Syracuse football

For the second straight week, the University of Virginia football team had a chance to pull out a last-minute victory. This time the Cavaliers fell short.

The touchdown reception was Davis Jr.’s second of the season and eighth of his career. - Running back Perris Jones ran for 87 yards and a touchdown, his second rushing score of the season. He has a sack in three consecutive games and leads the team with four on the year. - Thompson also carried the ball twice for 10 yards and scored Virginia’s first touchdown of the night from one yard out. Of his 55 yards, 32 of them came after the catch. four tackles, two sacks and recovered a fumble in the contest. It marked the 16th time in his career he’s recorded a double-digit tackling effort. - Virginia forced four turnovers (3 fumbles, 1 interception) in the contest for the second time this season (Illinois). - The all-time series between UVA and Syracuse is even at 3-3. The Orange had no turnovers in its first three games, but UVA came up with four takeaways and sacked quarterback Garrett Shrader six times. Quarterback Brennan Armstrong threw an incompletion on first down and scrambled for a 6-yard gain on second down, and another last-second victory was not out of the question. — For the second straight week, the University of Virginia football team had a chance to pull out a last-minute victory.