Kick-off is about to begin here at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville. The temperature is 66 degrees with a slight chance of showers. Virginia has won the coin-toss and will defer to the second half. Duke will get the ball to begin the contest.
Virginia kicks-off to begin the game and its run out of the end zone and returned to the 14 yard line. Duke is 1st and 10, Lewis rolls out to the left and runs for a gain of 13. 1st and 10 Duke hands-off and it’s stuffed by Nate Collins for a gain of 3. 2nd and 7, Lewis in the shot-gun and it’s complete. 1st and 10 for Duke, Lewis in the shotgun, complete. 2nd and 7, Duke on the quarterback scramble, tackle made by Brandon Woods. 3rd and 1 for Duke, QB sneak for 3 yards, 1st down. 1st and 10 complete pass in the right flat, flag is down on the play. Looks like holding on UVA, yes it’s on Chase Minnifield. 1st and 10 for Duke at the UVA 38 yard line, Lewis in the shotgun, and he completes another one over the middle to Vernon. 1st and 10, Duke at the UVA 27 with 11:15 to go in the first, Lewis runs a little trickeration, incomplete, pass broken up by Dowling. 2nd and 10, hand-off up the middle for a couple. 3rd and 7 for Duke, Lewis nearly gets sacked and it’s now going to be fourth down. Field goal team on for a 44 yard attempt and it’s good. Duke 3-0.
Duke is set to kick-off to the Hoos. Minnifield and Perry Jones are back deep for Virginia and Minnifield takes it at the 10 and returns it to the 25. 1st and 10 for Virginia, Sewell back to throw and he nearly throws an interception as he overthrew Torchia. UVA, hands off to Mikell Simpson for a gain of 1. 3rd and 9, Sewell throws a perfect ball and it’s dropped by Joe Torchia. UVA brings on the punt team and Jimmy Howell is not the punter, it’s Nathan Rathjen. Rathjen punts the ball deep, and Duke loses 10 yards on the return.
Duke has the ball at their own 14 yard line to start their second possession. There is 8:22 to go in the first quarter. Duke has it, 1st and 10, Lewis in the shotgun avoids the UVA rush, and he runs for a gain of 3 yards. 2nd 7 for Duke, Lewis throws complete in the left flat and the tackle is made by UVA’s Chase Minnifield. 3rd and 3 for Duke, and it’s a safety blitz for UVA, Lewis make a nice throw over the middle. Duke has 1st and 10 at the UVA 46, Lewis on the keeper for a gain of 5. Lewis, complete for a gain of 4. 3rd and 1 for Duke, direct-snap to the up-back instead of Lewis and it’s a first down. Duke has it and hands off up the middle to Scott for a gain of 7 to the 26 yard line. 3rd and 1 for Duke, Lewis under center and he hands off to Hollingsworth for a nice gain. 1st and 10 for Duke, completion on the right side to the 10 of UVA. 2nd and 8, Duke, Lewis scrambles incomplete. 3rd and 8 for Duke, and a huge stand is needed by UVA, Lewis throws to the end-zone and it’s broken up by Ras-I Dowling. Duke will bring on the field goal team for a 29 yard attempt, it’s up and it’s good. Duke leads 6-0.
Virginia will receive the kick-off with 2:56 to go in the first quarter, Minnifield and Jones back deep, it’s Chase with a nice run up the left side to the Duke 47. 45 yards on that return for #13. 1st and 10 for Virginia, Sewell goes deep to Jared Green, incomplete. 2nd and 10 for Virginia and it’s another incomplete pass to the left sideline to Quentin Hunter. 3rd and 10 for the Hoos, Sewell back to pass and it’s an interception! The ball is returned to the UVA 21 yard line.
1st and 10 for Duke at the UVA 21, and the pass is dropped by Duke. 2nd 10 for Duke and a run for 2 yards. 3rd and 8 for Duke, and an incomplete pass, but hold it, it’s roughing the passer on # 59. 1st and 10, Duke at the UVA 10, hand-off up the middle to Hollingsworth. 2nd 6 for Duke, and it’s HUGE Sack by #98 Nate Collins. 3rd and 15 for Duke at the UVA 15, Zane Parr has Lewis for the SACK. 4th and 16 for Duke and the field goal team comes on for Duke, and it’s the end of the first quarter with the score of 6-0 Duke. Virginia has kept them out of the end-zone so far. The kick is from the 16 yard line, and it’s up and it’s good. Duke is up 9-0.
Virginia has 1st and 10, hand-off to Rashawn Jackson for a gain of 10. 1st and 10 UVA, Sewell completes it for a gain of 5. Sewell, back to pass and he throws it incomplete to Hall, uh-oh Sewell is injured, and there is a foul on the play. Pass interference on Duke. 1st and 10 for UVA, Verica is now in for the Hoos. 1st and 10, Verica back, and it’s a false-start on the left guard #63. UVA 1st and 15, Verica back hits Torrey Mack in the flat, he drops the ball. 2nd and 15, Verica back hands-off to Jackson for a nice gain of 15 up the left side. 1st and 10 Virginia, Verica hands off to Jackson, gain of 1. The ball is at the Duke 20, 2nd and 9, Verica has the ball tipped and it’s incomplete to Tim Smith. 3rd and 9, Verica in the shotgun and it’s complete to Kris Burd for a nice gain over the middle. 1st and 10 UVA ball is at the 16, Verica throws to the end-zone, incomplete to Vic Hall. 2nd and 10, UVA 12:05 to play, Verica throws a wobbly pass to no one in the end-zone. Verica again throws incomplete on 3rd down. Now it’s 4th and 10 for Virginia, and the 33rd field goal is up-coming, ball down, snap is back and the kick is good. 3:06 worth of clock on the drive for the Hoos. Duke 9- Hoos 3 with 11:51 to go in the first half.
Virginia kicks-off, Duke gets it at the 19 and it’s returned to the Duke 32. 1st and 10 for Duke, Lewis in the shotgun, he throws complete for a loss of 1. 2nd and 11, Duke, Lewis back in the shotgun, and he throws incomplete to Varner in the right flat. Big play for Duke up-coming. 3rd and 10, Lewis back and he is pressured and throws incomplete! 4th and 10 for Duke at their own 32, Duke punts and it’s returned to the UVA 39.
1st and 10 for UVA, Verica is still in at quarterback, five wide receivers and Verica mis-handles the snap, and throws it out of bounds and incomplete to Tim Smith. 2nd and 10, UVA hands off to Simpson for a gain of 5. 3rd and 5, Verica looks completely confounded on the play as he hurries to the left and he throws another horrendous incompletion! 4th down for UVA and the punt team is on, no Jimmy Howell again, Rathgen punts a nice one and Duke will have it at their own 10 with 9:58 to go in the first half.
Duke 1st and 10, Duke hands-off up the middle for a gain of 4. 2nd and 6, Duke throws complete to Desmond Scott, Chris Cook on the tackle. 1st and 10 for Duke, completion up the middle for another first down. 1st and 10 Duke at their own 39 yard-line, Lewis back in the shotgun, throws incomplete to Austin Kelly. 2nd and 10, Duke at the 39 yard line, back to pass is Lewis and it’s a sack by Dolce and Parr. 3rd and 16 for Duke, Lewis again the in shotgun and it’s incomplete. Duke punts the ball and Minnifield has a small return.
Virginia has the ball at the 20, Jackson on the carry for a gain of 5. 2nd and 5 Verica completes it to Colter Phillips for again of 3. 3rd and 2 for UVA, Verica throws complete to Torchia, 1st down! 1st and 10 for UVA at the 33 yard line, Verica hand-offs to Jackson for a gain of 8. The ball is at the UVA 40 yard line, 2nd and 2 for the Hoos, Verica hands off to Simpson and he gets the first down and a gain of 9. Verica 1st and 10, Jackson carries for a gain of two up the right side. 2nd and 8 for UVA, Verica hits Simpson for a gain of 1. 3rd and 7 for UVA at the Blue Devils 49, Verica back to pass and he hits Simpson for a loss of one. 4th down and Rathgen is in to punt. Snap is good, but the punt is awful! 18 yard punt for UVA… Duke has the ball at their own 32 yard line.
1st and 10 for Duke, Lewis hands-off up the middle for a gain of 1. 2nd and 9 for Duke, Lewis throws complete for a gain of 7. 3rd and 2 for Duke with 1:13 to play, Duke back Lewis throws complete to the tight-end. 1st and 10 for Duke and it’s another sack by Nate Collins and Virginia! 2nd and 17 at the Duke 43 and it’s a 9 yard gain. 3rd and 8 and Lewis gets nailed, incomplete pass. Duke will punt to Minnifield and it’s a fair catch at the 16 yard line.
Sewell is back in the game, and Virginia will take a knee and play for the second half. Half-time has it Duke 9- UVA 3.