How to watch UVA football vs. Notre Dame and GAME WIRES

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The Virginia Cavaliers head to South Bend to take on the No. 8 seed Notre Dame Fighting Irish Saturday afternoon at 3:30 PM ET. The game will be on NBC and Peacock, meaning you can watch with any TV provider on NBC or via a Peacock subscription as a streaming option.

Location: South Bend, Indiana
Date: 16 November 2024
Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
Channel: NBC/Peacock
Spread: Notre Dame – 21.5

Pre-game content

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Game thread

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We’ll also be active on Twitter throughout the game and throughout the season, so stay tuned here for live reactions from our staff.

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Playing notes

Finally, here are game notes from UVA:

INSIDE SATURDAY’S MATCHUP

  • Virginia will play Notre Dame for the fifth time in program history and the second time ever in Notre Dame Stadium. The Fighting Irish have won all four meetings including a 28-3 decision in Charlottesville in 2021.
  • The Fighting Irish, have been ranked in the top-10 in all four meetings against UVA (#2 in 1989; #9 in 2015; #10 in 2019; #7 in 2021). Notre Dame has never lost to an ACC team at home while ranked in the top-25, a total of 33 games.
  • Virginia is 1-1 this season against AP Top-25 teams and is 2-3 against ranked foes under head coach Tony Elliott. Both top-25 wins have come away from home.
  • The Cavaliers have one win in 32 all-time road games against top-10 teams. That win came under Elliott last season when UVA defeated then-No. 10 North Carolina 31-27 in Chapel Hill.
  • Virginia is 3-1 on the road this season, its most road wins since 2011. UVA is one of seven ACC teams and 36 FBS teams with three or more road wins this season. The Cavaliers haven’t won four games on the road since 2007.
  • UVA is 5-4 overall and 3-3 in ACC play. It marks the first five-win season since 2020 and the most league wins since earning four in 2021.
  • Virginia has held a lead in all nine games this season, including a 10-3 advantage early in the second quarter on the road at that point. 10 Clemson and a three-point lead until the 1:55 mark of the fourth quarter against Louisville.

TOP STORY LINES

  • Virginia snapped its three-game losing streak with a 24-19 upset victory on the road over No. 23 Pittsburgh on Saturday. Trailing 13-7 at the half, the Cavaliers scored 14 points in the third quarter to spur the comeback victory. Pitt entered the contest averaging 38.9 points per game. game and was held to its second-lowest total this season, and fewest in a loss since its 2023 season finale against Duke.
  • UVA wide receiver Chris Tyree is a 2023 graduate of Notre Dame and transferred to UVA in January. The speedy wideout played in 49 games for the Fighting Irish with over 1,000 yards rushing and 945 yards receiving in four seasons. Tyree is coming off his best game as a Cavalier with four receptions, 42 yards receiving and 14 yards rushing against No. 23 Pittsburgh last week.
  • The Cavaliers are one win away from becoming bowl eligible for the first time under Elliott and the first time since 2021. This season, Virginia has posted its most wins (5) since 2021, most ACC wins (3) since 2021 and most road wins since 2011 .Virginia started the season 4-1, its best under Elliott and just the sixth time since 1999 that UVA won at least four of its first five games.
  • Featuring two AP Top-25 teams in No. 8 Notre Dame and No. 18 SMU in addition to in-state rival Virginia Tech remains on the schedule, UVA has the toughest schedule in the ACC and the eighth toughest among FBS schools based on winning percentage (.750).