Virginia Hangs 42 on Delaware as Beau Pribula Throws Four Touchdowns
Delaware scored three points. Virginia had 28 by halftime, and the rest of the afternoon was a formality.
Beau Pribula was 24 of 28 for 279 yards, and the touchdowns arrived in bunches. He hit Dashawn Martin from 11 yards with 7:34 left in the first quarter and Rico Flores from 7 yards early in the second. After Tucker Smack's 39-yard field goal for Delaware at 7:45, Pribula found Kameron Courtney from 52 yards out and again from 19 yards with one second left in the half, which made it 28-3. Pribula added a 14-yard touchdown run in the third quarter, and that was 35-3.
Eli Holstein took over late and threw a 74-yard touchdown to Josiah Abdullah with 11:11 left in the fourth to make it 42-3. Virginia scored first and never trailed. Delaware's field goal in the second quarter was its only trip onto the scoreboard. Delaware trailed 7-0 after the first quarter and 28-3 at the half. Four different Virginia receivers (Martin, Flores, Courtney and Abdullah) caught touchdowns, which spread the points around nicely. Abdullah needed only two catches to get there, for 83 yards, and the 74-yarder came from the backup quarterback.
The yardage tells the rest. Virginia had 556 total yards, 437 of them through the air, and threw no interceptions. Delaware managed 160 total yards, 71 passing, and threw two interceptions. Virginia is 3-1 and Delaware is 2-2.
Fantasy owners got a monster game from the quarterback (43.6 points) and a pair of receivers, Flores and Courtney, who both set season highs in the same afternoon.