CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. — Cam Ross had 124 receiving yards and a touchdown catch and ran a kickoff back 100 yards for another score and Virginia rolled past Coastal Carolina, 48-7 in its season opener on Saturday night at Scott Stadium.
“We showed up and did our job. We did what we expected of ourselves," Ross, a James Madison transfer, said after his UVA debut. "We just showed up and wanted to execute.”
Quarterback Chandler Morris threw for 264 yards and two scores before exiting the game with a left shoulder injury early in the third quarter.
The two teams featured massively rebuilt rosters. Virginia had over 50 new players and Coastal more than 60.
For the home team, many of those new names showed up in a big way, including Ross, Morris and transfer running back J’Mari Taylor, who scor