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Richmond at Virginia

Saturday, August 31, 2024

Virginia beat Richmond 34–⁠13. It was their 29th meeting; Virginia leads the series 24–⁠3–⁠2.

AwayRichmond10–⁠3 in 2024
13
HomeVirginia5–⁠7 in 2024
34

Final at Scott Stadium, CharlottesvilleTV: ACC Extra, ACCNX, ESPN+Attendance 40,811

At kickoff
75°F, calmWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; Charlottesville 2 SSE, 6 km from the stadium
Official
Riley JohnsonGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Richmond073313
Virginia17107034

Standouts

Player stats

Richmond

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Kyle Wickersham13/2211000
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Zachary Palmer-Smith776043
Aziz Foster-Powell1439011
Kyle Wickersham123719
Jamaal Brown4302
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Nick DeGennaro774020
Matt Robbert110010
Landon Ellis21008
Zachary Palmer-Smith1707
DefenseTklTFLSacksInt
Carter Glassmyer7000
Matei Fitz5110
Jabril Hayes5000
Wayne Galloway5100
Matthew Traynor5001
Jeremiah Grant3110

Virginia

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Anthony Colandrea17/2329720
Tony Muskett0/3001
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Kobe Pace1193143
Anthony Colandrea1149135
Xavier Brown844013
Jack Griese51204
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Malachi Fields5100041
Jack Griese157157
Kobe Pace251052
Trell Harris238135
DefenseTklTFLSacksInt
Antonio Clary80.500
Jonas Sanker81.500
Ben Smiley III41.50.50
Jason Hammond40.50.50
Jahmeer Carter4100

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

RichmondVirginia
257Total yards497
110Passing yards297
147Rushing yards200
5.0Yards per pass11.4
3.9Yards per rush5.4
13First downs19
3–⁠15Third downs3–⁠11
3–⁠3Fourth downs1–⁠3
1Turnovers1
4–⁠23Penalties3–⁠25
30:07Possession29:53
2Sacks (by defense)1

Efficiency

RichmondVirginia
36%Success rate41%
0.13EPA per play0.26
1.10Explosiveness1.48
0.16Rushing EPA0.15
0.08Passing EPA0.40
18%Passing-down success44%
−0.11First-down EPA0.01
0.06Second-down EPA0.62
0.25Third-down EPA0.77
13%Havoc by its defense19%

From CollegeFootballData.com: each offense’s efficiency, and the havoc each defense caused. The better side of each line is bold.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Virginia 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Every drive

Virginia end zoneRichmond end zoneQ1 RichmondPunt, 3 playsQ1 VirginiaTouchdown, 3 playsQ1 RichmondFumble, 5 playsQ1 VirginiaField goal, 8 playsQ1 RichmondPunt, 3 playsQ1 VirginiaTouchdown, 5 playsQ1 RichmondPunt, 3 playsQ1 VirginiaField goal, 9 playsQ2 RichmondTouchdown, 13 playsQ2 VirginiaTouchdown, 4 playsQ2 RichmondPunt, 3 playsQ2 VirginiaMissed FG, 9 playsQ3 VirginiaTouchdown, 12 playsQ3 RichmondPunt, 7 playsQ3 VirginiaTurnover on downs, 6 playsQ3 RichmondField goal, 5 playsQ4 VirginiaPunt, 3 playsQ4 RichmondPunt, 3 playsQ4 VirginiaInterception, 4 playsQ4 RichmondField goal, 10 playsQ4 VirginiaPunt, 3 playsQ4 RichmondEnd of game, 7 plays
Solid bars scored; an outline in the other team’s color marks points the defense scored. Virginia drives left to right, Richmond right to left.
  1. Q1 RichmondPunt, 3 plays, 9 yards
  2. Q1 VirginiaTouchdown, 3 plays, 77 yards
  3. Q1 RichmondFumble, 5 plays, 29 yards
  4. Q1 VirginiaField goal, 8 plays, 50 yards
  5. Q1 RichmondPunt, 3 plays, 8 yards
  6. Q1 VirginiaTouchdown, 5 plays, 77 yards
  7. Q1 RichmondPunt, 3 plays, 3 yards
  8. Q1 VirginiaField goal, 9 plays, 59 yards
  9. Q2 RichmondTouchdown, 13 plays, 75 yards
  10. Q2 VirginiaTouchdown, 4 plays, 54 yards
  11. Q2 RichmondPunt, 3 plays, 7 yards
  12. Q2 VirginiaMissed FG, 9 plays, 55 yards
  13. Q3 VirginiaTouchdown, 12 plays, 75 yards
  14. Q3 RichmondPunt, 7 plays, 26 yards
  15. Q3 VirginiaTurnover on downs, 6 plays, 23 yards
  16. Q3 RichmondField goal, 5 plays, 11 yards
  17. Q4 VirginiaPunt, 3 plays, 5 yards
  18. Q4 RichmondPunt, 3 plays, 2 yards
  19. Q4 VirginiaInterception, 4 plays, 6 yards
  20. Q4 RichmondField goal, 10 plays, 53 yards
  21. Q4 VirginiaPunt, 3 plays, −4 yards
  22. Q4 RichmondEnd of game, 7 plays, 24 yards

Play by play

1st quarter8 drives, then Virginia 17, Richmond 0
Richmond Punt, 3 plays
15:001st & 10 at own 35Daniel Sparks kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
15:001st & 10 at own 25Jamaal Brown run for no gain to the RICH 25
15:002nd & 10 at own 25Kyle Wickersham run for 1 yd to the RICH 24
15:003rd & 11 at own 24Kyle Wickersham pass complete to Matt Robbert
13:084th & 1 at own 34Aaron Trusler punt for 43 yds, fair catch by Antonio Clary at the UVA 23
Virginia Touchdown, 3 plays
13:081st & 10 at own 23Anthony Colandrea run for 35 yds to the RICH 42 for a 1ST down
13:081st & 10 at opp 42Kobe Pace run for 7 yds to the RICH 35
11:352nd & 3 at opp 35Trell Harris 35 Yd pass from Anthony Colandrea (Will Bettridge Kick)Virginia 7, Richmond 0
Richmond Fumble, 5 plays
11:351st & 10 at own 35Daniel Sparks kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
11:351st & 10 at own 25Aziz Foster-Powell run for 4 yds to the RICH 29
11:352nd & 6 at own 29Kyle Wickersham run for 9 yds to the RICH 38 for a 1ST down
11:351st & 10 at own 38Aziz Foster-Powell run for 1 yd to the RICH 39
11:352nd & 9 at own 39Kyle Wickersham pass incomplete
9:533rd & 9 at own 39Timeout Richmond, clock 09:53
9:453rd & 9 at own 39Kyle Wickersham pass complete to Nick DeGennaro Nick DeGennaro fumbled, recovered by UVA Kam Robinson
Virginia Field goal, 8 plays
9:451st & 10 at own 46Anthony Colandrea pass incomplete
9:452nd & 10 at own 46Anthony Colandrea pass complete to Malachi Fields for a 1ST down
9:451st & 10 at opp 22Anthony Colandrea run for 8 yds to the RICH 14
9:452nd & 2 at opp 14Anthony Colandrea pass complete to Trell Harris for a 1ST down
9:451st & 10 at opp 11Kobe Pace run for 4 yds to the RICH 7
9:452nd & 6 at opp 7Kobe Pace run for 3 yds to the RICH 4
9:453rd & 3 at opp 4Anthony Colandrea pass incomplete
6:234th & 3 at opp 4Will Bettridge 21 yd FG GOODVirginia 10, Richmond 0
Richmond Punt, 3 plays
6:231st & 10 at own 35Daniel Sparks kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
6:231st & 10 at own 25Kyle Wickersham run for 7 yds to the RICH 32
6:232nd & 3 at own 32Jamaal Brown run for 2 yds to the RICH 34
6:233rd & 1 at own 34Jamaal Brown run for 1 yd to the RICH 33
4:414th & 2 at own 33Aaron Trusler punt for 47 yds , Antonio Clary returns for 3 yds to the UVA 23
Virginia Touchdown, 5 plays
4:411st & 10 at own 23Anthony Colandrea pass complete to Eli Wood
4:412nd & 6 at own 27Kobe Pace run for 10 yds to the UVA 37 for a 1ST down
4:411st & 10 at own 37Anthony Colandrea pass complete to Eli Wood
4:412nd & 5 at own 42Anthony Colandrea run for 1 yd to the UVA 43
2:413rd & 4 at own 43Jack Griese 57 Yd pass from Anthony Colandrea (Will Bettridge Kick)Virginia 17, Richmond 0
Richmond Punt, 3 plays
2:411st & 10 at own 35Daniel Sparks kickoff for 65 yds , Jerry Garcia Jr. return for 20 yds to the RICH 20
2:411st & 10 at own 20Aziz Foster-Powell run for 3 yds to the RICH 23
2:412nd & 7 at own 23Kyle Wickersham pass incomplete
2:413rd & 7 at own 23Kyle Wickersham pass incomplete
1:364th & 7 at own 23Aaron Trusler punt for 52 yds
Virginia Field goal, 9 plays
1:361st & 10 at own 25Anthony Colandrea sacked by Jeremiah Grant for a loss of 9 yards to the UVA 16
1:362nd & 19 at own 16Anthony Colandrea pass complete to Kobe Pace for a 1ST down
0:001st & 10 at opp 32Xavier Brown run for 12 yds to the RICH 20 for a 1ST down
Q2 15:001st & 10 at opp 20Xavier Brown run for 6 yds to the RICH 14
Q2 15:002nd & 4 at opp 14Anthony Colandrea pass complete to Sackett Wood Jr. for a 1ST down
Q2 15:001st & goal at opp 7Anthony Colandrea sacked by Matei Fitz for a loss of 20 yards to the RICH 27
Q2 15:002nd & goal at opp 27Anthony Colandrea run for 1 yd to the RICH 28
Q2 15:003rd & goal at opp 28Anthony Colandrea pass complete to Malachi Fields
Q2 11:444th & goal at opp 16Will Bettridge 33 yd FG GOODVirginia 20, Richmond 0
2nd quarter4 drives, then Virginia 27, Richmond 7
Richmond Touchdown, 13 plays
11:441st & 10 at own 35Daniel Sparks kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
11:441st & 10 at own 25Zach Palmer-Smith run for 18 yds to the RICH 43 for a 1ST down
11:441st & 10 at own 43Kyle Wickersham run for 7 yds to the 50 yard line
11:442nd & 3 at the 50Zach Palmer-Smith run for 1 yd to the RICH 49
11:443rd & 4 at own 49Kyle Wickersham pass complete to Jerry Garcia Jr.
11:444th & 1 at opp 48Kyle Wickersham run for 2 yds to the UVA 46 for a 1ST down
11:441st & 10 at opp 46Zach Palmer-Smith run for 6 yds to the UVA 40
11:442nd & 4 at opp 40Zach Palmer-Smith run for 6 yds to the UVA 34 for a 1ST down
11:441st & 10 at opp 34Kyle Wickersham pass incomplete
11:442nd & 10 at opp 34Kyle Wickersham run for 6 yds to the UVA 28
11:443rd & 4 at opp 28Kyle Wickersham run for 2 yds to the UVA 26 Kyle Wickersham fumbled, recovered by RICH Gabriel Carbajal
11:444th & 2 at opp 26Kyle Wickersham pass complete to Nick DeGennaro for a 1ST down
11:441st & 10 at opp 11Kyle Wickersham pass complete to Jamaal Brown
4:482nd & 4 at opp 5Kyle Wickersham run for 5 yds for a TD (Brandon Peskin KICK)Virginia 20, Richmond 7
Virginia Touchdown, 4 plays
4:481st & 10 at own 35Will McManus kickoff for 56 yds , Xavier Brown return for 37 yds to the UVA 46
4:481st & 10 at own 46Kobe Pace run for 1 yd to the UVA 47
4:482nd & 9 at own 47Kobe Pace run for 43 yds to the RICH 10 for a 1ST down
4:481st & goal at opp 10Kobe Pace run for 7 yds to the RICH 3
3:162nd & goal at opp 3Kobe Pace run for 3 yds for a TD (Will Bettridge KICK)Virginia 27, Richmond 7
Richmond Punt, 3 plays
3:161st & 10 at own 35Daniel Sparks kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
3:161st & 10 at own 25Jamaal Brown run for 2 yds to the RICH 27
3:162nd & 8 at own 27Kyle Wickersham pass complete to Nick DeGennaro
3:163rd & 3 at own 32Kyle Wickersham pass incomplete
2:074th & 3 at own 32Aaron Trusler punt for 42 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the UVA 26
Virginia Missed FG, 9 plays
2:071st & 10 at own 26Anthony Colandrea pass incomplete
2:072nd & 10 at own 26Anthony Colandrea pass complete to Malachi Fields
1:563rd & 1 at own 35Timeout Virginia, clock 01:56
1:563rd & 1 at own 35Xavier Brown run for no gain to the UVA 35
1:224th & 1 at own 35Timeout Richmond, clock 01:22
1:224th & 1 at own 35Grady Brosterhous run for 2 yds to the UVA 37 for a 1ST down
1:221st & 10 at own 37Anthony Colandrea pass complete to Malachi Fields for a 1ST down
1:221st & 10 at opp 22Anthony Colandrea pass incomplete
1:222nd & 10 at opp 22Anthony Colandrea pass incomplete
1:223rd & 10 at opp 22PENALTY UVA False Start (Nnanna,Ugonna) 5 yards from RIC22 to RIC27. NO PLAY.
1:223rd & 15 at opp 27Anthony Colandrea run for 8 yds to the RICH 19
0:034th & 7 at opp 19Timeout Virginia, clock 00:03
0:004th & 7 at opp 19Will Bettridge 36 yd FG MISSED
3rd quarter4 drives, then Virginia 34, Richmond 10
Virginia Touchdown, 12 plays
15:001st & 10 at own 35Will McManus kickoff for 50 yds
15:001st & 10 at own 25Xavier Brown run for 13 yds to the UVA 38 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at own 38Xavier Brown run for 3 yds to the UVA 41
15:002nd & 7 at own 41Xavier Brown run for 4 yds to the UVA 45
15:003rd & 3 at own 45Anthony Colandrea pass complete to Suderian Harrison for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at opp 42Shotgun Brown,Xavier rush right for 3 yards gain to the RIC39 (Grant,Jeremiah; Morris-Walker,Quantraill) PENALTY RIC Offside (Grant,Jeremiah) 5 yards from RIC42 to RIC37. NO PLAY.
15:001st & 5 at opp 37Anthony Colandrea run for 5 yds to the RICH 32 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at opp 32Kobe Pace run for 3 yds to the RICH 29
15:002nd & 7 at opp 29Kobe Pace run for 10 yds to the RICH 19 for a 1ST down Virginia Penalty, Offensive Holding (Malachi Fields) to the RICH 29 for a 1ST down
15:002nd & 10 at opp 29Anthony Colandrea run for 12 yds to the RICH 17 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at opp 17Kobe Pace run for 2 yds to the RICH 15
15:002nd & 8 at opp 15Anthony Colandrea run for 3 yds to the RICH 12
15:003rd & 5 at opp 12Anthony Colandrea pass complete to Tyler Neville for a 1ST down
8:311st & goal at opp 7Anthony Colandrea run for 7 yds for a TD (Will Bettridge KICK)Virginia 34, Richmond 7
Richmond Punt, 7 plays
8:311st & 10 at own 35Daniel Sparks kickoff for 56 yds , Jerry Garcia Jr. return for 22 yds to the RICH 31
8:311st & 10 at own 31Kyle Wickersham run for no gain to the RICH 31
8:312nd & 10 at own 31Kyle Wickersham pass complete to Nick DeGennaro
8:313rd & 6 at own 35Kyle Wickersham pass complete to Zach Palmer-Smith for a 1ST down
8:311st & 10 at own 42Kyle Wickersham pass complete to Nick DeGennaro for a 1ST down
8:311st & 10 at opp 38Kyle Wickersham pass incomplete
8:312nd & 10 at opp 38Kyle Wickersham pass incomplete
8:313rd & 10 at opp 38PENALTY RIC Delay Of Game (Wickersham,Kyle) 5 yards from UVA38 to UVA43. NO PLAY.
8:313rd & 15 at opp 43Kyle Wickersham pass incomplete
5:444th & 15 at opp 43Aaron Trusler punt for 38 yds, fair catch by Antonio Clary at the UVA 5
Virginia Turnover on downs, 6 plays
5:441st & 10 at own 5Jack Griese run for 2 yds to the UVA 7
5:442nd & 8 at own 7Anthony Colandrea pass complete to Dakota Twitty for a 1ST down
5:441st & 10 at own 19Jack Griese run for 2 yds to the UVA 21
5:442nd & 8 at own 21Anthony Colandrea pass complete to Dakota Twitty
5:443rd & 3 at own 26Jack Griese run for 2 yds to the UVA 28
2:334th & 1 at own 28Grady Brosterhous run for no gain to the UVA 28
Richmond Field goal, 5 plays
2:331st & 10 at opp 28Aziz Foster-Powell run for 11 yds to the UVA 17 for a 1ST down
2:331st & 10 at opp 17Aziz Foster-Powell run for 4 yds to the UVA 13
2:332nd & 6 at opp 13Aziz Foster-Powell run for 3 yds to the UVA 10
2:333rd & 3 at opp 10PENALTY RIC False Start (Elia,Tom) 5 yards from UVA10 to UVA15. NO PLAY.
2:333rd & 8 at opp 15Kyle Wickersham run for 2 yds to the UVA 17
0:004th & 10 at opp 17Brandon Peskin 35 yd FG GOODVirginia 34, Richmond 10
4th quarter6 drives, then Virginia 34, Richmond 13
Virginia Punt, 3 plays
15:001st & 10 at own 35Will McManus kickoff for 60 yds , Xavier Brown return for 21 yds to the UVA 26
15:001st & 10 at own 26Anthony Colandrea pass complete to Kobe Pace
15:002nd & 11 at own 25Anthony Colandrea pass incomplete
15:003rd & 11 at own 25Anthony Colandrea pass complete to Malachi Fields
13:164th & 5 at own 31Daniel Sparks punt for 53 yds, fair catch by Nick DeGennaro at the RICH 16
13:164th & 5 at own 31Daniel Sparks punt for 53 yds, fair catch by Nick DeGennaro at the RICH 8
Richmond Punt, 3 plays
13:161st & 10 at own 8Aziz Foster-Powell run for no gain to the RICH 8
13:162nd & 10 at own 8Kyle Wickersham pass incomplete
13:163rd & 10 at own 8Kyle Wickersham pass complete to Landon Ellis
11:434th & 8 at own 10Aaron Trusler punt for 41 yds , Antonio Clary returns for 9 yds to the RICH 42
Virginia Interception, 4 plays
11:431st & 10 at opp 42Jack Griese run for 4 yds to the RICH 38
11:432nd & 6 at opp 38Jack Griese run for 2 yds to the RICH 36
11:433rd & 4 at opp 36Tony Muskett pass incomplete
10:124th & 4 at opp 36Tony Muskett pass intercepted Matthew Traynor return for no gain to the RICH 32
Richmond Field goal, 10 plays
10:121st & 10 at own 32Zach Palmer-Smith run for 1 yd to the RICH 33
10:122nd & 9 at own 33Kyle Wickersham pass complete to Landon Ellis
10:123rd & 1 at own 41Kyle Wickersham run for 2 yds to the RICH 43 for a 1ST down
10:121st & 10 at own 43Kyle Wickersham pass complete to Nick DeGennaro
10:122nd & 4 at own 49Zach Palmer-Smith run for 3 yds to the UVA 48
10:123rd & 1 at opp 48Zach Palmer-Smith run for 43 yds to the UVA 5 for a 1ST down
10:121st & goal at opp 5Aziz Foster-Powell run for 2 yds to the UVA 7
10:122nd & goal at opp 7Kyle Wickersham sacked for 0 yards to the UVA 7
5:313rd & goal at opp 7Timeout Richmond, clock 05:31
5:313rd & goal at opp 7Quanye Veney run for 8 yds to the UVA 15
4:464th & goal at opp 15Brandon Peskin 33 yd FG GOODVirginia 34, Richmond 13
Virginia Punt, 3 plays
4:461st & 10 at own 35Will McManus kickoff for 62 yds
4:461st & 10 at own 25Xavier Brown run for 3 yds to the UVA 28
4:462nd & 7 at own 28Xavier Brown run for 3 yds to the UVA 31
4:463rd & 4 at own 31Shotgun Brown,Xavier rush middle for 8 yards gain to the UVA39 (Parker,Bryson) PENALTY UVA Holding (Sipe,Ethan) 10 yards from UVA31 to UVA21. NO PLAY.
4:463rd & 14 at own 21Tony Muskett pass incomplete
3:144th & 14 at own 21Daniel Sparks punt for 56 yds, fair catch by Nick DeGennaro at the RICH 23
Richmond End of game, 7 plays
3:141st & 10 at own 23Aziz Foster-Powell run for 1 yd to the RICH 24
3:142nd & 9 at own 24Kyle Wickersham pass complete to Nick DeGennaro for a 1ST down
3:141st & 10 at own 33Aziz Foster-Powell run for 2 yds to the RICH 35
2:002nd & 8 at own 35Timeout Virginia, clock 02:00
2:002nd & 8 at own 35Aziz Foster-Powell run for 5 yds to the RICH 40
2:003rd & 3 at own 40Aziz Foster-Powell run for 2 yds to the RICH 42
2:004th & 1 at own 42Aziz Foster-Powell run for 3 yds to the RICH 45 for a 1ST down
0:001st & 10 at own 45Aziz Foster-Powell run for 2 yds to the RICH 47

Play-by-play from CollegeFootballData.com, as its scorers wrote it. The clock is the time left in the quarter; the spot is from the side of the team with the ball.

The series

Every Richmond–Virginia game

Virginia leads 24–⁠3–⁠2 in 29 meetings.

Recent meetings
2024Virginia 34, Richmond 13
2022Virginia 34, Richmond 17
2018Virginia 42, Richmond 13
2016Richmond 37, Virginia 20
2014Virginia 45, Richmond 13
2012Virginia 43, Richmond 19

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