Oct. 24, 2009

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RICHMOND, Va. -
This was UMass' fourth-ever game against a No. 1 team and the Minutemen now stand a 1-3 overall, winning the 1998 NCAA Championship game against Georgia Southern.

It was also UMass' fifth-ever game against a defending NCAA Champion and UMass is now 1-4.

Scott Woodward passed for his second-career touchdown on a 20-yard pass to Victor Cruz in the fourth quarter.

UMass had its first safety of the season and first since a 2007 tackle in the end zone by Kyle Harrington at Rhode Island.

Tyler Holmes had a career-high 17tackles and his fourth-career interception (third this season). He also had a career-high four TFLs.

Holmes had his fourth-career double-figure tackle game.

Eric Dickson had double-figure tackle game for the second week in a row with 10.

Armando Cuko kicked his 15th field goal of the season to move to third all alone on the single-season list. The record of 16 is held by both Chris Koepplin and Sandro Vitiello.

It was Cuko's 27th career made field goal to move him to a tie for third all-time at UMass with Koepplin and Doug White. The record of 30 is held by Silvio Bonvini.