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ACC ChAmpions: 2004 | 2007 | 2008 | 2010 Big EAst ChAmpions: 1995 | 1996 | 1999 southErn ChAmpions: 1963
COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF
The series
•Saturday’sfootballgamebetweenVirginiaTechandtheUniversityofVirginiawillbethe95thgridironmeetingbetweenthetwoschools.Techholdsa52-37-5edgeintherivalry,whichhasseentheHokieswinthelastninegames,13ofthelast14games,and16ofthepast20contests. •Theseriesbeganin1895withVirginiawinning38-0.UVawentontowinthefirsteightmeetingsbetweenthetwoschoolsandbuilta20-13-4advantageintheseriesby1953. •Beginningwiththe1953season,Techbouncedbacktowin10ofthenext11meetingsandtaketheleadintheseries. •DuringFrankBeamer’stenureasTech’sheadcoach,theHokieslead17-9afterwinning17-14lastyearathome. •From1923-35,thetwomet13timesasmembersoftheSouthernConferencewithTechholdinga7-3-3advantage.
commonwealTh cup
•ThewinneroftheannualgridironclashbetweenVirginiaTechandtheUniversityofVirginiaearnsmorethanbraggingrightsinthestate.Inrecentyears,thewinningteamhasalsotakenhometheCommonwealthCup.
Virginia (2-9, 0-7 aCC)
CavaliersAP/Coaches
10 VirginiaTechhasgivenupjust10rushingtouchdownsand10passingTDsduringits11gamesthisseason. 9 TechhaswonitslastninegamesagainstVirginia. 8 TheHokieshavelostjusteightACCCoastalDivisiongamessincetheleaguewenttodivisionsin2005. 7 WillieByrn’scareer-best46passreceptionsthisseasontiehimfortheseventhmostinaseasonforaTechplayer. 6 TheHokies’currentscoringstreakof241consecutivegamesisthesixth-longestactivestreakintheFBS. 5 TruefreshmencornerbacksKendallFullerandBrandonFacysoneachhavefiveinterceptionsduringtheirfirstseason
withtheHokies. 4 FreshmanKalvinCline’s24catchesarethefourth-mostinaseasonforaTechtightendunderCoachFrankBeamer. 3 Techhaslostjustthreefumblesduringits11gamesthisseason. 2 OpponentshavescoredjusttwotouchdownsinthefourthquarterduringTech’sfivegamesawayfromhome. 1 LoganThomasisthefirstplayerinTechhistorytosurpass10,000yardsincareeroffensewithacurrenttotalof
10,064.
Virginia TeCh (7-4, 4-3 aCC)
HOKies
saturday, Nov. 30, 2013Kickoff: 3:32 p.m.
scott stadium61,500 • Charlottesville, Va.
series vs. va:VTleads,52-37-5last Meeting:VT,17-14(2012;inBlacksburg)
BROaDCaST INFORmaTIONTelevision:ESPNU PBP:TomHart Analyst:JohnCongemi Sidelines:none
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aTHLeTICS COmmUNICaTIONSasst. aD: DaveSmith 540-231-6726;[email protected]. Director: BryanJohnston 540-231-3387;[email protected] of Photography: DaveKnachel 540-231-3387;[email protected]
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The coaching sTaFFON THe FielDFrankBeamer................................................................headcoachShaneBeamer............................................. assoc.headcoach/RBsBudFoster............................................ defensivecoordinator/ILBsJeffGrimes................................................................ offensivelineAaronMoorehead....................................................widereceiversCharleyWiles.............................................................defensiveline
iN THe BOOTHCornellBrown.................................................. outsidelinebackersTorrianGray.................................................... defensivesecondaryScotLoeffler...........................................offensivecoordinator/QBsBryanStinespring.................................. recruitingcoordinator/TEs
The 2013 capTains KyleFuller(#17) AndrewMiller(#74) LoganThomas(#3) JackTyler(#58)
•TheCup,residinginBlacksburgafterlastyear’s17-14win,wascreatedin1996bytheuniversitiestoremaininthepossessionofthewinnerofthein-staterivalryeachyear. •TheCommonwealthCup,madeofmarbleandcherrywood,isfourfeethighandweighsmorethan100pounds.ThetopoftheCupissilver-platedwiththenamesofthetwoschools.Thescoresofall94gamesintheTech-Virginiarivalryareengravedonthesides.AmapoftheCommonwealthofVirginiawithBlacksburgandCharlottesvillemarkedwithstarshasbeenetchedonthefrontofthetrophy,whichwasproducedbyJosten’s. •VirginiaTechgainedpossessionoftheCupfirstbydefeatingarch-rivalVirginia,27-9,atLaneStadium/WorshamFieldin1996.
mr. DurabiliTy
•WhenLoganThomasstepsundercenterforthefirstplayofSaturday’sgame,he’llsetyetanotherschoolrecord.Healreadyholdstherecordsfortotaloffense,passingyards,attempts,completions,passingscoresandrushingTDsbyaquarterback.Thisweekwillbehis39thconsecutivestart,breakingtheschoolrecordforquarterbacksof38,setbyBryanRandallfrom2001-2004.
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coach Frank beamer Frank Beamer(VirginiaTech’69),whoseVirginiaTechteamshaveposteda199-68recordoverthepast20+seasonsandhaveappearedinbowlgameseachyearinthatspan,isinhis27thyearastheheadfootballcoachatTechand33rdoverall.BeamerhasguidedtheHokiestoa223-108-2recordandsitswithanoverallrecordof265-131-4. UnderBeamer,Techfootballhasenjoyedunprecedentedsuccesswith20consecutivebowlappearances,fourACCtitles,fiveACCCoastalDivisioncrowns,threeBIGEASTConferencetitles,two“major”bowlvictories,sixBCSappearancesandatriptothenationalchampionshipgame. TechwontheBIGEASTtitlein1995and1999,andshareditin‘96.BeamerwasvotedBIGEASTCoachoftheYearbytheleague’scoacheseachofthoseseasonsandwastabbedtheAtlanticCoastConferenceCoachoftheYearinboth2004and2005. In1997,hewasinductedintotheVirginiaTechSportsHallofFame,becomingthefirstactivecoachattheuniversitytobehonoredinthatfashion.Followingthe1999season,heearnedeightnationalcoachoftheyearhonors. DuringhisundergraduatedaysatTech,BeamerstartedthreeyearsasacornerbackandplayedontheHokies’1966and1968LibertyBowlteams.
The67-year-oldHillsville,Va.,nativebeganasanassistantatRadfordHighSchoolfrom1969through1971.Then,afteroneseasonasagraduateassistantattheUniversityofMaryland,hewenttoTheCitadelwhereheworkedfiveseasonsunderBobbyRossandoneyearunderArtBaker.HislasttwoyearsatTheCitadel,Beamerwasthedefensivecoordinator.In1979,hewenttoMurrayStateasthedefensivecoordinatorunderMikeGottfried.HewasnamedheadcoachatMSUin1981andwentontocompileasix-yearrecordof42-23-2. In1990,Beamerreceivedanewcontractandasubstantialpayraise.Herefusedtheraise,however,untilatimethatallclassifiedandfacultyemployeesoftheuniversitycouldhavethesameopportunityforpayraises.Moststatesalarieshadbeenfrozenatthetime.Whenofferedapayincreasein2006,hedidnotsigntheagreementuntilhisassistantcoachesweretakencareof. HeismarriedtotheformerCherylOakleyofRichmond,Va.Theyhavetwochildren,Shane,aformermemberofhisdad’sfootballteamatVirginiaTechandnowtheassociateheadcoach/runningbackscoachatVirginiaTech;anddaughterCasey,a2003graduateofTech.Hehasthreegrandchildren,Sutton,OliviaandHunter,childrenofShaneandhiswife,Emily.Caseywasmarriedin2012toformerVirginiaTechwrestlerCanaanPrater. BeamerwasborninMt.Airy,N.C.,andgrewupinHillsville,Va.AtHillsvilleHigh,heearned11varsitylettersasathree-sportathleteinfootball,basketballandbaseball. AnavidNASCARfan,BeamerhasbeentheofficialstarterforracesatBristolMotorSpeedway,MartinsvilleSpeedwayandRichmondInternationalRaceway. Beamer,whoisthewinningestactivecoachintheFootballBowlSubdivisionwith265victories,hadhisNo.25jerseyretiredbyTechinapregameceremonybeforetheMarshallgamein2002.Heissixthall-timeamongFBScoaches(min.10seasonsatFBSschool)intermsofall-timevictories.
sTabiliTy aT The Top •Frank Beamer,thefirstTechalumnustoguideVirginiaTech’sfootballprogramsincethe1940s,hascoachedandwonmorefootballgamesatTechthananyotherheadcoach. •Notoneofthe125activeDivisionI-A(FBS)headfootballcoacheshasbeenathiscurrentschoollongerthanBeamer.
The beamer Filepersonal: Born:10/18/46,Mt.Airy,N.C.(67yearsold) Hometown:Hillsville,Va. Wife:formerCherylOakley Children:Shane,CaseyPrater Grandchildren:Sutton,Olivia,Hunter(daughters and son of Shane)
eDucaTion: HighSchool:Hillsville(1965) College:VirginiaTech(1969) Postgraduate:RadfordUniversity(1972)
playing eXperience: VirginiaTech(1966-68)
coaching eXperience:1972 GraduateAssistant,Maryland1973-76 AssistantCoach,TheCitadel1977-78 DefensiveCoordinator,TheCitadel1979-80 DefensiveCoordinator,MurrayState1981-86 Head Coach, Murray state 1981 (8-3) 1982 (4-7) 1983 (7-4) 1984 (9-2) 1985 (7-3-1) 1986 (7-4-1) OhioValleyco-champs1987- Head Coach, virginia Tech 1987 (2-9) 1988 (3-8) 1989 (6-4-1) 1990 (6-5) 1991 (5-6) 1992 (2-8-1) 1993 (9-3) IndependenceBowlchamps 1994 (8-4) GatorBowl 1995 (10-2) BIGEASTchamps; SugarBowlchamps 1996 (10-2) BIGEASTco-champs; OrangeBowl 1997 (7-5) GatorBowl 1998 (9-3) MusicCityBowlchamps 1999 (11-1) BIGEASTchamps; SugarBowl/NationalChampGame 2000 (11-1) GatorBowlchamps 2001 (8-4) GatorBowl 2002 (10-4) SanFranciscoBowlchamps 2003 (8-5) InsightBowl 2004 (10-3) ACCchamps;SugarBowl 2005 (11-2) GatorBowlchamps 2006 (10-3) Chick-fil-ABowl 2007 (11-3) ACCchamps;OrangeBowl 2008 (10-4) ACCchamps; OrangeBowlchamps 2009 (10-3) Chick-fil-ABowlchamps 2010 (11-3) ACCchamps;OrangeBowl 2011 (11-3) SugarBowl 2012 (7-6) RussellAthleticBowlchamps 2013 (7-4)
record at MsU: 42-23-2(sixyears)record at vT: 223-108-2(27thyear)Record (overall): 265-131-4(33rdyear)
milesTone games For beamer •First Collegiate Game and Win: SoutheastMissouri(37-23);Sept.5,1981(at Murray St.)•First Win at Tech: Navy(31-11);Oct.3,1987• 50th Career Win:WestVirginia(12-10);Oct.7,1989• First Bowl Game and Bowl Win:Indiana(45-20);IndependenceBowl;Dec.31,1993•100th Career Win: EastCarolina(35-14);Nov.9,1996• 100th Win at Tech:Connecticut(52-10);Sept.1,2001• 150th Career Win:ArkansasState(63-7);Aug.25,2004• 150th Win at Tech:SouthernMiss(36-6);Oct.21,2006•200th Career Win: Ohio(28-7);Sept.15,2007•200th Win at Tech: EastCarolina(17-10);Sept.10,2011• 250th Career Win:NorthCarolina(24-21);Nov.17,2011
Conference Titles: Conference Coach Of The Year: BigEast:1995,1996(co),1999 BigEast:1995,1996,1999 ACC:2004,2007,2008,2010 ACC:2004,2005
winningesT ncaa Fbs FooTball coaches
All-Time By Victories
Minimum 10 years as head coach at FBS institutions; record at four-year colleges only; bowl games included
1. 377 BobbyBowden(12 wins vacated)
2. 323 BearBryant3. 319 PopWarner4. 314 AmosAlonzoStagg5. 298 JoePaterno(111 wins vacated)
6. 265 * Frank Beamer7. 257 LaVellEdwards8. 255 TomOsborne9. 249 LouHoltz10. 243 * Mack Brown * - active coach; taken from 2013 NCAA Football Record Book
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where beamer ranks
Biggest second-Half ComebaCk ViCTories: 15 points Virginia(1995) trailed29-14after3rd.......................won36-29 14 points NorthCarolina(2008) trailed17-3in3rd ..........................won20-17 11 points Louisville(2004) trailed24-13in4th..........................won35-24biggesT ToTal ComebaCk ViCTory: 20 points Duke(2012) trailed20-0in1st ..........................won41-20
comebacks unDer beamer
Active NCAA FBS Coaches BY WINSmin. 5 years as D-I head coach; 4-year schools only
20 Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech)20 MackBrown(Texas)19 SteveSpurrier(South Carolina)
Active NCAA CoachesBY BOWL APPEARANCES
265 Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech)243 MackBrown (Texas)217 SteveSpurrier(South Carolina)207 BrianKelly(Notre Dame)203 DennisFranchione (Texas State)
The coaches
FrankBeamer...............................................................Coach.................................................................MikeLondonVirginiaTech................................................................School........................................................................ VirginiaVirginiaTech(‘69).................................................. Alma Mater........................................................Richmond(‘83)223-108-2(27thyear).......................................Record at School..............................................18-30(fourthyear)265-131-4(33rdyear)..........................................Overall Record................................................. 42-35(sixthyear)17-9............................................................record vs. the opponent................................................................0-33-0...................................................................Beamer vs. london
2013 BeamerAugust 0-1 4-3September 4-0 78-27-1October 2-1 66-32-1November 1-2 62-31December/January 0-0 13-15VT’s ConferenCe (big easT/aCC) reCord
Athome 2-2 62-18Ontheroad 2-1 55-26Neutral 0-0 0-0VT’s non-ConferenCe reCord
Athome 2-0 69-17-1Ontheroad 1-0 24-27-1Neutral 0-1 13-20VT Vs. ranked opponenTs (ap)Athome 0-0 23-23-1Ontheroad 1-0 16-37Neutral 0-1 10-22VT’s reCord in games ...Decidedby4-7pts. 2-1 26-24Decidedby3orlesspts. 0-2 20-24-2Homeduringtheday 4-2 105-26-1Awayduringtheday 1-1 52-37Homeatnight 0-0 26-9Awayatnight 2-0 27-17-1VT’s reCord When sCoring ...Lessthan20points 3-2 28-58-220-24points 0-1 27-3025+points 4-1 168-20VT’s reCord When alloWing ...Lessthan14points 4-1 124-6-114-24points 3-0 82-28-125+points 0-3 17-74VT’s reCord When ...Leadingafterthe1stqtr 6-1 141-36Trailingafterthe1stqtr 0-2 39-49-2Leadingathalftime 5-1 176-29Trailingathalftime 1-3 31-71Leadingafterthe3rdqtr 6-0 197-19-1Trailingafterthe3rdqtr 1-3 16-83Tiedheadingintothe4thqtr 0-1 10-6-1PlayinganOTgame 1-1 6-3Scoringfirst 5-1 152-40-1Opponentscoresfirst 2-3 71-68-1Outrushingopponent 5-2 192-40-2Beingoutrushed 2-2 30-68Rushingtotaliseven 0-0 1-0Blockingakick 1-0 75-33Scoringadef/STTD 2-0 81-25VT’s reCord WiTh ...Lessthan300yardstotaloffense 1-2 35-50-1300-399yardstotaloffense 4-1 89-36-1400-499yardstotaloffense 1-1 75-16500-599yardstotaloffense 1-0 18-6600+yardstotaloffense 0-0 6-0Lessthan100yardsrushing 4-2 17-44100-199yardsrushing 1-2 81-46-2200-249yardsrushing 2-0 60-11250+yardsrushing 0-0 65-7Lessthan100yardspassing 0-1 30-16100-199yardspassing 1-0 104-56-1200-299yardspassing 5-2 76-28-1300-399yardspassing 1-1 13-7400+yardspassing 0-0 0-1VT’s reCord alloWing ...Lessthan200yardstotaloffense 1-1 45-3200-299yardstotaloffense 3-2 93-18-1300-399yardstotaloffense 3-1 65-44-1400-499yardstotaloffense 0-0 17-28500-599yardstotaloffense 0-0 2-12600+yardstotaloffense 0-0 1-3Lessthan100yardsrushing 4-2 124-25100-199yardsrushing 3-2 82-49-2200-249yardsrushing 0-0 12-15250+yardsrushing 0-0 5-19Lessthan100yardspassing 1-1 33-11100-199yardspassing 3-3 109-38-1200-299yardspassing 2-0 59-35-1300-399yardspassing 1-0 19-20400+yardspassing 0-0 3-4
hokie TrenDs
in selecT company
•WiththewinoverEastCarolinaonSept.10,2011,VirginiaTechheadcoachFrankBeamerjoinedanotherelitegroup,onethatincludescoachestowin200ormoregamesatonecollege. •Currently,only10currentorformerFBS/DivisionI-Acoaches,aswellasonly36coachesatalllevels,areinthisgroup.
Coaches With 200+Victories at One CollegeFBS/Division I-A only
BobbyBowden,FloridaSt.(1976-2009) 304JoePaterno,PennSt.(1966-2011) 298LaVellEdwards,BYU(1972-2000) 257TomOsborne,Nebraska(1973-97) 255AmosAlonzoStagg,Chicago(1892-1932) 244ChrisAult,Nevada(1976-92,95-95,04-12) 233BearBryant,Alabama(1958-82) 232Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech (1987-) 223WoodyHayes,OhioSt.(1951-78) 205VinceDooley,Georgia(1964-88) 201
265-131-4 OverallRecord223-108-2 OverallRecordatVirginiaTech131-35-1 RecordLaneStadium61-18 RecordinACCRegularSeasonGames43-48-1 Recordvs.Top25Teams42-8 Recordvs.ACCCoastalDivision22-12 Recordvs.ACCAtlanticDivision31-9 RecordinACCHomeGames30-9 RecordinACCRoadGames22-4 RecordinACCCoastalHomeGames12-7 RecordinACCAtlanticHomeGames20-4 RecordinACCCoastalRoadGames10-5 RecordinACCAtlanticRoadGames20 BowlAppearances8 BCS/BCAAppearances3 BigEastTitles5 ACCChamp.GameAppearances4 ACCTitles
beamer noTables
Team resulTs For QuarTerbacks unDer beamer
(starters; by victories)
Name Years Record Pct.Taylor,Tyrod 2007-10 34-8 .810Randall,Bryan 2002-04 26-12 .684Thomas, logan 2011- 25-13 .658Vick,Michael 1999-00 21-1 .955Druckenmiller,Jim 1995-96 20-4 .833DeShazo,Maurice 1992-94 19-14-1 .586Glennon,Sean 2006-08 18-8 .692Furrer,Will 1988-91 16-18-1 .486Clark,Al 1997-98 12-7 .632Vick,Marcus 2005 11-2 .846Noel,Grant 2001-02 10-4 .714Sorensen,Nick 1997-98 3-1 .750Young,Cam 1989 3-3 .500Meyer,Dave 1998-00 2-1 .667Chapman,Erik 1987 2-9 .182Wooten,Rodd 1989,91 1-2 .333Koel,Treg 1992 0-1 .000Totals 1987- 223-108-2 .673
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coasTal Division Team Conf. Overall Duke ^ 5-2 9-2 GeorgiaTech ^ 5-3 7-4 virginia Tech ^ 4-3 7-4 Miami ^ 4-3 8-3 NorthCarolina ^ 4-3 6-5 Pittsburgh ^ 3-4 6-5 Virginia 0-7 2-9
aTlanTic Division Team Conf. Overall FloridaState* ^ 8-0 11-0 Clemson ^ 7-1 10-1 BostonCollege ^ 4-3 7-4 Syracuse 3-4 5-6 Maryland ^ 2-5 6-5 WakeForest 2-6 4-7 NorthCarolinaState 0-7 3-8
*-clinchedspotinACCChampionshipgame ^-bowleligible
This Week in the aCCFriday, November 29 MiamiatPittsburghsaturday, November 30 MarylandatNorthCarolinaState DukeatNorthCarolina BostonCollegeatSyracuse WakeForestatVanderbilt VirginiaTechatVirginia GeorgiaatGeorgiaTech ClemsonatSouthCarolina FloridaStateatFlorida
Next Week in the aCCsaturday, December 7 aCC Championship Game FloridaStatevs.CoastalChampion Charlotte,N.C.
Keeping Up With The Non-Conference FoesAlabama(11-0):atAuburnWestern Carolina(2-10):SeasonCompleteEast Carolina(9-2):atMarshall(Friday)Marshall (8-3):EastCarolina(Friday)
2013 ACC Standings
That’sthemostfrequentlyaskedquestionregardingVirginiaTechathletics.Theanswerleadsallthewaybackto1896whenVirginiaAgriculturalandMechanicalCollegechangeditsnametoVirginiaPolytechnicInstitute. Withthechangecamethenecessityforwritinganewcheerandacontestforsuchapurposewasheldbythestudentbody.SeniorO.M.Stullwonfirstprizeforhis"OldHokie"yellwhichstillisusedtoday. Later,whenaskedif"Hokie"hadanyspecialmeaning,Stullexplainedthewordsheusedhadnohiddenorsymbolicmeaning,buthadbeenthoughtupinanefforttogetattention.HokiesoonbecameanicknameforallTechteamsandforthosepeopleloyaltoTechathletics. Followingisthe"OldHokie"yellinitsoriginalform:
Hoki, Hoki, Hoki Hy!Tech! Tech! v.P.i.!
Sola-Rex Sola-RahPolytech-Vir-gin-i-a!!
rae, ri, v.P.i.
whaT’s a hokie? WhilethefullnameoftheschoolisVirginiaPolytechnicInstituteandStateUniversity,theschooliscommonlyreferredtoas“VirginiaTech.” Foundedin1872,asVirginiaAgriculturalandMechanicalCollege,theuniversitychangeditsnamedtoVirginiaPolytechnicInstitutein1896. Fansoftheathleticdepartment,aswellasmediacoveringtheHokies,shortenedthenametoVPI,butiteventuallybecameVirginiaTech. The“StateUniversity”wasaddedin1970tobringtheofficialtitletowhatitistoday. ThosecoveringHokieathleticsareaskedtorefertotheuniversityassimply“VirginiaTech.” virginia Tech University, vPi and sU, vPi&sU, vT or va Tech are not recognized names and should not be used.
Just VirginiA tECh, plEAsE
#TweeTiTouTA few game notes in 140 characters or less
Saturday’sfootballgamebetween@VT_Footballand@UVa_Footballwillbethe95thgridironmeetingbetweenthetwoschools.
Techholdsa52-37-5edgeintherivalry,whichhasseenthe#Hokieswinthelast9games,13ofthelast14,and16ofthepast20contests.
For@VT_Footballtowinthe#ACCCoastalDivision,itmustbeat@UVa_Footballandhave@TarHeelFootballbeat@Duke_FB.
Thewinneroftheannualgridironclashbetween@VT_Footballand@UVa_Footballearnsthe#CommonwealthCup,a100-poundtrophy.
@Lthomas_3willstarthis39thstraightgameatquarterbackSaturday,settinganew@VT_FootballQBrecord.
InthefivegamesatScottStadiumsince2002,the#Hokiesaveraged37.2pointspergameagainst@UVa_Football.
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WeaVer To reTire as TeCh a.d.
VirginiaTechAthleticDirectorJimWeaverwillstepdownasdepartmentheadoftheuniversity’sintercollegiateathleticsunit,announcedPresidentCharlesStegeronNov.12,2013. DuringWeaver’stenuretheuniversitysignificantlyexpandedandimprovedathleticfacilitiesandachievedahalf-centurylonggoalbyjoiningtheAtlanticCoastConferencein2003,beginningplayin2004. RaySmoot,formerchiefexecutiveofficeroftheVirginiaTechFoundation,willchairanationalsearchforthenextathleticdirector.Smootalsochairedthedirector’ssearchin1997. Theuniversityexpectstonameareplacementearlyin2014.SharonMcCloskey,seniorassociateathleticdirector,willserveasinterimathleticdirectoreffectiveJan.1,2014.
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Virginia Tech (7-6; 4-4 ACC): hW 20- 17 GeorgiaTech*(ot) hW 42- 7 AustinPeay aL 17- 35 Pittsburgh hW 37- 0 BowlingGreen nL 24- 27 Cincinnati(FedExField) aL 34- 48 NorthCarolina* hW 41- 20 Duke* aL 17- 38 #14Clemson* aL 12- 30 Miami* hL 22- 28 #8FloridaState* aW 30- 23 BostonCollege*(ot) hW 17- 14 Virginia* nW 13- 10 Rutgers(Russell Athletic Bowl) (ot)
Virginia (4-8; 2-6 ACC): hW 43- 19 Richmond hW 17- 16 PennState aL 20- 56 GeorgiaTech* aL 7- 27 TCU hL 38- 44 LouisianaTech aL 17- 42 Duke* hL 20- 27 Maryland* hL 10- 16 WakeForest* aW 33- 6 NCState* hW 41- 40 Miami* hL 13- 37 NorthCarolina* aL 14- 17 VirginiaTech*
*Conferencegames
2012 resulTs
2013 scheDules & resulTsVirginia Tech (7-4; 4-3 ACC): nL 10- 35 #1Alabama(Georgia Dome) hW 45- 3 WesternCarolina aW 15- 10 EastCarolina hW 29- 21 Marshall(3ot) aW 17- 10 GeorgiaTech* hW 27- 17 NorthCarolina* hW 19- 9 Pittsburgh* hL 10- 13 Duke* aL 27- 34 BostonCollege* aW 42- 24 #14Miami* hL 24- 27 Maryland*(ot) Nov. 30 atVirginia*
Virginia (2-9; 0-7 ACC) hW 19- 16 BYU hL 10- 59 Oregon hW 49- 0 VMI aL 3- 14 Pittsburgh* hL 27- 48 BallState aL 26- 27 Maryland* hL 22- 35 Duke* hL 25- 35 GeorgiaTech* hL 10- 59 Clemson* aL 14- 45 NorthCarolina* aL 26- 45 Miami* Nov. 30 VirginiaTech*
*Conferencegames
TwenTy bowls in a row
•WithitstriptotheRussellAthleticBowllastyear,Techisnowoneofonlythreeteamstogoto20bowlsinthepast20seasons.TheothertwoareFloridaStateandFlorida.Active Consecutive Bowl Appearances 1. FloridaState* 31 2. Floridax 22 3. virginia Tech * 20 4. Georgia*,GeorgiaTech* 16
*-qualifiedthisseason;x-can’tqualifyforabowlthisseason
•Withthatbowltriplastyear,VirginiaTechisnowoneofonlysixprogramsincollegefootballhistorytogotoabowlinatleast20straightyears,Nebraska(35),Michigan(33),FloridaState(31;active),Alabama(25),Florida(22;active)andVirginiaTech(20;active).
all-Time consecuTive bowl appearances (CoaChes)
1. BobbyBowden(1982-09) 28 2. TomOsborne(1973-97) 25 3. Paul“Bear”Bryant(1959-82) 24 4. Frank Beamer (active) 20 5. LaVellEdwards(1978-94) 17
scoring sTreak
•Techhasscoredinaschool-andACC-record241straightfootballgames,beginningwithawinoverMiamionSept.23,1995.Thestreakbeganaftera16-0losstoCincinnatiin1995. •Thepreviousschoolrecordwas66straightgames(1970-76).Duringitscurrentstreak,Techhasscored13ormoreinallbut13games.
DeFensive TraDiTion
•VirginiaTechdefensivecoordinatorBud Fosteristhearchitectofoneofthenation’sbestdefensesonanannualbasis.Sincethestartofthe2000season,Techleadsthenationininterceptionsandissecondinturnoversgained.CheckoutthesenumbersFoster’screwhasputup:
Most Interceptions Forced (2000-current)1. virginia Tech ...............................................2592. BoiseState...............................................................2373. Oklahoma.................................................................2364. BostonCollege.........................................................2325. Florida......................................................................231
Turnovers Gained (2000-current)1. SouthernCal.............................................................4022. virginia Tech ...............................................4013. Oklahoma.................................................................3984. BoiseState...............................................................3915. Oregon.....................................................................388
by The numbers1,336 …careerrushingyardsforLoganThomasisthefourthmostforaTechquarterback.Heneeds191yardstopassBryanRandall(1,526)forthirdplace.TyrodTaylorleadsthewaywith2,196rushingyards,whileBobSchweickert(1,723)standssecond.
1,025 … careerkickoffreturnyardsforDemitriKnowlesranksixth-bestamongTechplayerssince1954.
64 … yardpuntagainstMarylandwasacareerlongforsophomoreA.J.Hughes.
46 … receptionsbyjuniorWillieByrntiehimwithTEMikeBurnop(1971)andsplitendJoshMorganfortheseventh-mostcatchesinaseasonbyaTechplayer.Byrncanmoveintofifthonthelistwithsixcatches.
38 …consecutivestartsbyLoganThomastiehimwithBryanRandall(2002-04)forthemostbyaTechquarterback.ThomascanbreaktherecordwithastartagainstVirginia.
33:03 …averagetimeofpossessionpergamefortheHokiesis10th-bestnationally.
30 …combinedfourthquarterpointsallowedbytheHokiesduringtheir11gamesthisseason.
24 …passcompletionsneededbyLoganThomastobreakhisownsingle-seasonschoolrecordforcompletions.Thomashadarecord234completionsin2011.
21 …playershavecontributedtoTech’sseasontotalof82tacklesforloss.
11 …tacklesforlossbydefensivetackleLutherMaddyarethemostforaTechtacklesinceJonathanLewishad11duringthe2004season.
9 …top10rankingsfortheVirginiaTechdefense.TheHokie‘D’isfourthnationallyintotaldefense(268.2ypg),passesintercepted(18),third-downconversionpercentagedefense(0.293)andfirstdownsdefense(154);fifthnationallyinfewestpassingyardsallowed(164.9ypg)andpassingefficiencydefense(99.10);seventhnationallyinsacks(3.09pg);eighthnationallyinrushingdefense(103.3)andninthnationallyinscoringdefense(18.5ppg).
7 …touchdownsscoredbyredshirtfreshmantailbackTreyEdmundsduringTech’slastthreegames.
3 …Techplayerscouldfinishtheseasonwith40ormorepassreceptions,whichwouldbeafirstfortheprogram.WillieByrnalreadyhas46catchesfortheHokies,whileDemitriKnowleshas39andJoshuaStanford36.Techhashadtwoplayerswith40ormorecatchesinthesameseasononthreeoccasions.
2 …ACClossesathomeinthesameseasonareafirstforVirginiaTechsincejoiningtheleaguein2004.
1 …yardisthecombinedreturnyardagefortruefreshmenKendallFullerandBrandonFacysonontheir10passinterceptionsthisseason.Fullerhasfivepicksfor1yardandFacysonfivepickswithnoreturnyards.
9/19/98 atMiami 27- 20 W OT11/9/02 atSyracuse 42- 50 L 3OT11/15/03 atTemple 24- 23 W OT1/3/12 vs.Michigan 20- 23 L OT9/3/12 GeorgiaTech 20- 17 W OT11/17/12 atBostonCollege 30- 23 W OT12/28/12 vs.Rutgers 13- 10 W OT9/21/13 Marshall 29- 21 W 3OT11/16/13 Maryland 24- 27 L OT
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•WhiletheHokiesneedalittlehelp,theystillareplayingforashottowintheCoastalDivisiontiebreakerandrepresentthedivisioninnextweekend’sACCChampionshipGameinCharlotteagainstNo.2FSU. •ForTechtowinthetiebreaker,here’swhatneedstohappen: 1)VirginiaTechmustbeatVirginiaaND 2)NorthCarolinamustbeatDuke •IfDukebeatsNorthCarolina,DukewinstheCoastalDivisionoutrightandplaysFloridaState. •If1and2abovehappenandMiamibeatsPitt,VirginiaTechwinsafive-waytiewithDuke,GeorgiaTech,MiamiandNorthCarolinabasedonrecordwithinafive-teamminigroup.Techis3-1,whileDuke,MiamiandGeorgiaTechwouldbe2-2andUNCwouldbe1-3. •If1and2abovehappenandPittbeatsMiami,VirginiaTechwinsafour-waytiewithDuke,GeorgiaTechandNorthCarolinabasedonrecordwithinafour-teamminigroup.VirginiaTechandGeorgiaTechare2-1,whileDukeandNorthCarolinawouldbe1-2.VirginiaTechwouldwinbasedonitshead-to-headdefeatofGeorgiaTech. •IfNorthCarolinabeatsDukeandVirginiabeatsVirginiaTech,MiamirepresentstheCoastalifitbeatsPitt;ifPittbeatsMiami,GeorgiaTechwinstheCoastalifboththeHokiesandBlueDevilslose. •ThereareeightpossiblescenariosleftintheCoastalDivisionwithDukewinningfour,VirginiaTechwinningtwoandMiamiandGeorgiaTechbothwinningone. •EitherVirginiaTechorGeorgiaTechhasrepresentedtheCoastalDivisionineveryACCChampionshipGame.
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•Thisyear’sseniorclassis3-0againstUVaandwithawin,theHokieswouldhavea10-gamewinningstreakagainsttheCavs,addingontothelongestwinningstreakall-timefortheHokiesintheseries.Virginia’slongestwinningstreakintheseriesiseightgames(1895-1904). •TheHokieshaveactuallyfaredbetterontheroadthanathomeoverthepast11seasonsagainsttheCavaliers.InthefivegamesatScottStadiumsince2002,theHokiesaveraged37.2pointspergame,whileinsixgamesatLaneStadiumsince2002,Techaveragedjust18.7pointspergame. •The1998gamemarkedthe80thmeetingbetweenVirginiaTechandVirginia.ThatmadetheUVaseriesthelongest-standingfootballseriesinTechhistory,surpassingthe79-gameVMI-Techseries,whichendedin1984. •TechhasoutrushedUVain33oftheirlast41meetings,whiletheCavshavepostedmorepassingyardsthantheHokiesin15ofthelast29gamesintheseries. •Inthepastsevengames,thescoreathalftimehasusuallybeenprettyclose,buteachofthosegamessawtheHokiespulloutthewin. Year Halftime Final 2012 Tied,7-7 VTwins17-14 2011 VTleads14-0 VTwins38-0 2010 VTleads17-0 VTwins37-7 2009 VTleads14-13 VTwins42-13 2008 UValeads14-7 VTwins17-14 2007 VTleads20-14 VTwins33-21 2006 VTleads7-0 VTwins17-0
recenTly in The series
•Lastyear’sgamecamedowntothelastsecondasCodyJournellbooteda29-yardfieldgoal,setupbyAntoneExum’slateinterception,astimeexpiredtogiveTecha17-14winonSeniorDaytomaketheHokiesbowleligbileforthe20th-straightyear. •In2012,DavidWilsonhad153yardsrushingandtwotouchdowns,andLoganThomaspassedfortwomorescoresastheHokiesblankedUVa38-0ontheroadtoclinchtheACCCoastalDivision.Itmarkedthefirsttimesince2006-andthe16thtimeinthelong-runningseries-thatVirginiaTechhadshutouttheCavaliers. •In2010,Wilsonhada20-yardtouchdowncatchanda2-yardscoringrun,andRyanWilliamsaddedtworushingscoresastheHokieswonathome. •In2009,Williamsranfor183yardsandfourtouchdownsinthewinastheHokiesscored28pointsinthesecondhalftopullaway. •In2008,UValed14-7atthehalfbehindconvertedquarterbackVicHall,whohadtworushingtouchdowns.ButTechscoredonaGregBoonerushingtouchdowninthethirdquarterandDustinKeyswonitwitha28-yardfieldgoalwith6:37left. •Inthe2007winbyTech,BrandenOrehad147yardsrushing,whileEddieRoyalhad147yardsreceiving. •Tech’s52pointsscoredinthe2005gamewerethe
BiggestVTWin 48...................................................................................1983;48-0BiggestUVaWin 44...................................................................................1896;44-0BiggestVTWin@Blacksburg 32.................................................................................1986;42-10BiggestUVaWin@Blacksburg 19.................................................................................1994;42-23BiggestVTWin@Charlottesville 48...................................................................................1983;48-0BiggestUVaWin@Charlottesville 44...................................................................................1896;44-0
ClosestVTWin 1.......................................................................................1936;7-6ClosestUVaWin 1...........................................................1974(28-27);1987(14-13)ClosestVTWin@Blacksburg 1.......................................................................................1936;7-6ClosestUVaWin@Blacksburg 3...........................................................1992(41-38);1984(26-23)ClosestVTWin@Charlottesville 3...............................................................1923(6-3);1993(20-17)ClosestUVaWin@Charlottesville 1...........................................................1974(28-27);1987(14-13)
BiggestVTComebackWin 15...................................................1995;trailed29-14;won36-29BiggestUVaComebackWin 22.....................................................1998;trailed29-7;won36-32
MostPointsScoredbyVT 52............................................................................ 2005;W,52-14MostPointsScoredbyUVa 45.............................................................................. 1950;W,45-6MostPointsCombined 79.........................................................................1992;UVa,41-38
series superlaTiVes
The series vs. virginiaTech leads 52-37-5
1895 aL 0- 381896 aL 0- 441899 aL 0- 281900 aL 5- 171901 hL 0- 161902 aL 0- 61903 nL 0- 211904 nL 0- 51905 aW 11- 01923 aW 6- 31924 hL 0- 61925 aL 0- 101926 hW 6- 01927 aL 0- 71928 hW 20- 01929 aW 32- 121930 hW 34- 131931 aT 0- 01932 hW 13- 0
1933 aT 6- 61934 hW 19- 61935 aT 0- 01936 hW 7- 61937 aW 14- 71938 hL 6- 141939 aW 13- 01940 nW 6- 01941 nL 0- 341942 nW 20- 141945 nL 13- 311946 nT 21- 211947 nL 7- 411948 nL 0- 281949 nL 0- 261950 nL 6- 451951 nL 0- 331952 nL 0- 421953 aW 20- 6
1954 nW 6- 01955 nW 17- 131956 nW 14- 71957 nL 7- 381958 nW 22- 131959 nW 40- 141960 nW 40- 61961 nW 20- 01962 nW 20- 151963 nW 10- 01964 aL 17- 201965 hW 22- 141966 aW 24- 71970 hL 0- 71971 aW 6- 01972 aL 20- 241973 hW 27- 151974 aL 27- 281975 hW 24- 17
1976 aW 14- 101977 hT 14- 141978 aL 7- 171979 aL 18- 201980 hW 30- 01981 aW 20- 31982 hW 21- 141983 aW 48- 01984 hL 23- 261985 aW 28- 101986 hW 42- 101987 aL 13- 141988 hL 10- 161989 aL 25- 321990 hW 38- 131991 aL 0- 381992 hL 38- 411993 aW 20- 171994 hL 23- 42
1995 aW 36- 291996 hW 26- 91997 aL 20- 341998 hL 32- 361999 aW 31- 72000 hW 42- 212001 aW 31- 172002 hW 21- 92003 aL 35- 212004 hW 24- 102005 aW 52- 142006 hW 17- 02007 aW 33- 212008 hW 17- 142009 aW 42- 132010 hW 37- 72011 aW 38- 02012 hW 17- 14
mostscoredbyeitherteameverintheseries.Itmarkedthefirsttimesince2002thattheHokieshadtwo100-yardrushersinagame.BrandenOreranfor115yardson15carriesagainsttheCavaliers,whileseniorstarterCedricHumesadded113yardson17attempts. •In2004’sgame,the0-0halftimetiewasthefirstgameVirginiaTechhadplayedwhereneitherteamscoredinthefirsthalfsincea1990gameatGeorgiaTech.
by The numbers
Games:94OverallRecord:52-37-5(57.9%)ConferenceRecord:17-3-3(80.4%)AtBlacksburg:21-9-1(69.4%)AtLaneStadium:15-6-1(70.5%)AtCharlottesville:17-10-3(61.7%)AtScottStadium:15-6-1(70.5%)UnderFrankBeamer:17-9(65.4%)series sTaTs
TelevisedGames:18-5(78.3%)reCord When: VTRanked:16-3(84.2%) UVaRanked:8-5(61.5%) BothTeamsRanked:7-2(77.8%) VTRankedHigher:14-2(87.5%) UVaRankedHigher:3-4(42.9%)
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Georgia Dome • Atlanta, Ga.Aug. 31, 2013 • Attendance: 73,114
Final StatisticsAlabama 14 14 7 0 — 35VirginiaTech 7 3 0 0 — 10UA (13:21re1st) -Jones72puntreturn(Fosterkick)UA (1:53re1st) -Yeldon2run(Fosterkick)VT (1:37re1st) -Edmunds77run(Journellkick)UA (14:04re2nd) -Sunseri38interceptionreturn(Fosterkick)VT (3:39re2nd) -FGJournell39UA (3:25re2nd) -Jones94kickoffreturn(Fosterkick)UA (3:43re3rd) -Jones38passfromMcCarron(Fosterkick)Team stats Ua vTFirstdowns 11 7Rushingyds. 38-96 33-153Passingyds. 110 59Returnyds. 157 52Passes 10-24-1 5-26-1Punts-avg. 9-46.4 13-45.1Fumbles-lost 0-0 0-0Penalties-yds. 4-25 7-35Timeofposs. 30:45 29:15Sacksby 1-4 4-23
Individual Totals rushing —UA,Yeldon17-75,Tenpenny6-24,Hart5-15,Sims2-7,Fowler2-1,Black1-0,Henry2-(-3),McCarron4-(-23);VT,Edmunds20-132,Mangus5-15,Rogers1-3,Thomas5-2,Coles2-1. Passing —UA,McCarron10-23-1-110,Sims0-1-0-0;VT,Thomas5-26-1-59. receiving —UA,Cooper4-38,Jones2-47,White2-14,Norwood1-11,Fowler1-0;VT,Knowles2-3,Coles1-34,Stanford1-16,Edmunds1-6.
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Game 1: No. 1 Alabama Tops Hokies in Chick-fil-A Kickoff
aTlaNTa –MistakesonspecialteamsandanuntimelyinterceptionprovedcostlyasVirginiaTechdroppedits2013seasonopenertoNo.1Alabama,35-10,intheChick-fil-AKickoffGameattheGeorgiaDomeinAtlanta. Thetwo-time,defendingnationalchampionCrimsonTideuseda72-yardpuntreturnbyChristionJonesanda2-yardrunbytailbackT.J.Yeldontobuilda14-0lead. Techtrimmedthatleadto14-7onastunning77-yardtouchdownburstbyredshirtfreshmantailbackTreyEdmunds.ButjustwhenTechappearedtobegainingsomesteamafterstoppingAlabamaonitsnextpossession,VinnieSunseriquicklyturnedthemomentumbacktotheTide,pickingoffaLoganThomas’passandreturningit38yardsforatouchdown.TheHokiesaddedafieldgoalbeforeJonescontributedtwomorescores–oneona77-yardkickoffreturn–tocaptheBamavictory. Tech’sdefenseplayedwellinthelossallowingjusttwoscoresandholdingthepowerfulAlabamaoffensetojust206totalyards-thesecond-lowesttotalunderSabanatAlabama.TheHokieshad12tacklesforlossinthegame,whileholdingtheCrimsonTideto96yardsontheground. Edmundsrushedfor132yardson20carriesinhisfirstcollegiateouting.Techfinishedthegamewith212yardsofoffense.
Game Notes
•RedshirtfreshmanTreyEdmundsrushedfor132yardsinhisfirstcollegiategame.ThelastTechfreshmantorushfor100yardsormoreinhisfirstgamewasShyroneStithwhoranfor119yardsagainstAkronasatruefreshmanin1996.
•Techgaveuptouchdownsonapuntreturn,akickoffreturnandaninterceptioninthesamegameforthefirsttimeinCoachFrankBeamer’s26-plusseasonsatthehelm(323games).
•NinetruefreshmenplayedagainsttheTide.ThoseninewereWoodyBaron,ChuckClark,BrandonFacyson,KendallFuller,MitchellLudwig,JonathanMcLaughlin,CarlisParker,SamRogersandJeromeWright.Inall,20playerssawtheirfirstcollegiateactioninthegame.
•PunterA.J.Hughes’586yardspuntingwasaTechrecordforasinglegame,surpassingJackSimscak’s564yardsina1968gameagainstAlabama.
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Lane Stadium/Worsham Field • Blacksburg, Va.Sept. 7, 2013 • Attendance: 61,335
Final StatisticsWesternCarolina 0 0 3 0 — 3VirginiaTech 7 14 10 14 — 45VT (6:14re1st) -Bonner37interceptionreturn(Journellkick)VT (11:50re2nd) -Edmunds1run(Journellkick)VT (4:35re2nd) -Coles19passfromThomas(Journellkick)VT (10:51re3rd) -Mangus76run(Journellkick)WCU (5:46re3rd) -FGSigmon28VT (2:51re3rd) -Edmunds1run(Journellkick)VT (12:12re4th) -FGJournell30VT (2:02re4th) -Caleb13run(Journellkick)Team stats WCU vTFirstdowns 8 24Rushingyds. 40-111 34-237Passingyds. 52 225Returnyds. 2 93Passes 4-14-3 20-35-2Punts-avg. 8-41.1 3-45.0Fumbles-lost 2-0 1-1Penalties-yds. 4-16 3-15Timeofposs. 30:26 29:34Sacksby 0-0 1-2
Individual Totals rushing —WCU,Lewis19-45,Sullivan9-41,Police1-9,Giron4-8,Duggan4-5,Grady2-4,Brown1-(-1);VT,Mangus5-84,Edmunds15-68,Coleman7-38,Caleb6-36,Leal1-11. Passing —WCU,Sullivan4-14-3-51;VT,Thomas17-31-2-200,Leal3-4-0-25. receiving —WCU,Helms1-15,Goodman1-15,Moore1-11,Benson1-10;VT,Byrn4-58,Stanford4-46,Cline4-46,Knowles2-20,Coles1-19,Rogers1-12,Edmunds1-9,Mangus1-8,Wright1-4,Caleb1-3.
Game 2: Tech Rolls Past Western Carolina in Home Opener
BlaCKsBUrG –VirginiaTechcompiled462yardsoftotaloffenseonthewaytoa45-3victoryoverWesternCarolinaUniversityinits2013homeopeneratLaneStadium/WorshamField. Afteraslowstart,theHokies’offensepickedupthepaceandendedupwithover200yardsfrombothitsgroundgameanditsairattack. RedshirtfreshmentailbacksChrisMangus,TreyEdmundsandJoelCalebcombinedfor188ofTech’s237rushingyardsandaccountedforfourtouchdowns. Meanwhile,10differentreceiverscaughtballsasquarterbacksLoganThomasandMarkLealteamedupfor225yardspassing. ThedefenseheldWesternCarolinato162totalyardsandchippedinthreeinterceptions,includingtwobyjuniorfreesafetyDetrickBonnerandonebyfreshmanBrandonFacyson. Tech’sopeningscorecameona37-yardreturnbyBonner,thefirstdefensivetouchdownfortheunitsincethe2010ACCChampionshipGameagainstFloridaState. TheCatamounts’onlyscorecameonathird-quarterfieldgoal,followingamuffedpuntontheTech11.WesternCarolinawassuccessfulonjusttwoof13third-downconversionsagainsttheHokies.
Game Notes
•ChrisMangusbecamethesecondredshirtfreshmantailbacktoposta75-yardorlongertouchdownrunfortheHokiesthisseason.Mangusraced76yardsforhisfirstcollegiatetouchdownduringthethirdquarteragainstWesternCarolina.DuringTech’sopeneragainstNo.1Alabama,TreyEdmundsrippedoffa77-runforhisfirstcollegiatetouchdown.ItwasthefirsttimeinthemodernerathatTechhashada75-yardorlongertouchdownruninconsecutivegames.
•WesternCarolinaUniversitywastheseventhschoolfromthestateofNorthCarolinatoplayinLaneStadium.
•ThegamemarkedthefirsttimeunderheadcoachFrankBeamerthattheHokieshadnonegativerushingplaysinagame(kneeldownsincluded).
•ThewinimprovedFrankBeamer’srecordinhomeopenersatTechto24-3.
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Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, N.C.Sept. 14, 2013 • Attendance: 50,096
Final StatisticsVirginiaTech 7 0 6 3 — 15EastCarolina 7 0 3 0 — 10ECU (13:21re1st) -Williams22passfromCarden(Harveykick)VT (3:42re1st) -Knowles30passfromThomas(Journellkick)ECU (8:49re3rd) -FGHarvey44VT (4:09re3rd) -Coles3passfromThomas(kickfailed)VT (1:31re4th) -Teamsafety
Team stats vT eCUFirstdowns 18 15Rushingyds. 34-53 23-46Passingyds. 258 158Returnyds. 21 19Passes 25-43-1 19-31-3Punts-avg. 5-44.0 5-43.6Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-0Penalties-yds. 6-53 4-20Timeofposs. 36:43 23:17Sacksby 7-36 2-9
Individual Totals rushing —VT,Edmunds21-42,Thomas8-10,Caleb1-2,Mangus2-0,Rogers1-0,Team1-(-1);ECU,Cooper,8-28,Carden12-10,Hunter2-9,Team1-(-1). Passing —VT,Thomas25-43-1-258;ECU,Carden19-31-3-158. receiving —VT,Knowles8-99,Byrn7-63,Coles3-39,Stanford3-26,Edmunds2-20,Mangus1-7,Cline1-4;ECU,Hardy6-31,Cooper5-52,Williams2-28,Webster2-15,Grayson2-6,Wiggins1-21,Ray1-5.
Game 3: Defense stifles High-Powered eCU in Tough road Win
GreeNville, N.C. –VirginiaTechsurvivedanotherclosecallatDowdy-FicklenStadium,usingasmotheringdefenseandtwoLoganThomas’touchdownpassestofendoffafeistyEastCarolinaUniversity,15-10. Techgaveupatouchdownand109yardsofoffensetoECUinthefirstquarterbeforegroundingthePirates’potentoffense.Overthelastthreeperiods,thehometeamwaslimitedtojust95yardsandthreepoints. TheHokiestiedthegameatseven-allona30-yardtouchdownpassbyThomastoDemitriKnowlesatthe3:42markofthefirstquarter.Thomasthenguideda10-play,75-yarddrivelateinthethirdperiodtogiveTechitsfirstleadona3-yardpasstoD.J.Coles. TheHokiescontrolledthefootballfornearly12minutesofthefourthquarterandforcedacrucialsafetywith1:31remaining.ECUpickedupjust13yardsofoffenseintheperiodandsufferedamomentum-changinginterceptionatits49-yardlineatthe6:42mark. TheTechdefensepickedoffthreepassesinthegameandaddedsevenquarterbacksacksand11totaltacklesforloss.TruefreshmanBrandonFacysonhadtwoofthepicks,whileseniorTariqEdwardscontributedthedivinginterceptionthatturnedthegameinTech’sfavor.
Game Notes
•SeniordefensiveendJamesGayle’ssackofECUquarterbackShaneGardenforcedafumblethatresultedinanEastCarolinasafetywithjust1:31remaining.TheHokiesrecoveredthesubsequenton-sidekickandranouttheclock.
•EastCarolinadidnotrunasingleplayinsidetheredzone(insidethe20)duringthegame.
•TechreceiversDemitriKnowlesandWillieByrnbothhadcareerdayscatchingthefootball.Knowleshauledinacareer-besteightballs,whileByrnhadsevengrabsontheday.
•TheHokiesinterceptedthreepassesforthesecondconsecutivegame.FreshmanBrandonFacysonpickeduphissecondandthirdpicksoftheyoungseason.
•ThismarkedthesixthtimeinTech’seightvisitstoECUthatthegamehasbeendecidedbysevenpointsorless.
•SeniorLoganThomasbroketheschoolrecordforcareercompletions,passingTyrodTaylor(495).
Marshallvirginia Tech 29
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Lane Stadium/Worsham Field • Blacksburg, Va.Sept. 21, 2013 • Attendance: 64,060
Final StatisticsMarshall 7 14 0 0 0 0 0 — 21VirginiaTech 14 0 0 7 0 0 8 — 29VT (13:00re1st) -DiNardo11blockedpuntreturn(Keyserlingkick)MU (7:56re1st) -Smith12passfromCato(Haigkick)VT (1:27re1st) -Thomas2run(Keyserlingkick)MU (13:59re2nd) -Cato4run(Haigkick)MU (9:06re2nd) -Hoskins13passfromCato(Haigkick)VT (3:09re4th) -Byrn2passfromThomas(Keyserlingkick)VT (3rdOT) -Thomas2run(Thomasrun)
Team stats MU vTFirstdowns 22 23Rushingyds. 46-133 53-201Passingyds. 228 181Returnyds. 37 83Passes 19-41-2 18-34-2Punts-avg. 5-35.8 5-44.2Fumbles-lost 2-1 2-0Penalties-yds. 11-66 4-45Timeofposs. 26:39 33:21Sacksby 2-15 4-33
Individual Totals rushing —MU,Taliaferro26-105,Cato15-46,Watson1-0,Butler1-(-4),Team1-(-14);VT,Edmunds22-110,Thomas23-58,Mangus6-18,Hughes1-12,Rogers1-3. Passing —MU,Cato19-41-2-228;VT,Thomas18-34-2-181. receiving —MU,Shuler10-120,Smith4-68,Evans3-16,Hoskins1-13,Frohnapfel1-11;VT,Stanford4-43,Mangus3-47,Knowles3-21,Coles2-32,Cline2-20,Byrn2-15,Rogers1-5,Caleb1-(-2).
Game 4: Hokies Battle Back For Wild Overtime Win Over Marshall
BlaCKsBUrG –VirginiaTechbecamejustthe15thschoolinNCAAFBShistorytoreachthe700-winplateauwithathree-overtime,29-21,victoryoverMarshallUniversity.QuarterbackLoganThomasrushedforatouchdownandatwo-pointconversionduringthethirdovertimeperiodtogiveTechthecome-from-behindwininarain-drenchedgameatLaneStadium. ThomashadstakedtheHokiestoa14-7firstquarterleadwitha2-yardTDplunge,onlytoseetheThunderingHerdposta14-pointsecondquarterfora21-14advantagethatlasteddeepintothefourthquarter.TheseniorquarterbackfinallypulledTechevenwitha14-play,83-yardscoringdrivethatwascappedbya2-yard,fourth-downtouchdownpasstoWillieByrnwith3:09togo. TheHokies’defensecameupbiginovertime,blockingafieldgoalinthefirstOT,thenforcingandrecoveringafumbleinsecond.Techmissedfieldgoalsineachofthefirsttwoextraperiods,beforeThomasfoundtheendzone.Marshallmovedtothe14onitslastpossessionbeforemissingonthreeconsecutivepasses. Thetwoteamscombinedfor174plays,743yardsofoffenseand45firstdowns.TechredshirtfreshmantailbackTreyEdmundspostedhissecondcareer100-yardrushinggamewith110yardson22carries.Meanwhile,Byrn,whomadehisfirstcareerstart,grabbedhisfirstcollegiatetouchdownpass.
Game Notes
•VirginiaTech’sKyleFullerblockedMarshall’sfirstpuntofthegamewithlinebackerDerekDiNardoscoopingitupandreturningit11yardsfortheHokies’firsttouchdownofthegame.ItwasthefirstcareerblockedkickforFuller,andthefirstcollegiateTDforDiNardo.
•Thomaspickedupthe21stand22ndrushingtouchdownsofhiscareer,movingpastBobSchweickertforsecondplaceall-timeatTechinrushingTDsbyaquarterback.TyrodTaylorcurrentlyholdsthetopspotwith23.
•Thegamemarkedthefirstthree-overtimegameinLaneStadiumhistoryandthesecondforaTechteam.TheHokieslostathree-overtimecontestatSyracusein2002.
•DefensivetackleDerrickHopkinsblockedhisfirstcareerfieldgoalinthefirstovertime.
•Marshall’srushingtouchdowninthesecondquarterwasonlythesecondtouchdownonthegroundagainsttheHokiesthroughfourgames.
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Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, Ga.Sept. 26, 2013 • Attendance: 50,214
Final StatisticsVirginiaTech 7 7 0 3 — 17GeorgiaTech 0 3 7 0 — 10VT (12:23re1st) -Coles21passfromThomas(Journellkick)VT (11:25re2nd) -Thomas5run(Journellkick)GT (7:21re2nd) -FGButker49GT (3:16re3rd) -Sims2run(Butkerkick)VT (10:25re4th) -FGJournell39
Team stats vT GTFirstdowns 14 16Rushingyds. 27-55 42-129Passingyds. 221 144Returnyds. -2 -2Passes 19-25-0 7-24-2Punts-avg. 6-42.7 4-45.8Fumbles-lost 0-0 3-1Penalties-yds. 10-69 9-66Timeofposs. 28:38 31:22Sacksby 1-3 2-18
Individual Totals rushing —VT,Thomas16-58,Knowles1-3,Edmunds6-1,Mangus2-(-2),Team2-(-4);GT,Laskey7-43,Sims12-37,Lee18-35,Bostic1-10,Godhigh4-4. Passing —VT,Thomas19-25-0-221;GT,Lee7-24-2-144. receiving —VT,Knowles5-67,Byrn4-44,Cline3-28,Coles2-34,Stanford2-32,Rogers1-8,Meyer1-5,Edmunds1-3;GT,Smelter3-76,Waller3-28,Godhigh1-40.
Game 5: Thomas, Defense lead Hokies to Big aCC road Win at Georgia Tech
aTlaNTa -VirginiaTechjumpedtoanearlyleadthenturnedtoitsdefensetocementaphysical17-10wininitsAtlanticCoastConferenceopeneratpreviouslyunbeatenGeorgiaTech. TruefreshmancornerbackBrandonFacysonsettheHokies’offenseupwithgoodfieldpositionwhenherecoveredafumbleattheGeorgiaTech27ontheYellowJackets’firstpossession.IttookquarterbackLoganThomasjusttwoplaystogettheHokiesintheendzonefromthere.ThomashitWillieByrnfor6yardsthenfireda21-yardTDstrikeacrossthemiddletoseniorD.J.Coles. Laterinthequarter,Thomasstartedaseason-best10-play,91-yarddrivethatwouldeatup6:02ontheclock.Theseniorsignal-callercompletedallsixofhispassattemptsduringthemarchbeforefinishingitoffwitha5-yardscoringrun. GeorgiaTechbootedafieldgoalinthesecondquarterandmanagedan82-yardTDdriveinthethirdtocuttheleadto14-10.Fromthatpointon,however,theHokies’defensecompletelyclampeddownontheYellowJackets.Duringitsfinalfourpossessionsofthegame,GeorgiaTechmanagedjust35yardsrushingandnineyardspassing.TheJackets’finalplayresultedinaninterceptionbyHokiefreshmanKendallFuller. GeorgiaTech,whichrankedfourthnationallyinrushingwithanaverageof345.3yardspergame,washeldto129yards.TheHokieshad221yardspassingtofinishwithanarrow276-273leadintotaloffense.
Game Notes
•QuarterbackLoganThomastotaled279yardsoftotaloffenseduringthegametomovehimpastBryanRandall(8,034)forsecondplaceincareertotaloffenseatVirginiaTech.Thomasnowhas8,158yardsofoffenseforhisTechcareer,whichtrailsonlyTyrodTaylor(2007-10)whoseTechtotalis9,213yards.
•Thomasranforhis23rdcareerrushingtouchdown,tyinghimwithTaylorforthemostbyaVirginiaTechquarterback.
•TheHokiesinterceptedtwopasses,givingthemtwoormorepicksineachoftheirlastfourgames.BothinterceptionsagainstGeorgiaTechwerebytruefreshmen–BrandonFacysonandKendallFuller.ThatfreshmanduohasaccountedforsixoftheHokies’11picksthisseason.
•ThewinwastheHokies’fourth-straightagainsttheYellowJacketsandimprovedtheirrecordto9-1inACCopeners.
•ThegamemarkedVirginiaTech’s27thappearanceonESPNThursdayNightFootball,wheretheyarenow20-7.
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Lane Stadium/Worsham Field • Blacksburg, Va.Oct. 5, 2013 • Attendance: 65,632
Final StatisticsNorthCarolina 0 7 3 7 — 17VirginiaTech 7 14 0 6 — 27VT (4:17re1st) -Knowles45passfromThomas(Journellkick)VT (12:56re2nd) -Coles9passfromThomas(Journellkick)NC (9:09re2nd) -Ebron6passfromWilliams(Moorekick)VT (2:44re2nd) -Coles5passfromThomas(Journellkick)NC (3:38re3rd) -FGMoore36VT (4:06re4th) -Edmunds1run(kickblocked)NC (1:09re4th) -Davis24passfromWilliams(Moorekick)
Team stats NC vTFirstdowns 18 14Rushingyds. 38-99 34-48Passingyds. 277 293Returnyds. 18 1Passes 23-35-2 19-28-0Punts-avg. 6-45.7 8-46.1Fumbles-lost 3-1 1-0Penalties-yds. 11-79 5-24Timeofposs. 29:22 30:38Sacksby 2-21 2-7
Individual Totals rushing —NC,Williams18-56,Logan5-25,Blue6-11,Francis4-9,Morris2-2,Thorpe3-(-4);VT,Edmunds14-27,Coleman8-26,Thomas9-2,Team3-(-7). Passing —NC,Williams23-35-2-277;VT,Thomas19-28-0-293. receiving —NC,Davis,6-94,Ebron6-70,Tapley3-30,Thorpe2-29,Howard2-17,Switzer1-17,Francis1-8,Logan1-8,Blue1-4;VT,Byrn4-123,Knowles4-57,Stanford3-59,Wright2-19,Coles2-14,Rogers1-14,Coleman1-4,Edmunds1-2,Cline1-1.
Game 6: Hokies Take Down Tar Heels on Homecoming
BlaCKsBUrG –LoganThomasstakedVirginiaTechtoa21-7halftimeleadwiththreetouchdownpasses,andtheHokiesheldontodefeattheUniversityofNorthCarolina27-17onHomecomingatLaneStadium/WorshamField. Thomasthrewfor230yardsduringthefirsttwoquartersofplay,firinga45-yardTDstriketoDemetriKnowlesandtossingapairofshortscoringpassestoseniorD.J.Coles.Theseniorsignalcallersetupakeytouchdownrightbeforethefirsthalfendedwithan83-yardcompletiontoWillieByrnoutofhisownendzone.Twoplayslater,ThomasrolledoutandhitColesfora5-yardtouchdown. TheTarHeelshadachancetomakeupsomegroundinthethirdquarterwhenTechpickedupjust13yardsandfailedtoregisterafirstdown.ButallthevisitorscouldmusteragainsttheTechdefenseduringtheperiodwasafieldgoal. TheHokiescementedthewininthefourthquarter,recoveringafumbledpuntontheUNC17andgrindingtotheendzoneonsixrunsbyredshirtfreshmantailbackTreyEdmunds. TheTarHeelsoutgainedTech376yardsto341,buttheHokiesforcedthreeturnovers–twointerceptionsandafumble–whileavoidinganyontheirown.Eighty-nineofNorthCarolina’syardscameona13-playscoringdriveduringthelastfourminutesofthegame.
Game Notes
•SeniorquarterbackLoganThomasbecameTech’sall-timeleaderinpassingyardageduringthegame.ThomaspassedTyrodTaylor(7,017yds.)earlyinthefirstquarterandfinishedthegamewithacareertotalof7,308yardspassing.
•Thomas’threetouchdownpassesmovedhimintothirdplaceall-timeatTechinTDpasseswith45.
•ReceiverWillieByrnpostedhisfirstcollegiate100-yardreceivinggame.Byrnhadfourcatchesfor123yards.His83-yardreceptioninthesecondquarterwastheseventh-longestcatchatTechduringthemodernera.
•TechpunterA.J.Hughespostedhishighestsingle-gameaveragesincebecomingaHokie.Hughesaveraged46.1yardsoneightpuntsagainsttheTarHeels.
•TechhadmultiplepassINTsforthefifthconsecutivegame.
•Bothteamshadninedifferentplayerscatchpasses.
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Lane Stadium/Worsham Field • Blacksburg, Va.Oct. 12, 2013 • Attendance: 64,954
Final StatisticsPittsburgh 0 3 0 6 — 9VirginiaTech 10 0 6 3 — 19VT (10:11re1st) -Cline27passfromThomas(Journellkick)VT (4:29re1st) -FGJournell48P (0:14re2nd) -FGBlewitt47VT (9:50re3rd) -FGJournell37VT (3:36re3rd) -FGJournell42VT (3:27re4th) -FGJournell23P (2:01re4th) -Savage9run(Savagerunfailed)
Team stats P vTFirstdowns 11 17Rushingyds. 26-23 38-76Passingyds. 187 239Returnyds. 19 45Passes 13-29-0 19-34-0Punts-avg. 8-44.9 4-52.8Fumbles-lost 0-0 2-0Penalties-yds. 7-53 4-45Timeofposs. 25:49 34:11Sacksby 3-23 8-49
Individual Totals rushing —P,Bennett7-31,Ibrahim5-17,Boyd1-3,Conner2-1,Savage11-(-29);VT,Thomas16-27,Coleman6-25,Edmunds9-13,Knowles1-12,Caleb1-3,Rogers1-0,Team4-(-4). Passing —P,Savage13-28-0-187,Team0-1-0-0;VT,Thomas19-34-0-239. receiving —P,Street5-104,Weatherspoon3-50,Boyd2-20,Garner2-17,Bennett1-(-4);VT,Knowles5-79,Cline4-65,Byrn4-46,Rogers3-7,Stanford2-35,Mangus1-7.
Game 7: Defense Shuts Down Pitt as Hokies Become Bowl Eligible
BlaCKsBUrG –CodyJournellkickedfourfieldgoals,andVirginiaTech’snationallyrankeddefensehoundedPittsburghquarterbackTomSavageallafternoon,astheHokiesimprovedto6-1witha19-9ACCvictoryoverthePanthersatLaneStadium/WorshamField. Techscoreditsonlytouchdownofthedayonitsfirstdriveofthegame,cappinga71-yardmarchwitha27-yardtouchdownpassfromquarterbackLoganThomastotruefreshmantightendKalvinCline. Journelladdeda48-yardfieldgoalontheHokies’secondpossessionandtheseniorkickeraddedthreemorethree-pointersinthesecondhalftogiveTechsomebreathingroom. ThePanthers,whowereridingafour-gamewinningstreakagainstTech,couldnevergetontrackagainstaswarmingTechdefensethatpostedeightquarterbacksacks.Afieldgoalwith14secondsleftinthefirsthalfwasallthevisitor’scouldmusteruntila9-yardtouchdownrunbySavagewith2:01leftinthegame. Thomasfinishedwith239yardspassingasTechfinishedwitha315-210edgeintotaloffense.ThePanthers,whowereaveraging405yardsoftotaloffenseagame,managedjust23yardsontheground.Tech’sdefensesackedSavageeighttimesontheday,aseason-high.
Game Notes
•TruefreshmantightendKalvinClinehauledina27-yardpassfromLoganThomastoregisterhisfirstcollegiatetouchdown.Hehadacareer-high65yardsreceivinginthegame.
•CodyJournellbootedacareer-long48-yardfieldgoal.Hispreviousbestwas42-yardsontwooccasions.Hisfourfieldgoalswereapersonalbestforasinglegame,aswerethefiveattempts.
•DefensiveendDadiNicolashadacareer-highseventacklesthatincludedapersonal-bestthreequarterbacksacks.
•TechfailedtointerceptapassagainstthePanthers,endingastreakof10consecutivegameswithaleastonepick.
•PunterA.J.Hugheshadacareer-bestdaywithanaverageof52.8yardsonfourpunts.Hugheshasnowregisteredastringofeightconsecutivegameswithanaverageof40yardsormore,tyingthelongeststeakunderCoachFrankBeamer.
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Lane Stadium/Worsham Field • Blacksburg, Va.Oct. 26, 2013 • Attendance: 63,326
Final StatisticsDuke 0 6 7 0 — 13VirginiaTech 0 0 7 3 — 10D (12:27re2nd) -FGMartin51D (0:00re2nd) -FGMartin53D (6:14re3rd) -Boone9run(Martinkick)VT (0:11re3rd) -Thomas5run(Journellkick)VT (9:23re4th) -FGJournell42
Team stats D vTFirstdowns 13 19Rushingyds. 28-91 46-173Passingyds. 107 214Returnyds. 28 6Passes 7-26-4 21-38-4Punts-avg. 6-37.7 3-36.7Fumbles-lost 1-0 0-0Penalties-yds. 6-26 6-67Timeofposs. 20:33 39:27Sacksby 0-0 1-18
Individual Totals rushing —D,Boone11-44,Duncan7-38,Connette2-10,Snead4-5,Powell1-0,Team3-(-6);VT,Thomas24-101,Edmunds12-44,Coleman10-28. Passing —D,Boone7-25-4-107,Team0-1-0-0;VT,Thomas21-38-4-214. receiving —D,Crowder4-28,Deaver2-29,Powell1-40;VT,Knowles4-69,Byrn4-26,Coles3-30,Coleman3-17,Cline2-30,Stanford2-27,Edmunds2-10,Mangus1-5.
Game 8: Duke Takes Down Hokies To end long losing streak
BlaCKsBUrG –TheDukeBlueDevilsbuilta13-0leadduringthefirstthreequartersandmadeitstandupfora13-10ACCroadwinatNo.16VirginiaTech.Thewinwasthefirst-everforDukeinBlacksburgandsnappeda12-gameoveralllosingstreaktotheHokiesthatdatedbackto1982. KickerRossMartinconnectedonfieldgoalsof51and53yardsfortheonlyscoringinthefirsthalf.DukequarterbackAnthonyBoonecappeda63-yarddrivewitha9-yardTDatthe6:14markofthethirdquarter. Techmounteda16-playdrivethatreachedtheBlueDevils1-yardlinemidwaythroughthethirdquarteronlytoseeaninterceptionintheendzonestopitsscoringbid.TheHokiesfinallygotontheboardwitha99-yarddrivethatendedwitha5-yardscoringrunbyLoganThomaswith11secondsleftintheperiod.Techaddedafieldgoalinthefourthbutmissedonagame-tyingchancewith6:02remaining. TheHokiesgottheballbackattheir44-yardlinewithjustunderfiveminutestogoonlytosuffertheirfourthinterceptionofthegame.TheBlueDevilsranoutthelast4:22ofthegameforthevictory.Duke,whichalsotossedfourinterceptions,wonthegamedespitegainingjust91yardsonthegroundand198yardsoverall,wellbelowitsseasonaverageof452yardspergame. Techhad387yardsofoffenseinthegamewithThomasaccountingfor315,including101ontheground.
Game Notes
•ThewinwasDuke’sfirstwinontheroadagainstatop-25teamsince1971,whentheBlueDevilswonatNo.10Stanford,9-3.
•ThelasttimeTechthrewfourinterceptionsinagamewasagainstMiamiin2001.ThelasttimetheHokiesrecordedfourormoreinterceptionsinagameandlostwasin1992whenRutgersthrewsixpicksbutstillwon50-49.
•ThelosstounrankedDukebrokea20-gamewinningstreakagainstunrankedteams.ThelastlosswastoJamesMadisonin2010.
•TruefreshmanKendallFullerhadthreeinterceptionsinthegame,givinghimaTechfreshman-recordfivefortheseason.ThelasttimeaTechplayerhadthreeinterceptionsinagamewasJayronHosleyin2010againstRussellWilsonandNCState.Hebecamethe13thTechplayerinmodernhistorytorecordthreepicksinagame.
•LoganThomassetanewTechcareerrecordforrushingtouchdownsbyaquarterbackwhenheran5yardsforascoreagainsttheBlueDevils.Itwashis24thcareerrushingTD,surpassingTyrodTaylor’smarkof23.
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Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, Mass.Nov. 2, 2013 • Attendance: 30,129
Final StatisticsVirginiaTech 0 10 7 10 — 27BostonCollege 7 0 10 17 — 34BC (1:25re1st) -Williams19run(Freesekick)VT (5:15re2nd) -Edmunds1run(Journellkick)VT (0:01re2nd) -FGJournell56BC (10:27re3rd) -FGFreese25VT (6:13re3rd) -Cline1passfromThomas(Journellkick)BC (1:20re3rd) -Sinkovec2passfromRettig(Freesekick)VT (13:08re4th) -FGJournell47BC (8:45re4th) -FGFreese43BC (7:00re4th) -Pierre-Louis33interceptionreturn(Freesekick)BC (4:35re4th) -Williams62run(Freesekick)VT (2:54re4th) -Edmunds22passfromThomas(Journellkick)
Team stats vT BCFirstdowns 18 13Rushingyds. 29-55 42-196Passingyds. 391 93Returnyds. 13 91Passes 24-41-2 11-14-0Punts-avg. 3-46.7 6-40.8Fumbles-lost 3-2 0-0Penalties-yds. 6-50 1-5Timeofposs. 28:15 31:45Sacksby 0-0 4-24
Individual Totals rushing —VT,Thomas20-38,Edmunds6-10,Coleman3-7;BC,Williams33-166,Rettig2-20,Willis4-14,Team3-(-4). Passing —VT,Thomas24-41-2-391;BC,Rettig11-14-0-93. receiving —VT,Stanford6-171,Byrn5-49,Edmunds4-42,Cline3-36,Coles2-47,Knowles2-35,Coleman2-11;BC,Amidon3-53,Sinkovec3-19,Jackson2-15,Miller1-12,Crimmins1-3,Willis1-(-9).
Game 9: Turnovers Hurt Hokies On The road
CHesTNUT Hill, Mass. -BostonCollegesnappedafive-gamelosingstreaktoVirginiaTechwitha34-27,come-from-behind,ACCvictoryatAlumniStadium.TheEaglesscored27second-halfpoints,including17offturnovers,inhandingtheHokiestheirsecond-straightleagueloss. Afterfallingbehindearly,TechtookahalftimeleadthankstoatouchdownrunbyTreyEdmundsanda56-yardfieldgoalbyCodyJournell. Techtooka20-17leadwith13:08remaininginthegame,butBostonCollegerippedoff17unansweredpointsinaspanof4minutesand10secondstotakea34-20leadmidwaythroughthefourthquarter. Agame-tyingfieldgoalwasfollowedbya33-yardinterceptionreturnforatouchdownbyKevinPierre-Louisanda62-yardscoringburstbytailbackAndreWilliams. TechpulledwithinsevenonatouchdownpassbyLoganThomastoEdmundswith2:54left,butsawitshopesdashedwhenThomaswashitandfumbledonathird-downscramblewith1:21remaining.
Game Notes
•LoganThomasbecameVirginiaTech’sall-timeleaderintotaloffenseduringthegame.His429yardsoftotaloffense,thethird-highestsinglegametotalbyaTechplayer,pushedhimbyTyrodTaylor(9,213)fortheall-timeleadwith9,463totalyards.
•ReceiverJoshuaStanfordpostedacareer-high171yardsreceivingonsixcatches.HisreceivingyardstiedhimwithSidneySnellforthefifth-highesttotalinasinglegameatTech.Snellhad171yardsagainstVMIin1979.
•CodyJournellbooteda56-yardfieldgoalinthegame,thelongestunderCoachFrankBeamer.ThekicktiedJournellwithPaulEngleforthethird-longestfieldgoalinTechhistory.
•JuniorroverKyshoenJarrettsetanewcareerhighwith11tacklesinthegame.
virginia TechMiami 24
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Sun LIfe Stadium • Miami Gardens, Fla.Nov. 9, 2013 • Attendance: 49,267
Final StatisticsVirginiaTech 14 14 7 7 — 42Miami 7 7 10 0 — 24UM (11:35re1st) -Coley81passfromMorris(Goudiskick)VT (7:37re1st) -Edmunds10run(Journellkick)VT (5:12re1st) -Edmunds1run(Journellkick)VT (13:01re2nd) -Edmunds4run(Journellkick)UM (8:30re2nd) -Crawford2run(Goudiskick)VT (2:58re2nd) -Stanford32passfromThomas(Journellkick)UM (6:02re3rd) -FGGoudis49VT (2:35re3rd) -Knowles0fumblerecovery(Journellkick)UM (1:31re3rd) -Hurns84passfromMorris(Goudiskick)VT (11:32re4th) -Edmunds1run(Journellkick)
Team stats vT UMFirstdowns 26 12Rushingyds. 47-183 24-28Passingyds. 366 324Returnyds. 5 39Passes 25-31-0 16-29-0Punts-avg. 5-41.6 5-55.2Fumbles-lost 2-0 3-2Penalties-yds. 11-71 2-10Timeofposs. 39:30 20:30Sacksby 3-20 2-11
Individual Totals rushing —VT,Edmunds14-74,Coleman22-68,Thomas10-42,Team1-(-1);UM,Crawford10-37,Edwards7-13,Hagens1-3,Morris5-(-11),Team1-(-14). Passing —VT,Thomas25-31-0-366;UM,Morris16-29-0-324. receiving —VT,Stanford7-107,Byrn6-105,Coles3-68,Knowles2-25,Coleman2-18,Edmunds2-17,Cline2-8,Rogers1-18;UM,Watford5-23,Hurns4-142,Crawford3-41,Waters2-18,Coley1-81,Lewis1-19.
Game 10: Offense rebounds With Big Performance in Upset road Win
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -VirginiaTechpiledup549yardsofoffenseonthewaytosnappingatwo-gameACCloosingstreakwithastunning42-24roadwinovertheNo.14rankedMiamiHurricanes. TheHokiesgaveupatouchdowninthefirstfourminutesofthegamebeforegoingonascoringspreethatsawtailbackTreyEdmundsscorethreeTDsinlessthan10minutestogiveTechaleaditwouldnotrelinquish.Theredshirtfreshmanbackfinishedthegamewithfourrushingtouchdownstocomplementa25-for-31passingperformancebyquarterbackLoganThomasthatproducedtwoadditionalscores. TheHokiescontrolledthefootballfor39:30withoutamiscueaftercommittingatotalofeightturnoversduringtheirprevioustwogames.TechforcedapairofUMfumblesonkickreturnstosetupitsfirsttwoTDs,butitsbiggestrecoverymayhavecomeinthethirdquarterwhenreceiverWillieByrnhadareceptionstrippedattheMiami2onlytoberecoveredbyalertteammateDemitriKnowlesintheendzoneforatouchdown.
Game Notes
•TreyEdmundsrushedforfourtouchdownsinthewinoverthe‘Canes.ThelastTechplayertorunforfourscoresinagamewasRyanWilliamsagainstVirginiaduringthe2009season.
•QuarterbackLoganThomasthrewtwotouchdownpassesinthegame,becomingtheHokiesall-timeleaderintouchdownpasseswithatotalof50.BryanRandallheldthepreviousmarkwith48.
•ThelasttimeanunrankedVirginiaTechteamhadbeatenatop-15teamontheroadwas1989,whenTechtooka12-10winatNo.9WestVirginia.
•JoshuaStanford(107)andWillieByrn(105)gaveTechtwoplayerswith100yardsreceivinginthesamegameforthefirsttimesincea2010gameagainstWakeForest(DyrellRobertsandDannyCoale).
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Lane Stadium/Worsham Field • Blacksburg, Va.Nov. 16, 2013 • Attendance: 64,686
Final StatisticsMaryland 0 14 7 0 6 — 27VirginiaTech 7 0 7 7 3 — 24VT (8:47re1st) -Edmunds3run(Kristensenkick)MD (7:47re2nd) -Likely63puntreturn(Craddockkick)MD (0:17re2nd) -Brown1run(Craddockkick)MD (12:58re3rd) -King16passfromBrown(Craddockkick)VT (10:03re3rd) -Coles1passfromThomas(Kristensenkick)VT (9:32re4th) -Byrn5passfromThomas(Kristensenkick)VT (OT) -FGKristensen31MD (OT) -Brown3run
Team stats MD vTFirstdowns 15 15Rushingyds. 39-184 38-54Passingyds. 135 210Returnyds. 106 13Passes 12-26-1 19-31-0Punts-avg. 10-41.5 10-44.4Fumbles-lost 3-1 1-0Penalties-yds. 4-39 4-35Timeofposs. 26:00 34:00Sacksby 7-48 3-19
Individual Totals rushing —MD,Brown23-122,Ross11-73,Veii1-(-1),Reid3-(-3),Team1-(-7);VT,Edmunds16-61,Coleman5-13,Knowles1-3,Team3-(-6),Thomas13-(-17). Passing —MD,Brown12-25-1-135,Team0-1-0-0;VT,Thomas19-31-0-210. receiving —MD,King6-60,Etta-Tawo4-69,Culmer1-7,Ross1-(-1);VT,Byrn6-69,Knowles2-43,Cline2-34,Stanford2-29,Edmunds2-20,Coles2-13,Rogers2-7,Mangus1-(-5).
Game 11: Tech Stumbles in Overtime on Senior Day
BlaCKsBUrG –MarylandquarterbackC.J.Brownrushedfor122yardsandtwotouchdowns,includingthegame-winnerinovertime,astheTerrapinsspoiledVirginiaTech’sSeniorDaywitha27-24OTvictoryonTechsoil. Techgainedanearlyleadona3-yardtouchdownrunbyTreyEdmunds-hisfifthintwogames-butcouldn’ttakeadvantageafterthat.Marylandtiedthegameupinthesecondquarterandtooktheleadrightbeforethehalfona1-yardsneakbyBrown. AfteraBrowntouchdownpassgaveMarylanda21-7leadthreeminutesintothethirdquarter,TechwasabletoregroupandgainenoughmomentumtotiethecontestthankstoapairofLoganThomastouchdowntosses.Techbegandrivesatits40and45lateinthefourthquarterbutfailedtoregisterafirstdown. TheHokieshadtosettleforafieldgoalinovertime,afterhavingafirstdownattheUM9.Thevisitorsthenusedfourconsecutiverunningplays,cappedbya3-yardscoringscramblebyBrown,tonaildownthewin. TheTerpsoutgainedtheHokies319yardsto264andgotsevensacksfromtheirdefense.ThelosswasthefirstonSeniorDayfortheHokiessincealosstoBostonCollegeinthefinalhomegameofthe2003season.
Game Notes
•ThelosstoMarylandgavetheHokiestwoACClossesatLaneStadiuminthesameyearforthefirsttimesinceTechjoinedtheconferencein2004.Techdroppeda13-10losstoDukeinBlacksburgonOct.26.
•Freshmanwalk-onkickerEricKristensenwaspressedintodutyforthefirsttimeandrespondedbymakingallthreeofhisextrapointattemptsandoneoftwofieldgoalattempts.Hemissedona34-yardFG,beforemakinga31-yarderduringovertime.Hebecamethe11thtruefreshmantoseeactionforTechthisseason.
•ThegamemarkedthefirsttimeinTechquarterbackLoganThomas’38gamesasastarterthattheHokieslostwhenhedidn’tthrowaninterception.Techhadbeen15-0priortothelosstoMaryland.
•Thelosssnappedafive-gameTechwinningstreakagainsttheTerrapins.
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•WithtwocatchesagainstMaryland,truefreshmantightendKalvinClinenowhas24receptionsfor272yardsandtwoscoresthissesaon.ThehighschoolbasketballstarplayedjustoneyearofhighschoolfootballbeforecommittingtotheHokiesinMay…wellafterNationalSigningDay.AfternotevendressingfortheopeneragainstAlabamaandbeingscheduledforaredshirt,he’stakenoverthepositionandisgivingtheHokiesanaddedthreat. •Here’salistoftightendsunderheadcoachFrankBeamerwhohavecaught20ormorepassesinaseason: Rec. Player Year Yds. TD 38 SteveJohnson 1987 475 3 26 JeffKing 2005 292 6 25 JeffKing 2004 304 4 24 Kalvin Cline 2013 272 2 22 GregBoone 2008 278 2 21 GregDaniels 1991 205 1 20 AndreSmith 2010 195 5
•TheTechrecordforcatchesbyatightendinaseasonbelongstoHokieHallofFamerandcurrentVirginiaTechIMGRadioNetworkcoloranalystMikeBurnop,whohad46receptionsin1971for558yardsandtwoscores,cominginjust11games.
The oakTon pipeline
•CodyGrimmcametoTechasawalk-onandleftanAll-American,playinginall54gamesduringhisTechcareerfrom2006-09.JackTyleralsocameasawalk-onandhaslefthismarkontheprogram,appearinginall52gamesfrom2010-13.Thus,aformerwalk-onlinebackerfromOaktonHighSchoolhasplayedinthepast106gamesfortheHokiesovereightseasonsheadingintothisyear’sVirginiaTech-Virginiagame.
you look Familiar
•EveryyearwhentheHokiesandCavaliersmeet,therearealwaysplayerssquaringoffagainstformerhighschoolteammates.Here’salistofwhowenttowhathighschool,accordingtoeachschool’sonlineroster:
Hokies ................................................. High School ..........................................CavaliersAntoneExum.................................................... DeepRun........................ BillySkrobacz,ConnerDavis, JackBabcock,JakeSnyderDeonNewsome,TyrelWilson,ChrisCaver...........Hampton.........................DavidWatford,JamallBrownDeonClarke.........................................................L.C.Bird............................................... AnthonyHarrisKendallFuller...................................... OurLadyofGoodCounsel(MD)..AndreLevrone,BrendanMarshall, VincentCroce,KirkGarner,E.J.ScottJ.C.Coleman...................................................... OscarSmith..................................................... TimSmithCoreyGravely....................................................FortChiswell...............................................DanielHammLoganThomas,ZackMcCray................................Brookville...........................................AnthonyCallowayJamesGayle...........................................................Bethel........................................................RijoWalkerMichaelBranthover......................................... DeMatha(MD)......................... KyrrelLatimer,MikeMooreBuckyHodges,AndrewMotuapuaka.........Salem(VirginiaBeach).....................................DivanteWalkerDavidPrince..................................................... PatrickHenry............................................. NicholasConteMarkShuman..................................................... ForkUnion................................................ MalcolmCookJackTyler,MikeWandey........................................Oakton................................NickKoutris,RyanSantoroDerekDiNardo,AlstonSmith....................................Cox....................................................... RossBurbankKenEkanem....................................................... Centreville............................................... LukeBowankoDavidWang,BrianRody....................................StoneBridge.................................................... RobBurnsQuintonTaylor...................................................ThomasDale.................................................GregGallopDrewBurns.........................................................Grassfield.................................................CameronFitch
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Name Yr. GP GSAlford,D. r-Fr. 11 0Arkema,M. r-Jr. 14 2Baron,W. Fr. 11 0Benedict,B. r-Jr. 22 13Bonner,D. r-Jr. 37 28Branthover,M. Jr. 13 12Burns,D. r-Fr. 4 0Bush,N. r-Jr. 2 0Byrn,W. r-Jr. 21 6Caleb,J. r-Fr. 10 1Caver,C. r-Jr. 1 0Clark,C. Fr. 10 1Clarke,D. So. 11 0Cline,K. Fr. 10 5Coleman,J.C. So. 21 6Coles,D.J. r-Sr. 47 9Collins,J.R. r-Sr. 50 33Conte,A. r-Fr. 3 0D’Antuono,E. r-Fr. 11 11DiNardo,D. r-Jr. 37 0Dyer,D. r-Jr. 26 0Edmunds,T. r-Fr. 11 9Edwards,T. r-Sr. 46 26Ekanem,K. r-Fr. 9 0Exum,A. r-Sr. 43 35Facyson,B. Fr. 10 7Farris,C. Jr. 24 16Frye,D. So. 24 0Fuller,Ke. Fr. 11 9Fuller,Ky. Sr. 49 41Gadell,G. r-Jr. 18 0Gayle,J. r-Sr. 49 37Gibson,L. r-Jr. 23 4Greene,D. r-Fr. 11 0Gresh,T. Sr. 37 0Harley,K. r-So. 11 0Hite,G. r-So. 1 0Hoepner,F. r-Jr. 5 0Hopkins,D. Sr. 50 38Hughes,A.J. So. 24 24Jackson,D. r-Fr. 1 0Jarrett,K. Jr. 38 24Keyserling,E. r-Jr. 2 1Knowles,D. r-So. 24 8Leal,M. r-Jr. 7 0Ludwig,M. Fr. 8 8Maddy,L. Jr. 36 27Mangus,C. r-Fr. 11 2Mapp,M. r-So. 1 0McCray,Z. r-Jr. 37 0McGlaughlin,J. Fr. 11 11McKinnon,D. r-Fr. 10 0Meyer,C. r-Fr. 9 3Miller,A. r-Sr. 43 32Motley,B. r-Fr. 0 0Nicolas,D. r-So. 21 1Parker,C. Fr. 8 1Redman,D. r-So. 16 1Riley,D. So. 24 0Rody,B. r-Fr. 0 0Rogers,S. Fr. 11 2Roth,M. r-So. 20 0Shaw,T.J. r-So. 1 0Shuman,M. r-Jr. 9 0Smiling,E.L. r-Jr. 4 0Smith,A. r-Fr. 11 0St.Germain,J. r-Jr. 17 17Stanford,J. r-Fr. 12 10Taylor,M. r-So. 6 0Thomas,L. r-Sr. 45 38Trimble,J. r-So. 21 4Tyler,J. r-Sr. 51 29Vandyke,D. r-Fr. 1 0Wang,D. r-Jr. 27 21Ward,R. r-So. 1 0Willenbrock,J. r-Fr. 4 0Williams,C. r-Jr. 37 1Williams,N. r-Fr. 11 0Wilson,T. r-Sr. 50 5Windmuller,H. r-Fr. 1 0Wright,J. Fr. 11 0
CArEEr stArts & gAmEs plAyEdThomas The Tank
•Seniorquarterbacklogan Thomasmaybethetalleststartingsignalcallerinschoolhistory,buthecertainlyhadsomeshoestofillinreplacingfour-yearstarterand2010ACCPlayeroftheYearTyrodTaylor.AllTaylordidinfouryearswasleadTechtothreeACCtitles,setaschoolrecordforwinsbyaquarterback(34),andsetcareermarksintotaloffense,passingyardsandmanymore. •Thomashasshownheismorethancapable,breakingTaylor’sschoolrecordfortotaloffenseinaseasonwith3,482yardsasasophomoreandthenbreakinghisownrecordlastyearwith3,500yards. •Theredshirtsenior,whoearnedsecond-teamAll-ACChonorsasasophomore,wasrecruitedasatightend,butwasmovedtoquarterbackjustbeforehisfirstpreseasoncampandbegantheprocessofbeinggroomedfortheposition. •ThomaswasastandoutbasketballplayeratBrookvilleHighandreceivedscholarshipofferstoplaybasketballatJMU,Duquesne,Liberty,Akron,RichmondandTulane,buthedecidedtofocusonfootball.He’salsoanavidgolferwholikestohitthelinkswheneverhehasfreetime.
young Faces in The backFielD
•WhiletheTechoffenselostRyanWilliamsandDarrenEvans(2010)andDavidWilson(2011)totheNFLoverthepastthreeyears,itstillboastsatalented,butyoung,arsenalunderrunningbackscoachshane Beamer. •SophomoreJ.C. Coleman,atonly5-7,tookoverasTech’sstartingtailbackmidwaythroughlastseasonandledthetailbackswith492yardsrushingandhadtworushingscores.Healsohad21receptionsfor132yardsandascoreandaveraged21.6yardsperkickreturn.Hemissedtheopenerwithasprainedankle. •Trey edmundswasimpressivelastpreseasonasatruefreshmanandalmostearnedaspotonthedresssquad,butcoachesultimatelyfelttheywouldbebetteroffwithhimredshirting.Heusedtheyeartogetbiggerandafterabreakoutspringsession,heearnedthestartingspot.ThesonofNFLProBowlerFerrellEdmunds,theyoungerEdmundsposteda4.37inthe40andhada375-poundfrontsquatthispastoffseason. •IntheopeneragainstNo.1Alabama,hebrokeoffa77-yardrunforatouchdownandfinishedwith132yards
forthegame,becomingthefirstfreshmantobreak100yardsinhiscollegiatedebutsinceShyroneStithgained119yardsagainstAkronin1996.Itwasalsothemostrushingyardsinacollegedebutinschoolhistory. •Fortheseason,he’srushedfor582yardson155carrieswith10touchdowns,plusareceivingscore.HescoredfourtouchdownsonthegroundagainstMiamitohelppaceabigoffensiveperformancebytheHokies. •Chris MangusisaspeedyplayerfromNorthCarolinawhoredshirtedlastyear.Hewasmovedtowidereceiverinpreseason,butwasmovedbackafteraninjurytoColeman.Abig-playthreat,hebrokeoffa76-yardtouchdownrunagainstWesternCarolina. •Joel CalebwasrecruitedasanathletecomingoutofCloverHillHighafterplayingsixdifferentpositions.TheprepAll-Americanspentlastyearasawidereceiver,butmadethemovetotailbackduringthefirstweekofthisyear’spreseasoncamp.At6-feet-2,205pounds,CalebgivestheHokiesanotherbigbodyatthepositiontocomplementEdmundsandpickedupthepositionquickly.
a rewarD For gooD graDes
•TheVirginiaTechfootballteameatsitsFridaytravelmealsatTheFarmhouseinorderofgrade-pointaveragerange.Thoseplayerswhohavegraduated,aswellasthoseplayerswhomaintainthehighestgrade-pointaverage,eatallteammealsfirst.CoachBeamerinviteseachplayertoeat,callingouthisnameandhisGPArange,startingwiththehighest.
The leaDer oF The D-line
•SeniordefensiveendJames Gaylehadabreakoutseasonin2011,earningAll-ACChonors.Hehad38tackles,including12.5tacklesforlossandsevensacks,alongwith20quarterbackhurriesthatyear.Lastyear,hehad43tackles,including11.0forlossandfivesacks,earningsecond-teamAll-ACChonorsforthesecondyearinarow. •Aphysicalmonster,the255-poundHampton,Va.,producthasposteda39.5-inchverticalanda4.4440-time.Gayledidn’tseriouslytakeupthesportoffootballuntilhissophomoreyearatBethelHighinHampton.Andhedidn’tplaythatseasonbecauseofahamstringinjury. •Buthislatestarthasn’thurtthankstothegoodgenespasseddowntohim.Gayle’sdad,Jimmy,playedrunningbackatOhioStatefrom1979-82,andwasnamedthe1981LibertyBowlmostoutstandingplayer. •Hisuncle,ShaunGayle,played12seasonsintheNFL(1984-95)andwasamemberoftheChicagoBearssquadthatwonSuperBowlXXin1985.HealsoownsthedistinctionofreturningtheshortestpuntforatouchdowninNFLhistory,whenhereturnedapunt5yardsforatouchdownagainsttheNewYorkGiantsina1985divisionalplayoffvictory.
a Family aTmosphere
•Defensiveplayersronny and Devin vandykearejusttwoofnumerousHokiesontherostertohavefamilytiestotheTechfootballprogram. •TherearesevenplayersontheteamwithbrotherswhoeitherareplayingordidplayatVirginiaTech.Derrick HopkinslinedupnexttohisbrotherAntoineforthreeseasons alongthedefensiveline.David WangistheyoungerbrotherofformeroffensivetackleEdWangand
rushing = ouTcome?•UnderheadcoachFrank Beamer(333games),theHokiesare192-40-2whenoutrushingtheiropponents,30-68whenbeingoutrushedand1-0whentherushingtotaliseven.
•InTech’scurrent20-yearbowlrun(since1993),Techis172-25whenoutrushingitsopponents,26-43whenbeingoutrushedand1-0whentherushingtotaliseven.
•Initscurrent20-yearbowlrun(since1993),Techis112-8whenrushingfor200yardsormore.
•Sincethestartofthe1999season,Techis127-18whenoutrushingitsopponentand19-31whenbeingoutrushed.
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redshirtjuniorlinemanMark shumanistheyoungerbrotherofformerstartingcenterandcurrentweightroomassistantdirectorRyanShuman. •Kyle FullerisaseniordefensivebackwhostartedthepasttwoyearsfortheHokies.Heisjoinedontheteambyhisbrother,Kendall Fuller,BothareyoungerbrothersofformerHokieplayersVincentFuller,whoplayedsixseasonswiththeTennesseeTitans,andCoreyFuller,nowwiththeDetroitLions’practicesquad. •Quarterbacklogan ThomasandtightendZack McCrayarefirstcousinsastheirmothersaresisters. •LinebackerTariq edwardsisthesonofformerHokiefootballplayerBoCampbell,wholetteredfrom1989-92. •RedshirtfreshmanAlston SmithisthesonofformerHokieandNFLHallofFamerBruceSmith. •RedshirtfreshmanZach SnellisthesonofformerHokiewidereceiverDonaldWayneSnell(1984-86)andthenephewofformerHokiereceiverSidneySnell(1977-80).HeisalsothecousinofTechredshirtfreshmanquarterbackBrendan Motley.RedshirtfreshmanpunterHunter WindmulleristhenephewofthelateDennyWindmuller,adefensivebackforTechwholetteredin1978and1979. •FreshmanDeon NewsomeisthesonofMyronNewsome,wholetteredin1995and1996andfreshmanKyle ChungisthesonofformerHokielinemanandcurrentNFLassistantcoachEugeneChungwhilefreshmanWoody BaronisthenephewofformerTechplayerJimBaron(1994-95). •Over20setsofbrothershaveplayedforheadcoachFrankBeamerinhis27yearsatVirginiaTech.
working his way back
•Aftermovingfromsafetytocornerbacklastseason,redshirtseniorantone exumislookingtomakeabiggermovethisyear...onebacktothefield. •Lastyear,Exummadeamovetocornerbackinanexperimenttotryandgetthebestplayersinthesecondaryandheflourished.HeplayedsowellinhisfirstactionatcornerthatdefensivesecondarycoachTorrianGraymadethemovepermanent.Themovepaidoffasheledtheteamininterceptions,wasMVPoftheRussellAthleticBowlandearnedAll-ACChonors.
•Afterdecidingtocomebackforhissenioryear,ExumtoretheACLandlateralmeniscusinhisrightkneeinJanuaryplayingpick-upbasketballoncampus.Dr.JamesAndrewsrepairedtheknee,butExummissedallofspringpractice.ExumwasclearedbyDr.JamesAndrewsonSept.30,andmadehis2013debutagainstDuke. •ExumhasalreadygraduatedfromTechwithadegreeinfinanceandisworkingonasecondundergraduatedegreeinmarketing.
Taking care oF walk-ons
•VirginiaTechhashadalotofsuccesswithwalk-onplayers.JohnEngelbergerwasastarterfortheSanFrancisco49ersandDenverBroncos,whileJohnBurkeplayedintheSuperBowlwiththeNewEnglandPatriotsin1987.CodyGrimmwentfromawalk-on,toanAll-American,toanNFLDraftpickofTampaBayin2009. •CurrentTechwalk-onswhohaveearnedscholarshipsincludeMichael Branthover,Charley Meyer,Josh Trimble,Griffin Hite,a.J. Hughes,Joe st. Germain,Jack Tyler,Derek DiNardo,Willie Byrn andTrey Gresh. •WillMontgomery(C,WashingtonRedskins)andGrimmareformerHokiewalk-onwhohaveseenstartingactionintheNFLrecently.
geTTin’ iT Done in The classroom
•Ofthe13seniorsonthe2013roster,therearenineHokiegraduates,withthreeothersslatedtograduateinDecemberandonescheduledtograduateinMay. •Here’showthecurrentseniors,listedalphabetically,stand:graduated: D.J. Coles, J.R. Collins, Tariq Edwards, Antone Exum, James Gayle, Tony Gregory, Andrew Miller, Logan Thomas and Tyrel Wilson. •Additionally,juniorDavid Wanghasalreadygraduated(businessdegreeinthreeyears)andearnedasecondundergraduatedegreethispastsummer.JuniorE.L. Smilinggraduatedthispastsummertobringthetotalnumberofgraduatesontherosterto11. •In10ofthepast12years,Techhasgraduatedatleast70percentofitsclass.
•Since2001,therehavebeen228seniorTechfootballplayersontherosterwith213earningtheirdegree.Thatisover93percent.
making The move
•SeniorAndrew Millertookoverasthecentertwoyearsagoandhadasolidseasoninthemiddleoftheline,buthadhisseasoncutshortlastyearduetoabrokenfoothesufferedagainstDuke.Now,he’sbeingaskedtomovetoguardforhisfinalseason,amovethatnewlinecoachJeffGrimesthinkswillbenefithimandtheteam. •TheBassett,Va.,nativewasastandoutwrestlerinhighschoolandhascompetedfortheHokies’nationallyrankedwrestlingsquad.Millerwasatwo-timeVirginiaGroupAAstatechampionandwastheNo.3-rankedheavyweightbyW.I.N. Magazinefollowinghissenioryear.Hewasalsoafirst-teamall-stateselectioninfootball. •MillerhasalreadygraduatedfromTechwithadegreeinagribusiness.
playing Through The pain
•LinebackerTariq edwardsplayedthroughimmensepainmostofthesecondhalfofthe2011seasonbeforeundergoingsurgeryaftertheseasontoputarodinhislefttibiatorelievepainfromastressfractureinhisshin. •Eveninpain,Edwardsmadeacareer-best71tacklesthatseason,including11.5tacklesforalossand3.5sacks,alongwithtwointerceptionsashestartedall14gamesatlinebackertohelpholdtogetherafrontsevenriddledbyinjuries.HesufferedthestressfracturelateintheseasonandplayedthroughitintheSugarBowl.Hehadanotherproceduredoneinlastyear’spreseason,whichsethimback,buthemadehisfirstappearanceinthefourthgameoftheseasonandplayedsparingly,mostonkickoffcoverage. •Theseniorisbacktofullstrengthnowandpostedsixtacklesintheopeneragainsttop-rankedAlabama.Through11games,hehas58tackles,includingnineforlossand2.5sacks,togoalongwithaninterceptionhepickedupagainstEastCarolina.
oFFensive line play breakDown(offensiveplaysonly...S-started;P-played;DNP-dressed,butdidnotplayonoffense;DND-didnotdress;INJ-injured;R-redshirting;D-playeddefensethatweek)
Ua WCU eCU MU GT UNC Pitt DU BC UM MD va 2013 CareerM.Arkema P/5 P/13 P/1 P/2 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 21 194B.Benedict P/5 P/62 S/77 S/89 S/40 S/60 S/49 S/87 S/61 INJ DNP 530 1096K.Chung R R R R R R R R R R R 0 0A.Conte DNP P/13 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 13 13C.Farris S/60 S/58 S/77 S/89 S/55 S/61 S/70 S/87 S/72 S/79 S/70 778 1235L.Gibson S/60 S/51 DNP DNP P/21 DNP P/21 DNP P/11 S/79 S/70 313 340J.McLaughlin S/60 S/58 S/77 S/89 S/55 S/60 S/70 S/87 S/72 S/79 S/70 777 777M.Mapp DND P/13 DND DND DND DND DND DND DND DND DND 13 13A.Miller S/55 S/14 S/76 S/89 S/55 S/60 S/70 S/87 S/72 S/79 S/70 727 2152P.Osterloh DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP R R R R R R 0 0M.Shuman DNP INJ INJ INJ INJ P/4 P/17 P/1 DNP DNP DNP 22 61A.Smith D D DNP DNP DNP P/5 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 5 5W.Teller DNP DNP R R R R R R R R R 0 0D.Wang S/55 S/58 S/77 S/87 S/49 S/53 S/53 S/87 S/72 S/81 S/70 742 1299R.Ward DND P/13 DND DND DND DND DND DND DND DND DND 13 13J.Willenbrock DND DND DND DND DND DND DND DNP DNP DNP DNP 0 0
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•EdwardshasalreadygraduatedfromTechwithadegreeinpsychologyandisworkingonasecondundergraduatedegreeinhumandevelopment.
Trimble Takes over
• Josh TrimbleisthefourthbrotherinhisfamilytoplayfootballattheFBSlevel,butthefirsttotakeadifferentpath.OlderbrothersJeremy,JordanandJustinallplayedorplayforArmy.JeremyiscurrentlystationedinSouthKoreawhileJordanjustreturnedfromatourinAfghanistan.JustinisasenioratWestPoint. •ThefourbrothersarethesonofformerBishopO’ConnellfootballcoachSteveTrimble,aMarylanddefensivebackwhoplayedfouryearsintheNFL,whodiedofaheartattackinhisschoolofficein2011.Trimblewasa
memberofMaryland’s1976ACCchampionshipteamandplayedfortheBroncosandBearsintheearly‘80s. •Trimblehasgonefromawalk-ontonowthestartingoutsidelinebackerfortheHokiesandearnedascholarshipthispreseason.
impressive genes
•CenterDavid Wangcomesfromathleticparents,bothofwhomweremembersoftheChineseOlympicteam.WanghasalreadygraduatedwithapairofdegreesfromTech,onein2011inmanagementandanotherthispastsummerinmarketing. •HeisthebrotherofformerHokieEdWang,whomadehistoryinAprilof2010bybecomingthefirstChineseAmericantobedraftedbyanNFLteamwhen
Buffalotookhiminthefourthround.EdandDavidwerefeaturedonNFLChinain2010asacrewcameoverfromBeijingtodoastoryonAmericanfootball. •Wangmadethemovetocenterthisyearandhasbeenastalwartinside,makingallthecallsfortheline.Wanghadacareer-high16knockdownblocksinTech’swinatNo.14Miami,earningACCOffensiveBackoftheWeekhonors. •TechalsoholdsthedistinctionofhavingthefirstKoreanAmericandraftedbyanNFLteamasEugeneChungwastakenbyNewEnglandinthefirstroundofthe1992Draft.Hisson,Kyle,isafreshmanoffensivelinemanfortheHokiesthisseason.
hokie priDe
•VirginiaTechfootballhasalwaysprideditselfontakingcareofitsplayersbefore,duringandaftertheirtimeinBlacksburg.AtestamenttothefamilyatmospherecreatedistherosterofformerHokieplayersservinginsomecapacitywiththefootballteamintheathleticdepartment. FrankBeamer(head coach) ShaneBeamer (assoc. head coach) CornellBrown (asst. coach) MikeBurnop(radio color commentator) CoryByrd (SAASS coordinator) DavidEverett(Hokie Club) JarrettFerguson(strength & conditioning coach) JohnGraves(G.A.; weight room) TorrianGray(asst. coach) JermaineHolmes(director, SAASS) JamesHopper(G.A. coach) JohnMoody(Hokie Club) MarkMuncey(G.A.; weight room) GregNosal(G.A. coach) KeithShort(strength & conditioning coach)
•DuringBeamer’stimeinBlacksburg,theother13ACCprogramshaveemployedacombined64full-timeheadcoaches. •Fiveofhisnineassistantcoaches,plustwoofthefourGAs,playedforhimeitheratMurrayState(BudFoster,CharleyWiles)orVirginiaTech(ShaneBeamer,CornellBrown,TorrianGray,plusGAsGregNosalandJamesHopper).
The Fabulous Fullers
•VirginiaTechhashadplentyofsuccessrecruitingthehouseholdofVincentandNinaFullerupinBaltimore.TherewasVincent,whowentontobedraftedinthefourthroundoftheNFLDraftbyTennesseeandspenteightyearsintheleague.HeplayedatTechfrom2001-04,recordingeightcareerinterceptions. •In2010,KylesignedwiththeHokiesandhashadabigimpactontheprogram.Forhiscareer,hehas173tackles,including23.5forlossand4.5sacks,sixinterceptions,fourforcedfumblesandafumblerecovery.He’sasemifinalistforthe2013ThorpeAwardandwasaMidseasonFirst-TeamAll-AmericanbySI.com. •Thesecond-oldestFuller,Corey,tookadifferentroutetoBlacksburg.HesignedtoruntrackatKansasandcompetedfortwoyearsinLawrence.HedecidedtogivefootballatryandtransferredtoTechin2010,sittingouta
This is virginia Tech FooTball•HeadcoachFrankBeameristhewinningestactivecoachintheFootballBowlSubdivision(FBS)with265victoriesandissixthall-timeamongFBScoachesintermsofcareervictories-aheadofsuchlegendsasWoodyHayes,BoSchembechler,TomOsborne,LaVellEdwards,HaydenFryandLouHoltz.
•Nocoachamongthe125activeDivisionI-AheadfootballcoacheshasbeenathiscurrentschoollongerformoreconsecutiveyearsthanCoachBeamer,asheisinhis27thseasonatthehelmoftheHokies’program.
•CoachBeamerisoneof10all-timecoachesinDivisionI/FBStowin200ormoregamesatonecollege.Currently,only36coachesatalllevelsareinthisgroup.
•In10ofthepast12years,VirginiaTechhasgraduatedatleast70percentofitsfootballclassandhadtwoAcademicAll-Americansin2011.Since2001,therehavebeen228seniorTechfootballplayersontherosterwith213earningtheirdegree.
•Duringa10-yearspanfrom(2002-2011),VirginiaTechhadtheninth-mostplayerstakenintheNFLDraftofanyschool,accordingtoDraftMetrics.
•VirginiaTechwon10ormoregamesineveryyearfrom2004-2011,tiedforthethird-longeststreakinthemodernera.Techhaswon10ormoregames11timesoverthepast14seasons,and13ofthepast17seasons.
•WithitstriptotheRussellAthleticBowllastyear,VirginiaTechisnowoneofonlythreeteamstogoto20bowlsinthepast20seasons.TheothertwoareFloridaState(31)andFlorida(22).Techisbowleligiblethisyearalready.
•Techisoneofonlysixprogramsincollegefootballhistorytogotoabowlinatleast20straightyears,Nebraska(35),Michigan(33),FloridaState(31;active),Alabama(25),Florida(22;active)andTech(20;active).
•HeadcoachFrankBeamerisoneofonlyfourcoachesall-timetoleadaprogramto20ormorestraightbowlgames,joiningBobbyBowden(FloridaState,28),TomOsborne(Nebraska,25)andPaul“Bear”Bryant(Alabama,24).
•VirginiaTechhasbeenaconsistentwinnersincethemid-90s,winninganaverageof9.3gamesperyearduringthecurrentstreakof20straightseasonscappedbybowlappearances.
•SincejoiningtheACCpriortothe2004season,VirginiaTechhascompiledan98-34overallrecord,thebestmarkofanyschoolintheconference.Tech’s61-18leaguerecord(64-20ifyoucountthetitlegameoutcomes)andfourleaguecrownsarealsothebestamongleagueteamsduringthatspan.
•Since1980,TechisoneofjusteightschoolstoproduceaNo.1overallpickintheNFLatleasttwice.TheotherschoolsareMiami(2),OhioState(2),Auburn(3),SouthernCal(2),PennState(2),Stanford(2)andOklahoma(2).
•VirginiaTechhas17playerson53-manNFLrosters(ninestarters),threeonthepracticesquadandtwoontheinjuredreservein2013.
•DuringCoachBeamer’stimeinBlacksburg,theother13ACCfootballprogramshaveemployedacombined63headcoaches.Beamerhasface122differentheadcoachesduringhistimeinBlacksburg.
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yearasrequiredbytheNCAA.Hehadabreak-outyearlastseasonatreceiverandendedupbeingdraftedinthesixthroundbytheDetroitLions. •ThispastFebruary,theyoungestandfinalFuller-Kendall-signedwiththeHokies.HeisatruefreshmandefensivebackwhoisTech’sstartingcornerbackoppositeKyleandisTech’snickelback,takingthespotoftheoutsidelinebacker,whenteamsgowiththreereceivers. •IfCorey,KyleandKendallgoontohavecareersthataffordthemplayingtimeintheNFL,thefourofthemwillbecomejustthesecondgroupoffourbrotherstoplayintheNFLandthefirstgroupoffourbrotherstobedraftedtotheNFLoutofthesamecollege.Jim(NotreDame),Joey(USC),Keith(USC)andRoss(NotreDame)BrownerarefourbrotherswhoplayedintheNFLinthelate1970sand1980s,butwenttodifferentschools. •OthernotablebrothercombinationsstartingtogetheronthesamesideoftheballforTechwere:DerrickandAntoineHopkinsatdefensivetacklefrom2010-12;OrionandCamMartin(defensiveendandwhiplinebacker,respectively)inthelate2000s;KevinandJonathanLewis,startingdefensivetacklesside-by-sidein2002,andoffensivelinemenT.J.(RT)andTodd(LG)Washingtonin1996.
Jack in The boX
•LinebackerJack TylerhasproventobequitethefindfordefensivecoordinatorBudFoster,whohadaheavyhandinrecruitingTylerasarecruitedwalk-on.TylerhasbeeninvaluablefortheHokies,comingupbiginseveralkeygames.Inthe2010ACCChampionshipgame,hefilledinforaninjuredBruceTaylorinthesecondhalfagainstFloridaStateandcontributedseventackles–threeofwhichwentforlosses. •In2011,herackedup12tacklesinthewinatGeorgia
Techandtoppedthatinlastseason’sopenerwithacareer-high17tacklesagainsttheYellowJacketsintheHokies’win.The17totalstopsarethemostbyaTechdefendersinceMichaelCrawfordhad18againstTexasA&Min2003. •Tylerearnedfirst-teamAll-ACChonorsfromthecoachesandsecond-teamhonorsfromACSMAaftertheseason.Hehadateam-high119tackles,including13forlossand2.5sacks,withthreepassbreakupsand13quarterbackhurries.Tylerhasateam-leading89tacklesontheseason,includingnineforlossandfoursacks. •HeisthesecondlinebackerfromOaktonHightowalk-onatTechandgoontoearnhonorsfortheHokies.CodyGrimmtookthesameroute,earningAll-Americaaccoladeshisseniorseason,andplayedtwoyearsintheNFLforTampaBay.
giving iT one more Try
•SeniorD.J. Coleshadapersonal-best36catchesfor480yardsandthreetouchdownsin2011,buthadoffseasonkneesurgeryin2012,whichslowedhimdown.Hetriedtocomeback,butre-injuredthekneeinthefirstgameagainstGeorgiaTechlastseasonandreceivedamedicalhardshipwaivertoreturnthisseason. •Aveteraninayounggroup,Coleshasplayedin48gamesforhiscareer(10starts),catching60passesfor837yardsandninetouchdowns. •Inlimitedactionthisyear,hehas21catchesfor330yards,buthasateam-leadingsixtouchdownreceptionsandhasa15.7-yard-per-catchaverage.
eric who? •WhenVirginiaTechtrottedoutanewkickeragainstMaryland,manywonderedjustwhoNo.22was.Thatkickerwaseric Kristensen,aguynoteveninthepreseasonmediaguide.That’sbecauseKristensenisa
Virginia Tech FootballConference Affiliations
•1892-97:Independent•1898:SouthernIntercollegiateAthleticAssoc.•1899-1906:Independent•1907-21:SouthAtlanticIntercollegiate AthleticAssociation•1922-64:SouthernConference 1963champions•1965-90:Independent•1991-2003:BigEast 1995champions 1996co-champions 1999champions•2004-present:ACC 2004champions 2007champions 2008champions 2010champions
guywhomadeitthroughstudentwalk-ontry-outsonSept.4andwasaddedtotherosteronSept.24.TheAnnArbor,Mich.,nativehadanoffertoplayatSienaHeightsinMichigan,anNAIAschool,butnoscholarshipoffers. •KristensenconnectedonallthreePATsagainstMarylandandhita31-yardfieldgoalintheovertimeloss.
Doing gooD DeeDs
•HeadcoachFrank Beamerisastrongbelieveringivingbacktothecommunity.HefoundedHerma’sReadersin2008andlastyear,theteamhelpedraisemoneyforWoundedWarriorProject.Additionally,theteamhasraisedmoneyinthepasttohelpsupportBreastCancerAwarenessandEwing’ssarcomacancer. •Herma’sReadersisanon-profitorganizationthatpromotesthepowerofreadingandliteracytoyoungsters
2013 sTarTers game by gameOffense Fl lT lG C rG rT Te QB FB TB seAlabama Knowles McLaughlin Farris Wang Miller Gibson Perez-Means Thomas Coles(WR) Edmunds StanfordW.Carolina Knowles McLaughlin Farris Wang Miller Gibson Perez-Means Thomas Rogers Edmunds StanfordE.Carolina Coles McLaughlin Farris Wang Miller Benedict Perez-Means Thomas Mangus(TB) Edmunds StanfordMarshall Byrn McLaughlin Farris Wang Miller Benedict Perez-Means Thomas Coles(WR) Edmunds StanfordGeorgiaTech Knowles McLaughlin Farris Wang Miller Benedict Cline Thomas Coles(WR) Mangus StanfordNorthCarolina Knowles McLaughlin Farris Wang Miller Benedict Cline Thomas Byrn(WR) Edmunds StanfordPittsburgh Knowles McLaughlin Farris Wang Miller Benedict Cline Thomas Byrn(WR) Caleb(WR) StanfordDuke Byrn McLaughlin Farris Wang Miller Benedict Redman Thomas Rogers Edmunds StanfordBostonCollege Byrn McLaughlin Farris Wang Miller Benedict Parker(WR) Thomas Meyer(WR) Edmunds ColesMiami Meyer McLaughlin Farris Wang Miller Gibson Cline Thomas Coles(WR) Edmunds StanfordMaryland Meyer McLauhlin Farris Wang Miller Gibson Cline Thomas Coles(WR) Edmunds StanfordVirginia
Defense De DT DT De ilB ilB WHiP CB rOver Fs CBAlabama Gayle Hopkins Maddy Collins Tyler Edwards Ke.Fuller(NB) Facyson Jarrett Bonner Ky.FullerW.Carolina Gayle Hopkins Maddy Collins Tyler Edwards Ke.Fuller(NB) Facyson Jarrett Bonner Ky.FullerE.Carolina Gayle Hopkins Maddy Collins Tyler Edwards Ke.Fuller(NB) Facyson Jarrett Bonner Ky.FullerMarshall Gayle Hopkins Maddy Collins Tyler Edwards Ke.Fuller(NB) Facyson Jarrett Bonner Ky.FullerGeorgiaTech Gayle Hopkins Maddy Collins Tyler Edwards Ky.Fuller(NB) Facyson Jarrett Bonner Ke.FullerNorthCarolina Gayle Hopkins Maddy Collins Tyler Edwards Ke.Fuller(NB) Facyson Jarrett Bonner Ky.FullerPittsburgh Gayle Hopkins Maddy Collins Tyler Edwards Trimble Ke.Fuller Jarrett Bonner Ky.FullerDuke Gayle Hopkins Maddy Nicolas Tyler Edwards Clark(NB) Ke.Fuller Jarrett Bonner ExumBostonCollege Gayle Hopkins Maddy Collins Tyler Edwards Trimble Ke.Fuller Jarrett Bonner ExumMiami Gayle Hopkins Maddy Collins Tyler Edwards Trimble Ky.Fuller Jarrett Bonner ExumMaryland Gayle Hopkins Maddy Collins Tyler Edwards Trimble Facyson Jarrett Bonner Ke.FullerVirginia
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sTarT charTs CurrentOffense ‘13 streak CareerArkema,M. - - 2Benedict,B. 7 - 13Byrn,W. 5 - 5Caleb,J. 1 - 1Coleman,J.C. - - 6Coles,D.J. 6 3 9Cline,K. 5 2 5Edmunds,T. 9 4 9Farris,C. 10 15 16Gregory,T. - - 2Gibson,L. 4 2 4Knowles,D. 5 - 8Malleck,R. - - 7Mangus,C. 2 - 2McLaughlin,J. 11 11 11Meyer,C. 3 3 3Miller,A. 11 11 32Parker,C. 1 - 1Redman,D. 1 - 1Rogers,S. 2 - 2Stanford,J. 10 2 10Thomas,L. 11 38 38Wang,D. 11 11 21 CurrentDefense ‘13 streak CareerBonner,D. 11 25 28Clark,C. 1 - 1Collins,J.R. 10 3 33Edwards,T. 11 12 26Exum,A. 3 - 35Facyson,B. 7 1 7Fuller,Ke. 10 1 10Fuller,Ky. 8 - 41Gayle,J. 11 11 37Hopkins,D. 11 38 38Jarrett,K. 11 24 24Maddy,L. 11 13 27Marshall,C. - - 5Nicolas,D. 1 - 1Trimble,J. 4 3 4Tyler,J. 11 27 29Vandyke,R. - - 2Williams,C. - - 1Wilson,T. - - 5 CurrentSpecialists ‘13 Streak CareerBranthover,M.(KO) 2 - 12D’Antuono,E.(LS) 11 11 11Hughes,A.J.(P) 11 24 24Keyserling,E.(PK) 1 - 1Kristensen,E.(PK) 1 1 1Ludwig,M.(KO) 7 1 7St.Germain(LS) 5 - 18
sTarTeD every game in 2013Offense (6): Farris,McLaughlin,Miller,Stanford,Thomas,WangDefense (8):Bonner,Edwards,Ke.Fuller,Gayle,Hopkins,Jarrett,Maddy,Tyler
Specialists (2): D’Antuono,Hughes
longesT acTive sTreaksDerrickHopkins 38LoganThomas 38JackTyler 27DetrickBonner 25
duringtheirformativeyears,gradesK-3.TheorganizationwasformedasatributetoTechheadfootballcoachFrankBeamer’slatemother,Herma,ateacherforover30yearsintheCommonwealthofVirginia.Herma’sReadershasdeliveredover21,000newandusedbookscollectedatVirginiaTechfootballgamestoyoungstersthroughouttheCommonwealth.Currently,CoachBeamer’sprogramhasalsodispersedmorethan$80,000fornewbookpurchasesforchildren.Thatisatotalofmorethan53,000newandusedbooks.
more imporTanT Things Than FooTball
•JuniorKyshoen Jarrett maybethrivingathisroverposition,butheknowstherearewaymoreimportantthingsinlifethanfootball. •Jarrett’solderbrother,DaishawnCapers,hascerebralpalsyandislegallyblind.Heiswheelchair-boundandneedshelpdoingalmosteverything,relyingonhisbrotherandmother,ViniseCapers.Inhighschool,JarrettwouldoftentakecareofDaishawn,eithergettinghimreadyforschoolinthemorningorbywatchinghimduringtheeveningswhentheirmotherwasaway. •ThoughfromTannersville,Pa.,Jarrett’smotherandbrothernowliveinNorthCarolinaandcometoalmosteveryhomegame.Daishawnsitstherewaitingtohearhisbrother’snameoverthepublicaddresssystem,readytocheerforhisbrothereverytimehemakesaplay. •Jarrettisaconvertedcornerbackwhomovedtotheroverpositioninthespringof2012andnowstartstherewhilealsoseeingtimeasapuntreturner. •AtPittsburghlastseason,hebrokeoffa94-yardpuntreturnforatouchdown,thesecond-longestreturninschoolhistoryandthelongestunderheadcoachFrankBeamer.Heaveraged13.9yardsperpuntreturnlastseason,ninth-bestintheFBSandwassecondontheteamwith83tackles.
inTernaTional receivers •TwoofTech’smainthreatsinitsreceivingcorpsaren’tevenfromtheUnitedStates.SophomoreDemitri KnowleshailsfromFreeport,GrandBahamasinTheBahamasandredshirtfreshmanJoshua stanford isfromMississauga,OntarioinCanada. •KnowleswasbornandraisedinTheBahamasandgrewupcompetinginswimmingandtrackbeforemovingtoLynchburg,Va.,totryhishandatfootball.AfterspendingjusttwoseasonsatLibertyChristianAcademyplayingasporthereallyknewnothingaboutbeforehewas14yearsold,Knowlesismakingstridesinthegame. •Knowles’onlyexposuretothegamebeforehishighschoolyears–otherthanwatchingMiamiDolphinsandMiamiHurricanesgamesontelevision–wasplayingitinhisbackyard. •Butthen,DevardDarling,anativeofTheBahamasandaformerFloridaStateandWashingtonStatereceiverwhowasonNFLrostersforsevenseasonswiththeBaltimoreRavens,KansasCityChiefsandHoustonTexans,broughtafootballcamptoFreeport.Knowlesattendedthecamp,andwonMostValuablePlayerhonors.HewashookedandmovedtoVirginiaforhisfinaltwoyearsofhighschool,wherehisspeedcaughttheeyeofVirginiaTechcoaches. •Knowlescaughta42-yardtouchdownmidway
play breakDown No. Name O D sT T 1 AntoneExum 0 134 1 135 2 DonovanRiley 0 22 122 144 3 LoganThomas 775 0 0 775 4 J.C.Coleman 191 0 19 210 4 KenEkanem 0 7 63 70 5 JoshuaStanford 605 0 1 606 6 MarkLeal 16 0 0 16 8 DetrickBonner 0 685 41 726 9 BrendenMotley 0 0 0 0 11 KendallFuller 0 619 78 697 12 TreyGresh 0 0 54 54 14 TreyEdmunds 484 0 0 484 15 JoelCaleb 39 0 30 69 16 CarlisParker 46 0 0 46 17 KyleFuller 0 438 69 507 18 D.J.Coles 252 0 2 254 19 ChuckClark 0 78 132 210 20 MauriceTaylor 0 0 36 36 21 ChrisCaver 0 6 0 6 22 EricKristensen 0 0 5 5 22 T.J.Shaw 0 3 0 3 23 Der’WounGreene 0 65 88 153 24 TariqEdwards 0 666 75 741 25 JeromeWright 14 0 51 65 26 DesmondFrye 0 30 80 110 27 A.J.Hughes 0 0 66 66 28 ChrisMangus 101 0 32 133 29 EthanKeyserling 0 0 7 7 30 MitchellLudwig 0 0 34 34 31 BrandonFacyson 0 489 87 576 32 JoshTrimble 0 152 143 295 33 DariusRedman 129 0 153 282 34 KyshoenJarrett 0 664 101 765 35 DahmanMcKinnon 0 0 71 71 36 ChaseWilliams 0 18 121 139 37 FullerHoepner 1 0 20 21 37 ZachSnell 0 0 0 0 39 DanielDyer 0 0 56 56 40 DeonClarke 0 33 71 104 41 DerekDiNardo 0 12 108 120 42 J.R.Collins 0 418 86 504 44 DevinVandyke 0 0 8 8 44 ColtonTaylor 0 0 0 0 45 SamRogers 212 0 84 296 46 HunterWindmuller 0 0 1 1 47 GregGadell 7 0 86 93 48 NickBush 0 3 3 6 49 DakotaJackson 2 0 0 2 51 JackWillenbrock 0 0 19 19 53 DrewBurns 0 0 27 27 55 BrentBenedict 530 0 38 568 58 JackTyler 0 681 76 757 59 EddieD’Antuono 0 0 98 98 60 WoodyBaron 0 108 50 158 62 RossWard 13 0 0 13 63 LaurenceGibson 313 0 49 362 64 MattArkema 21 0 0 21 65 JoeSt.Germain 0 0 18 18 66 TyrelWilson 0 129 62 191 68 MarcusMapp 13 0 0 13 69 MarkShuman 22 0 5 27 71 JonathanMcLaughlin 777 0 44 821 72 AugieConte 13 0 11 24 74 AndrewMiller 727 0 0 727 75 AlstonSmith 5 6 53 64 76 DavidWang 742 0 0 724 79 CalebFarris 778 0 4 782 80 DemitriKnowles 572 0 38 610 81 DuanPerez-Means-x 165 0 33 198 82 WillieByrn 420 0 25 445 83 CharleyMeyer 70 0 33 103 85 E.L.Smiling 14 0 0 14 86 ZackMcCray 9 0 62 71 87 DewayneAlford 0 16 102 118 89 CodyJournell-x 0 0 46 46 90 DadiNicolas 1 263 54 318 91 MattRoth 0 7 98 105 92 LutherMaddy 0 554 8 562 93 KalvinCline 518 0 3 521 95 NigelWilliams 0 120 57 177 97 KrisHarley 0 6 1 7 98 DerrickHopkins 6 554 45 605 99 JamesGayle 0 543 46 589
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Tech players wiTh nFl FaTher connecTions
Current PlayersKyleChung(EugeneChung)KalvinCline(MikeCline)TreyEdmunds(FerrellEdmunds)JoshTrimble(thelateSteveTrimble)AlstonSmith(BruceSmith)ChaseWilliams(GreggWilliams)TyrelWilson(JamesWilson)
Former PlayersBeau,BlakeandBrettWarren(DonWarren)ChadandCodyGrimm(RussGrimm)ChadBeasley(TomBeasley)JeronGouveia-Winslow(KurtGouveia)BillyHardee,III(BillyHardee,Jr.)KennyLewis,Jr.(KennyLewis,Sr.)JakePatten(JoelPatten)Ken,Jr.andJasonBarefoot(KenBarefoot,Sr.)JimPyne(GeorgePyne)
throughthefourthquarterofVirginiaTech’s20-17overtimewinagainstGeorgiaTechinlastyear’sseason-opener.Thisyear,hehas39receptionsfor518yardsandthreetouchdowns. •Stanford,aCanadianbornandbred,eschewedhisfirstlove,hockey,becauseitwastooexpensive,sohemigratedtowardfootball. •BecauseofasituationbackhomeinCanada,hisparentsdecidedit’dbebestforhimtomovesouthtolivewithfamilyfriendsinGeorgiawhenhewas15.Thereiswherehisgamereallytookoff.Stanford’srecruitingheateduplateandVirginiaTechgotaverbalfromhimlate,rightbeforethe2012signingday. •Stanfordimpressedinpreseasoncampandplayedearlyon,butgothiskneerolleduponagainstAustinPeayinthesecondweek,whichendedhisseason.Techappliedforamedicalhardshipwaiverforhimtopreservehisfreshmanseason.Hehad171yardsreceiving-tiedforthefifth-mostinTechhistoryforasinglegame-atBostonCollegeandfollowedthatupwithaseven-catch,107-yard,onetouchdowngameatNo.14Miami. •Fortheyear,hehas36catchesfora591yardsandascore.
playing For his broTher
•EverytimeoffensivelinemanBrent Benedicttakesthefield,hesaysheisplayingforhisbrother,Heath,whodiedunexpectedlyofanenlargedheartinMarchof2008,justweeksbeforetheNFLDraft. •TheolderBenedict,alsoanoffensivelineman,originallysignedwiththeUniversityofTennessee,buttransferredtoNewberry(S.C.)College,wherehewasa
two-timeLittleAll-American.Hewasprojectedasamid-rounderintheNFLDraftandwasthefirstDivisionIIplayersince2004totakepartintheSeniorBowl.
Freshmen making hisTory •Jonathan McLaughlin madehistoryatVirginiaTech,becomingthefirsttruefreshmantostartanygameatlefttackleunderheadcoachFrankBeamerwhenhegotthenodagainsttop-rankedAlabama. •TheSouthCarolinanativeenrolledatTechinJanuaryafterasemesteratForkUnionandquicklymovedupthedepthchart.Hecontinuedhisimpressiveplayinthefallandearnedthestartingspotatlefttackle. •ThelasttruefreshmantostartintheopeninggameontheoffensivelinewasSergioRenderin2006atrightguard.Hewouldgoontostart52gamesduringhiscareeratTech.PriortoMcLaughlin,hewasthelasttruefreshmantostartanywhereontheoffensivelinefortheHokies. •ThelasttruefreshmantostartanygameatoffensivetackleforTechwasJimmyMartin,whostartedthelastsixgamesatrighttackleduringthe2002season. •McLaughlinisthefirsttruefreshmantostartagameatlefttackleunderBeamerandthefirsttruefreshmantostartanopeninggameateithertacklepositionunderBeamer. •NotruefreshmanhadeverstartedtheopeninggameatcornerbackunderCoachFrankBeameruntilBrandon FacysongotthenodagainstAlabamaatfieldcorner.AntonioBankswasthelasttruefreshmantostartaseasonopenerinthesecondaryandthatcameatfreesafetyinthe1993seasonopener. •TechopenedtheAlabamagameinanickelpackage,meaningtwotruefreshmenstartedinthesecondary:Kendall FullerasthenickelbackandFacysonatthefieldcornerspot.Fullerhasstarted10games,recording
on The acTive lisTsinterceptions AntoneExum 6 KyleFuller 6 KendallFuller 5 BrandonFacyson 5 DetrickBonner 4 TariqEdwards 4 KyshoenJarrett 2 J.R.Collins 1 DerekDiNardo 1 KrisHarley 1 DonovanRiley 1 DadiNicolas 1Blocked Kicks TonyGregory 2 KyleFuller 1 DerrickHopkins 1Non-Offensive Touchdowns DetrickBonner 1 DerekDiNardo 1 KyleFuller 1 KyshoenJarrett 1 DemitriKnowles 1
The lunch pail DDuring Bud Foster’s 243-game tenure as defensive/co-defensive coordinator, Tech has … •had46differentdefensiveplayersscoretouchdowns. •scored72touchdowns(49onpassinterceptions,22onfumblereturnsandoneonafumblerecovery). •heldopponentstoanaverageof107.8yardsrushingand16.9pointspergame. •beennationallyrankedinthetopfiveofamajordefensivecategory35times.TheHokiesfinishedNo.1intotaldefensein2005and2006,secondin2001andthirdin1999. •pitched28shutouts. •hadatleastonedefensiveplayerearnAll-Americahonorsfromsomepublicationin16of18seasons.FourplayersgainedA-Arecognitionin1999andthreewerehonoredin2001. •producedsixfirst-teamAll-Americansand11otherswhohaveearnedsecond-orthird-teamAll-Americahonorsfromoneoftherecognizedgroups. •had35playersdraftedbyNFLteams. •produceditsfirstLombardiAwardwinneranditsfirstNagurskiTrophywinnerinCoreyMoore. •producedtwoBIGEASTdefensiveplayersoftheyear–CoreyMoore,whoearnedthehonorinboth1998and1999,andCornellBrown,whowonitin1995. •featured10playerswhohaverecordednineormoreinterceptionsintheircareer.
48tackles,aTechfreshman-recordfiveinterceptions(includingthreeagainstDuke)andsixbreakups. •Facyson,whohasaspirationstobeaheartsurgeon,enrolledinJanuaryaftergraduatinghighschoolearly,whileFullerenrolledforSummerII.TheGeorgianativehasbeenaplaymakerthusfar,recordingfiveinterceptionsontheyear. •sam rogersenteredcampasawalk-onfullbackintheNo.4positiononthedepthchart,butenterstheseasonasthestarterattheposition.Hechosetowalk-onatTechoverscholarshipoffersatBucknellandSt.Francis,aswellaswalk-onopportunitiesatVirginia,RichmondandWilliam&Mary.At5-foot-10,220pounds,RogersdiditallforHanoverHighinMechanicsville(outsideRichmond),playingquarterback,receiver,runningbackandmultiplepositionsondefense,earningfirst-teamall-statehonorsas
hokies in The nFlName Team GP/GsJamesAnderson Chicago 10GP/10GSNickBectonC SanDiego 1GP/0GSJarrettBoykin GreenBay 10GP/3GSDuaneBrown Houston 8GP/8GSRocCarmichael Philadelphia 7GP/2GSKamChancellor Seattle 10GP/10GSDannyCoalePSC IndianapolisBrandonFlowers KansasCity 8GP/8GSCoreyFullerPS DetroitShayneGrahamC PittsburghDeAngeloHall Washington 10GP/10GSJayronHosley NYGiants 5GP/0GSJeffKingIR ArizonaWillMontgomery Washington 10GP/10GSJoshuaMorgan Washington 8GP/2GSVinstonPainterPS DenverEddieRoyal SanDiego 10GP/5GSAndreSmith Dallas 3GP/0GSDarrylTapp Washington 7GP/0GSBruceTaylorPS CincinnatiTyrodTaylor Baltimore 1GP/0GSMichaelVick Philadelphia 6GP/6GSRyanWilliams Arizona 0GP/0GSDavidWilsonIR NYGiants 5GP/4GSJasonWorilds Pittsburgh 10GP/6GS
PS-practicesquad;IR-injuredreserve;C-cutsinceseasonstarted
COaCHes/sTaFFBruceArians ArizonaHeadCoachMalcolmBlacken WashingtonDir.ofPlayerDevelop.EugeneChung KCAsst.Off.LineKeithGray Phi.Asst.S&CCoachChrisPeduzzi Phi.HeadAthleticTrainerNickRapone ArizonDefensiveBacksNickSorensen SeaSpecialTeamsToddWashington Balt.AssistantOff.Line
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autilityplayer.Hisbrother,Ben,wasanAll-AmericacenterontheDivisionIIIlevelforHampden-SydneyCollege. •TruefreshmanKalvin Clinedidn’tsignwiththeHokiesinFebruaryanddidn’tacceptascholarshipofferuntilMay.TheFloridanativeplayedjustoneyearofhighschoolafterstarringinbasketball,buthascaughtontothesportquickly.Inhisshorttimeoncampus,hehasrocketedupthedepthchart,catching24passesfor272yardsandtwotouchdowns. •Hisfather,Mike,playedfootballatArkansasStatebeforebeingdraftedbytheGreenBayPackers.
The leaDer oF The DeFense ... anD oF his Family
•JuniorfreesafetyDetrick BonneristhequietquarterbackoftheHokiedefenseastheleaderinthesecondary.He’salsotheleaderofhisfamily.TheGeorgianativehassixsiblingsandwasofteninchargeofthechildrenwhilehismotherworkedlonghours.Oneofhisyoungerbrothers,AlvinHillplays,defensivebackfortheUniversityofMaryland. •BonnerpickedofftwopassesagainstWesternCarolina,returningoneforatouchdownagainsttheCatamounts.
The paperboy keeps Delivering
•Comingintotheseason,juniorWillie Byrnhadonecareerreception.Thisseasonalone,heleadstheteamwith46catches,compiling598yardsandtwotouchdowns.Nicknamed“ThePaperboy”byoffensivecoordinatorscot loefflerbecause“healwaysdelivers,”Byrnhasbeenasteadyingveteranonayoungoffense.Theformerwalk-onearnedascholarshipinthepreseasonandalreadyhasthe14th-mostreceptionsinasingleseasonatTech.
All-Time Record (1892-present) 704-444-46
In Blacksburg (1892-present) 365-103-13 BehindLaneHall(1892) 1-0-0 SheibField(1894-1901) 13-1-0 GibboneyField(1902-08) 19-2-0 MilesField(1909-25) 60-3-3 MilesStadium(1926-64) 67-25-4 LaneStadium(1965-present) 205-72-6 Under Beamer (1987-present) 131-35-1
BLaCKSBURG HISTORY
hopkins a ThreaT on DeFense anD oFFense
•SeniordefensivetackleDerrick HopkinshasalreadyhadoneofthegreatestcareersforadefensivetackleatVirginiaTech,butisgoingoutinstylethisseason.Through11games,hehas45tackles,includingsevenforlossandfoursacks,plusa40-yardfumblereturn. •He’salsoaddedtheroleoffullbackthelatterpartofthisseasoningoallinesituations.He’splayedsixsnapsatthepositionandhasledthewayfortwotouchdownsthusfar.
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•VirginiaTechfeaturesapairofDelrayBeachproductsonitsdefensivelineintackleluther MaddyandendDadi Nicolas.BothofHaitiandescent,thelightlyrecruitedplayersfromAtlanticHigharebothmakingabigimpactfortheHokies.Maddyhas50tackles,including11tacklesforlossand6.5sacks,whileNicolashas28tackles,includingseventacklesforlossandfoursacks.
scoring in DiFFerenT ways
•DuringFrankBeamer’stimeatTech,aplayerateverypositiononthedefensiveunithasproducedatleastonetouchdown,and39differentplayershavescoredtouchdownswhileplayingonTech’sspecialteams. •Altogether,thedefenseandspecialteamshavecombinedfor134TDssinceBeamerarrivedin1987. •UnderBeamer,Tech’sdefensehasscored83TDs(55oninterceptions,26onfumblereturns,twoonfumblerecoveries).Thespecialteamshaveadded51TDs(18onblockedpunts,19onpuntreturns,nineonkickoffreturns,fouronblockedfieldgoals,oneonafumblerecovery).
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Current Player(s) TieWoody baron uncle,James Baron,playedatTechbeforeplayingintheNFLwithDetroitand
Chicagokyle Chung father,eugene Chung,playedatTechbeforeplayingintheNFLwithNew
England,JacksonvilleandIndianoplis.HeiscurrentlytheoffensivelineassistantoftheKansasCityChiefs.
Kalvin Cline father,Mike Cline,wasdraftedbytheGreenBayPackers.Trey edmunds father,Ferrell Edmunds,playedsevenseasonsintheNFLasatightend,
earningtwoProBowlnodskyle and kendall fuller brother,Vincent Fuller,playedsixseasonsasadefensivebackforthe
TennesseeTitanswhilebrotherCorey FullerisontheDetroitLionspracticesquad
James gayle uncle,Shaun Gayle,played12seasonsintheNFL,11fortheChicagoBears(1984–1994),andwasamemberoftheBearssquadthatwonSuper
BowlXXin1985Josh Trimble latefather,Steve Trimble,playedfourseasonsintheNFL-threewiththe
DenverBroncos,onewiththeChicagoBears-asafreesafetyalsTon smiTh father,Bruce smith,wasastandoutplayerfortheHokiesbeforegoingonto
starintheNFL.Theall-timesacksleaderwasinductedintotheNFLHallofFamein2010
daVid Wang brother,ed Wang,wasdraftedbytheBuffaloBillsin2010asanoffensivetackle
Chase Williams father,Gregg Williams,wasthedefensivecoordinatorofthe2010WorldChampionNewOrleansSaints
Tyrel Wilson father,James Wilson,signedasanUFAwithDetroit
FReSHmaN INTeRCePTIONS UNDeR BeameR
Kendall Fuller 2013 5 11 gamesBrandon Facyson 2013 5 10 gamesEricGreen 2000 4 12gamesAntonioBanks 1993 3* 12gamesTyronneDrakeford 1990 3 11gamesTorrianGray 1993 3 12gamesDeAngeloHall 2001 3 12games
* - had an additional interception in the bowl game before the NCAA recognized bowl statistics, which would have given him four for the year; officially had three interceptions.
•UnderBeamer,85differentplayersondefenseandspecialteamshavescoredTDs.AndréDavishadfour,VictorHarrishadfiveandDeAngeloHallledthewaywithseven.
The game on raDio •AllVirginiaTechfootballgamescanbeheardthroughoutVirginiaandmuchofthemid-AtlanticregionontheVirginiaTechIMGSportsNetwork. •Ten-timeVirginiaSportscasteroftheYearBillRoth(play-by-play),Hokies’HallofFamerMikeBurnop(analyst)andAdamWitten(scoreboardanchor)compriseVirginiaTechfootball’son-airbroadcastcrew. •The2013seasonmarksRothandBurnop’s26thseasontogetherintheVirginiaTechradiobooth,makingthemoneofthelongest-tenuredactiveduosintheFBS. •Coveragebegins90minutespriortokickoffwiththeHardeesChickenTendersTailgateShowandtheNTELOSWirelessPre-GameReport.Thegamebroadcast,presentedbyTheVirginiaLotteryisfollowedbytheKrogerPointAfter,afast-paced,90-minutepost-gamescoreboardandinterviewprogram.
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26 Frank Beamer, virginia Tech, 1987-201222 LarryBlakeney,Troy1991-201221 BillSnyder,KansasSt.1989-2005,09-201215 MackBrown,Texas1998-201214 KirkFerentz,Iowa1999-201214 BobStoops,Oklahoma1999-201213 GaryPatterson,TCU2000-12
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5 Joshua stanford 6-1 196 r-Fr. Mississauga, Ontario18 D.J.Coles 6-4 234 r-Sr. Maidens,VA93 Kalvin Cline 6-4 238 Fr. Boca raton, Fl33 DariusRedman 6-4 256 r-So. Washington,DC86 ZackMcCray 6-4 247 r-Jr. Forest,VA71 Jonathan McLaughlin 6-5 313 Fr. Mauldin, SC69 MarkShuman 6-7 295 r-Jr. ForkUnion,VA79 Caleb Farris 6-3 308 Jr. Lexington, VA75 AlstonSmith 6-2 281 r-Fr. VirginiaBeach,VA76 David Wang 6-2 299 r-Jr. ashburn, va64 MattArkema 6-3 296 r-Jr. Midlothian,VA74 Andrew Miller 6-4 296 r-Sr. Bassett, VA72 AugieConte 6-6 302 r-Fr. Fredericksburg,VA63 laurence Gibson 6-6 290 r-Jr. sierra vista, va Or55 Brent Benedict 6-5 292 r-Jr. Jacksonville, FL14 Trey Edmunds 6-1 216 r-Fr. Danville, VA4 J.C.Coleman 5-7 191 So. Chesapeake,VA28 ChrisMangus 6-0 184 r-Fr. Raleigh,NC45 Sam Rogers 5-10 220 Fr. Mechanicsville, VA25 Jerome Wright 6-2 234 Fr. Richmond,VA3 logan Thomas 6-6 254 r-sr. lynchburg, va6 MarkLeal 6-1 217 r-Jr. Greenacres,FL80 Demitri Knowles 6-1 180 r-So. Freeport, Bahamas82 WillieByrn 5-10 186 r-Jr. VirginiaBeach,VA83 CharleyMeyer 6-1 215 r-Fr. Richmond,VA
99 James Gayle 6-4 255 r-Sr. Hampton, VA 66 TyrelWilson 6-2 230 r-Sr. Hampton,VA98 Derrick Hopkins 6-0 311 Sr. Highland Springs, VA60 Woody Baron 6-1 264 Fr. Nashville,TN92 Luther Maddy 6-1 296 Jr. Delray Beach, FL95 NigelWilliams 6-2 283 r-Fr. Richmond,VA42 J.R. Collins 6-2 248 r-Sr. Stafford, VA90 DadiNicolas 6-3 224 r-So. DelrayBeach,FL58 Jack Tyler 6-1 230 r-Sr. Oakton, VA36 ChaseWilliams 6-2 220 r-Jr. Leesburg,VA24 Tariq edwards 6-2 234 r-sr. Cheraw, sC40 DeonClarke 6-2 210 So. Richmond,VA32 Josh Trimble 6-0 216 r-So. Ashburn, VA (whip LB)8 DetrickBonner 6-0 194 r-Jr. McDonough,GA (nickel back)34 Kyshoen Jarrett 5-11 198 Jr. Tannersville, PA26 DesmondFrye 6-2 188 So. Chester,VA11 Kendall Fuller 5-11 193 Fr. Baltimore, MD 2 DonovanRiley 5-11 204 So. Reistertown,MD8 Detrick Bonner 6-0 194 r-Jr. McDonough, Ga23 Der’WounGreene 5-10 180 r-Fr. Portsmouth,VA1 Antone Exum 6-1 220 r-Sr. Glen Allen, VA OR31 Brandon Facyson 6-2 188 Fr. Newnan, Ga
27 a.J. Hughes 6-1 199 so. Terre Haute, iN48 HunterWindmuller 6-3 170 r-Fr. OakHill,VA22 Eric Kristensen 5-11 186 Fr. AnnArbor,MI38 MichaelBranthover 5-9 184 Jr. Dayton,MD59 Eddie D’Antuono 6-6 263 r-Fr. Alexandria, VA65 JoeSt.Germain 6-0 220 r-Jr. LosAlamitos,CA12 Trey Gresh 6-1 209 Sr. Blacksburg, VA6 MarkLeal 6-1 217 r-Jr. Greenacres,FL30 Mitchell Ludwig 5-11 192 Fr. abingdon, va38 MichaelBranthover 5-9 184 Jr. Dayton,MD80 Demitri Knowles 6-1 180 r-So. Lynchburg, VA AND4 J.C. Coleman 5-7 191 So. Chesapeake, VA28 ChrisMangus 6-0 184 r-Fr. Raleigh,NC aND23 Der’WounGreene 5-10 180 r-Fr. Portsmouth,VA34 Kyshoen Jarrett 5-11 198 Jr. Tannersville, PA11 Kendall Fuller 5-11 193 Fr. Baltimore,MD
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TouchDowns by DeFense & special Teams 1987:JonJeffries,92-yd.kickoffreturnvs.Clemson;DonStokes,recoveredblockedpuntinendzonevs.Syracuse;RandyCockrell(ilb),90-yd.interceptionreturnvs.Navy. 1988:DonStokes,recoveredblockedpuntinendzonevs.SouthernMiss;JockJones,recoveredblockedpuntinendzonevs.WestVirginia;RogerBrown(cb),55-yd.interceptionreturnvs.SouthCarolina;LeslieBailey(ilb),19-yd.interceptionreturnvs.SouthCarolina. 1989:MarcusMickel,90-yd.kickoffreturnvs.Clemson;JockJones(olb),55-yd.interceptionreturnvs.Tulane;RogerBrown(cb),55-yd.interceptionreturnvs.NorthCarolinaState. 1990:The’90seasonmarkedthefirstandonlyseasontodateduringBeamer’stenurethatTechfailedtoscoreatleastoneTDoneitherdefenseorspecialteams. 1991:P.J.Preston(olb),recoveredfumbleinendzonevs.Oklahoma;KenLandrum,18-yd.blockedpuntreturnvs.Cincinnati;KirkAlexander(fs),95-yd.interceptionreturnvs.Cincinnati. 1992:TyronneDrakeford(cb),40-yd.interceptionreturnvs.EastCarolina;TonyKennedy,91-yd.kickoffreturnvs.Louisville;KenBrown(olb),18-yd.interceptionreturnvs.Rutgers. 1993:WilliamFerrell,7-yd.blockedpuntreturnvs.Rutgers;DeWayneKnight(olb),23-yd.fumblereturnvs.Syracuse;JeffHolland(dt),8-yd.fumblereturnvs.Virginia;LawrenceLewis(de),20-yd.fumblereturnvs.Indiana;AntonioBanks,80-yd.blockedfieldgoalreturnvs.Indiana. 1994:TorrianGray(rov),66-yd.interceptionreturnvs.BostonCollege;StacyHenley,25-yd.blockedpuntreturnvs.Temple;LawrenceLewis(de),60-yd.fumblereturnvs.EastCarolina;AntonioFreeman,80-yd.puntreturnvs.Pittsburgh. 1995:JermaineHolmes,recoveredblockedpuntinendzonevs.Akron;HankColeman(de),51-yd.fumblereturnvs.Rutgers;MyronNewsome(ilb),71-yd.interceptionreturnvs.Rutgers;LarryGreen(cb),37-yd.interceptionreturnvs.WestVirginia;JimBaron(dt),46-yd.fumblereturnvs.Temple;J.C.Price(dt),19-yd.interceptionreturnvs.Temple;AntonioBanks(cb),65-yd.interceptionreturnvs.Virginia;BryanStill,60-yd.puntreturnvs.Texas;JimBaron(dt),20-yd.fumblereturnvs.Texas. 1996:CorneliusWhite,60-yd.blockedpuntreturnvs.Syracuse;KeionCarpenter(fs),100-yd.interceptionreturnvs.Miami. 1997:CarlBradley(dt),recoveredfumbleinendzonevs.Rutgers;PiersonPrioleau(rov),43-yd.fumblereturnvs.Rutgers;LorenzoFerguson(fs),84-yd.interceptionreturnvs.ArkansasSt.;AnthonyMidget(cb),22-yd.fumblereturnvs.Pittsburgh. 1998:KeionCarpenter(fs),16-yd.interceptionreturnvs.Pittsburgh;PiersonPrioleau(rov),85-yd.interceptionreturnvs.BostonCollege;MarcusGildersleeve,recoveredblockedpuntinendzonevs.UAB;RickyHall,17-yd.blockedpuntreturnvs.WestVirginia;RickyHall,recoveredblockedpuntinendzonevs.Syracuse;LorenJohnson(cb),78-yd.fumblereturnvs.Syracuse;IkeCharlton(cb),26-yd.interceptionreturnvs.Rutgers;JamelSmith(lb),98-yd.interceptionreturnvs.Rutgers;AnthonyMidget(cb),27-yd.interceptionreturnvs.Alabama. 1999:IkeCharlton(cb),34-yd.interceptionreturnvs.Clemson;CoreyMoore(de),32-yardfumblereturnvs.Clemson;CoryBird(rov),26-yd.fumblereturnvs.Syracuse;PhillipSummers(rov),43-yd.interceptionreturnvs.Syracuse;TeeButler,recoveredfumblebypunterinendzonevs.Syracuse;RickyHall,64-yd.puntreturnvs.Miami;IkeCharlton(cb),51-yd.fumblereturnvs.Miami;LarryAustin(cb),31-yd.interceptionreturnvs.Temple. 2000:WilliePile(fs),11-yd.interceptionreturnvs.Akron;CoryBird,9-yd.blockedpuntreturnvs.EastCarolina;AndréDavis,87-yd.puntreturnvs.EastCarolina;AndréDavis,71-yd.puntreturnvs.BostonCollege;AndréDavis,76-yd.puntreturnvs.WVU;NathanielAdibi(de),36-yd.fumblereturnvs.UCF. 2001:ChanningReed(dt),8-yd.fumblereturnvs.Rutgers;KevinMcCadam(rov),69-yd.interceptionreturnvs.UCF;AndréDavis,55-yd.puntreturnvs.UCF;JimDavis(de),27yd.interceptionreturnvs.WestVirginia;KevinMcCadam(rov),9-yd.fumblereturnvs.BostonCollege;RonyellWhitaker,71-yd.blockedfieldgoalreturnvs.Pittsburgh;BrandonManning,22-yd.blockedpuntreturnvs.Miami. 2002:DeAngeloHall,69-yd.puntreturnvs.ArkansasState;DeAngeloHall(cb),49-yd.interceptionreturnvs.ArkansasState;JasonLallis(dt),59-yd.fumblereturnvs.ArkansasState;AlexMarkogiannakis(ilb),25-yd.fumblereturnvs.WesternMichigan;DeAngeloHall,51-yd.puntreturnvs.Rutgers;DarrylTapp,11-yd.blockedpuntreturnvs.Virginia;WilliePile(fs),96-yd.interceptionreturnvs.Miami.
2003:JasonLallis(dt),45-yd.interceptionreturnvs.UCF;EricGreen(cb),84-yd.interceptionreturnvs.UConn;MikeImoh,91-yd.kickoffreturnvs.UConn;ChrisClifton,16-yd.blockedpuntreturnvs.UConn;JimmyWilliams(fs),55-yd.interceptionreturnvs.Rutgers;DeAngeloHall,58-yd.puntreturnvs.Syracuse;DeAngeloHall,60-yd.puntreturnvs.Syracuse;VincentFuller(cb),50-yd.fumblereturnvs.WVU;DeAngeloHall(cb),28-yd.fumblereturnvs.Miami;EricGreen(cb),51-yd.interceptionreturnvs.Miami;DeAngeloHall,52-yd.puntreturnvs.Cal. 2004:JasonLallis(de),28-yd.fumblereturnvs.WesternMichigan;BrandonFlowers(cb),38-yd.interceptionreturnvs.WesternMichigan;VincentFuller,74-yd.blockedfieldgoalreturnvs.WestVirginia;Bl.Warren(ilb),46-yd.interceptionreturnvs.FloridaA&M;RolandMinor(cb),64-yd.interceptionreturnvs.GeorgiaTech;JimmyWilliams(cb),34-yd.interceptionreturnvs.Maryland. 2005:RolandMinor(cb),23-yd.interceptionreturnvs.Duke;D.J.Parker,78-yd.blockedfieldgoalreturnvs.GeorgiaTech;XavierAdibi(ilb)25-yd.interceptionreturnvs.GeorgiaTech;ChrisEllis(de),29-yd.interceptionreturnvs.GeorgiaTech;VinceHall(ilb)15-yd.fumblereturnvs.Marshall;VinceHall(ilb)13-yd.interceptionreturnvs.BostonCollege;JamesAnderson(olb)39-yd.interceptionreturnvs.Louisville. 2006:BrendenHill(olb),69-yd.interceptionreturnvs.NorthCarolina;EddieRoyal,58-yd.puntreturnvs.Duke;Victor“Macho”Harris(cb),72-yd.interceptionreturnvs.Cincinnati;NolandBurchette(de),15-yd.fumblereturnvs.KentState;XavierAdibi(ilb),35-yd.fumblereturnvs.WakeForest. 2007:Victor“Macho”Harris(cb),17-yd.interceptionreturnvs.EastCarolina;BrandonFlowers(cb),49-yd.interceptionreturnvs.William&Mary;EddieRoyal,60-yd.puntreturnvs.William&Mary;D.J.Parker(fs),32-yd.interceptionreturnvs.Clemson;EddieRoyal,82-yd.puntreturnvs.Clemson;Victor“Macho”Harris,100-yd.kickoffreturnvs.Clemson;ChrisEllis(de),5-yd.interceptionreturnvs.FloridaState;XavierAdibi(lb),40-yd.interceptionreturnvs.BostonCollege;JustinHarper,84-puntreturnvs.Kansas. 2008:StephanVirgil(cb),30-yd.fumblereturnvs.EastCarolina;BrettWarren(ilb),36-yd.interceptionreturnvs.BostonCollege;Victor“Macho”Harris(cb),55-yd.interceptionreturnvs.BostonCollege;Victor“Macho”Harris(cb),23-yd.interceptionreturnvs.Duke;OrionMartin(de),17-yd.fumblereturnvs.BostonCollege. 2009:DyrellRoberts,98-yd.kickoffreturnvs.Alabama;JayronHosley,64-yd.puntreturnvs.Marshall;MattReidy,1-yd.blockedpuntreturnvs.Miami;RashadCarmichael(cb)22-yd.interceptionreturnvs.BostonCollege. 2010:RashadCarmichael(cb),68-yd.interceptionreturnvs.EastCarolina;DavidWilson,92-yd.kickoffreturnvs.NCState;JayronHosley,80-yd.puntreturnvs.CentralMichigan;DavidWilson,90-yd.kickoffreturnvs.GeorgiaTech;JeronGouveia-Winslow(olb),24-yd.interceptionreturnvs.FloridaState. 2011:KyleFuller,recoveredblockedpuntinendzonevs.AppalachianState. 2012:KyshoenJarrett,94-yd.puntreturnvs.Pittsburgh;DemitriKnowles,93-yd.kickoffreturnvs.NorthCarolina. 2013:DetrickBonner(fs),37-yd.interceptionreturnvs.WesternCarolina;DerekDiNardo11-yd.blockedpuntreturnvs.Marshall.
The Tally SheetTOTal: 134Defense: 83 TDs Type Total Last PassInterceptions 55 DetrickBonner(37yds),2013vs.WesternCarolina FumbleReturns 26 OrionMartin(17yds),2008vs.BostonCollege FumbleRecoveries 2 CarlBradley(endzone),1997vs.Rutgers)
Special Teams: 51 TDs Type Total Last PuntReturns 19 KyshoenJarrett(94yds),2012vs.Pittsburgh BlockedPunts 18 DerekDiNardo(11yds),2013vs.Marshall KickoffReturns 9 DemitriKnowles(93yds),2012vs.NorthCarolina BlockedFieldGoals 4 D.J.Parker(78yds),2005vs.GeorgiaTech FumbleRecovery 1 TeeButler(endzonebypunter),1999vs.Syracuse
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1987 (1 punt, 1 PAT, 1 FG)Syracuse–punt*(JimmyWhitten)hLEastCarolina–PAT(na)hLCincinnati–FG(RogerBrown)hW
1988 (4 punts, 3 FGs)Clemson–punt(JockJones)aLSouthernMiss–punt*(ArchieHopkins)aLWestVirginia–punt*(ArchieHopkins)hLCincinnati–punt+(JockJones)aWLouisville–FG(JimmyWhitten)aLFloridaState–FG(RogerBrown); FG+(RogerBrown)aL
1989 (1 punt, 1 FG)Tulane–punt+(ArchieHopkins)hWNCState–FG(JockJones)aW
1990 (2 punts, 4 PATs, 1 FG)EastCarolina–PAT(JohnRivers)aWSouthCarolina–PAT(JohnRivers)hLFloridaState–punt+(ScottJones)aLWestVirginia–FG+(BernardBasham)hWTemple–punt(ArchieHopkins)aLNCState–PAT(BernardBasham)hWVirginia–PAT(BernardBasham)hW
1991 (3 punts, 3 FGs)JamesMadison–FG(BernardBasham)hWOklahoma–FG(BernardBasham)aLCincinnati–punt+(P.J.Preston); punt*(KirkAlexander)hWLouisville–FG(JohnRivers)hWEastCarolina–punt(MarcusMcClung)hL
1992 (5 PATs, 1 FG)JamesMadison–PAT(JohnRivers); FG+(KirkAlexander)hWEastCarolina–PAT(BernardBasham)aLWestVirginia–PAT(DavidWimmer)hLMiami–PAT(BernardBasham)hLVirginia–PAT(DavidWimmer)hL
1993 (4 punts, 2 FGs)Miami–punt@(WillieWilkins)aLMaryland–FG(GeorgeDelRicco)hWRutgers–punt*(MarcusMcClung)hWSyracuse–punt+(WilliamFerrell)hWVirginia–punt#(BrandonSemones)aWIndiana–FG*(JeffHolland)nW
1994 (2 punts, 2 FGs)ArkansasSt.–FG(CornellBrown)hWTemple–punt*(WilliamFerrell)hWMiami–punt#(MichaelWilliams)aLRutgers–FG(MichaelWilliams)hW
1995 (4 punts, 3 PATs, 1 FG)BC–PAT(WaverlyJackson)hLCincinnati–FG(JimBaron); PAT(LawrenceLewis)hLMiami–punt#(AngeloHarrison)hWPittsburgh–punt+(AngeloHarrison); punt#(AngeloHarrison)aWAkron–punt*(OkesaSmith); PAT(LawrenceLewis)hW
virginia Tech’s blockeD kicks unDer Frank beamerTotals: 131 in 333 games (65 punts, 39 FGs, 27 PATs)
1996 (5 punts, 1 PAT)Akron–PAT(JohnEngelberger)aWBC–punt+(KeionCarpenter)aWSyracuse–punt*(CorneliusWhite)aLTemple–punt(KeionCarpenter)hWSWLouisiana–punt(MichaelStuewe); punt+(KeionCarpenter)hW
1997 (2 punts, 3 PATs, 2 FGs)ArkansasSt.–FG+(CarlBradley)hWWVU–punt#(PhillipSummers)aLMiami–PAT(CarlBradley)hWPittsburgh–PAT(CoreyMoore); PAT(JohnEngelberger)aLVirginia–punt(KeionCarpenter); FG(JohnEngelberger)aL
1998 (8 punts, 2 PATs, 2 FGs)EastCarolina–FG+(CoreyMoore)hWMiami–PAT(JohnEngelberger)aWPittsburgh–FG(CoreyMoore); punt#(LarryAustin)hWBostonCollege–punt(KeionCarpenter); punt+(AndréDavis)aWUAB–punt*(LarryAustin)aWWVU–punt*(MarcusGildersleeve); PAT(JohnEngelberger)hWSyracuse–punt*(AnthonyMidget)aLAlabama–punt(KeionCarpenter); punt+(CoreyMoore)nW
1999 (1 punt, 1 PAT)Rutgers–PAT^(CarlBradley)aWPittsburgh–punt+(AndréDavis)aW
2000 (4 punts, 2 FGs, 2 PATs)Akron–FG+(CoryBird)hWEastCarolina–punt*(WayneWard); FG(LarryAustin)aWRutgers–punt+(EricGreen)hWTemple–punt+(WayneWard)hWWestVirginia–punt(LeeSuggs) PAT(LamarCobb)hWPittsburgh–PAT(DavidPugh)hW
2001 (5 punts, 2 FGs)W.Michigan–punt+(WayneWard)hWRutgers–punt@(EricGreen)aWUCF–punt@(BrandonManning)hWPittsburgh–FG*(LamarCobb)aLVirginia–punt(WayneWard)aWMiami–FG#(DavidPugh); punt*(EricGreen)hL
2002 (5 punts, 2 FGs)LSU–punt+(JustinHamilton); punt@(JasonLallis)hWMarshall–FG+(Team)hWWesternMichigan–FG(JeffKing)aWPittsburgh–punt+(NathanielAdibi)hLWestVirginia–punt#(ErnestWilford)hLVirginia–punt*(JustinHamilton)hW
2003 (1 punt, 3 FGs)UConn–punt*(NathanielAdibi)hWRutgers–FG(JeffKing)aWSyracuse–FG(VincentFuller)hWMiami–FG(EricGreen)hW
2004 (1 punt, 3 FGs)W.Michigan–FG+(JimDavis); punt+(DarrylTapp)hWWestVirginia–FG*(JimDavis)hWVirginia–FG(JimDavis)hW
2005 (2 FGs, 1 punt)GeorgiaTech–FG*(JeffKing)hWNorthCarolina–FG+(DarrylTapp); punt+(MachoHarris)hW
2006 (3 punts, 2 FGs)Northeastern–punt+(CaryWade); FG(KoryRobertson)hWNorthCarolina–punt+(JoshMorgan)aWCincinnati–punt@(JoshMorgan)hWMiami–FG(DuaneBrown)aW
2007 (2 punts, 1 FG, 1 PAT)Duke–punt+(StephanVirgil)aWVirginia–punt#(DavonMorgan)aWBostonCollege(ACC)–FG(DuaneBrown) PAT^(DuaneBrown)nW
2008 (2 PAT, 2 FGs, 1 punt)EastCarolina–PAT^(JohnGraves)nLFurman–FG(JohnGraves)hWGeorgiaTech–PAT(JohnGraves)hWNebraska–punt@(StephanVirgil)aWBC–FG#(JasonWorilds)aL
2009 (1 punt)Miami–punt*(JacobSykes)hW
2010 (2 PAT, 1 punt)BoiseState–punt(DavonMorgan) PAT(AndreSmith)nLStanford–PAT(AndreSmith)nL
2011 (1 punt)AppalachianState–punt*(TonyGregory)hW
2012 (1 punt)AustinPeay–punt+(TonyGregory)hW
2013 (1 punt, 1 FG)Marshall–punt+(KyleFuller) FG(DerrickHopkins)hW
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THrOWersLogan Thomas (QB)Att. 49 UNC,2012Comp. 26 UNC,2012Yds. 391 BC,2013TDs 3 threetimesINTs 4 Duke,2013Long 85 Pitt,2012rUsHiNGAtt. 29 VA,2012Yds. 124 Miami,2012TDs 2 fourtimesLong 23 UNC,2011reCeiviNGRec. 1 WF,2010Yds. 2 WF,2010TDs 1 WF,2010Long 2 WF,2010
Mark Leal (QB)Att. 9 AppSt,2011Comp. 6 AppSt,2011Yds. 113 AppSt,2011TDs 2 AppSt,2011INTs 0Long 63 AppSt,2011rUsHiNGAtt. 1 twiceYds. 11 WCU,2013TDs 0Long 11 WCU,2013
rUNNersJoel Caleb (TB)Att. 6 WCU,2013Yds. 36 WCU,2013TDs 1 WCU,2013Long 13 WCU,2013
J.C. Coleman (TB)Att. 22 Miami,2013Yds. 183 Duke,2012TDs 2 Duke,2012Long 86 Duke,2012
Daniel Dyer (TB)Att. 6 AppSt,2011Yds. 30 AppSt,2011TDs 0Long 13 AppSt,2011
Trey Edmunds (TB)Att. 22 Marshall,2013Yds. 132 Alabama,2013TDs 4 Miami,2013Long 77 Alabama,2013
Tony Gregory (TB)Att. 14 BC,2012Yds. 69 BC,2012TDs 1 APSU,2012Long 24 twice
Chris Mangus (TB)Att. 6 Marshall,2013Yds. 84 WCU,2013TDs 1 WCU,2013Long 76 WCU,2013
Sam Rogers (FB)Att. 1 fourtimesYds. 3 twiceTDs 0 -Long 3 twice
CaTCHersWillie Byrn (WR)Rec. 7 ECU,2013Yds. 123 UNC,2013TDs 1 twiceLong 83 UNC,2013
Joel Caleb (TB)Rec. 1 twiceYds. 3 WCU,2013TDs 0 -Long 3 WCU,2013
Kalvin Cline (TE)Rec. 4 twiceYds. 65 Pitt,2013TDs 1 twiceLong 27 Pitt,2013
J.C. Coleman (TB)Rec. 6 UNC,2012Yds. 39 RU,2012TDs 1 BG,2012Long 24 Cincy,2012
D.J. Coles (WR)Rec. 8 MU,2011Yds. 116 CU[2],2011TDs 2 UNC,2013Long 49 ArkSt,2011
Trey Edmunds (TB)Rec. 4 BC,2013Yds. 42 BC,2013TDs 1 BC,2013Long 22 BC,2013
Demitri Knowles (WR)Rec. 8 ECU,2013Yds. 99 ECU,2013TDs 1 fourtimesLong 56 Duke,2013
Ryan Malleck (TE)Rec. 4 Miami,2012Yds. 58 Miami,2012TDs 0Long 26 Miami,2012
Chris Mangus (TB)Rec. 3 Marshall,2013Yds. 47 Marshall,2013TDs 0 -Long 22 Marshall,2013
Charley Meyer (WR)Rec. 1 GT,2013Yds. 5 GT,2013TDs 0 -Long 5 GT,2013
Sam Rogers (FB)Rec. 3 Pitt,2013Yds. 18 Miami,2013TDs 0 -Long 18 Miami,2013
Joshua Stanford (WR)Rec. 7 Miami,2013Yds. 171 BC,2013TDs 1 Miami,2013Long 69 BC,2013
Jerome Wright (FB)Rec. 2 UNC,2013Yds. 19 UNC,2013TDs 0 -Long 16 UNC,2013
KiCKersMichael Branthover (P)Punts 7 WF,2011Long 75 DU,2011I20 3 WF,2011Avg. 42.1 WF,2011
A.J. Hughes (P)Punts 13 Alabama,2013Long 57 twiceI20 4 RU,2012Avg. 52.8 Pitt,2013
Ethan Keyserling (PK)FGMade 0 -FGAtt. 3 Marshall,2013Long - -PATMade 3 Marshall,2013PATAtt. 3 Marshall,2013
Eric Kristensen (PK)FGMade 1 Maryland,2013FGAtt. 2 Maryland,2013Long 31 Maryland,2013PATMade 3 Maryland,2013PATAtt. 3 Maryland,2013
Hunter Windmuller (P)Punts 1 WCU,2013Long 49 WCU,2013I20 1 WCU,2013Avg. 49.0 WCU,2013
TaCKlersWoody Baron (DT)Tackles 2 twiceTFL 0Sacks 0
Detrick Bonner (ROV)Tackles 10 VA,2012INT 2 WCU,2013TFL 1.0 threetimesSacks 1.0 RU,2012
Chuck Clark (FS)Tackles 4 Alabama,2013INT 0TFL 0Sacks 0
J.R. Collins (DE)Tackles 11 GT,2011INT 1 Virginia,2011TFL 2.5 twiceSacks 2.5 Marshall,2011
Tariq Edwards (LB)Tackles 11 UNC,2013INT 1 fourtimesTFL 2.5 threetimesSacks 2.0 twice
Antone Exum (CB)Tackles 12 UNC,2011INT 1 fivetimesTFL 2.0 CU[2],2011Sacks 1 WF,2011
Brandon Facyson (CB)Tackles 4 UNC,2013TFL 1.0 Maryland,2013Sacks 0
Kendall Fuller (CB)Tackles 8 Maryland,2013INT 3 Duke,2013TFL 2.5 Maryland,2013Sacks 0
Kyle Fuller (CB)Tackles 10 VA,2010INT 1 sixtimesTFL 3.0 VA,2010Sacks 1.5 ArkSt,2011
James Gayle (DE)Tackles 9 Duke,2012TFL 3.0 threetimesSacks 2.0 threetimes
Derrick Hopkins (DT)Tackles 11 GT,2012TFL 2.5 Marshall,2013Sacks 2.0 Pitt,2013
Kyshoen Jarrett (FS)Tackles 11 BC,2013INT 1 twiceTFL 1.0 threetimesSacks 0
Luther Maddy (DT)Tackles 8 Duke,2013TFL 3.0 Miami,2013Sacks 2.5 Marshall,2013
Corey Marshall (DT)Tackles 7 GT,2012TFL 1.0 fourtimesSacks 1.0 fourtimes
Dadi Nicolas (DE)Tackles 7 Pitt,2013INT 1 Duke,2013TFL 3.0 Pitt,2013Sacks 3.0 Pitt,2013
Josh Trimble (LB)Tackles 4 twiceTFL 1.0 Alabama,2013Sacks 0
Jack Tyler (LB)Tackles 17 GT,2012TFL 3.0 FSU,2010Sacks 1.0 sixtimes
inDiviDual career game highsNigel Williams (DT)Tackles 3 Alabama,2013TFL 1.5 Alabama,2013Sacks 1.0 Alabama,2013
Tyrel Wilson (DE)Tackles 7 GT,2011TFL 1.5 GT,2011Sacks 1.5 GT,2011
Chase Williams (LB)Tackles 7 WCU,2013TFL 1.0 APSU,2012Sacks 0
reTUrNersWillie Byrn (PR)Returns 2 threetimesYds 16 BC,2013Avg 8.0 BC,2013Long 10 BC,2013TD 0
J.C. Coleman (KOR)Returns 3 fourtimesYds 69 Pitt,2012Avg 34.0 twiceLong 34 twiceTD 0
Kendall Fuller (PR)Returns 2 Alabama,2013Yds 2 ECU,2013Avg 2.0 ECU,2013Long 2 ECU,2013TD 0
Kyle Fuller (PR)Returns 1 threetimesYds 23 Marshall,2013Avg 23.0 Marshall,2013Long 23 Marshall,2013TD 0
Der’Woun Greene (KOR)Returns 2 Alabama,2013Yds 39 Alabama,2013Avg 18.5 Alabama,2013Long 24 Alabama,2013TD 0
Kyshoen Jarrett (PR)Returns 6 Pitt,2013Yds 94 Pitt,2012Avg 94.0 Pitt,2012Long 94 Pitt,2012TD 1 Pitt,2012
Demitri Knowles (KOR)Returns 4 twiceYds 141 UNC,2012Avg 48.0 BC,2013Long 93 UNC,2012TD 1 UNC,2012
Chris Mangus (KOR)Returns 2 Pitt,2013Yds 29 Pitt,2013Avg 14.5 Pitt,2013Long 17 Pitt,2013TD 0
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TeaMScored90+points................................................................... 99,vs.Emory&Henry,1919Scored80-89points..............................................................86,vs.RoanokeCollege,1905Scored70-79points...............................................................................77,vs.Akron,1995Scored60-69points........................................................... 66,vs.AppalachianState,2011Scored50-59points..................................................................... 52,vs.WakeForest,2010scored 40-49 points ............................................................42, @ Miami, 2013Back-to-back40+games....................................................vs.CMU(45),vs.WF(52),2010Threestraight40+games............................ @NCSU(41),vs.CMU(45),vs.WF(52),2010Fourstraight40+games...........................NCSU(41),CMU(45),WF(52),Duke(44),2010Rushedfor500+yards...................................................................500,@Pittsburgh,1993Rushedfor400-499yards............................................................... 444,vs.Marshall,2009Rushedfor300-399yards..........................................................................332,Duke,2010rushed for 200-299 yards ................................ 237, vs. Western Carolina, 2013Passedfor500+yards...................................................................... 504,@Syracuse,2002Passedfor400-499yards............................................................ 408,@WakeForest,1972Passed for 300-399 yards ................................................... 366, @ Miami, 2013Passed for 200-299 yards .............................................210, vs. Maryland, 2013rushed/Passed for 200+ yards ......................................Western Carolina, 2013 237 rush, 225 passHad600+yardsintotaloffense................................................. 605,vs.WakeForest,2010Had 500-599 yards in total offense ..................................... 549, @ Miami, 2013Scoredonfirstoffensiveplay.................................................... vs.AppalachianState,2011 DavidWilson20-yardrunWononfinaloffensiveplay.......................................................................vs.Virginia,2012 CodyJournell29ydFGLostonfinaloffensiveplay..................................................................... vs.Michigan,2012 BrendanGibbons37FGWoninovertime........................................................................... 13-10,vs.Rutgers,2012Lostinovertime..........................................................................20-23,vs.Michigan,2012recorded a safety .......................................................... @ East Carolina, 2013RecordedtwodefensiveTDs............................................................@BostonCollege,2008Zeropuntsinagame.....................................................................vs.JamesMadison,2010Zero sacks allowed in a game .....................................................vs. Duke, 2013Recordedashutout....................................................................... vs.BowlingGreen,2012Heldopp.to0yardsorlessrushing............................................-15,vs.FloridaState,2012Blocked two kicks in a game ................................................ vs. Marshall, 2013Scored special teams TD ...................................................... vs. Marshall, 2013Scoreddefensive&specialteamsTD....................................................... vs.Clemson,2007Played on overtime game ................................................... vs. Maryland, 2013
iNDiviDUalRushedfor200+yards.............................................253,DarrenEvans,vs.Maryland,2008Rushedfor150-199yards............................................... 183,J.C.Coleman,vs.Duke,2012Twoplayersrushedfor100yards..................................................................NCState,2010 (DarrenEvans,160yds.&TyrodTaylor,121yds.)Threeplayersrushedfor100yards..................................................@SouthCarolina,1974 PhilRogers(120),RoscoeColes(111)&GeorgeHeath(104)Had40+carries................................................ 42,CyrusLawrence,vs.MemphisSt.,1981Had30-39carries.......................................................32,RyanWilliams,vs.NCState,2009Had 20-29 carries ............................................22, J.C. Coleman, @ Miami, 2013Had two players with 20+ carries ..................................... Logan Thomas (23) & Trey Edmunds (22) vs. Marshall, 2013Rushedfor6TDs................................................................. TommyFrancisco,vs.VMI,1966Rushedfor5TDs..............................................................................LeeSuggs,@UCF,2000rushed for 4 TDs ................................................Trey edmunds, @ Miami, 2013Rushedfor3TDs................................................. DavidWilson,vs.AppalachianState,2011rushed for 2 TDs .......................................... Logan Thomas, vs. Marshall, 2013Passedfor500+yards...............................................504,BryanRandall,@Syracuse,2002Passed for 300-499 yards ............................ 366, logan Thomas, @ Miami, 2013Passed for 200-299 yards ......................210, Logan Thomas, vs. Maryland, 2013
TwoQBseachpassfor100+yards........................................... vs.AppalachianState,2011 (LoganThomas,149yds.&MarkLeal,113yds.)Passedfor5TDs................................................................ BryanRandall,@Syracuse,2002Passedfor4TDs......................................................... BryanRandall,vs.FloridaA&M,2004Passed for 3 TDs .................................. Logan Thomas, vs. North Carolina, 2013Passed for 2 TDs .......................................... Logan Thomas, vs. Maryland, 2013TwoQBswith2TDpassesapiece............................................LoganThomasandMarkLeal vs.AppalachianState,2011Had50+passattempts....................................... 53,SeanGlennon,vs.GeorgiaTech,2005Had 40-49 pass attempts ................. 41, Logan Thomas, @ Boston College, 2013Had 30-39 pass attempts ........................31, Logan Thomas, vs. Maryland, 2013Had 20-29 pass attempts ................ 28, Logan Thomas, vs. North Carolina, 2013Had30+passcompletions.............................................34,DonStrock,vs.Houston,1972Had 20-29 pass comps ..................................25, logan Thomas, @ Miami, 2013QBrush/passfor100yards.................................................. LoganThomas,@Miami,2012 (124rush,199pass)Had10+receptions..........................................10,JarrettBoykin,vs.NorthCarolina,2011Had250+yardsreceiving.........................................279,ErnestWilford,@Syracuse,2002Had200-249yardsrec.............................................213,RickyScales,@WakeForest,1972Had 100+ yards receiving .......... 107, J. stanford & 103, W. Byrn, @ Miami, 2013Two players with 100+ receiving .............................................. @ Miami, 2013 Joshua Stanford (107) & Willie Byrn (103)Had4TDreceptions........................................................... ErnestWilford@Syracuse,2002Had3TDreceptions...................................................... AntonioFreeman,vs.Temple,1993Had2TDreceptions.................................................................MarcusDavis,vs.Duke,2012intercepted 3 passes .......................................... Kendall Fuller, vs. Duke, 2013intercepted 2 passes ........................... Brandon Facyson, @ East Carolina, 2013ReturnedaKOforTD........................................................... DemitriKnowles,@UNC,2012ReturnedpuntforTD................................................... KyshoenJarrett,@Pittsburgh,2012returned an iNT for TD .................... Detrick Bonner, vs. Western Carolina, 2013ReturnedafumbleforTD...................................................... OrionMartin,vs.BC[2],2008Returned blocked punt for TD ....................... Derek DiNardo, vs. Marshall, 2013ReturnedblockedFGforTD............................................................. D.J.Parker,vs.GT,2005ReturnedblockedPATfor2pts................................................ StephanVirgil,vs.ECU,2008Blockedanextrapoint.......................................................AndreSmith,vs.Stanford,2011Blocked a FG .............................................. Derrick Hopkins, vs. Marshall, 2013Blocked a punt .................................................. Kyle Fuller, vs. Marshall, 2013Scoredadef.andspecialteamsTDinagame................................................DeAngeloHall vs.ArkansasSt.,2002(49-yd.INT&69-yd.PR)ReturnedtwopuntsforTDs...........................................................................DeAngeloHall vs.Syracuse,2003(58&60yds.)Successful2-pointconversion.........................................................@NorthCarolina,2012 CoreyFullerpassfromLoganThomasMade6FGs..................................................................MickeyThomas,vs.Vanderbilt,1989Made5FGs........................................................................ChrisKinzer,vs.Vanderbilt,1986Made 4 FGs .................................................Cody Journell, vs. Pittsburgh, 2013Made3FGs...............................................................CodyJournell,atBostonCollege,2012Kickeda60+FG..................................................... 61,WayneLatimer,vs.FloridaSt.,1975Kicked a 50-59 FG ..............................56, Cody Journell, @ Boston College, 2013Kicked a 40-49 FG ...........................................42, Cody Journell, vs. Duke, 2013Kicked two 40+ yards FGs in one game .... Cody Journell, @ Boston College, 2013 Kickeda70+punt...................................................75,MichaelBranthover,@Duke,2011Kicked a 60-69 punt ................................... 64, A.J. Hughes, vs. Maryland, 2013
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TeaMScored70+points...................................................................................77,Alabama1973Scored60-69points.................................................................66,Washington&Lee,1951Scored50-59points..............................................................................52,California,2003Scored40-49points...................................................................... 48,NorthCarolina,2012
Rushedfor500+yards.........................................................................748,Alabama,1973Rushedfor400-499yards....................................................................461,Alabama,1972Rushedfor300-399yards........................................................... 339,NorthCarolina,2012Rushedfor200-299yards................................................................. 254,Pittsburgh,2012Had 50-99 yards rushing ........................................................... 91, Duke, 2013Had FeWer than 50 yards rushing ........................................... 28, Miami, 2013
Passedfor500+yards............................................................................................... NEVERPassedfor400-499yards..................................................................... 403,Syracuse,2002Passedfor350-399yards............................................................... 326,FloridaState,2012Had 50-99 yards passing ............................................ 93, Boston College, 2013HadFEWERthan50yardspassing................................................................20,Duke,2008
Had800+yardsintotaloffense...........................................................833,Alabama,1973Had700-799yardsintotaloffense........................................................................... NEVERHad600-699yardsintotaloffense...................................................... 604,Syracuse,2002Had500-599yardsintotaloffense............................................. 533,NorthCarolina,2012
Recordedasafety..........................................................................BostonCollege[2],2008recorded a defensive TD ..................................................Boston College, 2013ShutoutTech.............................................................................................Cincinnati,1995Blockedtwokicksinagame..............................................................................Duke,2006Scored a special teams TD .........................................................Alabama, 2013Scored defensive & special teams TD .........................................Alabama, 2013
iNDiviDUalRushedfor200+yards..................................... 262,GiovaniBernard,NorthCarolina,2012rushed for 150-199 yards .................166, Andre Williams, Boston College, 2013rushed for 100-149 yards ............................... 122, C.J. Brown, Maryland, 2013Twoplayersrushedfor100yards................................................................. Syracuse,1994 MalcolmThomas(185)&KirbyDarDar(108)Threeplayersrushedfor100yards............................................................................ NEVERHad40+carries................................................................... 44,PaulPalmer,Temple,1986Had35-39carries................................................. 38,DerrickKnight,BostonCollege,2003Rushedfor6TDs.....................................................................WillisMcGahee,Miami,2002Rushedfor5TDs........................................................................................................ NEVERRushedfor4TDs..................................................................... ChrisBrantley,Rutgers,1992Rushedfor3TDs....................................................... TevinWashington,GeorgiaTech,2011rushed for 2 TDs ....................................................C.J. Brown, Maryland, 2013
Passedfor500+yards............................................................................................... NEVERPassedfor400-499yards...................................................403,TroyNunes,Syracuse,2002Passed for 300-399 yards .............................. 324, stephen Morris, Miami, 2013Passedfor5TDs......................................................................................................... NEVERPassedfor4TDs...................................................................... AndrewLuck,Stanford,2011Passedfor3TDs.................................................................. E.J.Manuel,FloridaState,2012Had50+passattempts...............................................52,MattRyan,BostonCollege,2007Had 40-49 pass attempts ................................41, Rakeem Cato, Marshall, 2013Had 30-39 pass attempts ............... 35, Marquise Williams, North Carolina, 2013Had30+passcompletions................................................30,DominiqueDavis,ECU,2010Had 20-29 pass comps ................... 23, Marquise Williams, North Carolina, 2013QB rush/pass for 100 yards ......................................C.J. Brown, Maryland, 2013 135 yds passing, 122 yds rushing
Had11+receptions...........................................13,AndreCallender,BostonCollege,2007Had250+yardsreceiving......................................................................................... NEVERHad200-249yardsreceiving............................................229,DavidTyree,Syracuse,2002Had 100+ yards receiving ...................................142, Allen Hurns, Miami, 2013Had4TDreceptions................................................................ ChrisBrantley,Rutgers,1992Had3TDreceptions................................................................CobyFleener,Stanford,2011Had2TDreceptions.......................................................RashadGreene,FloridaState,2012
Intercepted3passes...................................................... AaronBeasley,WestVirginia,1994Intercepted2passes..........................................................JonathanMeeks,Clemson,2012
returned a KO for TD ........................................Christion Jones, Alabama, 2013returned punt for TD ....................................... William Likely, Maryland, 2013returned an iNT for TD ....................... Kevin Pierre-Louis, Boston College, 2013Returned/recoveredafumbleforTD................................. KhaseemGreene,Rutgers,2012ReturnedblockedpuntforTD....................................................T.J.Lee,EastCarolina,2008ReturnedblockedFGforTD....................................................................................... NEVERReturnedblockedPATfor2pts................................................... NigelBradham,FSU,2010Blocked an extra point ................................. Jabari Price, North Carolina, 2013BlockedaFG............................................................................... TEAM,Northeastern,2006Blockedapunt.................................................................. RayshawnJenkins,Miami,20122-pointconversion................................................................................. FloridaState,2012 N.O’LearypassfromE.J.Manuel
Made6FGs................................................................................................................ NEVERMade5FGs............................................................................. AlexHenery,Nebraska,2009Made4FGs............................................................................. WillSnyderwine,Duke,2009Made3FGs..................................................................... NateFreese,BostonCollege,2012Kickeda60+FG........................................................................................................ NEVERKicked a 50-59 FG ..................................................53, ross Martin, Duke, 2013Kicked two 50+ FGs ....................................... 51 & 53, ross Martin, Duke, 2013Kicked a 40-49 FG ................................... 43, Nate Freese, Boston College, 2013
Kickeda70+punt............................................................76,AlexHenery,Nebraska,2009Kicked a 60-69 punt ......................................61, Cody Mandell, Alabama, 2013
TUrNOversThe last Time Tech ...Lost two fumbles ............................................................Boston College, 2013Lostthreefumbles..............................................................................NorthCarolina,2006Lostfourfumbles.............................................................................................Miami,2005Lostfiveormorefumbles.........................................................................5,Kentucky,1977
Threwthreeinterceptions..................................................................... atPittsburgh,2012Threw four interceptions .......................................................... vs. Duke, 2013 Threwfiveinterceptions........................................................................... vs.Virginia,1994Threwsixormoreinterceptions........................................................ 7,vs.FloridaSt.,1959
The last Time an Opponent ...Lost two fumbles ........................................................................ Miami, 2013Lostthreefumbles........................................................................................NCState,2009Lostfourfumbles....................................................................................ArkansasSt.,2002Lostfiveormorefumbles......................................................................... 5,Clemson,1985
Threw three interceptions ..................................................East Carolina, 2013Threw four interceptions ............................................................... Duke, 2013Threwfiveinterceptions.........................................................................GeorgiaTech,2007Threwsixormoreinterceptions.................................................................6,Rutgers,1998
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VirginiaTech’scurrent241-gamescoringstreakfrom1995topresentstandsasthe13th-longestinDivisionI-Acollegehistory.Inthe241-gamerun,Techscoredonitsfirstoffensivepossession77times,plusanotherfouroccasionswhereitscoredonreturnsonitsfirsttouchofthegame.TheHokieshavescoredinthefirstquarter175timesduringthestreak,andhavehaditextendedbyhalftimein230ofthe241games.Here’sthatlist:(*—includesablockedpuntrecoveryintheendzonepriortothefirstoffensivepossessionagainstAkronin1995;aninterceptionreturnpriortothefirstoffensivepossessionatClemsonin2007;aninterceptionreturnpriortothefirstoffensivepossessionagainstBostonCollegein2008;andablockedpuntreturnpriortothefirstoffensivepossessionagainstMarshallin2013):
School Streak Dates Ended ByMichigan 362 10/27/1984 - present ………………BrighamYoung 361 9/27/1975-11/15/2003 UtahFlorida 321 11/05/1988 - present ………………Texas 281 11/29/1980-10/02/2004 OklahomaWashingtonState 280 10/22/1984-10/18/2008 USCWashington 272 11/14/1981-10/16/2004 USCOregon 267 10/05/1985-11/15/2007 UCLATCU 266 11/23/1991 - present ………………air Force 257 12/31/1992 - present ………………Tennessee 246 9/24/1994 - present ………………UCLA 245 10/02/1971-10/17/1992 ArizonaStateColorado 242 11/19/1988-10/25/2008 Missourivirginia Tech 241 9/23/1995 - present ………………Ohio state 239 12/30/1993 - present * ………………Nebraska 233 1/01/1974-11/29/1991 Miami,Fla.FloridaState 232 9/10/1988-11/11/2006 WakeForestNebraska 228 9/05/1996 - present ………………Hawai’i 219 12/04/1976-11/04/1995 ColoradoStateArizona 214 9/09/1972-12/15/1990 SyracuseGeorgia Tech 209 10/30/1997 - present ………………
* - had 13 games vacated by NCAA from 2010 season (not included in streak)
scored On/in: Points scoredseason Games 1st Poss. 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q Wins losses Ties1995 10 2* 6 3 1 0 335 0 —1996 12 6 9 3 0 0 328 42 —1997 12 3 8 3 1 0 244 80 —1998 12 6 11 1 0 0 299 82 —1999 12 4 11 1 0 0 455 29 —2000 12 7 10 1 0 1 463 21 —2001 12 3 10 1 1 0 314 62 —2002 14 4 11 3 0 0 303 126 —2003 13 7 11 2 0 0 328 132 —2004 13 4 7 4 1 1 358 42 —2005 13 3 10 2 0 1 411 29 —2006 13 4 9 4 0 0 282 54 —2007 14 6* 9 4 1 0 364 38 —2008 14 3* 7 7 0 0 230 79 —2009 13 5 11 1 1 0 350 64 —2010 14 5 9 5 0 0 416 58 —2011 14 4 9 5 0 0 358 33 —2012 13 2 8 4 0 1 200 126 —2013 11 3* 9 1 1 0 152 71 —Totals 241 81 175 55 7 4 6232 1205 0
VirginiaTechhasa182-59 recordduringthescoringstreak,averaging34.2pointsinthewinsand20.4pointsinthelosses.TheHokieshadonlyfouroccasionswheretheyweredelayedextendingthestreakuntilthefourthquarter.Thelasttimecameinthe2012RussellAthleticBowlina13-10overtimewinagainstRutgers.ThelatestTechscoreditsfirstpointsinagamewaswith6:58leftinthe2005SugarBowlagainstAuburn,agameinwhichtheHokieswentontoscoreanothertouchdownintheloss.Here’salookatthoseoccasions.(*—denotesinSugarBowlinNewOrleans;^-denotesRussellAthleticBowlinOrlando):
Date Game Opponent Fourth Quarter Score (first if multiple scores) Time Left (4Q) ResultNov.4,2000 67 atMiami LeeSuggs1ydrun 12:23 L,21-41Jan.3,2005 122 Auburn* JoshMorgan29ydpassfromBryanRandall 6:58 L,13-16Nov.5,2005 131 Miami MarcusVick2ydrun 8:06 L,7-27Dec.28,2012 230 Rutgers^ CodyJournell25ydFG 12:14 W,13-10(ot)
TherehavebeensevenoccasionswhereVirginiaTechscoredjustoncetocontinuethestreak,bysevendifferentplayers.OnlyoncedidTech’slonescorecomeinthefourthquarterofagameandthatcamein2005whenMarcusVickscoredona5-yardrunwith8:06leftina27-7loss.Alookattheseseventimeswithonescore.(*—denotesGatorBowlinJacksonville):
Date Game Opponent The Hokie To Score Time Left ResultJan.1,1998* 34 vs.NorthCarolina ShayneGraham40ydFG 4:37,3Q L,3-42Nov.3,2001 78 atPittsburgh RonyellWhitaker71ydblockedFGreturn 1:42,1Q L,7-38Oct.22,2003 103 atWestVirginia VincentFuller50ydfumblereturn 2:07,2Q L,8-27Nov.5,2005 131 Miami MarcusVick2ydrun 8:06,4Q L,7-27Oct.12,2006 141 atBostonCollege BrandonPace36FG 0:41,2Q L,3-22Sept.8,2007 150 atLSU TyrodTaylor1ydrun 4:38,3Q L,7-48Oct.1,2011 208 Clemson CodyJournell24FG 4:35,2Q L,3-23
The One-Scorers (7):Fuller1,Graham1,Journell1,Pace1,Taylor1,Vick1,Whitaker1(threefieldgoals,tworushingtouchdowns,onefumblereturn,oneblockedfieldgoalreturn)
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No. Name vl Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown High School87 DewayneAlford - DE 6-2 240 r-Fr. Suffolk,Va. NansemondRiver64 MattArkema 1 OL 6-3 296 r-Jr. Midlothian,Va. Midlothian60 WoodyBaron - DT 6-1 264 Fr. Nashville,Tenn. BrentwoodAcademy55 BrentBenedict 1 OL 6-5 292 r-Jr. Jacksonville,Fla. TheBollesSchool8 DetrickBonner 2 FS 6-0 194 r-Jr. McDonough,Ga. Luella38 MichaelBranthover 1 PK 5-9 184 Jr. Dayton,Md. DeMatha53 DrewBurns - LB 6-3 218 r-Fr. Chesapeake,Va. Grassfield48 NickBush - CB 5-10 181 r-Jr. Lebanon,Va. Lebanon82 WillieByrn 1 WR 5-10 186 r-Jr. VirginiaBeach,Va. FirstColonial15 JoelCaleb - TB 6-2 205 r-Fr. Midlothian,Va. CloverHill21 ChrisCaver - CB 5-7 180 r-Jr. Hampton,Va. Hampton19 ChuckClark - FS 6-0 197 Fr. Suffolk,Va. King’sFork40 DeonClarke - LB 6-2 210 r-Fr. Richmond,Va. L.C.Bird93 KalvinCline - TE 6-4 238 Fr. BocaRaton,Fla. PineCrest4 J.C.Coleman 1 TB 5-7 191 So. Chesapeake,Va. OscarSmith18 D.J.Coles 3 WR 6-4 234 r-Sr. Maidens,Va. Goochland42 J.R.Collins 3 DE 6-2 248 r-Sr. Stafford,Va. BrookePoint72 AugieConte - OL 6-6 302 r-Fr. Richmond,Va. BlessedSacramentHuguenot59 EddieD’Antuono - LS 6-6 263 r-Fr. Alexandria,Va. BishopIreton41 DerekDiNardo 2 OLB 6-0 216 r-Jr. VirginiaBeach,Va. Cox39 DanielDyer 2 TB 5-10 204 r-Jr. Salem,Va. Salem14 TreyEdmunds - TB 6-1 216 r-Fr. Danville,Va. DanRiver24 TariqEdwards 2 LB 6-2 234 r-Sr. Cheraw,S.C. MarlboroCounty4 KenEkanem - DE 6-3 242 r-Fr. Centreville,Va. Centreville1 AntoneExum 3 CB 6-1 220 r-Sr. GlenAllen,Va. DeepRun31 BrandonFacyson - CB 6-2 188 Fr. Newnan,Ga. Northgate79 CalebFarris 1 OL 6-3 308 Jr. Lexington,Va. Rockbridge26 DesmondFrye 1 ROV 6-2 188 So. Chester,Va. ThomasDale11 KendallFuller - CB 5-11 193 Fr. Baltimore,Md. OurLadyOfGoodCounsel17 KyleFuller 3 CB 6-0 194 Sr. Baltimore,Md. MountSt.Joseph47 GregGadell - FB 5-10 207 r-Jr. Vienna,Va. BishopO’Connell99 JamesGayle 3 DE 6-4 255 r-Sr. Hampton,Va. Bethel63 LaurenceGibson 1 OL 6-6 290 r-Jr. SierraVista,Ariz. Buena23 Der’WounGreene - FS 5-10 180 r-Fr. Portsmouth,Va. WoodrowWilson12 TreyGresh 2 QB 6-1 209 Sr. Blacksburg,Va. Blacksburg97 KrisHarley 1 DT 6-0 283 r-So. Indianapolis,Ind. WarrenCentral37 FullerHoepner - FB 6’2” 258 r-Jr. Chesterfield,Va. Cosby98 DerrickHopkins 3 DT 6-0 311 Sr. HighlandSprings,Va. HighlandSprings27 A.J.Hughes 1 P 6-1 199 So. TerreHaute,Ind. TerreHauteNorthVigo49 DakotaJackson - TE 6-3 267 r-Fr. Roanoke,Va. Northside34 KyshoenJarrett 2 ROV 5-11 198 Jr. Tannersville,Pa. EastStroudsburgSouth29 EthanKeyserling - P 6-2 199 r-Jr. ChapelHill,N.C. EastChapelHill80 DemitriKnowles 1 WR 6-1 180 r-So. Freeport,Bahamas LibertyChristian(Va.)Academy22 EricKristensen - PK 5-11 165 Fr. AnnArbor,Mich. Pioneer6 MarkLeal 2 QB 6-1 217 r-Jr. Greenacres,Fla. Atlantic30 MitchellLudwig - PK 5-11 192 Fr. Abingdon,Va. Abingdon92 LutherMaddy 2 DT 6-1 296 Jr. DelrayBeach,Fla. Atlantic28 ChrisMangus - WR 6-0 184 r-Fr. Raleigh,N.C. Broughton68 MarcusMapp - OL 6-4 295 r-So. Painter,Va. Nandua86 ZackMcCray 2 TE 6-4 247 r-Jr. Forest,Va. Brookville35 DahmanMcKinnon - LB 6-1 207 r-Fr. HopeMills,N.C. SouthView71 JonathanMcLaughlin - OL 6-5 313 Fr. Mauldin,S.C. Mauldin
2013 Virginia Tech rosTerNUMeriCal rOsTer1 AntoneExum CB2 DonovanRiley CB3 LoganThomas QB4 J.C.Coleman TB4 KenEkanem DE5 JoshuaStanford WR6 MarkLeal QB8 DetrickBonner FS9 BrendenMotley QB11 KendallFuller CB12 TreyGresh QB13 BrianRody QB14 TreyEdmunds TB15 JoelCaleb TB16 CarlisParker WR17 KyleFuller CB18 D.J.Coles WR19 ChuckClark FS20 MauriceTaylor TB21 ChrisCaver CB22 EricKristensen PK23 Der’WounGreene FS24 TariqEdwards LB25 JeromeWright FB26 DesmondFrye ROV27 A.J.Hughes P28 ChrisMangus TB29 EthanKeyserling P30 MitchellLudwig PK31 BrandonFacyson CB32 JoshTrimble OLB33 DariusRedman TE34 KyshoenJarrett ROV35 DahmanMcKinnon LB36 ChaseWilliams LB37 FullerHoepner FB37 ZachSnell ROV38 MichaelBranthover PK39 DanielDyer TB40 DeonClarke LB41 DerekDiNardo LB42 J.R.Collins DE44 ColtonTaylor LS45 SamRogers FB46 HunterWindmuller P47 GregGadell FB48 NickBush CB49 DakotaJackson TE51 JackWillenbrock OL53 DrewBurns LB55 BrentBenedict OL57 WyattTeller OL
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2013 Virginia Tech rosTer83 CharleyMeyer - WR 6-1 215 r-Fr. Richmond,Va. Benedictine74 AndrewMiller 3 OL 6-4 296 r-Sr. Bassett,Va. Bassett9 BrendenMotley - QB 6-4 216 r-Fr. Christiansburg,Va. Christiansburg90 DadiNicolas 1 DE 6-3 224 r-So. DelrayBeach,Fla. Atlantic67 ParkerOsterloh - OL 6-8 318 Fr. Williamsburg,Va. Warhill16 CarlisParker - WR 6-3 185 Fr. Statesville,N.C. Statesville33 DariusRedman - TE 6-4 256 r-So. Washington,D.C. H.D.Woodson2 DonovanRiley 1 CB 5-11 204 So. Reistertown,Md. BaltimorePoly13 BrianRody - QB 6-6 236 r-So. Ashburn,Va. StoneBridge45 SamRogers - FB 5-10 220 Fr. Mechanicsville,Va. Hanover91 MattRoth 1 DE 6-3 239 r-So. St.Augustine,Fla. Nease69 MarkShuman - OL 6-7 295 r-Jr. ForkUnion,Va. ForkUnion85 E.L.Smiling - WR 6-4 211 r-Jr. Stafford,Va. BrookePoint75 AlstonSmith - OL 6-2 281 r-Fr. VirginiaBeach,Va. Cox37 ZachSnell - ROV 5-10 205 r-Fr. Christiansburg,Va. Christiansburg65 JoeSt.Germain 1 LS 6-0 220 r-Jr. LosAlamitos,Calif. MaterDei5 JoshuaStanford - WR 6-1 196 r-Fr. Mississauga,Ontario MartinLutherKing(Ga.)44 ColtonTaylor - LS 6-0 191 Fr. Salem,Va. Salem20 MauriceTaylor - TB 5-8 172 r-So. Dillwyn,Va. BuckinghamCounty57 WyattTeller - OL 6-5 275 Fr. Bealeton,Va. Liberty3 LoganThomas 3 QB 6-6 254 r-Sr. Lynchburg,Va. Brookville32 JoshTrimble 1 OLB 6-0 216 r-So. Ashburn,Va. BishopO’Connell58 JackTyler 3 LB 6-1 230 r-Sr. Oakton,Va. Oakton76 DavidWang 2 OL 6-2 299 r-Jr. Ashburn,Va. StoneBridge62 RossWard - OL 6-3 303 r-So. VirginiaBeach,Va. Kellam51 JackWillenbrock - OL 6-2 237 r-Fr. Glenmoore,Pa. DowningtownEast36 ChaseWilliams 2 LB 6-2 220 r-Jr. Leesburg,Va. LoudounCounty95 NigelWilliams - DT 6-2 283 r-Fr. Richmond,Va. Benedictine66 TyrelWilson 3 DE 6-2 230 r-Sr. Hampton,Va. Hampton46 HunterWindmuller - P 6-3 170 r-Fr. Oakton,Va. FlintHillSchool25 JeromeWright - RB 6-2 221 Fr. Richmond,Va. HighlandSprings
58 JackTyler LB59 EddieD’Antuono LS60 WoodyBaron DT62 RossWard OL63 LaurenceGibson OL64 MattArkema OL65 JoeSt.Germain LS66 TyrelWilson DE67 ParkerOsterloh OL68 MarcusMapp OL69 MarkShuman OL71 JonathanMcLaughlin OL72 AugieConte OL74 AndrewMiller OL75 AlstonSmith OL76 DavidWang OL79 CalebFarris OL80 DemitriKnowles WR82 WillieByrn WR83 CharleyMeyer WR85 E.L.Smiling WR86 ZackMcCray TE87 DewayneAlford DE90 DadiNicolas DE91 MattRoth DE92 LutherMaddy DT93 KalvinCline TE95 NigelWilliams DT97 KrisHarley DT98 DerrickHopkins DT99 JamesGayle DE
reCOrD Overall HOMe AWAY NeUTralALLGAMES 7-4 4-2 3-1 0-1CONFERENCE 4-3 2-2 2-1 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 3-1 2-0 1-0 0-1
DaTe OPPONeNT lOCaTiON Tv sCOre aTTeNDAug31,2013 (1/1)Alabama GeorgiaDome,Atlanta,Ga. L 10-35 73114Sep07,2013 WesternCarolina Blacksburg,Va. W 45-3 61335Sep14,2013 atEastCarolina Greenville,N.C. W 15-10 50096
Sep21,2013 Marshall Blacksburg,Va. W(3OT) 29-21 64060* Sep26,2013 atGeorgiaTech Atlanta,Ga. W 17-10 50214* Oct5,2013 NorthCarolina Blacksburg,Va. W 27-17 65632* Oct12,2013 Pittsburgh Blacksburg,Va. W 19-9 64954* Oct26,2013 Duke Blacksburg,Va. L 10-13 63326* Nov02,2013 atBostonCollege ChestnutHill,Mass. L 27-34 30129* Nov09,2013 atMiami MiamiGardens,Fla. W 42-24 49267* Nov16,2013 Maryland Blacksburg,Va. L (OT) 24-27 64686* Nov30,2013 atVirginia Charlottesville,Va. 3:30PM*-AtlanticCoastConferenceGame Rankings:(AP/Coaches)
rUsHiNG GP aTT GaiN lOss NeT avG TD lONG avG/GTreyEdmunds 11 155 611 29 582 3.8 10 77 52.9LoganThomas 11 144 496 175 321 2.2 4 26 29.2J.C.Coleman 8 61 218 13 205 3.4 0 13 25.6ChrisMangus 11 20 122 7 115 5.8 1 76 10.5JoelCaleb 10 8 41 0 41 5.1 1 13 4.1DemitriKnowles 11 3 17 0 17 5.7 0 12 1.5A.J.Hughes 11 1 12 0 12 12.0 0 0 1.1MarkLeal 2 1 11 0 11 11.0 0 11 5.5SamRogers 11 4 6 0 6 1.5 0 3 0.5D.J.Coles 11 2 1 0 1 0.5 0 1 0.1Team 11 14 0 23 -23 -1.6 0 0 -2.3TOTal 11 413 1535 247 1288 3.1 16 77 117.1OPPONeNTs 11 386 1515 379 1136 2.9 10 62 103.3
PassiNG GP eFFiC aTT-CMP-iNT PCT YDS TD lONG avG/GLoganThomas 11 126.41 211-362-12 58.3 2632 15 83 239.3MarkLeal 2 127.50 3-4-0 75.0 25 0 18 12.5Team 11 0.00 0-0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0TOTal 11 126.42 214-366-12 58.5 2657 15 83 241.5OPPONeNTs 11 99.10 141-293-18 48.1 1814 10 84 164.9
reCeiviNG GP NO. YDS avG TD lONG avG/GWillieByrn 11 46 598 13.0 2 83 54.4DemitriKnowles 11 39 518 13.3 3 56 47.1JoshuaStanford 11 36 591 16.4 1 69 53.7KalvinCline 10 24 272 11.3 2 31 27.2D.J.Coles 11 21 330 15.7 6 34 30.0TreyEdmunds 11 16 129 8.1 1 22 11.7SamRogers 11 10 71 7.1 0 18 6.5ChrisMangus 11 8 69 8.6 0 22 6.3J.C.Coleman 8 8 50 6.2 0 11 6.2JeromeWright 10 3 23 7.7 0 16 2.3JoelCaleb 10 2 1 0.5 0 3 0.1CharleyMeyer 9 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.6TOTal 11 214 2657 12.4 15 83 241.5OPPONeNTs 11 141 1814 12.9 10 84 164.9
PUNTiNG NO. YDS avG lONG TB FC i20 BlKDA.J.Hughes 64 2851 44.5 64 7 12 17 0HunterWindmuller 1 49 49.0 49 0 0 1 0TOTal 65 2900 44.6 64 7 12 18 0OPPONeNTs 72 3122 43.4 63 7 7 22 1
TeaM sTaTisTiCs HOKies OPPONeNTsCOriNG 265 203PointsPerGame 24.1 18.5FirsT DOWNs 195 154Rushing 68 59Passing 118 82Penalty 9 13RUSHING YARDAGE 1288 1136Yardsgainedrushing 1535 1515Yardslostrushing 247 379RushingAttempts 413 386AveragePerRush 3.1 2.9AveragePerGame 117.1 103.3TDsRushing 16 10PASSING YARDAGE 2657 1814Comp-Att-Int 214-366-12 141-293-18AveragePerPass 7.3 6.2AveragePerCatch 12.4 12.9AveragePerGame 241.5 164.9TDsPassing 15 10TOTal OFFeNse 3945 2950TotalPlays 779 679AveragePerPlay 5.1 4.3AveragePerGame 358.6 268.2KICKRETURNS:#-Yards 26-559 36-809PUNTRETURNS:#-Yards 41-197 26-365INTRETURNS:#-Yards 18-94 12-148KICKRETURNAVERAGE 21.5 22.5PUNTRETURNAVERAGE 4.8 14.0INTRETURNAVERAGE 5.2 12.3FUMBLES-LOST 12-3 18-6PENALTIES-Yards 66-509 63-405AveragePerGame 46.3 36.8PUNTS-Yards 65-2900 72-3122AveragePerPunt 44.6 43.4Netpuntaverage 36.8 38.7KICKOFFS-Yards 53-3338 42-2642AveragePerKick 63.0 62.9Netkickaverage 39.7 40.7TIMEOFPOSSESSION/Game 33:03 26:573RD-DOWNConversions 58/170 46/1573rd-DownPct 34% 29%4TH-DOWNConversions 10/16 6/134th-DownPct 62% 46%SACKSBY-Yards 34-210 25-173MISCYARDS 0 0TOUCHDOWNSSCORED 33 25FIELDGOALS-ATTEMPTS 11-21 10-12ON-SIDEKICKS 0-0 0-3RED-ZONESCORES (27-38)71% (18-22)82%RED-ZONETOUCHDOWNS (22-38)58% (14-22)64%PAT-ATTEMPTS (30-32)94% (23-23)100%
aTTeNDaNCe HOKies OPPONeNTTOTAL 383993 179706Games/AvgPerGame 6/63999 4/44926NeutralSiteGames 1/73114
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1sT 2ND 3rD 4TH OT TOTalVirginiaTech 80 62 54 58 11 265Opponents 42 68 57 30 6 203
virGiNia TeCH FOOTBall - 2013 seasONas of November 17, 2013
PUNT reTUrNs NO. YDS avG TD lONGKyshoenJarrett 26 139 5.3 0 43WillieByrn 7 28 4.0 0 10KendallFuller 7 -4 -0.6 0 2KyleFuller 1 23 23.0 0 0DerekDiNardo 0 11 0.0 1 11TOTal 41 197 4.8 1 43OPPONeNTs 26 365 14.0 2 72
KiCK reTUrNs NO. YDS avG TD lONGDemitriKnowles 19 430 22.6 0 88ChrisMangus 3 35 11.7 0 17Der'WounGreene 2 39 19.5 0 24J.C.Coleman 1 28 28.0 0 28ChaseWilliams 1 27 27.0 0 27TOTal 26 559 21.5 0 88OPPONeNTs 36 809 22.5 1 94
FUMBle reTUrNs NO. YDS avG TD lONGDerrickHopkins 1 40 40.0 0 40KendallFuller 1 -1 -1.0 0 0TOTal 2 39 19.5 0 40OPPONeNTs 0 0 0.0 0 0
iNTerCPeTiONs NO. YDS avG TD lONGBrandonFacyson 5 0 0.0 0 1KendallFuller 5 1 0.2 0 3KyshoenJarrett 2 13 6.5 0 13KyleFuller 2 8 4.0 0 11DetrickBonner 2 72 36.0 1 37TariqEdwards 1 0 0.0 0 0DadiNicolas 1 0 0.0 0 0TOTal 18 94 5.2 1 37OPPONeNTs 12 148 12.3 2 49
FG seQUeNCe virGiNia TeCH OPPONeNTsvs.Alabama (39) -WesternCarolina (30) (28)atEastCarolina 38,40 (44)Marshall 36,50,32 [41],39atGeorgiaTech (39),25 (49)NorthCarolina - (36)Pittsburgh (48),(37),(42),33,(23) (47)Duke 45,(42),40 (51),(53)atBostonCollege (56),(47) (25),(43)Miami - (49)Maryland 34,(31) -atVirginiaNumbersin(parentheses)indicatefieldgoalwasmade.Numbersin[brackets]indicatefieldgoalwasblocked.
KiCKOFFs No. Yds avg TB OB retn Net YdLnMitchellLudwig 34 2155 63.4 13 0MichaelBranthover 15 931 62.1 3 0CodyJournell 3 187 62.3 1 0EthanKeyserling 1 65 65.0 0 0TOTal 53 3338 63.0 17 0 809 39.7 25OPPONeNTs 42 2642 62.9 15 1 559 40.7 24
sCOriNG TD FGs PaTs
DXP SAFETY POiNTsKiCK rUsH rCv Pass TreyEdmunds 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 66CodyJournell 0 10-16 24-26 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 54D.J.Coles 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36LoganThomas 4 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 0-0 0 0 26DemitriKnowles 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18KalvinCline 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12WillieByrn 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12ChrisMangus 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6DetrickBonner 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6JoelCaleb 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6DerekDiNardo 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6EricKristensen 0 1-2 3-3 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6JoshuaStanford 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6EthanKeyserling 0 0-3 3-3 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 3Team 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2TOTal 33 11-21 30-32 1-1 0 0-0 0 1 265OPPONeNTs 25 10-12 23-23 0-1 0 0-0 0 0 203
TOTal OFFeNse G PLAYS rUsH Pass TOTal avG/GLoganThomas 11 506 321 2632 2953 268.5TreyEdmunds 11 155 582 0 582 52.9J.C.Coleman 8 61 205 0 205 25.6ChrisMangus 11 20 115 0 115 10.5JoelCaleb 10 8 41 0 41 4.1MarkLeal 2 5 11 25 36 18.0DemitriKnowles 11 3 17 0 17 1.5A.J.Hughes 11 1 12 0 12 1.1SamRogers 11 4 6 0 6 0.5D.J.Coles 11 2 1 0 1 0.1Team 11 14 -23 0 -23 -2.3TOTal 11 779 1288 2657 3945 358.6OPPONeNTs 11 679 1136 1814 2950 268.2
FielD GOals FGM-FGa PCT 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lG BlKCodyJournell 10-16 62.5 0-0 1-2 4-6 4-7 1-1 56 0EthanKeyserling 0-3 0.0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-1 0 0EricKristensen 1-2 50.0 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 31 0
all PUrPOse G rUsH reC Pr KOr ir TOT avG/GDemitriKnowles 11 17 518 0 430 0 965 87.7TreyEdmunds 11 582 129 0 0 0 711 64.6WillieByrn 11 0 598 28 0 0 626 56.9JoshuaStanford 11 0 591 0 0 0 591 53.7D.J.Coles 11 1 330 0 0 0 331 30.1LoganThomas 11 321 0 0 0 0 321 29.2J.C.Coleman 8 205 50 0 28 0 283 35.4KalvinCline 10 0 272 0 0 0 272 27.2ChrisMangus 11 115 69 0 35 0 219 19.9KyshoenJarrett 11 0 0 139 0 13 152 13.8SamRogers 11 6 71 0 0 0 77 7.0DetrickBonner 11 0 0 0 0 72 72 6.5JoelCaleb 10 41 1 0 0 0 42 4.2Der'WounGreene 11 0 0 0 39 0 39 3.5KyleFuller 9 0 0 23 0 8 31 3.4ChaseWilliams 10 0 0 0 27 0 27 2.7JeromeWright 10 0 23 0 0 0 23 2.3A.J.Hughes 11 12 0 0 0 0 12 1.1DerekDiNardo 11 0 0 11 0 0 11 1.0MarkLeal 2 11 0 0 0 0 11 5.5CharleyMeyer 9 0 5 0 0 0 5 0.6KendallFuller 11 0 0 -4 0 1 -3 -0.3Team 11 -23 0 0 0 0 -23 -2.3TOTal 11 1288 2657 197 559 94 4795 435.9OPPONeNTs 11 1136 1814 365 809 148 4272 388.4
DeFeNsive sTaTisTiCs
leaDers GP-GsTaCKles saCKs
NO-YARDSPass DeF FUMBles BlKD
KiCK SAFETYsOlO asT TOTal TFL/YDS INT-YDS BrUP QBH RCV-YDS FF58 JackTyler 11 31 58 89 9.0-32 4.0-20 . . 11 . 1 . .34 KyshoenJarrett 11 31 29 60 1.0-2 . 2-13 2 2 . . . .24 TariqEdwards 11 28 30 58 9.0-33 2.5-14 1-0 3 5 1-0 . . .92 LutherMaddy 11 26 24 50 11.0-58 6.5-47 . 2 13 . . . .11 KendallFuller 11 34 14 48 2.0-4 . 5-1 6 2 1--1 1 . .98 DerrickHopkins 11 19 26 45 7.0-38 4.0-28 . . 11 1-40 . 1 .8 DetrickBonner 11 29 12 41 1.5-5 . 2-72 3 . . . . .42 J.R.Collins 11 21 17 38 8.5-52 5.0-37 . . 22 . 1 . .99 JamesGayle 11 16 20 36 9.5-29 5.0-20 . 1 26 . 1 . .90 DadiNicolas 11 19 9 28 7.0-42 4.0-33 1-0 2 13 . . . .17 KyleFuller 9 17 7 24 2.0-6 . 2-8 10 1 . 1 1 .31 BrandonFacyson 10 16 7 23 2.0-8 . 5-0 7 1 1-0 1 . .19 ChuckClark 10 6 11 17 . . . . . . . . .32 JoshTrimble 11 3 12 15 1.0-5 . . 1 3 . . . .95 NigelWilliams 11 7 6 13 7.0-23 2.0-9 . . 4 . . . .66 TyrelWilson 10 7 5 12 1.5-5 1.0-2 . . 1 . . . .40 DeonClarke 8 4 7 11 0.5-2 . . . 1 . . . .36 ChaseWilliams 10 3 8 11 0.5-1 . . . . 1-0 . . .60 WoodyBaron 11 4 4 8 . . . . 3 . . . .35 DahmanMcKinnon 10 3 5 8 . . . . . . . . .41 DerekDiNardo 11 3 5 8 0.5-1 . . . . 1-0 1 . .23 Der'WounGreene 11 4 3 7 . . . 1 . . . . .26 DesmondFrye 11 2 4 6 . . . . . . . . .91 MattRoth 7 . 5 5 0.5-1 . . . . . . . .
1 AntoneExum 3 4 . 4 . . . 1 . . . . .59 EddieD'Antuono 10 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .4D KenEkanem 9 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .33 DariusRedman 11 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .20 MauriceTaylor 6 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .39 DanielDyer 7 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .97 KrisHarley 1 . 2 2 0.5-0 . . . . . . . .2 DonovanRiley 11 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .30 MitchellLudwig 8 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .75 AlstonSmith 11 . 1 1 0.5-2 . . . . . . . .27 A.J.Hughes 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . 1 . .87 DewayneAlford 11 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .45 SamRogers 11 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .38 MichaelBranthover 3 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .18 D.J.Coles 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .14 TreyEdmunds 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .80 DemitriKnowles 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .TM Team 11 . . . . . . . . . . . 1
TOTal 11 351 341 692 82-349 34-210 18-94 39 119 6-39 8 2 1OPPONeNTs 11 376 491 867 60.0-245 25-173 12-148 39 22 3-0 4 1 .
sPeCial TeaMs TaCKlesPLAYER TOTal KO PUNTChuckClark 12 4 8DahmanMcKinnon 7 6 1DeonClarke 6 6 0MattRoth 4 1 3JoshTrimble 4 3 1DerekDiNardo 4 2 2EddieD'Antuono 3 0 3ChaseWilliams 3 1 2DesmondFrye 3 3 0DariusRedman 3 0 3BrandonFacyson 3 3 0MitchellLudwig 2 2 0MauriceTaylor 2 2 0J.R.Collins 2 0 2Der'WounGreene 2 2 0TyrelWilson 2 2 0DanielDyer 2 2 0SamRogers 1 1 0MichaelBranthover 1 1 0KendallFuller 1 1 0KenEkanem 1 1 0DewayneAlford 1 1 0WoodyBaron 1 1 0TOTals 70 45 25
rUsHiNG TaCKlesPLAYER NO.
JackTyler 74KyshoenJarrett 41LutherMaddy 41TariqEdwards 38DerrickHopkins 36JamesGayle 30J.R.Collins 27KendallFuller 25DadiNicolas 23DetrickBonner 19JoshTrimble 11KyleFuller 11TyrelWilson 9NigelWilliams 9ChaseWilliams 8BrandonFacyson 8WoodyBaron 7DeonClarke 5ChuckClark 4DesmondFrye 3DerekDiNardo 3AntoneExum 2KenEkanem 2KrisHarley 2Der'WounGreene 2AlstonSmith 1MattRoth 1DonovanRiley 1TOTals 443
PassiNG TaCKlesPLAYER NO.DetrickBonner 22KendallFuller 21KyshoenJarrett 19TariqEdwards 17KyleFuller 12BrandonFacyson 11JackTyler 10DerrickHopkins 4Der'WounGreene 3J.R.Collins 3NigelWilliams 2AntoneExum 2LutherMaddy 2ChuckClark 1DonovanRiley 1JamesGayle 1TOTals 131
RED ZONE ANALYSISvirGiNia TeCH
DaTe OPPONeNT sCOreTiMeiN rZ
TiMessCOreD
TOTalPTs TDs
rUsHTDs
PassTDs
FG FaileD TO sCOre iNsiDe rZMaDe FG aTT DOWNs iNT FUMB HalF GaMe
Aug31 vsAlabama L 10-35 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Sep07 WesternCarolina W 45-3 6 5 31 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0Sep14 atEastCarolina W 15-10 3 1 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0Sep21 Marshall W 29-21 6 3 22 3 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0*Sep26 atGeorgiaTech W 17-10 2 1 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0*Oct05 NorthCarolina W 27-17 3 3 20 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0*Oct12 Pittsburgh W 19-9 3 2 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0*Oct26 Duke L 10-13 2 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0*Nov02 atBostonCollege L 27-34 2 2 14 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0*Nov09 atMiami W 42-24 5 4 28 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0*Nov16 Maryland L 24-27 5 4 24 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0*Nov30 atVirginia
Totals 27 of 38 (71.1%) 38 27 168 22 14 8 5 6 3 2 0 0 0
OPPONeNT
DaTe OPPONeNT sCOreTiMeiN rZ
TiMessCOreD
TOTalPTs TDs
rUsHTDs
PassTDs
FG FaileD TO sCOre iNsiDe rZMaDe FG aTT DOWNs iNT FUMB HalF GaMe
Aug31 vsAlabama L 10-35 1 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Sep07 WesternCarolina W 45-3 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Sep14 atEastCarolina W 15-10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Sep21 Marshall W 29-21 4 3 21 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0*Sep26 atGeorgiaTech W 17-10 1 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0*Oct05 NorthCarolina W 27-17 2 2 10 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0*Oct12 Pittsburgh W 19-9 2 2 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0*Oct26 Duke L 10-13 3 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0*Nov02 atBostonCollege L 27-34 3 3 17 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0*Nov09 atMiami W 42-24 1 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0*Nov16 Maryland L 24-27 4 3 20 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0*Nov30 atVirginia
Totals 18 of 22 (81.8%) 22 18 108 14 9 5 4 0 1 2 1 0 0
Drive sTarT averaGes
OBTAINEDHOKIES OPPONENTS
# AVG # AVGKickoff 45 27.2 53 24.9Punt 72 26.9 65 28.8Fieldgoal 2 23.0 10 32.5Fumble 6 47.8 3 79.3Interception 18 40.6 12 54.1Downs 5 53.6 6 21.7all Drives 148 30.3 149 30.4
MONEY PLAYSMoneyplaysaredefinedasplaysresultinginfirstdownoratouchdown.
RUSHERS 1ST TD NO. ATTTreyEdmunds 26 10 34 155LoganThomas 25 4 29 120J.C.Coleman 7 0 7 61ChrisMangus 5 1 5 20JoelCaleb 2 1 2 8A.J.Hughes 1 0 1 1MarkLeal 1 0 1 1DemitriKnowles 1 0 1 3TOTals 68 16 80 388
1st DOWN TOTals 15 8 22 202
2nd DOWN TOTals 35 7 39 127
3rd DOWN TOTals 11 1 12 48
4th DOWN TOTals 7 0 7 11
RECEPTIONS 1ST TD NO. RECWillieByrn 28 2 29 46JoshuaStanford 27 1 27 36D.J.Coles 16 6 20 21DemitriKnowles 19 2 19 39KalvinCline 12 2 13 24TreyEdmunds 5 1 5 16ChrisMangus 4 0 4 8SamRogers 4 0 4 10J.C.Coleman 2 0 2 8JeromeWright 1 0 1 3TOTals 118 14 124 214
1st DOWN TOTals 34 3 35 74
2nd DOWN TOTals 38 3 40 78
3rd DOWN TOTals 45 6 46 59
4th DOWN TOTals 1 2 3 3
INDIVIDUALGAMEHIGHSRushes 24 LoganThomasvsDuke(Oct26,2013)YardsRushing 132 TreyEdmundsvsAlabama(Aug31,2013)TDRushes 4 TreyEdmundsatMiami(Nov09,2013)LongRush 77 TreyEdmundsvsAlabama(Aug31,2013)Passattempts 43 LoganThomasatEastCarolina(Sep14,2013)Passcompletions 25 LoganThomasatEastCarolina(Sep14,2013)
LoganThomasatMiami(Nov09,2013)YardsPassing 391 LoganThomasatBostonCollege(Nov02,2013)TDPasses 3 LoganThomasvsNorthCarolina(Oct05,2013)LongPass 83 LoganThomasvsNorthCarolina(Oct05,2013)Receptions 8 DemitriKnowlesatEastCarolina(Sep14,2013)YardsReceiving 171 JoshuaStanfordatBostonCollege(Nov02,2013)TDReceptions 2 D.J.ColesvsNorthCarolina(Oct05,2013)LongReception 83 WillieByrnvsNorthCarolina(Oct05,2013)FieldGoals 4 CodyJournellvsPittsburgh(Oct12,2013)LongFieldGoal 56 CodyJournellatBostonCollege(Nov02,2013)Punts 13 A.J.HughesvsAlabama(Aug31,2013)PuntingAvg 52.8 A.J.HughesvsPittsburgh(Oct12,2013)LongPunt 64 A.J.HughesvsMaryland(Nov16,2013)Puntsinside20 3 A.J.HughesvsAlabama(Aug31,2013)
A.J.HughesatGeorgiaTech(Sep26,2013)LongPuntReturn 43 KyshoenJarrettvsAlabama(Aug31,2013)LongKickoffReturn 88 DemitriKnowlesvsMaryland(Nov16,2013)Tackles 11 JackTylervsWesternCarolina(Sep07,2013)
TariqEdwardsvsNorthCarolina(Oct05,2013)JackTylervsNorthCarolina(Oct05,2013)
KyshoenJarrettatBostonCollege(Nov02,2013)JackTyleratBostonCollege(Nov02,2013)
JackTylervsMaryland(Nov16,2013)Sacks 3.0 DadiNicolasvsPittsburgh(Oct12,2013)TacklesForLoss 3.0 DadiNicolasvsPittsburgh(Oct12,2013)
LutherMaddyatMiami(Nov09,2013)Interceptions 3 KendallFullervsDuke(Oct26,2013)
TEAMGAMEHIGHSRushes 53 vsMarshall(Sep21,2013)YardsRushing 237 vsWesternCarolina(Sep07,2013)YardsPerRush 7.0 vsWesternCarolina(Sep07,2013)TDRushes 4 vsWesternCarolina(Sep07,2013)
atMiami(Nov09,2013)Passattempts 43 atEastCarolina(Sep14,2013)Passcompletions 25 atEastCarolina(Sep14,2013)
atMiami(Nov09,2013)YardsPassing 391 atBostonCollege(Nov02,2013)YardsPerPass 11.8 atMiami(Nov09,2013)TDPasses 3 vsNorthCarolina(Oct05,2013)TotalPlays 87 vsMarshall(Sep21,2013)TotalOffense 549 atMiami(Nov09,2013)YardsPerPlay 7.0 atMiami(Nov09,2013)Points 45 vsWesternCarolina(Sep07,2013)SacksBy 8 vsPittsburgh(Oct12,2013)FirstDowns 26 atMiami(Nov09,2013)Penalties 11 atMiami(Nov09,2013)PenaltyYards 71 atMiami(Nov09,2013)Turnovers 4 vsDuke(Oct26,2013)
atBostonCollege(Nov02,2013)InterceptionsBy 4 vsDuke(Oct26,2013)Punts 13 vsAlabama(Aug31,2013)PuntingAvg 52.8 vsPittsburgh(Oct12,2013)LongPunt 64 vsMaryland(Nov16,2013)Puntsinside20 3 vsAlabama(Aug31,2013)
atGeorgiaTech(Sep26,2013)LongPuntReturn 43 vsAlabama(Aug31,2013)
OPPONENTINDIVIDUALGAMEHIGHSRushes 33 Williams,A,atBostonCollege(Nov02,2013)YardsRushing 166 Williams,A,atBostonCollege(Nov02,2013)TDRushes 2 Williams,A,atBostonCollege(Nov02,2013)
Brown,vsMaryland(Nov16,2013)LongRush 62 Williams,A,atBostonCollege(Nov02,2013)Passattempts 41 CATO,Rakeem,vsMarshall(Sep21,2013)Passcompletions 23 Williams,M,vsNorthCarolina(Oct05,2013)YardsPassing 324 StephenMorris,atMiami(Nov09,2013)TDPasses 2 CATO,Rakeem,vsMarshall(Sep21,2013)
Williams,M,vsNorthCarolina(Oct05,2013)StephenMorris,atMiami(Nov09,2013)
LongPass 84 StephenMorris,atMiami(Nov09,2013)Receptions 10 SHULER,Tommy,vsMarshall(Sep21,2013)YardsReceiving 142 AllenHurns,atMiami(Nov09,2013)TDReceptions 1 ChristionJones,vsAlabama(Aug31,2013)
WILLIAMS,Bryce,atEastCarolina(Sep14,2013)SMITH,Devon,vsMarshall(Sep21,2013)HOSKINS,Gator,vsMarshall(Sep21,2013)Davis,Q,vsNorthCarolina(Oct05,2013)Ebron,E,vsNorthCarolina(Oct05,2013)
Sinkovec,J,atBostonCollege(Nov02,2013)AllenHurns,atMiami(Nov09,2013)StacyColey,atMiami(Nov09,2013)
King,vsMaryland(Nov16,2013)LongReception 84 AllenHurns,atMiami(Nov09,2013)FieldGoals 2 Martin,R,vsDuke(Oct26,2013)
Freese,N,atBostonCollege(Nov02,2013)LongFieldGoal 53 Martin,R,vsDuke(Oct26,2013)Punts 10 Renfro,vsMaryland(Nov16,2013)PuntingAvg 55.2 PatO'Donnell,atMiami(Nov09,2013)LongPunt 63 PatO'Donnell,atMiami(Nov09,2013)Puntsinside20 4 CodyMandell,vsAlabama(Aug31,2013)LongPuntReturn 72 ChristionJones,vsAlabama(Aug31,2013)LongKickoffReturn 94 ChristionJones,vsAlabama(Aug31,2013)Tackles 19 Helton,D,vsDuke(Oct26,2013)Sacks 3.0 Monroe,vsMaryland(Nov16,2013)TacklesForLoss 3.5 Monroe,vsMaryland(Nov16,2013)Interceptions 1 VinnieSunseri,vsAlabama(Aug31,2013)
ChristonGill,vsWesternCarolina(Sep07,2013)TreyMorgan,vsWesternCarolina(Sep07,2013)
ARMSTRONG,Adns,atEastCarolina(Sep14,2013)LOVETT,M.,vsMarshall(Sep21,2013)
HEWITT,Neville,vsMarshall(Sep21,2013)Cockrell,R,vsDuke(Oct26,2013)
Cash,J,vsDuke(Oct26,2013)Patterson,G,vsDuke(Oct26,2013)Brown,Ke.,vsDuke(Oct26,2013)
Asprilla,M,atBostonCollege(Nov02,2013)Pierre-Louis,K,atBostonCollege(Nov02,2013)
OPPONENTTEAMGAMEHIGHSRushes 46 vsMarshall(Sep21,2013)YardsRushing 196 atBostonCollege(Nov02,2013)YardsPerRush 4.7 vsMaryland(Nov16,2013)TDRushes 2 atBostonCollege(Nov02,2013)
vsMaryland(Nov16,2013)Passattempts 41 vsMarshall(Sep21,2013)Passcompletions 23 vsNorthCarolina(Oct05,2013)YardsPassing 324 atMiami(Nov09,2013)YardsPerPass 11.2 atMiami(Nov09,2013)TDPasses 2 vsMarshall(Sep21,2013)
vsNorthCarolina(Oct05,2013)atMiami(Nov09,2013)
TotalPlays 87 vsMarshall(Sep21,2013)TotalOffense 376 vsNorthCarolina(Oct05,2013)YardsPerPlay 6.6 atMiami(Nov09,2013)Points 35 vsAlabama(Aug31,2013)SacksBy 7 vsMaryland(Nov16,2013)FirstDowns 22 vsMarshall(Sep21,2013)Penalties 11 vsMarshall(Sep21,2013)
vsNorthCarolina(Oct05,2013)PenaltyYards 79 vsNorthCarolina(Oct05,2013)Turnovers 4 vsDuke(Oct26,2013)InterceptionsBy 4 vsDuke(Oct26,2013)Punts 10 vsMaryland(Nov16,2013)PuntingAvg 55.2 atMiami(Nov09,2013)LongPunt 63 atMiami(Nov09,2013)Puntsinside20 4 vsAlabama(Aug31,2013)LongPuntReturn 72 vsAlabama(Aug31,2013)
sUPerlaTives
Yards Type Player(s) Opponent88 KR DemitriKnowles Maryland83 Pass WillieByrnfromLoganThomas NorthCarolina
*77 Rush TreyEdmunds Alabama*76 Rush ChrisMangus WesternCarolina
69 Pass JoshuaStanfordfromLoganThomas BostonCollege
56 Pass DemitriKnowlesfromLoganThomas Duke
48 KR DemitriKnowles BostonCollege48 Pass WillieByrnfromLoganThomas Miami*45 Pass DemitriKnowlesfromLoganThomas NorthCarolina43 PR KyshoenJarrett Alabama43 Rush TreyEdmunds Marshall40 Pass DemitriKnowlesfromLoganThomas Pittsburgh40 FR DerrickHopkins Marshall
38 Pass DemitriKnowlesfromLoganThomas Maryland*37 INT DetrickBonner WesternCarolina35 INT DetrickBonner WesternCarolina34 Pass D.J.ColesfromLoganThomas Alabama*32 Pass JoshuaStanfordfromLoganThomas Miami31 Pass KalvinClinefromLoganThomas Maryland*30 Pass DemitriKnowlesfromLoganThomas EastCarolina30 Pass D.J.ColesfromLoganThomas Miami30 KR DemitriKnowles Marshall
28 KR J.C.Coleman BostonCollege28 Pass DemitriKnowlesfromLoganThomas GeorgiaTech*27 Pass KalvinClinefromLoganThomas Pittsburgh27 KR ChaseWilliams WesternCarolina27 Pass JoshuaStanfordfromLoganThomas BostonCollege26 Rush LoganThomas GeorgiaTech25 Pass D.J.ColesfromLoganThomas BostonCollege25 KR DemitriKnowles Marshall25 Pass WillieByrnfromLoganThomas Pittsburgh25 KR DemitriKnowles EastCarolina24 Pass D.J.ColesfromLoganThomas Miami24 KR DemitriKnowles Duke24 KR Der'WounGreene Alabama23 Pass JoshuaStanfordfromLoganThomas BostonCollege22 Pass WillieByrnfromLoganThomas Miami22 Pass ChrisMangusfromLoganThomas Marshall22 Pass DemitriKnowlesfromLoganThomas GeorgiaTech22 Pass D.J.ColesfromLoganThomas BostonCollege22 Pass DemitriKnowlesfromLoganThomas EastCarolina*22 Pass TreyEdmundsfromLoganThomas BostonCollege21 Pass KalvinClinefromLoganThomas BostonCollege21 Pass WillieByrnfromLoganThomas Maryland
LONGPLAYSBYTHENUMBERSLONGPLAYSBYYARDS NO. TD100+ 0 090-99 0 080-89 2 070-79 2 260-69 1 050-59 1 040-49 7 130-39 9 320-29 32 3
LONGPLAYSBYTYPE NO. TDRushing 4 2Passing 34 6Puntreturns 1 0Kickreturns 12 0Interceptions 2 1Fumblereturns 1 0Other 0 0TOTal 54 9
LONGEST PLAYS OF THE YEARrushing77 TreyEdmundsvsAlabama Aug.31
rushing Touchdown77 TreyEdmundsvsAlabama Aug.31
Passing83 WillieByrnfromLoganThomas vsNorthCarolina Oct.5
Passing Touchdown45 DemitriKnowlesfromLoganThomas vsNorthCarolina Oct.5
Punt return43 KyshoenJarrettvsAlabama Aug.31
Kick return88 DemitriKnowlesvsMaryland Nov.16
interception return37 DetrickBonnervsWesternCarolina Sep.7
Fumble Return40 DerrickHopkinsvsMarshall Sep.21
Punt64 A.J.HughesvsMaryland Nov.16
Field Goal56 A.J.HughesvsBostonCollege Nov.2
20-YARDPLUSPLAYSBYPLAYERPLAYER NO. TD rUsH Pass Kr Pr ir FrDemitriKnowles 17 2 0 8 9 0 0 0JoshuaStanford 8 1 0 8 0 0 0 0D.J.Coles 7 1 0 7 0 0 0 0WillieByrn 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0TreyEdmunds 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0KalvinCline 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0ChrisMangus 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0DetrickBonner 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0DerrickHopkins 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1KyshoenJarrett 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0J.C.Coleman 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0ChaseWilliams 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0LoganThomas 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0Der'WounGreene 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0TOTal 54 9 4 34 12 1 2 1
Yards Type Player(s) Opponent21 Pass JoshuaStanfordfromLoganThomas NorthCarolina21 Pass JoshuaStanfordfromLoganThomas Marshall*21 Pass D.J.ColesfromLoganThomas GeorgiaTech20 Pass JoshuaStanfordfromLoganThomas Pittsburgh20 KR DemitriKnowles GeorgiaTech20 KR DemitriKnowles Maryland20 Pass D.J.ColesfromLoganThomas EastCarolina20 Pass JoshuaStanfordfromLoganThomas NorthCarolina20 KR DemitriKnowles Miami20 Pass WillieByrnfromLoganThomas BostonCollege
*TouchdownScoredOnPlay
20-YARDPLAYS
2013 virGiNia TeCH sCOriNG Drives
Qtr. Opp. Scoring Play Plays-Yds.-TOP1 Alabama Edmunds,T77Rush(Journell,C) 1-77-0:112 Alabama FGJournell,C39 7-12-3:281 WCU Bonner,D37InterceptionReturn(Journell,C) -2 WCU Edmunds,T1Rush(Journell,C) 16-87-6:272 WCU Coles,DJ19PassFromThomas,L(Journell,C) 9-69-4:183 WCU Mangus,C76Rush(Journell,C) 2-83-0:503 WCU Edmunds,T1Rush(Journell,C) 7-50-2:504 WCU FGJournell,C30 9-34-3:134 WCU Caleb,J13Rush(Journell,C) 6-45-3:131 ECU Knowles,D30PassFromThomas,L(Journell,C) 11-70-6:043 ECU Coles,DJ3PassFromThomas,L(kickfailed) 10-75-4:404 ECU TeamSafety -1 MU DiNardo,D11PuntReturn(Keyserling,E) -1 MU Thomas,L2Rush(Keyserling,E) 13-89-6:244 MU Byrn,W2PassFromThomas,L(Keyserling,E) 14-83-6:16OT MU Thomas,L2Rush 5-25-0:001 GT Coles,DJ21PassFromThomas,L(Journell,C) 2-27-0:312 GT Thomas,L5Rush(Journell,C) 10-91-6:024 GT FGJournell,C39 8-26-3:221 NC Knowles,D45PassFromThomas,L(Journell,C) 5-77-2:132 NC Coles,DJ9PassFromThomas,L(Journell,C) 12-73-4:332 NC Coles,DJ5PassFromThomas,L(Journell,C) 4-98-1:464 NC Edmunds,T1Rush(kickblocked) 6-17-2:201 Pitt Cline,K27PassFromThomas,L(Journell,C) 8-71-3:481 Pitt FGJournell,C48 7-29-3:283 Pitt FGJournell,C37 11-69-5:033 Pitt FGJournell,C42 11-45-5:064 Pitt FGJournell,C23 7-29-3:173 Duke Thomas,L5Rush(Journell,C) 6-99-2:474 Duke FGJournell,C42 10-31-4:432 BC Edmunds,T1Rush(Journell,C) 9-76-4:572 BC FGJournell,C56 10-43-1:523 BC Cline,K1PassFromThomas,L(Journell,C) 8-82-4:144 BC FGJournell,C47 7-46-3:124 BC Edmunds,T22PassFromThomas,L(Journell,C) 8-52-1:411 UM Edmunds,T10Rush(Journell,C) 5-54-2:141 UM Edmunds,T2Rush(Journell,C) 5-51-2:252 UM Edmunds,T4Rush(Journell,C) 2-17-0:292 UM Stanford,J32PassFromThomas,L(Journell,C) 9-75-5:323 UM Knowles,D0FumbleReturn(Journell,C) 7-80-3:27
POiNTs OFF TUrNOversVT Total UA WCU ECU MU GT NC PITT DU BC UM MD VAOpp.TOs 24 1 3 3 3 3 3 0 4 0 2 2Points 38 3 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 14 0Opponents VTTOs 15 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 4 0 0Points 34 7 3 0 7 0 0 0 0 17 0 0
ON THe MOve ODrives DrivesEndedBy Points Pts. DriveQuarterback Started TD FG FGA Punt Downs TO Clock Safety Scored Drive EfficiencyThomas 143 30 11 21 63 6 14 9 0 242 1.69 28.7%Leal 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 2.33 33.3%
VT Offense 146 31 11 21 65 6 14 9 0 249 1.71 28.8%Opp.Offense 132 18 8 10 66 5 23 10 1 145 1.10 19.7%
KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net Avg. StartMitchellLudwig 34 2155 63.4 13 0 14.2 56.8 23MichaelBranthover 15 931 62.1 3 0 19.1 46.9 33CodyJournell 3 187 62.3 1 0 10.3 58.7 21EthanKeyserling 1 65 65.0 0 0 5.0 60.0 20Total 53 3338 63.0 17 0 22.5 54.1 26Opponents 42 2642 62.9 15 1 21.5 56.7 23
KiCKOFF reTUrNs (25yardsaddedtoaveragedrivestartedtotalfortouchbacks;40yardsforkicksoutofbounds;addedinteamreturn)Player No. Ret. FC OB TB O-S Avg. Depth Avg. Drive StartDeepMen 40 25 0 1 14 0 1.6-yardline(65) 24.3-yardline(971)Other 4 1 0 1 0 2 50.0-yardline(200) +41.0-yardline(227)Team 44 26 0 2 14 2 6.0-yd. line (265) 27.2-yd. line (1198)
4 UM Edmunds,T1Rush(Journell,C) 10-75-4:591 MD Edmunds,T3Rush(Kristensen,E) 6-76-2:463 MD Coles,DJ1PassFromThomas,L(Kristensen,E) 5-12-2:444 MD Byrn,W5PassFromThomas,L(Kristensen,E) 8-65-4:085 MD FGKristensen,E31 6-11-0:00
Totals 322-2396-141:33Average Scoring Drive 7.9 plays-58.4 yds.
virGiNia TeCH sCOriNG
45TotalScores(18Run,15Pass,11FG,1S.T.,1Defense,1Safety) •12FirstQuarterScores(5run,4pass,1FG,1defense,1S.T.) •10SecondQuarterScores(4run,4pass,2FG) •9ThirdQuarterScores(3run,4pass,2FG) •12FourthQuarterScores(3run,3pass,5FG,1safety) •2OvertimeDrives(1run,1FG)
Most plays in a scoring drive: 16plays-vs.WesternCarolina(16-87-6:27-TD)longest scoring drive: 99yards-vs.Duke(6-99-2:47-TD)longest TOP scoring drive: 6:27-vs.WesternCarolina(16-87-6:27-TD)average TOP on offensive scoring drives: 3:27
OPPONeNTsMost plays in a scoring drive: 14plays-GeorgiaTech(14-82-8:12-TD)longest scoring drive: 82yards-GeorgiaTech(14-82-8:12-TD)longest TOP scoring drive: 8:12-GeorgiaTech(14-82-8:12-TD)average TOP on offensive scoring drives: 2:28
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