GAME 4 • SEPT. 22, 2012 • VIRGINIA AT TCU • AMON G. CARTER STADIUM • FORT WORTH, TEXAS 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 Amon G. Carter Stadium Sept. 1 RICHMOND W/43-19 RSN CAVALIERS Capacity 45,000 Sept. 8 PENN STATE W/17-16 ABC Record: 2-1 ACC: 0-1 Playing Surface Grass Sept. 15 at Georgia Tech* L/20-56 ESPNU Series vs. TCU: Series Tied, 1-1 Sept. 22 at No. 17 TCU 12 p.m. ESPN HEAD COACH: Mike London, third season In Fort Worth: First Meeting Sept. 29 LOUISIANA TECH TBA UVa Record: 14-14 • Career Record: 38-19 • Record vs. TCU: 0-0 Last Meeting: 2009 (TCU, 30-14) Oct. 6 at Duke* TBA Television ESPN Oct. 13 MARYLAND1* TBA TCU Oct. 20 WAKE FOREST* TBA Radio Virginia Sports Network HORNED FROGS Live Stats VirginiaSports.com Nov. 3 at NC State* TBA Record: 2-0 Big 12: 1-0 Nov. 10 MIAMI* TBA School Websites VirginiaSports.com Nov. 15 NORTH CAROLINA* 7:30 p.m. ESPN HEAD COACH: Gary Patterson, 12th season GoFrogs.com Nov. 24 at Virginia Tech* TBA TCU Record: 111-30 • Career Record: 111-30 • Record vs. UVa: 1-0 All Times Eastern; *ACC game; 1Homecomings VIRGINIA MAKES FIRST TRIP TO THE LONE STAR STATE IN 17 YEARS VIRGINIA COACHING STAFF • Virginia heads to Fort Worth on Saturday for its third-ever appearance in the state of Texas and first since the On the Field 1995 season. The Cavaliers will clash with the TCU Horned Frogs, ranked No. 17 in the Associated Press and No. Mike London .................... Head Coach 16 in the USA Today coaches polls, Saturday inside Amon G. Carter Stadium. The game will be televised live on Bill Lazor .......................... Offensive Coordinator/QBs/WRs ESPN. Jim Reid ........................... Defensive Coordinator • UVa head coach Mike London is 3-3 all-time against teams ranked in the Associated Press poll and 1-2 when Vincent Brown .................. Linebackers/Asst. Special Teams Coord. Shawn Moore ................... Tight Ends that game is played on the road. The lone win came last season at then-No. 23 Florida State (14-13), a victory Anthony Poindexter ......... Special Teams Coordinator/Safeties that made UVa the first team in college football history to have road wins at Miami (Fla.) and FSU in the same Scott Wachenheim ........... Offensive Line season. Marques Hagans (GA) ....... Wide Receivers • The last time UVa played in Texas was Oct. 21, 1995 in Austin when facing the Texas Longhorns. Current UVa Brad Robbins (GA) ............ Linebackers/Safeties safeties coach and special teams coordinator Anthony Poindexter was a freshman on that 1995 UVa team and had six tackles, while UVa head coach Mike London’s younger brother, Paul, had nine tackles for the UVa In the Press Box Mike Faragalli ................... Running Backs defense in the last trip to the state of Texas. That 1995 Virginia football team had 30 players on its roster that Jeff Hanson ...................... Defensive Line later went on to play in the NFL, including Ronde and Tiki Barber, James Farrior, Jamie Sharper and of course Chip West ......................... Cornerbacks Poindexter. Jonathan Lewis (GA) ........ Defensive Line • UVa’s only other contest in the state of Texas was a 1977 meeting in Austin with the Longhorns. Mike Saint Germain (GA) .... Offensive Line/Tight Ends SERIES VS. TCU, BIG 12 TELEVISION: ESPN P-b-P: Dave Pasch • The series is tied, 1-1, between the Horned Frogs and Virginia. The Cavaliers won the first meeting of the Analyst: Brian Griese series in the 1994 Independence Bowl, 20-10. TCU won the second meeting, 30-14, during the Horned Frogs Sidelines: Jenn Brown first trip ever to the Commonwealth of Virginia in 2009. • Saturday will be the third meeting between UVa and TCU and the third different conference the Horned RADIO: Virginia Sports Network Frogs have been affiliated with at the time of the contest. In 1994 TCU was co-champions of the Southwest P-b-P: Dave Koehn Conference, while in 2009 the Horned Frogs were champions of the Mountain West Conference and made a Analyst: Tony Covington BCS appearance in the Fiesta Bowl. Sidelines: Jay James • UVa is 16-15-1 all-time against current members of the Big 12 Conference, however 12 wins, 10 losses and SATELLITE RADIO: Sirius 91, XM 91 the tie all came against West Virginia prior to the Mountaineers’ matriculation into the league. The records against other current members of the Big 12 are as follows: Kansas (2-0), Oklahoma (0-1), Texas (1-2), Texas FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW Tech (0-1). • Virginia makes its first trip to the state of Texas since • In fact, UVa is only 1-1 when the opponent is an active member of the Big 12 at the time of the game. the 1995 season. • The win was at Scott Stadium versus Texas, 37-13, during the first season of Big 12 football in 1996. The • While UVa has played 32 all-time games against lone loss came at the hands of Texas Tech (31-28) during the high-octane 2007 Gator Bowl. current members of the Big 12 Conference, Saturday’s • Saturday marks the first contest for UVa head coach Mike London against a Big 12 Conference opponent. game at TCU will only represent the third time the op- ponent is an active member of the Big 12 Conference VIRGINIA HISTORY AGAINST THE BIG 12 PRECURSOR: BIG EIGHT AND SOUTHWEST CONFERENCES at the time of the contest. • Looking back into the history of the Big 12 – UVa has a small history versus the league’s predecessors, the • Michael Rocco has completed 15-of-22 (68 percent) Big Eight and Southwest Conferences. UVa went 2-2 when facing a Big Eight Conference team (2-0 vs Kansas, of his passes on third down and long situations for 0-1 vs Missouri and 0-1 vs Oklahoma). UVa also was 0-2 when facing Texas as a member of the Southwest eight first downs and two TDs. Conference, while the only win UVa has against TCU also serves as the Cavaliers’ lone win when playing a • Rocco was 6-of-6 for 97 yards and a TD in UVa’s game- Southwest Conference school. winning drive in the closing minutes of the Penn State game - a drive that represented Rocco’s third career TEXAS CONNECTIONS ON UVA ROSTER game-tying or winning drive in the closing minutes of a game. • Two student-athletes on the UVa roster came to Charlottesville via Texas. • Darius Jennings has 13 catches on the season, five of • Freshman CB Kelvin Rainey is from Houston and attended the same high school (Stratford) as Indianapolis which resulted in a first down while in a third down Colts QB Andrew Luck. Rainey’s older brother, Derrick, currently plays at Arizona. situation. • Sophomore FB Zachary Swanson is from Katy, which is located roughly 30 miles west of Houston. 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- teleconference (7 p.m.) John Paul Jones able for interviews able for interviews ence (11:30 a.m.) questions beginning at 3 p.m. and student-athletes will 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 Quotes from the Monday press conference will be posted Show, Wild Wing Cafe Conference Call (Noon) • No availability on VirginiaSports.com Monday afternoon. (7-8 p.m.) PLAYER INTERVIEWS Players are available each Monday, depending on class schedules. This is the best opportunity to interview play- ers. If you have specific player interview requests, they ACC WEEKLY TELECONFERENCE ACC INJURY GUIDELINES should be directed to Vincent Briedis in the UVa Athletics The 12 ACC football coaches will be featured on a weekly On each Monday during the season, ACC schools will Media Relations office by Noon Sunday. teleconference each Wednesday (with the exception of announce any players who are out for the season or Thanksgiving week) from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., scheduled to have surgery. Requested defensive players and defensive coaches will beginning Aug. 29, and concluding Tuesday, November be available for telephone interviews Tuesday, while 21. Each coach will have 10 minutes to make an opening No other announcements regarding player injuries will offensive players and offensive coaches will be available statement and answer questions. There will be an audio be made until the end of practice on Thursday or two Wednesday. file of each teleconference on theACC.com Wednesday days prior to the next football game (Tuesday for afternoon. Transcripts of the teleconference will also be Thursday game, Thursday for Saturday). On that day, No player or coach interviews will be arranged after available on the theACC.com each Wednesday afternoon.