GAME 1 • AUG. 30, 2014 • UCLA AT VIRGINIA • SCOTT STADIUM (61,500) • CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS Asst. AD for Media Relations (coach interviews): Jim Daves O: (434) 243-2467 • C: (434) 962-7668 • [email protected] Football Contact (player interviews): Vincent Briedis O: (434) 982-5533 • C: (434) 362-3792 • [email protected] LIVE STATS: VirginiaSports.com VIRGINIA 7 COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAMERS • 3 NFL HALL OF FAMERS • 28 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS • 116 FIRST-TEAM ALL-ACC 2014 SCHEDULE/RESULTS VIRGINIA GAME DETAILS Date Opponent Time/Result TV Venue Scott Stadium CAVALIERS Capacity 61,500 Aug. 30 No. 7 UCLA 12 p.m. ESPN Record: 0-0 ACC: 0-0 Sept. 6 RICHMOND 3:30 p.m. ESPN3 Playing Surface Natural Grass Sept. 13 LOUISVILLE* 12:30 p.m. ACC Network Series vs. UCLA: First Meeting Sept. 20 at BYU TBA HEAD COACH: Mike London, fifth season Series vs. Pac-12: UVa trails, 0-4 In Charlottesville UVa trails, 0-2 Sept. 27 KENT STATE TBA UVa Record: 18-31 • Career Record: 42-36 • Record vs. UCLA: 0-0 Oct. 4 PITT* TBA Television Radio Oct. 18 at Duke* TBA UCLA Oct. 25 NORTH CAROLINA1* TBA BRUINS Nov. 1 at Georgia Tech* TBA Nov. 8 at Florida State* TBA Record: 0-0 Pac-12: 0-0 Rankings: AP Coaches School Websites Nov. 22 MIAMI (FLA.)* TBA UCLA 7 7 UCLABruins.com Nov. 28 at Virginia Tech* TBA ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU HEAD COACH: Jim Mora, third season Virginia NR NR VirginiaSports.com UCLA Record: 19-8 • Career Record: 19-8 • Record vs. UVa: 0-0 All Times Eastern; *ACC game; 1Homecomings #UCLAvsUVA AT A GLANCE VIRGINIA COACHING STAFF On the Field Mike London ....................................................... Head Coach VIRGINIA OPENS 125TH SEASON OF FOOTBALL Steve Fairchild .............................. Offensive Coordinator/QBs • The University of Virginia opens its 125th season of football Saturday against UCLA. Larry Lewis ............................ Special Teams Coordinator/RBs • UVa will be playing its 84th season in Scott Stadium, which opened Oct. 15, 1931, against VMI. Mike Archer ...............................................................Safeties • UVa is 80-35-9 (.681) all-time in season openers. Marques Hagans ............................................Wide Receivers • The Cavaliers are 74-19-7 (.775) in home season openers and have won 17 of their last 20 openers in Scott Jappy Oliver..................................................... Defensive Line Chip West ............................................................Cornerbacks Stadium. Scott Wachenheim ...........................................Offensive Line • In his career as a head coach, Mike London has won all six of his season-openers: 2008 at Elon and 2009 at Zach Tenuta (GA) .............................................Defensive Line Duke while at Richmond and 2010 vs. Richmond , 2011 vs. William & Mary, 2012 vs. Richmond and 2013 vs. BYU while at Virginia. In the Press Box • London is the only UVa head coach to win season openers in his first four years at Virginia. Last year’s 19-16 Tom O’Brien ...................................Assoc. HC for Offense/TEs Jon Tenuta ...................Assoc. HC for Defense/Def. Coord./LBs win over BYU in the season opener snapped a tie with Rice Warren (1913, 1920-21), who was the only other Sean Cascarano (GA) ........................Offensive Line/Tight Ends man to win season openers in his first three years at Virginia. Jacob Hodges (GA) ....................................................Defense Clint Sintim (GA) ...............................Offense/Wide Receivers UCLA MAKES SECOND-EVER TRIP TO AN ACC STADIUM • UCLA is making its second-ever trip to an ACC stadium when it visits Scott Stadium this Saturday. TELEVISION: ESPN Play-by-Play: ..................................................Bob Wischusen • The only other time UCLA played at an ACC stadium was in 1955 when the then-No. 1 Bruins lost to former Analyst: ............................................................... Matt Millen ACC member Maryland, 7-0, at Byrd Stadium. The Terrapins were ranked No. 5 in the nation that week in a Sidelines: ......................................................Quint Kessenich game that was billed as “The Best in the West” vs. “The Best in the East.” • UCLA is 17-13 all-time versus current members of the ACC, most recently beating Virginia Tech last time out RADIO: Virginia Sports Network in the 2013 Sun Bowl, 42-12. Play-by-Play: .......................................................Dave Koehn Analyst: ..........................................................Tony Covington • UCLA’s games against Pitt (9-5), Syracuse (2-6) and Miami (2-1) all were played before those programs Sidelines ................................................................Jay James were members of the ACC. UCLA has also played Duke (1-0), Florida State (0-1), NC State (2-0) and Virginia Tech (1-0). SATELLITE RADIO: ......................................Sirius 84, XM 84 • UCLA has never played in the Commonwealth of Virginia before. FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT’S INSIDE • Saturday’s game with UCLA opens the 125th season of Game Information ...........................................................................1 Season Drive & Turnover/Takeaway Analysis ..................................27 Media Information/Schedule ...........................................................2 Scoring Drives ................................................................................28 UVa football and the 101st season the Cavaliers open the University of Virginia Facts ...............................................................3 Drives ........................................................................................29-30 year at home. UVa is 74-19-7 all-time when the first game Virginia vs. UCLA/Pac-12 ..................................................................4 Game-By-Game Statistics .........................................................31-37 Team Stats.....................................................................................5-7 Miscellaneous Tackles Leaders/Special Teams Tackles Leaders ........37 of the season is in Charlottesville. ACC Standings/Preseason Poll ..........................................................5 Money Plays ...................................................................................38 • UVa head coach Mike London is 4-0 all-time at UVa in Career Starts/2014 UVa Opponents/UVa Overtime Games ...............6 Long Plays of 20 Yards or Longer ....................................................39 National Polls ...................................................................................7 The Last Time ............................................................................40-41 season openers. No previous UVa head coach won his first Offensive Notes ...........................................................................8-10 Participation ..................................................................................42 four season-opening games for the Cavaliers. Game-Opening/Second Half-Opening Drives .................................10 Career Highs ...................................................................................43 Last Minute Game-Winning Scores/Goal-to-Goal ..........................10 Individual and Career Statistics .................................................44-47 • Saturday’s game against UCLA marks the 50th career Defensive Notes ........................................................................11-12 Virginia and Opponent Long Plays .................................................48 game of Mike London’s head coaching tenure at Virginia. Special Teams Notes/ Game-Winning Field Goals ...........................13 Virginia Numerical/Alphabetical Roster ....................................49-50 NCAA & ACC Stat Leaders/Cavaliers in the NFL/NFL Draft Picks .......14 Virginia Depth Chart .......................................................................51 • The last football game for both UVa and UCLA was Did You Know?/National Award Watch Lists/Honors & Awards .......15 against Virginia Tech. UVa in the 2013 regular season finale Quarterback Greyson Lambert .......................................................16 Quarterback David Watford ............................................................17 SOCIAL MEDIA • #UVAFB (L, 16-6) and UCLA in the 2013 Sun Bowl (W, 42-12). Fun Facts ........................................................................................18 • UVa in 2013 and Florida State in 2002 are the only teams Head Coach Mike London ...............................................................19 Team Statistics ..........................................................................20-21 in college football history to play 11 teams during the Individual Statistics ...................................................................22-23 regular season that would go on to play in a bowl game. Defensive Statistics/Game-by-Game Starters............................24-25 What Happens on First Down/Third Down Conversions ..................26 Starting Field Position/Penalties ....................................................26 @UVa_Football @VirginiaFootball VirginiaSports MEDIA INFORMATION PAGE 2 WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE On each Monday during the football season, the UVa SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Athletics Media Relations office will conduct a weekly • Mike London • Weekly press conference • Defensive players avail- • Offensive players avail- • No availability football