What to know before Stanford faces Virginia in ACC play

STANFORD AT VIRGINIA Records Stanford - - ACC Virginia - - Kickoff p m at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville Virginia TV ACC Infrastructure Radio KNBR AM Series history First meeting Stanford storylines After opening the season with losses at Hawaii and BYU Stanford shocked Boston College at Stanford Stadium shutting the Eagles out in the second half and converting three turnovers into points to give interim coach Frank Reich his first collegiate win A Cardinal defense allowing its fewest rushing yards per battle since and recording nine sacks will now face a Virginia offense that is eighth in the country in rushing yards and hasn t allowed a sack Related Articles Mailbag UCLA s future in the Big Ten Pac- schedule challenges those a m kickoffs NCAA extinction and more CFB recruiting UCLA fires DeShaun Foster whacked by de-commitments San Jose State looks to use bye week as springboard to first win of season Cal football s rise gaining attention and momentum but can they keep it up Stanford looks to stay in attack mode for Virginia following home breakthrough Virginia storylines The Cavs have made steady progress in each season under Tony Elliott a longtime Clemson assistant going from - to - to - in the ACC but it s not clear if this is the year Virginia can leap into the top half of the conference It has beat up on two lower-level opponents but has lost its only Power Four matchup this season - at N C State although both teams are in the ACC it was a non-conference matchup The Cavs have won of their last night games at Scott Stadium Stats that matter Stanford will be playing in its fourth time zone in four games Virginia s offense ranks eighth in the country at yards per match and it is the only organization with rushing yards and passing yards Stanford is one of just FBS teams with two defensive touchdowns Three different Cavs have run for more than yards in a contest this season