Charlottesville, Virginia — J’Marie Taylor Became the first Atlantic Coast Conference seed since 2021 to rush for a touchdown and throw for a score in the same game as the No. 17 seed. Virginia Beat Virginia Tech 27-7 on Saturday night to clinch a berth in the conference championship game.
Taylor ran for 80 yards and a score and the quarterback chandler morris Throwed for 182 yards and ran eight yards for a touchdown as the Cavaliers defeated the Hokies for just the second time in the last 21 meetings.
Virginia will face ruler Then in the ACC title game smu has fallen so far California Later on Saturday night; The Blue Devils won in a tiebreaker between the five two-loss teams in the conference.
Virginia (10-2, 7-1 ACC) turned an interception off a deflected pass into a touchdown on Tech’s first possession and never looked back.
The Cavaliers’ defense held Tech to a season-low 197 total yards in front of 58,832, the largest crowd at Scott Stadium since 2011.
Virginia linebacker Maddox Marcellusplaying in place of injured star kam robinsonHad nine tackles, one interception and one sack.
The Hokies (3-9, 2-6) got a 57-yard touchdown pass kyron drone To Shamarius Peterkin There is 4:20 left to play to get on the scoreboard.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
