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WILLIAM & MARY GAME September 4, 2021 7:30 p.m. • Regional Sports Networks Charlottesville, Va. 1 Scott Stadium (61,500) VIRGINIA VS. WILLIAM & MARY 2021 SCHEDULE Series vs. William & Mary: UVA, 30-6-1 Date Opponent Time /Result TV S. 4 WILLIAM & MARY 7:30 P.M. RSN In Charlottesville: UVA leads, 24-4 S. 11 ILLINOIS 11 A.M. ACCN VS S. 18 at North Carolina* 7:30 p.m. ACCN at Scott Stadium: UVA leads, 18-4 S. 24 WAKE FOREST* 7 P.M. ESPN2 Last Meeting: 2019 (at UVA, W, 52-17) S. 30 at Miami* 7:30 p.m. ESPN 0. 9 at Louisville* TBA First Meeting: 1908 (at UVA, W, 11-0) O. 16 DUKE1* TBA O. 23 GEORGIA TECH* TBA VIRGINIA CAVALIERS WILLIAM & MARY TRIBE Largest UVA win: 40-3 (2011 at UVA) O. 30 at BYU TBA Record: 0-0, ACC: 0-0 Record: 0-0, CAA: 0-0 N. 13 NOTRE DAME TBA Longest Win Streak: 7 (1961-1974) N. 20 at Pitt* TBA Head Coach: Bronco Mendenhall Head Coach: Mike London N. 27 VIRGINIA TECH* TBA UVA Record: 30-32 • 6th season W&M Record: 6-9 • third season Mendenhall vs. London: Tied, 1-1 Career Record: 129-75 • 17th season Career Record: 63-61 • 11th season Mendenhall vs. W&M: 2-0 London vs. UVA: 0-1 All Times Eastern; *ACC game OPENING KICK ON THE AIR ACC Network THE START Tom Werme, play-by-play • Fans at Scott Stadium have been encouraged to wear James Bates, analyst orange as part of the “4th Side Orange Out”. Abby Labar, sideline • The 2021 season will be the 132nd year of Virginia football and season No. 91 at Scott Stadium. Complete list of RSN’s carrying the game: • UVA is 83-39-9 all-time in season openers https://theacc.com/sports/2021/8/24/FB_RSN_WM_ • Saturday will mark the 12th time Virginia has squared UVA_21.aspx off against William & Mary to begin a season. • The Cavaliers are 77-21-7 (.767) all-time in home Virginia Sports Radio Network season openers and have won 20 of their last 25 sea- Dave Koehn, play-by-play son openers in Scott Stadium. Tony Covington, analyst SPORTS • Virginia has opened up at Scott Stadium in all but RN EAT WDOIROK two seasons since 2008. Satellite Radio • Under Fralin Family Head Coach Bronco Mendenhall, Sirius 132 • XM 194 • Internet 956 the Cavaliers have won four of five season openers, including a 38-20 victory over Duke at home in 2020. • The Cavaliers own a 61-10-3 record against current members of the Colonial Athletic Association. TEAM COMPARISON YEAR NO. 6 UNDER BRONCO MENDENHALL UVA W&M • In his first five seasons, Mendenhall has taken the Cavaliers to three bowl games, including the program’s RECORD 5-5 1-2 first ever Orange Bowl in 2019. SCORING 307 55 • The Cavaliers also claimed the Atlantic Coast Confer- Bronco Mendenall begins his sixth season as Points Per Game 30.7 18.3 ence’s Coastal Division title after posting a 6-2 mark in the Fralin Family Head Coach at UVA. league play in 2019. The six ACC wins were the most Points Off Turnovers 69 0 since 2007. FIRST DOWNS 236 42 • Mendenhall enters 2021 with a career record of 129-75 and has appeared in 14 bowl games Rushing 95 16 in 16 years as a head coach. • With two more wins Mendenhall will enter the top-100 in career wins all-time in college Passing 116 24 football. Penalty 25 2 • Among active NCAA football coaches, Mendenhall’s .632 winning percentage ranks 10th in RUSHING YARDAGE 1627 373 the country and third amongst his ACC counterparts. Rushing Attempts 366 99 Average Per Rush 4.4 3.8 #TheStandard: BY THE NUMBERS Average Per Game 162.7 124.3 TDs Rushing 16 4 Virginia returns eight players with 10 or more starts on offense 8 PASSING YARDAGE 2606 507 Comp-Att-Int 221-379-14 44-71-1 On the defensive side of the ball, six players have 20 or more 6 collegiate starts under their belts. TDs Passing 22 13 TOTAL OFFENSE 4233 880 Percentage of total offense that returns from the 2020 season. 82 UVA averaged 423 total yards per game last year, 42nd in NCAA. •2020 Stats 2021 marks the 91st season Virginia has played football at #THESTANDARD 91 Scott Stadium after opening on Oct. 15, 1931. Virginia will commence its 132nd year of football. The Cavaliers first game was Nov. 20, 1888, a 20-0 win against Pantops 132 Academy. @UVAFootball COVERING THE CAVALIERS UVA VS. WILLIAM & MARY • SERIES HISTORY WEEKLY SCHEDULE - W&M All-Time: UVA leads, 30-6-1 • Monday, Aug. 30 Charlottesville: UVA leads, 24-4 • Williamsburg: UVA leads, 4-1-1 • Neutral Sites: UVA leads: 2-1 Noon - Bronco Mendenhall Zoom Press Conference OT Ryan Swoboda, DB Anthony Johnson available after Longest UVA win streak: 7 (1961-74) • Longest W&M win streak: 2 (1959-60, 1976,1986) Mendenhall Largest Victory: 37 (40-3), 2011 in Charlottesville Tuesday, Aug. 31 Season Site UVA Coach W/L/T Score UVA Rank W&M Coach Opp. Rank 7-8 p.m. - Mendenhall Coaches Show (WINA) 1908 Home Merritt Cooke Jr. W 11-0 NR George O’Hearn NR 1909 Home John Neff W 30-0 NR George O’Hearn NR Wednesday, Sept. 1 1910 Home Charles Crawford W 10-0 NR George O’Hearn NR TBA - Post Practice Availability - Select student-athletes 1911 Home Kemper Yancey W 81-0 NR William Young NR 1912 Home John Elliot W 60-0 NR William Young NR Thursday, Sept. 2 & Friday Sept. 3 1920 Home Rice Warren W 27-0 NR James Driver NR No availability 1935 Away Gus Tebell T 0-0 NR Thomas Dowler NR 1936 Norfolk Gus Tebell W 7-0 NR Branch Bocock NR *Note: student-athletes are available for phone/in-person 1937 Home Frank Murray W 6-0 NR Branch Bocock NR interviews each Monday depending on class schedules. 1938 Home Frank Murray W 34-0 NR Branch Bocock NR Interview requests should be directed to Scott Fitzgerald 1939 Norfolk Frank Murray W 26-6 NR Carl Voyles NR by noon on Sunday 1940 Away Frank Murray L 6-13 NR Carl Voyles NR 1950 Home Arthur Guepe W 13-0 NR Rube McCray NR POSTGAME INTERVIEWS 1951 Home Arthur Guepe W 46-0 NR Marvin Bass NR Coach Mendenhall will hold his postgame press conference in the media room, while requested players 1952 Away Arthur Guepe W 20-13 NR Marvin Bass NR will be brought to the media room to meet with media 1959 Home Richard Voris L 0-37 NR Milt Drewer NR representatives after Mendenhall. UVA athletics media 1960 Norfolk Richard Voris L 21-41 NR Milt Drewer NR relations personnel will take player requests during the 1961 Home Bill Elias W 21-6 NR Milt Drewer NR fourth quarter of each game. 1962 Away Bill Elias W 19-7 NR Milt Drewer NR 1963 Home Bill Elias W 9-7 NR Milt Drewer NR Virginia’s locker room is closed to media following 1964 Away Bill Elias W 14-13 NR Marv Levy NR games, both at home and on the road. 1969 Away George Blackburn W 28-14 NR Lou Holtz NR 1970 Home George Blackburn W 33-6 NR Lou Holtz NR IMPORTANT LINKS 1974 Home Sonny Randle W 38-28 NR Jim Root NR ACC Media Portal: theacc.com/media 1976 Home Dick Bestwick L 0-14 NR Jim Root NR School logos and headshots of players and coaches 1986 Home George Welsh L 37-41 NR Jimmye Laycock NR 1988 Home George Welsh W 31-23 NR Jimmye Laycock NR CollegePressBox: collegepressbox.com 1989 Home George Welsh W 24-12 NR Jimmye Laycock NR Download weekly game notes, quotes, statistics, media 1990 Home George Welsh W 63-35 7 Jimmye Laycock NR guides, headshots, 1992 Home George Welsh W 33-7 24 Jimmye Laycock NR ACC MEDIA PORTAL 1994 Home George Welsh W 37-3 NR Jimmye Laycock NR Broadcast media outlets will be able access ACC foot- 1995 Home George Welsh W 40-16 17 Jimmye Laycock NR ball highlights and press conference excerpts via the 2009 Home Al Groh L 14-26 NR Jimmye Laycock NR ACC Media Portal throughout the football season. 2011 Home Mike London W 40-3 NR Jimmye Laycock NR Upon the conclusion of each game, highlights will be 2015 Home Mike London W 35-29 NR Jimmye Laycock NR available for local TV news affiliates to download and 2017 Home Bronco Mendenhall W 28-10 NR Jimmye Laycock NR use in televised news programming at no cost. Outlets 2019 Home Bronco Mendenhall W 52-17 NR Mike London NR may access the highlights, along with any weekly head coach press conferences, through the ACC Media Portal. This portal replaces the ACC Video Clip Service (AVCS). The use of ACC game highlights provided ON THIS DATE • SEPT. 6 through the ACC Media Portal remain subject to those restrictions outlined in the ACC News Access Season Site UVA Coach W/L/T Score UVA Rank Opponent Opp. Coach Opp. Rank Guidelines. Interested affiliates should email licensing@ 1993 Away George Welsh W 43-29 NR Maryland Mark Duffner NR xosdigital.com to register for the ACC Media Portal and 1997 Home George Welsh L 17-28 NR Auburn Tommy Tuberville 17 for additional information. Additional questions can be 1999 Away George Welsh W 20-17 23 North Carolina Carl Torbush NR addressed by Slim Vollinger, Director/ACC Advanced Media, at [email protected] or call 336.369.1207.