2008 Virginia Tech Hokies football | |
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ACC champion ACC Coastal Division co-champion Orange Bowl champion | |
ACC Championship Game, W 30–12 vs. Boston College | |
Orange Bowl, W 20–7 vs. Cincinnati | |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Coastal Division | |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 14 |
AP | No. 15 |
Record | 10–4 (5–3 ACC) |
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Offensive coordinator | Bryan Stinespring (7th season) |
Offensive scheme | Pro-style |
Defensive coordinator | Bud Foster (14th season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Lane Stadium (Capacity: 66,233, grass) |
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Boston College xy | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 21 Florida State x | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 15 Virginia Tech xy$ | 5 | – | 3 | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 22 Georgia Tech x | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (FL) | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 1 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Virginia Tech 30, Boston College 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2008 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Frank Beamer. Prior to the season, the Hokies were expected to be in a rebuilding mode, recovering after the graduation of several key players. Despite that fact, Tech was picked to win the Atlantic Coast Conference's Coastal Division in the annual preseason poll of media covering the ACC. The Hokies were ranked the No. 15 team in the country at the start of the season, but suffered an upset loss to East Carolina in their first game. Tech recovered, however, and won five consecutive games following the loss, the ACC Championship, and the Orange Bowl. Permanent team captains were Macho Harris, Orion Martin, Brett Warren, and Ryan Shuman.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 30 | 12:00 p.m. | vs. East Carolina * | No. 17 | ESPN | L 22–27 | 72,169 | |
September 6 | 1:30 p.m. | Furman * | ACC Select | W 24–7 | 66,233 | ||
September 13 | 3:30 p.m. | Georgia Tech |
| ABC | W 20–17 | 66,233 | |
September 20 | 3:30 p.m. | at North Carolina | ABC | W 20–17 | 59,800 | ||
September 27 | 8:00 p.m. | at Nebraska * | ABC | W 35–30 | 85,831 | ||
October 4 | 1:30 p.m. | Western Kentucky * | No. 20 |
| ACC Select | W 27–13 | 66,233 |
October 18 | 8:00 p.m. | at Boston College | No. 17 | ESPN2 | L 23–28 | 44,127 | |
October 25 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 24 Florida State | ABC | L 20–30 | 81,876 | ||
November 6 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 23 Maryland |
| ESPN | W 23–13 | 66,233 | |
November 13 | 7:30 p.m. | at Miami (FL) | ESPN | L 14–16 | 46,838 | ||
November 22 | 5:30 p.m. | Duke |
| ESPNU | W 14–3 | 66,233 | |
November 29 | 12:00 p.m. | Virginia |
| ESPN | W 17–14 | 66,233 | |
December 6 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 18 Boston College |
| ABC | W 30–12 | 53,927 | |
January 1, 2009 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 12 Cincinnati * | No. 21 | FOX | W 20–7 | 57,821 | |
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Source: ACC [1]
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Source: http://www.hokiesports.com/football/players |
Position | Name | First year at VT | First year in current position |
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Head coach | Frank Beamer | 1987 | 1987 |
Associate head coach and running backs coach | Billy Hite | 1978 | 2001 |
Offensive coordinator and tight ends | Bryan Stinespring | 1990 | 2006 (offensive coordinator since 2002) |
Defensive coordinator and inside linebackers | Bud Foster | 1987 | 1995 |
Offensive Line | Curt Newsome | 2006 | 2006 |
Wide Receivers | Kevin Sherman | 2006 | 2006 |
Strong Safety, Outside Linebackers, and Recruiting Coordinator | Jim Cavanaugh | 1996 | 2002 |
Quarterbacks | Mike O'Cain | 2006 | 2006 |
Defensive backs | Torrian Gray | 2006 | 2006 |
Defensive Line | Charley Wiles | 1996 | 1996 |
Source: http://www.hokiesports.com/football/players/ | |||
During the 2007 college football season, Virginia Tech accumulated an 11–3 record that ended with a 21–24 loss to the Kansas Jayhawks in the 2008 Orange Bowl. [3] The Hokies also won the 2007 ACC football championship, but were not predicted to repeat that success in 2008. In the annual preseason football poll of media covering ACC football, Tech was picked second in the conference, behind the Clemson Tigers. The Hokies were picked to finish first in the ACC's Coastal Division, but lose to Clemson in the ACC Championship Game. [4]
The reason for that second-place prediction was the loss of several key players from Tech's ACC-champion 2007 team. Virginia Tech lost its top four receivers, its leading rusher, and seven starters from a defense that ranked fourth nationally in total defense. Eight players from the 2007 team were taken in the 2008 NFL Draft, and Tech's 2008 team featured just 10 players who started during the previous season. [5] Making matters more difficult for Virginia Tech, the Hokies suffered several preseason injuries and multiple players were kicked off the team for disciplinary reasons.
On August 26, Tech head coach Frank Beamer announced his intention to redshirt backup quarterback Tyrod Taylor, keeping him in reserve for the 2008 season. [6] Following Virginia Tech's loss to East Carolina in the first game of the season, however, Beamer removed the redshirt and Taylor played in Tech's second game in the season. After he proved successful in that game, Taylor was named the team's starting quarterback for the remainder of the season, supplanting first-game starter Sean Glennon.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Hokies | 0 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 22 |
Pirates | 0 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 27 |
The Virginia Tech Hokies' first game of the season also was its first loss of the season. In a neutral-site game at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, Tech was upset 27–22 by the East Carolina Pirates. East Carolina, members of Conference USA, became the first team from that conference to win a game against a Bowl Championship Series member school since 2002. [7]
The game got off to a slow start, as neither team scored in the first quarter. With 12:19 remaining before halftime, however, Virginia Tech scored the first points of the game with a 30-yard fumble return by defender Ryan Barnett #40 FR. out of Sulphur, Louisiana. Four minutes later, Virginia Tech's offense also scored, extending the Hokies' lead to 14–0. East Carolina answered with a touchdown before halftime, but Virginia Tech led 14–7 at the beginning of the second half. [8]
The Pirates' offense scored another touchdown with 10:05 remaining in the third quarter, but the extra point kick was blocked and returned for a defensive score by Tech's Stephan Virgil. If the extra point had been successful, the teams would have been tied at 14 points apiece. Instead, Virginia Tech kept a 16–13 lead, which it retained through the third quarter. Early in the fourth quarter, Tech's offense extended the Hokies' lead to 22–13 with a touchdown. The extra point kick was missed. Both teams were held scoreless for the next ten minutes before East Carolina's Patrick Pinkney ran three yards for a touchdown. The score and extra point cut the Hokies' lead to 22–20 with less than four minutes remaining in the game. Tech attempted to run out the clock, but East Carolina's defense forced the Hokies to punt. The kick was blocked, however, and East Carolina's T.J. Lee returned the loose ball for a game-winning touchdown. [9] With the limited time remaining in the game, Tech was unable to answer the touchdown, and East Carolina clinched a 27–22 victory. [8] [10]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Paladins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Hokies | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 24 |
Virginia Tech's second game of the season came against the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) Furman Paladins at Virginia Tech's home stadium, Lane Stadium, in Blacksburg, Virginia. Despite the loss to East Carolina, Tech came into its home opener heavily favored and lived up to that expectation by beating the Paladins, 24–7. [11] For the game, Virginia Tech wore a throwback uniform honoring former Tech coaches Jerry Claiborne, Charlie Coffey, Jimmy Sharpe and Bill Dooley.
The Hokies used backup quarterback Tyrod Taylor alongside starter Sean Glennon beginning with the fifth play of the game. [12] Despite that change in offensive strategy, the Hokies were held scoreless in the first quarter. Tech's defense also held firm, and kept Furman from scoring in the first quarter as well. In the second quarter, both teams were again held scoreless until just 29 seconds before halftime, when Virginia Tech placekicker Dustin Keys kicked a field goal for the Hokies, giving them a 3–0 lead at halftime. [13]
In the third quarter, Virginia Tech's offense finally hit its stride. With 8:41 remaining in the quarter, Sean Glennon completed a 10-yard touchdown pass to running back Kenny Lewis, Jr., giving the Hokies a 10–0 lead after the extra point. Tech added two more touchdowns before the end of the quarter, making the game 24–0 with one quarter remaining. The Paladins scored a touchdown in the fourth quarter, closing the gap to 24–7 and avoiding a shutout, but were unable to further catch up to the Hokies. Tech earned its first win of the season, bringing its overall season record to 1–1. [13] [14]
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Yellow Jackets | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 17 |
Hokies | 0 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 20 |
The Hokies' third game of the season also was their first Atlantic Coast Conference game of the season as Virginia Tech faced Georgia Tech at Lane Stadium. Tyrod Taylor, who had been the Hokies' backup quarterback at the beginning of the season, started the game and did not relinquish his position. Tech fell behind 3–0 in the first quarter, but took a lead in the second quarter that they did not relinquish through the rest of the game, winning 20–17. [15]
In the game's first quarter, Virginia Tech was held scoreless while Georgia Tech took a 3–0 lead with a 32-yard field goal by kicker Scott Blair. Early in the second quarter, Tech answered the score by taking the lead with an eight-yard touchdown run by freshman tailback Darren Evans, who finished the game with 19 carries for 94 yards and the lone touchdown. Georgia Tech answered with a touchdown that came from a 41-yard pass to Roddy Jones. The extra point was blocked, but the Yellow Jackets still held a 9–7 lead with 3:44 remaining in the first half. Virginia Tech's offense answered quickly, however, mounting a drive that resulted in a Tyrod Taylor rushing touchdown with just 10 seconds before halftime. [16]
The Hokies entered the second half with a 14–9 lead and maintained that margin through the third quarter. Early in the fourth quarter, Tech extended its lead to 17–9 with a field goal by Dustin Keys. Four minutes of game time later, Georgia Tech's Josh Nesbitt ran 18 yards for a touchdown. Instead of kicking an extra point, the Yellow Jackets attempted a two-point conversion and were successful, tying the game at 17–17 with 9:28 remaining. From that point, both teams' defenses dominated the course of play, and only Virginia Tech, with a 21-yard field goal from Keys, was able to score. That field goal was the margin of victory, and the Hokies edged the Yellow Jackets, 20–17. [16] [17]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Hokies | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 |
Tar Heels | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Hokies | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 35 |
Cornhuskers | 7 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 30 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Hilltoppers | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
Hokies | 10 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 27 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Hokies | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
Eagles | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Hokies | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
#24 Seminoles | 0 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 30 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Terrapins | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
Hokies | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Hokies | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
Hurricanes | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Devils | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Hokies | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cavaliers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Hokies | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Eagles | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
Hokies | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 30 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cincinnati | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Hokies | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
AP | 17 | — | — | — | — | 20 | 18 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 15 |
Coaches | 15 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 18 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 14 |
Harris | Not released | 22 | 18 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | Not released | ||||
BCS | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | 19 | Not released |
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Name | GP-GS | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
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Darren Evans | 3-0 | 203 | 926 | 4.6 | 9 | 50 | 84.2 |
Tyrod Taylor | 7-4 | 105 | 524 | 5.0 | 4 | 50 | 61.6 |
Kenny Lewis | 3-3 | 57 | 199 | 3.5 | 3 | 24 | 39.8 |
Jahre Cheeseman | 2-0 | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 0 | 12 | 10.5 |
Dustin Pickle | 3-0 | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | 8 | 6.0 |
Josh Oglesby | 2-0 | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | 5 | 3.5 |
Greg Boone | 3-3 | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | 3 | 1.3 |
Sean Glennon | 2-2 | 9 | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 8 | 1.0 |
Kenny Jefferson | 3-0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.7 |
Total | 3 | 129 | 564 | 4.4 | 6 | 50 | 188.0 |
Opponents | 3 | 111 | 470 | 4.2 | 3 | 36 | 156.7 |
Name | GP-GS | Com | Att | Yds | TD | INT | Pct | Eff | Long | Avg/G |
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Sean Glennon | 4-8 | 62 | 99 | 704 | 3 | 4 | 62.6 | 124.28 | 62 | 65.6 |
Tyrod Taylor | 2-1 | 63 | 114 | 675 | 1 | 5 | 5.3 | 99.12 | 40 | 92.5 |
Total | 3 | 30 | 51 | 255 | 1 | 3 | 58.8 | 95.5 | 60 | 85.0 |
Opponents | 3 | 47 | 71 | 533 | 3 | 2 | 63.4 | 134.7 | 41 | 177.7 |
Name | GP-GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
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Dyrell Roberts | 3-2 | 11 | 171 | 15.5 | 0 | 62 | 15.5 |
Kenny Lewis | 3-3 | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 1 | 19 | 10.0 |
Danny Coale | 3-3 | 27 | 286 | 10.6 | 0 | 28 | 10.0 |
Greg Boone | 3-3 | 16 | 205 | 12.8 | 2 | 27 | 18.6 |
Andre Smith | 3-1 | 10 | 129 | 12.9 | 1 | 40 | 11.7 |
Ike Whitaker | Suspended | ||||||
Chris Drager | 3-1 | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | 15 | 3.4 |
Xavier Boyce | 3-0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | 2.3 |
Darren Evans | 3-0 | 11 | 83 | 7.5 | 0 | 14 | 7.5 |
Jarrett Boykin | 3-0 | 21 | 342 | 3.0 | 1 | 41 | 1.0 |
Victor Harris | 2-2 | 8 | 63 | 7.9 | 0 | 16 | 5.1 |
Dustin Pickle | 3-0 | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | 11 | 1.5 |
Total | 3 | 30 | 255 | 8.5 | 1 | 62 | 85.0 |
Opponents | 3 | 45 | 533 | 11.8 | 3 | 41 | 177.7 |
Name | GP/GS | Tackles | Sacks | Interceptions | Fumbles | Blkd Kick | |||||||
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Total | Solo | Asst | TFL | No | Yds | No | Yds | TD | Rcv-Yds | FF | |||
Brett Warren | 3-3 | 26 | 8 | 18 | .5 | 1 | |||||||
Purnell Sturdivant | 3-3 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | ||||||
Cam Martin | 3-2 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 6 | 1 | |||||
Kam Chancellor | 3-3 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 1-0 | 1 | |||||||
Stephen Virgil | 3-3 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2.0 | 1 | 18 | 1-30 | |||||
Cody Grimm | 3-1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | |||||
Jason Worilds | 3-2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | .5 | ||||||||
Orion Martin | 3-3 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 3 | ||||||
Davon Morgan | 3-3 | 10 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
Nekos Brown | 3-1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | .5 | ||||||||
Steven Friday | 3-0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
Victor Harris | 2-2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1-0 | ||||||
Demetrius Taylor | 3-0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .5 | 1-0 | |||||||
Barquell Rivers | 3-0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
Cordarrow Thompson | 3-3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .5 | ||||||||
Dorian Porch | 3-0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
John Graves | 3-3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 3 | |||||||
Total | 3 | 210 | 96 | 114 | 13.0 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 5-30 | 4 | 3 |
Name | Field Goals | Punting | Kickoffs | ||||||||||
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FGM | FGA | Pct | Long | No. | Yds | Avg | Long | I20 | No. | Yds | Avg | TB | |
Dustin Keys | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 25 | |||||||||
Brent Bowden | 14 | 584 | 41.7 | 55 | 4 | ||||||||
Justin Myer | 10 | 667 | 66.7 | 4 | |||||||||
Tim Pisano | 4 | 232 | 58.0 | 0 | |||||||||
Total | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 25 | 14 | 584 | 41.7 | 55 | 4 | 14 | 899 | 64.2 | 4 |
Name | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||
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No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | |
Kenny Lewis | 4 | 81 | 20.2 | 0 | 35 | |||||
Davon Morgan | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 29 | |||||
Chris Drager | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
Macho Harris | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | 16 | |||||
Total | 7 | 127 | 18.1 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 16 |
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The 2001 Gator Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game between the Clemson Tigers and the Virginia Tech Hokies at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida on January 1, 2001. The game was the final contest of the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season for both teams, and ended in a 41–20 victory for Virginia Tech.
The 1986 Peach Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game at Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the North Carolina State Wolfpack from on December 31, 1986. The game was the final contest of the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season for both teams, and ended in a 25–24 victory for Virginia Tech, the first bowl victory in school history.
The 2009 FedEx Orange Bowl was the 75th edition of Orange Bowl, an annual college football bowl game. It pitted the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) champion Virginia Tech Hokies against the Big East Conference champion Cincinnati Bearcats on January 1, 2009, at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Virginia Tech defeated Cincinnati, 20–7. The game was the second contest in the 2008–2009 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) of the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season and was the concluding game of the season for both teams. The game was televised in the United States on FOX, and an estimated 9.3 million viewers watched the broadcast live.
The 2009 Chick-fil-A Bowl was a college football bowl game between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Tennessee Volunteers played on December 31, 2009, in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. With sponsorship from Chick-fil-A, it was the 42nd edition of the game known throughout most of its history as the Peach Bowl. Virginia Tech defeated Tennessee 37–14. The game was part of the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season and was the concluding game of the season for both teams. The game was televised in the United States on ESPN and the broadcast was seen by an estimated 4.87 million viewers.
The 2010 ACC Championship Game was a college football game between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Florida State Seminoles. The game, sponsored by Dr. Pepper, was the final regular-season contest of the 2010 college football season for the Atlantic Coast Conference. Virginia Tech defeated Florida State, winning the Atlantic Coast Conference football championship, 44–33. Until 2021, this was the last ACC championship game won by the Coastal Division.
The 2011 Discover Orange Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Stanford Cardinal on Monday, January 3, 2011, at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Stanford defeated Virginia Tech 40–12. The game was part of the 2010–2011 Bowl Championship Series of the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season and was the concluding game of the season for both teams. The game, the 77th edition of the Orange Bowl, was televised in the United States on ESPN and the broadcast was seen by an estimated 8.23 million viewers.
The 2017 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hokies were led by second-year head coach Justin Fuente and played their home games at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia. Virginia Tech competed as members of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 9–4, 5–3 in ACC play to finish in second place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Camping World Bowl where they lost to Oklahoma State.
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