Live Blog: UVA takes on #24 Oregon out west

AFP editor Chris Graham leads our live blog as UVA (0-1) takes on #24 Oregon (1-0) in college football action Saturday night.

Get to know Oregon

• Graduate transfer quarterback Dakota Prukop (Montana State) threw for 271 yards and three touchdowns in his first FBS start, a 53-28 win over UC-Davis last weekend, completing 21 of his 30 pass attempts, and also running for 36 yards on 11 carries in directing the spread-option running attack.
• Royce Freeman had 87 yards on 11 carries, among nine ball-carriers who toted the ball in the opener for Oregon, which also got 117 yards on seven catches from Darren Carrington II, one of eight Ducks to catch a pass last week.
• All told, Oregon laid 522 yards of total offense.
• The Ducks D would get torched for 392 yards of offense, allowing UC-Davis quarterback Ben Scott to throw for 303 yards.

Get to know UVA

• UVA’s own graduate transfer quarterback, Kurt Benkert (ECU), was the sole bright spot for the ‘Hoos in their season-opening 37-20 loss to Richmond last week, completing 26 of his 34 pass attempts for 264 yards and three touchdowns, with one interception.
• The run game was anemic – not accounting for yards lost to sacks, which come off rushing totals in college football, UVA ran for 63 yards on 18 carries against an FCS opponent that gave up 4.5 yards per carry and 156.6 yards per game in 2015.
• The Virginia defense was torched all the way around, giving up 524 yards to Richmond, including 187 yards on the ground, a stat that does not bode well going into the Oregon game.