Virginia Tech Hokies football
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| First season | 1892 | ||
| Staff | |||
| Athletic director | Jim Weaver | ||
| Head coach | Frank Beamer | ||
| 20th year, 156–81–2 | |||
| Stadium | |||
| Home stadium | Lane Stadium | ||
| Stadium capacity | 66,233 | ||
| Stadium surface | Bermuda Grass | ||
| Location | Blacksburg, Virginia | ||
| League/Conference | |||
| Conference | ACC | ||
| Division | Coastal | ||
| Team records | |||
| All-time record | 637–417–46 (.600) | ||
| Postseason bowl record | 7–13 | ||
| Awards | |||
| Conference titles | 6 | ||
| Pageantry | |||
| Colors | Chicago Maroon and Burnt Orange | ||
| Fight song | Tech Triumph | ||
| Mascot | HokieBird | ||
| Marching band | The Marching Virginians | ||
| Rivals | Virginia Cavaliers West Virginia Mountaineers Miami Hurricanes |
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| Website | HokieSports.com | ||
The Virginia Tech Hokies football team is a college football program that competes in NCAA Division I-FBS, specifically in the Coastal Division of the 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 home-field advantage in the country.[1]
With a career record of 198-105-4 following the 2006 season, head coach Frank Beamer is the third-winningest active head coach in Division I-FBS, ranking behind only Bobby Bowden and Joe Paterno.[2]
The Hokies currently have the fourth-longest bowl game streak in the country, having participated in the postseason every year since 1993. Only Michigan, Florida State, and Florida have longer current streaks. In that span, the Hokies have finished with a Top-10 ranking four times, won five conference championships (three Big East and two 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] History
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech) first played football on October 21, 1892 against St. Albans Lutheran Boys School (Radford, VA). The game took place on a plowed off wheat field that was "about as level as a side of Brush Mountain".[3] The Hokies won their first game 14-10, but were defeated 10-0 eight days later on a return trip to Radford.[4] The first several VAMC teams wore cadet gray and black, but in 1896 the colors were changed to Burnt Orange and Chicago Maroon - a color combination that was completely unique among educational institutions at the time.
[edit] Championships
[edit] Conference Championships
Conference Affiliations
- 1892-97: Independent
- 1898: Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- 1899-1906: Independent
- 1907-21: South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- 1922-64: Southern Conference
- 1965-90: Independent
- 1991-2003: Big East
- 2004-present: ACC
