Virginia Tech Hokies football

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Football in the Beamer Bowl era
Year Record Bowl
1993 9-3 (4-3) Independence Bowl
1994 8-4 (5-2) Gator Bowl
1995 * 10-2 (6-1) Sugar Bowl
1996 * 10-2 (6-1) Orange Bowl
1997 7-5 (5-2) Gator Bowl
1998 9-3 (5-2) Music City Bowl
1999 * 11-1 (7-0) Sugar Bowl
2000 11-1 (6-1) Gator Bowl
2001 8-4 (4-3) Gator Bowl
2002 10-4 (3-4) San Francisco Bowl
2003 8-5 (4-3) Insight Bowl
2004 * 10-3 (7-1) Sugar Bowl
2005 ** 11-2 (7-1) Gator Bowl
2006 (in progress) 10-2 (6-2) Chick-fil-A Bowl

* Conference championship
** Divisional championship
Source: http://hokiesports.com/football/pastschedules.html

Football championships at Virginia Tech
Year Championship Record Bowl
1963 Southern Conference 8-2 (5-0) None
1995 Big East * 10-2 (6-1) Sugar Bowl
1996 Big East * 10-2 (6-1) Orange Bowl
1999 Big East 11-1 (7-0) Sugar Bowl
2004 ACC 10-3 (7-1) Sugar Bowl
2005 ACC Coastal Division 11-2 (7-1) Gator Bowl

* Co-championship
Source: cfbdatawarehouse.com

The Virginia Tech Hokies are a college football program that competes in NCAA Division I-A and the Coastal Division of Atlantic Coast Conference. Their home games are played at Lane Stadium, considered one of the loudest stadiums in the country and recognized in 2005 by Rivals.com as having the best homefield advantage in the country. [1]

Head coach Frank Beamer is the third-winningest active coach in Division I-A, ranking behind only Bobby Bowden and Joe Paterno with 188 wins following the 2005 season. [2] Beamer is also a Virginia Tech graduate and played defensive back for the Hokies.

The Hokies currently have the fifth-longest bowl game streak in the country, having participated in the postseason every year since 1993. In that span, the Hokies have finished with a Top-10 ranking four times, won four conference championships (three Big East and one ACC), and played once for the national championship, losing to Florida State University 46-29 in the 2000 Sugar Bowl.

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[edit] Trophy Games

[edit] Individual Award Winners

[edit] Players

Corey Moore - 1999
Jake Grove - 2003
Corey Moore - 1999
Bruce Smith - 1984

[edit] Coach

Frank Beamer - 1999

[edit] First Overall Selections in the NFL Draft

[edit] Other Notable Players

Died with most of the members of their football team in Southern Airlines Flight 932

[edit] See Also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lavender, David (2005-08-21). No place like home. Retrieved on 2006-07-01.
  2. ^ Meet the Coaches (PDF) 30. Retrieved on 2006-07-01.