Virginia's Clint Sintim and Ras-I Dowling are helped off the field with 11:35 left in the third quarter, presumably from cramps, and Duke marches down the field for the touchdown that puts the Blue Devils in the lead for the first time at 10-3.
Bring back Eddie Pinigis.
Will Barker is getting killed.
Nick Maggio's 20-yard field goal with one second remaining has enabled Duke to force a 3-3 tie at the half.
Virginia has dominated the first half, but the Cavaliers have been victimized their inability to convert short-yardage situations and by the poor decision-making of punt returner Vic Hall.
On the one punt he fielded, Hall was tackled for a 5-yard loss and he has been reluctant to come up on the ball for short punts, the last of which rolled all the way to the UVa 1.
The Cavaliers barely got out of the end zone on three rushing attempts to the side of right offensive tackle Will Barker.
Duke hasn't had an answer for UVa outside linebacker Clint Sintim, who has two sacks and 3-4 quarterback hurries. UVa cornerback Ras-I Dowling has two interceptions.
Halftime stats:
First downs: 8-8
Total offense: 141-98, Virginia
Plays: 35-35
Time of possession: 16:37-13:33, Virginia
Third-down conversions: 0-7 Virginia, 3-8 Duke
Foruth-down convetsions: 0-1 Virginia, 0-1 Duke
Virginia goes ahead 3-0 on a 33-yard Yannick Reyering field goal with 4:36 left in the first quarter. UVa has run 19 offensive plays to Duke's 3.
Virginia sophomore cornerback Ras-I Dowling, making his first start of the season, intercepts Duke quarterback Thaddeus Lewis on the first play of scrimmagte and ends Lewis season-opening streak of attempts without an interception at 206.
The Huskies defeated Virginia 45-10 and it could have been worse. After gaining 307 yards in the first half, UConn had 199 in the second half and 34 in the fourth quarter, having replaced starting quarterback Tyler Lorenzen with freshman Brook Endres with 10:24 left.
UConn outgained the Cavaliers 506-219 and had possession for 36:37, compared to 23:23 for UVa. The Cavaliers inserted one of their true freshmen, outside linebacker Cam Johnson, in the third quarter. He could be a good one but it's probably too early for him to have an impact.
Clearly, there are problems on the offensive line (everywhere but Eugene Monroe's left-tackle spot) and at safety. Fourh-year junior Brandon Woods hadn't played much until this year and Virginia can't leave him out there if he can't make an open-field tackle.
Cornerback Ras-I Dowling ran down Donald Brown on one of his 63-yard runs and could be rounding into playing form. He could help and the Cavs need all the help they can get.
UConn has gone up 35-3 on a 63-yard touchdown run by Donald Brown, his second 63-yard run of the night, both at the expense of UVa safety Brandon Woods, who was faked out of his shoes on both plays.
Kevin Ogletree's kickoff return to the UVa 46 is to no avail as Verica is intercepted on first down. Then Clint Sintim is penalized 15 yards for a horse-collar tackle and now UConn is up 42-3 with 2:01 left in the third quarter.
Virginia didn't look as helpless in the first half against Southern California as it has at Connecticut, where the Huskies lead 28-0.
UConn has outgained UVa 307-90, has a 19:44-10:16 advantage in time of possession and has only been required to convert three third downs.
UConn quarterback Tyler Lorenzen is 11-for-11 for 122 yards and one touchdown. Tailback Donald Brown has carried 15 times for 112 yards.
UVa quarterback Marc Verica, in his first start, is 14-of-19 for 81 yards. The Cavaliers have rushed for nine yards as a team.
Missed tackles galore. UConn leads 21-0 with 10:00 remaining in the second following a five-play, 86-yard drive highlighted by a 63-yard Donald Brown run.
Virginia throws on its first five plays in Verica's first start. Verica opens 4-for-5 but UVa punts after picking up just 17 yards.
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