Virginia Tops Idaho in Overtime, 21-20

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) -A two-point conversion pass by Idaho’s Brian Reader fell incomplete and Virginia escaped with a 21-20 victory in overtime Saturday.

Idaho’s Daniel Micheletti ran in a blocked punt and Reader completed a two-point conversion pass to Marsel Posey to tie the game 14-14 in the fourth quarter and force overtime.

Virginia (3-2) got the ball first in the extra period and scored on David Watford’s 27-yard pass to Dominique Terrell. Reader matched that with a 23 yard TD pass to Armauni Johnson.

But instead of kicking an extra point to force a second overtime, underdog Idaho (1-4) went for the win and came up short.

Virginia’s Perry Jones scored two first-half touchdowns, and Idaho got a pair of field goals by Trey Farquhar