CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – When Virginia faces Duke on Saturday night in Charlotte in the ACC championship game, it will be a rematch of the Cavaliers’ 34-17 win in Durham, N.C. on Nov. 15.

For UVA, it will be the first time it’s played the same team twice in one season since beating Richmond twice in 1906.

In fact, Saturday’s second engagement with the Blue Devils will be just the seventh time in Virginia’s history that it will play one team twice in a single season.

“Everybody says it’s hard to beat a team twice, but the biggest thing is don’t beat yourself,” center Brady Wilson said. “We’ve already done it. None of the points are going to carry over from the last game. Just have to do our thing and go out there and play ball.”

In the earlier meeting, just 18 days ago, the Cavaliers (10-2) stifled a potent Duke offense, allowing just one offensive touchdown and that came in the fourth quarter.

They held the Blue Devils (7-5) to a paltry 1.8 yards per rush and sacked star quarterback Darian Mensah four times.

Offensively, quarterback Chandler Morris threw for 316 yards and two touchdowns and running back J’Mari Taylor ran for 133 yards and a pair of scores.

“Can’t think just because you beat them the first time it’s going to happen the same way the second time,” Taylor said.

Indeed, while neither team is likely to massively overhaul itself this week for the rematch, both have made changes over the three weeks since their first meeting and both figure to have a good handle on the other’s schemes and tendencies.

“I think both sides know each other’s personnel,” UVA defensive coordinator John Rudzinski said. “I think schematically, both teams are very familiar with each other. No one’s going to reinvent who they are. They’re going to look to do it better. They’re going to look to take advantage of what they learned in the first game.”

Does one side of the ball get more out of the earlier meeting? Does an offense learn more about a defense or vice-a-versa when they meet?

“I think it depends. Defense is all about formation recognition,” Virginia tight end Sage Ennis said. “Understanding situational football is really what offensive football is about. What are their main coverages they like to play? When do they like to bring pressure? What formations they like to bring pressure into. Are they more pressure heavy on third down? I think from an edge standpoint, I think you could probably find an edge on both sides.”

Of course, both sides will certainly look to throw a few changeups into their gameplans for Saturday night.

UVA showed one this past weekend in its 27-7 win over rival Virginia Tech.

For weeks, Virginia pounded opponents in short-yardage situations with a direct-snap running play to Taylor. But against the Hokies, Taylor took the snap at the 1-yard line pulled up and threw to an open Sage Ennis.

Even after 12 games, teams still have wrinkles they have not yet shown and the Cavaliers are no exception, having practiced plays and formations they haven’t utilized.

“I guess we’ll just have to wait and see if they ever get pulled out,” Ennis said.

Saturday night might be the time for it.