Virginia Tech vs. Virginia • Page 1
Commonwealth battle takes on added significance
#8/8/8 Virginia Tech Hokies (9-2, 6-1 ACC) at
#15/16/16 Virginia Cavaliers (9-2, 6-1 ACC)
Coaches/AP/BCS
GAME 12: Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007 • Noon
Harrison Field at Scott Stadium (61,500)
Charlottesville, Va.
Series vs. UVa: VT leads, 46-37-5
Live Stats: virginiasports.com
Television: ESPN2
Announcers: Dave Pasch (PBP), Andre Ware (color), Erin Andrews (sideline)
Radios: Virginia Tech ISP Sports Network; XM Satellite
THE SERIES
• Saturday’s football game between
Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia
will be the 89th gridiron meeting between the
two schools.
• Tech holds a 46-37-5 edge in the rivalry,
which has seen the Hokies win seven of the last
eight games and 10 of the past 14 contests.
• The series began in 1895 with Virginia
winning 38-0. UVa went on to win the first
eight meetings between the two schools and
built a 20-13-4 advantage in the series by 1953.
• Beginning with the ‘53 season, Tech
bounced back to win 10 of the next 11
meetings and take the lead in the series.
• During Frank Beamer’s tenure as Tech’s
head coach, the Hokies lead 11-9 after winning
17-0 last year at Blacksburg.
• From 1923-35, the two met 13 times
as members of the Southern Conference with
Tech holding a 7-3-3 advantage.
• The Hokies are 17-17-3 at
Charlottesville against the Cavaliers.
FAMILIAR WITH THE RIVALRY
• Tech head coach Frank Beamer, a
varsity defensive back for the Hokies from
1966 through ‘68, made his first collegiate start
in Tech’s 1966 game against the University
of Virginia and helped the Hokies to a 24-7
victory at Charlottesville. UVa coach Al Groh
also participated in the series as a defensive
lineman for the Cavaliers (1963-65).
STRONG ON THE ROAD …
• Virginia Tech has posted an 14-1 overall
record in Atlantic Coast Conference road
games since joining the league in 2004. Tech
went 4-0 in 2004, 4-0 in 2005 and 3-1 last year.
• The Hokies opened 9-0 before losing at
Boston College last year.
… AND STRONG IN NOVEMBER
• Virginia Tech has posted an 11-1 record
in November ACC games since joining the
league in 2004.
DOWN TO FOUR
• Twenty-one of the teams in the AP
preseason top 25 have lost to at least one
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THE CHECKLIST
✓ Tech holds a 46-37-5 lead in the series
that dates back to 1895.
✓ Tech has won 10 of the last 14 games.
✓ The Hokies are 17-17-3 at Charlottesville
against Virginia.
✓ From 1923-35, the two met 13 times as
members of the Southern Conference
with Tech holding a 7-3-3 advantage.
✓ During Frank Beamer’s tenure as Tech’s
head coach, the Hokies lead 11-9.
✓ The winner of the game wins the ACC’s
Coastal Division and earns a trip to the
Dr. Pepper ACC Championship Game.
unranked team (at the time the game was
played). Tech is one of the four to go unscathed
along with LSU, West Virginia and Hawaii.
THE GAME ON TELEVISION
• This week’s game will be televised by
ESPN2, where Tech is 15-3. Dave Pasch
will have the play-by-play with Andre Ware
serving as the color analyst and Erin Andrews
reporting from the sidelines.
WINNER TAKES ALL
• This year’s game is arguably the biggest
in series history as the winner clinches the
ACC’s Coastal Division and advances to face
Boston College in the ACC title game.
COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF
Over the last 10 seasons, Virginia Tech has now won nine or more games eight times.
With two touchdowns against Miami, tailback Branden Ore has moved into sole
possession of ninth place in career scoring at Tech.
The Hokies have intercepted eight passes during their last three games.
Virginia Tech has won seven of its last eight games against the University of Virginia.
During Frank Beamer’s tenure as coach, Tech and UVa are 6-6 when they play in the
final regular season game of the season.
The Tech defense held Virginia to five first downs during their 2006 meeting.
Eddie Royal is fourth in career receptions (108) at Tech, one ahead of teammate Josh
Morgan.
The Hokies have allowed just three first half touchdowns during their last nine games.
Tech held Miami to minus-2 yards rushing, the lowest total in an ACC game by the
Hokies’ defense.
Virginia Tech’s 2007 seniors need just one more win to become the winningest football
class in school history.
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COACH FRANK BEAMER
• Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech ’69),
whose Virginia Tech teams have posted a
141-44 record over the past 14 seasons and
appeared in bowl games each year in that span,
is in his 21st year as the head football coach
at Tech. Beamer has guided the Hokies to a
165-84-2 record.
He became Tech’s winningest football
coach in 1997 when Tech defeated Arkansas
State and became the 47th coach in NCAA
history (all divisions) to record 200 victories
when Tech beat Ohio on Sept. 15, 2007.
Under Beamer, Tech football has enjoyed
unprecedented success with 14 consecutive
bowl appearances, an ACC title, an ACC
Coastal Division crown, three BIG EAST
Conference titles and a trip to the national
championship game. Tech won the BIG EAST
title in 1995 and 1999 and shared it in ‘96.
Beamer was voted BIG EAST Coach of
the Year by the league’s coaches each of those
seasons and was tabbed the ACC Coach of the
Year in both 2004 and 2005.
In 1997, he was inducted into the Virginia
Tech Sports Hall of Fame and following the
1999 season, he earned eight national coach of
the year honors.
Beamer’s Hokies have earned the highest
national rankings in the program’s history,
earning a top 10 ranking in the AP poll at some
point during seven of the past eight years.
During one stretch, Tech was ranked in
84 consecutive AP polls.
In 2005, Tech won the ACC’s Coastal
Division and earned a spot in the league’s
inaugural championship game. The Hokies
won a school-record tying 11 games, including
the Toyota Gator Bowl, finishing the season
ranked seventh in the country. For his efforts,
he was awarded the league’s coach of the year
award for the second time in as many years.
In 2004, Tech went a surprising 10-3 in a
season highlighted by an eight-game winning
streak that led to Tech’s ACC championship
and a trip to the Nokia Sugar Bowl.
During the 2000 season, the Hokies
posted an 11-1 record that included a 41-20
win over Clemson in the Gator Bowl.
In 1999, Tech marched to an 11-0
regular-season mark before losing a hardfought 46-29 game to Florida State for the
national title in the Sugar Bowl. The Hokies
ended the ’99 season ranked No. 2 by AP.
Another highlight came when Tech beat
Texas, 28-10, in the 1995 Sugar Bowl and
finished 10-2. The bowl streak started in ’93
when Tech beat Indiana in the Independence
Bowl to cap a 9-3 season.
Beamer returned to his alma mater in
December of 1986 after a six-year stint as the
head coach at Murray State University, where
he compiled a 42-23-2 mark.
The Beamer File
PERSONAL:
Born: 10/18/46, Mt. Airy, N.C.
Hometown: Hillsville, Va.
Wife: former Cheryl Oakley
Children: Shane, Casey
EDUCATION:
High School: Hillsville (1965)
College: Virginia Tech (1969)
Postgraduate: Radford University (1972)
PLAYING EXPERIENCE:
Virginia Tech (1966-68)
COACHING EXPERIENCE:
1972
Graduate Assistant, Maryland
1973-76 Assistant Coach, The Citadel
1977-78 Defensive Coordinator, The Citadel
1979-80 Defensive Coordinator, Murray State
1981-86 Head Coach, Murray State
1981 (8-3)
1982 (4-7)
1983 (7-4)
1984 (9-2)
1985 (7-3-1)
1986 (7-4-1) Ohio Valley co-champs
Record at Murray State: 42-23-2 (six years)
1987- 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) Indep. Bowl champs
1994 (8-4) Gator Bowl
1995 (10-2) BIG EAST champs,
Sugar Bowl champs
During his undergraduate days at Tech,
Beamer started three years as a cornerback and
played on the Hokies’ 1966 and 1968 Liberty
Bowl teams.
The 61-year-old Hillsville, Va., native
began his collegiate coaching career as a
graduate assistant at Maryland in 1972. He
held assistant coaching positions at The Citadel
and Murray State before being named MSU’s
head coach in 1981.
Beamer is married to the former Cheryl
Oakley of Richmond, Va. They have two
children, Shane, a former member of his dad’s
football team at Tech and now an assistant
coach at the University of South Carolina; and
daughter Casey, a 2003 graduate of Virginia
Tech.
Beamer had his No. 25 jersey retired
by Tech in a pregame ceremony before the
Marshall game in 2002.
STABILITY AT THE TOP
• Frank Beamer, the first Tech alumnus
to guide Virginia Tech’s football program since
the 1940s, has coached and won more football
games at Tech than any other coach.
• With the retirement of Fisher DeBerry
(22 yrs., Air Force), only two of the 119 active
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1996 (10-2) BIG EAST co-champs,
Orange Bowl
1997 (7-5) Gator Bowl
1998 (9-3) Music City Bowl champs
1999 (11-1) BIG EAST champs,
Sugar Bowl
2000 (11-1) Gator Bowl champs
2001 (8-4) Gator Bowl
2002 (10-4) San Fran. Bowl champs
2003 (8-5) Insight Bowl
2004 (10-3) ACC champs, Sugar Bowl
2005 (11-2) Gator Bowl champs
2006 (10-3) Chick-fil-A Bowl
2007 (9-2)
Record at Virginia Tech: 165-84-2 (21st year)
Record (overall): 207-107-4 (27th year)
BOWL EXPERIENCE:
Player
1966
Liberty (VT vs. Miami)
1968
Liberty (VT vs. Mississippi)
Coach
1993
Independence (VT vs. Indiana)
1994
Gator (VT vs. Tennessee)
1995
Sugar (VT vs. Texas)
1996
Orange (VT vs. Nebraska)
1997
Gator (VT vs. North Carolina)
1998
Music City (VT vs. Alabama)
1999
Sugar (VT vs. Florida State)
2000
Gator (VT vs. Clemson)
2001
Gator (VT vs. Florida State)
2002
San Francisco (VT vs. Air Force)
2003
Insight (VT vs. California)
2004
Sugar (VT vs. Auburn)
2005
Gator (VT vs. Louisville)
2006
Chick-fil-A (VT vs. Georgia)
Division I-A football bowl subdivision (FBS)
head football coaches have been at their current
school longer than Beamer. Those coaches are:
Joe Paterno (42nd yr., Penn State) and Bobby
Bowden (32nd yr., Florida State).
• Prior to Beamer, no other grid coach in
Tech history had served more than 10 seasons
as head coach.
The Opposing Coach
VIRGINIA COACH AL GROH
• Al Groh (Virginia ‘67) is in his
seventh season as the head coach at Virginia,
where he is 51-35. Groh came to Virginia
from the NFL ranks where he was the head
coach of the New York Jets in 2000.
• He began his collegiate coaching
career as an assistant at Army in 1968 and
spent time as an assistant at UVa, UNC,
Air Force and Texas Tech before becoming
the head coach at Wake Forest in 1981.
• Groh was 26-40 in six seasons at
Wake Forest, including a 2-2 mark against
Virginia Tech. He had several stints as an
assistant in the NFL before compiling a 9-7
mark as the Jets’ head coach in 2000.
• Groh is 3-7 overall as a head coach
against Virginia Tech.
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Rushing = Outcome?
The Coaches
• Under head coach Frank Beamer (251 games),
the Hokies are 145-28-2 when outrushing their
opponents, 19-56 when being outrushed and 1-0
when the rushing total is even.
Frank Beamer................................................. Coach............................................................ Al Groh
Virginia Tech..................................................School............................................................ Virginia
Virginia Tech (‘69)....................................Alma Mater.............................................. Virginia (‘67)
165-84-2 (21st year).............................Record at School.............................. 51-35 (seventh year)
207-107-4 (27th year)........................... Overall Record.................................... 77-75 (13th year)
11-9................................................. Record vs. the opponent.....................................................3-7
Hokie Trends
Virginia Tech..................................................64
Penn State.......................................................76
Auburn............................................................80
MOST INTERCEPTIONS
since the start of the 2000 season
Virginia Tech...............................................154
Oklahoma....................................................145
Oregon State...............................................138
Boston College............................................136
West Virginia..............................................132
Bosie State...................................................132
Comebacks Under Beamer
Last win after trailing after 1st quarter:
Louisville (2005)............................................... trailed 14-3.................................won 35-24
Last win after trailing after 1st half:
Cincinnati (2006)............................................. trailed 10-5.................................won 29-13
Last win after trailing after 3rd quarter:
Florida State (2007)......................................... trailed 21-20...............................won 40-21
Biggest comeback wins:
14 points
Syracuse (2000)............... trailed 14-0 after 1st .................won 22-14
14 points
Georgia Tech (2004)....... trailed 14-0 in 2nd.....................won 34-20
15 points
Virginia (1995)................ trailed 29-14 after 3rd...............won 36-29
Where Beamer Ranks
min. 5 years as D-I head coach; 4-year schools only
373
371
208
207
190
186
187
183
33
28
14
14
14
Bobby Bowden (Florida State)
Joe Paterno (Penn State)
Jim Tressel (Ohio State)
Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech)
Chris Ault (Nevada)
Dennis Franchione (Texas A&M)
Mack Brown (Texas)
Joe Glenn (Wyoming)
Active NCAA Coaches
BY BOWL APPEARANCES
Joe Paterno (Penn State)
Bobby Bowden (Florida State)
Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech)
Phillip Fulmer (Tennessee)
Steve Spurrier (South Carolina)
TECH IN OVERTIME
9/19/97 at Miami
11/9/02 at Syracuse
11/15/03 at Temple
27- 20
42- 50
24- 23
W OT
L 3OT
W OT
• In its current 14-year bowl run (since 1993),
Tech is 83-6 when rushing for 200 yards or more,
including 7-0 in 2005 and 2-0 last year.
• Since 1999, the Hokies are 80-6 when
outrushing their opponent and 8-18 when being
outrushed.
FEWEST OFFENSIVE
TOUCHDOWNS ALLOWED
since the start of the 2004 season
Active NCAA Coaches BY WINS
• In Tech’s current 14-year bowl run (since
1993), Tech is 125-13 when outrushing its
opponents, 15-31 when being outrushed and 1-0
when the rushing total is even.
ACC Football Records
IN THE 2000s
SINCE 1990
VT
77-24
Florida St.179-45-1
Miami
76-22
Miami
BC
68-29
VT
Florida St.
66-32
Virginia 132-81-1
Clemson
60-34
Clemson 129-81-1
Maryland
59-35
BC
125-86-2
GT
59-39
GT
125-88-1
Virginia
55-40
NC St.
121-91-1
NC St.
54-41
UNC
113-97-1
165-49
154-62-1
Wake Forest 46-46
Maryland 97-108-1
UNC
35-58
Wake Forest84-120
Duke
9-79
Duke
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42-156-1
2007 Beamer
August
0-0
4-1
September
4-1 58-22-1
October
2-1 52-24-1
November
3-0
44-26
December
0-0
5-7
January
0-0
2-4
VT’s Conference (Big East/ACC) Record
At home
3-1
44-13
On the road
3-0
41-18
Neutral
0-0
1-0
VT’s Non-Conference Record
At home
3-0 56-16-1
On the road
0-1 17-26-1
Neutral
0-0
6-11
VT’s Record When Ranked by AP
At home
6-1
63-13
On the road
3-1
43-16
Neutral
0-0
6-7
VT vs. Ranked Opponents (AP)
At home
0-1 17-13-1
On the road
1-1
9-17
Neutral
0-0
4-7
VT’s Record in Games ...
Decided by 4-7 pts.
1-1 29-33-2
Decided by 3 or less pts.
0-0 11-16-2
In domed stadiums
0-0
5-13
On television
7-2
111-49
VT’s Record When Scoring ...
Less than 20 points
2-2 15-47-2
20-24 points
0-0
22-20
25+ points
7-0
128-17
VT’s Record When Allowing ...
Less than 14 points
5-0
96-5-1
14-24 points
4-1 58-22-1
25+ points
0-1
12-57
VT’s Record When ...
Leading after the 1stQ
6-0
111-30
Leading at the half
9-1
136-23
Leading after the 3rdQ
8-1 151-16-1
Trailing after the 1stQ
0-1 24-38-2
Trailing at the half
0-1
18-55
Trailing after the 3rdQ
1-1
10-63
Tied after the 1stQ
3-1
30-16
Tied at the half
1-0
11-6-2
Tied after the 3rdQ
0-0
4-5-1
Playing an OT game
0-0
2-1
Scoring first
6-1 121-30-1
Opponent scores first
3-1 44-54-1
Outrushing opponent
8-1 145-28-2
Being outrushed
1-1
19-56
Rushing total is even
0-0
1-0
Blocking a kick
1-0
54-13
Scoring a def/ST TD
4-0
64-8
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SCORING STREAK
• Tech has scored in a school record 158
straight football games, beginning with a win
over Miami on Sept. 23, 1995. The streak
began after a 16-0 loss to Cincinnati in 1995.
• The previous school record was 66
straight games, which started in 1970 and ran
into the 1976 season.
• During its current streak, Tech has
scored 13 or more points in all but seven
games — UNC (1998 Gator Bowl, L, 42-3), at
Pittsburgh (2001, L, 38-7), at West Virginia
(2003, L, 28-7), Miami (2005, L, 27-7), at
Boston College (2006, L, 22-3) and this year at
LSU (L, 48-7) and BC (L, 10-14).
Who’s Up? Who’s Down?
ON THE FIELD
Frank Beamer................................. head coach
Bud Foster..........defensive coordinator/ILBs
Billy Hite.......................asst. head coach/RBs
Curt Newsome............................ offensive line
Mike O’Cain................................ quarterbacks
Charley Wiles............................. defensive line
IN THE BOOTH
Kevin Sherman......................... wide receivers
Jim Cavanaugh............................rovers/whips
Bryan Stinespring......... off. coordinator/TEs
Torrian Gray............................ defensive backs
Fourteen Bowls in a Row
• With its Chick-fil-A Bowl in 2006, Tech is
now one of only four teams to go to 14 bowls in the
last 14 seasons. The other three are Florida, Florida
State and Michigan.
What’s a Hokie?
That’s the most often-asked question
regarding Virginia Tech athletics. The answer
leads all the way back to 1896 when Virginia
Agricultural and Mechanical College changed
its name to Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
With the change came the necessity for
writing a new cheer and a contest for such a
purpose was held by the student body. Senior
O.M. Stull won first prize for his "Old Hokie"
yell which still is used today.
Later, when asked if "Hokie" had any
special meaning, Stull explained the words
he used had no hidden or symbolic meaning,
but had been thought up in an effort to get
attention. Hokie soon became a nickname for
all Tech teams and for those people loyal to
Tech athletics.
Following is the "Old Hokie" yell in its
original form:
Hoki, Hoki, Hoki Hy!
Tech! Tech! V.P.I.!
Sola-Rex Sola-Rah
Polytech-Vir-gin-i-a!!
Rae, Ri, V.P.I.
IN ELITE COMPANY
• Virginia Tech (9 wins this year) is one of
just three schools in the FBS to win 10 games
in each of the last three years.
• Only Southern Cal (8 wins this year)
and Texas (9 wins this year) can also make that
claim.
Hokie Interceptors
Brandon Flowers.......................................................9
Victor “Macho” Harris.............................................9
Xavier Adibi..............................................................7
D.J. Parker..................................................................4
Vince Hall..................................................................2
Purnell Sturdivant....................................................2
Kam Chancellor........................................................2
Chris Ellis..................................................................2
Brett Warren.............................................................1
Cam Martin...............................................................1
Quarterback Records Under Beamer
(by percentage)
Name
Taylor, Tyrod
Vick, Michael
Vick, Marcus
Druckenmiller, Jim
Sorensen, Nick
Glennon, Sean
Noel, Grant
Randall, Bryan
Meyer, Dave
Clark, Al
DeShazo, Maurice
Young, Cam
Furrer, Will
Wooten, Rodd
Chapman, Eric
Koel, Treg
Years
2007
1999-00
2005
1995-96
1997-98
2006-07
2001-02
2002-04
1998-00
1997-98
1992-94
1989
1988-91
1989, 91
1987
1992
Record
5-0
21-1
11-2
20-4
3-1
14-5
10-4
26-12
2-1
12-7
19-14-1
3-3
16-18-1
1-2
2-9
0-1
Pct.
1.000
.955
.846
.833
.750
.737
.714
.684
.667
.632
.586
.500
.486
.333
.182
.000
Totals
1987-07 165-84-2 .661
Just Virginia Tech, Please
While the full name of the
school is Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University, the school is
commonly referred to as “Virginia
Tech.”
Founded in 1872, as Virginia
Agricultural and Mechanical College,
the university changed its named to
Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1896.
Fans of the athletic department,
as well as media covering the Hokies,
shortened the name to VPI, but it
eventually became Virginia Tech.
The “State University” was added
in 1970 to bring the official title to
what it is today.
Those covering Hokie athletics
are asked to refer to the university as
simply “Virginia Tech.”
Virginia Tech University, VPI
and SU, VPI&SU, VT or VA Tech
are not recognized names and should
not be used.
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2007 Atlantic Coast
Conference Standings
(as of Nov. 18)
COASTAL DIVISION
Team
Conf.
Virginia
6-1
Virginia Tech
6-1
Georgia Tech
4-4
Miami
2-5
North Carolina
2-5
Duke
0-7
Overall
9-2
9-2
7-4
5-6
3-8
1-10
ATLANTIC DIVISION
Team
Conf.
Boston College #
5-2
Clemson
5-3
Wake Forest
5-3
Florida State
4-4
North Carolina State
3-4
Maryland
2-5
Overall
9-2
8-3
7-4
7-4
5-6
5-6
# - clinched Atlantic Division title
This Week in the ACC
Saturday, November 24
Clemson at South Carolina
Duke at North Carolina
Florida State at Florida
Georgia at Georgia Tech
Maryland at NC State
Miami at Boston College
Virginia Tech at Virginia
Wake Forest at Vanderbilt
Next Week in the ACC
Saturday, December 1
Dr. Pepper ACC Championship Game
1 PM • ABC
Boston College vs. VT/UVa
Watching Tech’s Opponents This Week
EAST CAROLINA (6-5) vs. Tulane
LSU (10-1) vs. Arkansas (Fri.)
OHIO (5-6) vs. Miami University
WILLIAM & MARY (4-7) season complete
NORTH CAROLINA (3-8) vs. Duke
CLEMSON (8-3) at South Carolina
DUKE (1-10) at North Carolina
BOSTON COLLEGE (9-2) vs. Miami
GEORGIA TECH (7-4) vs. Georgia
FLORIDA STATE (7-4) at Florida
MIAMI (5-6) at Boston College
VIRGINIA (9-2) vs. Virginia Tech
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Series Superlatives
2007 Schedules & Results
Virginia Tech (9-2; 6-1 ACC):
hW 17- 7 East Carolina
aL 7-48 #2 LSU
hW 28- 7 Ohio
hW 44- 3 William & Mary
hW 17-10 North Carolina*
aW 41-23 #22 Clemson*
aW 43-14 Duke*
hL 10-14 #2 Boston College*
aW 27- 3 Georgia Tech*
hW 40-21 Florida State*
hW 44-14 Miami*
Nov.24 at #16 Virginia*
Virginia (9-2; 6-1 ACC)
aL 3-23 Wyoming
hW24-13 Duke*
aW 22-20 North Carolina*
hW28-23 Georgia Tech*
hW44-14 Pittsburgh
aW 23-21 Middle Tennessee
hW17-16 Connecticut
aW 18-17 Maryland*
aL 24-29 NC State*
hW17-16 Wake Forest*
aW 48- 0 Miami*
Nov.24 Virginia Tech*
* Conference games
2006 Results
Virginia Tech (10-3; 6-2 ACC):
hW 38- 0 Northeastern
aW 35-10 North Carolina*
hW 36- 0 Duke*
hW 29-13 Cincinnati
hL 27-38 Georgia Tech*
aL 3-22 Boston College*
hW 36- 6 Southern Miss
hW 24- 7 #10 Clemson*
aW 17-10 Miami*
hW 23- 0 Kent State
aW 27- 6 #14 Wake Forest*
hW 17- 0 Virginia*
nL 24-31 Georgia (Chick-fil-A Bowl)
Virginia (5-7; 4-4 ACC)
aL 13-38 Pittsburgh
hW13-12 Wyoming
hL 10-17 Western Michigan
aL 7-24 Georgia Tech*
aW 37- 0 Duke*
aL 21-31 East Carolina
hL 26-28 Maryland*
hW23- 0 North Carolina*
hW14- 7 NC State*
aL 0-33 Florida State*
hW17- 7 Miami*
aL 0-17 Virginia Tech*
* Conference games
Biggest VT Win
Biggest UVa Win
Biggest VT Win @ Blacksburg
Biggest UVa Win @ Blacksburg
Biggest VT Win @ Charlottesville
Biggest UVa Win @ Charlottesville
48............................................................... 1983; 48-0
44............................................................... 1896; 44-0
32.............................................................1986; 42-10
19.............................................................1994; 42-23
48............................................................... 1983; 48-0
44............................................................... 1896; 44-0
Closest VT Win
Closest UVa Win
Closest VT Win @ Blacksburg
Closest UVa Win @ Blacksburg
Closest VT Win @ Charlottesville
Closest UVa Win @ Charlottesville
1.................................................................... 1936; 7-6
1.................................... 1974 (28-27); 1987 (14-13)
1.................................................................... 1936; 7-6
3.................................... 1992 (41-38); 1984 (26-23)
3.........................................1923 (6-3); 1993 (20-17)
1.................................... 1974 (28-27); 1987 (14-13)
Biggest VT Comeback Win
Biggest UVa Comeback Win
15............................1995; trailed 29-14; won 36-29
22.............................. 1998; trailed 29-7; won 36-32
Most Points Scored by VT
Most Points Scored by UVa
Most Points Combined
52.......................................................2005; W, 52-14
45......................................................... 1950; W, 45-6
79...................................................1992; UVa, 41-38
The Series vs. Virginia
1895
1896
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
aL 0-38
aL 0-44
aL 0-28
aL 5-17
hL 0-16
aL 0- 6
nL 0-21
nL 0- 5
aW 11- 0
aW 6- 3
hL 0- 6
aL 0-10
hW 6- 0
aL 0- 7
hW 20- 0
aW 32-12
hW 34-13
aT 0- 0
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
hW 13- 0
aT 6- 6
hW 19- 6
aT 0- 0
hW 7- 6
aW 14- 7
hL 6-14
aW 13- 0
nW 6- 0
nL 0-34
nW 20-14
nL 13-31
nT 21-21
nL 7-41
nL 0-28
nL 0-26
nL 6-45
nL 0-33
Tech leads 46-37-5
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1970
1971
1972
nL 0-42
aW 20- 6
nW 6- 0
nW 17-13
nW 14- 7
nL 7-38
nW 22-13
nW 40-14
nW 40- 6
nW 20- 0
nW 20-15
nW 10- 0
aL 17-20
hW 22-14
aW 24- 7
hL 0- 7
aW 6- 0
aL 20-24
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
hW 27-15
aL 27-28
hW 24-17
aW 14-10
hT 14-14
aL 7-17
aL 18-20
hW 30- 0
aW 20- 3
hW 21-14
aW 48- 0
hL 23-26
aW 28-10
hW 42-10
aL 13-14
hL 10-16
aL 25-32
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
hW 38-13
aL 0-38
hL 38-41
aW 20-17
hL 23-42
aW 36-29
hW 26- 9
aL 20-34
hL 32-36
aW 31- 7
hW 42-21
aW 31-17
hW 21- 9
aL 35-21
hW 24-10
aW 52-14
hW 17- 0
Remembering the Fallen
• Virginia Tech’s official tribute ribbon logo remembering
the victims of the April 16 tragedy comes from a student-inspired
design. The patch will be worn on all Tech athletic jerseys or
warmups this year.
• The logo consists of the well-known maroon VT athletic logo
that symbolizes the innovative and dynamic nature of Virginia Tech,
over an orange ribbon that is in recognition of the lives lost on April
16 and a symbol of the victims’ prevailing Hokie spirit.
• The tribute ribbon will appear on athletes’ jerseys as an
inspiration and celebration of the victims’ lives and the unforgettable
mark they left on the Virginia Tech community, the nation and the
world.
Pronunciation Guide
XAVIER ADIBI.........ZAY-vee-ur uh-DEE-bee
NEKOS Brown.....................................NEE-kose
JAHRE Cheeseman.................................jah-REE
Jared DEVELLI.............................duh-VELL-eee
Chris DRAGER.................................DRAY-gurr
Jud DUNLEVY..............................DUN-levv-ee
HIVERA Green...................Hah-vee-air ( Javier)
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ORION Martin.................Oh-RYE-in (O’Ryan)
DAVON Morgan................................... DAY-von
Branden ORE................................................... Orr
CORDARROW Thompson.....Core-DARE-oh
STEPHAN Virgil.............................Steh-FAHN
BEAU Warren....................................................BO
Jason WORILDS................................ WORLDS
Virginia Tech vs. Virginia • Page 6
MORE ON TECH-UVa
•Saturday’s game will be just the eighth
time in 89 meetings that both teams come in
ranked in the Associated Press Top 25. Tech
comes in at eighth while the Cavaliers are 16th.
Tech is 6-2 against the Cavs when both teams
are ranked:
VT
UVA Winner
16th
VT
2004 11th
1999 8th
24th
VT
1998 20th
16th
UVA
1996 17th
20th
VT
1995 20th
13th
VT
1994 14th
16th
UVA
23rd
VT
1993 25th
• It will be the ninth-straight time the
Hokies are ranked when playing the Cavaliers
and the second time in the series’ history both
teams will be ranked in the top 16.
• Last year’s 17-0 shutout of the Cavaliers
was the first shutout in the series by either
team since UVa blanked Tech 38-0 in 1991.
•Tech’s 52 points scored in the 2005
game were the most scored by any team ever in
the series.
• The 2005 Virginia game marked the
first time since 2002 that the Hokies had
two 100-yard rushers in a game. Branden
Ore (Chesapeake, Va.) ran for 115 yards on
15 carries against the Cavaliers, while senior
starter Cedric Humes added 113 yards on 17
attempts. It marked the 28th time since 1962
that a pair of Tech backs had accomplished the
feat and the fourth time it was done against
Virginia. The last two Tech backs to rush for
100 yards or more in the same game were Lee
Suggs (197) and Kevin Jones (132) against
Rutgers in ’02.
• In 2004’s game, the 0-0 halftime tie
was the first game Virginia Tech had played
where neither team scored in the first half
since a 1990 game at Georgia Tech. The Yellow
Jackets went on to win that game, 6-3, with
all nine points scored coming in the fourth
quarter.
• Virginia Tech’s 21-9 victory against
Virginia in 2002 gave the Hokies their fourth
straight win over their in-state rival. The last
time either team won four straight in the
series was from 1980-83 when Tech took four
consecutive meetings.
• The 30 combined points by the two
teams in 2002 was the lowest total in the series
since 1988 when UVa won by a score of 16-10.
• A pair of freshmen made their first
collegiate starts at defensive tackle for Tech in
the 2002 Virginia game. Redshirt freshman
Tim Sandidge and true freshman Jonathan
Lewis moved into the lineup after 11-game
starters Jason Lallis and Kevin Lewis both
suffered season-ending injuries in the West
Virginia game. Sandidge and Jonathan Lewis
each posted six tackles against the Cavaliers.
Jonathan Lewis has started 26 consecutive
games, beginning with the 2002 UVa game.
• Justin Hamilton, then a redshirt
freshman, posted his second blocked punt of
the season during the ‘02 Virginia game. His
block against UVa was picked up by then-true
freshman Darryl Tapp and returned for a
touchdown. It was Tapp’s first collegiate TD.
• During their 31-17 victory at Virginia
in 2001, the Hokies held the Cavs to just eight
yards rushing. That’s the lowest rushing total
on record for UVa in a game against Tech. The
previous low was 10 yards rushing during the
1982 meeting.
• True freshman Kevin Jones rushed for
181 yards on 37 carries against Virginia in
2001. Jones’ performance marked the highest
single-game rushing total on record for a Tech
freshman.
• Jones’ 37 rushing carries in the 2001
Virginia game were the most for a Tech player
since Cyrus Lawrence carried the football 38
times versus the Cavaliers in 1981.
• Willie Pile intercepted passes at the
Tech 8-yard line and the Tech 1-yard line to
stop Virginia drives during the 2001 season.
• Ben Taylor earned Co-BIG EAST
Defensive Player of the Week honors for his
part in Tech’s 31-17 win at Virginia in 2001.
Taylor equaled a personal-best with 18 tackles
during the win. He posted nine solo tackles
and nine assists on the way to a team seasonhigh 50 defensive points. The senior linebacker
also had a quarterback sack and caused a
fumble that set up the Hokies’ first touchdown
of the game.
• Grant Noel passed for three
touchdowns against UVa in 2001. Before that
The Commonwealth Cup
• The winner of the annual gridiron clash
between Virginia Tech and the University of
Virginia earns more than bragging rights in
the state. In recent years, the winning team
has also taken home the Commonwealth
Cup.
• The Cup, now residing in Blacksburg, was
created in 1996 by the universities to remain
in the possession of the winner of the in-state
rivalry each year.
• The Commonwealth Cup, made of marble
and cherry wood, is four feet high and weighs
more than 100 pounds. The top of the Cup
is silver-plated with the names of the two
schools.
• The scores of all 88 games in the TechVirginia rivalry are engraved on the sides.
A map of the Commonwealth of Virginia
with Blacksburg and Charlottesville marked
with stars has been etched on the front of the
trophy, which was produced by Josten’s.
• Virginia Tech gained possession of the Cup
first by defeating arch-rival Virginia, 26-9,
at Lane Stadium/Worsham Field in 1996.
The Cavaliers won it back in ’97 with a 34-20
victory in Charlottesville, and retained it in
1998 with a 36-32 win, before turning it over
to the Hokies following Tech’s win in 1999.
• The Hokies retained possession of the
Commonwealth Cup for four straight years
until losing at UVa in 2003. Tech took the
trophy back in 2004 after winning 24-10 at
Blacksburg.
• The first game in the Tech-UVa series was
played in 1895, 112 years ago. Virginia Tech
holds a 46-37-5 edge in the series after last
year’s 17-0 win at Blacksburg.
• The Hokies will host the Cavaliers this
Saturday for the 89th clash in a series that now
has more intensity with the two schools both
members of the ACC.
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Virginia Tech vs. Virginia • Page 7
game, the last Tech quarterback to throw three TD passes in a game
against the Cavs was Will Furrer in 1990.
• Lee Suggs caught a 23-yard touchdown pass during the 2000
Virginia game, the first TD reception of his Tech career. It was the
first touchdown catch by a Tech tailback since Lamont Pegues caught
a 47-yard TD pass against Virginia during the 1997 season.
• Fullback Jarrett Ferguson, who is now a strength coach with
the Hokies, ran for two touchdowns against UVa in 2000, giving him
six rushing TDs for the season — the most rushing TDs by a Tech
fullback since Phil Bryant had six in 1991.
• Virginia Tech tailback Shyrone Stith ran for 113 yards on 23
carries at Virginia in 1999 to become the first Tech player on record
to open a season with four consecutive 100-yard rushing games. Stith
was the first player to run for 100 yards or more in four consecutive
games during Frank Beamer’s tenure as the head coach.
• The Virginia Tech defense held the Cavaliers to just 51 yards
on the ground in 1999. That marked the Cavaliers’ lowest rushing
total against Tech at that time since the 1982 season when they
managed only 10 net rushing yards in a 21-14 loss at Blacksburg.
• Virginia’s come-from-behind 36-32 win against the Hokies in
1998 marked the biggest comeback on record against a Tech football
team. The Hokies led by 22 points, 29-7, at halftime. Tech lost a
21-point lead during a 50-49 loss at Rutgers in 1992. The Hokies
were ahead 28-7 in that game after the first quarter.
• The 1998 game marked the 80th meeting between Virginia
Tech and Virginia. That made the UVa series the longest standing
football series in Tech history, surpassing the 79-game VMI-Tech
series, which ended in 1984.
• During the 1997 Tech-UVa game, Tech defensive end John
Engelberger, now with the Denver Broncos of the NFL, turned in
one of his best showings. Engelberger had 12 total tackles, including
one sack and three other tackles behind the line. He also had two
quarterback hurries and blocked a field goal.
• Tech had to come from behind for back-to-back wins in the
series during the 1995 and 1996 seasons. During the 1996 season, the
Hokies trailed 9-7 at halftime before scoring 19 unanswered points.
In 1995, Tech scored 22 points in the final 13 minutes of the contest
to erase a 14-point deficit and produce the biggest fourth-quarter
comeback on record at Tech. At that time, the Hokies’ 22 points in
the fourth quarter of that game were the most in the final quarter of
play for a Virginia Tech football team in more than 50 years.
• Tech’s eight turnovers against Virginia during a 42-23 loss
at Lane Stadium in 1994 still stand as the most turnovers for a
Tech grid team since 1958 when the Hokies had eight in a win over
Richmond.
• During the 1994 Virginia Tech-Virginia game, Tech ran the
football just 17 times, an all-time low for the Hokies in a single game.
The previous school low for rushing attempts in a game was 24 set
during the 1955 season against Wake Forest and equalled in a 1991
game against North Carolina State.
• The Hokies ran just five plays from scrimmage in the first
quarter of their 1994 game with Virginia. Tech’s total possession time
for the game was just 20:01.
• When defensive tackle Jeff Holland returned a fumble for a
touchdown against UVa in 1993, he became the first Tech defensive
lineman to score a touchdown since 1970. Since then, 11 different
Tech linemen have combined to score 14 touchdowns.
• The Hokies’ 573 yards of total offense against Virginia in 1992
represent the most yards ever for Tech against the Cavaliers. The Cavs
still won the game, 41-38.
• Virginia Tech has out-rushed Virginia in 27 of their last 35
meetings, while the Cavaliers have posted more passing yards than the
Hokies in 13 of the last 23 games in the series.
The Storied Lunch Pail
• Taken with the Hokies
wherever they go is the storied
lunch pail. The Pail served
as the inspiration for Tech’s
record-setting 1995 defense,
symbolizing Tech’s blue collar
approach to defensive football.
Every year since, a member of
the defense has been responsible
for toting a new Pail to
everything football-related.
• Coach Rod Sharpless, then the co-defensive coordinator
along with Foster, brought a lunch pail back from New Jersey and
they decided that it would become the symbol of the 1995 defense.
Sharpless’ mother-in-law found the now famous original lunch pail in
Mercerville, N.J., where it had belonged to a coal miner.
• The original Pail, along with an oversized replica, sits in Tech’s
Hall of Legends in the Merryman Center.
• That year, the players put their season and individual goals in
the Pail and turf from road victories into the Pail as well. Now, the
players put the unit goals, weekly goals, the keys to success for the
week and sign a mission statement before the season … plus the turf
from road wins.
• A new Pail is put into service about every two years since it goes
through so much each season. This year’s Pail is the sixth since 1995.
• Following Tech’s loss to Boston College last year, Foster took
the Pail away from the defense and sat it in his office. After that game,
Tech’s defense shot to No. 1 in the nation in total defense, scoring
defense and passing defense, allowing just 29 points in the last six
regular season contests. The Hokies finished last year No. 1 in the
country in total defense for the second year in a row.
• In years’ past, the top point getter from the previous week
would be responsible for the Pail.
• Only two times in NCAA history has a defense finished tops
in the country in total defense three years in a row: Oklahoma-1985,
‘86 and ‘87 and Toledo-1969, ‘70 and ‘71.
• Only five other times (six including Tech) in NCAA history
has a defense repeated as the annual champion in total defense.
• Tech also finished No. 1 in the country in scoring defense and
pass defense last year.
• They posted four shutouts last year, continuing a remarkable
streak. Beginning with the 1995 season — Foster’s first year as
defensive coordinator — the Tech defense has posted at least one
shutout, a span of 12 seasons heading into this year’s campaign. Tech
had two shutouts in 1995, one in 1996, two in 1997, three in 1998,
two in 1999, one in 2000, four in 2001, one in 2002 and 2003, two in
2004, two in 2005 and the four last year.
• When not shut out, the opposition has been held to seven
points or less 26 other times. That’s 50 outputs of seven points or less
given up in 161 games, an astounding 31 percent!
• Fans have started mailing and bringing by old lunch pails to
Foster, who now has half a dozen Pails waiting to be used.
• Foster has taken his lunch pail mentality to a new level as this
past summer he got a tattoo of the Pail, a permanent reminder of his
defensive attitude.
• This year, the names
of the 32 victims of the April
16 tragedy on Tech’s campus
are also in the Pail (left) as the
defense has vowed to play in their
remembrance.
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Last Meeting: Defense Dominates on Senior Day
Game 1: Hokies Victorious in Emotional Return to Field
0
Virginia
No. 17 Virginia Tech
17
7
East Carolina
No. 9 Virginia Tech
Lane Stadium/Worsham Field • Blacksburg, Va.
Nov. 25, 2006 • Attendance: 66,233
Lane Stadium/Worsham Field • Blacksburg, Va.
Sept. 1, 2007 • Attendance: 66,233
BLACKSBURG — A whole lot
of defense and just enough offense
propelled Virginia Tech to its sixth
straight win and its fourth shutout
of the season in the form of a 17-0
blanking of in-state rival Virginia at
Lane Stadium/Worsham Field.
The battle for the
Commonwealth Cup belonged to
the defenses, and it was a defensive
play by the Hokies that started them
on the road to victory. Linebacker
Xavier Adibi’s quarterback sack
with just over two minutes left in
the first half forced a fumble that
Tech recovered at the UVa 12. Four
straight runs by tailback George Bell
produced a touchdown that gave the
Hokies a 7-0 lead at halftime.
Tech opened the second half
with a 12-play, 74-yard drive that
resulted in a Brandon Pace field
goal. Later in the third period,
quarterback Sean Glennon led the
Hokies on a 91-yard drive that was
capped by his 49-yard TD pass to
Eddie Royal.
Tech’s defense held the Cavaliers
to just 112 total yards and five first
downs. Virginia got just one snap
in Tech territory and that was for a
punt.
Freshman tailback Kenny Lewis,
Jr., rushed for a personal-best 79
yards for the Hokies, while Bell
chipped in 41 yards. Glennon, who
made a key 19-yard run on third
down to keep Tech’s opening drive
of the half alive, completed 12 of 18
passes.
BLACKSBURG — In an emotional
opening game that followed a moving
tribute to the victims of the on-campus
tragedy of April 16, Virginia Tech did
just enough to get by a determined East
Carolina team that pushed the No. 9
Hokies to their limit before falling 17-7.
The game belonged to the defenses.
East Carolina forced a fumble late in the
first quarter and mounted a nine-play,
52-yard drive to take a 7-3 lead early in
the second period. But just before the half,
Tech’s defense turned the tide with a big
play of its own.
After a Brent Bowden punt pinned
the Pirates down on their own 2-yard
line, ECU quarterback Brett Clay made a
costly mistake. After a rushing play failed
to pick up yardage, Clay attempted a pass
into coverage that was picked off by Tech
cornerback Victor Harris at the 17 and
returned for a touchdown.
Tech’s defense made the 10-7 lead hold
up until quarterback Sean Glennon was
able to find tight end Sam Wheeler open for
a 21-yard touchdown pass that extended the
margin to 17-7 with 13:07 remaining in the
game. Tech’s 17 points were the fewest in
an opening game played in Blacksburg since
1995, when the Hokies dropped a 20-14
opening-game decision to Boston College.
The Tech was forced to rely on its
passing attack, while being held to just 33
yards on the ground. Glennon responded
by hitting 22 of 33 attempts for 245
yards. Seven of those completions went to
Wheeler.
ECU managed 148 yards on the ground
and 261 overall, but ran just seven plays in
Tech territory during the second half.
Game Notes
• Kicker Brandon Pace tied the
school single-season record for
consecutive field goals made before
missing a 47-yard kick in the fourth
quarter. His 23-yard kick in the third
quarter tied the mark of 17-straight
field goals made in one season set
by Chris Kinzer in 1986. The thirdquarter kick extended Pace’s school
record overall streak to 22 straight,
dating back to the Boston College
game last season.
• With starting tailback Branden
Ore sidelined by an ankle injury,
true freshman Kenny Lewis, Jr., got
the starting nod against Virginia.
Lewis became the first true freshman
to start a game at tailback for Tech
since the 2002 Gator Bowl (following
the 2001 season) when Kevin Jones
started against Florida State.
• The last time Virginia Tech shut
out Virginia was in 1983. The
Hokies won that contest 48-0 in
Charlottesville.
• Tech posted its fourth shutout of
the season. The last time the Hokies
had four shutouts in a season was
2002.
• The 112 yards of total offense
allowed by the Hokies were the
eighth-lowest total under head coach
Frank Beamer.
Final Statistics
Virginia
0
0
0
0
— 0
Virginia Tech
0
7
10 0
— 17
VT (0:39 re 2nd) - Bell 1 run (Pace kick)
VT (9:24 re 3rd) - FG Pace 23
VT (0:31 re 3rd) - Royal 49 pass from Glennon (Pace kick)
Team Stats
VA
VT Individual Leaders
First downs 5
14 Rushing — UVa, Snelling
Rushes-yds. 23-46 45-156 13-21, Sewell 8-20, Ogletree 1-6,
Passing yds. 66 146 Team 1-(-1); VT, K. Lewis 19-79,
Return yds. 0
10 Bell 14-41, Glennon 7-31, E. Lewis
Passes 10-21-1 12-18-1 2-3, Jefferson 1-3, Allen 1-2, Pickle
Punts-avg. 8-42.1 5-46.6 1-(-3).
Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-0 Passing — UVa, Sewell 10-21Penalties-yds. 6-45 3-29 1-66; VT, Glennon 12-18-1-146.
Time of poss. 22:44 37:16 Receiving — UVA, Snelling
Sacks by 2-11 1-2 3-11, Ogletree 2-31, Mines 2-19,
Stupar 2-5, Peerman 1-0; VT, Royal
4-72, Hyman 3-9, Wheeler 2-29,
Morgan 2-24, Clowney 1-12.
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Game Notes
• Tight end Sam Wheeler had a
career day, posting personal-bests
for receptions (7) and receiving
yards (81). His seven catches were
the most for a Tech tight end since
1987 when Steve Johnson had seven
against South Carolina. The 81
yards, meanwhile, were the most for
a Hokie tight end since Keith Willis
picked up 113 yards at Syracuse in
2002.
• The 33 yards rushing by the
Hokies tied for the sixth-lowest total
under Coach Frank Beamer, and the
fewest ever in a win under Beamer.
The Hokies had just 33 yards on
the ground two other times under
Beamer — Clemson, 1987 and
Boston College 2006.
• Victor Harris’ 17-yard interception
return for a TD against the Pirates
was the second career TD return
for the Tech corner. Harris posted
a 72-yard interception return for a
score against Cincinnati in 2006.
• With 63 yards on punt returns
against ECU, Eddie Royal became
Tech’s all-time leader in that category
with 904 yards.
• Cam and Orion Martin started
against ECU, becoming the first
set of brothers to start together
in a game for Virginia Tech since
Jonathan and Kevin Lewis (both
DTs) in 2003.
Final Statistics
East Carolina
Virginia Tech
VT (4:26 re 1st) ECU(14:23 re 2nd) VT (3:07 re 2nd) VT (13:07 re 4th)
Team Stats
First downs
Rushes-yds.
Passing yds. Return yds. Passes Punts-avg. Fumbles-lost Penalties-yds. Time of poss. Sacks by www.hokiesports.com
0
7
0
0
— 7
3
7
0
7
— 17
- FG Dunlevy 25
- Johnson 2 run (Hartman kick)
- Harris 17 interception return (Dunlevy kick)
- Wheeler 21 pass from Glennon (Dunlevy kick)
ECU
VT Individual Leaders
12
16 Rushing — ECU, Lindsay 10-50,
35-142 31-33 Pinkney 9-48, Johnson 10-29, Harris
119
245 4-16, Clay 1-3, Simmons 1-(-4); VT,
8
80 Ore 23-70, Cheeseman 1-(-3), K.
16-31-1 22-33-1 Lewis 3-(-15), Glennon 4-(-19).
9-44.0 6-42.3 Passing — ECU, Pinkney
0-0
2-2 14-25-0-115, Clay 2-6-1-4; VT,
12-69
4-42 Glennon 22-33-1-245.
31:33 28:27 Receiving — ECU, Henry 4-30,
4-19
0-0 Bryant 4-20, Rogers 3-17, Lindsay
2-17, Lee 1-17, Crowell 1-15,
Sonnhalter 1-3; VT, Wheeler 7-81,
Harper 5-64, Morgan 4-40, Hyman
2-43, Royal 2-16, Weatherford 1-2,
Ore 1-(-1).
Virginia Tech vs. Virginia • Page 9
Game 2: Tech Suffers Big Loss on the Bayou
Game 3: Tech Shakes Off Slow Start For 28-7 Win
No. 9 Virginia Tech
7
No. 2 LSU
Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, La.
Sept. 8, 2007 • Attendance: 92,739
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BATON ROUGE, La. —
The No. 2-ranked Louisiana
State University Tigers handed
ninth-rated Virginia Tech its
worst loss in Coach Frank
Beamer’s 20-plus seasons at the
helm before a record crowd of
92,739 at Tiger Stadium.
LSU amassed nearly 600
yards of offense on the way to
the 48-7 victory.
The Tigers took control
early, driving 87 and 85 yards
for touchdowns on their first
two possessions of the game.
LSU led 27-0 before Tech
scored its only touchdown
late in the third quarter. True
freshman quarterback Tyrod
Taylor, who entered the game
for Tech midway through the
second quarter, engineered a
65-yard drive that he capped
with a 1-yard touchdown run.
LSU showed a balanced
attack in piling up 598 yards
and 28 first downs. Tech was
held to just 149 total yards,
the fourth lowest total under
Beamer.
Game Notes
• The 92,739 fans at the game
were the most a Tech team had
ever played in front of, topping the
91,655 fans that attended Tech’s
2004 game against No. 1 Southern
California at FedEx Field in
Landover, Md.
• LSU posted the biggest winning
margin against the Hokies since
Vanderbilt handed Tech a 45-0 loss
in 1982.
• Tyrod Taylor’s rushing touchdown
was the first for a true freshman
quarterback during the Frank
Beamer era.
• The 297 yards rushing allowed
by the Tech defense were the sixthmost under Beamer while the 598
yards of total offense allowed were
the fifth-most under Beamer.
• Eddie Royal’s 137 yards on kickoff
returns were the fourth-most under
Beamer in a single game.
Final Statistics
Virginia Tech
LSU
LSU (10:46 re 1st)
LSU (5:54 re 1st)
LSU (14:55 re 2nd)
LSU (11:55 re 2nd)
LSU (8:30 re 3rd)
VT (4:38 re 3rd)
LSU (1:36 re 3rd)
LSU (9:29 re 4th)
LSU (3:18 re 4th)
Team Stats
First Downs
Rushes-yds.
Passing yds.
Return yds.
Passes
Punts-avg.
Fumbles-lost
Penalties-yds.
Time of poss.
Sacks-by
0
0
7
0
— 7
14 10 10 14
— 48
- Hester 3 run (David kick)
- Flynn 7 run (David kick)
- FG David 30
- Williams 67 run (David kick)
- FG David 28
- Taylor 1 run (Dunlevy kick)
- Doucet 34 pass from Perrilloux (David kick)
- Williams 32 run (David kick)
- Toliver 28 pass from Perrilloux (David kick)
VT
LSU
11
28
28-71 41-297
78
301
-1
11
9-29-1 22-32-0
8-40.1 3-44.7
1-0
0-0
7-65
7-62
25:27 34:33
2-2
3-22
Individual Leaders
Rushing — VT, Taylor 9-44,
Ore 14-28, Glennon 2-2, K. Lewis
1-1, Weatherford 1-0, Royal 1-(-4);
LSU, Williams 7-126, Hester 12-81,
Holliday 4-32, Scott 4-24, Perrilloux
4-21, Flynn 7-12, Murphy 2-2, Team
1-(-1).
Passing — VT, Taylor 7-18-0-62,
Glennon 2-10-1-16; LSU, Flynn
17-27-0-217, Perrilloux 5-5-0-84.
Receiving — VT, Morgan 4-20,
Ore 2-24, Drager 1-14, Harper 1-11,
Whitaker 1-9; LSU, LaFell 7-125,
Doucet 6-75, Byrd 2-22, Williams
2-10, Hester 1-28, Toliver 1-28,
Scott 1-11, Holliday 1-3, Mitchell
1-(-1).
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Ohio
No. 18 Virginia Tech
28
Lane Stadium/Worsham Field • Blacksburg, Va.
Sept. 15, 2007 • Attendance: 66,233
BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech scored 21
second-half points to break a 7-7 halftime
tie and assure a 28-7 victory over Ohio
University that gave head coach Frank Beamer
his 200th career victory.
The Hokies’ offense, with true freshman
quarterback Tyrod Taylor starting for
the first time, out-gained the visitors 473
yards to 114, but still appeared sluggish at
times. Tech trailed 7-0 until Taylor keyed a
68-yard, game-tying drive midway through
the second quarter. The freshman signal
caller was 5-for-6 passing on the drive for
49 yards, including a pair of big third-down
completions. Sophomore tailback Kenny
Lewis, Jr., capped the drive by weaving
13-yards for a touchdown.
Tech finally took the lead on a 6-yard
quarterback draw by Taylor at the 7:23 mark
of the third quarter. Starting tailback Branden
Ore and Lewis provided some breathing room
with fourth-quarter touchdown runs.
Defensively, the Hokies rebounded from
their uncharacteristic performance at LSU
to hold the Bobcats to just five first downs
and 114 total yards. After a fumbled punt at
the Tech 26-yard line set up Ohio’s second
quarter touchdown, the visitors never reached
Tech territory again. Led by senior linebackers
Vince Hall and Xavier Adibi, Tech held Ohio
without a first down in the second half.
Taylor hit 18 of 31 passes for 287 yards
in his starting debut, while Ore rushed for 82
yards, and Lewis scored twice. Hall (14) and
Adibi (11) combined for 25 tackles and each
player had three tackles behind the line.
Game Notes
• Quarterback Tyrod
Taylor became the first
true freshman to start at
quarterback for the Hokies
since Todd Greenwood
in 1982. Taylor, defensive
tackle Kory Robertson
and fullback Carlton
Weatherford all made their
first collegiate starts in the
win over Ohio.
• The five first downs
allowed by the Tech
defense tied for the fewest
allowed under Frank
Beamer (Duke, 2005;
Virginia, 2006).
• Josh Morgan caught six
passes for 119 yards against
the Bobcats – all in the first
half. It was Morgan’s third
career 100-yard receiving
performance, but his first in
a regular season game.
• With the win against
Ohio, Tech’s Frank Beamer
became just the 47th coach
in NCAA history (all
divisions) to record 200
victories.
Final Statistics
Ohio
Virginia Tech
OU (13:06 re 2nd)
VT (5:42 re 2nd)
VT (3:38 re 3rd)
VT (8:49 re 4th)
VT (6:13 re 4th)
Team Stats
First Downs
Rushes-yds.
Passing yds.
Return yds.
Passes
Punts-avg.
Fumbles-lost
Penalties-yds.
Time of poss.
Sacks-by
0
7
0
0
0
7
7
14
- McRae 4 run (Braunstein kick)
- K. Lewis 13 run (Dunlevy kick)
- Taylor 6 run (Dunlevy kick)
- Ore 1 run (Dunlevy kick)
- K. Lewis 44 run (Dunlevy kick)
OU
VT
5
24
36-38 40-181
76
292
-1
13
10-20-0 20-33-0
13-36.8 7-41.3
2-0
3-2
9-48
8-60
30:59 29:01
3-32
4-23
Individual Leaders
Rushing — OU, McRae 22-55,
Scott 3-6, Price 1-(-3), Abrams
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1-(-3), Bower 9-(-17); VT, Ore
18-82, K. Lewis 6-62, Cheeseman
2-17, Pickle 2-13, Taylor 10-8,
Weatherford 1-0.
Passing — OU, Bower
9-16-0-70, Scott 1-4-0-6; VT,
Taylor 18-31-0-287, Glennon
2-2-0-5.
Receiving — OU, McRae 6-26,
Mooney 2-24, Nwokocha 1-21,
Fitzgerald 1-5; VT, Morgan 6-119,
Royal 3-30, Hyman 2-26, Harper
2-21, Boone 1-32, Ore 1-28,
Wheeler 1-16, Luckett 1-9, Smith
1-6, Whitaker 1-3, Jefferson 1-2.
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Game 4: Hokies Jump on Tribe Early, Roll to Big Win
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William & Mary
No. 17 Virginia Tech
Lane Stadium/Worsham Field • Blacksburg, Va.
Sept. 22, 2007 • Attendance: 66,233
BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech posted
27 points in the first quarter and played
all but six of the 82 players who dressed
on its way to a 44-3 victory against
William & Mary. It was the first football
meeting between the two schools since
1985.
Tech took advantage of William
& Mary turnovers and excellent field
position to score three touchdowns and
a pair of field goals during the first 15
minutes of the game.
Eddie Royal then added a 60-yard
punt return for another touchdown
just 64 seconds into the second quarter.
Despite the scoring flurry, the Hokies
finished with just 287 yards of total
offense and 12 first downs, one fewer
than the Tribe.
The defense contributed five sacks
and three interceptions, one of which
cornerback Brandon Flowers returned 49
yards for a touchdown. William & Mary
was held to just 5 yards rushing on 28
attempts, but managed 257 yards through
the air.
Tailback Branden Ore scored twice
for the Hokies, running in from 2 yards
out and taking a screen pass from Tyrod
Taylor 34 yards for a TD just before the
half.
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44
Game Notes
• The last time Virginia Tech
scored a defensive touchdown
and special teams TD in
the same game was against
Georgia Tech during the
2005 season. The Hokies got
two interception returns for
touchdowns in that game, to go
with a touchdown return on a
blocked field goal.
• Freshman quarterback Tyrod
Taylor tossed his first collegiate
touchdown pass, a 34-yarder to
tailback Branden Ore. Taylor
also had a 45-yard run during
the game, the longest for a
Tech quarterback since Bryan
Randall broke off a 75-yard run
against Syracuse in 2003.
• Linebacker Purnell Sturdivant
posted two interceptions,
the first of his Tech career.
Sturdivant also had a careerhigh eight tackles and the first
two quarterback sacks of his
collegiate career.
Final Statistics
William & Mary
Virginia Tech
VT (11:58 re 1st)
VT (7:37 re 1st)
VT (4:47 re 1st)
VT (3:56 re 1st)
VT (0:17 re 1st)
VT (13:56 re 2nd)
WM(5:07 re 2nd)
VT (2:13 re 2nd)
VT (7:51 re 3rd)
Team Stats
First Downs
Rushes-yds.
Passing yds.
Return yds.
Passes
Punts-avg.
Fumbles-lost
Penalties-yds.
Time of poss.
Sacks-by
0
3
0
0
— 3
27 14 3
0
— 44
- FG Dunlevy 25
- FG Dunlevy 27
- Ore 2 run (Dunlevy kick)
- Flowers 49 interception return (Dunlevy kick)
- K. Lewis 8 run (Dunlevy kick)
- Royal 60 punt return (Dunlevy kick)
- FG Pate 22
- Ore 34 pass from Taylor (Dunlevy kick)
- FG Dunlevy 38
WM
VT
13
12
28-5 38-133
257
154
8
198
19-46-3 15-27-0
11-38.1 8-43.1
1-0
1-0
3-25 11-95
29:57 30:03
4-25
5-42
Individual Leaders
Rushing — WM, Schonder
9-42, Viola 10-17, Archer 1-(-1),
Potts 1-(-9), Team 1-(-17), Phillips
6-(-27); VT, Taylor 5-52, K. Lewis
10-43, Ore 10-25, Holt 4-10, Pickle
2-8, Cheeseman 4-6, Team 1-(-1),
Glennon 2-(-10).
Passing — WM, Phillips
17-40-3-243, Potts 2-6-0-14;
VT, Taylor 6-13-0-72, Glennon
5-9-0-49, Holt 4-5-0-33.
Receiving — WM, Atchison
5-81, Archer 3-39, Nicholas 2-63,
Mack 2-30, Varno 2-10, Viola 2-4,
Dohse 1-16, Falbo 1-10, Schonder
1-4; VT, Ore 4-48, Smith 2-39,
Wheeler 2-15, Boone 1-14, Drager
1-9, Luckett 1-9, Hyman 1-8, K.
Lewis 1-6, Whitaker 1-5, Perez 1-1.
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North Carolina
No. 17 Virginia Tech
17
Lane Stadium/Worsham Field • Blacksburg, Va.
Sept. 29, 2007 • Attendance: 66,233
BLACKSBURG — Virginia Tech’s defense
and special teams provided big plays down
the stretch as the Hokies held off the
University of North Carolina for a 17-10
homecoming victory in their Atlantic Coast
Conference opener.
Tech took the opening kickoff and
marched 70 yards on seven consecutive
running plays. A 53-yard run by flanker
Eddie Royal on a double reverse started
the march, and quarterback Tyrod Taylor’s
5-yard touchdown run added the finishing
touches. The drive proved to be the offensive
highlight for the Hokies, who would add
just 171 yards the rest of the way.
After Tech kicker Jud Dunlevy kicked
a 52-yard field goal to open the second half,
the defense provided a game-changing play
on the Tar Heels’ first possession of the half.
With the Hokies clinging to a 10-3 lead
and UNC facing a second and goal at the
Tech 5, defensive end Orion Martin forced
a fumble at the 1-yard line that teammate
Kam Chancellor recovered in the end zone.
The Hokies used an interception and
31-yard return by linebacker Xavier Adibi
to gain some breathing room. Adibi’s pick
set up a 1-yard touchdown run by tailback
Branden Ore.
North Carolina controlled the football
for 10:35 of the final quarter and cut
the Tech lead to 17-10 with a 76-yard
touchdown drive that ended with 5:34 left
in the game. Tech used back-to-back punts
of 54 and 59 yards by Brent Bowden, and
a defensive stand in the final minutes to
preserve the win.
Game Notes
• Whip linebacker Cam
Martin posted a career-high
10 tackles and three sacks
against the Tar Heels. The
last Tech player to have three
sacks in a game was defensive
end William Wall against
Duke in 2006.
• Jud Dunlevy’s 52-yard field
goal was the longest made by
a Tech kicker since Shayne
Graham hit on a 52-yarder
at Pittsburgh in 1999. It was
also the first field goal of 50
yards or more made by a Tech
kicker since Graham’s boot.
• When rover Kam
Chancellor recovered a
fumble in the end zone in the
third quarter, it marked the
first fumble recovery of the
season for Tech.
• Sophomore Brandon
Holland earned his first
collegiate start, opening the
game at right guard.
• True freshman quarterback
Tyrod Taylor suffered his first
collegiate interception during
the game. The pick came
on the 65th official pass of
Taylor’s career.
Final Statistics
North Carolina
Virginia Tech
VT (10:12 re 1st)
NC (9:48 re 2nd)
VT (13:24 re 3rd)
VT (2:17 re 3rd)
NC (5:34 re 4th)
Team Stats
First Downs
Rushes-yds.
Passing yds.
Return yds.
Passes
Punts-avg.
Fumbles-lost
Penalties-yds.
Time of poss.
Sacks by
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0
3
0
7
7
0
10 0
- Taylor 5 run (Dunlevy kick)
- FG Barth 32
- FG Dunlevy 52
- Ore 1 run (Dunlevy kick)
- Elzy 1 run (Barth kick)
— 10
— 17
UNC
VT Individual Leaders
18
11 Rushing — NC, Elzy 11-74,
45-124 36-165 Houston 18-54, White 2-10, Foster
182
76 1-4, Tate 2-3, Yates 11-(-21); VT, Ore
49
69 19-93, Royal 2-60, Taylot 11-11, K.
16-25-1 11-20-1 Lewis 2-3, Team 2-(-2).
6-47.7 7-43.1 Passing — NC, Yates
2-1
0-0 16-25-1-182; VT, Taylore
5-45
9-80 10-19-1-66, Glennon 1-1-0-10.
34:00 26:00 Receiving — NC, Nicks 8-94,
4-17
6-27 Tate 3-31, Elzy 2-25, Thornton 1-20,
White 1-8, Foster 1-4; VT, Royal
4-14, Morgan 3-24, Harper 2-38,
Weatherford 1-3, K. Lewis 1-(-3).
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Game 7: Glennon Leads Hokies to Win at Duke
Game 6: BeamerBall Sparks Big Road Victory
No. 15
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Virginia Tech
Clemson
23
No. 22
Clemson Memorial • Clemson, S.C.
Oct. 6, 2007 • Attendance: 82,000
CLEMSON, S.C. — Virginia Tech relied
on BeamerBall and some clutch fourthquarter plays by freshman quarterback
Tyrod Taylor to register its fifth-straight
win against No. 22 Clemson with a 41-23
decision at Death Valley.
Tech built a surprising 31-8 lead in
the first half with the help of three nonoffensive touchdowns. The Hokies’ first
three TDs came on an interception return
by D.J. Parker, a punt return by Eddie Royal
and a kickoff return by Victor Harris.
In the meantime, the Tech defense was
holding the Tigers’ vaunted rushing attack
to just six yards in the half and eight yards
for the game.
Clemson used a record-setting passing
performance by quarterback Cullen Harper
to make a strong run at Tech in the second
half, but a 52-yard scramble by Taylor set
up a Tech field goal and another 21-yard
run by the freshman late in the game led to
a game-clinching touchdown.
Taylor finished with 118 yards
rushing and tossed a touchdown pass to
Justin Harper in the second quarter.
Clemson controlled the football for 90
plays, passing a record 67 times. Tech was
out-gained 380 yards to 219, but benefited
from over 300 yards on returns. The Hokie
defense had four sacks, two interceptions
and broke up nine passes.
Virginia Tech
Clemson
VT (13:50 re 1st)
VT (6:11 re 1st)
VT (4:48 re 1st)
CU (7:16 re 2nd)
VT (6:59 re 2nd)
CU (3:36 re 2nd)
VT (2:17 re 2nd)
CU (0:07 re 2nd)
CU (14:12 re 4th)
VT (7:10 re 4th)
CU (4:29 re 4th)
VT (0:50 re 4th)
Team Stats
First Downs
Rushes-yds.
Passing yds.
Return yds.
Passes
Punts-avg.
Fumbles-lost
Penalties-yds.
Time of poss.
Sacks by
43
Virginia Tech
Duke
14
Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, N.C.
Oct. 13, 2007 • Attendance: 23,691
Game Notes
• Eddie Royal’s 82-yard
punt return for a score tied
for the third-longest in
school history. It was the
third career return for a
TD by Royal, who moved
into third place on the ACC
all-time list for punt return
yards with 1,174.
• Victor Harris’ 100-yard
kickoff return for a score
tied for the longest in
school history (Larry
Fallen, 1978).
• Tech returned a punt and
a kickoff for touchdowns in
same game for the first time
under Coach Frank Beamer.
• The last time Tech
scored three non-offensive
touchdowns in a game was
in 2005 against Georgia
Tech. The Hokies returned
two interceptions and
a blocked field goal for
touchdowns in that game.
Final Statistics
17 14 0
10
— 41
0
8
0
15
— 23
- Parker 32 interception return (Dunlevy kick)
- FG Dunlevy 32
- Royal 82 punt return (Dunlevy kick)
- FG Buchholz 33
- Harris 100 kickoff return (Dunlevy kick)
- Team safety
- Harper 21 pass from Taylor (Dunlevy kick)
- FG Buchholz 30
- Grisham 3 pass from Harper (Buchholz kick)
- FG Dunlevy 47
- Kelly 18 pass from Harper (Grisham pass from Harper)
- Ore 2 run (Dunlevy kick)
VT
CU
9
21
41-154
23-8
65
372
158
55
7-14-0 36-67-2
8-46.4 7-48.0
3-0
2-1
6-52
7-53
27:16 32:44
4-24
2-6
No. 12
Individual Leaders
Rushing — VT, Taylor 15-118,
Ore 23-35, K. Lewis 3-1; CU, Davis
6-9, Spiller 6-3, Harper 11-(-4).
Passing — VT, Taylor 7-14-0-65;
CU, Harper 36-66-2-272, Team
0-1-0-0.
Receiving — VT, Harper 3-33,
Hyman 2-31, Morgan 1-4, Ore 1-(-3);
CU, Kelly 11-174, Grisham 11-100,
Spiller 6-29, Ashe 5-44, Harris 2-18,
Davis 2-5, Linthicum 1-2.
DURHAM, N.C. – Sean Glennon came
on for injured starting quarterback Tyrod
Taylor in the first half and passed Virginia
Tech to a 43-14 Atlantic Coast Conference
road victory at Duke University.
Taylor, who had staked Tech to a 13-7
first-quarter lead, suffered an ankle injury
when he was sacked on the third play of
the second quarter. Glennon took over and
promptly drove the Hokies 76 yards for a
touchdown, completing all four of his passes
on the drive for 69 yards. The Hokies scored
touchdowns on three-straight possessions
during the quarter to take a commanding
34-7 halftime advantage.
Glennon completed 16 of 21 passes
during the win, for 258 yards and two
touchdowns. Eddie Royal, Glennon’s former
high school teammate, caught one of his
TD passes, while Josh Morgan caught
two touchdown passes – one from each
quarterback. Tailbacks Kenny Lewis, Jr., and
Branden Ore each contributed a touchdown
run as the Hokies piled up 445 yards of
offense, including 346 through the air.
Brett Warren, who stepped in for
injured mike linebacker Vince Hall, paced
a strong defensive showing with 11 tackles
and a pass interception. The Hokies held
the Blue Devils to 194 yards of total offense.
Duke converted on just one of 15 third
down situations.
Game Notes
• Tech’s 346 passing yards were
the fourth-highest total during
Frank Beamer’s 21 seasons at
Virginia Tech. The last time
Tech had more passing yards
was during the 2003 Insight
Bowl. The Hokies passed for
398 yards in that game, a 52-49
loss to California.
• Stephan Virgil recorded the
Hokies’ first blocked kick of
the season when he blocked a
punt in the second quarter. The
block, Virgil’s first as a Hokie,
set up a 2-yard touchdown
run by Branden Ore on the
next play.
• Linebacker Brett Warren
made his first collegiate start
at Duke. Warren started in
place of injured senior Vince
Hall who had a string of 44
consecutive starts broken.
• Dorian Porch had two fumble
recoveries on kickoff coverage
for the Hokies.
Final Statistics
Virginia Tech
Duke
13
7
21
0
9
0
0
7
— 43
— 14
VT (9:43 re 1st) - FG Dunlevy 42
VT (6:48 re 1st) - FG Dunlevy 44
VT (5:36 re 1st) - Morgan 19 pass from Taylor (Dunlevy kick)
D (0:56 re 1st) - Lewis 1 run (Maggio kick)
VT (9:25 re 2nd) - K. Lewis 5 run (Dunlevy kick)
VT (6:40 re 2nd) - Royal 25 pass from Glennon (Dunlevy kick)
VT (5:42 re 2nd) - Ore 2 run (Dunlevy kick)
VT (11:25 re 3rd) - FG Dunlevy 29
VT (1:22 re 3rd) - Morgan 40 pass from Glennon (kick failed)
D (13:33 re 4th) - King 19 pass from Lewis (Maggio kick)
Team Stats
VT
D Glennon 4-4, Holt 1-0, Team 1-(-1),
First Downs
21
13 Hyman 1-(-2); D, Boyette 8-42,
Rushes-yds.
38-99 36-72 Boyle 9-29, Drummer 7-12, Riley
Passing yds.
346
122 1-6, Lewis 11-(-17).
Return yds.
80
5 Passing — VT, Glennon
Passes
21-30-1 14-28-1 16-21-0-258, Taylor 5-7-0-88, Holt
Punts-avg.
4-40.5 10-31.6 0-2-1-0; D, Lewis 13-24-1-119,
Fumbles-lost
1-1
2-2 Asack 1-4-0-3.
Penalties-yds.
7-95
3-24 Receiving — VT, Royal 6-90,
Time of poss.
28:57 31:03 Harper 5-62, Wheeler 4-94, Morgan
Sacks by
5-26
4-15 4-68, Hyman 1-20, K. Lewis 1-12;
D, Riley 3-37, King 2-25, Boyette
Individual Leaders
2-4, Kelly 1-28, Harris 1-13, Boyle
Rushing — VT, Ore 17-37,
1-8, Stefanow 1-5, Wright 1-3,
Taylor 5-15, Pickle 2-15, K. Lewis
Huffman 1-3, Drummer 1-(-4).
5-13, Royal 1-11, Cheeseman 1-7,
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Game 8: Eagles Stun Hokies in Last Two Minutes
Game 9: Hokies Bounce Back In a Big Way
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Boston College
No. 8 Virginia Tech
No. 2
No. 11
10
27
Virginia Tech
Georgia Tech
3
Lane Stadium/Worsham Field • Blacksburg, Va.
Oct. 25, 2007 • Attendance: 66,233
Bobby Dodd Stadium/Grant Field • Atlanta, Ga.
Nov. 1, 2007 • Attendance: 52,202
BLACKSBURG — Heisman Trophy
candidate Matt Ryan threw two touchdown
passes in the final minutes to rally No.
2 Boston College to a stunning 14-10
comeback victory over Virginia Tech in a
rain-soaked ESPN Thursday night game at
Lane Stadium.
Ryan, who was held in check for 56
minutes by a superb Tech defensive effort,
stepped up in the final four minutes to erase
a 10-0 deficit. Starting on his own 8-yard
line with 4:16 to go, the senior quarterback
engineered a nine-play, 92-yard drive that
ended with a 16-yard touchdown pass with
2:11 on the clock.
Tech opened the door for the Eagles’
winning drive by failing to field an onside
kick, giving the ball back to BC on its 34.
Ryan completed four straight passes to
quickly move the ball to the Hokies’ 14.
Following an incompletion, Ryan tossed
a touchdown pass that was negated by a
holding penalty. Another incompletion
followed before a 24-yard TD toss from
Ryan to running back Andre Callender with
just 11 seconds remaining.
Quarterback Sean Glennon put
Tech on top in the game with an 8-yard
touchdown pass to Eddie Royal early in
the second quarter. A 41-yard pass from
Glennon to Royal during the third quarter
helped set up a 44-yard field goal by Jud
Dunlevy.
The Tech defense held Ryan to 54
yards passing during the first half and
allowed just 101 yards through the air during
the first three quarters, before allowing 184
yards during the final 15 minutes, including
157 on the Eagles’ final two drives.
ATLANTA, Ga. — Virginia
Tech bounced back strong from
its disappointing loss a week
earlier, using a total team effort to
hand Georgia Tech a sound 27-3
defeat in a second-straight ESPN
Thursday Night game.
Quarterback Sean Glennon
led the Tech offense to a seasonhigh 481 yards of total offense.
Glennon plunged 2 yards for a
touchdown early in the second
quarter to put the Hokies on top
10-3 and then tossed a pair of long
TD passes to secure the victory.
He completed 22 of 32 passes
for 296 yards as Tech controlled
the football for 37:25 minutes.
Branden Ore led the rushing attack
with 86 yards.
The Tech defense held the
Yellow Jackets to a first quarter
field goal and forced six turnovers.
Five of those turnovers came in
the form of pass interceptions,
including two by cornerback
Victor “Macho” Harris. Georgia
Tech converted just two of 11 third
downs and managed just 82 yards
during the first half.
Tech’s special teams also
chipped in with place-kicker Jud
Dunlevy contributing a pair of
field goals. Punter Brent Bowden
kept the Yellow Jackets backed up
with a 47.1-yard average on seven
kicks.
Game Notes
• The last time the Hokies lost
a game in the final seconds
was a 52-49 loss to California
in the 2003 Insight Bowl. Cal
kicker Tyler Fredrickson hit
a 35-yard field goal as time
expired in that game. The BC
game marked Tech’s first loss
at Lane Stadium in the final
minute of play since the 1986
season opener when Cincinnati
scored on a 7-yard pass with 14
seconds remaining for a 24-20
victory.
• Tech’s loss to Boston College
marked the first time since
a 2002 game against West
Virginia that the Hokies lost a
game in which they scored first.
Tech came into the BC game
with a string of 34-straight
wins when scoring first.
• The loss was just the third
for Tech in its 16 appearances
on ESPN Thursday Night
Football. All three losses have
come to BC. The teams are 3-3
overall in head-to-head Thursday night meetings on ESPN.
• Cody Grimm made his
first collegiate start in the BC
game. Grimm started at whip
linebacker and played a careerhigh 21 plays.
Boston College
0
0
0
14
— 14
Virginia Tech
0
7
3
0
— 10
VT (10:31 re 2nd) - Royal 8 pass from Glennon (Dunlevy kick)
VT (5:33 re 3rd) - FG Dunlevy 44
BC (2:11 re 4th) - Gunnell 16 pass from Ryan (Aponavicius kick)
BC (0:11 re 4th) - Callender 24 pass from Ryan (Aponavicius kick)
Team Stats
BC
VT 4-(-22); VT, Ore 20-97, Glennon
First downs
19
15 14-23, Weatherford 1-3, K. Lewis
Rushing yds.
18-32 41-116 2-2, Morgan 2-1, Royal 1-0, Team
Passing yds.
285
149 1-(-10).
Return yds.
7
27 Passing — BC, Ryan
Passes
25-53-2 15-25-0 25-52-2-285, Flutie 0-1-0-0; VT,
Punts-avg.
9-45.6 9-37.3 Glennon 15-25-0-149.
Fumbles-lost
3-0
5-2 Receiving — BC, Robinson
Penalties-yds.
9-83
5-44 5-86, Callender 5-38, Challenger
Time of poss.
28:11 31:49 4-60, Purvis 4-40, Gunnell 3-34,
Sacks by
3-8
3-33 Loyte 2-8, Jarvis 1-14, Megwa 1-5;
VT, Royal 4-77, Boone 3-30, Harper
Individual Leaders
3-17, Hyman 2-17, Wheeler 1-5,
Rushing — BC, Callender
Weatherford 1-3, Morgan 1-0.
7-29, Whitworth 7-25, Ryan
• Virginia Tech’s five pass interceptions
were the most in a game for the
Hokies since picking off six passes
during a 1998 home victory
against Rutgers. Linebacker Cam
Martin recorded his first collegiate
interception.
• Two pairs of brothers started the
game for the Hokies, a first under
Coach Frank Beamer. Senior Brett
Warren and redshirt freshman Beau
Warren started at mike linebacker
and center respectively, while Cam
and Orion Martin started at whip
linebacker and defensive end. The
game marked the first collegiate start
for Beau Warren.
• Justin Harper had 77 receiving yards
in the game, putting him over the
1,000 yard mark for his career.
• Quarterback Sean Glennon recorded
the second rushing touchdown of
his career when he plunged in from
2-yards out in the first quarter.
• Sean Glennon’s 71-yard touchdown
pass to Josh Morgan was the longest
offensive play of the season for the
Hokies. Tailback Jahre Cheeseman
later added a 70-yard run late in the
game.
Final Statistics
Virginia Tech
Georgia Tech
Final Statistics
Game Notes
GT
VT
VT
VT
VT
VT
(9:07 re 1st)
(1:27 re 1st)
(13:52 re 2nd)
(5:30 re 2nd)
(4:22 re 3rd)
(12:44 re 4th)
3
3
14
0
7
0
— 27
— 3
- FG Bell 24
- FG Dunlevy 28
- Glennon 2 run (Dunlevy kick)
- Harper 40 pass from Glennon (Dunlevy kick)
- Morgan 71 pass from Glennon (Dunlevy kick)
- FG Dunlevy 28
Team Stats
VT
GT
First Downs
20
13
Rushes-yds.
46-185 26-105
Passing yds.
296
166
Return yds.
65
41
Passes
22-33-0 12-29-5
Punts-avg.
7-47.1 6-42.5
Fumbles-lost
2-1
1-1
Penalties-yds.
5-35
4-29
Time of poss.
37:25 22:35
Sacks by
2-23
6-25
Individual Leaders
Rushing — VT, Ore 19-86,
Cheeseman 6-84, K. Lewis 6-13,
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3
0
Hyman 1-6, Jefferson 1-(-1),
Glennon 13-(-3); GT, Dwyer 10-68,
Nesbitt 4-32, Evans 6-9, Team
1-(-1), Bennett 5-(-3).
Passing — VT, Glennon
22-33-0-296, Team 0-1-0-0; GT,
Bennett 11-26-4-157, Nesbitt
1-3-1-9.
Receiving — VT, Morgan 6-103,
Harper 4-77, Hyman 4-27, Royal
2-45, Smith 2-22, Boone 2-14,
Weatherford 2-8; GT, Johnson
7-136, M. Cox 3-21, Earls1-9, Evans
1-0.
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Game 10: Fourth-Quarter Flury Foils Florida State
Game 11: Seniors Go Out in Style With Win Over ‘Canes
21
Florida State
No. 11 Virginia Tech
40
14
Miami
No. 10 Virginia Tech
44
Lane Stadium/Worsham Field • Blacksburg, Va.
Nov. 10, 2007 • Attendance: 66,233
Lane Stadium/Worsham Field • Blacksburg, Va.
Nov. 17, 2007 • Attendance: 66,233
BLACKSBURG — Virginia Tech
scored 20 unanswered points in the
fourth quarter to beat visiting Florida
State 40-21 and snap a 12-game
losing streak against the Seminoles.
Tech jumped out to a 20-6
lead in the first half only to see FSU
score 15 third-quarter points for a
21-20 lead. Freshman quarterback
Tyrod Taylor returned to action for
the first time since the Duke game
and alternated with Sean Glennon
until Glennon was shaken up early
in the second quarter. Taylor rallied
Tech in the final quarter, giving the
Hokies’ the lead for good on a 3-yard
touchdown run, then tossing a
successful two-point conversion pass
to Zack Luckett. Taylor also had two
TD passes during the first half.
Defensive end Chris Ellis
sparked the defense, contributing
a 5-yard interception return for a
touchdown and seven quarterback
hurries. The defense also added a
safety to close out the scoring.
Tech piled up 395 yards in the
game, with Taylor accounting for
204 through the air and 92 on the
ground.
BLACKSBURG — Virginia Tech jumped
to an early lead and then secured the game
with 24 unanswered points in the second half
to post a 44-14 win over Miami on Senior
Day at Lane Stadium/Worsham Field.
Just six points separated the two teams
after the ‘Canes scored a touchdown with
5:41 left in the third quarter to narrow Tech’s
lead to 20-14. For the second straight week,
however, the Hokies’ offense responded to the
challenge. During a 6:28 span, Tech put 17
points on the board with Branden Ore and
Carlton Weatherford rushing for touchdowns
and Jud Dunlevy picking up his third field
goal of the game.
Ore scored on a 4-yard run to cap
a 61-yard drive on Tech’s first possession
of the game. A highlight reel, one-handed
touchdown catch by Justin Harper on a
15-yard pass by Sean Glennon put Tech on
top 14-0 after just two possessions.
Miami regrouped, but never quite
recovered from Tech’s fast start. The Hokies’
defense shut down the UM running game
and put pressure on quarterback Kyle
Wright, recording five sacks. The ‘Canes were
held to minus-2 yards rushing and finished
with just 213 total yards of offense.
Linebacker Vince Hall returned to the
lineup after missing four games with a broken
wrist. Hall led the charge with 13 tackles,
followed by fellow linebackers Cam Martin
(11) and Xavier Adibi (10).
Game Notes
• Justin Harper had five pass
receptions for a career-high 167 yards
and a touchdown. His yardage total
was the fifth highest in Coach Frank
Beamer’s 21 seasons at Tech.
• The win marked Tech’s first win
against Coach Bobby Bowden, who
entered the game with a 15-0 mark
against the Hokies, including three
wins when he was the head coach at
West Virginia.
• Defensive end Chris Ellis scored his
second career touchdown during the
game on a 5-yard interception return.
He also scored on an interception
return against Georgia Tech in 2005.
That play covered 29 yards.
• Florida State’s Dekoda Watson
intercepted a pass and returned it
for a touchdown. It was the first
interception returned for a TD
against Tech since Oct. 2, 2004, when
West Virginia’s Eric Wicks had a
34-yard return for a score against the
Hokies.
Final Statistics
Florida State
6
0
15 0
— 21
Virginia Tech
6
14 0
20
— 40
FS (9:43 re 1st) - FG Cismesia 41
VT (8:16 re 1st) - Harper 31 pass from Taylor (kick failed)
FS (0:50 re 1st) -FG Cismesia 39
VT (12:29 re 2nd) - Morgan 5 pass from Taylor (Dunlevy kick)
VT (6:54 re 2nd) - Ore 2 run (Dunlevy kick)
FS (11:00 re 3rd) - FG Cismesia 50
FS (9:06 re 3rd) - Watson 40 interception return (pass failed)
FS (3:41 re 3rd) - Fagg 8 pass from Ponder (pass failed)
VT (10:10 re 4th) - Taylor 3 run (Luckett pass from Taylor)
VT (5:32 re 4th) - FG Dunlevy 22
VT (5:13 re 4th) - Ellis 5 interception return (Dunlevy kick)
VT (2:41 re 4th) - Team safety
Team Stats
FS
VT 3-6, Parker 3-1, Ball 1-(-1),
First downs
13
17 Richardson 1-(-1); VT, Taylor
Rushing yds.
28-116 54-188 17-92, Ore 16-40, K. Lewis 11-37,
Passing yds.
151
207 Cheeseman 3-12, Glennon 4-10,
Return yds.
53
54 Weatherford 1-0, Team 2-(-3).
Passes
13-33-2 11-19-1 Passing — FS, Ponder 8-18Punts-avg.
7-42.3 6-35.3 2-105, Weatherford 5-15-0-46;
Fumbles-lost
2-1
3-0 VT, Taylor 10-15-1-204, Glennon
Penalties-yds.
7-45
7-60 1-4-0-3.
Time of poss.
25:16 34:44 Receiving — FS, Fagg 4-63,
Sacks by
2-2
0-0 Carr 3-48, Ball 2-20, Smith 1-13,
Shaw 1-4, Holloway 1-2, Parker
Individual Leaders
Rushing — FS, Ponder 5-51, 1-1; VT, Harper 5-167, Ore 3-5,
Boone 1-16, Hyman 1-14, Morgan
Gano 1-24, Holloway 4-16, Smith
1-5.
8-12, Weatherford 2-7, Edwards
Game Notes
• The minus-2 yards of net
rushing by Miami was the
lowest total allowed by the
Tech defense in an ACC game.
The last time the Hokies held
a team to minus yards rushing
was in 2002 when they limited
Rutgers to minus-7 yards on
the ground.
• Senior fullback Carlton
Weatherford picked up his first
collegiate rushing touchdown in
the fourth quarter of the Miami
game. He had a receiving TD
last season. Tailback Jahre
Cheeseman scored the last
touchdown of the game on
a 2-yard run. It was his first
collegiate touchdown.
• Eddie Royal returned four
punts for 45 yards against the
‘Canes, becoming the ACC’s
all-time leader in punt return
yards in the process. Royal
improved his career total to
1,284 yards, passing former
leader Steve Suter of Maryland
(1,271).
Final Statistics
Miami
0
7
7
0
— 14
Virginia Tech
14 3
13 14
— 44
VT (10:12 re 1st) - Ore 4 run (Dunlevy kick)
VT (5:07 re 1st) - Harper 15 pass from Glennon (Dunlevy kick)
VT (14:!7 re 2nd) - FG Dunlevy 40
UM (0:21 re 2nd) - Wright 4 run (Zampogna kick)
VT (10:28 re 3rd) - FG Dunlevy 44
UM (5:41 re 3rd) - Hankerson 1 pass from Wright (Zampogna kick)
VT (3:01 re 3rd) - Ore 7 run (Dunlevy kick)
VT (0:28 re 3rd) - FG Dunlevy 37
VT (11:33 re 4th) - Weatherford 1 run (Dunlevy kick)
VT (5:48 re 4th) - Cheeseman 2 run (Dunlevy kick)
Team Stats
UM
VT VT, Ore 15-81, Royal 2-44, Taylor
First downs
13
20 7-38, K. Lewis 3-16, Pickle 5-11,
Rushing yds.
29-(-2) 43-182 Cheeseman 3-9, Weatherford 1-1,
Passing yds.
215
176 Team 1-(-1), Glennon 6-(-17).
Return yds.
15
99 Passing — UM, Wright
Passes
21-36-1 14-26-0 21-36-1-215; VT, Glennon
Punts-avg.
6-51.7 3-43.7 13-24-0-171, Taylor 1-2-0-5.
Fumbles-lost
4-2
0-0 Receiving — UM, Shields
Penalties-yds.
8-50
7-34 6-81, Hill 5-33, James 3-27,
Time of poss.
30:12 29:48 Hankerson 2-25, Jenkins 2-20, Jones
Sacks by
4-29
5-44 1-15, Thomas 1-8, Epps 1-6; VT,
Hyman 3-60, Harper 3-48, Ore
Individual Leaders
Rushing — UM, James 10-7, 3-21, Smith 1-20, Weatherford 1-10,
Morgan 1-9, K. Lewis 1-5, Royal 1-3.
Thomas 4-5, Wright 15-(-14);
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Offensive Scouting Report
• Much-hyped freshman Tyrod Taylor
(Hampton, Va.) and returning starter Sean
Glennon (r-Jr., Centreville, Va.) have split both
playing time in the game, as well as the starting
position this year.
• He made his first collegiate start against
Ohio, throwing for 287 yards and rushing for
a touchdown. At No. 2 LSU, in his first college
action, he rushed for 44 yards and threw for 62.
• The last true freshman to start at quarterback
for Tech was Todd Greenwood in 1982. He
• Sean Glennon (r-Jr., Centreville, Va.) has
enrolled at Tech in January of 1982 and went
started 19 games in his career, including the last through spring practice before starting eight
four, and is ready if his number is called.
games that fall. The last true freshman who
enrolled at Tech in the summer and went on to
• Last year, he started all 13 games and
start that year at quarterback was Steve Casey,
who started two games in 1978.
completed 170-of-302 passes for 2,191 yards
and 11 touchdowns, including a 339-yard game
against Georgia Tech in which he attempted a
• For the year, he has passed for 849 yards with
school-record tying 53 passes.
five touchdowns and has rushed for 378 net
yards, including 118 at Clemson, with four
• He started the first two games of 2007,
scores. The performance at Clemson earned
completing 24-of-43 passes for 261 yards —
him ACC Rookie of the Week honors.
245 yards against ECU — with a touchdown
and two interceptions.
• He returned from a high right ankle sprain
he suffered in the Duke game to throw for 204
• He entered the Duke game in the second
yards and two scores, and rush for 92 yards and
quarter for the injured Taylor and proceeded to a score in a win over Florida State.
throw for 258 yards on 16-of-21 passing with
two touchdowns, including a 40-yarder.
• Cory Holt (r-Jr., Lexington, N.C.) put up
impressive numbers in preseason testing. He led
• Glennon has thrown for a team-high 1,202
the quarterbacks with a 450-pound squat and a
yards this year with seven touchdown passes,
265-pound push jerk.
completing 62 percent of his passes. He led the
team to victory at Georgia Tech, completing
• Branden Ore (r-Jr., Chesapeake, Va.) leads
22-of-32 passes for 296 yards and two scores
this year’s group of “Stallions” at the tailback
— including a 71-yarder — and also ran for a
position. In 2005, he went over the 100-yard
mark three times and did it four more times last
touchdown.
season, including back-to-back 200-yard games
(207 vs. USM and 203 vs. Clemson). He is the
• He has gone 123 passes without throwing
an interception. He hasn’t thrown one in ACC first Tech back to ever post two 200-yard games
not only in a season, but in a career.
play and his last interception came on his fifth
pass of the LSU game, the second game of the
• Last year, he rushed for 1,137 yards, scored
year.
17 total TDs, broke 91 tackles, led the ACC in
all-purpose yards (112.6 ypg) and scoring (8.5
• In fall preseason testing, he led the
ppg) and was second in rushing (94.8 ypg).
quarterbacks with a 350-pound bench press
and a 285-pound power clean, while posting a
• He was the 10th back in school history to
34.5-inch vertical jump.
surpass the 1,000-yard rushing plateau and
earned first-team All-ACC honors.
• Glennon spent part of his 2007 summer
training at Velocity, a training center in
• He leads the Hokies with 674 rushing yards
Alexandria, Va., working with a speed coach.
on the year with nine total touchdowns (eight
He had four sessions per week. The complex
rushing).
had super slow motion film, which would
show athletes everything that they were doing
• Kenny Lewis, Jr. (So., Danville, Va.) backs
wrong, or where they could improve, frame by
frame (wasted motion, not striking the ground up Ore. He is a quick back who moved into
the No. 2 spot last year, even though he was
properly, body off balance, etc.).
scheduled to redshirt.
• Taylor was rated the No. 1 dual threat
• He spent several years in the Cincinnati Reds’
quarterback in the country by rivals.com as a
senior in high school after accounting for 7,690 organization, advancing to AA ball, before
enrolling at Virginia Tech in January of 2006.
yards of total offense and 100 touchdowns.
• In summer testing, he registered a 39.5-inch
vertical jump and 4.39 40-yard dash.
• He had a 44-yard touchdown run against
Ohio — one of two scores for him on the day.
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• Jahre Cheeseman (r-So., Voorhees, N.J.),
who was brought over from the defensive side
of the ball, contributes on special teams, but
also serves as the No. 3 tailback. He broke off a
70-yard run at Georgia Tech, finishing with 84
yards rushing.
• Dustin Pickle ( Jr., Salem, Va.) had an
impressive preseason, earning a a scholarship,
and is a heavy contributor on special teams.
• Carlton Weatherford (r-Sr., Danville, Va.)
has taken over the starting fullback duties this
year. The walk-on has battled back from a total
blow out of his knee three years ago. He is a
strong player (420-pound bench, 530-pound
squat, 321-pound push jerk), who blocks with
good leverage.
• Weatherford has been solid in the both phases
of the game this year. He has six receptions
and scored his first touchdown on the ground
against Miami, a 1-yard plunge coming on
Senior Day.
• Kenny Jefferson (r-So., Port Tobacco, Md.)
and Devin Perez (r-Jr., Sparta, N.J.) will also be
used in certain formations.
• At tight end, Tech has had some bad luck
with injuries, as now Greg Boone (r-So.,
Chesapeake, Va.) moves into the starting spot.
• Boone is a former quarterback who has shown
steady improvement at the position. At 6-3, he
has the ideal size, but checked in at a heavy 291
pounds at the beginning of camp. He’s shed
some of the weight and is down to almost 275
pounds, but is still a load to tackle.
• He has eight catches on the year for 106 yards
and will have to shoulder most of the load at
tight end now.
• Andre Smith (r-Fr., Germantown, Md.) now
serves as the No. 2 man. Coaches were close
to pulling the redshirt off of him last year, but
decided to let him sit out the year and mature.
He has six catches for 87 yards this year.
• Sam Wheeler (r-So., Blacksburg, Va.) became
the second tight end to tear his ACL when
he did it at Georgia Tech, ending his season.
In last year’s bowl game, he caught a 53-yard
touchdown pass from WR Eddie Royal.
• He had 13 catches for 199 yards and two
scores last season and had already surpassed
those totals this year with 15 catches for 211
yards, including a career-high 94 yards at Duke.
• In this year’s opener against ECU, he
registered a career-high seven catches for 81
Virginia Tech vs. Virginia • Page 15
yards. He caught a 29-yard touchdown in the
fourth quarter to seal the win.
• Chris Drager (Fr., Jefferson Hills, Pa.) tore
his ACL in the William & Mary game and he
too is out for the year. He qualifies for, and is
expected to get, a medical hardship waiver.
• The Hokies play four senior receivers who
have seen significant action over the years.
With this quartet, this is one of the deepest
positions on the Tech roster.
• The last time they were tested in the 40-yard
dash, each of the four ran 4.4 or faster and all
four have over 1,000 yards receiving for their
career.
• Eddie Royal (Sr., Herndon, Va.) is a
dangerous player, earning All-ACC honors as a
return man last year. This year, he is averaging
an ACC-best 15.8 yards per punt return, and is
eighth nationally, and has two scores.
• He has 1,284 career punt return yards, a new
ACC record (1,271, Steve Suter, Maryland),
breaking the record against Miami.
• Royal is the youngest of a talented group
of seven children. His brother, Chris, was
a defensive back at Marshall. His sister,
Christina, was the Regimental Commanding
Officer (RCO) for the Virginia Tech Corps of
Cadets, graduating in 2006. She is now in the
U.S. Air Force and was a cadet colonel while at
Tech, the highest rank a cadet can have.
Movin’ On Up
• Eddie Royal and Josh Morgan are making their
way up the Tech receiving record book in several
categories.
Receptions
1
Ernest Wilford........................................... 126
2
Antonio Freeman....................................... 121
3
Ricky Scales................................................ 113
4
Eddie Royal........................................ 108
5
Josh Morgan....................................... 107
6
André Davis............................................... 103
Mike Giacolone.......................................... 103
8
Myron Richardson.................................... 100
Receiving Yards
1
Ricky Scales.............................................. 2272
2
Antonio Freeman..................................... 2207
3
Ernest Wilford......................................... 2052
4
André Davis............................................. 1986
5
Josh Morgan..................................... 1657
6
Myron Richardson.................................. 1541
Touchdown Receptions
1
Antonio Freeman......................................... 22
2
Ricky Scales.................................................. 18
André Davis................................................. 18
4
Sidney Snell.................................................. 15
Carroll Dale.................................................. 15
Josh Morgan..........................................15
Career Starts & Games Played
Name
Adibi
Booker
Boone
Bowden
Bowman
Brown, A.
Brown, D.
Brown, N.
Carmichael
Chancellor
Cheeseman
Develli
Dillard
Dunlevy
Ellis
Finnegan
Flowers
Friday
Gardner
Glennon
Gordon
Gorham
Graham
Graves
Grimm
Hall
Yr. GP GS
r-Sr. 44 37
r-Sr. 38 24
r-So. 23 13
r-So. 11 11
r-Jr. 6 0
r-Fr. 3 0
r-Sr. 50 37
So. 24 0
r-Fr. 11 0
So. 24 11
r-So. 11 0
Sr. 45 45
r-Fr. 11 0
r-Sr. 25 13
r-Sr. 49 32
r-So. 10 0
r-Jr. 38 25
r-Fr. 3 0
r-Jr. 1 0
r-Jr. 27 19
r-Sr. 45 0
Sr. 15 0
r-So. 17 6
r-Fr. 11 0
r-So. 24 1
r-Sr. 46 45
Name
Harper
Harris
Holland
Holt
Houseright
Hyman
Jefferson
King
Lewis, K.
Luckett
Marshman
Martin, C.
Martin, O.
McGreevy
McMillin
Morgan, D.
Morgan, J.
Muncey
Ore
Parker, D.J.
Parker, P.
Perez
Pickle
Porch
Powell
Radford
• Royal ran a 4.36 40-yard dash with a
38.5-inch vertical jump in winter testing and is
considered one of the strongest players, poundfor-pound, on the team.
• Last year, he had 31 catches for 497 yards and
three touchdowns and even threw a 53-yard
touchdown pass in the Chick-fil-A Bowl. He
has 22 catches for 275 and two scores this year
and has rushed for 111 yards.
Yr. GP GS
Sr. 48 10
Jr. 37 24
So. 14 1
r-Jr. 8 0
r-Jr. 23 0
r-Sr. 49 15
r-So. 12 0
Sr. 24 0
So. 17 2
r-Fr. 11 0
r-Jr. 37 13
r-So. 20 10
r-Jr. 37 12
Jr. 2 0
r-Sr. 11 0
Fr. 11 0
Sr. 48 21
r-Fr. 2 0
r-Jr. 35 23
Sr. 50 30
r-Fr. 1 0
r-Jr. 21 0
Jr. 24 0
r-So. 24 0
r-Sr. 50 29
r-Fr. 5 0
Name
Reid
Reidy
Render
Robertson, D.
Robertson, K.
Royal
Saunders
Shuman
Smith
Sturdivant
Taylor, D.
Taylor, T.
Thompson
Throckmorton
Tuttle
Virgil
Wang
Warren, Be.
Warren, Br.
Weatherford
Welsh
Wheeler
Whitaker
Worilds
Wright
Younger
Yr. GP GS
Jr. 4 0
r-So. 10 0
So. 24 23
r-Fr. 2 0
r-Sr. 40 1
Sr. 48 42
r-Fr. 0 0
r-Jr. 24 17
r-Fr. 10 1
r-Jr. 37 0
r-So. 18 0
Fr. 8 5
r-So. 21 0
r-Sr. 12 0
r-So. 0 0
So. 22 0
r-So. 18 7
r-Fr. 6 2
Sr. 40 4
r-Sr. 24 4
r-Jr. 11 0
r-So. 22 16
r-So. 12 0
r-Fr. 12 0
r-Fr. 2 0
So. 11 0
max outs. He also won the coveted Ironman
Award for excellence in the weight room.
• He has come on of late and has 18 grabs
for 246 yards this year and went over the
1,000-yard mark for his career against Miami.
• Justin Harper (Sr., Catawba, N.C.) teams
up with Morgan at the split end position while
Royal and Hyman man the flanker spot.
• Josh Morgan (Sr., Washington, D.C.) is
known for his strength and athleticism. He
ran a 4.39 40-yard dash in winter workouts.
He also led all receivers in spring testing with a
326-pound power clean and a 310-pound push
jerk with a 38-inch vertical jump.
• He had his best career game against Florida
State this year, hauling in five passes for a
career-high 167 yards and a score. The yardage
is the fifth-highest single-game total under
Frank Beamer and he has 33 catches for a
team-leading 538 yards and four touchdowns.
• He had six catches for 119 yards against Ohio
and six for 103 yards at Georgia Tech. He has
392 yards receiving and four scores, including
a 71-yarder at Georgia Tech, this season. He is
fifth all-time at Tech in receiving yards, fifth in
catches and tied for fourth in TD catches.
• Harper is a 6-4 player with 4.33 speed.
He originally signed a basketball NLI with
Winthrop coming out of high school before
going to Hargrave and then signing with Tech.
• He may only be a senior like three of the
other receivers, but 24-year-old Josh Hyman
(r-Sr., Chesapeake, Va.) is easily the oldest
player on the squad. After graduating Deep
Creek High in 2002, Hyman went to Fork
Union for a semester, before enrolling at Tech
in the Spring of 2003. He then redshirted in
2003 before making his debut as a 21-year-old
freshman in 2004.
• He ran a 4.37 40-yard dash in winter testing
and posted a 480-pound squat in preseason
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• Also looking to break into the rotation
is redshirt freshmen Zach Luckett (Mays
Landing, N.J.) and redshirt sophomore
Brandon Dillard (Martinsville, Va.). Luckett
(6-3, 212) is one of the biggest receivers on
the team while Dillard (4.37 40) is one of the
fastest. Both serve as the gunners on the punt
team.
• Three starters return on the offensive line,
but only one is back at the position he played
last year. Working with them on the starting
line will be three others who have seen limited
action as starters.
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• With the return of Ed Wang, offensive line
coach Curt Newsome can now go with a sixman rotation like he planned all along.
• Duane Brown (r-Sr., Richmond, Va.), a
former tight end, is at his third collegiate
position this fall. He was the starting right
tackle the past two seasons, but makes the
move to left tackle this year and was named
to the Preseason All-ACC Team this summer
after earning second-team all-conference
honors a year ago.
• This year, he has played 666 snaps with 24
knockdowns, grading out at 89 percent.
• At right guard, sophomore Sergio Render
(Newnan, Ga.) is back after earning firstteam Freshman All-America honors from The
Sporting News last season.
• Brothers Beau and Brett Warren (LB) and
Cam (LB) and Orion Martin (DE) both
started against Georgia Tech and FSU, marking
the first time under Frank Beamer two sets of
brothers have started in the same game.
• The Hokies were dealt a major blow on
Aug. 5 when projected right tackle starter Ed
Wang broke his left fibula in practice. He has
returned and started the last five games.
• Wang (r-So., Ashburn, Va.) saw plenty of
action last year at tight end, but made the move
to right tackle in the spring. He played last
season at 268 pounds, but has since bulked up
to 315 pounds.
• Wang comes from athletic parents, who were
both members of the Chinese Olympic team.
• Render opened the season by grading out at
91 percent with nine knockdowns on all 65
offensive plays against East Carolina. He had
eight knockdowns against Florida State and
currently leads the team with 52 knockdowns.
• The injury forced a number of moves along
the line. Nick Marshman (r-Jr., Harrisonburg,
Va.) has moved around and started the first six
games at right tackle. He opened camp at left
guard and has moved back inside to start at
that spot with Wang returning.
• In preseason testing, he led all linemen with a
465-pound bench press. He also squatted 505
pounds and had a 351-pound power clean.
• He graded out at 88 percent with three
knockdowns against North Carolina and hit
the 86 percent mark against Boston College.
• Ryan Shuman (r-Jr., Fork Union, Va.)
moved from left guard to his natural position
of center. Shuman has started nine games
of 2007 playing 505 offensive snaps with 12
knockdowns and an 81 percent grade out.
• Marshman squatted 710 pounds last year, the
second-most ever at Tech by any football player.
• He suffered a high right ankle sprain in the
Boston College game and returned for Miami
after missing two games. Beau Warren (r-Fr.,
Warrenton, Va.) got starts against Georgia
Tech and FSU in his absence.
• A top backup is Richard Graham (r-Fr.,
Richmond, Va.), who is considered the utility
player of the line. He can play almost any spot
and started the first six games at left guard.
• The other back ups at the guard spots are
Matt Welsh (r-Jr., Clifton, Va.) and Brandon
Holland (So., Roanoke, Va.).
HOME-GROWN TALENT
• Ten of the 11 starters on defense call
Virginia home. The only scheduled starter
not from Virginia is cornerback Brandon
Flowers, who hails from Florida, but prepped
at Hargrave Military in Virginia.
• Nine of the 11 scheduled starters on
offense for this game are from Virginia.
• Together, 19 of 22 starters call
Virginia home.
• In addition, punter Brent Bowden
(Centreville), kicker Jared Develli (Sterling),
and snapper Scott King (Radford), are from
the Commonwealth.
REPRESENTIN’ THE “757”
• Bryan Stinespring, Jim Cavanaugh
and Curt Newsome have made livings out
of signing the best players to come out of the
Hampton Roads area, also called the “757”
for its area code.
• On defense alone, nine starters or key
contributors come from the area, while four
on offense call the “757” home.
DEFENSE
DE Chris Ellis
Hampton
DT Carlton Powell
Chesapeake
LB Vince Hall
Chesapeake
LB Xavier Adibi
Hampton
LB Purnell Sturdivant
Norfolk
DE Demetrius Taylor Virginia Beach
DE Steven Friday
Hampton
FS D.J. Parker
Hampton
ROVKam Chancellor
Norfolk
OFFENSE
WR Josh Hyman
Chesapeake
TE Greg Boone
Chesapeake
TB Branden Ore
Chesapeake
QB Tyrod Taylor
Hampton
Offensive Line Play Breakdown
(offensive plays only ... S-started; P-played; DNP-dressed, but did not play on offense; DND- did not dress; INJ-injured)
ECU
LSU
OHIO
W&M
UNC
CU
DUKE
BC
GT
FSU
MIAMI
A. Brown
DNP
P/11
P/6
P/31
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
INJ
INJ
INJ
48
D. Brown
S/66
S/46
S/72
S/35
S/59
S/55
S/57
S/69
S/71
S/70
S/66
666
R. Graham
S/32
S/31
S/43
S/52
S/33
S/35
P/30
DNP
P/7
P/5
P/5
273
H. Green
DND
DND
DND
DNP
DNP
DND
DNP
DNP
DND
DNP
INJ
0
B. Holland
DNP
DNP
P/6
P/31
S/21
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
P/5
63
N. Marshman
S/65
S/55
S/72
S/35
S/59
S/55
S/51
S/69
S/79
S/75
S/66
681
B. Mears
DNP
DND
P/2
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
P/5
7
S. Render
S/65
S/57
S/72
S/35
P/39
S/55
S/69
S/69
S/79
S/75
S/66
681
R. Shuman
S/65
S/59
S/72
S/35
S/59
S/55
S/69
S/25
INJ
DNP
S/66
505
E. Wang
INJ
INJ
INJ
INJ
INJ
DNP
S/69
S/69
S/79
S/75
S/66
358
B. Warren
DNP
DNP
P/6
P/31
DNP
SNP
DNP
P/37
S/79
S/75
P/5
233
M. Welsh
P/34
P/26
P/35
P/45
P/24
P/20
DNP
P/7
DNP
DNP
P/5
196
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Defensive Scouting Report
• The linebacking duo of No. 9 Vince Hall
and No. 11 Xavier Adibi team up to give Tech
“the best LB duo in the country,” according to
ESPN’s Chris Spielman.
• Hall (r-Sr., Chesapeake, Va.) started 44
games in a row at the mike position, but missed
four games with a broken wrist that he suffered
against Clemson.
• He had surgery on Oct. 7 and returned in a
big way against Miami, totalling a team-high
13 tackles.
• Hall had a team- and ACC-leading 128 stops
last year. This year, he has 74 tackles, including
five for loss and two sacks. He had 14 stops,
including two sacks, against Ohio, earning him
ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week honors.
• Adibi is regarded as the best video game
player on the team and holds regular
PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 tournaments at
his apartment with the winner getting one of
his famed wrestling championship belts that he
bought at Wal-Mart.
• Backing Adibi up is Purnell Sturdivant (r-Jr.,
Norfolk, Va.), who had a big game against
W&M, posting eight stops, including 2.5 for
loss and two sacks, with two interceptions.
• The task of replacing NFL Draft pick
Aaron Rouse at rover has been given to Kam
Chancellor, who moved from cornerback.
Chancellor (So., Norfolk, Va.) came into the
2006 camp as a quarterback prospect, but made
the move to cornerback just a few practices into
his career and now has settled in nicely to the
rover position.
• Brett Warren (r-Jr., Clifton, Va.), who had
seven tackles, including 1.5 sacks, against
W&M, got his first collegiate start at Duke
and responded with 11 tackles, including three
for loss and a sack, as well as an interception,
earning him ACC Defensive Lineman of the
Week honors. He started four games in Hall’s
absence, earning valuable experience for 2008.
• He has 60 tackles, including a sack, a fumble
recovery, a forced fumble, four pass break ups
and an interception this year, starting all 11
games.
• He has 42 stops, including 5.5 for loss and
3.5 sacks, on the year.
• Cam and his brother, Orion, are the first set
of brothers to start together for Tech since
Jonathan and Kevin Lewis started side-by-side
along the defensive front in 2003.
• Adibi (r-Sr., Hampton, Va.) has started 37
games in a row at the backer position. Both he
and Hall were named to the 2007 Preseason
All-ACC Team. He had a career-high 15 stops
against UNC and has 94 on the year, including
10.0 for loss and three sacks.
• He also has five QB hurries, five pass break
ups and an interception. He was one of 12
semifinalists for the Rotary Lombardi Award,
given to the nation’s top collegiate lineman,
and is one of 15 semifinalists for the Chuck
Bednarik Award for the Outstanding Defensive
Player of the Year.
• Cam Martin (r-So., Martinsville, Va.) made
the move from free safety to whip linebacker
and won a tight preseason battle.
• He has 59 tackles on the season, including
a 10-tackle, three-sack performance against
UNC which helped earn him ACC Defensive
Back of the Week honors. He intercepted his
first collegiate pass at Georgia Tech and forced
a fumble in that game as well.
• Cody Grimm (r-So.) is a walk-on who has
earned playing time on special teams, but got
the start against Boston College when Martin
was slow to recover from mononucleosis. He
has 17 tackles this year.
Tech Among Nation’s Best in Return TDs
• The Hokies have scored seven touchdowns this season via returns (4 INT, 2 PR, 1 KOR).
Since the start of the 1999 season, Tech has 64 touchdown returns, four ahead of Miami.
School
Virginia Tech
Miami
Kansas State
Texas
Fresno State
NC State
Florida State
Nebraska
Colorado
East Carolina
Notre Dame
Texas Tech
Wake Forest
1999.........2000....... 2001........2002........ 2003......... 2004...........2005.......... 2006......... 2007........ Bowls........Total
8............. 6.............7.............7...........10.............. 6.............. 6.............. 5............. 7..............2...........64
3........... 13...........11.............6...........10.............. 8.............. 3.............. 1............. 2..............3...........60
9............. 5.............2...........12............. 5.............. 5.............. 5.............. 9............. 7..............1...........60
6............. 6.............6.............7............. 9.............. 2.............. 7.............. 8............. 3..............2...........56
5............. 5.............3.............5............. 4.............. 6.............. 7.............. 3............. 3..............3...........44
3............. 2.............4.............9...........10.............. 5.............. 2.............. 4............. 3..............1...........43
4............. 4.............5.............6............. 6.............. 3.............. 4.............. 3............. 4..............4...........43
6............. 7.............5.............6............. 4.............. 4.............. 4.............. 0............. 3..............3...........42
5............. 4.............7.............7............. 1.............. 6.............. 3.............. 1............. 2..............4...........40
7............. 5.............4.............5............. 4.............. 3.............. 0.............. 4............. 2..............3...........37
4............. 6.............4.............9............. 1.............. 1.............. 5.............. 4............. 3..............0...........37
3............. 7.............8.............5............. 3.............. 2.............. 3.............. 2............. 1..............1...........35
1............. 2.............2.............3............. 6.............. 5.............. 3.............. 2...........10..............0...........34
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• The Fairfax, Va., native is the son of NFL Pro
Bowler Russ Grimm, who is in his first season
as the Arizona Cardinals assistant head coach
and offensive line coach after spending six years
with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
• Tech’s cornerback positions are manned
by a group eager to carry on the tradition of
defensive backfield excellence. In the past nine
NFL Drafts, 12 Tech secondary players have
been chosen, including Pro Bowler DeAngelo
Hall of the Atlanta Falcons.
• Brandon Flowers (r-Jr., Delray Beach, Fla.)
has turned into one of the best boundary
corners in the country. Last year, he had three
interceptions, a forced fumble, 18 break-ups
and 51 tackles (7.5 TFL, 3.5 sacks), earning
third-team All-American honors from the
Associated Press.
• After earning first-team all-conference
honors a year ago, he was named to the 2007
Preseason All-ACC squad this summer.
• He opened the season in fine fashion against
ECU, recording 10 tackles, including one for a
loss, to go along with two pass break ups.
• He has 65 tackles, including seven for loss,
this year, with six break ups, three quarterback
hurries and four picks, giving him nine for his
career.
• Against William & Mary, he stepped in front
of a pass and returned an interception 49 yards
for his second collegiate touchdown.
• Flowers had the odd distinction of having
a touchdown already as a redshirt freshman,
before the first snap of the 2005 season. That’s
because as a true freshman in 2004, Flowers
returned an interception 38 yards for a score
against Western Michigan, but broke his leg
later that game. He sat out the rest of the
season and was granted a medical redshirt.
• Junior Victor “Macho” Harris mans the
field corner spot, giving Virginia Tech what
SI.com calls “maybe the finest cornerback duo
in America.”
• The Highland Springs, Va., native has started
the last 24 games at field corner. Both he and
Flowers were on the preseason watch list for
the Thorpe Award.
• Harris opened the season with a 17-yard
interception for a score against ECU, giving
the Hokies the lead for good. After one against
Miami, he now has nine career interceptions,
returning two for scores. He also returned a
kickoff 100 yards for a score at Clemson, tying
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BY THE NUMBERS
4,275 … career all-purpose yards for senior
Eddie Royal.
2,458 … career rushing yards by Branden
Ore put him 4 yards away from passing Phil
Rogers (2,461) for ninth place on Tech’s
career rushing list.
85.18 … average rushing yards allowed
per game by the Tech defense ranks sixth
nationally.
27.2 … opponents’ third-down conversion
rate against the Tech defense is the lowest in
the conference.
15 … touchbacks on kickoffs by Tech kickers
are the most in the ACC.
14.91 … points allowed per game rank the
Hokies’ first in the ACC and fourth in the
nation in scoring defense.
+13 … turnover margin ranks Tech eighth
in the nation.
13 … tackles by linebacker Vince Hall
against Miami in his return to the lineup
after missing four games. Despite the
absence, Hall still ranks second on the team
in tackles with 74.
11 … pass breakups by Victor Harris lead
the ACC.
9 … career interceptions each by cornerbacks
Brandon Flowers and Victor Harris tie them
on the Tech career list with their position
coach Torrian Gray and their head coach
Frank Beamer.
8 … combined touchdowns scored by
Virginia in its last four games with Tech have
all come from tailbacks. Tight end Heath
Miller scored Virginia’s TD against the
Hokies in 2002.
7 … Jud Dunlevy has made seven kicks from
40 yards or beyond this season, the most
for a Tech kicker since Shayne Graham had
eight during the 1999 season.
4 … current Tech receivers have accumulated
over 1,000 receiving yards each during their
Tech careers — Josh Morgan (1,657), Eddie
Royal (1,557), Justin Harper (1,241) and
Josh Hyman (1,045). It marks the first time
Tech has ever had four players with 1,000
yards receiving on a team at the same time.
3 … consecutive games in which Justin
Harper has caught a touchdown pass.
1 … touchdown receptions needed by Josh
Morgan to take sole possession of fourth
place in career TD catches at Tech.
the school record. He also had an interception
in that game, along with four tackles and a pass
break up.
• The story of his tumultuous December
of 2004 is widely known. First, he suffered
third-degree burns, on Dec. 15, the day Tech
head coach Frank Beamer and assistant Jim
Cavanaugh were coming to his house for a
recruiting visit. Harris’ mother, Maritza, was
preparing a meal for the coaches, and a grease
fire broke out in the kitchen while she was at
the store. Harris put out the fire by throwing
a quilt on the pan, but suffered burns in the
process. He has small scars on his face, and skin
grafts on his right forearm.
• Then, 10 days after Beamer’s visit, and five
days after he committed to the Hokies, his
mother fainted at home on Christmas Day and
passed away at the hospital.
• He has a tattoo on his left forearm of an
image of his mother and the words: “My angel.
My reason. My mother.” He also has a tattoo
on his neck that reads “Mama’s Boy.” Maritza
Harris was 43.
• Against Cincinnati on Sept. 23, 2006, the day
after what would have been his late mother’s
45th birthday, he intercepted two passes,
returning one 72 yards for a score, earning him
ACC Defensive Back of the Week honors.
• Harris honoring another burn victim this
season by is wearing two bicep bands with the
initials “BQ” on them. It’s in honor of Brett
Quarterman, a Blacksburg native who died in
a house fire in Charlottesville, Va., earlier this
year. Quarterman was a big Hokie fan and a big
fan of Harris.
• Harris has 25 tackles, five interceptions and
11 pass break ups on the season, leading the
ACC in passes defended (16).
• The free safety spot is considered the captain
of Tech’s defense and the Hokies have a good
one in senior D.J. Parker.
• The Hampton, Va., native played cornerback
as a freshman, but made the move to free safety
and has since started 30 games at the position.
• He had a career-high 11 tackles at LSU and
has 51 on the year. He returned a pick 32 yards
for a touchdown to open the Clemson game.
• He also has six pass break ups and two
interceptions in 2007, four for his career.
• True freshman Davon Morgan (Richmond,
Va.), who was a prep All-American last year,
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serves as the back-up and is seeing a lot of
action on special teams as well.
• Redshirt senior Chris Ellis (Hampton, Va.),
a physical specimen at 6-5, 267 pounds, leads
the defensive line.
• He had a big game against Boston College,
picking up 1.5 sacks and seven quarterback
hurries and two pass break ups. He topped that
against Florida State, picking up five tackles,
seven hurries and returning an interception for
his second collegiate touchdown.
• He has 41 tackles, including 8.5 for loss and
8.0 sacks, to go along with a forced fumble,
three fumble recoveries, an interception, five
pass break ups and a team-high 31 hurries.
• Orion Martin (r-Jr., Martinsville, Va.) has
gone from an unknown walk-on to the starter
at defensive end in just over two years. Martin
walked onto the squad in 2005 after spending a
semester at Norfolk State and one semester at
Hargrave Military Academy.
• He made quite an impression in the 2005
spring game, posting a game-high seven tackles,
including 3.5 for a loss and two sacks and
earned a scholarship shortly after.
• This year, he has 44 tackles, including 6.5 for
loss and 2.5 sacks, as well as 13 quarterback
hurries.
• Behind Ellis is Jason Worilds, who went
by Jason Adjepong last year. Worilds (r-Fr.,
Carteret, N.J.) played in two games last year,
but like Ellis, injured his shoulder in the North
Carolina game. He had season-ending surgery
and was granted a medical redshirt.
• Nekos Brown (So., Brandywine, Md.) made
the move from linebacker to defensive end after
the North Carolina game in 2006 and saw a
lot of time on special teams and at end. He had
two sacks at Clemson and has 20 tackles on
the year.
• Brown is the son of Chuck Brown, who is
known as the godfather of go-go music, and is a
famous songwriter and performer.
• The defensive tackle spot is anchored by
redshirt senior Carlton Powell (Chesapeake,
Va.). Powell has started 29 career contests. He
led the defensive tackles with a 400-pound
bench press in summer testing and also turned
in a 550-pound squat.
• He has 31 stops this year, including 6.0 for
loss and 2.5 sacks, along with nine quarterback
hurries.
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• Barry Booker (r-Sr., Amherst, Va.) is back
as the top guy at the tackle position. He has
started the last 24 games. He was fourth on the
team last year with 52 tackles and has 32 stops
in 2007, including 5.0 for loss, and a big forced
fumble against Florida State.
• John Graves (r-Fr., Richmond, Va.) drew
high praise from the offensive line last year for
his work on the scout team and can contribute
both at tackle and end.
• Kory Robertson (r-Sr., Martinsville, Va.) is
a veteran who completes the four-man rotation
the coaches like to use at the two defensive
tackle spots.
Special Teams Scouting Report
• For the first time since 1996, Tech’s
regular starting punter is not be a left-footer.
The streak started with Jimmy Kibble
(1996-1999), Robert Peaslee (2000), Vinnie
Burns (2001-2004) and finally Nic Schmitt
(2005-2006).
• This year’s punter is right-footed Brent
Bowden (r-So., Centreville, Va.), who is the
brother of former Florida State punter Chris
Hall.
• He is averaging 42.1 yards on 72 punts with
26 downed inside the 20-yard line, 18 fair
catches and nine touchbacks.
• Jud Dunlevy (r-Sr., Roanoke Rapids, N.C.)
won the place-kicking battle despite a shaky
off-season. He is one of 20 semifinalists for the
Groza Award, given to the nation’s top kicker.
• He is 17-for-20 on field goals, including a
52-yarder against UNC, and is 7-for-10 from
40 yards and beyond. He is 35-for-37 on PATs.
• Jared Develli (Sr., Sterling, Va.), who had 35
touchbacks on 57 kickoffs last year, missed the
bowl game after undergoing a fourth hernia
sugery.
• He has a powerful leg and has still reached
the end zone 12 times out of 38 kicks, even
with the kickoff spot being moved back.
• He missed the last three games due to hernia
problems, but is still dressing and could be used
in an emergency.
• Dunlevy can also kick off, recording three
touchbacks on 27 kicks. He also has punted
once with the ball being downed at the 9-yard
line and kicked — and recovered — an onsides
kick at Georgia Tech.
• Scott King (r-Sr., Radford, Va.) returns as
the starting short snapper while Bart McMillin
(r-Sr., Bristol, Va.) will handle the snapping for
punts. King snapped for every PAT and field
goal last year while this is McMillin’s first year
as the starting snapper.
• Eddie Royal (Sr., Herndon, Va.) and Josh
Morgan (Sr., Washington, D.C.) team up to
give Tech a dangerous duo returning kickoffs.
• Royal is back for his fourth season as the
return man on punts. In his career he has
rushed for a touchdown, caught a touchdown
pass, thrown a touchdown pass and returned
one for a touchdown on a punt return.
• He needs one on a kickoff return to become
the second Tech player (D. Hall) on record to
account for a touchdown five different ways.
• He is Tech’s and the ACC’s all-time leader
in punt return yards with 1,284, including an
82-yarder for a score at Clemson, and is one of
the top kickoff return men in school history,
as well.
2007 Starters Game By Game
Offense
FL
LT
LG
C
RG
RT
TE
QB
FB
TB
SE
ECU
Royal
D. Brown
Graham
Shuman
Render
Marshman
Wheeler
Glennon
Harper (WR)
Ore
Morgan
LSU
Hyman
D. Brown
Graham
Shuman
Render
Marshman
Wheeler
Glennon
Boone (TE)
Ore
Harper
OU
Royal
D. Brown
Graham
Shuman
Render
Marshman
Wheeler
Taylor
Weatherford
Ore
Harper
W&M
Royal
D. Brown
Graham
Shuman
Render
Marshman
Wheeler
Taylor
Weatherford
Ore
Harper
UNC
Royal
D. Brown
Graham
Shuman
Holland
Marshman
Harper (WR)
Taylor
K. Lewis (TB)
Ore
Morgan
CU
Royal
D. Brown
Graham
Shuman
Render
Marshman
Wheeler
Taylor
Boone (TE)
Ore
Morgan
DU
Royal
D. Brown
Marshman
Shuman
Render
Wang
Wheeler
Taylor
Harper (WR)
Ore
Morgan
BC
Royal
D. Brown
Marshman
Shuman
Render
Wang
Wheeler
Glennon
Harper (WR)
Ore
Morgan
GT
Royal
D. Brown
Marshman
Be. Warren
Render
Wang
Wheeler
Glennon
Weatherford
Ore
Morgan
FSU
Hyman
D. Brown
Marshman
Be. Warren
Render
Wang
Boone
Glennon
Smith (TE)
Ore
Morgan
UM
Royal
D. Brown
Marshman
Shuman
Render
Wang
Boone
Glennon
Weatherford
Ore
Morgan
Defense
DE
DT
DT
DE
ILB
ILB
WHIP
CB
ROVER
FS
CB
ECU
Ellis
Booker
Powell
O. Martin
Hall
Adibi
C. Martin
Flowers
Chancellor
DJ Parker
Harris
LSU
Ellis
Booker
Powell
O. Martin
Hall
Adibi
C. Martin
Flowers
Chancellor
DJ Parker
Harris
OU
Ellis
Booker
K. Robertson
O. Martin
Hall
Adibi
C. Martin
Flowers
Chancellor
DJ Parker
Harris
W&M
Ellis
Booker
Powell
O. Martin
Hall
Adibi
C. Martin
Flowers
Chancellor
DJ Parker
Harris
UNC
Ellis
Booker
Powell
O. Martin
Hall
Adibi
C. Martin
Flowers
Chancellor
DJ Parker
Harris
CU
Ellis
Booker
Powell
O. Martin
Hall
Adibi
C. Martin
Flowers
Chancellor
DJ Parker
Harris
DU
Ellis
Booker
Powell
O. Martin
Br. Warren
Adibi
C. Martin
Flowers
Chancellor
DJ Parker
Harris
BC
Ellis
Booker
Powell
O. Martin
Br. Warren
Adibi
Grimm
Flowers
Chancellor
DJ Parker
Harris
GT
Ellis
Booker
Powell
O. Martin
Br. Warren
Adibi
C. Martin
Flowers
Chancellor
DJ Parker
Harris
FSU
Ellis
Booker
Powell
O. Martin
Br. Warren
Adibi
C. Martin
Flowers
Chancellor
DJ Parker
Harris
UM
Ellis
Booker
Powell
O. Martin
Hall
Adibi
C. Martin
Flowers
Chancellor
DJ Parker
Harris
VA
VA
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The Game On Radio
• Tech’s games can be heard on radio
stations throughout Virginia and the midAtlantic region on the Virginia Tech ISP
Sports Network.
• Bill Roth (play-by-play), Mike Burnop
(analyst) and Adam Witten (scoreboard
anchor) comprise Virginia Tech football’s onair broadcast crew.
• The 2007 season marks Roth and
Burnop’s 20th season together in the Virginia
Tech radio booth.
• Coverage begins 90 minutes prior
to kickoff with the Davenport & Company
College Football Digest. The Advance Auto
Parts Hokies’ Countdown picks up the action
60 minutes prior to the game. The Kroger
Point After is a 90-minute post-game show.
• For a complete list of radio stations,
please consult Tech’s football media guide
or the Fan’s Guide to TV and Radio on
hokiesports.com.
• Every game will be broadcast live on
XM Satellite with the home team radio feed.
Hokie Playback Television
• Virginia Tech home football games are
rebroadcast on Sunday afternoons on Comcast
SportsNet at 12:30 p.m., and on Sunday nights
on WDBJ-7 in Roanoke, Va., at 11:35 p.m.
In addition, Hokie PlayBack can be seen on
WDBJ’s digital station, MY Network TV, on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday nights at 11
p.m.
Virginia Tech Sports Today
• Highlights of Tech’s games, post-game
interviews and other features can be seen on
Virginia Tech Sports Today, Tech’s weekly
television magazine show presented by ISP
Sports.
• The show, featuring Tech coach Frank
Beamer with host Bill Roth, can be seen every
Sunday on a network of stations throughout
the Commonwealth and region: Roanoke
(WBDJ 7, Sun., 11 a.m.), Bristol, Tenn.
(WCYB, Sun., 9:30 a.m.), Raleigh, N.C.
(FOX50, Sun., 11:30 a.m.), Norfolk (WAVY,
Sun., Noon), Harrisonburg (WHSV, Sun.,
Noon), Richmond (WRIC, Sun., 12:30 p.m.),
Bluefield (WVVA, Sun., Noon), Greensboro,
N.C. (WGPX, Sun., 1 p.m.) and Charlotte,
N.C. (WJZY, Sun., 10 a.m.).
• The show also airs on Comcast
SportsNet every Sunday at Noon.
The Hokie Hotline
• The Advance Auto Parts Hokie Hotline
airs each Monday beginning at 7 p.m. The
two-hour long radio talk show originates from
Awful Arthur’s Restaurant in Kent Square in
downtown Blacksburg.
• Fans can join in person, listen over the
radio on local affiliates via the Virginia Tech
ISP Sports Network, or on the web at
hokiesports.com.
Offensive Individual Career Game Highs
THROWERS
Sean Glennon (QB)
Att.
53............ GT, 2006
Comp.
27............ GT, 2006
Yds.
339......... GT, 2006
TDs
3.............. NU, 2006
INTs
3.............. UGA, 2006
Long
71............ GT, 2007
RUSHING
Att.
14............ BC, 2007
Yds.
22............ BC, 2007
TDs
1.............. twice
Long
19............ UVa, 2006
Cory Holt (QB)
Att.
5.............. W&M, 2007
Comp.
4.............. W&M, 2007
Yds.
57............ OU, 2005
TDs
1.............. OU, 2005
INTs
0
Long
38............ OU, 2005
RUSHING
Att.
4.............. W&M, 2007
Yds.
19............ W&M, 2007
TDs
0
Long
8.............. W&M, 2007
Tyrod Taylor (QB)
Att.
31............ Ohio, 2007
Comp.
18............ Ohio, 2007
Yds.
287......... Ohio, 2007
TDs
2.............. FSU, 2007
INTs
1.............. twice
Long
59............ Ohio, 2007
RUSHING
Att.
17............ FSU, 2007
Yds.
118......... Clem, 2007
TDs
1.............. four times
Long
52............ Clem, 2007
RUNNERS
Jahre Cheeseman (TB)
Att.
6.............. GT, 2007
Yds.
84............ GT, 2007
TDs
1.............. UM, 2007
Long
70............ GT, 2007
Kenny Jefferson (FB)
Att.
1.............. twice
Yds.
3.............. UVa, 2006
TDs
0
Long
3.............. UVa, 2006
Kenny Lewis, Jr. (TB)
Att.
19............ UVa, 2006
Yds.
79............ UVa, 2006
TDs
2.............. Ohio, 2007
Long
44............ Ohio, 2007
Branden Ore (TB)
Att.
37............ Clem, 2006
Yds.
207......... USM, 2006
TDs
3.............. UNC, 2006
Long
70............ USM, 2006
Dustin Pickle (TB)
Att.
5.............. UM, 2007
Yds.
15............ Duke, 2007
TDs
0
Long
28............ UM, 2007
Carlton Weatherford (FB)
Att.
1.............. eight times
Yds.
8.............. Duke, 2006
TDs
1.............. UM, 2007
Long
8.............. Duke, 2006
CATCHERS
Greg Boone (TE)
Rec.
3.............. BC, 2007
Yds.
41............ UNC, 2006
TDs
1.............. UNC, 2006
Long
41............ UNC, 2006
Chris Drager (TE)
Rec.
1.............. twice
Yds.
14............ LSU, 2007
TDs
0
Long
14............ LSU, 2007
Branden Ore (TB)
Rec.
5.............. BC, 2006
Yds.
81............ NU, 2006
TDs
1.............. twice
Long
55............ NU, 2006
Justin Harper (WR)
Rec.
5.............. three times
Yds.
167......... FSU, 2007
TDs
1.............. seven times
Long
49............ GT, 2006
Devin Perez (FB)
Rec.
1.............. W&M, 2007
Yds.
1.............. W&M, 2007
TDs
0
Long
1.............. W&M, 2007
Josh Hyman (WR)
Rec.
6.............. GT, 2006
Yds.
93............ UVa, 2004
TDs
2.............. UVa, 2004
Long
45............ UVa, 2004
Eddie Royal (WR)
Rec.
7.............. GT, 2006
Yds.
102......... GT, 2006
TDs
1.............. 10 times
Long
80............ GT, 2004
Kenny Jefferson (FB)
Rec.
1.............. Ohio, 2007
Yds.
2.............. Ohio, 2007
TDs
0
Long
2.............. Ohio, 2007
Andre Smith (TE)
Rec.
2.............. twice
Yds.
39............ W&M, 2007
TDs
0
Long
22............ W&M, 2007
Kenny Lewis, Jr. (TB)
Rec.
1.............. four times
Yds.
12............ Duke, 2007
TDs
0
Long
12............ Duke, 2007
Carlton Weatherford (FB)
Rec.
3.............. NU, 2006
Yds.
19............ NU, 2006
TDs
1.............. NU, 2006
Long
10............ UM, 2007
Zach Luckett (WR)
Rec.
1.............. twice
Yds.
9.............. twice
TDs
0
Long
9.............. twice
Sam Wheeler (TE)
Rec.
7.............. ECU, 2007
Yds.
94............ Duke, 2007
TDs
1.............. three times
Long
53............ UGa, 2006
Josh Morgan (WR)
Rec.
7.............. FSU, 2005
Yds.
128......... FSU, 2005
TDs
2.............. twice
Long
80............ Auburn, 2005
Ike Whitaker (WR)
Rec.
1.............. three times
Yds.
9.............. LSU, 2007
TDs
0
Long
9.............. LSU, 2007
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START CHARTS
Offense
‘07
Boone (TE)
5
Brown (OT)
11
Glennon (QB)
6
Graham (OG)
6
Harper (WR)
7
Holland (OG)
1
Hyman (WR)
2
Lewis, K (TB)
1
Marshman (T/G) 11
Morgan (WR)
8
Ore (TB)
11
Render (OG)
10
Royal (WR)
9
Shuman (C)
9
Smith (TE)
1
Taylor (QB)
5
Wheeler (TE)
8
Wang (TE/T)
5
Warren (C)
2
Wheatherford (FB)4
Defense
‘07
Adibi (LB)
11
Booker (DT)
11
Chancellor (ROV)11
Ellis (DE)
11
Flowers (CB)
11
Grimm (LB)
1
Hall (LB)
7
Harris (CB)
11
Martin, C. (LB) 10
Martin, O. (DE) 11
Parker, D.J. (FS) 11
Powell (DT)
10
Robertson, K (DT)1
Warren, Br. (LB) 4
Specialists
‘07
Bowden (P)
11
Develli (KO)
8
Dunlevy (KO/PK)11
Current
Streak Career
2
13
37
37
4
19
-
6
-
10
-
1
-
15
-
2
11
13
7
21
12
23
6
23
1
42
1
17
-
1
-
5
-
16
5
7
-
2
1
4
Current
Streak Career
37
37
24
24
11
11
19
32
24
25
-
1
1
45
24
24
3
10
11
12
24
30
8
29
-
1
-
4
Current
Streak Career
11
11
-
44
11
13
STARTED EVERY GAME IN 2007
Offense (3): D. Brown, Marshman, Ore,
Defense (8): Adibi, Booker, Chancellor,
Ellis, Flowers, Harris, O. Martin, DJ
Parker
Specialists (2): Bowden, Dunlevy
LONGEST ACTIVE STREAKS
Xavier Adibi...........................................37
Duane Brown.........................................37
Barry Booker..........................................24
Brandon Flowers....................................24
Macho Harris.........................................24
D.J. Parker...............................................24
Chris Ellis...............................................19
Branden Ore...........................................12
Extended Depth Chart • vs. Virginia
as of Nov. 19, 2007
Offense (Multiple)
Defense (4-3)
SE 2, Josh Morgan (6-1, 220, Sr.)
DE 49, Chris Ellis (6-5, 267, r-Sr.)
81, Justin Harper (6-4, 214, Sr.)
43, Jason Worilds (6-2, 257, r-Fr)
16, Zach Luckett (6-3, 212, r-Fr.)
TE 8, Greg Boone (6-3, 291, r-So.)
DT 99, Carlton Powell (6-2, 293, r-Sr.)
88, Andre Smith (6-4, 245, r-Fr.)
91, John Graves (6-3, 279, r-Fr.)
LT 76, Duane Brown (6-5, 308, r-Sr.)
DT 59, Barry Booker (6-4, 290, r-Sr.)
57, Clark Crum (6-7, 287, r-Fr.)
75, Kory Robertson (6-2, 342, r-Sr.)
95, Cordarrow Thompson (6-2, 338, r-So.)
LG 67, Nick Marshman (6-5, 357, r-Jr.)
DE 90, Orion Martin (6-2, 256, r-Jr.)
64, Richard Graham (6-6, 278, r-So.)
47, Nekos Brown (6-2, 253, So.)
C
58, Ryan Shuman (6-3, 314, r-Jr.) ILB 9, Vince Hall (6-0, 238, r-Sr.)
60, Beau Warren (6-3, 275, r-Fr.)
33, Brett Warren (6-1, 238, r-Jr.)
51, Matt Welsh (6-4, 295, r-Jr.)
RG 70, Sergio Render (6-4, 310, So.)
ILB 11, Xavier Adibi (6-2, 236, r-Sr.)
66, Brandon Holland (6-4, 326, So.)
45, Purnell Sturdivant (5-10, 217, r-Jr.)
RT 77, Ed Wang (6-5, 312, r-So.)
OLB 41, Cam Martin (6-1, 209, r-So.)
64, Richard Graham (6-6, 278, r-So.)
26, Cody Grimm (5-11, 206, r-So.)
TB 28, Branden Ore (5-11, 205, r-Jr.) ROV 17, Kam Chancellor (6-3, 220, So.)
20, Kenny Lewis, Jr. (5-9, 205, So.)
24, Dorian Porch (5-11, 204, r-So.)
27, Jahre Cheeseman (5-10, 209, r-So.)
FB 39, Carlton Weatherford (5-10, 230, r-Sr.) BC
42, Kenny Jefferson (5-9, 223, r-So.)
18, Brandon Flowers (5-10, 200, r-Jr.)
22, Stephan Virgil (5-11, 187, So.)
QB 7, Sean Glennon (6-4, 225, r-Jr.) OR
FS
5, Tyrod Taylor (6-1, 220, Fr.)
12, Cory Holt (6-4, 227, r-Jr.)
25, D.J. Parker (6-0, 198, Sr.)
31, Davon Morgan (6-0, 189, Fr.)
FL 4, Eddie Royal (5-10, 180, Sr.) FC
19, Josh Hyman (5-11, 190, r-Sr.)
80, Brandon Dillard (5-11, 176, r-So.)
1, Victor “Macho” Harris (6-0, 203, Jr.)
21, Rashad Carmichael (5-10, 186, r-Fr.)
Special Teams
P
97, Brent Bowden (6-3, 213, r-So.)
30, Brian Saunders (6-0, 208, r-Fr.)
FG/PAT
92, Jud Dunlevy (5-9, 179, r-Sr.)
98, Jared Develli (6-1, 243, Sr.)
Punt Snap
54, Bart McMillin (6-0, 232, r-Sr.)
63, Matt Tuttle (6-0, 225, r-So.)
FG/PAT Snap
61, Scott King (6-0, 242, Sr.)
63, Matt Tuttle (6-0, 225, r-So.)
FG/PAT Hold
14, Grant Throckmorton (6-4, 237, r-Sr.)
97, Brent Bowden (6-3, 213, r-So.)
KO
92, Jud Dunlevy (5-9, 179, r-Sr.) OR
98, Jared Develli (6-1, 243, Sr.)
KR
4, Eddie Royal (5-10, 180, Sr.) AND 2, Josh Morgan (6-1, 220, Sr.)
1, “Macho” Harris (6-0, 203, Jr.) AND 80, Brandon Dillard (5-11, 176, r-So.)
PR
4, Eddie Royal (5-10, 180, Sr.)
2, Josh Morgan (6-1, 220, Sr.) OR 1, “Macho” Harris (6-0, 203, Jr.)
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Selected Career Statistics
PASSING
Glennon
Taylor
Whitaker
Holt
Royal
ATT-
474-
119-
16-
19-
4-
COMP
280
64
10
8
1
YDS.
3530
849
119
113
53
RUSHING
Ore
K. Lewis
Taylor
Royal
Cheeseman
Pickle
Whitaker
Hyman
Weatherford
Holt
Harper
J. Morgan
Jefferson
Glennon
NO.
544
106
79
23
20
12
9
4
8
8
1
4
2
112
YDS.
2458
391
358
225
132
44
42
22
15
11
10
10
2
-91
TD
30
6
4
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
RECEIVING
Royal
Morgan
Harper
Hyman
Ore
Wheeler
Boone
Weatherford
Smith
K. Lewis
Whitaker
Glennon
Drager
Luckett
Jefferson
Perez
NO.
108
107
75
74
38
27
13
10
6
4
3
2
2
2
1
1
YDS.
1557
1657
1241
1046
373
393
164
51
87
20
17
-10
23
18
2
1
TD
10
15
7
5
2
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
DEFENSE
Hall
Adibi
Ellis
Flowers
Parker
Booker
Powell
O. Martin
Harris
Br. Warren
Chancellor
C. Martin
K. Robertson
UT
147
118
65
84
57
32
32
36
44
31
33
34
14
PUNTING
Bowden
Bunlevy
NO.
72
1
EXTRA POINTS
Dunlevy
MADE- ATT.
35-
37
FIELD GOALS
Dunlevy
Develli
MADE- ATT.
17-
20
0-
1
AT
231
152
88
53
79
67
63
55
27
40
36
31
18
YDS
3032
21
TOTAL
378
270
153
137
136
99
95
81
71
71
69
65
32
TD
20
5
1
1
1
TFL
27.5(-92)
27.5-(-74)
34.5-(-169)
16-(-69)
1.5-1
14-(-63)
19-(-70)
10.5-(-53)
1-(-2)
4.5-(-34)
1-(-6)
7-(-49)
2.5-(-14)
AVG.
42.1
21.0
I20
26
1
INT
13
2
0
1
1
SACKS
8-(-57)
11-(-34)
21-(-129)
3.5-(-28)
0-0
3-(-28)
5.5-(-40)
4-(-31)
0-0
5.5-(-36)
0.5-(-6)
4.5-(-37)
1-(-10)
LONG
59
21
LONG
52
0
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INT
2-30
7-130
2-34
9-172
4-60
0
0
0
9-136
1-24
2-27
1-9
0
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The Last Time A Tech Team or Player ...
TEAM
Scored 90+ points......................................... 99, vs. Emory & Henry, 1919
Scored 80-89 points..................................... 86, vs. Roanoke College, 1905
Scored 70-79 points....................................................... 77, vs. Akron, 1995
Scored 60-69 points.......................................... 62, vs. Florida A&M, 2004
Scored 50-59 points.....................................................52, @ Virginia, 2005
Scored 40-49 points............................................ 44, vs. Miami, 2007
Back-to-back 40+ games..............vs. FSU (40), vs. Miami (44), 2007
Rushed for 500+ yards......................................... 500, @ Pittsburgh, 1993
Rushed for 400-499 yards...........................................453, vs. Akron, 1995
Rushed for 300-399 yards........................................ 333, @ Virginia, 2005
Rushed for 200-299 yards.......................................224, vs. Clemson, 2006
Passed for 500+ yards.............................................. 504, @ Syracuse, 2002
Passed for 400-499 yards...................................408, @ Wake Forest, 1972
Passed for 300-399 yards.....................................346, @ Duke, 2007
Passed for 200-299 yards........................ 207, vs. Florida State, 2007
Rushed/Passed for 200+ yards.............................vs. Boston College, 2005
212 rush, 280 pass
Had 600+ yards in total offense............................... 606, vs. UConn, 2001
Had 500-599 yards in total offense......................... 503, @ Virginia, 2005
Scored on first offensive play...................................vs. Florida A&M, 2004
David Clowney 16 TD pass from Bryan Randall
Won on final offensive play......................................@ West Virginia, 1999
Shayne Graham 44 FG
Lost on final offensive play.........................................................vs. Cal, 2003
Tyler Fredrickson 35 FG
Won in overtime...................................................... 24-23, @ Temple, 2003
Recorded a safety............................................. vs. Florida State, 2007
Recorded two defensive TDs....................................vs. Georgia Tech, 2005
Zero punts in a game................................................vs. Florida A&M, 2004
Zero sacks allowed in a game................................................ vs. Duke, 2006
Recorded a shutout............................................................ vs. Virginia, 2006
Held opp. to 0 yards or less rushing...................... -2, vs. Miami, 2007
Blocked two kicks in a game.................................... vs. Northeastern, 2006
Scored special teams TD........................................vs. Clemson, 2007
Scored defensive & special teams TD.....................vs. Clemson, 2007
INDIVIDUAL
Rushed for 200+ yards................... 203, Branden Ore, vs. Clemson, 2006
Rushed for 150-199 yards............170, Branden Ore, vs. Cincinnati, 2006
Two players rushed for 100 yards.............................North Carolina, 2005
(Cedric Humes, 134 yds. & Branden Ore, 104 yds.)
Three players rushed for 100 yards...................... @ South Carolina, 1974
Phil Rogers (120), Roscoe Coles (111) & George Heath (104)
Had 40+ carries..................... 42, Cyrus Lawrence, vs. Memphis St., 1981
Had 30-39 carries...............................37, Branden Ore, vs. Clemson, 2006
Had 20-29 carries............ 20, Branden Ore, vs. Boston College, 2007
Rushed for 6 TDs...................................Tommy Francisco, vs. VMI, 1966
Rushed for 5 TDs................................................. Lee Suggs, @ UCF, 2000
Rushed for 4 TDs.................................... Kevin Jones, @ Pittsburgh, 2003
Rushed for 3 TDs..........................Branden Ore, @ North Carolina, 2006
Rushed for 2 TDs................................Branden Ore, vs. Miami, 2007
Passed for 500+ yards....................504, Bryan Randall, @ Syracuse, 2002
Passed for 300-499 yards....................... 339, Sean Glennon, vs. GT, 2006
Passed for 200-299 yards............... 204, Tyrod Taylor, vs. FSU, 2007
Passed for 5 TDs..................................... Bryan Randall, @ Syracuse, 2002
Passed for 4 TDs............................Bryan Randall, vs. Florida A&M, 2004
Passed for 3 TDs.............................Sean Glennon, vs. Northeastern, 2006
Passed for 2 TDs.......................Tyrod Taylor, vs. Florida State, 2007
Had 50+ pass attempts............53, Sean Glennon, vs. Georgia Tech, 2005
Had 40-49 pass attempts...................42, Jim Druckenmiller, vs. BC, 1995
Had 30-39 pass attempts................... 32, Sean Glennon, @ GT, 2007
Had 20-29 pass attempts............. 24, Sean Glennon, vs. Miami, 2007
Had 30+ pass completions..................34, Don Strock, vs. Houston, 1972
Had 20-29 pass comps...................... 22, Sean Glennon, @ GT, 2007
QB rush/pass for 100 yards................... Marcus Vick, @ Maryland, 2005
(133 rush, 211 pass)
Had 10+ receptions..................13, Nick Cullen, vs. Southern Miss, 1990
Had 250+ yards receiving............ 279, Ernest Wilford, @ Syracuse, 2002
Had 200-249 yards rec................213, Ricky Scales, @ Wake Forest, 1972
Had 100+ yards receiving.............. 167, Justin Harper, vs. FSU, 2007
Two players with 100+ receiving..................................Georgia Tech, 2006
Justin Harper (109) & Eddie Royal (102)
Had 4 TD receptions.............................Ernest Wilford @ Syracuse, 2002
Had 3 TD receptions......................... Antonio Freeman, vs. Temple, 1993
Had 2 TD receptions..............................Josh Morgan, @ Duke, 2007
Intercepted 3 passes.................................Garnell Wilds, @ Syracuse, 2002
Intercepted 2 passes................. Macho Harris, @ Georgia Tech, 2007
Returned a KO for TD.................... Victor Harris, @ Clemson, 2007
Returned punt for TD....................... Eddie Royal, @ Clemson, 2007
Returned an INT for TD.............. Chris Ellis, vs. Florida State, 2007
Returned a fumble for TD................. Xavier Adibi, @ Wake Forest, 2006
Returned blocked punt for TD................ Chris Clifton, vs. UConn, 2003
Returned blocked FG for TD.............................. D.J. Parker, vs. GT, 2005
Returned blocked PAT for 2 pts....... Ronyell Whitaker, @ Rutgers, 1999
Blocked an extra point.............................David Pugh, vs. Pittsburgh, 2000
Blocked a FG............................................... Duane Brown, @ Miami, 2006
Blocked a punt.....................................Stephan Virgil, @ Duke, 2007
Scored a def. and special teams TD in a game.................... DeAngelo Hall
vs. Arkansas St., 2002 (49-yd. INT & 69-yd. PR)
Returned two punts for TDs................................................ DeAngelo Hall
vs. Syracuse, 2003 (58 & 60 yds.)
Successful 2-point conversion.................................. vs. Florida State, 2007
Zach Luckett pass from Tyrod Taylor
Made 6 FGs.......................................Mickey Thomas, vs. Vanderbilt, 1989
Made 5 FGs............................................ Chris Kinzer, vs. Vanderbilt, 1996
Made 4 FGs..................................................Brandon Pace, vs. WVU, 2004
Made 3 FGs.......................................... Jud Dunlevy, vs. Miami, 2007
Kicked a 60+ FG.........................61, Wayne Latimer, vs. Florida St., 1975
Kicked a 50-59 FG................ 52, Jud Dunlevy, North Carolina, 2007
Kicked a 40-49 FG.................40 & 44, Jud Dunlevy, vs. Miami, 2007
Kicked a 70+ punt..........................75, Jimmy Kibble, @ Pittsburgh, 1997
Kicked a 60-69 punt...........................60, Nic Schmitt, @ Maryland, 2005
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The Last Time An Opposing Team or Player ...
TEAM
Scored 70+ points............................................................ 77, Alabama 1973
Scored 60-69 points....................................... 66, Washington & Lee, 1951
Scored 50-59 points...................................................... 52, California, 2003
Scored 40-49 points.................................................... 48, LSU, 2007
Rushed for 500+ yards................................................. 748, Alabama, 1973
Rushed for 400-499 yards............................................ 461, Alabama, 1972
Rushed for 300-399 yards............................................ 338, Syracuse, 1996
Rushed for 200-299 yards......................................... 297, LSU, 2007
Had 50-99 yards rushing............................................72, Duke, 2007
Had FEWER than 50 yards rushing.......................... -2, Miami, 2007
Passed for 500+ yards...................................................................... NEVER
Passed for 400-499 yards.............................................. 403, Syracuse, 2002
Passed for 350-399 yards....................................372, Clemson, 2007
Had 50-99 yards passing.............................................76, Ohio, 2007
Had FEWER than 50 yards passing................................... 22, Duke, 2005
Had 800+ yards in total offense.................................. 833, Alabama, 1973
Had 700-799 yards in total offense................................................ NEVER
Had 600-699 yards in total offense............................. 604, Syracuse, 2002
Had 500-599 yards in total offense........................... 598, LSU, 2007
Recorded a safety.........................................................Clemson, 2007
Recorded a defensive TD......................................Florida State, 2007
Shut out Tech.......................................................................Cincinnati, 1995
Blocked two kicks in a game....................................................... Duke, 2006
Scored a special teams TD..................................................Florida St., 2005
Scored defensive & special teams TD..................................Syracuse, 1996
INDIVIDUAL
Rushed for 200+ yards.......................205, Willis McGahee, Miami, 2002
Rushed for 150-199 yards.......... 197, Derrick Knight, Boston Col., 2003
Rushed for 100+ yards................. 126, Keiland Williams, LSU, 2007
Two players rushed for 100 yards.........................................Syracuse, 1994
Malcolm Thomas (185) & Kirby Dar Dar (108)
Three players rushed for 100 yards................................................. NEVER
Had 40+ carries........................................... 44, Paul Palmer, Temple, 1986
Had 35-39 carries..................... 38, Derrick Knight, Boston College, 2003
Rushed for 6 TDs........................................ Willis McGahee, Miami, 2002
Rushed for 5 TDs............................................................................. NEVER
Rushed for 4 TDs..........................................Chris Brantley, Rutgers, 1992
Rushed for 3 TDs..............................................Wali Lundy, Virginia, 2003
Rushed for 2 TDs.................................Keiland Williams, LSU, 2007
Passed for 500+ yards...................................................................... NEVER
Passed for 400-499 yards........................403, Troy Nunes, Syracuse, 2002
Passed for 300-399 yards........... 332, Cullen Harper, Clemson, 2007
Passed for 5 TDs............................................................................... NEVER
Passed for 4 TDs.........................................John Turman, Pittsburgh, 2000
Passed for 3 TDs....................................Hunter Cantwell, Louisville, 2006
Had 50+ pass attempts............ 52, Matt Ryan, Boston College, 2007
Had 40-49 pass attempts.....................40, Jake Phillips, W&M, 2007
Had 30-39 pass attempts..................... 36, Kyle Wright, Miami, 2007
Had 30+ pass completions........... 33, Cullen Harper, Clemson, 2007
Had 20-29 pass comps........................ 21, Kyle Wright, Miami, 2007
QB rush/pass for 100 yards................ Walter Washington, Temple, 2003
151 yds passing, 156 yds rushing
Had 11+ receptions..........11, A. Kelly & T. Grisham, Clemson, 2007
Had 250+ yards receiving................................................................ NEVER
Had 200-249 yards rec. . ....................... 229, David Tyree, Syracuse, 2002
Had 100+ yards receiving....................136, James Johnson, GT, 2007
Had 4 TD receptions....................................Chris Brantley, Rutgers, 1992
Had 3 TD receptions............................. Reggie Bush, Southern Cal, 2004
Had 2 TD receptions.................. Kevin Challenger, Boston College, 2006
Intercepted 3 passes............................ Aaron Beasley, West Virginia, 1994
Intercepted 2 passes.......................................... Tony Taylor, Georgia, 2006
Returned a KO for TD............................... Jeyson Wilson, Syracuse, 1993
Returned punt for TD..................................Willie Reid, Florida St., 2005
Returned an INT for TD...........Dekoda Watson, Florida State, 2007
Returned a fumble for TD....................Gary Guyton, Georgia Tech, 2006
Returned blocked punt for TD........... D.J. Walker, North Carolina, 2004
Returned blocked FG for TD......................................................... NEVER
Returned blocked PAT for 2 pts..................................................... NEVER
Blocked an extra point.......................................Orien Harris, Miami, 2004
Blocked a FG....................................................TEAM, Northeastern, 2006
Blocked a punt........................................Troy Garside, Georgia Tech, 2006
2-point conversion.......................................................Clemson, 2007
T. Grisham pass from C. Harper
Made 6 FGs....................................................................................... NEVER
Made 5 FGs.................................................... Rafael Garcia, Virginia, 1994
Made 4 FGs........................................................Todd Sievers, Miami, 2001
Made 3 FGs................................. Gary Cismesia, Florida State, 2007
Kicked a 60+ FG.............................................................................. NEVER
Kicked a 50-59 FG................ 50, Gary Cismesia, Florida State, 2007
Kicked a 40-49 FG................ 41, Gary Cismesia, Florida State, 2007
Kicked a 70+ punt...............................75, Matt Bosher, Miami, 2007
Kicked a 60-69 punt.............................61, Patrick Fisher, LSU, 2007
TURNOVERS
The Last Time Tech ...
Lost two fumbles...............................................Boston College, 2007
Lost three fumbles......................................................North Carolina, 2006
Lost four fumbles....................................................................... Miami, 2005
Lost five or more fumbles..................................................5, Kentucky, 1977
Threw three interceptions....................................................... Georgia, 2006
Threw four interceptions.................................................... vs. Miami, 2001
Threw five interceptions................................................... vs. Virginia, 1994
Threw six or more interceptions.............................. 7, vs. Florida St., 1959
The Last Time an Opponent ...
Lost two fumbles............................................................ Miami, 2007
Lost three fumbles.................................................Western Michigan, 2002
Lost four fumbles............................................................. Arkansas St., 2002
Lost five or more fumbles.................................................. 5, Clensom, 1985
Threw three interceptions................................William & Mary, 2007
Threw four interceptions...........................................North Carolina, 2006
Threw five interceptions.......................................Georgia Tech, 2007
Threw six or more interceptions........................................ 6, Rutgers, 1998
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BEAMERBALL
• During the Frank Beamer era at
Tech, putting points on the scoreboard has
always been a team effort — the offense, the
defense team and the special teams. It’s called
BeamerBall, and what sets it apart are the
contributions of the defense and special teams.
• Eight of Tech‘s last nine teams are
ranked among the school’s top 10 highest
scoring teams. During that time, a player
at every position on the defensive unit has
produced at least one touchdown, and 28
different players have scored touchdowns while
playing on Tech’s special teams. Altogether,
the defense and special teams have combined
for 113 TDs since Beamer arrived in 1987,
including 96 in Tech’s last 174 games.
• Under Beamer, Tech’s defense has scored
73 TDs, with 47 coming on pass interceptions,
24 on fumble returns and two on fumble
recoveries. The special teams have added 40
TDs, including 15 on blocked punts, 15 on
punt returns, five on kickoff returns, four
on blocked field goals and one on a fumble
recovery.
• Fittingly, the trend started in Beamer’s
first game as Tech’s head coach when true
freshman Jon Jeffries returned a kickoff 92
yards for a touchdown against Clemson. It was
the Hokies’ first TD under Beamer, and it was
the first of many scored by the special teams.
• Under Beamer, 70 different players on
defense and special teams have scored TDs.
Twenty-one of those players — Don Stokes,
Jock Jones, Roger Brown, Lawrence Lewis,
Antonio Banks, Jim Baron, Keion Carpenter,
Pierson Prioleau, Anthony Midget, Cory Bird,
Kevin McCadam, Willie Pile, Jimmy Williams,
Roland Minor, Vince Hall, Xavier Adibi, D.J.
Parker, Brandon Flowers, Chris Ellis, Vincent
Fuller and Eric Green — scored twice. Victor
Harris, Eddie Royal, Jason Lallis, Ike Charlton
and Ricky Hall each had three scores, André
Davis four and DeAngelo Hall had seven.
• Since the start of the 1993 season, Tech
is 64-8 in games it scores at least one TD on
defense or special teams.
Vince Hall
Touchdowns by Defense & Special Teams
1987: Jon Jeffries, 92-yd. kickoff return vs. Clemson; Don Stokes, recovered blocked punt in end zone
vs. Syracuse; Randy Cockrell (ilb), 90-yd. interception return vs. Navy.
1988: Don Stokes, recovered blocked punt in end zone vs. Southern Miss; Jock Jones, recovered
blocked punt in end zone vs. West Virginia; Roger Brown (cb), 55-yd. interception return vs. South Carolina;
Leslie Bailey (ilb), 19-yd. interception return vs. South Carolina.
1989: Marcus Mickel, 90-yd. kickoff return vs. Clemson; Jock Jones (olb), 55-yd. interception return vs.
Tulane; Roger Brown (cb), 55-yd. interception return vs. North Carolina State.
1990: The ’90 season marked the first and only season to date during Beamer’s tenure that Tech failed
to score at least one TD on either defense or special teams.
1991: P.J. Preston (olb), recovered fumble in end zone vs. Oklahoma; Ken Landrum, 18-yd. blocked
punt return vs. Cincinnati; Kirk Alexander (fs), 95-yd. interception return vs. Cincinnati.
1992: Tyronne Drakeford (cb), 40-yd. interception return vs. East Carolina; Tony Kennedy, 91-yd.
kickoff return vs. Louisville; Ken Brown (olb), 18-yd. interception return vs. Rutgers.
1993: William Ferrell, 7-yd. blocked punt return vs. Rutgers; DeWayne Knight (olb), 23-yd. fumble
return vs. Syracuse; Jeff Holland (dt), 8-yd. fumble return vs. Virginia; Lawrence Lewis (de), 20-yd. fumble
return vs. Indiana; Antonio Banks, 80-yd. blocked field goal return vs. Indiana.
1994: Torrian Gray (rov), 66-yd. interception return vs. Boston College; Stacy Henley, 25-yd. blocked
punt return vs. Temple; Lawrence Lewis (de), 60-yd. fumble return vs. East Carolina; Antonio Freeman,
80-yd. punt return vs. Pittsburgh.
1995: Jermaine Holmes, recovered blocked punt in end zone vs. Akron; Hank Coleman (de), 51-yd.
fumble return vs. Rutgers; Myron Newsome (ilb), 71-yd. interception return vs. Rutgers; Larry Green (cb),
37-yd. interception return vs. West Virginia; Jim Baron (dt), 46-yd. fumble return vs. Temple; J.C. Price (dt),
19-yd. interception return vs. Temple; Antonio Banks (cb), 65-yd. interception return vs. Virginia; Bryan Still,
60-yd. punt return vs. Texas; Jim Baron (dt), 20-yd. fumble return vs. Texas.
1996: Cornelius White, 60-yd. blocked punt return vs. Syracuse; Keion Carpenter (fs), 100-yd.
interception return vs. Miami.
1997: Carl Bradley (dt), recovered fumble in end zone vs. Rutgers; Pierson Prioleau (rov), 43-yd.
fumble return vs. Rutgers; Lorenzo Ferguson (fs), 84-yd. interception return vs. Arkansas St.; Anthony
Midget (cb), 22-yd. fumble return vs. Pittsburgh.
1998: Keion Carpenter (fs), 16-yd. interception return vs. Pittsburgh; Pierson Prioleau (rov), 85-yd.
interception return vs. Boston College; Marcus Gildersleeve, recovered blocked punt in end zone vs. UAB;
Ricky Hall, 17-yd. blocked punt return vs. West Virginia; Ricky Hall, recovered blocked punt in end zone
vs. Syracuse; Loren Johnson (cb), 78-yd. fumble return vs. Syracuse; Ike Charlton (cb), 26-yd. interception
return vs. Rutgers; Jamel Smith (lb), 98-yd. interception return vs. Rutgers; Anthony Midget (cb), 27-yd.
interception return vs. Alabama.
1999: Ike Charlton (cb), 34-yd. interception return vs. Clemson; Corey Moore (de), 32-yard fumble
return vs. Clemson; Cory Bird (rov), 26-yd. fumble return vs. Syracuse; Phillip Summers (rov), 43-yd.
interception return vs. Syracuse; Tee Butler, recovered fumble by punter in end zone vs. Syracuse; Ricky Hall,
64-yd. punt return vs. Miami; Ike Charlton (cb), 51-yd. fumble return vs. Miami; Larry Austin (cb), 31-yd.
interception return vs. Temple.
2000: Willie Pile (fs), 11-yd. interception return vs. Akron; Cory Bird, 9-yd. blocked punt return vs.
East Carolina; André Davis, 87-yd. punt return vs. East Carolina; André Davis, 71-yd. punt return vs. Boston
College; André Davis, 76-yd. punt return vs. WVU; Nathaniel Adibi (de), 36-yd. fumble return vs. UCF.
2001: Channing Reed (dt), 8-yd. fumble return vs. Rutgers; Kevin McCadam (rov), 69-yd. interception
return vs. UCF; André Davis, 55-yd. punt return vs. UCF; Jim Davis (de), 27 yd. interception return vs.
WVU; Kevin McCadam (rov), 9-yd. fumble return vs. BC; Ronyell Whitaker, 71-yd. blocked field goal
return vs. Pittsburgh; Brandon Manning, 22-yd. blocked punt return vs. Miami.
2002: DeAngelo Hall, 69-yd. punt return vs. Arkansas State; DeAngelo Hall (cb), 49-yd. interception
return vs. Arkansas State; Jason Lallis (dt), 59-yd. fumble return vs. Arkansas State; Alex Markogiannakis
(ilb), 25-yd. fumble return vs. Western Michigan; DeAngelo Hall, 51-yd. punt return vs. Rutgers; Darryl
Tapp, 11-yd. blocked punt return vs. Virginia; Willie Pile (fs), 96-yd. interception return vs. Miami.
2003: Jason Lallis (dt), 45-yd. interception return vs. UCF; Eric Green (cb), 84-yd. interception
return vs. UConn; Mike Imoh, 91-yd. kickoff return vs. UConn; Chris Clifton, 16-yd. blocked punt return
vs. UConn; Jimmy Williams (fs), 55-yd. interception return vs. Rutgers; DeAngelo Hall, 58-yd. punt return
vs. Syracuse; DeAngelo Hall, 60-yd. punt return vs. Syracuse; Vincent Fuller (cb), 50-yd. fumble return vs.
WVU; DeAngelo Hall (cb), 28-yd. fumble return vs. Miami; Eric Green (cb), 51-yd. interception return vs.
Miami; DeAngelo Hall, 52-yd. punt return vs. Cal.
2004: Jason Lallis (de), 28-yd. fumble return vs. WMU; Brandon Flowers (cb), 38-yd. interception
return vs. WMU; Vincent Fuller, 74-yd. blocked field goal return vs. WVU; Bl. Warren (ilb), 46-yd.
interception return vs. FAMU; Roland Minor (cb), 64-yd. interception return vs. Georgia Tech; Jimmy
Williams (cb), 34-yd. interception return vs. Maryland.
2005: Roland Minor (cb), 23-yd. interception return vs. DU; D.J. Parker, 78-yd. blocked field goal
return vs. GT; Xavier Adibi (ilb) 25-yd. interception return vs. GT; Chris Ellis (de), 29-yd. interception
return vs. GT; Vince Hall (ilb) 15-yd. fumble return vs. MU; Vince Hall (ilb) 13-yd. interception return vs.
BC; James Anderson (olb) 39-yd. interception return vs. UL.
2006: Brenden Hill (olb), 69-yd. interception return vs. UNC; Eddie Royal, 58-yd. punt return vs.
Duke; Victor “Macho” Harris (cb), 72-yd. interception return vs. UC; Noland Burchette (de), 15-yd. fumble
return vs. KSU; Xavier Adibi (ilb), 35-yd. fumble return vs. WFU.
2007: Victor “Macho” Harris (cb), 17-yd. interception return vs. ECU; Bradon Flowers (cb),
49-yd. interception return vs. W&M; Eddie Royal, 60-yd. punt return vs. W&M; D.J. Parker (fs), 32-yd.
interception return vs. CU; Eddie Royal, 82-yd. punt return vs. UC; Victor “Macho” Harris, 100-yd. kickoff
return vs. CU; Chris Ellis (de), 5-yd. interception return vs. FSU.
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BEAMERBALL II
• Tech’s tradition for blocking kicks is
another part of BeamerBall. It was carried to
new heights in 1998 with 10 blocks during the
regular season and two more in the Hokies’
Music City Bowl game against Alabama.
• Tech now has 114 blocks in Frank
Beamer’s 251 games as the head coach. The
Hokies have blocked 58 punts (15 for TDs), 35
field goals and 21 extra points.
• The most prolific kick blockers under
Beamer have been defensive lineman Bernard
Basham and safety Keion Carpenter, who each
posted six blocks during their Tech careers.
Basham blocked three field goals and three
PATs, while Carpenter blocked six punts.
• Tech blocked more kicks in the 1990s
than any other Division I-A team. The Hokies
blocked 63 kicks during the decade — 31
punts, 18 PATs and 14 FGs. Tech has 39
blocks in this decade.
• During its time in the BIG EAST
(‘91-03), Tech posted at least three blocked
kicks against every team in the league. During
that span, Tech blocked 10 kicks against
Pittsburgh, nine against Miami, seven versus
West Virginia, six versus Rutgers, four against
Boston College and Syracuse, and three versus
Temple.
• The teams Tech has victimized the
most during Beamer’s 20 seasons have been
Pittsburgh, West Virginia and Miami. During
that span, the Hokies have blocked 10 kicks
versus the Panthers and Mountaineers, and
nine against the Hurricanes.
• During the Beamer era, Tech has blocked
two kicks in a game 20 times, winning 15 of
those games. Tech blocked two kicks against
four different teams in 1998.
Virginia Tech’s Blocked Kicks Under Frank Beamer
Totals: 114 in 251 games (58 punts, 35 FGs, 21 PATs)
1987 (1 punt, 1 PAT, 1 FG)
Syracuse – punt* ( Jimmy Whitten) hL
East Carolina – PAT (na) hL
Cincinnati – FG (Roger Brown) hW
1988 (4 punts, 3 FGs)
Clemson – punt ( Jock Jones) aL
Southern Miss – punt* (Archie Hopkins) aL
West Virginia – punt* (Archie Hopkins) hL
Cincinnati – punt+ ( Jock Jones) aW
Louisville – FG ( Jimmy Whitten) aL
Florida State – FG (Roger Brown);
FG+ (Roger Brown) aL
1989 (1 punt, 1 FG)
Tulane – punt+ (Archie Hopkins) hW
NC State – FG ( Jock Jones) aW
1990 (2 punts, 3 PATs, 1 FG)
East Carolina – PAT ( John Rivers) aW
South Carolina – PAT ( John Rivers) hL
Florida State – punt+ (Scott Jones) aL
West Virginia – FG+ (Bernard Basham) hW
Temple – punt (Archie Hopkins) aL
NC State – PAT (Bernard Basham) hW
1991 (3 punts, 3 FGs)
James Madison – FG (Bernard Basham) hW
Oklahoma – FG (Bernard Basham) aL
Cincinnati – punt+ (P.J. Preston);
punt* (Kirk Alexander) hW
Louisville – FG ( John Rivers) hW
East Carolina – punt (Marcus McClung) hL
1992 (5 PATs, 1 FGs)
James Madison – PAT ( John Rivers);
FG+ (Kirk Alexander) hW
East Carolina – PAT (Bernard Basham) aL
West Virginia – PAT (David Wimmer) hL
Miami – PAT (Bernard Basham) hL
Virginia – PAT (David Wimmer) hL
1993 (4 punts, 2 FGs)
Miami – punt@ (Willie Wilkins) aL
Maryland – FG (George DelRicco) hW
Rutgers – punt* (Marcus McClung) hW
Syracuse – punt+ (William Ferrell) hW
Virginia – punt# (Brandon Semones) aW
Indiana – FG* ( Jeff Holland) nW
Independence Bowl
1994 (2 punts, 2 FGs)
Arkansas St. – FG (Cornell Brown) hW
Temple – punt* (William Ferrell) hW
Miami – punt# (Michael Williams) aL
Rutgers – FG (Michael Williams) hW
1995 (4 punts, 3 PATs, 1 FG)
BC – PAT (Waverly Jackson) hL
Cincinnati – FG ( Jim Baron);
PAT (Lawrence Lewis) hL
Miami – punt# (Angelo Harrison) hW
Pittsburgh – punt+ (Angelo Harrison);
punt# (Angelo Harrison) aW
Akron – punt* (Okesa Smith);
PAT (Lawrence Lewis) hW
1996 (5 punts, 1 PAT)
Akron – PAT ( John Engelberger) aW
BC – punt+ (Keion Carpenter) aW
Syracuse – punt* (Cornelius White) aL
Temple – punt (Keion Carpenter) hW
SW Louisiana – punt (Michael Stuewe);
punt+ (Keion Carpenter) hW
1997 (2 punts, 3 PATs, 2 FGs)
Arkansas St. – FG+ (Carl Bradley) hW
WVU – punt# (Phillip Summers) aL
Miami – PAT (Carl Bradley) hW
Pittsburgh – PAT (Corey Moore);
PAT ( John Engelberger) aL
Virginia – punt (Keion Carpenter);
FG ( John Engelberger) aL
1998 (8 punts, 2 PATs, 2 FGs)
East Carolina – FG+ (Corey Moore) hW
Miami – PAT ( John Engelberger) aW
Pittsburgh – FG (Corey Moore);
punt# (Larry Austin) hW
Boston College – punt (Keion Carpenter);
punt+ (André Davis) aW
UAB – punt* (Larry Austin) aW
WVU – punt* (Marcus Gildersleeve);
PAT ( John Engelberger) hW
Syracuse – punt* (Anthony Midget) aL
Alabama – punt (Keion Carpenter);
punt+ (Corey Moore) nW
Music City Bowl
1999 (1 punt, 1 PAT)
Rutgers – PAT^ (Carl Bradley) aW
Pittsburgh­– punt+ (André Davis) aW
2000 (4 punts, 2 FGs, 2 PATs)
Akron – FG+ (Cory Bird) hW
East Carolina – punt* (Wayne Ward);
FG (Larry Austin) aW
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Rutgers – punt+ (Eric Green) hW
Temple – punt+ (Wayne Ward) hW
West Virginia – punt (Lee Suggs)
PAT (Lamar Cobb) hW
Pittsburgh – PAT (David Pugh) hW
2001 (5 punts, 2 FGs)
W. Michigan – punt+ (Wayne Ward) hW
Rutgers – punt@ (Eric Green) aW
UCF – punt@ (Brandon Manning) hW
Pittsburgh – FG* (Lamar Cobb) aL
Virginia – punt (Wayne Ward) aW
Miami – FG# (David Pugh);
punt* (Eric Green) hL
2002 (5 punts, 2 FGs)
LSU – punt+ ( Justin Hamilton);
punt@ ( Jason Lallis) hW
Marshall – FG+ (Team) hW
Western Michigan – FG ( Jeff King) aW
Pittsburgh – punt+ (Nathaniel Adibi) hL
West Virginia – punt# (Ernest Wilford) hL
Virginia – punt* ( Justin Hamilton) hW
2003 (1 punt, 3 FGs)
UConn – punt* (Nathaniel Adibi) hW
Rutgers – FG ( Jeff King) aW
Syracuse – FG (Vincent Fuller) hW
Miami – FG (Eric Green) hW
2004 (1 punt, 3 FG)
W. Michigan – FG+ ( Jim Davis);
punt+ (Darryl Tapp) hW
West Virginia – FG* ( Jim Davis) hW
Virginia – FG ( Jim Davis) hW
2005 (2 FG, 1 punt)
Georgia Tech – FG* ( Jeff King) hW
North Carolina – FG+ (Darryl Tapp);
punt+ (Macho Harris) hW
2006 (3 punts, 2 FG)
Northeastern – punt+ (Cary Wade);
FG (Kory Robertson) hW
North Carolina – punt+ ( Josh Morgan) aW
Cincinnati – punt@ ( Josh Morgan) hW
Miami – FG (Duane Brown) aW
2007 (1 punt)
Duke – punt+ (Stephan Virgil)
* - recovered or returned for touchdown; + - led to TD;
@ - led to safety; # - led to FG;
^ - led to a two-point defensive extra point
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Virginia Tech Football
Virginia Tech Game Results (as of November 18, 2007)
RECORD:
OVERALL
ALL GAMES
9-2-0
CONFERENCE
6-1-0
NON-CONFERENCE
3-1-0
HOME
6-1-0
3-1-0
3-0-0
Date
Opponent
Sep 01, 2006 EAST CAROLINA
Sep 08, 2006 at #2 LSU
Sep. 15, 2007 OHIO
Sep. 22, 2007 WILLIAM & MARY
* Sep. 29, 2007 NORTH CAROLINA
* Oct. 06, 2007 at #22 Clemson
* Oct. 13, 2007 at Duke
* Oct. 25, 2007 #2 BOSTON COLLEGE
* Nov. 01, 2007 at Georgia Tech
* Nov. 10, 2007 FLORIDA STATE
* Nov. 17, 2007 MIAMI
* Nov. 24, 2007 at #16 Virginia
Dec. 1, 2007
at ACC Championship
* - Atlantic Coast Conference Game
RUSHING
GP
Branden Ore
11
Tyrod Taylor
8
Kenny Lewis
11
Jahre Cheeseman 11
Eddie Royal
10
Dustin Pickle
11
Cory Holt
2
Carlton Weatherford11
Josh Hyman
11
Josh Morgan
11
Kenny Jefferson
7
Sean Glennon
10
TEAM
9
Total..........
0
Opponents......
0
PASSING
Sean Glennon
Tyrod Taylor
Cory Holt
Eddie Royal
TEAM
Total..........
Opponents......
G
10
8
2
10
9
0
0
Att Gain Loss Net
194 734
60 674
79 483 105 378
52 202
26 176
20 135
3 132
7 115
4 111
11
64
17 47
5
19
9 10
5
4
0
4
2
6
2
4
2
5
4
1
1
0
1
-1
49 102 112 -10
9
0
19 -19
436 1869 362 1507
345 1303 366 937
Effic Att-Cmp-Int
136.07 99-161-2
124.22 64-119-2
68.17
4-7-1
0.00
0-1-0
0.00
0-1-0
128.60 167-289-5
97.09 206-400-18
RECEIVING
Justin Harper
Josh Morgan
Eddie Royal
Josh Hyman
Sam Wheeler
Branden Ore
Greg Boone
Andre Smith
Carlton Weatherford
Kenny Lewis
Ike Whitaker
Chris Drager
Zach Luckett
Kenny Jefferson
Devin Perez
Total..........
Opponents......
PUNTING
Brent Bowden
Jud Dunlevy
Total..........
Opponents......
No. Yds
72 3032
1
21
73 3053
87 3636
G No. Yds
11 33 538
11 31 392
10 22 275
11 18 246
9 15 211
11 15 122
11
8 106
10
6
87
11
6
26
11
4
20
7
3
17
4
2
23
11
2
18
7
1
2
11
1
1
0 167 2084
0 206 2246
Avg
42.1
21.0
41.8
41.8
Long
59
21
59
75
AWAY
3-1-0
3-0-0
0-1-0
NEUTRAL
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
Score
W 17-7
L 7-48
W 28-7
W 44-3
W 17-10
W 41-23
W 43-14
L 10-14
W 27-3
W 40-21
W 44-14
Noon
1 PM
Avg TD
3.5
8
4.8
4
3.4
4
6.6
1
15.9
0
4.3
0
2.0
0
0.8
1
2.0
0
0.5
0
-1.0
0
-0.2
1
-2.1
0
3.5 19
2.7
9
Attend
66233
92739
66233
66233
66233
82000
23691
66233
52202
66233
66233
Long
34
52
44
70
53
28
8
3
6
5
0
12
0
70
67
Pct YdsTD Lng
61.5 1202 7 71
53.8 849 5 59
57.1
33 0 22
0.0
0 0
0
0.0
0 0
0
57.8 2084 12 71
51.5 2246 9 56
Avg/G
61.3
47.2
16.0
12.0
11.1
4.3
5.0
0.4
0.4
0.1
-0.1
-1.0
-2.1
0.0
0.0
Avg/G
120.2
106.1
16.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Avg TD Long Avg/G
16.3 4
48 48.9
12.6 4
71 35.6
12.5 2
41 27.5
13.7 0
41 22.4
14.1 1
38 23.4
8.1 1
34 11.1
13.2 0
32
9.6
14.5 0
22
8.7
4.3 0
10
2.4
5.0 0
12
1.8
5.7 0
9
2.4
11.5 0
14
5.8
9.0 0
9
1.6
2.0 0
2
0.3
1.0 0
1
0.1
12.5 12
71
0.0
10.9 9
56
0.0
TB
9
0
9
6
FC
18
0
18
19
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26
1
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24
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TEAM STATISTICS
VT
SCORING
318
Points Per Game
28.9
FIRST DOWNS
176
Rushing
73
Passing
94
Penalty
9
RUSHINGYARDAGE
1507
Yards gained rushing
1869
Yards lost rushing
362
Rushing Attempts
436
Average Per Rush
3.5
Average Per Game
137.0
TDs Rushing
19
PASSINGYARDAGE
2084
Att-Comp-Int
289-167-5
Average Per Pass
7.2
Average Per Catch
12.5
Average Per Game
189.5
TDs Passing
12
TOTAL OFFENSE
3591
Total Plays
725
Average Per Play
5.0
Average Per Game
326.5
KICK RETURNS: #-Yards
34-630
PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards
36-508
INT RETURNS: #-Yards
18-292
KICK RETURN AVERAGE
18.5
PUNT RETURN AVERAGE
14.1
INT RETURN AVERAGE
16.2
FUMBLES-LOST
21-8
PENALTIES-Yards
76-662
Average Per Game
60.2
PUNTS-Yards
73-3053
Average Per Punt
41.8
Net punt average
37.2
TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 29:54
3RD-DOWN Conversions
57/167
3rd-Down Pct
34%
4TH-DOWN Conversions
4/8
4th-Down Pct
50%
SACKS BY-Yards
36-244
MISCYARDS
0
TOUCHDOWNS SCORED
38
FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS
17-20
ON-SIDE KICKS
2-2
RED-ZONE SCORES
64-70 91%
RED-ZONETDs
44-70 63%
PAT-ATTEMPTS
35-37 95%
ATTENDANCE
927262
Games/Avg Per Game
14/66233
Neutral Site Games
OPP
164
14.9
168
47
103
18
937
1303
366
345
2.7
85.2
9
2246
400-206-18
5.6
10.9
204.2
9
3183
745
4.3
289.4
51-964
22-158
5-90
18.9
7.2
18.0
20-8
74-533
48.5
87-3636
41.8
34.6
30:06
47/173
27%
7/17
41%
39-200
0
19
10-11
2-6
42-56 75%
28-56 50%
16-16 100%
501264
8/62658
0/0
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Virginia Tech
90 101 59 68 318
Opponents
30 45 32 57 164
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Virginia Tech Overall Individual Statistics (as of November 18, 2007)
PUNT RETURNS No. Yds
Eddie Royal
28 443
Victor Harris
5 37
Stephan Virgil
1 18
TEAM
1 -2
Josh Morgan
1 12
Total..........
36 508
Opponents......
22 158
Avg TD Long
15.8
2
82
7.4
0
13
18.0
0
0
-2.0
0
0
12.0
0
12
14.1
2
82
7.2
0
38
INTERCEPTIONS
Victor Harris
Brandon Flowers
Purnell Sturdivant
DJ Parker
Chris Ellis
Brett Warren
Xavier Adibi
Cam Martin
Kam Chancellor
Total..........
Opponents......
No. Yds
5 61
4 93
2 14
2 32
1
5
1 24
1 31
1
9
1 23
18 292
5 90
Avg TD Long
12.2
1
44
23.2
1
49
7.0
0
14
16.0
1
32
5.0
1
5
24.0
0
24
31.0
0
31
9.0
0
9
23.0
0
23
16.2
4
49
18.0
1
40
KICK RETURNS
Josh Morgan
Eddie Royal
Victor Harris
Devin Perez
Billy Gorham
Brandon Dillard
Branden Ore
Total..........
Opponents......
Avg TD Long
17.1
0
34
21.3
0
41
34.7
1 100
6.2
0
9
4.0
0
6
23.0
0
23
8.0
0
8
18.5
1 100
18.9
0
34
FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds
Cam Martin
1 16
Total..........
1 16
Opponents......
1
3
Avg TD Long
16.0
0
16
16.0
0
16
3.0
0
3
No.
12
7
6
4
3
1
1
34
51
SCORING
TD
Jud Dunlevy
0
Branden Ore
9
Kenny Lewis
4
Justin Harper
4
Tyrod Taylor
4
Eddie Royal
4
Josh Morgan
4
Victor Harris
2
DJ Parker
1
Chris Ellis
1
Sam Wheeler
1
Jahre Cheeseman
1
Sean Glennon
1
Brandon Flowers
1
Carlton Weatherford 1
TEAM
0
Zach Luckett
0
Total..........
38
Opponents......
19
TOTAL OFFENSE
Tyrod Taylor
Sean Glennon
Branden Ore
Kenny Lewis
Jahre Cheeseman
Eddie Royal
Dustin Pickle
Cory Holt
Carlton Weatherford
Josh Hyman
Josh Morgan
Kenny Jefferson
TEAM
Total..........
Opponents......
G
8
10
11
11
11
10
11
2
11
11
11
7
9
0
0
Yds
205
149
208
25
12
23
8
630
964
FGs 17-20
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
17-20
10-11
Plays
198
210
194
52
20
8
11
12
5
2
2
1
10
725
745
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Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP
35-37 0-0
0
0-0
0
0-0
0-0
0
0-0
0
0-0
0-0
0
0-0
0
0-0
0-0
0
0-0
0
0-0
0-0
0
1-1
0
0-0
0-0
0
0-0
0
0-0
0-0
0
0-0
0
0-0
0-0
0
0-0
0
0-0
0-0
0
0-0
0
0-0
0-0
0
0-0
0
0-0
0-0
0
0-0
0
0-0
0-0
0
0-0
0
0-0
0-0
0
0-0
0
0-0
0-0
0
0-0
0
0-0
0-0
0
0-0
0
0-0
0-0
0
0-0
0
0-0
0-0
1
0-0
0
35-37 0-0
1
1-1
0
16-16 0-0
1
1-3
0
Rush
378
-10
674
176
132
111
47
10
4
4
1
-1
-19
1507
937
Pass
849
1202
0
0
0
0
0
33
0
0
0
0
0
2084
2246
Saf Points
0
86
0
54
0
24
0
24
0
24
0
24
0
24
0
12
0
6
0
6
0
6
0
6
0
6
0
6
0
6
1
2
0
2
1
318
1
164
Total Avg/G
1227
153.4
1192
119.2
674
61.3
176
16.0
132
12.0
111
11.1
47
4.3
43
21.5
4
0.4
4
0.4
1
0.1
-1
-0.1
-19
-2.1
3591
0.0
3183
0.0
FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99
Jud Dunlevy
17-20 85.0 0-0
7-7
3-3
6-8
1-2
FG SEQUENCE Virginia Tech OPPONENTS
East Carolina
(25)
LSU
-
(30),(28)
Ohio
-
William & Mary
(25),(27),(38)
(22),33
North Carolina
(52)
(32)
Clemson
(32),(47)
(33),(30)
Duke
(42),(44),42,(29)
Boston College
(44)
Georgia Tech
(28),[41],(28)
(24)
Florida State
52,(22)
(41),(39),(50)
Miami
(40),(44),(37)
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0
Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.
Numbers in [brackets] indicate field goal was blocked.
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ALL PURPOSE
Eddie Royal
Branden Ore
Josh Morgan
Justin Harper
Tyrod Taylor
Victor Harris
Josh Hyman
Sam Wheeler
Kenny Lewis
Jahre Cheeseman
Greg Boone
Brandon Flowers
Andre Smith
Dustin Pickle
DJ Parker
Xavier Adibi
Carlton Weatherford
Devin Perez
Brett Warren
Chris Drager
Kam Chancellor
Brandon Dillard
Zach Luckett
Stephan Virgil
Ike Whitaker
Purnell Sturdivant
Billy Gorham
Cory Holt
Cam Martin
Chris Ellis
Kenny Jefferson
Sean Glennon
TEAM
Total..........
Opponents......
G
10
11
11
11
8
11
11
9
11
11
11
11
10
11
11
11
11
11
11
4
11
11
11
11
7
11
8
2
11
11
7
10
9
0
0
Rush
111
674
1
0
378
0
4
0
176
132
0
0
0
47
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
0
0
-1
-10
-19
1507
937
Points Off Turnovers
VT
Total
ECU
Opp. TOs
26
1
Points
72
7
Opponents
VT TOs
13
3
Points
41
7
Rec
275
122
392
538
0
0
246
211
20
0
106
0
87
0
0
0
26
1
0
23
0
0
18
0
17
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
2084
2246
PR
443
0
12
0
0
37
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
18
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-2
508
158
NC
2
7
CU
3
14
DU
3
7
BC
2
0
GT
6
17
FSU
3
10
UM
3
10
1
3
2
7
0
0
1
3
0
0
2
7
2
7
1
0
1
7
0
0
FGA
11
9
0
0
VT Offense
Opp. Offense
31
19
17
10
20
11
Yds
2491 1722
48
4261 2105
Avg/G
97.8
73.1
55.5
48.9
47.2
27.8
22.7
23.4
17.8
12.0
9.6
8.5
8.7
4.3
2.9
2.8
2.7
2.4
2.2
5.8
2.1
2.1
1.6
1.6
2.4
1.3
1.5
5.0
0.8
0.5
0.1
-1.0
-2.3
0.0
0.0
W&M
3
10
FG
9
8
0
0
No.
38 27
1
66 38
Tot
978
804
610
538
378
306
250
211
196
132
106
93
87
47
32
31
30
26
24
23
23
23
18
18
17
14
12
10
9
5
1
-10
-21
5021
4395
OU
0
0
TD
15
16
0
0
KICKOFFS
Jared Develli
Jud Dunlevy
Brent Bowden
Total
Opponents
IR
0
0
0
0
0
61
0
0
0
0
0
93
0
0
32
31
0
0
24
0
23
0
0
0
0
14
0
0
9
5
0
0
0
292
90
LSU
0
0
On The Move
Drives
Quarterback
Started
Glennon
76
Taylor
73
Holt
8
Throckmorton
1
158
160
KOR
149
8
205
0
0
208
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
25
0
0
0
23
0
0
0
0
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
630
964
Avg
65.6 63.8
48.0
64.6
55.4
TB OB
12 0
3
0
0
0
15
0
2
2
Drives Ended By
Punt Downs
36
1
33
2
4
0
0
0
73
87
UVa
TO
7
5
2
0
Clock
7
7
2
1
Safety
0
1
0
0
Points
Scored
125
136
0
0
Pts.
Drive
1.65
1.86
0.00
0.00
Drive
Efficiency
31.6%
32.9%
0.0%
0.0%
14
26
17
5
1
1
261
155
1.65
0.97
30.4%
18.1%
3
9
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Net
514 52.0 435
47.7
15
33.0
964
50.0
630
38.8
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Ret.
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TB
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Deep Men
4
26
0
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3
8
0
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Avg. Drive Start
6.0-yd. line (399) 24.0-yd. line (1587)
Avg. Depth
14.4-yd. line (375)
31.1-yd. line (249)
18.4-yd. line (624)
Avg. Drive Start
34.9-yd. line (908)
36.4-yd. line (291)
35.3-yd. line (1,199)
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Virginia Tech Overall Defensive Statistics (as of November 18, 2007)
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DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yards
11 Xavier Adibi
11-11 40 54 94
10.0-20
3.0-4
9 Vince Hall
7-7 22 52 74
5.0-22
2.0-17
18 Brandon Flowers
11-11 41 24 65
7.0-22
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11-11 30 30 60
1.0-6
0.5-6
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11-10 31 28 59
7.0-49
4.5-37
25 DJ Parker
11-11 26 25 51
1.5-1
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11-11 21 23 44
6.5-36
2.5-21
33 Brett Warren
11-4 22 20 42
5.5-36
3.5-29
49 Chris Ellis
11-11 17 24 41
8.0-49
7.5-47
59 Barry Booker
11-11 13 19 32
5.0-13
1.5-7
99 Carlton Powell
11-10 8 23 31
6.0-23
2.5-17
1 Victor Harris
11-11 15 10 25
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11-0 10 10 20
3.5-16
2.0-12
22 Stephan Virgil
11-0 7 11 18
1.0-6
1.0-6
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11-0 8
9 17
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11-1 10 7 17
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10-0 7
7 14
4.5-26
2.5-16
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6 12
2.5-16
2.0-16
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97 Brent Bowden
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0-0 386 441 827
80-360
36-244
Opponents......
0-0 438 390 828 94.0-355 39-200
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2007 Virginia Tech Scoring Drives
Qtr. Opp. Scoring Play
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ECU
ECU
ECU
LSU
OU
OU
OU
OU
W&M
W&M
W&M
W&M
W&M
W&M
W&M
W&M
NC
NC
NC
CU
CU
CU
CU
CU
CU
CU
DU
DU
DU
DU
DU
DU
DU
DU
BC
BC
GT
GT
GT
GT
GT
FSU
FSU
FSU
FSU
FSU
FSU
FSU
UM
UM
UM
UM
UM
UM
UM
UM
FG Dunlevy 25
Harris 17 Interception Return
Wheeler 21 Pass from Glennon
Taylor 1 Run
Lewis 13 Run
Taylor 6 Run
Ore 1 Run
Lewis 44 Run
FG Dunlevy 25
FG Dunlevy 27
Ore 2 Run
Flowers 49 Interception Return
Lewis 8 Run
Royal 60 Punt Return
Ore 34 Pass from Taylor
FG Dunlevy 38
Taylor 5 Run
FG Dunlevy 52
Ore 1 Run
Parker 32 Interception Return
FG Dunlevy 32
Royal 82 Punt Return
Harris 100 Kickoff Return
Harper 21 Pass from Taylor
FG Dunlevy 47
Ore 2 Run
FG Dunlevy 42
FG Dunlevy 44
Morgan 19 Pass from Taylor
Lewis 5 Run
Royal 25 Pass from Glennon
Ore 2 Run
FG Dunlevy 29
Morgan 40 Pass from Glennon
Royal 8 Pass from Glennon
FG Dunlevy 44
FG Dunlevy 28
Glennon 2 Run
Harper 40 Pass from Glennon
Morgan 71 Pass from Glennon
FG Dunlevy 28
Harper 31 Pass from Taylor
Morgan 5 Pass from Taylor
Ore 2 Run
Taylor 3 Run
FG Dunlevy 22
Ellis 5 Interception Return
Safety
Ore 4 Run
Harper 15 Pass from Glennon
FG Dunlevy 40
FG Dunlevy 44
Ore 7 Run
FG Dunlevy 37
Weatherford 1 Run
Cheeseman 2 Run
Totals
Average Scoring Drive
Field Position
Drives Started
Cumulative Starting Yardlines
Average Starting Field Position
Times Started Inside 20
Drives Started in Plus Territory
Plays-Yds.-TOP
14-82-6:04
0-0-0:00
7-48-3:02
8-65-4:45
10-68-3:25
9-54-3:45
7-42-3:37
3-39-1:01
6-47-1:59
6-29-2:05
3-5-0:58
0-0-0:00
9-58-2:35
0-0-0:00
1-34-0:10
4-6-1:33
7-70-3:43
4-7-1:36
3-12-0:55
0-0-0:00
6-28-2:51
0-0-0:00
0-0-0:00
5-49-0:52
7-58-3:17
8-49-3:39
7-40-3:02
5-17-1:19
3-23-1:09
7-76-2:26
4-48-1:18
1-2-0:10
8-53-3:35
8-80-3:12
16-91-7:13
5-55-3:14
7-42-2:05
16-64-7:40
1-40-0:06
6-77-2:20
6-45-3:14
3-66-1:27
8-45-3:21
7-88-3:01
6-53-2:18
7-23-3:51
0-0-0:00
0-0-0:00
8-61-2:46
9-57-3:23
9-34-3:14
12-60-4:32
6-68-2:40
4-1-1:31
5-65-1:55
3-9-1:21
282-2303-2:09:44
5.1 plays-41.9 yds.
VT
158
4,782
Own 30.3
26
26
Opp.
160
3,823
Own 23.9
33
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DRIVE CHARTS
VT
Drives Started
158
Average Starting Field Position
Own 30.3
Average Plays per Drive by offense
4.71
Three-and-outs by defense
80
Pct. of three-and-outs by defense
50.0%
Opp.
160
Own 23.9
4.70
57
36.1%
Virginia Tech Scoring
56 Total Scores (20 Run, 16 FG, 12 pass, 4 Def., 3 ST, 1 Safety)
• 17 First Quarter Score (6 FG, 4 Run, 3 Def., 3 Pass, 1 ST)
• 15 Second Quarter Score (6 Pass, 5 Run, 2 ST, 1 Def., 1 FG)
• 11 Third Quarter Score (5 FG, 4 Run, 2 Pass)
• 13 Fourth Quarter Score (7 Run, 3 FG, 1 Pass, 1 Def., 1 Safety)
• 0 Overtime Drives
Most plays in a scoring drive: 16 - vs. BC (16-91-7:13)
16 - vs. GT (16-64-7:40)
Longest scoring drive:
91 yards - vs. BC (16-91-7:13)
Longest TOP scoring drive:
7:40 - vs. GT (16-64-7:40)
Average TOP on offensive scoring drives:
2:45
OPPONENTS
Most plays in a scoring drive: Longest scoring drive:
Longest TOP scoring drive: www.hokiesports.com
14 - CU (14-87-4:58)
94 - LSU (9-94-4:25)
94 - W&M (9-94-3:07)
5:29 - NC (12-76-5:29)
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Virginia Tech Football
Virginia Tech Game Superlatives (as of November 18, 2007)
Rushes
23
Yards Rushing
118
TD Rushes
2
Long Rush
70
Pass attempts
33
Pass completions
22
Yards Passing
296
TD Passes
2
Long Pass
71
Receptions
7
Yards Receiving
167
TD Receptions
2
Long Reception
71
Field Goals
3
Long Field Goal
52
Punts
8
Punting Avg
47.1
Long Punt
59
Long Punt Return
82
Long Kickoff Return
100
Tackles
15
Sacks
3.0
Tackles For Loss
3.0
Interceptions
2
INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS
Branden Ore vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)
Branden Ore at Clemson (Oct 06, 2007)
Tyrod Taylor at Clemson (Oct 06, 2007)
Kenny Lewis vs Ohio (Sep 15, 2007)
Branden Ore vs Miami (Nov 17, 2007)
Jahre Cheeseman at Georgia Tech (Nov 01, 2007)
Sean Glennon vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)
Sean Glennon vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)
Sean Glennon at Georgia Tech (Nov 01, 2007)
Sean Glennon at Georgia Tech (Nov 01, 2007)
Sean Glennon at Duke (Oct 13, 2007)
Sean Glennon at Georgia Tech (Nov 01, 2007)
Tyrod Taylor vs Florida State (Nov 10, 2007)
Sean Glennon at Georgia Tech (Nov 01, 2007)
Sam Wheeler vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)
Justin Harper vs Florida State (Nov 10, 2007)
Josh Morgan at Duke (Oct 13, 2007)
Josh Morgan at Georgia Tech (Nov 01, 2007)
Jud Dunlevy vs William & Mary (Sep 22, 2007)
Jud Dunlevy at Duke (Oct 13, 2007)
Jud Dunlevy vs Miami (Nov 17, 2007)
Jud Dunlevy vs North Carolina (Sep 29, 2007)
Brent Bowden at LSU (Sep 08, 2007)
Brent Bowden vs William & Mary (Sep 22, 2007)
Brent Bowden at Clemson (Oct 06, 2007)
Brent Bowden vs Boston College (Oct 25, 2007)
Brent Bowden at Georgia Tech (Nov 01, 2007)
Brent Bowden vs North Carolina (Sep 29, 2007)
Eddie Royal at Clemson (Oct 06, 2007)
Victor Harris at Clemson (Oct 06, 2007)
Xavier Adibi vs North Carolina (Sep 29, 2007)
Cam Martin vs North Carolina (Sep 29, 2007)
Vince Hall vs Ohio (Sep 15, 2007)
Xavier Adibi vs Ohio (Sep 15, 2007)
Cam Martin vs North Carolina (Sep 29, 2007)
Brett Warren at Duke (Oct 13, 2007)
Purnell Sturdivant vs William & Mary (Sep 22, 2007)
Victor Harris at Georgia Tech (Nov 01, 2007)
Rushes
54
Yards Rushing
188
Yards Per Rush
4.6
TD Rushes
4
Pass attempts
33
Pass completions
22
Yards Passing
346
Yards Per Pass
11.5
TD Passes
3
Total Plays
79
Total Offense
481
Yards Per Play
6.5
Points
44
Sacks By
6
First Downs
24
Penalties
11
Penalty Yards
95
Turnovers
3
Interceptions By
5
TEAM GAME HIGHS
vs Florida State (Nov 10, 2007)
vs Florida State (Nov 10, 2007)
vs North Carolina (Sep 29, 2007)
vs Ohio (Sep 15, 2007)
vs Miami (Nov 17, 2007)
vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)
vs Ohio (Sep 15, 2007)
at Georgia Tech (Nov 01, 2007)
vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)
at Georgia Tech (Nov 01, 2007)
at Duke (Oct 13, 2007)
at Duke (Oct 13, 2007)
at Duke (Oct 13, 2007)
at Georgia Tech (Nov 01, 2007)
at Georgia Tech (Nov 01, 2007)
at Duke (Oct 13, 2007)
vs William & Mary (Sep 22, 2007)
vs Miami (Nov 17, 2007)
vs North Carolina (Sep 29, 2007)
vs Ohio (Sep 15, 2007)
vs William & Mary (Sep 22, 2007)
vs William & Mary (Sep 22, 2007)
at Duke (Oct 13, 2007)
vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)
at Georgia Tech (Nov 01, 2007)
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Virginia Tech Football
Virginia Tech Game Superlatives (as of November 18, 2007)
Rushes
22
Yards Rushing
126
TD Rushes
2
Long Rush
67
Pass attempts
66
Pass completions
38
Yards Passing
372
TD Passes
2
Long Pass
56
Receptions
11
Yards Receiving
174
TD Receptions
1
Long Reception
56
Field Goals
3
Long Field Goal
50
Punts
13
Punting Avg
51.7
Long Punt
75
Long Punt Return
38
Long Kickoff Return
34
Tackles
14
Sacks
2.0
Tackles For Loss
3.5
Interceptions
1
OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS
MCRAE, Kalvin, vs Ohio (Sep 15, 2007)
K. Williams, at LSU (Sep 08, 2007)
K. Williams, at LSU (Sep 08, 2007)
K. Williams, at LSU (Sep 08, 2007)
Harper, C, at Clemson (Oct 06, 2007)
Harper, C, at Clemson (Oct 06, 2007)
Harper, C, at Clemson (Oct 06, 2007)
Ryan Perrilloux, at LSU (Sep 08, 2007)
Harper, C, at Clemson (Oct 06, 2007)
Ryan, M, vs Boston College (Oct 25, 2007)
Matt Flynn, at LSU (Sep 08, 2007)
Grisham, T, at Clemson (Oct 06, 2007)
Kelly, A, at Clemson (Oct 06, 2007)
Kelly, A, at Clemson (Oct 06, 2007)
Early Doucet, at LSU (Sep 08, 2007)
T. Toliver, at LSU (Sep 08, 2007)
Grisham, T, at Clemson (Oct 06, 2007)
Kelly, A, at Clemson (Oct 06, 2007)
King, B., at Duke (Oct 13, 2007)
Gunnell, R, vs Boston College (Oct 25, 2007)
Callender, A, vs Boston College (Oct 25, 2007)
Fagg, D, vs Florida State (Nov 10, 2007)
Hankerson, L., vs Miami (Nov 17, 2007)
Brandon LaFell, at LSU (Sep 08, 2007)
Cismesia, G, vs Florida State (Nov 10, 2007)
Cismesia, G, vs Florida State (Nov 10, 2007)
SCHULTE, Matt, vs Ohio (Sep 15, 2007)
Bosher, M., vs Miami (Nov 17, 2007)
Bosher, M., vs Miami (Nov 17, 2007)
Spiller, C, at Clemson (Oct 06, 2007)
Jenkins, D., vs Miami (Nov 17, 2007)
COTTON, Quentin, vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)
Larkin, N, vs Boston College (Oct 25, 2007)
M. Johnson, at Georgia Tech (Nov 01, 2007)
Watson, D, vs Florida State (Nov 10, 2007)
BELL, Pierre, vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)
Craig Steltz, at LSU (Sep 08, 2007)
Williams, D, vs North Carolina (Sep 29, 2007)
Tauiliili, M., at Duke (Oct 13, 2007)
Watson, D, vs Florida State (Nov 10, 2007)
Rushes
45
Yards Rushing
297
Yards Per Rush
7.2
TD Rushes
4
Pass attempts
67
Pass completions
38
Yards Passing
372
Yards Per Pass
9.4
TD Passes
2
Total Plays
90
Total Offense
598
Yards Per Play
8.2
Points
48
Sacks By
6
First Downs
28
Penalties
12
Penalty Yards
83
Turnovers
6
Interceptions By
1
OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS
vs North Carolina (Sep 29, 2007)
at LSU (Sep 08, 2007)
at LSU (Sep 08, 2007)
at LSU (Sep 08, 2007)
at Clemson (Oct 06, 2007)
at Clemson (Oct 06, 2007)
at Clemson (Oct 06, 2007)
at LSU (Sep 08, 2007)
at LSU (Sep 08, 2007)
at Clemson (Oct 06, 2007)
vs Boston College (Oct 25, 2007)
at Clemson (Oct 06, 2007)
at LSU (Sep 08, 2007)
at LSU (Sep 08, 2007)
at LSU (Sep 08, 2007)
at Georgia Tech (Nov 01, 2007)
at LSU (Sep 08, 2007)
vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)
vs Boston College (Oct 25, 2007)
at Georgia Tech (Nov 01, 2007)
vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)
at LSU (Sep 08, 2007)
vs North Carolina (Sep 29, 2007)
at Duke (Oct 13, 2007)
vs Florida State (Nov 10, 2007)
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Virginia Tech - Long Plays
20-YARD PLUS PLAYS
Yards
*100
*82
*71
70
*60
59
53
52
*49
48
45
45
44
*44
42
41
41
41
*40
*40
39
38
38
37
37
34
*34
34
34
34
33
33
33
32
*32
31
*31
31
30
29
29
28
28
28
26
26
25
*25
25
24
24
24
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
22
22
22
22
22
21
21
21
21
*21
21
*21
20
20
20
20
Type
KR
PR
Pass
Rush
PR
Pass
Rush
Rush
INT
Pass
Pass
Rush
INT
Rush
KR
Pass
Pass
KR
Pass
Pass
PR
Pass
Rush
Pass
KR
Rush
Pass
KR
Pass
KR
Pass
INT
PR
Pass
INT
KR
Pass
INT
PR
Pass
PR
Pass
Rush
Pass
KR
KR
Pass
Pass
Rush
Rush
Pass
INT
KR
Pass
Rush
KR
INT
Pass
Rush
Rush
Pass
Pass
KR
Pass
Pass
Rush
PR
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
Rush
Pass
PR
Player(s)
Victor Harris
Eddie Royal
Josh Morgan from Sean Glennon
Jahre Cheeseman
Eddie Royal
Josh Morgan from Tyrod Taylor
Eddie Royal
Tyrod Taylor
Brandon Flowers
Justin Harper from Tyrod Taylor
Justin Harper from Tyrod Taylor
Tyrod Taylor
Victor Harris
Kenny Lewis
Victor Harris
Eddie Royal from Sean Glennon
Josh Hyman from Sean Glennon
Eddie Royal
Josh Morgan from Sean Glennon
Justin Harper from Sean Glennon
Eddie Royal
Sam Wheeler from Sean Glennon
Tyrod Taylor
Josh Hyman from Sean Glennon
Eddie Royal
Branden Ore
Branden Ore from Tyrod Taylor
Josh Morgan
Eddie Royal from Sean Glennon
Josh Morgan
Sam Wheeler from Tyrod Taylor
Brandon Flowers
Eddie Royal
Greg Boone from Tyrod Taylor
DJ Parker
Josh Morgan
Justin Harper from Tyrod Taylor
Xavier Adibi
Eddie Royal
Sam Wheeler from Sean Glennon
Eddie Royal
Justin Harper from Tyrod Taylor
Dustin Pickle
Branden Ore from Tyrod Taylor
Josh Morgan
Eddie Royal
Josh Morgan from Tyrod Taylor
Eddie Royal from Sean Glennon
Eddie Royal
Branden Ore
Justin Harper from Tyrod Taylor
Brett Warren
Brandon Dillard
Justin Harper from Sean Glennon
Branden Ore
Josh Morgan
Kam Chancellor
Justin Harper from Sean Glennon
Tyrod Taylor
Branden Ore
Josh Hyman from Tyrod Taylor
Andre Smith from Cory Holt
Victor Harris
Eddie Royal from Tyrod Taylor
Justin Harper from Sean Glennon
Tyrod Taylor
Eddie Royal
Eddie Royal from Sean Glennon
Sam Wheeler from Sean Glennon
Justin Harper from Sean Glennon
Justin Harper from Tyrod Taylor
Josh Hyman from Sean Glennon
Branden Ore
Branden Ore from Sean Glennon
Eddie Royal
Opponent
Clemson
Clemson
Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech
William & Mary
Ohio
North Carolina
Clemson
William & Mary
Florida State
Florida State
William & Mary
Miami
Ohio
Florida State
Boston College
Miami
LSU
Duke
Georgia Tech
William & Mary
Duke
Florida State
East Carolina
LSU
Boston College
William & Mary
Clemson
Georgia Tech
North Carolina
Duke
Georgia Tech
Clemson
Ohio
Clemson
William & Mary
Florida State
North Carolina
Duke
East Carolina
East Carolina
Florida State
Miami
Ohio
Florida State
LSU
Ohio
Duke
Miami
Ohio
North Carolina
Duke
LSU
Miami
Georgia Tech
Miami
Georgia Tech
East Carolina
LSU
Miami
Clemson
William & Mary
Florida State
Duke
Duke
Clemson
North Carolina
Boston College
East Carolina
Georgia Tech
Clemson
Duke
William & Mary
Miami
Miami
* touchdown scored on play
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LONGEST PLAYS OF THE YEAR
Rushing
70
Jahre Cheeseman
vs Georgia Tech (11/1/2007)
Rushing Touchdown
44
Kenny Lewis
vs Ohio (9/15/2007)
Passing
71
Josh Morgan from Sean Glennon
vs Georgia Tech (11/1/2007)
Passing Touchdown
71
Josh Morgan from Sean Glennon
vs Georgia Tech (11/1/2007)
Punt Return
82
Eddie Royal
vs Clemson (10/6/2007)
Kick Return
100
Victor Harris
vs Clemson (10/6/2007)
Interception Return
49
Brandon Flowers
vs William & Mary (9/22/2007)
Fumble Return
16
Cam Martin
vs Florida State (11/10/2007)
Punt
59
Brent Bowden
vs North Carolina (9/29/2007)
Field Goal
52
Jud Dunlevy
vs North Carolina (9/29/2007)
LONG PLAYS BY THE NUMBERS
Long Plays By Yards
No. TD
100+
1
1
90-99
0
0
80-89
1
1
70-79
2
1
60-69
1
1
50-59
3
0
40-49
12
4
30-39
19
3
20-29
37
3
Long Plays By Type
Rushing
Passing
Punt returns
Kick returns
Interceptions
Fumble returns
Other
TOTAL
No.
15
34
8
12
7
0
0
76
TD
1
8
2
1
2
0
0
14
|-------------Total-------------| |----------1st down-----------| |----------2nd down-----------| |---------3rd down--------| |-----------4th down------------|
Cmp-Att Pct 1st TD Cmp-Att Pct
1st TD Cmp-Att Pct 1st TD Cmp-Att Pct 1st TD Cmp-Att Pct
1st TD
99-161 61% 57 7 31-47
65% 19 3
35-59 59% 16 1
33-55 60% 22 3
0-0
0%
0
0
64-119 53% 36 5 29-47
61% 17 2
20-39 51% 11 2
15-31 48% 8 1
0-2
0%
0
0
4-7
57% 1
0
1-2
50%
0 0
2-3
66% 0
0
1-2
50% 1 0
0-0
0%
0
0
167-289 57% 94 12 61-98
62% 36 5 57-101 56% 27 3
49-88 55% 31 4
0-2
0%
0
0
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|----------1st down-----------| |----------2nd down-----------| |---------3rd down--------| |-----------4th down------------|
Rec-Att
Pct
1st TD Rec-Att Pct 1st TD Rec-Att Pct 1st TD Rec-Att
Pct
1st TD
15-21
21% 10 2
10-18 17% 8
1
8-11 12% 6 1
0-0
0%
0
0
9-19
19%
5 1
11-17 16% 4
1
11-21 24% 6 2
0-1
50%
0
0
10-12
12%
6 1
6-13
12% 4
0
6-11 12% 5 1
0-0
0%
0
0
3-8
8%
2 0
8-17
16% 4
0
7-13 15% 6 0
0-0
0%
0
0
6-7
7%
3 0
7-9
8%
5
1
2-4
4% 1 0
0-0
0%
0
0
6-7
7%
2 1
5-6
5%
1
0
4-7
8% 1 0
0-0
0%
0
0
2-3
3%
2 0
3-6
5%
1
0
3-3
3% 2 0
0-0
0%
0
0
2-4
4%
1 0
2-4
3%
0
0
2-4
4% 1 0
0-0
0%
0
0
4-5
5%
4 0
0-1
0%
0
0
2-2
2% 2 0
0-0
0%
0
0
2-4
4%
1 0
1-1
0%
0
0
1-3
3% 0 0
0-0
0%
0
0
1-1
1%
0 0
0-0
0%
0
0
2-4
4% 0 0
0-0
0%
0
0
1-2
2%
0 0
1-2
1%
0
0
0-0
0% 0 0
0-0
0%
0
0
0-0
0%
0 0
1-1
0%
0
0
1-1
1% 1 0
0-0
0%
0
0
0-0
0%
0 0
1-1
0%
0
0
0-0
0% 0 0
0-0
0%
0
0
0-0
0%
0 0
1-1
0%
0
0
0-0
0% 0 0
0-0
0%
0
0
61-96
100% 36 5 57-101 100% 27 3
49-85 100% 31 4
0-2
100%
0
0
|-----------2nd-short---------| |--------2nd-middle----------| |----------2nd-long-----------| |---------3rd-short---------| |---------3rd-middle----------| |--------3rd-long--------|
RECEIVING Rec-Att Pct 1st TD Rec-Att Pct 1st TD Rec-Att Pct
1st TD Rec-Att Pct 1st TD Rec-Att Pct 1st TD Rec-Att Pct 1st TD
Justin Harper
0-1
20% 0
0
2-3
20% 2
0
8-14 17%
6
1
0-0
0%
0 0
0-0
0%
0
0
8-11 16% 6 1
Josh Morgan
1-2
40% 1
0
2-2
13% 1
1
8-13 16%
2
0
1-1 14% 1 0
2-4
40%
1
0
8-16 23% 4 2
Eddie Royal
1-1
20% 1
0
2-3
20% 1
0
3-9
11%
2
0
0-0
0%
0 0
0-1
10%
0
0
6-10 14% 5 1
Josh Hyman
0-1
20% 0
0
2-2
13% 2
0
6-14 17%
2
0
1-2 28% 1 0
0-2
20%
0
0
6-9
13% 5 0
Sam Wheeler
0-0
0%
0
0
2-3
20% 1
0
5-6
7%
4
1
1-1 14% 1 0
0-0
0%
0
0
1-3
4% 0 0
Branden Ore
0-0
0%
0
0
0-0
0%
0
0
5-6
7%
1
0
0-0
0%
0 0
1-1
10%
0
0
3-6
8% 1 0
Greg Boone
0-0
0%
0
0
0-0
0%
0
0
3-6
7%
1
0
0-0
0%
0 0
1-1
10%
0
0
2-2
2% 2 0
Carlton Weatherford 0-0
0%
0
0
0-1
6%
0
0
2-3
3%
0
0
1-1 14% 1 0
1-1
10%
0
0
0-2
2% 0 0
Andre Smith
0-0
0%
0
0
0-0
0%
0
0
0-1
1%
0
0
1-1 14% 1 0
0-0
0%
0
0
1-1
1% 1 0
Kenny Lewis
0-0
0%
0
0
0-0
0%
0
0
1-1
1%
0
0
0-0
0%
0 0
0-0
0%
0
0
1-3
4% 0 0
Ike Whitaker
0-0
0%
0
0
0-0
0%
0
0
0-0
0%
0
0
0-0
0%
0 0
0-0
0%
0
0
2-4
5% 0 0
Chris Drager
0-0
0%
0
0
0-0
0%
0
0
1-1
1%
0
0
1-1 14% 1 0
0-0
0%
0
0
0-0
0% 0 0
Zach Luckett
0-0
0%
0
0
0-0
0%
0
0
1-2
2%
0
0
0-0
0%
0 0
0-0
0%
0
0
0-0
0% 0 0
Devin Perez
0-0
0%
0
0
1-1
6%
0
0
0-0
0%
0
0
0-0
0%
0 0
0-0
0%
0
0
0-0
0% 0 0
Kenny Jefferson
0-0
0%
0
0
0-0
0%
0
0
1-1
1%
0
0
0-0
0%
0 0
0-0
0%
0
0
0-0
0% 0 0
TOTALS
2-5 100% 2
0
11-15 100% 7
1
44-81 100% 18
2
6-7 100% 6 0
5-10 100% 1
0
38-68 100% 24 4
|-------------Total-------------|
RECEIVING Rec-Att Pct 1st TD
Justin Harper
33-50
17% 24 4
Josh Morgan
31-58
20% 15 4
Eddie Royal
22-36
12% 15 2
Josh Hyman
18-38
13% 12 0
Sam Wheeler
15-20
7%
9
1
Branden Ore
15-20
7%
4
1
Greg Boone
8-12
4%
5
0
Carlton Weatherford 6-12
4%
2
0
Andre Smith
6-8
2%
6
0
Kenny Lewis
4-8
2%
1
0
Ike Whitaker
3-5
1%
0
0
Zach Luckett
2-4
1%
0
0
Chris Drager
2-2
0%
1
0
Devin Perez
1-1
0%
0
0
Kenny Jefferson
1-1
0%
0
0
TOTALS
167-284 100% 94 12
|----------2nd-short--------| |---------2nd-middle----------| |----------2nd-long-----------| |----------3rd-short----------||---------3rd-middle----------| |----------3rd-long---------|
PASSING
Cmp-Att Pct 1st TD Cmp-Att Pct
1st TD Cmp-Att Pct 1st TD Cmp-Att Pct 1st TD Cmp-Att Pct
1st TD Cmp-Att Pct 1st TD
Sean Glennon
1-4
25% 1
0
5-7
71%
4 0
29-48 60% 11 1
4-6
66% 4 0
5-8
62%
1 0 24-41 58% 17 3
Tyrod Taylor
1-1 100% 1
0
4-6
66%
3 1
15-32 46% 7
1
1-1
100% 1 0
0-3
0%
0 0 14-27 51% 7
1
Cory Holt
0-0
0%
0
0
2-2
100%
0 0
0-1
0%
0
0
1-1
100% 1 0
0-0
0%
0 0
0-1
0% 0
0
TOTALS
2-5
40% 2
0 11-15 73%
7 1
44-81 54% 18 2
6-8
75% 6 0
5-11
45%
1 0 38-69 55% 24 4
PASSING
Sean Glennon
Tyrod Taylor
Cory Holt
TOTALS
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|-----------Total-----------| |---------1st down---------|
Att
Avg 1st TD Att
Avg 1st TD
194
3.5 27 8
115
4.0
11 3
63
7.3 19 4
18
3.9
3 0
52
3.4 8
4
27
2.7
3 3
27
3.2 8
1
8
2.6
1 0
20
6.5 4
1
10
4.4
1 0
11
4.3 3
0
7
4.3
1 0
9
-2.1 0
0
5
-1.2
0 0
7
15.9 4
0
6
17.3
4 0
5
0.8 0
1
4
1.0
0 1
4
4.8 0
0
1
8.0
0 0
2
0.5 0
0
1
-4.0
0 0
2
2.0 0
0
1
6.0
0 0
1
-1.0 0
0
0
0.0
0 0
397
4.3 73 19 203
4.0
24 7
|---------2nd-short------| |------2nd-middle--------|
Att Avg 1st TD Att
Avg 1st TD
8
2.2
4
1
14
2.4
3
1
2
0.5
0
1
4
4.8
2
0
4
3.0
2
0
6
0.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
1
4.0
1
0
4
1.2
0
0
1
4.0
1
0
0
0.0
0
0
1
-1.0 0
0
1
-10.0 0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
17
2.2
8
2
29
1.8
5
1
RUSHING
Branden Ore
Tyrod Taylor
Kenny Lewis
Sean Glennon
Jahre Cheeseman
Dustin Pickle
TEAM
Eddie Royal
Carlton Weatherford
Cory Holt
Josh Morgan
Josh Hyman
Kenny Jefferson
TOTALS
RUSHING
Branden Ore
Tyrod Taylor
Kenny Lewis
Sean Glennon
Jahre Cheeseman
Dustin Pickle
TEAM
Eddie Royal
Carlton Weatherford
Cory Holt
Josh Morgan
Josh Hyman
Kenny Jefferson
TOTALS
|--------2nd-long--------|
Att Avg
1st TD
34 3.9
2
0
20 9.8
8
0
4
1.2
0
0
12 3.0
1
0
2 33.5
1
0
2
6.5
1
0
2 -1.0
0
0
1
7.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
1
5.0
0
0
1
5.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
79 5.9
13
0
|---------2nd down--------|
Att
Avg 1st TD
56
3.3
9
2
26
8.3 10 1
14
1.5
2
0
12
3.0
1
0
7
10.9 2
0
3
5.7
2
0
4
-3.2 0
0
1
7.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
1
5.0
0
0
1
5.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
125
4.4 26 3
|-------3rd-short------|
Att Avg 1st TD
16
1.6 6 3
1
0.0 0 0
3
0.3 1 0
2
2.0 2 1
1
2.0 0 1
0
0.0 0 0
0
0.0 0 0
0
0.0 0 0
0
0.0 0 0
0
0.0 0 0
0
0.0 0 0
0
0.0 0 0
0
0.0 0 0
23
1.4 9 5
|-------3rd down-----|
Att Avg 1st TD
21
1.2 6 3
18
9.7 5 3
11
7.5 3 1
5
5.2 4 1
3
3.0 1 1
1
0.0 0 0
0
0.0 0 0
0
0.0 0 0
0
0.0 0 0
2
3.0 0 0
0
0.0 0 0
1
-2.0 0 0
1
-1.0 0 0
63
5.1 19 9
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|--------3rd-middle--------|
Att Avg 1st TD
2
0.5
0
0
3
19.0
1
1
2
6.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
0
1
6.0
1
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
1
-1.0
0
0
9
8.4
3
1
|----------4th down----------|
Att
Avg 1st TD
2
0.5
1
0
1
3.0
1
0
0
0.0
0
0
2
2.0
2
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
1
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
6
1.3
4
0
|------3rd-long------|
Att Avg 1st TD
3 -0.3 0 0
14 8.4 4 2
6 11.5 1 1
3
7.3 2 0
1
1.0 0 0
1
0.0 0 0
0
0.0 0 0
0
0.0 0 0
0
0.0 0 0
2
3.0 0 0
0
0.0 0 0
1 -2.0 0 0
0
0.0 0 0
31 6.8 7 3
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Virginia Tech - “Money” Plays
Money plays are defined as plays resulting in first down or a touchdown
MONEY RECEPTIONS
Justin Harper
Josh Morgan
Eddie Royal
Josh Hyman
Sam Wheeler
Andre Smith
Greg Boone
Branden Ore
Carlton Weatherford
Chris Drager
Kenny Lewis
TOTALS
1st
24
15
15
12
9
6
5
4
2
1
1
94
TD
4
4
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
12
No.
24
16
15
12
9
6
5
4
2
1
1
95
Rec
33
31
22
18
15
6
8
15
6
2
4
167
Att
115
27
6
18
4
8
10
7
203
1ST DOWN
MONEY RECEPTIONS
Justin Harper
Eddie Royal
Josh Morgan
Andre Smith
Sam Wheeler
Greg Boone
Josh Hyman
Branden Ore
Carlton Weatherford
Kenny Lewis
TOTALS
1st
10
6
5
4
3
2
2
2
1
1
36
TD
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
5
No.
10
6
5
4
3
2
2
2
1
1
36
Rec
15
10
9
4
6
2
3
6
2
2
61
TD
2
1
0
0
0
0
3
No. Att
11 56
11 26
2
7
2
3
2 14
1 12
29 125
2ND DOWN
MONEY RECEPTIONS
Justin Harper
Sam Wheeler
Josh Morgan
Eddie Royal
Josh Hyman
Greg Boone
Branden Ore
TOTALS
1st
8
5
4
4
4
1
1
27
TD
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
3
No.
8
5
5
4
4
1
1
28
Rec
10
7
11
6
8
3
5
57
1st
6
5
4
3
1
19
TD
3
3
1
1
1
9
No.
9
8
4
3
2
26
Att
21
18
5
11
3
63
3RD DOWN
MONEY RECEPTIONS
Justin Harper
Josh Morgan
Josh Hyman
Eddie Royal
Andre Smith
Greg Boone
Chris Drager
Carlton Weatherford
Sam Wheeler
Branden Ore
TOTALS
1st
6
6
6
5
2
2
1
1
1
1
31
TD
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
No.
6
6
6
5
2
2
1
1
1
1
31
Rec
8
11
7
6
2
3
1
2
2
4
49
1st
2
1
1
4
TD
0
0
0
0
No.
2
1
1
4
Att
2
2
1
6
4TH DOWN
MONEY RECEPTIONS
TOTALS
1st
0
TD
0
No.
0
Rec
0
MONEY RUSHERS
Branden Ore
Tyrod Taylor
Kenny Lewis
Sean Glennon
Jahre Cheeseman
Eddie Royal
Dustin Pickle
Carlton Weatherford
TOTALS
1st
27
19
8
8
4
4
3
0
73
TD
8
4
4
1
1
0
0
1
19
No.
35
23
10
8
5
4
3
1
89
Att
194
63
52
27
20
7
11
5
397
1ST DOWN
MONEY RUSHERS
Branden Ore
Kenny Lewis
Eddie Royal
Tyrod Taylor
Carlton Weatherford
Sean Glennon
Jahre Cheeseman
Dustin Pickle
TOTALS
1st
11
3
4
3
0
1
1
1
24
TD
3
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
7
No.
14
5
4
3
1
1
1
1
30
2ND DOWN
MONEY RUSHERS
Branden Ore
Tyrod Taylor
Jahre Cheeseman
Dustin Pickle
Kenny Lewis
Sean Glennon
TOTALS
1st
9
10
2
2
2
1
26
3RD DOWN
MONEY RUSHERS
Branden Ore
Tyrod Taylor
Sean Glennon
Kenny Lewis
Jahre Cheeseman
TOTALS
4TH DOWN
MONEY RUSHERS
Sean Glennon
Branden Ore
Tyrod Taylor
TOTALS
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Virginia Tech - Tackles Breakdown
ALL TACKLES
Player
Total
Xavier Adibi
94
Vince Hall
74
Brandon Flowers
65
Kam Chancellor
60
Cam Martin
59
DJ Parker
51
Orion Martin
44
Brett Warren
42
Chris Ellis
41
Barry Booker
32
Carlton Powell
31
Victor Harris
25
Nekos Brown
20
Stephan Virgil
18
Dorian Porch
17
Cody Grimm
17
Jason Worilds
14
Zach Luckett
12
Purnell Sturdivant
12
Davon Morgan
11
John Graves
9
Rashad Carmichael
8
Dustin Pickle
7
Jahre Cheeseman
7
Kory Robertson
7
Jonas Houseright
7
Matt Reidy
4
Cordarrow Thompson
4
Daryl Robertson
3
Demetrius Taylor
3
Greg Boone
3
Bart McMillin
3
Jared Develli
3
Andre Smith
2
Steven Friday
2
Josh Hyman
2
Brandon Dillard
2
Jud Dunlevy
1
Nick Marshman
1
Corey Gordon
1
Brent Bowden
1
Billy Gorham
1
Sam Wheeler
1
Jacob Gardner
1
Matt Finnegan
1
Kenny Younger
1
Mario Edwards
1
Duane Brown
1
Eddie Royal
1
TOTALS
827
Rush
56
50
30
36
27
34
30
22
30
25
24
9
15
2
3
1
7
0
6
3
9
3
0
0
6
1
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
439
Pass
33
22
34
22
24
17
8
14
2
4
2
16
3
3
8
8
3
0
3
3
0
5
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
235
Sack
3
2
0
1
5
0
3
4
9
2
4
0
2
1
0
0
4
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
44
KO
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
12
6
8
0
8
0
5
0
0
7
5
0
6
3
0
0
3
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
72
Punt
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
0
2
0
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
20
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Int
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
Fumb
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
FF
0
0
0
1
2
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
Other
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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RUSHING TACKLES
Player
Xavier Adibi
Vince Hall
Kam Chancellor
DJ Parker
Orion Martin
Chris Ellis
Brandon Flowers
Cam Martin
Barry Booker
Carlton Powell
Brett Warren
Nekos Brown
Victor Harris
John Graves
Jason Worilds
Purnell Sturdivant
Kory Robertson
Daryl Robertson
Cordarrow Thompson
Dorian Porch
Davon Morgan
Rashad Carmichael
Steven Friday
Stephan Virgil
Cody Grimm
Jacob Gardner
Billy Gorham
Jonas Houseright
TOTALS
KICKOFF RETURN TACKLES
PASSING TACKLES
No.
56
50
36
34
30
30
30
27
25
24
22
15
9
9
7
6
6
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
439
Player
Brandon Flowers
Xavier Adibi
Cam Martin
Kam Chancellor
Vince Hall
DJ Parker
Victor Harris
Brett Warren
Dorian Porch
Orion Martin
Cody Grimm
Rashad Carmichael
Barry Booker
Davon Morgan
Nekos Brown
Purnell Sturdivant
Jason Worilds
Stephan Virgil
Carlton Powell
Chris Ellis
Kory Robertson
TOTALS
No.
34
33
24
22
22
17
16
14
8
8
8
5
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
235
SPECIAL TEAMS TACKLES
Player
Total KO Punt
Stephan Virgil
12
12
0
Zach Luckett
11
8
3
Cody Grimm
8
8
0
Dustin Pickle
7
7
0
Dorian Porch
6
6
0
Jonas Houseright
6
6
0
Jahre Cheeseman
5
5
0
Davon Morgan
5
5
0
Bart McMillin
3
0
3
Demetrius Taylor
3
3
0
Jared Develli
3
3
0
Matt Reidy
3
3
0
Brett Warren
2
2
0
Greg Boone
2
0
2
Xavier Adibi
2
0
2
Brandon Dillard
2
0
2
Andre Smith
2
0
2
Josh Hyman
2
0
2
Mario Edwards
1
1
0
Kenny Younger
1
0
1
Matt Finnegan
1
1
0
Sam Wheeler
1
0
1
Brent Bowden
1
0
1
Orion Martin
1
0
1
Jud Dunlevy
1
1
0
Corey Gordon
1
1
0
TOTALS
92
72
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Stephan Virgil
Zach Luckett
Cody Grimm
Dustin Pickle
Dorian Porch
Jonas Houseright
Davon Morgan
Jahre Cheeseman
Matt Reidy
Demetrius Taylor
Jared Develli
Brett Warren
Mario Edwards
Matt Finnegan
Corey Gordon
Jud Dunlevy
TOTALS
No.
12
8
8
7
6
6
5
5
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
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PUNT RETURN TACKLES
Player
Bart McMillin
Zach Luckett
Josh Hyman
Brandon Dillard
Xavier Adibi
Greg Boone
Andre Smith
Kenny Younger
Brent Bowden
Orion Martin
Sam Wheeler
TOTALS
No.
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
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Virginia Tech Football
Virginia Tech By-Quarter Statistics (as of November 18, 2007)
3rd-Down Conversions
Date
Sep 01
Sep 08
Sep 15
Sep 22
Sep 29
Oct 06
Oct 13
Oct 25
Nov 01
Nov 10
Nov 17
Opponent
Score
East Carolina
W 17-7
at LSU
L 7-48
Ohio
W 28-7
William & Mary
W 44-3
North Carolina
W 17-10
at Clemson
W 41-23
at Duke
W 43-14
Boston College
L 10-14
at Georgia Tech
W 27-3
Florida State
W 40-21
Miami
W 44-14
Virginia Tech
Opponents
Overall
6-14 42.9%
2-14 14.3%
6-14 42.9%
4-16 25.0%
3-12 25.0%
3-14 21.4%
4-13 30.8%
8-18 44.4%
9-20 45.0%
6-17 35.3%
6-14 42.9%
57-167 34.1%
47-173 27.2%
1st Qtr
1-3 33.3%
0-3 0.0%
0-2 0.0%
3-5 60.0%
2-3 66.7%
0-3 0.0%
1-3 33.3%
2-5 40.0%
3-5 60.0%
0-2 0.0%
2-3 66.7%
14-37 37.8%
11-50 22.0%
2nd Qtr
0-3 0.0%
0-4 0.0%
3-5 60.0%
0-3 0.0%
1-4 25.0%
0-3 0.0%
2-5 40.0%
3-4 75.0%
4-7 57.1%
3-5 60.0%
0-3 0.0%
16-46 34.8%
15-49 30.6%
3rd Qtr
2-4 50.0%
1-2 50.0%
1-3 33.3%
0-3 0.0%
0-2 0.0%
1-4 25.0%
1-3 33.3%
1-4 25.0%
2-4 50.0%
0-4 0.0%
2-4 50.0%
11-38 28.9%
10-37 27.0%
4th Qtr
3-4 75.0%
1-5 20.0%
2-4 50.0%
1-5 20.0%
0-3 0.0%
2-4 50.0%
0-2 0.0%
2-5 40.0%
0-4 0.0%
3-6 50.0%
2-4 50.0%
16-46 34.8%
11-37 29.7%
2nd Qtr
0-0 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
0-1 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
0-1 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
1-1 100.0%
0-0 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
1-3 33.3%
0-2 0.0%
3rd Qtr
0-0 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
2-4 50.0%
4th Qtr
0-0 0.0%
1-2 50.0%
0-0 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
0-1 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
1-3 33.3%
3-7 42.9%
2nd Qtr
5:38
7:44
8:03
6:10
6:34
5:21
9:26
8:41
9:19
8:55
3:37
79:28
7:22
85:32
7:37
3rd Qtr
6:53
7:13
8:23
6:55
6:02
6:38
8:06
7:28
7:18
7:27
8:43
81:06
8:16
83:54
6:43
4th-Down Conversions
Date
Sep 01
Sep 08
Sep 15
Sep 22
Oct 06
Oct 13
Oct 25
Nov 01
Nov 10
Nov 17
Opponent
Score
East Carolina
W 17-7
at LSU
L 7-48
Ohio
W 28-7
William & Mary
W 44-3
at Clemson
W 41-23
at Duke
W 43-14
Boston College
L 10-14
at Georgia Tech
W 27-3
Florida State
W 40-21
Miami
W 44-14
Virginia Tech
Opponents
Overall
1-1 100.0%
1-2 50.0%
0-1 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
0-1 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
1-1 100.0%
0-1 0.0%
1-1 100.0%
4-8 50.0%
7-17 41.2%
1st Qtr
1-1 100.0%
0-0 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
0-0 0.0%
1-1 100.0%
2-2 100.0%
2-4 50.0%
Time of Possession
Date
Opponent
Sep 01 East Carolina
Sep 08 at LSU
Sep 15 Ohio
Sep 22 William & Mary
Sep 29 North Carolina
Oct 06 at Clemson
Oct 13 at Duke
Oct 25 Boston College
Nov 01 at Georgia Tech
Nov 10 Florida State
Nov 17 Miami
Virginia Tech
Opponents
Score
W 17-7
L 7-48
W 28-7
W 44-3
W 17-10
W 41-23
W 43-14
L 10-14
W 27-3
W 40-21
W 44-14
Total
Avg.29:54
Total
Avg.30:05
Overall
28:27
25:27
29:01
30:03
26:00
27:16
28:57
31:49
37:25
34:44
29:48
328:57
7:01
331:03
7:58
1st Qtr
6:43
4:20
3:25
7:37
8:59
6:05
6:26
8:05
10:31
6:30
8:40
77:21
7:13
87:39
7:46
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9:13
6:10
9:10
9:21
4:25
9:12
4:59
7:35
10:17
11:52
8:48
91:02
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Virginia Tech Inside Opponent Red-Zone
Date
Sep 01
Sep 08
Sep 15
Sep 22
*Sep 29
*Oct 06
*Oct 13
*Oct 25
*Nov 1
*Nov 10
*Nov 17
Times Times Total
Rush Pass FGs -------- Failed to score inside RZ -------Opponent
Score
In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Downs Int Fumb Half Game
East Carolina
W17-7
1
1
3 0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
at LSU
L 7-48
1
1
7 1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Ohio
W28-7
4
3
21 3
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
William & Mary
W44-3
4
4
20 2
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
North Carolina
W17-10
2
2
14 2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
at Clemson
W41-23
2
2
10 1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
at Duke
W43-14
4
4
24 3
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Boston College
L 10-14
1
1
7 1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
at Georgia Tech
W27-3
4
3
13 1
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
Florida State
W40-21
5
4
25 3
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
Miami
W44-14
7
7
41 5
4
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Totals
35
32 185 22 18 4 10
0
1
0
1
1
0
32 of 35 (91.4%)
Opponents Inside Virginia Tech Red-Zone
Date
Sep 01
Sep 08
Sep 15
Sep 22
*Sep 29
*Oct 06
*Oct 13
*Oct 25
*Nov 1
*Nov 10
*Nov 17
Times Times Total
Rush Pass FGs -------- Failed to score inside RZ -------Opponent
Score
In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Downs Int Fumb Half Game
East Carolina
W17-7
1
1
7 1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
at LSU
L 7-48
4
4
20 2
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Ohio
W28-7
1
1
7 1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
William & Mary
W44-3
2
1
3 0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
North Carolina
W17-10
3
2
10 1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
at Clemson
W41-23
5
4
21 2
0
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
at Duke
W43-13
2
2
14 2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Boston College
L 10-14
3
2
14 2
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
at Georgia Tech
W27-3
2
1
3 0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
Florida State
W40-21
1
1
6 1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Miami
W44-14
4
2
14 2
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
Totals
28
21 119 14 7
7
7
1
3
1
2
0
0
21 of 28 (75.0%)
20-YARD PLUS BY PLAYER
Player
No. TD
Eddie Royal
18
3
Justin Harper
11
3
Josh Morgan
9
2
Branden Ore
8
1
Tyrod Taylor
5
0
Sam Wheeler
4
1
Victor Harris
4
1
Josh Hyman
4
0
Brandon Flowers 2
1
Andre Smith
2
0
DJ Parker
1
1
Kenny Lewis
1
1
Greg Boone
1
0
Jahre Cheeseman 1
0
Dustin Pickle
1
0
Brett Warren
1
0
Brandon Dillard
1
0
Kam Chancellor
1
0
Xavier Adibi
1
0
TOTAL
76
14
R
2
0
0
5
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
15
P
5
11
4
3
0
4
0
4
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
34
KR
3
0
5
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
12
PR
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
IR
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
7
FR
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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