UVA football turned the ball over four times in the first half en route to a 35-14 defeat at No. 8 Notre Dame.
Typically, if a team receives the opening kickoff, that team's offense possesses the ball first. That wasn't the case this time for Virginia, as former Notre Dame transfer Chris Tyree had the opening kickoff bounce off of his leg and directly into the arms of the Fighting Irish, who cashed in a few plays later with a touchdown.
With the score still 7-0 thanks to the efforts of the Cavalier defense, Virginia was gifted a golden opportunity to get on the board as Notre Dame punt returner Max Hurleman had a punt bounce off of his chest and directly into the hands of Jonas Sanker. Virginia moved the ball into the red zone, but Kobe Pace then took hit a from Jordan Clark and fumbled the ball, which was immediately recovered by Rod Heard II, giving the Irish the ball back.
It seems Notre Dame was destined to score that third touchdown one way or another, though, as Virginia got the ball back and Anthony Colandrea proceeded to throw an interception to Adon Shuler, who returned it 46 yards to the UVA 2-yard line, setting up a short touchdown from Leonard to tight end Cooper Flanagan.
Virginia responded with its best offensive series of the game, as Muskett completed a deep pass down the right sideline to Malachi Fields. Muskett then found Tyler Neville for 17 yards on 3rd and 18 and UVA kept its offense on the field for 4th and short Muskett called his own number and ran up the middle untouched for an 18-yard touchdown, finally putting the Cavaliers on the board.
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