UVA Run D gashed Louisville ran 37 times for 266 yards in Saturday’s 38-31 win, gaining 7.2 yards per carry.
Over its past two games, a 27-21 win over Georgia Tech on Oct. 31 and a 27-21 loss at Miami last Saturday, the Cavs D had given up a combined 287 yards on 66 carries.
Road woes continue Still two calendar years and counting since UVA’s last win on the road: Nov. 3, 2012, at N.C. State.
Virginia is 1-18 away from home the past three seasons.
Run game regressing For a four-game stretch, Virginia had seemingly figured out the issues with its run game, gaining 187.8 yards per game on the ground, after an opening four-game average per game of just 92.2 yards.
We’re back to the anemic Cavs. Last week, UVA gained just 127 yards on 32 carries, and in Saturday’s loss at Louisville, the total was 94 yards on 31 carries.
Albert Reid led the way with 42 yards on just three carries, the big gasher being a 35-yard run early in the fourth quarter.
Smoked out Taquan Mizzell had 14 rushes for just 40 yards. Mizzell did lead the team in receiving, with nine catches for 89 yards.
For the season, Mizzell leads the team with 577 yards on 136 carries (4.2 yards per carry), and he has a team-leading 63 catches for 628 yards (9.9 yards per catch).
Johns effective Matt Johns threw for four touchdowns on 25-for-41 passing (61.0 percent) with 260 yards. His 146.4 passer rating was just his third-best of the season, though.
His best day, passer-rating-wise, was Week 3 vs. William and Mary. Johns was 17-for-23 passing (73.9 percent) for 263 yards and three touchdowns with two interceptions and a passer rating of 195.6.
His second-best day was Week 2 vs. Notre Dame, when Johns was 26-of-38 passing (68.4 percent) for 289 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions, with a passer rating of 149.7.
For the season, Johns is 205-for-332 passing (61.7 percent) for 2,295 yards, 17 touchdowns, 14 interceptions and a passer rating of 128.3.
Meaningless statistics Virginia had a 33:29-26:31 advantage in time of possession and a 72-59 advantage in plays from scrimmage.
Louisville outgained Virginia 425-354 and averaged 7.2 yards per play to Virginia’s 4.9 yards per play.
– Compiled by Chris Graham
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