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Oct. 7, 2004
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Virginia 30, Clemson 10
October 7, 2004
Postgame Notes
Tonight’s attendance is 61,833, the third largest in Scott Stadium history and second highest of the season.
#80 Michael McGrew carried the flag to lead the Cavaliers onto the field.
Safety Jermaine Hardy replaced Chris Canty as the second defensive captain.
Former Cavalier head coach George Welsh was honored at halftime of tonight’s game for his induction into the College Football Hall of Fame.
With tonight’s win, Virginia improves to 5-0 this season, its best start since the 1998 season.
Virginia has won three of the last four meetings against Clemson and three of its last four against Clemson at Scott Stadium.
Virginia has won 16 of its last 16 home games and its seventh straight overall at home.
This win is Virginia’s eighth in a row, its longest winning streak since winning a school-record 10 games in 1951-52.
With 85 yards rushing today, Wali Lundy moved into 9th place on the all-time Virginia rushing list with a career total of 2239 yards.
Kwakou Robinson made his first start of the season replacing injured defensive end Chris Canty.
This is the first time since the North Carolina game that Virginia has not started the same defensive unit.
Charlie Whitehurst’s 56-yard pass to Ben Hall in the first quarter is the longest play the Cavalier defense has allowed this year.
Clemson’s 80-yard touchdown drive on their opening drive is the first time a team has scored a touchdown on their first offensive possession against Virginia this season.
Justin Miller’s 43-yard kickoff return in the first quarter is the longest return Virginia has allowed this year.
Clemson’s sack of Marques Hagans is only the second sack allowed by the Cavaliers this season.
Connor Hughes’ 50-yard field goal is his season long, besting his previous long of 39-yards against Temple.
This is Hughes fourth 50+ yard field goal of his career, which is a school record.
The three field goals by Hughes is the most he has had in a game this season.
Dating back to last year, this is the 15th straight game Alvin Pearman has had a reception.
Without a touchdown tonight, Wali Lundy had his consecutive games with a rushing touchdown streak snapped at six games.
The Cavaliers have now scored in 26 consecutive quarters dating back to the third quarter of last year’s game against Virginia Tech (the longest such streak since at least 1942).
Deyon Williams’ five receptions for 83 yards are career highs in both receptions and yards.
Heath Miller’s six-yard rush in the third quarter is the first rushing attempt of his career.
Lundy’s fumble in the third quarter is the first fumble lost for Virginia this year and only its second turnover of the season. This ended an eight-game streak without losing a fumble, the longest fumble-free streak in school history.
This is the first game this season that the Virginia defense has not recorded a sack.
Tony Franklin’s interception off of Whitehurst in the fourth quarter is his first of the season and his first career interception in an ACC game.
Alvin Pearman’s 104 rushing yards are a season high and the most he’s had since gaining 104 against Pittsburgh in last year’s Continental Tire Bowl.
Marques Hagan’s 225 passing yards is his career high, beating his previous high of 211 yards set against Temple earlier this year.
The six minute and 52 second scoring drive in the fourth quarter is the longest scoring drive by the Cavaliers this season.
The 7:35 drive that ended with Lundy’s fumble is the longest timewise by the Cavaliers this season.
Two of this year’s three-longest drives timewise occurred in this game.
Tonight’s 20-point victory is the largest margin of victory for the Cavaliers against Clemson.
Pearman’s 104 yards was his fourth career 100-yard game and his first of the season.
Pearman’s 100-yard game is UVa’s first against Clemson since 1998 when Thomas Jones rushed for 118 yards.
The Cavaliers have scored at least 30 points in five consecutive games for the first time since the first five games of the 1993 season.
Virginia has rushed for over 225 yards in all five of its game this season.