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GAME 1 • SEPT. 1, 2012 • RICHMOND AT VIRGINIA • SCOTT STADIUM • CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS Asst. AD for Media Relations (coach interviews): Jim Daves O: (434) 243-2467 • [email protected] Football Contact (player interviews): Vincent Briedis O: (434) 982-5533 • [email protected] ON THE WEB: VirginiaSports.com VIRGINIA ON TWITTER: @VirginiaSports, @UVA_Football 7 COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAMERS • 3 NFL HALL OF FAMERS • 27 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS • 111 FIRST-TEAM ALL-ACC HONOREES 2012 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME DETAILS Date Opponent Time/Result TV VIRGINIA Venue David A. Harrison Field Sept. 1 RICHMOND 3 p.m. RSN CAVALIERS at Scott Stadium Sept. 8 PENN STATE 12 p.m. ABC Record: 0-0 ACC: 0-0 Capacity 61,500 Sept. 15 at Georgia Tech* 3:30 p.m. ESPNU Playing Surface Grass Sept. 22 at TCU TBA HEAD COACH: Mike London, third season Series vs. UR: UVa leads, 26-2-2 Sept. 29 LOUISIANA TECH TBA UVa Record: 12-13 • Career Record: 36-18 • Record vs. UR: 1-0 In Charlottesville: UVa leads, 24-1-1 Oct. 6 at Duke* TBA Last Meeting: 2010 (UVa, 34-13) Oct. 13 MARYLAND1* TBA RICHMOND Oct. 20 WAKE FOREST* TBA Television RSN SPIDERS Radio Virginia Sports Network Nov. 3 at NC State* TBA Record: 0-0 CAA: 0-0 Nov. 10 MIAMI* TBA Live Stats VirginiaSports.com Nov. 15 NORTH CAROLINA* 7:30 p.m. ESPN HEAD COACH: Danny Rocco, rst season School Websites VirginiaSports.com Nov. 24 at Virginia Tech* TBA UR Record: 0-0 • Career Record: 47-20 • Record vs. UVa: 0-0 RichmondSpiders.com All Times Eastern; *ACC game; 1Homecomings VIRGINIA OPENS 123RD SEASON OF FOOTBALL VIRGINIA COACHING STAFF • The University of Virginia commences its 123rd season of football Saturday against Richmond. On the Field • UVa will be playing its 82nd season in Scott Stadium, which opened Oct. 15, 1931, against VMI. Mike London.................... Head Coach • UVa is 78-35-9 (.676) all-time in season openers. Bill Lazor .......................... Oensive Coordinator/QBs Jim Reid ........................... Defensive Coordinator • The Cavaliers are 72-19-7 (.770) in home openers and have won 14 of their last 18 openers in Scott Stadium. Vincent Brown .................. Linebackers/Asst. Special Teams Coord. • In his career as a head coach, Mike London has won all four of his season-openers: 2008 at Elon and 2009 at Shawn Moore ...................Wide Receivers Duke while at Richmond and 2010 vs. Richmond and 2011 vs. William & Mary while at Virginia. Anthony Poindexter ......... Special Teams Coordinator/Safeties Scott Wachenheim ........... Oensive Line • With a win over Richmond, Mike London will become the first UVa head coach since Rice Warren (1913, Marques Hagans (GA) .......Tight Ends/WRs 1920-21) to win the season openers in his rst three years at the helm of the Cavalier football program. Brad Robbins (GA) ............ Linebackers/Safeties In the Press Box VIRGINIA VS. RICHMOND, CAA Mike Faragalli ...................Running Backs • Virginia owns a 26-2-2 edge in the all-time series with Richmond, which dates to 1893. UVa has won the last Je Hanson ...................... Defensive Line eight meetings, including a 34-13 win in 2010 in Mike London’s debut as UVa’s head coach. Chip West ......................... Cornerbacks Jonathan Lewis (GA) ........ Defensive Line • Richmond’s last win in the series came in 1946, a 19-7 victory in Richmond. Mike Saint Germain (GA) .... Oensive Line/Tight Ends • The Cavaliers own a 55-9-3 record against current members of the CAA. • London is 15-3 all-time vs. the CAA and 8-3 all-time against FCS ranked CAA foes. TELEVISION: RSN P-b-P: Paul Kennedy Analyst: Keith Jones FAMILIAR FACES ON BOTH SIDELINES Sideline: Jenn Hildreth • The coaching staffs from the two teams are uniquely intertwined, with former UR head coach Mike London RADIO: Virginia Sports Network now in his third season at UVa and former UVa assistant head coach Danny Rocco now the head coach at P-b-P: Dave Koehn Richmond. Analyst: Tony Covington • Both London and Rocco served as defensive assistants together at Virginia under former UVa head coach Sidelines: Jay James Al Groh (2001-04). Rocco played two seasons under Groh at Wake Forest, was a graduate assistant with the SATELLITE RADIO: Sirus 92, XM 190 Demon Deacons and later joined Groh with the Jets in 2000. Rocco followed Groh to Charlottesville in 2001 FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW and spent ve seasons with the Cavaliers. • Saturday’s game with Richmond commences the • UR head coach Danny Rocco is the uncle of UVa QB Michael Rocco. 123rd season of UVa football and the 97th season • UR head coach Danny Rocco’s daughter Amy is a second-year at UVa and works in the football office. the Cavaliers open the year at home. UVa is 70-19-7 • UVa defensive coordinator Jim Reid is another former Richmond head coach, serving as the head coach of all-time when the rst game of a season is played in the Spiders from 1995-2003. Charlottesville. • Three UVa assistants coached at Richmond before coming to UVa with Mike London and helped the Spiders • Richmond’s head coach Danny Rocco is a former UVa to the 2008 FCS National Title (Vincent Brown, Jeff Hanson, Mike Faragalli); Brown also was on UVa staff in assistant head coach (2001-05) and is the uncle of UVa 2007 as a graduate assistant. QB Michael Rocco. • Four Richmond assistants (Wayne Lineburg, Bob Trott, Levern Belin, Byron Thweatt) have been assistant • With a win over Richmond, Mike London will become coaches at Virginia. Thweatt is a former Cavalier standout and was a UVa graduate assistant in 2006. the rst UVa head coach since Rice Warren (1913, 1920-21) to win the season openers in his rst three • UVa OL coach Scott Wachenheim spent three seasons as the OC and assistant head coach at Liberty (2006- seasons at the helm of the Cavalier football program. 08) under current Richmond head coach Danny Rocco. The Flames put up prolific numbers under Wachen- • UVa has won eight straight games vs. Richmond, heim’s offense and ranked in the top-10 in the FCS in yards and scoring during the tenure. dating to 1946. • Richmond assistant coaches Brandon Streeter (OC/QBs) and Blaine McCorkle (OL) both worked under • UVa is one of 16 schools in the nation entering 2012 Wachenheim during UVa’s offensive line coach’s time at Liberty. with the same nine assistants that started the 2011 • Richmond WR assistant coach Fontel Mines was four-year letterwinner (2003-06) at UVa and finished his season. career with 68 catches for 737 yards and 5 TDs. He graduated in 2007 before a brief NFL career with the Bears. MEDIA INFORMATION PAGE 2 WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE MEDIA AVAILABILITY (contact the Athletics Media Relations office for teleconference call-in numbers) On each Monday during the football season, the UVa Athletics Media Relations office will conduct the weekly SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY football press conference, attended by head coach Mike London and selected student-athletes. London will field • Mike London • Weekly press conference • Defensive players avail- • Offensive players avail- • Mike London teleconfer- able for interviews questions beginning at 3 p.m. and student-athletes will teleconference (7 p.m.) John Paul Jones able for interviews ence (11:30 a.m.) Media Room • Defensive coaches avail- • Offensive coaches avail- begin interviews at 3:30 p.m. Snacks will be served. (3 p.m.) able for interviews able for interviews FRIDAY • WINA Coaches Radio • Mike London on ACC Penn State week the weekly football press conference Show, Wild Wing Cafe Conference Call (Noon) • No availability will be held Tuesday, Sept. 4 at 1:30 p.m. (7-8 p.m.) Quotes from the Monday press conference will be posted on VirginiaSports.com Monday afternoon. PLAYER INTERVIEWS ACC WEEKLY TELECONFERENCE ACC INJURY GUIDELINES Players are available each Monday, depending on class The 12 ACC football coaches will be featured on a weekly On each Monday during the season, ACC schools will schedules. This is the best opportunity to interview play- teleconference each Wednesday (with the exception of announce any players who are out for the season or ers. If you have specific player interview requests, they Thanksgiving week) from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., scheduled to have surgery. should be directed to Vincent Briedis in the UVa Athletics beginning Aug. 29, and concluding Tuesday, November Media Relations office by Noon Sunday. 21. Each coach will have 10 minutes to make an opening No other announcements regarding player injuries will statement and answer questions. There will be an audio be made until the end of practice on Thursday or two Requested defensive players and defensive coaches will file of each teleconference on theACC.com Wednesday days prior to the next football game (Tuesday for be available for telephone interviews Tuesday, while afternoon. Transcripts of the teleconference will also be Thursday game, Thursday for Saturday). On that day, offensive players and offensive coaches will be available available on the theACC.com each Wednesday afternoon. within 90 minutes of the end of practice, injured players’ Wednesday. playing status for the next game will be announced in Contact an ACC staff member or member institution’s one of five categories: No player or coach interviews will be arranged after sports information office for access instructions to the - Definitely will play Wednesday during game week. teleconference. - Probable - Questionable POSTGAME INTERVIEWS Frank Spaziani, Boston College .......................10:30 p.m. - Doubtful Virginia’s locker room is closed to media following Dabo Swinney, Clemson ..................................10:40 p.m. - Out games, both at home and on the road.