Social Media Couldn’t Believe First Half Scoring From BYU-Virginia Game

PROVO, Utah – The BYU-Virginia game put out some fireworks in the first half. BYU jumped out to an early 21-0 lead in the game, but Virginia led by Bronco Mendenhall answered back with 35 points in the second quarter to take a 42-38 lead into the halftime locker room.

Virginia scored 35 points in the 2nd quarter. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/j1LQoESpyI

— KSL Sports (@kslsports) October 31, 2021

Social media couldn’t believe the offensive numbers the two teams were putting up.

Insane offensive numbers in the first half from #BYU vs. Virginia.

Total Yards: 384 (BYU), 448 (UVA)
Pass: 283, 280
Rush: 101, 168
Avg Yards Per Play: 8.9, 12.9#BYUvsUVA #BYUFootball @kslsports

— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) October 31, 2021

Every 10 likes we’ll make these scores bigger… pic.twitter.com/q1qyV7WRJa

— KSL Sports (@kslsports) October 31, 2021

Social media reacts to wild BYU/Virginia first half

Through one half of play, the two teams combined for 832 total yards. The college football landscape was in disbelief.

Live total for Virginia-BYU at halftime: 119.5

Live total for Washington-Stanford with 12 minutes left in the third: 30.5 pic.twitter.com/p4VGRU542M

— Yahoo Sports College Football (@YahooSportsCFB) October 31, 2021

Well, that’s a first half by BYU and UVA

— Ralph D. Russo (@ralphDrussoAP) October 31, 2021

BYU-UVA over/under was 67, they hit that with 1:27 left in the 2nd quarter. I feel bad for the people who bet the under.

— CFB Home (@CFBHome) October 31, 2021

Virginia leads No. 25 BYU 42-38 at halftime.

The 80 combined points represent the highest-scoring half in an FBS game this season, topping Army and Wake Forest’s 78-point second half last week.

— Jason Starrett (@starrettjason) October 31, 2021

First half drive summary of the Virginia vs. #25 BYU game:

UVA Punt
BYU Touchdown
UVA INT
BYU Touchdown
UVA Punt
BYU Touchdown
UVA Touchdown
BYU Touchdown
UVA Touchdown
BYU Punt
UVA Touchdown
BYU Field Goal
UVA Touchdown
BYU Punt
UVA Touchdown
BYU Touchdown
UVA Touchdown

— CFB Kings (@CFBKings) October 31, 2021

Halftime on ESPN2: UVA 42, BYU 38, Bronco back in Provo, 832 combined yards of offense. pic.twitter.com/Ec4BtsHCuG

— Ryan McGee (@ESPNMcGee) October 31, 2021

pic.twitter.com/cDcWEFZURm

— Matt Hinton (@MattRHinton) October 31, 2021

FWIW, that epic Mayfield vs Mahomes game in 2016 had only 54 total points at the half of that game.

BYU-Virginia already has 80 at the half. https://t.co/9wRCymghP2

— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) October 31, 2021

there are three other late-night games and absolutely none of them are worth your time like byu and virginia is

— Ben Kercheval (@BenKercheval) October 31, 2021

Pretty sure a few BYU and Virginia players were heading to midfield to shake hands at halftime as if the game was over.

— Brandon Marcello (@bmarcello) October 31, 2021

The last time Virginia scored 40 on the road against a ranked team?

1999 at BYU

— Matt Brown (@MattBrownCFB) October 31, 2021

Halftime score of the 76-61 Pitt-Syracuse game from 2016 was 35-21 and they combined for 81 points in the second half.

UVA-BYU is at a combined 80 points at halftime.

— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) October 31, 2021

FIRST HALF: 70+ POINT TOTAL

This BYU-UVA game tweakin’ 🤯pic.twitter.com/hD1Cy2ciIb

— PFF College (@PFF_College) October 31, 2021

imagine being, like, Iowa and watching these offenses

— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) October 31, 2021

Virginia trailed 21-0 and now leads 42-38.

THEY ARE NOT EVEN AT HALFTIME.

— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) October 31, 2021

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