No. 23 Virginia 38, Duke 7

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) Marques Hagans threw for four touchdown passes and Virginia&#39;s defense forced four turnovers to give the 23rd-ranked Cavaliers a 38-7 victory over Duke Saturday.<br> <br> Hagan&#39;s first three TD passes came on third and long, including a 46-yarder to tight end Tom Santi on third-and-24 that gave Virginia (3-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) a 17-0 third quarter lead.<br> <br> Deyon Williams caught two touchdowns, and backup tight end J.M. Phillips scored on a 12-yard pass, carrying two Duke defenders on his back the final 3 yards.<br> <br> Hagans finished 13 for 21 with 174 yards and no interceptions, a fine day despite numerous dropped passes in the first half.<br> <br> The Cavaliers&#39; offense struggled early, with tailback Wali Lundy finding little running room and receivers dropping balls.<br> <br> Their first touchdown came on an early second-half drive, with eight straight runs by backup tailback Michael Johnson to move the ball from midfield inside the 10. Hagans capped the drive with a 10-yard TD pass to Williams to make it 10-0.<br> <br> In the second half, though, Virginia scored touchdowns on its first four possessions to put the game out of reach.<br> <br> The only bad news for the Cavaliers was an injury to left tackle D&#39;Brickashaw Ferguson, one of the best lineman in the country, who left the game late in the first quarter with an apparent leg injury and did not return.<br> <br> Duke did not score until the fourth quarter, and managed only 11 first downs and 215 yards from scrimmage, much of which came after the game was out of reach. The Blue Devils (1-3, 0-2) sent three different quarterbacks out in the first quarter alone, none of whom could move the offense.<br> <br> Starter Mike Schneider completed just 2 of 5 passes for 21 yards and an interception, while backup Zack Asack finished 7 of 13 for 87 yards and two interceptions. Curt Dukes also played a series and did not attempt a pass.<br> <br> In their only other conference game, Duke managed just 35 yards of offense in a 45-0 home loss to Virginia Tech.<br> <br> Marcus Hamilton picked off two passes, one thrown by Schneider and one by Asack, who played most of the game. Tony Franklin also intercepted an Asack pass.<br> <br> Johnson rushed for 45 yards on nine carries and added a 68-yard kickoff return in the fourth quarter to set up the Cavaliers&#39; final score.<br> <br> (Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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