The Louisville Cardinals handed the Virginia Cavaliers their first ACC loss of the season, 24-20, on Saturday at Scott Stadium.
was handed its first ACC loss of the 2024 season, suffering a 24-20 defeat to Louisville on Saturday evening at Scott Stadium. Although the Cavaliers outgained the Cardinals 449-408, was much better on third downs, and dominated time of possession, failure to execute in the red zone ultimately doomed UVA to its third-straight loss in the series with Louisville.
Virginia responded to the Louisville scoring drive by putting together an impressive series of its own, leaning heavily on its run game to drive the length of the field. Colandrea scrambled a few times and UVA also got a couple of nice runs from Kobe Pace. A 13-yard completion from Colandrea to Fields moved the chains on 3rd and 13 and Virginia got the ball inside the Louisville five-yard line.
Virginia answered with back-to-back scoring drives, but neither were punctuated with touchdowns as UVA's red zone woes continued. Instead, Will Bettridge converted field goals of 31 and 23 yards to make it 17-13 heading to the fourth quarter. That proved to only temporarily stave off the Cardinals, who got the ball back and drove down the field, setting up an easy pitch and catch from Shough to Jamari Johnson in the back of the end zone for the go-ahead touchdown.
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