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RICHMOND GAME September 1, 2018 6 p.m. • ACC Network Extra Charlottesville, Va. Scott Stadium (61,500) VIRGINIA#URvsUVA BREAKDOWN 2018 SCHEDULE Date: Sat., Sept. 1, 2018 Date Opponent Time /Result TV Location: Charlottesville, Va. S. 1 RICHMOND 6 p.m. ACC Net. Extra Stadium: Scott Stadium (61,500) S. 8 at Indiana 7:30 p.m. Big Ten Network VS Series vs. Richmond: UVA leads, 28-3-2 S. 15 OHIO 3 p.m. ACC Net. Extra In Charlottesville: UVA leads, 26-2-1 S. 22 LOUISVILLE* TBA at Scott Stadium: UVA leads, 11-2 S. 29 at NC State* TBA Last Meeting: 2016 (UR, 37-20) O. 13 MIAMI*1 TBA First Meeting: 1893 (at UVA, 34-4) O. 20 at Duke* TBA Largest UVA win: 74-0 (1915 at UVA) O. 27 NORTH CAROLINA* TBA VIRGINIA CAVALIERS RICHMOND SPIDERS Longest UVA Win Streak: 10 (1893-1916, 1947-2014) N. 2 PITT*^ 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 Record: 0-0, ACC: 0-0 Record: 0-0, CAA: 0-0 Mendenhall vs. Huesman: First Meeting N. 10 LIBERTY TBA Head Coach: Bronco Mendenhall Head Coach: Russ Huesman Websites: VirginiaSports.com N. 17 at Georgia Tech* TBA ^ UVA Record: 8-17 • third season UR Record: 6-5 • second season RichmondSpiders.com N. 24 at Virginia Tech* TBA Career Record: 107-60 • 14th season Career Record: 65-42 • ninth season Mendenhall vs. UR: 0-1 Huesman vs. UVA: First Meeting All Times Eastern; *ACC game; 1Homecomings; ^ Friday OPENING KICK ON THE AIR UVA OPENS 129TH SEASON OF FOOTBALL ACC Network Extra • The University of Virginia opens its 129th season of Shawn Kenney, play-by-play football Saturday against Richmond. John Gregory, analyst • Richmond is receiving votes in the preseason FCS poll. • It is the 88th season the Cavaliers have played in Scott Virginia Sports Radio Network Stadium. Dave Koehn, play-by-play • UVA is 81-38-9 (.676) all-time in season openers. Tony Covington, analyst • The Cavaliers are 75-21-7 (.767) in home season openers Jay James, sideline and have won 18 of their last 23 season openers in Scott Stadium. Satellite Radio • In his career as a head coach, Bronco Mendenhall is 9-4 in Sirius 78 • XM 391 13 season-openers. VIRGINIA VS. RICHMOND, CAA VIRGINIA COACHES • Virginia owns a 28-3-2 edge in the all-time series with Richmond. UVA won 10 meetings in a row dating back On the Field to 1947, before falling 37-20 in the 2016 season-opening Bronco Mendenhall, Head Coach Mark Atuaia, Running Backs game to the Spiders. Jason Beck, Quarterbacks • The Cavaliers own a 59-10-3 record against current Ricky Brumfield, Special Teams Coordinator members of the CAA. Marques Hagans, Wide Receivers Shane Hunter, Inside Linebackers FIVE TOP STORYLINES Nick Howell, Defensive Coordinator/Secondary Vic So’oto, Defensive Line • The Cavaliers open their 129th season of football on Garett Tujague, Offensive Line Saturday night against the Richmond Spiders. It is UVA’s HB Olamide Zaccheaus broke UVA’s single-season record for receptions Kirk Garner, Graduate Assistant first night game to open a season since the Cavaliers hosted with 85 catches in 2017. William & Mary to open the 2011 season. In the Booth • Virginia is opening its season against Richmond for the Robert Anae, Offensive Coordinator, Inside Receivers Kelly Poppinga, Co-Def. Coord./Outside Linebackers seventh time. UVA is 5-1 all-time when opening a campaign against the Spiders with wins coming in Matt Johns, Graduate Assistant 1893, 1894, 1979, 2010 and 2012. All six of the previous season openers against Richmond were also Jackson Matteo, Graduate Assistant played in Charlottesville. Drew Meyer, Graduate Assistant • UVA is looking to win back-to-back season openers for the first time since winning four in a row from 2010-13. UVA beat William & Mary, 28-10, to open 2017. VIRGINIA MEDIA RELATIONS • Bronco Mendenhall is facing an FCS team for the 11th time as a head coach. He is 9-1 all-time Asst. AD for Media Relations (coach interviews) against FCS competition. Mendenhall has faced Eastern Illinois (1-0), Eastern Washington (1-0), Idaho Jim Daves • @JimDaves State (2-0), Northern Iowa (1-0), Richmond (0-1), Savannah State (1-0), Wagner (1-0), Weber State (1-0) O: (434) 243-2467 • C: (434) 962-7668 • [email protected] and William & Mary (1-0). • Olamide Zaccheaus enters 2018 with 157 career receptions. He needs 54 catches to break Billy Football Contact (player interviews) McMullen’s UVA record of 210. With 43 receptions, Zaccheaus will become only the second player in Vincent Briedis • @VincentBriedis program history to reach 200 career receptions. O: (434) 982-5533 • C: (434) 362-3792 • [email protected] Secondary Contact #NewStandard: BY THE NUMBERS Kristin Watkins OLB Chris Peace led all of the ACC’s linebackers with 7.5 sacks in 2017. O: (434) 297-7644 • C: (864) 934-4704 • [email protected] 7.5 #NEWSTANDARD HB Olamide Zaccheaus has a reception in 29-straight games. The streak started in Miami against the Hurricanes on Nov. 7, 2015. 29 ILB Jordan Mack finished the 2017 No. 5 in the ACC with 114 tackles. 114 @UVAFootball @UVAFootball VirginiaFootball 2018 VIRGINIA FOOTBALL MEDIA INFORMATION 26 SUNDAY 27 MONDAY 28 TUESDAY 29 WEDNESDAY 30 THURSDAY 31 FRIDAY 1 SATURDAY PLAYER DAY OFF • Weekly press confer- • Defensive Players • Offensive Players ence John Paul Jones available for interviews available for interviews • No availability • No availability Game No. 1 • No availability Arena Media Room • Defensive Coaches • Offensive Coaches vs. Richmond (12 p.m.) available for interviews available for interviews 6 p.m. • WINA Coaches Radio • Bronco Mendenhall on ACC Network Extra Show, Birdwood Grill ACC Conference Call Charlottesville, Va. (7-8 p.m.) (10:40 a.m.) THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE FACT BOOK/ROSTER FILES Podcasts of the ACC’s Coaches Teleconferences will ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS Virginia’s fact book is available online throughout be available at TheACC.com. They will be posted by JIM DAVES the season at VirginiaSports.com. late Wednesday afternoon each week during the Asst. AD for Media Relations season for football, and will also be available for Coach Interviews You will find the Fact Book linked on the football basketball. Office: 434-243-2467 page, or by visiting: Mobile: 434-962-7668 [email protected] You can listen in iTunes and subscribe to the free @JimDaves http://wahoowa.net/FootballFactBook2018 feed to receive each week’s new content as it becomes available. VINCENT BRIEDIS The most up-to-date Virginia roster files also are Asst. Director for Media Relations (Primary Football Contact) Player Interviews available at VirginiaSports.com. ACC HEADSHOTS AND LOGOS Office: 434-982-5533 The media section of theACC.com is dedicated to Mobile: 434-326-3792 WEEKLY GAME NOTES specific needs of the media, including downloads of [email protected] Virginia’s game notes will be available beginning @VincentBriedis ACC and school logos and headshots of players and Monday at the weekly press conference. They also coaches from select sports. You will need an individ- KRISTIN WATKINS can be accessed online in PDF format at ual account to access the site. To register, go to: the- Asst. Director for Media Relations VirginiaSports.com. If you are interested in receiving ACC.com/media (Secondary Football Contact) the weekly game notes via email, please contact Office: 434-297-7644 Vincent Briedis. ACC VIDEO CLIP SERVICE Mobile: 864-934-4704 [email protected] Broadcast media outlets will be able access ACC UVA GAMEDAY APP football highlights and press conference excerpts MAILING ADDRESS The Virginia Sports Gameday Mobile App is avail- via the ACC Video Clip Service (AVCS) throughout John Paul Jones Arena able. Fans may download the App for their iPhone the football season. This video content willonly be 295 Massie Road, Room 154 P.O. Box 400853 or Android by searching for “Virginia Sports” in their available for download in a digital file format that Charlottesville, VA 22904 Apps section of the mobile device. The App gives can be accessed on the AVCS. To register for this access to live game audio, stats, post-game recaps, service contact Slim Vollinger, Director/ACC WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE press releases, content from Jeff White, video and Advanced Media, at [email protected] or call Each Monday during the football season, the UVA much more. 336.369.1207. Athletics Media Relations office will conduct a weekly football press conference, attended by head COLLEGEPRESSBOX.COM coach Bronco Mendenhall and selected stu- The website collegepressbox.com is the official dent-athletes. Mendenhall will field questions media website for Division I football. Access and beginning at 12 p.m. and student-athletes will fol- download weekly game notes, quotes, statistics, PRONUNCIATION GUIDE low. media guides, headshots, logos and more. Login PLAYERS information will be distributed to accredited media Ryan Bischoff Bish-Off Quotes from the press conference will be posted on or you can apply for a password at collegepressbox. Isaac Buell Byool (rhymes with Yule) VirginiaSports.com Monday afternoon. com/password. Riah Burton Rye-uh Osiris Crutchfield OH-Cyrus PLAYER INTERVIEWS ACC WEEKLY TELECONFERENCE Hasise Dubois Ha-Cease Doob-Wah Players are available for interviews each Monday, The 14 ACC football coaches will be featured on a Aaron Faumui Fowl-Moo-EE depending on class schedules. If you have specific weekly teleconference each Wednesday from 10:40 Matt Gaham Gam (rhymes with Ham) player interview requests, they should be directed a.m. to 12:50 p.m., beginning Aug. 29, and conclud- Chris Glaser Guh-lay-zer to Vincent Briedis in the UVA Athletics Media ing November 21. Each coach will have 10 minutes Terrell Jana Tur-Rell Jan-ah Relations office by noon Sunday.