Virginia Cavaliers vs. Duke Blue Devils
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Location: Charlottesville, VA
Date: October 23, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM ET
Channel: ESPN
Spread: UVA -2.5
Pregame content
Previewing UVA football’s Friday night matchup versus Duke
How Virginia football can solve its off-script offensive struggles
Game Thread
The Virginia Cavaliers look to get revenge for last year’s ACC Championship loss when they host Duke on Friday night.
Stay tuned to Streaking the Lawn before, during, and after the game for immediate analysis and coverage of the final result.
Game Notes
Lastly, here are game notes courtesy of UVA Media Relations.
- Friday’s contest will be the 78th meeting between Virginia and Duke in a rivalry that was first played in 1890, a 10-4 Cavalier victory in Richmond. UVA’s 42 wins against Duke are the third-most against any opponent (North Carolina – 65; VMI – 57)
- Since the 2015 season, Virginia has won nine of the last 11 games against Duke. Except for 2024 season, Virginia and Duke have played one another every year since 1962.
- Virginia has won nine of its last 12 ACC games dating back to last season; only Miami (10) has won more league games than UVA since the beginning of the 2025 season.
- Dating back to last season, the Cavaliers have won five consecutive games at Scott Stadium, the third-longest home win streak in the ACC behind SMU (8) and Miami (6). There are 24 FBS teams that have an active home win streak of five games or more.
- Virginia is 10-1 at Scott Stadium in the last two seasons, including a 4-0 mark in 2026. Virginia was 6-1 at home in 2025, one win shy of matching a program record set in 2019 and 1991.
- UVA is one of 42 FBS teams without a home loss in 2026 and one of 16 unbeaten at home with four or more wins.
- Friday will be Virginia’s fifth night game of the season. The Cavaliers have won eight of their last nine games under the Scott Stadium lights.
- Virginia has played two non-Saturday games at Scott Stadium in the same season only twice – 2019 (William & Mary, Virginia Tech) and 2026 (Norfolk State, Duke).
- UVA has not lost back-to-back games since the end of the 2024 season and is currently riding a five-game win streak in games immediately following a loss.
- Virginia was 2-for-3 on fourth down last week against SMU and is 14-for-21 (.667) on fourth-down conversions this year. The 21 fourth-down attempts are the second-most in the country.
- Virginia is allowing 19.7 points per game over the first seven games of the season, sixth-fewest in the ACC. The Cavaliers, who yielded 23 points at SMU last Saturday, have lost only four times in the Tony Elliott era (55 games) when giving up less than 24 points. Duke enters Friday’s contest averaging 31.7 points per game.
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