Virginia roughed up by Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Joe Milton III threw two touchdown passes and ran for two other scores as the 12th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers routed Virginia 49-13 on Saturday in the season opener for both teams and the Cavaliers’ first game in 294 days.
Tennessee and Virginia marked the Cavs’ first football game since a shooting left three players dead last November with a moment of silence before kickoff. The Vols also wore a sticker on the back of their helmets with the numbers of the late Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D’Sean Perry.
Virginia running back Mike Hollins, who needed several surgeries after being wounded in the shooting, played. He finished with four carries for minus-7 yards and one catch.
The Vols improved to 4-1 all-time against Virginia in the first game of this series since the 1991 Sugar Bowl.
NO. 21 NO. CAROLINA 31, SO. CAROLINA 17: Heisman Trophy hopeful Drake Maye threw for 269 yards and two touchdowns, North Carolina’s upstart defense had nine sacks and the Tar Heels beat border rival South Carolina in a neutral-site game.
British Brooks ran for 103 yards and Omarion Hampton added two short TD runs for the Tar Heels.
Maye, who grew up in the Charlotte suburb of Huntersville, led scoring drives on five of North Carolina’s first six possessions, excluding a kneel down at the end of the first half.
NO. ILLINOIS 27, BOSTON COLLEGE 24 (OT): Rocky Lombardi scored on a 1-yard, quick-snap quarterback sneak to end overtime as Northern Illinois recovered after blowing a 14-point, fourth-quarter lead to beat host Boston College. It’s the second time in three seasons that the Huskies have started their season by beating an Atlantic Coast Conference team.
PITT 45, WOFFORD 7: Phil Jurkovec threw for a touchdown and ran for another in his return to his hometown and host Pittsburgh breezed past Wofford. Jurkovec, a native of the northern Pittsburgh suburbs who transferred to the Panthers over the winter following stops at Notre Dame and Boston College, completed 17 of 23 passes for 214 yards and a 1-yard toss to Karter Johnson.
SYRACUSE 65, COLGATE 0: Garrett Shrader passed for four touchdowns to four different receivers, LeQuint Allen ran for 107 yards and a score, Syracuse scored on five consecutive possessions in the first half and the Orange went on to defeat Colgate at home.
VIRGINIA TECH 36, OLE DOMINION 17: Grant Wells threw three touchdown passes and rushed for a score to lead Virginia Tech to a season-opening win over visiting Old Dominion. Wells, who won the starting quarterback job over Baylor transfer Kyron Drones in the preseason, completed 17 of 29 passes for 251 yards for the Hokies, who snapped a 14-game streak of scoring fewer than 30 points.
