Virginia Cavaliers vs. Stanford Cardinal
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Location: Charlottesville, VA
Date: September 20
Time: 7:30 PM ET
Channel: ACC Network
Spread: UVA -15.5
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Game Thread
The Virginia Cavaliers take the next step in their 2025 campaign, hosting the Stanford Cardinal as they look to move to 3-1. The game is on ACC Network, which means you can watch the game on ACC Network across any TV provider or stream it through the ESPN App, or on ESPN.com.
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Game Notes
- Virginia and Stanford will meet for the first time on Saturday. The Cardinal are one of three first-time opponents on the UVA schedule this season (Stanford, Washington State & Cal).
- Stanford is fifth UVA opponent from the state of California (Fresno State, USC, UCLA and San Jose State). USC and UCLA are the only two California schools to have played at Scott Stadium.
- The Cavaliers will host the second of four scheduled night games at Scott Stadium this season. The four night games are tied for the most in the facility’s history (1984, 2019, 2021). Permanent lighting was added in 1983.
- Virginia is 42-22-1 all-time under the lights at Scott Stadium and dating back to 2018 has won 11 of its last 15 games at night in Charlottesville. The last home win over an ACC opponent at night came against Georgia Tech in 2021 (48-40).
- Virginia has two wins in its first three games for the third time in four seasons under head coach Tony Elliott. UVA won four of its first five games to begin last season, eventually receiving votes in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
- The UVA offensive line, which has yet to give up a sack, will be pitted against a Stanford defensive front that is averaging 3.0 sacks per game, tied for 16th in the country and tied for third in the ACC. Only Virginia, Army, Cincinnati, Oregon, TCU have not allowed a sack this season. It marks the first time since 2011 that UVA has not surrendered a sack in three consecutive games.
- Virginia enters week four with the top third-down defense in the country. Opponents are just 4-for-34 (12 percent) on third down. Stanford is next to last in the ACC and 107th in the country in third down conversion percentage (35%).
- Saturday will be UVA’s ACC opener with the week two matchup against NC State serving as a non-conference game. UVA is looking to win an ACC opener in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2019-20. The Cavaliers defeated Wake Forest 31-30 on the road in last year’s ACC opener.
