UVA Football (1-1) hosts in-state FCS program William & Mary (1-1) on Saturday at noon in Scott Stadium.
Today is UVA Strong Day, in honor of Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D’Sean Perry, three members of the program who were slain on Nov. 13, 2022.
The Chandler, Davis and Perry families along with Marlee Morgan and family and Mike Hollins and family will serve as honorary captains.
Game Details
Series: Virginia leads series, 32-6-1
Last meeting: Virginia, 27-13 (2023)
TV: ACC Network
SiriusXM Radio: SiriusXM 119 / SiriusXM 193
SiriusXM App: SiriusXM 955
Line: UVA -26.5
Over/under: 51.5
Projected final score: UVA 40, William & Mary 13
Game Notes: Virginia returns home Saturday to face in-state foe William & Mary. The Cavaliers have scored 35 points or more in back-to-back games for the first time since 2021 and are excelling on both sides of the ball.
Defensively, UVA leads the nation in third-down stops, holding opponents to just 2-of-21 (9.5%) conversions, while offensively the Hoos have converted 22-of-37 (59.5%)—both tops in the ACC. Virginia is also one of only two league teams yet to allow a sack, leads the conference in time of possession (33 minutes per game), and has committed just one turnover through two weeks of the season.
William & Mary enters Saturday’s contest off a 28-27 win over Maine, scoring the game-winning touchdown with 3:11 left. The Tribe is coming off a 7-5 campaign in 2024, its fourth straight winning season—the program’s longest such streak since 1992-99.
Pregame Coverage
- UVA Football | Elliott, staff need to find a fix for the issues up front on D
- UVA Football podcast | Reviewing the Week 2 loss at NC State
- UVA Football | Elliott defends playing FCS schools: ‘Just good for football’
- Greg’s Grades | UVA Football report card for Week 2 loss at NC State
- UVA Football Report Card | Grading out the offense in the Week 2 loss to NC State
- UVA Football Report Card | Grading the defense, special teams in Week 2
First quarter
First UVA drive: The offense had to convert a fourth down at midfield. Chandler Morris did so on a seven-yard scramble.
Then another third down at the W&M 35, converted on a 12-yard run by Xavier Brown.
The TD came on a reverse to Kam Courtney, who took the pitch to the house 23 yards for the score.
UVA 7, W&M 0, 10:46/1st
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Kam Courtney scores his first career TD on the reverse 🔄
10:46 1st | UVA 7, W&M 0
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— Virginia Football (@UVAFootball) September 13, 2025
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Gameday ops note: The massive scoreboard isn’t working, and none of the in-stadium graphics are working. So much for the gameday improvements.
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Second UVA drive: After the D got a three-and-out, the offense drove 79 yards on 10 plays, with one third-down conversion, at the W&M 25.
J’Mari Taylor with the 1-yard TD, his sixth rushing TD of the season.
UVA offense: 159 yards on two drives
UVA 14, W&M 0, 5:23/1st
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Gameday ops update: The video is working on the scoreboard. The score and clock parts: not working.
Ineptitude.
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Update: All is back online. Thanks, lady, for getting the kid down here. Turns out, all he had to do was unplug the scoreboard, then plug it back in.
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Third UVA drive: After a shanked W&M punt set up the offense at midfield, the offense couldn’t get a first down, with a dropped pass by Cam Ross on fourth down.
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End 1: UVA 14, W&M 0
Total offense: UVA 182, W&M 8
First downs: UVA 10, W&M 0
Chandler Morris: 7-of-12, 64 yards
Run game: 15 attempts, 118 yards
Second quarter
Another drive ends in TD: This one was eight plays, 78 yards. Xavier Brown finished it with a 4-yard TD run.
Morris was 3-of-3 for 49 yards on the drive.
UVA 21, W&M 0, 13:18/2nd
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Quick strike: Tyler Hughes connected with a wide open Deven Thompson at the UVA 44, and he went the rest of the way untouched for the 79-yard TD.
I had strong safety Da’Marcus Crosby getting beaten on that one.
UVA 21, W&M 7, 13:01/2nd
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Next UVA drive: Noah Vaughn broke one for 54 yards, then went out with an apparent right knee injury on a run inside the W&M 5.
Harrison Waylee finished off the drive with a 2-yard TD run on a direct snap.
Vaughn: eight carries, 101 yards.
That was the fourth rushing TD.
UVA 28, W&M 7, 9:27/1st
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💪 HUGE STOP on 4th down
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— Virginia Football (@UVAFootball) September 13, 2025
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Next UVA drive: Fourth-down stop on W&M at their own 34, then a short drive culminating in a fourth-and-goal TD pass to John Rogers.
UVA 35, W&M 7, 6:01/2nd
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Next UVA drive: Daniel Kaelin in at QB. Gets credited with a 56-yard pass on a screen to Suderian Harrison.
Drive ends with an 8-yard TD run by Harrison Waylee.
UVA 42, W&M 7, 1:59/2nd
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Halftime recap: UVA 42, W&M 7
Virginia scored five rushing touchdowns and piled up 457 yards of offense in getting out to a 42-7 lead on overmatched William & Mary at halftime.
Chandler Morris was 13-of-19 passing for 149 yards and a TD.
Morris left the game late in the second quarter with a 35-7 lead.
Backup Daniel Kaelin is 2-of-4 for 65 yards through the air.
The ground game put up 243 yards, with Noah Vaughn, who left in the second quarter after taking a hard tackle on his right knee, gaining 101 yards on eight carries.
The D held the W&M offense to 100 total yards, 79 of those coming on one play, a 79-yard TD pass from Tyler Hughes to Deven Thompson, on what looked like busted coverage on the back end.
That play doubles as W&M’s lone first down of the first half.
Third quarter
First drive: Waylee Harrison 97-yard TD run. Obviously, a school record on that one.
UVA 49, W&M 7, 11:31/3rd
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🔥 THE LONGEST RUSH PROGRAM HISTORY 🔥@hwaylee02
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— Virginia Football (@UVAFootball) September 13, 2025
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Second UVA drive: Will Bettridge short field goal (24 yards).
UVA 52, W&M 7, 6:46/3rd
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Tipped ball leads to INT: Daniel Kaelin had a pass INT’d in plus territory. Tipped at the line. Trevon Cannon with the INT.
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Turnover leads to W&M TD drive: Backup QB Noah Brannock leads a five-play, 53-yard TD drive, scoring from six yards out on a third-down scramble.
UVA 52, W&M 14, 2:13/3rd
Fourth quarter
Another short FG adds to the Virginia total: Will Bettridge good from 31 yards. Probably time to get the backup QB out of the game now.
Daniel Kaelin: 8-of-14, 161 yards, 1 INT.
UVA 55, W&M 21, 12:58/4th
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‘Red Zone’ every score from every game rule: Bad snap on a UVA punt leads to a W&M safety.
UVA 55, W&M 16, 7:59/4th
Recap: ‘Hoos have no trouble with Tribe
Virginia led 42-7 at the half, scored on a 97-yard run on its first play from scrimmage in the third quarter, and coasted from there to a 55-16 win over William & Mary on Saturday.
The offense put up a school-record 700 yards, and the 97-yard TD run, by Harrison Waylee, was also a school record.
Waylee, with 151 yards and three TDs, was one of two backs with 100-plus yards on the ground – Noah Vaughn, who left with an injury in the second quarter, had 101 yards and a TD on eight carries.
Starting QB Chandler Morris was 13-of-19 for 149 yards and a TD; his backup, Daniel Kaelin, was 8-of-14 for 164 yards and an INT.
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