On a beautiful autumn afternoon, Virginia soundly outscored William & Mary by 35 points heading into halftime. In what was a landmark performance from the Cavaliers (2-1, 0-0 ACC) rushing game, a superhuman performance in the first half led the way to a 55-16 triumph over the Tribe (1-2, 1-0 CAA).
This year’s matchup with William & Mary was on U.Va. Strong Day, the third annual remembrance of the lives of Devin Chandler, D’Sean Perry and Lavel Davis Jr, who tragically passed away as a result of gun violence. To begin his postgame press conference, Coach Tony Elliott noted a bittersweet piece of trivia.
“I was made aware that the last time we scored 55 was the game that Lavel and D’Sean actually scored touchdowns in,” Elliott said…