Virginia will receive to start the second half and Perry Jones returns it 20 yards to the UVA 34 yard line. 1st and 10, Sewell is back in the game and he throws incomplete to tight-end Colter Phillips. 2nd and 10, UVA Sewell hits Tim Smith in the left flat for a gain of 6 to the 40. 3rd and 4 UVA, Sewell is back in the customary shotgun and he hits Jared Green for a nice play over the middle, but there is a flag on the play! Roughing the passer on the Blue Devils. 1st and 10 UVA at the Duke 31, Sewell under center, he hands off to Jackson for a gain of 3. 2nd and 7, Sewell in the shotgun, hands off for a nifty run up the middle-left for a gain of 16! 1st and 10, Virginia and Sewell under center and he hands off again to Jackson for a gain of 1. 2nd and 9. Sewell hits Vic Hall at the 1 yard line, another UVA first down. 1st and 10 for UVA at the one and Sewell on the QB keeper is in for the score. The extra point is good and Virginia leads 10-9 with 11:38 to play in the third quarter. Whew…
Virginia kicks-off to Duke and the Blue Devils have it at their own 20 yard line. Duke has 1st and 10 and they hand off for a gain of 5. 2nd and 6 for Duke, Lewis in the shotgun and he keeps it for a gain of 3. 3rd and 2 for Duke, Lewis hits his receiver for a nice gain over the middle. Penalty flag on Virginia for holding. They decline the flag and it’s a gain of 12 for Duke. The ball is at the Duke 40, 1st and 10 and they hand-off to Scott for a gain of 2. 2nd and 8 for Duke, Lewis in the shotgun, he completes it to the TE Huffman for a nice gain of 7. 3rd and 1 Lewis keeps it for the first down. 1st and 10 for Virginia and it’s a hand-off for a gain of 3. 2nd and 7, Duke, and Lewis gets sacked by Dolce! 3rd and 12 for Duke at the Blue Devil 48 yard line. Duke is back in the shotgun and they will take the time-out. 3rd and 12 for Duke at their own 48, Lewis in the shotgun, back to pass and it’s almost picked off by Dom Joseph. Duke will have to punt to Minnifield and he fair-catches it at the 19.
UVA will begin the drive with 7:26 left in the third and Sewell hands-off to Jackson for a gain of 4. 2nd and 6 for UVA, Sewell hands it off to Jackson for a hard-driving carry up the left side for a gain of 6 and another 1st down. 1st and 10 for UVA, Sewell under center, he hands off to Simpson for 3 yards. 2nd and 7 for UVA Sewell hands off to Jackson for a gain of 4. 3rd and 3 for the Hoos, Sewell in the shotgun, and he did not even attempt to elude the rush as he is sacked. Loss of six on the sack. Rathgen is on to punt on 4th down and hits it for 41 yards and Duke returns it for 4 yards to their own 31.
1st and 10 for Duke with 4:19 to play in the third quarter. Lewis hits Conner Vernon for a nice gain over the middle, but he gets up talking smack, and they call a personal foul on him which will push them back. 1st and 10 for Duke, Lewis on the keeper gains three on the run. 2nd and 8 for Duke, Lewis misses his target over the middle. 3rd and 8 for Duke at their own 29 yard line with 3:17 to play in the third quarter, Lewis back to pass and it’s another incompletion.
UVA now has the ball and Sewell will go deep on first down, but no matter, it’s another holding call on Will Barker. 1st and 20 for UVA at their own 20, Sewell in the shotgun, hands-off to Simpson for a gain of 3. 2nd and 17 for UVA, Sewell throws it deep again and it’s incomplete to Kris Bird at the Duke 25. 3rd and 17, Sewell is in the shotgun again, and he throws an ugly at the knees pass incomplete to Simpson. Nathan Rathgen is on again to punt, and he lets it go rugby-style and Duke returns it to the Duke 38.
Duke 1st and 10, Lewis runs the option to the right side, and keeps it for a gain of three. 2nd and 7, Lewis in the shotgun for Duke, and he throws it complete to Varner for a nice gain. 1st and 10 for Duke and they hand off for a gain of 5. 2nd and 5, penalty flag on Duke. 2nd and 10, and that’s it for the third quarter. Virginia leads it 10-9 going into the fourth quarter. Duke has it at the UVA 27 yard-line on 2nd and 10, Lewis makes a nice complete pass to the 10 of UVA. 1st and 10 Duke, Lewis under center, hands off up the middle for a gain of 3 to Boyette. 2nd and 7 for Duke, incomplete in the end-zone. 3rd and 7 for Duke, and Lewis throws incomplete to the end-zone again. Duke will kick another field goal, and it’s good. 8 plays and a 55 yard drive for Duke. Duke now leads Virginia 12-10 with 13:50 to play.
Virginia will get the ball at the 40 because the Duke kicker kicked it straight out of bounds. 1st and 10 for UVA at their own 40, Sewell under center and he hands off to Jackson for a gain of 3. 2nd and 7 for Virginia as Sewell rolls out left and hits Phillips for a nice gain. It will be 3rd and 1 for Virginia, Sewell hands off to Jackson and he gets the first down. 1st and 10 for VA and Vic Hall gets it on the reverse for a gain of 3. 2nd and 7 for UVA, Sewell in the shotgun, and an incomplete pass. 3rd and 7 for Virginia, Sewell under center and it looks like the pass is incomplete for another first down. The officials will call for a mark and Virginia will have 4th and a yard. 4th and 1 for the Hoos, Sewell throws it down field to the wide open Torchia for the FIRST DOWN! The ball is at the Duke 19, 1st and ten Virginia, Sewell under center 11:22 to go in the game, Sewell in the shotgun, back to pass and it’s a touchdown to Joe Torchia! UVA now leads 16-12! The PAT team is on and the kick is up and it’s good. UVA leads 17-12 with 11:17 to go in the game.
Virginia kicks it off to Duke and the ball is caught at the 7 and returned it to the 23 as it’s 1st and 10 Duke. 1st and 10 ball is throw complete for 7. 2nd and 3, Duke throws it incomplete. 3rd and 3 for Duke at their own 30, Lewis in the shotgun and it’s complete to the Duke 42. 1st and 10 Duke, 10:13 to play, Lewis keeps it and gets2. 2nd and 8 Duke Lewis passes to Austin Kelly for a gain of 13. 1st and 10 Duke and Lewis hits a nice pass downfield to Kelly. 1st and 10 Duke at the UVA 3, Duke hands off to Boyette and Darren Childs is in the backfield for the tackle. 2nd and 7 for Duke at the UVA 7, Duke is in the shotgun with 8:12 to play, Lewis back to pass and he throws incomplete. 3rd and 7 for Duke, big play, Lewis and it’s intercepted by Chase Minnifield in the end-zone! Whew!
Virginia has the ball at their 20 with 8:00 minutes to go and Jackson carries it for a gain of 2. 2nd and 7 for the Hoos, Sewell under center and he hands-off to Jackson to the right side for a loss of one on the play. 3rd and 9 at the UVA 22, Sewell scrambling and he gets three to the 24. 4th and 6 for VA and they will punt the ball to the Duke 33 yard line. 1st and 10, Duke carries it for a gain of 2. 2nd and 8 at the Duke 35, the Duke coach up here in the press box is going NUTS, and Lewis throws it complete for 22 yards and the first down. 1st and 10 for Duke at the UVA 43, carry for Hollingsworth gain of 1. Duke 2nd and 9 , incomplete pass, almost an interception by the Hoos. Duke has 3rd and 9 with 3:51 to play, Lewis hits a receiver over the middle for the touchdown. What a bad angle taken on the defensive play by Chris Cook. Duke will go for two points and does not get it. Duke leads 18-17 with 3:45 to play.
Virginia will get the ball on the kick-off and Minnifield returns it to the Virginia 23 yard line. Penalty on Virginia for 10 yards sends it back to the UVA 13. Sewell is in the shotgun, under pressure, but he gets it away for the incompletion. 2nd and 10, Sewell throws incomplete to Tim Smith. 3rd and 10, Sewell gets sacked and fumbles, Duke runs in it for the touchdown. BALL GAME OVER. The rest of the ridiculously lame crowd that bothered to show up is heading for the exits. Duke will kick the extra point and it’s good. Duke leads 25-17.
3:22 to play in the game and Virginia returns the ball up the sideline to the Virginia 39 yard line. Sewell, throws deep but incomplete to Green. 2nd and 10 for UVA, Sewell with 3:09 to play, and it’s dropped by Jared Green. 3rd and 10 for Virginia, Sewell throws one over Vic Hall’s outstretched hands. 4th and 10 for Virginia, they will go for it and Sewell is sacked. Duke will take over on downs.
Duke runs three times for 4 yards and it’s now 4th and six for the Blue Devils. Duke will attempt a 43 yard field goal and it’s good. Duke will now kick-off and Minnifield gets hammered! Ouch!
UVA will have the ball with 1:00 to play and the rain is now beginning to fall. Verica is in the game again, and he throws it way out of bounds. 2nd and 10 for VA, Verica throws incomplete to Simpson. 3rd and 10, incomplete. 4th and 10, Virginia throws incomplete, ball game is now over. The Hoos have lost to DUKE two years in a row. Repeat, two years in a row we have lost to DUKE… Sad days in Charlottesville…