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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — J’Mari Taylor’s 2-yard run in overtime gave No. 24 Virginia a 30-27 victory over Louisville on Saturday.
The Cavaliers (5-1, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), off to their best conference start since 2007, won despite the nation’s fifth-best offense, averaging 539.6 yards per game, being limited to 237 yards. A pair of defensive scores offset the sputtering offensive performance.
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Taylor, who ran 16 times for 68 yards, took a direct snap on a third-and-1 and ran up the middle for the game-winning score. On the previous play, starting quarterback Chandler Morris ran for seven yards, but he was knocked out after suffering an injury on the play.
The Cardinals (4-1, 1-1) rallied from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter. Chris Bell made a one-handed catch in the front corner of the end zone to make it 24-21 with 9:41 left, and after getting a stop, the Cardinals tied it on Cooper Ranvier’s career-best, 50-yard field goal with 1:08 left.
Bell had his second consecutive career-best game, catching 12 passes for 170 yards and two scores.
Donavon Platt returned a fumble for a 61-yard score to make it 7-0 with 6:12 left in the first quarter, and Kam Robinson’s 47-yard interception return off pass by Miller Moss gave Virginia a 21-14 lead with 6:25 remaining in the third quarter.
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The takeaway
Virginia: The game-winning score aside, the Cavaliers won this game with their opportunistic defense. They are 5-1 for the first time since 2017.
Louisville: The Cardinals will want this one back. Turnovers have been an issue all season, and the two Saturday cost Louisville.
Up next
Virginia gets its first off week before preparing to host Washington State on Oct. 18.
Louisville has its second and final off week of the regular season and will play next at Miami on Oct. 17.
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