINAL Ian Frye Sept. 13, 2014 Louisville 42 3: Robert Randolph Sept. 10, 2011 at Indiana 23 : Chris Gould Oct. 13, 2007 UConn 19 3: Chris Gould Oct. 6, 2007 at Middle Tenn. 34 : Connor Hughes Dec. 30, 2005 vs. Minnesota 39 1: Connor Hughes Sept. 17, 2005 at Syracuse 19 : Connor Hughes Sept. 27, 2003 Wake Forest 38 : Todd Braverman Sept. 4, 1999 at North Carolina 50 : Todd Braverman Sept. 19, 1998 Clemson 30 : John A. Roberts Oct. 18, 1997 Duke 29 2: Rafael Garcia Nov. 16, 1996 North Carolina 32 : Rafael Garcia Sept. 17, 1994 Clemson 19 : Jake McInerney Oct. 28, 1989 Louisville 37 : Mark Inderlied Sept. 17, 1988 Georgia Tech 35 : Mark Inderlied Nov. 12, 1988 North Carolina 28 6: Jeff Gaffney Oct. 4, 1986 at Wake Forest 36 : Kenny Stadlin Dec. 31, 1984 vs. Purdue 22 7: Wayne Morrison Oct. 31, 1981 VMI 20 11: Wayne Morrison Nov. 1, 1980 at Tennessee 43 11: Russell Henderson Oct. 22, 1977 Wake Forest 34 : Billy Maxwell Nov. 20, 1971 at Maryland 22 : Yard Passing Games Name Career Kurt Benkert 0 * Yard Passing Games Name Career Kurt Benkert 0 * UVA S ALL-TIME RECEPTIONS LIST (100+) Name Career Catches 1. Billy McMullen, WR ( ) Taquan Mizzell, RB ( ) Kris Burd, WR ( ) Heath Miller, TE ( ) Alvin Pearman, RB ( ) Darius Jennings, WR ( ) Perry Jones, RB ( ) John Ford, WR (1984, 86-88) Germane Crowell, WR ( ) Dave Sullivan, WR ( ) Kevin Ogletree, WR ( , 08) Herman Moore, WR ( ) 114 Wali Lundy, RB ( ) Patrick Jeffers, WR ( ) Terry Kirby, RB ( ) Tyrone Davis, WR ( ) 103 Bruce McGonnigal, TE ( ) 103 Kevin Parks, RB ( ) Canaan Severin ( ) 102 Olamide Zaccheaus, WR (2015-pres.) Tom Fadden, WR ( ) 100 Next Up: Doni Dowling, WR (2014-pres.) 87 10

11 2017 VIRGINIA FOOTBALL KURT BENKERT 6 KURT BENKERT (BEN-KURT) Quarterback Senior Cape Coral, Fla. Island Coast HS/East Carolina 2014 GAME-BY-GAME (AT EAST CAROLINA) Rushing Receiving Passing Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg Aug 30 N.C. CENTRAL Sep 20 NORTH CAROLINA Jan 03 vs Florida Totals GAME-BY-GAME Rushing Receiving Passing Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg Sep 03 RICHMOND Sep 10 at Oregon Sep 17 at UConn Sep 24 CENTRAL MICHIGAN Oct 01 at Duke Oct 15 PITT Oct 22 NORTH CAROLINA Oct 29 LOUISVILLE Nov 05 at Wake Forest Nov 12 MIAMI (FLA.) Nov 26 at Virginia Tech Totals GAME-BY-GAME Rushing Receiving Passing Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg Sep 02 WILLIAM & MARY Sep 09 INDIANA Sep 16 UCONN Sep 22 at Boise State Totals BENKERT BY THE NUMBERS (UVA CAREER) PASSING g cmp-att-int yards td long pct avg/p avg/g effic TOTAL RUSHING g att yards td long avg/c avg/g TOTAL TOTAL OFFENSE g rush pass total avg/g TOTAL BENKERT IS NO. 5 AT UVA IN CAREER TD PASSES With 31 career passing touchdowns, Kurt Benkert is No. 5 all-time at UVA. Rank Name, Years Passing Touchdowns 1. Matt Schaub, Shawn Moore, Scott Gardner, Aaron Brooks, Kurt Benkert, 2016-pres Matt Johns, Mike Groh, Dan Ellis, Marques Hagans, Michael Rocco, BENKERT NOTCHES FOURTH-MOST COMPLETIONS IN A GAME Benkert completed 39 passes against Indiana, which ranks No. 4 alltime at UVA for a single game. Benkert is tied with Matt Schaub s 2003 game against Florida State. Benkert s 39 completions are the most by a UVA quarterback against a non-acc school. Rank Name, Year, Opponent Completions 1. David Watford, 2013, Georgia Tech Matt Schaub, 2002, Georgia Tech 41 Matt Schaub, 2003 NC State Matt Schaub, 2003, Florida State 39 Kurt Benkert, 2016, Indiana 39 BENKERT IS TOP-15 IN UVA CAREER PASSING Benkert ranks No. 13 all-time at UVA for career passing. Rank Name Career Passing Yards 9. Mike Groh, , Matt Johns, , Dan Ellis, , Don Majkowski, , Kurt Benkert, 2016-pres. 3,801 BENKERT HAS 10 CAREER 200-YD PASSING GAMES With 10 career games with 200 yards of passing or more, Benkert ranks No. 8 all-time at UVA. Rank Name, Years 200-Yard Passing Games 1. Matt Schaub, Shawn Moore, Marc Verica, Aaron Brooks, Marques Hagans, Michael Rocco, Matt Johns, Kurt Benkert, 2016-pres. 10 Scott Secules, Jameel Sewell, , BENKERT HAS SIX CAREER PASSES OF 50+ YARDS Benkert has six career passes of 50 yards or more, which ranks No. 5 all-time at UVA. Benkert had four in 2016, which ranks No. 5 all-time for a season. Rank Name, Years Passes of 50+ Yards 1. Mike Groh, Shawn Moore, Scott Gardner, Aaron Brooks, Kurt Benkert, 2016-pres. 6 Matt Blundin, Matt Schaub, Michael Rocco, QB Kurt Benkert was named ACC Offensive Back of the Week on Sept. 25 after he was 19-of-29 for 273 yards and three touchdowns, helping UVA cruise to a win at Boise State on the hallowed blue turf. KURT BENKERT IS A MARRIED MAN Benkert married his sweetheart, Samantha, on July 2, 2016 at Lovers Key State Park in Fort Myers, Fla. Benkert doesn t wear his actual wedding band while playing football, but he does wear a band made out of silicone as a representation of that wedding band. He rotates between three colors: black, grey and white. 11

12 2017 VIRGINIA FOOTBALL QUIN BLANDING 3 QUIN BLANDING Free Safety Senior Virginia Beach, Va. Bayside HS 2014 GAME-BY-GAME Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick Aug 30 UCLA Sep 06 RICHMOND Sep 13 LOUISVILLE Sep 20 at BYU Sep 27 KENT STATE Oct 04 PITT Oct 18 at Duke Oct 25 NORTH CAROLINA Nov 01 at Georgia Tech Nov 08 at Florida State Nov 22 MIAMI (FLA.) Nov 28 at Virginia Tech Totals GAME-BY-GAME Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick Sep 05 at UCLA Sep 12 NOTRE DAME Sep 19 WILLIAM & MARY Sep 25 BOISE STATE Oct 10 at Pitt Oct 17 SYRACUSE Oct 24 at North Carolina Oct 31 GEORGIA TECH Nov 07 at Miami (FL) Nov 14 at Louisville Nov 21 DUKE Nov 28 VIRGINIA TECH Totals GAME-BY-GAME The Automated ScoreBook Virginia Tackles Individual Game-by-Game Sacks Fumble (as Pass of Sep Defense 25, 2017) blkd Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds All games ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick Sep 03 RICHMOND Sep 10 at Oregon Sep 17 at UConn Sep 24 CENTRAL MICHIGAN #3 Quin Blanding Oct 01 at Duke Oct 15 PITT Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns all Oct 22 NORTH CAROLINA Date Opponent no. yds td Oct 29 LOUISVILLE Individual lg no. yds Career td lg History cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg purp Sep 02 WILLIAM & MARY Nov 05 at Wake Forest Sep 09 INDIANA Nov 12 MIAMI (FLA.) Sep 16 UCONN Nov 19 at Georgia Tech Sep 22 at Boise State Nov 26 at Virginia Tech Quin TotalsBlanding Totals INTERCEPTIONS g no. yards td long avg/r avg/g Games: GAME-BY-GAME Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua 0 a 0 total 0.0 tfl-yds 0.0 no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts TOTAL Sep 02 WILLIAM & MARY Sep 09 INDIANA ALL Sep PURPOSE 16 UCONN g rush rcv4 pr 5 kr 9ir total avg/g career 0 0tackles Sep 22 at Boise State Totals tackles: TOTAL BLANDING BY THE NUMBERS (CAREER) TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk qbh TOTAL Individual Career History SACKS g ua a total yards Quin Blanding TOTAL INTERCEPTIONS g no. yards td long avg/r avg/g TOTAL ALL PURPOSE g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g TOTAL TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk qbh QUIN BLANDING NOTES BLANDING CLIMBS UVA S CAREER TACKLE LIST FS Quin Blanding is No. 4 all-time at UVA with 401 career tackles. Blanding is the second-fastest in program history to record 400 tackles, which he did in his 40th career game. Charles McDaniel ( ) did so in 39 games. Blanding was the third-fastest in program history to record 300 tackles, which he did in his 30th career game. Charles McDaniel ( ) did so in 28 games, while Jamie Sharper ( ) reached 300 tackles in 29 games. Blanding reached 300 tackles the fastest of any UVA defensive back, making it to the milestone seven games sooner than Anthony Poindexter ( ). Blanding is No. 1 all-time among UVA defensive backs with 391 career tackles. Poindexter, who had 342 stops, ranks No. 12 all-time at UVA. Both Blanding and Poindexter wore No. 3. UVA s Quin Blanding owns 21 double-digit tackle games over 40 collegiate games. Blanding has three double-digit tackle games in 2017 (William & Mary, Indiana,). Blanding owned five double-digit tackle games in 2016 (UConn, Central Michigan, Pitt, UNC, Miami). Blanding had six double-digit tackles games in 2015 and six as a freshman in Blanding has 401 career tackles in 40 career games (10.1 per game). Below is where Blanding ranks all-time on UVA s career list for tackles: Player Career Tackles 1. Jamie Sharper, LB, Charles McDaniel, LB, Angelo Crowell, LB, Quin Blanding, S, 2014-present Byron Thweatt, LB, James Farrior, LB, Steve Greer, LB, Russ Swan, LB, Randy Neal, LB, NATION S ACTIVE CAREER TACKLE LEADERS Quin Blanding ranks No. 1 among active FBS players with 401 career tackles. UVA s Micah Kiser ranks No. 5 among active FBS career tacklers. Below are the nation s top active tacklers. Rank Name, School Tackles Games 1. Quin Blanding, Virginia Josey Jewell, Iowa Auggie Sanchez, USF Donnie Miles, North Carolina Micah Kiser, Virginia Quentin Poling, Ohio BLANDING ALL-TIME IN THE ACC IN TACKLES Quin Blanding is one of 34 players in ACC history with at least 400 Below is where Blanding ranks all-time on the ACC s career list for Player, School, Years 27. Ratliff Thomas, Maryland, Angelo Crowell, Virginia, Darrell Spells, Duke, Eric Barton, Maryland, Erwin Sampson, Duke, Mike Jamolovich, Maryland, Vince Hall, Virginia Tech, Quin Blanding, Virginia, 2014-pres. 401 Career Tackles

13 2017 VIRGINIA FOOTBALL MICAH KISER 53 MICAH KISER Inside Linebacker Senior Baltimore, Md. Gilman School 2014 GAME-BY-GAME Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick Aug 30 UCLA Sep 06 RICHMOND Sep 13 LOUISVILLE Sep 20 at BYU Sep 27 KENT STATE Oct 04 PITT Oct 18 at Duke Oct 25 NORTH CAROLINA Nov 01 at Georgia Tech Nov 08 at Florida State Nov 22 MIAMI (FLA.) Nov 28 at Virginia Tech Totals GAME-BY-GAME Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick Sep 05 at UCLA Sep 12 NOTRE DAME Sep 19 WILLIAM & MARY Sep 25 BOISE STATE Oct 10 at Pitt Oct 17 SYRACUSE Oct 24 at North Carolina Oct 31 GEORGIA TECH Nov 07 at Miami (FL) Nov 14 at Louisville Nov 21 DUKE Nov 28 VIRGINIA TECH Totals GAME-BY-GAME Tackles The Automated Sacks Fumble ScoreBook Pass Defense blkd Date Opponent Virginia ua a Individual total tfl-ydsgame-by-game no-yds ff fr-yds(as int-yds of Sep qbh25, brup 2017) kick Sep 03 RICHMOND All games Sep 10 at Oregon Sep 17 at UConn Sep 24 CENTRAL MICHIGAN Oct 01 at Duke Oct 15 PITT # Micah Kiser Oct 22 NORTH CAROLINA Oct 29 LOUISVILLE 7 7Rushing Receiving Passing Kick 0Returns0-0 0Punt 0Returns 0 - all 0 Date Nov 05 at Wake Opponent Forest 6 no. 5 yds 11td lg no. yds1.0-4 td lg0 cmp-att-int 0-0 yds 0-0 td0 lg no. 0 yds 0 td0-0lg no. 0 yds 0 0td lg- purp0 Sep Nov MIAMI WILLIAM (FLA.)& MARY Sep Nov at Georgia INDIANATech Individual Career History Sep Nov at Virginia UCONNTech Totals Sep 22 at Boise State Totals Micah GAME-BY-GAME Kiser Games: 4 INTERCEPTIONS g no. yards td long avg/r avg/g 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 02 WILLIAM & MARY TOTAL Sep 09 INDIANA Sep 16 UCONN Sep 22 at Boise State Totals ALL PURPOSE g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g TOTAL KISER BY THE NUMBERS (CAREER) TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk qbh TOTAL SACKS g ua a total yards TOTAL MICAH KISER NOTES KISER DOUBLES UP THE TACKLES Micah Kiser owns 17 double-digit tackle games during his 28 career starts. Kiser has 311 career tackles during 40 career games. Kiser has recorded 295 tackles during his 28 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. NATION S ACTIVE CAREER TACKLE LEADERS Kiser ranks No. 5 among active FBS players with 311 career tackles. UVA s Quin Blanding ranks No. 1 among active FBS career tacklers. Below are the nation s top active tacklers. Rank Name, School Tackles Games 1. Quin Blanding, Virginia Josey Jewell, Iowa Auggie Sanchez, USF Donnie Miles, North Carolina Micah Kiser, Virginia Quentin Poling, Ohio KISER CLIMBS THE UVA CAREER SACK LADDER Kiser is No. 10 all-time at UVA with 19 career sacks. Below is where Kiser ranks among UVA s all-time best sack artists. Rank Name Career Sacks 6. Stuart Anderson, DL/LB ( ) 23 Duane Ashman, DE ( ) Chris Long, DE ( ) Sean Scott, DE ( ) Micah Kiser, LB (2014-pres.) Ron Mattes, DT ( ) Eli Harold, DE ( )

14 2017 VIRGINIA FOOTBALL TEAM NOTES GAME-OPENING DRIVES VIRGINIA OPPONENT Pts Res 1st Down Pl-Yds Time Pts Res 1st Down Pl-Yds Time W&M 0 Punt :25 0 Punt :28 Indiana 0 Punt :16 0 Punt :44 UConn 7 TD-Run :46 0 Punt :08 Boise State 0 Punt :42 7 TD-Rush :58 Totals 7 3:32* 7 2:49* *-average GOAL-TO-GOAL SITUATIONS 2017 SUMMARY Totals Offense Defense Goal-to-Go Situations 7 4 Scores 7 3 Total Points Touchdowns 6 3 Field Goals 1 0 Fumbles 0 0 Interceptions 0 0 Missed Field Goals 0 0 Lost on Downs 0 1 End of Half/Game 0 0 Ran Out Clock 0 0 SECOND HALF-OPENING DRIVES VIRGINIA OPPONENT Pts Res 1st Down Pl-Yds Time Pts Res 1st Down Pl-Yds Time W&M 7 TD-Pass :15 3 FG :43 Indiana 7 TD- Rush :38 0 Punt :52 UConn 0 Interception :53 0 Downs :57 Boise State 7 TD-Pass :29 0 Punt :04 Totals 21 2:34* 3 3:31* *-average GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent Offense Defense Sept. 2 W&M TD- Rush TD- Rush TD- Pass Sept. 9 IU Field Goal Downs TD- Pass Sept. 16 UConn TD- Rush Sept. 23 Boise State TD-Rush TD-Rush TD-Rush TD-Rush LAST MINUTE GAME-WINNING SCORES IN UVA HISTORY Below is the list of UVA s all-time last minute game-winning scores. All scores happened with 60 seconds or less in the fourth quarter and was the game s last score. DATE SCORE TIME OPP. FINAL Nov. 10, 2012 Jake McGee 10-yd pass from Michael Rocco :06 Miami Sept. 10, 2011 Robert Randolph 23-yard FG :00 at Indiana Oct. 20, 2007 Mikell Simpson 1-yard TD run :16 at Maryland Oct. 6, 2007 Chris Gould 34-yard FG :08 at Middle Tenn Sept. 17, 2005 Connor Hughes 19-yard FG :01 at Syracuse Sept. 27, 2003 Connor Hughes 38-yard FG :10 Wake Forest Nov. 10, 2001 Alvin Pearman 27-yd pass from Bryson Spinner :22 Georgia Tech Sept. 22, 2001 Billy McMullen 1-yd pass from Bryson Spinner :01 at Clemson Nov. 20, 1999 Billy McMullen 20-yd pass from Dan Ellis :26 at Maryland Sept. 4, 1999 Todd Braverman 50-yard FG :27 at North Carolina Sept. 19, 1998 Todd Braverman 30-yard FG :49 Clemson Nov. 16, 1996 Rafael Garcia 32-yard FG :39 North Carolina Dec. 30, 1995 Demetrius Allen 83-yard kick off return :57 vs. Georgia Sept. 9, 1995 Tiki Barber 1-yard TD run :13 at NC State Sept. 17, 1994 Rafael Garcia 19-yard FG :26 Clemson 9-6 Oct. 28, 1989 Jake McInerney 37-yard FG :00 Louisville Sept. 17, 1988 Mark Inderlied 35-yard FG :09 Georgia Tech Nov. 14, 1987 Keith Mattioli 9-yd pass from Scott Secules :30 North Carolina Oct. 4, 1986 Jeff Gaffney 36-yard FG :56 at Wake Forest Oct. 25, 1980 Todd Kirtley 1-yard TD run :18 at Wake Forest Oct. 22, 1977 Russell Henderson 34-yard FG :05 Wake Forest Oct. 23, 1976 Andre Grier 36-yd pass from John Hitt :53 at Wake Forest Nov. 20, 1971 Billy Maxwell 22-yard FG :18 at Maryland Oct. 9, 1965 Bob Davis 3-yard pass from Tom Hodges :01 VMI Oct. 3, 1964 Larry Molinari 2-yard pass from Bob Davis :20 Virginia Tech

15 2017 VIRGINIA FOOTBALL BRONCO MENDENHALL Bronco Mendenhall Head Coach Second Season Bronco Mendenhall is in his second season as Virginia s head football coach after being named the program s 40th head coach on Dec. 4, In Mendenhall s first season on Grounds he oversaw a secondary that boasted first-team All-ACC honoree and All- American, Quin Blanding. Blanding finished the season No. 2 in the ACC in tackles for the third year in a row with 120 stops. Inside linebacker Micah Kiser, an All-American and first-team All- ACC honoree, thrived to lead the ACC in tackles for the second year in a row with 134, which is tied with former Cavalier great Wali Rainer for fourth-most in a single season in program history. Kiser was also a second-team CoSIDA Academic All-American, becoming the first Cavalier since Tiki Barber in 1996 to earn both academic and athletic All-America honors in the same season. Offensively, in Mendenhall s first season, Taquan Mizzell became the first player in ACC history to record at least 1,500 career rushing and 1,500 career receiving yards. UVA quarterback Kurt Benkert set a couple of passing marks in UVA s new offense, including a program record for passing yards in a game with 421 against Central Michigan, which was only the second time in program history a UVA quarterback surpassed 400 passing yards in a game. Benkert reached 1,000 passing yards in four games and 2,000 passing yards in eight games, setting a program record for fastest to that standard in a season. Mendenhall came to Charlottesville after 11 years as the head coach at Brigham Young University. In his 11 seasons, from , Mendenhall compiled an overall record of at BYU to rank 12th in total wins among all FBS teams during that time. In the three seasons prior to Mendenhall becoming the head coach at BYU, the Cougars compiled an overall record of Over the last 11 years, the Cougars are one of only 11 programs to advance to a bowl game each season (includes the 2015 season). BYU is joined by Alabama, Boise State, Clemson, Florida State, Georgia, LSU, Oklahoma, Oregon, Virginia Tech and Wisconsin on that list. Among those 11 teams, only Florida State has achieved more bowl wins (seven) than BYU s six bowl game victories. BYU football student-athletes have earned freshman All-America recognition in eight of the past 10 seasons. More than 60 BYU players have signed with NFL teams since Mendenhall arrived in Provo, including defensive end Ezekiel Ansah, the No. 5 overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft and Kyle Van Noy, the No. 40 overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft. Under Mendenhall, the Cougars tied for seventh among all FBS programs for the most Academic All-America citations over the last decade and BYU tops all FBS programs with the most selections (39) to the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society (recognizing starters and significant contributors finishing their eligibility with a 3.2 GPA or better over their college career) since the program began in The success of Mendenhall s leadership approach in running the BYU football program has been highlighted in a management book, Running Into the Wind: Bronco Mendenhall -- 5 Strategies for Building a Successful Team, written by Alyson Von Feldt and Paul Gustavson, a leading management consultant specializing in leadership development and organizational design. Mendenhall was elected in 2013 to the American Football Coaches Association Board of Trustees as the District 8 Representative and also serves on the AFCA Ethics Committee. Following the 2006 season, Mendenhall was named the American Football Coaches Association Region IV Coach of the Year. In addition, the Football Writers Association of America named Mendenhall one of nine finalists for the prestigious Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award. A dominant defense led BYU to its seventh winning season in as many years as the BYU football team finished the 2012 season with eight wins, a program-best fourth consecutive bowl victory and the No. 3 defense in the nation. With an 8-5 record, BYU claimed its sixth season with as least eight wins under Mendenhall s eight-year head coaching tenure. Incredibly consistent all year long, BYU finished the year ranked No. 3 in total defense, allowing just yards per game. The Cougars ended the season ranked in the top four in five major defensive categories. Mendenhall has served as the BYU s defensive coordinator for much of his tenure as the head coach. He returned to a full-time role with the defense again in During his tenure in Provo, the Cougars have consistently fielded one of the nation s strongest defenses. Mendenhall s defense excels at keeping opponents out of the end zone. Entering the 2015 season, they averaged a No. 20 national ranking in scoring defense while he oversees the defense, including three top-10 ratings. The Mendenhall Record THE BRONCO MENDENHALL FILE PERSONAL Born: Feb. 21, 1966 in Alpine, Utah Hometown: Alpine, Utah Wife: Holly Children: Raeder, Breaker and Cutter EDUCATION High School: American Fork High School, American Fork, Utah (1984) College: Oregon State (1988) Graduate School: Oregon State (1990) PLAYING EXPERIENCE Snow College ( ) Oregon State ( ) COACHING EXPERIENCE Graduate Assistant, Oregon State Defensive Coord./DBs, Snow College 1993 Defensive Backs, Northern Arizona 1994 Co-Defensive Coord./DBs, Northern Arizona 1995 Defensive Line, Oregon State 1996 Defensive Coordinator/DBs, Oregon State 1997 Defensive Backs, Louisiana Tech Defensive Coord./DBs, New Mexico 2002 Assistant HC/Def. Coord./DBs, New Mexico Defensive Coord./DBs, BYU Head Coach, BYU 2016-pres. Head Coach, Virginia FBS Winning Percentage of Active FBS Head Coaches (Min. 100 wins) Name, School FBS Years FBS Record Urban Meyer, Ohio State Chris Petersen, Washington Nick Saben, Alabama Mark Richt, Miami Gary Patterson, TCU Bobby Petrino, Louisville Paul Johnson, Georgia Tech Brian Kelly, Notre Dame Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State Kyle Whittingham, Utah Bill Snyder, Kansas State Bronco Mendenhall, Virginia Year School Overall Conference Place Postseason 2005 BYU MWC 2nd Las Vegas Bowl 2006 BYU MWC 1st Las Vegas Bowl 2007 BYU MWC 1st Las Vegas Bowl 2008 BYU MWC 3rd Las Vegas Bowl 2009 BYU MWC 2nd Las Vegas Bowl 2010 BYU MWC 3rd New Mexico Bowl 2011 BYU 10-3 Independent N/A Armed Forces Bowl 2012 BYU 8-5 Independent N/A Poinsettia Bowl 2013 BYU 8-5 Independent N/A Fight Hunger Bowl 2014 BYU 8-5 Independent N/A Miami Beach Bowl 2015 BYU 9-4 Independent N/A Las Vegas Bowl 2016 Virginia ACC 2017 Virginia ACC Totals (13th year) ACC/MWC 11 Bowl Appearance Virginia Record (2nd year) BYU Record (11 years)

16 2017 VIRGINIA FOOTBALL TEAM NOTES GAME-BY-GAME NOTABLES Coin Kickoff/ UVA Game Game Jersey/ Opponent Toss Receive 1st Poss. Time (ET) Length Pants Helmet Attendance Result W&M Loss Receive Punt 3:30 p.m. 2:52 Blue/White White 38,828 W/28-10 Indiana Loss Receive Punt 3:30 p.m. 3:26 Blue/White White 38,993 L/34-17 Connecticut Won Kickoff Touchdown 12:00 p.m. 2:59 Blue/White White 33,056 W/38-18 at Boise State Won Kickoff Punt 8:00 p.m. 3:24 White/White White 33,947 W/42-23 Duke 12:00 p.m. at North Carolina Boston College at Pitt vs Georgia Tech at Louisville at Miami Virginia Tech UVA ATHLETIC TRAINER FOR FOOTBALL IS ONE OF A FEW Virginia s Kelli Pugh is one of nine women at the FBS level that is their school s sports medicine department s primary care provider for football. Pugh is only one of two women at the FBS level that works with a Power-Five level program. Sally Nogle works with Michigan State. Name Jennifer Brodeur Jennifer Brown* Brandy Clouse* Dani Coppes Alyson Gramley* Sally Nogle Mary Vander Heiden* Dawn Hearn* KELLI PUGH * - sports medicine department head TEAM NOTES School Massachusetts Eastern Michigan Georgia Southern Bowling Green Troy Michigan State UCF UTEP VIRGINIA RETIRED NUMBERS/JERSEYS RETIRED NUMBERS 12 - Shawn Moore 24 - Frank Quayle 35 - Bill Dudley 48 - Joe Palumbo 73 - Jim Dombrowski 97 - Gene Edmonds RETIRED JERSEYS Year Jersey No. Name Retired 3 Anthony Poindexter Thomas Jones Matt Schaub Will Brice Bob Davis Matt Blundin Ronde Barber Tiki Barber Jim Bakhtiar Terry Kirby John St. Clair Ray Savage Patrick Kerney Elton Brown Tom Scott D Brickashaw Ferguson Ray Roberts Noel LaMontagne Chris Slade Herman Moore John Papit Heath Miller Chris Long

17 2017 VIRGINIA FOOTBALL HOOS IN THE NFL/LEADERS ROSTER NOTES BY STATES State No. of Players % of 103 man roster Virginia Florida Georgia Pennsylvania Maryland New Jersey North Carolina Texas Massachusetts California Indiana Ohio Colorado Delaware District of Columbia Tennessee West Virginia British of Columbia Germany percent of UVA s roster of 103 hail from Virginia, Florida, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and New Jersey. CAVALIERS AMONG NATIONAL/ACC LEADERS Category ACC NCAA National Leader Stat Rushing Offense Navy Passing Offense UCLA Total Offense Oklahoma Scoring Offense Oregon 49.6 Rushing Defense Michigan 69.3 Total Defense Michigan Scoring Defense Alabama 8.6 Net Punting Utah Punt Returns Washington Kickoff Returns San Diego State Pass Defense UTSA Sacks Michigan 4.50 Tackles For Loss Wake Forest 10.0 Sacks Allowed Teams Tied 0.00 Turnover Margin UCF 2.33 Passing Efficiency Oklahoma Pass Efficiency Def UTSA rd-Down Conv TCU 63.2 Opp. 3rd-Down Conv UTSA 17.1 Red-Zone% teams tied Opp. Red-Zone% Virginia 50.0 Completions Per Game NCAA/ACC Stat Receiving Yards NCAA/ACC Stat Kurt Benkert 5/ Andre Levrone 50/6 348 Olamide Zaccheus 99/ Doni Dowling 101/ Passing TDs Tackles Kurt Benkert 21/3 10 Micah Kiser 7/ Quin Blanding 9/ Player (Pos.) Last UVA Season Oday Aboushi (OT) 2013 Luke Bowanko (C/OG) 2013 Ahmad Brooks (LB) 2015 Maurice Canady (CB) 2015 Eli Harold (DE) 2014 Anthony Harris (SS) 2014 Dontrelle Inman (WR) 2010 Darius Jennings (WR) 2014 Chris Long (DE) 2007 Jake McGee (TE) 2013 Rodney McLeod (S) 2011 Taquan Mizzell (TB) 2016 Morgan Moses (OT) 2013 Austin Pasztor (OG) 2011 John Phillips (TE)-2008 Cedric Peerman (RB)-2008 La Roy Reynolds (LB) 2012 Matt Schaub (QB) 2003 Eric Smith (OT) 2016 Brent Urban (DT) 2013 Max Valles (OLB) 2014 as of Sept. 18 CAVALIERS CURRENTLY IN THE NFL Current Team Seattle Seahawks Baltimore Ravens Green Bay Packers Baltimore Ravens San Francisco 49ers Minnesota Vikings Los Angeles Chargers Tennessee Titans Philadelphia Eagles Pittsburgh Steelers Philadelphia Eagles Chicago Bears Washington Redskins Atlanta Falcons New Orleans Saints Cincinnati Bengals Atlanta Falcons Atlanta Falcons Miami Dolphins Baltimore Ravens Oakland Raiders ACC FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICKS SINCE 2002 Miami* 23 Florida State 14 North Carolina 9 Boston College* 7 Clemson 7 VIRGINIA 5 NC State 4 Pitt^ 4 Virginia Tech* 4 Georgia Tech 3 Syracuse^ 3 Wake Forest 2 Louisville^ 2 Duke 0 *joined ACC in 2004 or 2005 ^joined ACC in 2013 or 2014 Total Offense Sacks Kurt Benkert 16/ Micah Kiser 2/ Jordan Ellis 188/ Receiving Yards Per Game Receptions Per Game Andre Levrone 35/ Olamide Zaccheus 14/5 7.5 Olamide Zaccheus 73/ Doni Dowling 79/9 4.8 Doni Dowling 74/ Completion Percentage Yards Per Pass Attempt Kurt Benkert 23/ Kurt Benkert 74/ All Purpose Yards Solo Tackles Olamide Zaccheus 67/ Quin Blanding 37/2 5.5 Andre Levrone 158/ Juan Thornhill 43/3 5.3 Jordan Ellis 171/ Punting Passing Efficiency Lester Coleman 65/ Kurt Benkert 63/

18 2017 VIRGINIA FOOTBALL HONORS/WATCH LISTS DID YOU KNOW? UVA senior Quin Blanding was named by his mother Cory Lee after the movie entitled The Mighty Quinn, staring Denzel Washington and Mimi Rogers. It was the first movie she saw following a checkup during her seventh month of pregnancy and the moment held significant meaning to her. At that checkup the doctors told her they thought they saw a hole in Quin s head and that it appeared to them his cerebrum wasn t connected. Quin was born completely healthy. Cory named him Quin with one n instead of two in recognition of that moment during pregnancy. She knew he will be all right and that he will be the mighty one. Blanding s father, Kevin, played football at NCAA Division II Glenville State (W.Va.) for current Arizona football head coach Rich Rodriguez. When offensive coordinator Robert Anae finished playing football, he returned home to Hawaii and served as the body model for the towering stature of the father of surfing, Duke Kahanamoku, a five-time Olympian. The statue, created by artist Jan Fisher, is right next to the famous Waikiki Beach. Anae was a graduate assistant at Hawaii at the time and the artist needed a model, a surfer that was tall, and he went looking for the tallest surfer on the North Shore. Walk-on first year Tristan Hillerich is one of four boys. His parents, Brent and Colleen, are proud parents of two sets of twins. Tristan has a twin brother, Bart, while the pair has a younger set of twin brothers, Quinn and Grady. Virginia has five players on its roster who are the sons of former Cavalier football players. Joey Blount (Tony Blount), Germane Crowell (Germane Crowell, Sr.), Mikey McDonald (Geoff McDonald), Matthew Merrick (Nick Merrick) and Andrew Yavinsky (Marc Yavinsky). WR Chuck Davis won $100,000 playing the Virginia Lottery in June. He spent $1 for a Cash 5 game ticket at a 7-Eleven in Ashburn, Va. He used the numbers on his grandmother s license plate on the car he drove to the market. DB Donovan Rolle participated in the 2011 and 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee HONORS/AWARDS Kurt Benkert, Sr., QB Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Watch List Senior Bowl Watch List ACC Offensive Back of the Week (Sept. 25) Quin Blanding, Sr., FS Bednarik Award Preseason Watch List Bronko Nagurski Trophy Preseason Watch List Thorpe Award Preseason Watch List Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List Senior Bowl Watch List Allstate AFCA Good Works Team Wuerffel Trophy Watch List Associated Press All-American (2nd) Phil Steele Preseason All-American (2nd) Phil Steele Preseason All-ACC (1st) Athlon Sports Preseason All-American (2nd) Athlon Sports Preseason All-ACC (1st) Andrew Brown, Sr., DE Senior Bowl Watch List Athlon Sports Preseason All-ACC (4th) Micah Kiser, Jr., ILB Bednarik Award Preseason Watch List Bronko Nagurski Trophy Preseason Watch List Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List Butkus Award Trophy Watch List Lombardi Award Watch List Senior Bowl Watch List Associated Press All-American (2nd) Phil Steele Preseason All-American (3rd) Phil Steele Preseason All-ACC (1st) Athlon Sports Preseason All-American (2nd) Athlon Preseason All-ACC (1st) Walter Camp National Defensive POW (Sept. 17) ACC Linebacker of the Week (Sept. 18) Lott IMPACT Trophy Player of the Week (Sept. 19) Andre Levrone, Sr., WR ACC Receiver of the Week (Sept. 25) Joe Reed, So., WR Phil Steele Preseason All-ACC (3rd) at KR Athlon Sports Preseason All-ACC (2nd) at KR NATIONAL AWARD WATCH LISTS BEDNARIK AWARD Quin Blanding, FS Micah Kiser, ILB BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY Quin Blanding, FS Micah Kiser, ILB JIM THORPE AWARD Quin Blanding, FS LOMBARDI AWARD Micah Kiser, ILB BUTKUS AWARD Micah Kiser, ILB LOTT IMPACT TROPHY Quin Blanding, FS Micah Kiser, ILB WUERFFEL TROPHY Quin Blanding, QB JOHNNY UNITAS GOLDEN ARM Kurt Benkert, QB SENIOR BOWL Kurt Benkert, QB Quin Blanding, FS Andrew Brown, DE Micah Kiser, ILB 18