While the offense provided the fireworks, the night belonged to the Virginia defense. The Hoos kept William and Mary quarterback Darius Wilson running for his life all night. Virginia only notched one sack but was dominant getting into the backfield and holding the Tribe down all night. Overall William and Mary only mustered 183 yards unable to eclipse one hundred yards in neither the passing nor the running games.
It all got started for Virginia when Billy Kemp IV returned a William and Mary punt for 55 yards setting up the Hoos just outside of the Red Zone.