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The Boston College football team takes its 4-2 record into Thursday night's matchup with Atlantic Coast Conference rival Virginia Tech (3-3). Both teams are 1-1 in the ACC and are coming off byes ...
The College Football Playoff got underway Friday but the main course is spread out through Saturday. Three first-round games will be played across three separate campus sites from State College ...
More recently, Virginia Tech won a series record 15 straight games in the rivalry from 2004–2018 before the Cavaliers defeated the Hokies in 2019. Currently, the Hokies have won 4 straight in the series since 2020 (2022 being cancelled). Virginia and Virginia Tech were both led by College Football Hall of Fame coaches in the 1980s and 1990s.
In 2010 Virginia Tech went undefeated in league play, defeating Atlantic Division winner Florida State in the league championship game in Charlotte, North Carolina, 44–33. In 2011 Virginia Tech lost to Clemson for a 2nd time that season, their only two season losses. In 2016, Virginia Tech would fall short to Clemson, making a 3rd loss.
A Tech field goal in the third quarter was followed by a touchdown in the fourth quarter, and the game ended with Virginia Tech on top, 20–7. [127] In recognition of his performance during the game, Virginia Tech running back Darren Evans was named the game's most valuable player. Evans set a Virginia Tech bowl-game record for carries, and ...
Vanderbilt staved off a Virginia Tech comeback to start the season with an upset win. The Commodores came out on top in the first overtime of the college football season to defeat the Hokies 34-27 .
Virginia Tech's sports teams are called the "Hokies". The word "Hokie" originated in the "Old Hokie" spirit yell created in 1896 by O. M. Stull for a contest to select a new spirit yell when the college's name was changed from Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (VAMC) to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI) and the original spirit yell, which ...
The call ended the game and kept Miami undefeated at 5-0 and 1-0 in Atlantic Coast Conference play. Virginia Tech fell to 2-3 and 0-1 in ACC action. There were a lot of emotions and reaction.