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Duke at Virginia
W here: Scott Stadium (cap. 61,500), CharlottesvilleW hen: 3:30 p.m.
O the air: Online -- ESPN360.com; radio --WRVA (1140), 2:30 p.m.Tickets: $42 all seats
Records: Virginia 2-1 ACC, 3-4 overall; Duke 2-1, 4-3
Players to watch: U.Va. -- DE Zane Parr, 12 tackles last week in first career start; QB Jameel Sewell, has not been intercepted in his past 141 attempts; WR Vic Hall, 16 catches, 189 yards, 1 TD in three games at the position. Duke -- QB Thaddeus Lewis, 2 TD passes from moving into fifth all-time in the ACC; WR Austin Kelly, 5.57 catches per game; WR Donovan Varner, 5 TD catches this season.
Notable: This is the 1,200th football game played by the University of Virginia. . . . Virginia leads 32-28 in the all-time series, winning 21 of the past 26. The Blue Devils have won just once (1999) in their past 13 trips to Charlottesville. .. U.Va. ranks first in the ACC in passing defense. Duke ranks first in the ACC in passing offense. . . . QB Jameel Sewell is 98 yards from passing Marques Hagans for fifth place on the U.Va. career passing yardage list. . . . Tackle Will Barder will make his 45th career start, second among all ACC players. . . . Duke's opponents are converting on just 22 percent of fourth-down plays. . . . Duke has won its past eight games when leading at the end of the third quarter.
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