New year, same story. Despite having momentum coming into the game, the Virginia Cavaliers fell for the 15th straight time against in-commonwealth rival Virginia Tech. The Hoos were unable to get anything going on offense and made enough mistakes in special teams and defensively to let a depleted and demoralized VT squad come away with a 34-31 win in overtime.
Virginia Tech came up empty on their first drive as a 46-yard field goal missed wide right, but the Hoos couldn’t get anything going offensively. Perkins picked up a big run that was negated with a holding call.