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Five takeaways from Virginia football’s heartbreaking loss to JMU

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In typical fashion, the Virginia Cavaliers football team lost a heartbreaker to the James Madison Dukes, 36-35. UVA had control of the game in the fourth quarter with a 35-24 lead before a lightning delay paused play for over an hour. JMU came storming out of the break, scoring a pair of touchdowns to deal Tony Elliott’s team a back-breaking defeat in its 2023 home opener.

With the loss, we have five takeaways for the Virginia program moving forward.

Virginia loses its chance to reinvigorate the program and fanbase

This would’ve been a major win.