Virginia Hangs 59 on Norfolk State and Wins 59-3
Three points. That was Norfolk State's entire day, a 40-yard Marco Peery field goal with 4:05 left in the second quarter, and Virginia had already put 21 on the board by then.
The Cavaliers got there before the first quarter was out. Beau Pribula threw a 6-yard touchdown to Jacquon Gibson with 7:39 left, a 27-yarder to Da'Shawn Martin with 5:30 left and a 30-yarder back to Gibson with 3:12 left. It was 21-0 with 3:12 left in the first quarter. Peyton Lewis added a 3-yard run just before the half and it was 28-3 at the break. Nobody ever tied it, and Norfolk State never led.
Two more quarterbacks took the second half. Eli Holstein threw two touchdowns in the third quarter, a yard to Ty'Lyric Coleman and 5 yards to Isaiah Robinson, and Cole Geer found Hayden Rollison from 12 yards early in the fourth. Will Bettridge kicked a 30-yard field goal, and Justin Rowe closed the scoring with a 50-yard interception return for a touchdown. Take that one away and it is still 52-3.
The Cavaliers finished with 470 yards, 229 through the air and 241 on the ground on 36 carries. Xay Davis ran 11 times for 107 yards and Noah Vaughn added 81 on eight. Pribula threw the lone Virginia interception, which is the only blemish, and it hardly mattered. Virginia also sacked the Norfolk State quarterback twice and gave up no sacks of its own. It was the kind of afternoon where a 40-yard field goal looked like an accomplishment.
Virginia is 2-0. Norfolk State is 0-2 and has yet to win a game.