Virginia had a chance to win the game on a two-minute drive at the end of the fourth quarter, but turned the ball over on downs as Louisville handed the Cavaliers their first conference loss of the season by a score of 24-20 on Saturday evening at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville.

T he Virginia Cavaliers football team lost 24-20 to the Louisville Cardinals in a gut-wrenching game full of momentum swings and missed opportunities by both teams. It was a forge

The Virginia Cavaliers rallied for 13 unanswered points in the second half Saturday to put themselves in position to secure a dramatic comeback victory.Louisvil

The Virginia Cavaliers scored 13 points in the second half on Saturday, but Louisville answered with the game-winning touchdown with 1:55 left, winning 24-20 at Scott Stadium.

In what was arguably a worse case scenario game, where a win gave UofL hardly anything but a loss meant the bottom had completely fallen out, the Cards scraped and crawled to a difficult but feel-good 24-20 victory over the Hoos of UVA.

In retrospect, we look back at our five keys to a UVA football win over Louisville and evaluate how the Cavaliers performed and what went wrong in comparison to our expectations.