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Virginia Tech's inaugural football team in 1892. Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech) first played football on October 21, 1892, against St. Albans Lutheran Boys School (Radford, Virginia). The game took place on a plowed off wheat field that was "about as level as a side of Brush Mountain". [8]
Virginia Tech led 14–7 at the half, but Virginia came out in the second half firing on all cylinders, and outscored Tech 21–0 by the 14 minute mark in the fourth quarter. Up by seven with only a few minutes left, Virginia pulled off a fake field goal on fourth down to keep possession away from the Hokies.
"Virginia Tech Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse; Lazenby, Roland. Legends: A Pictorial History of Virginia Tech Football. Taylor, Full Court Press (1986) ISBN 978-0-913767-11-5; Tandler, Rich. Hokie Games: Virginia Tech Football Game by Game 1945–2006.
Virginia Tech's sports teams are called the "Hokies". The word "Hokie" originated in the "Old Hokie" spirit yell created in 1896 by O. M. Stull for a contest to select a new spirit yell when the college's name was changed from Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (VAMC) to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI) and the original spirit yell, which ...
Founded: May 31, 1979; 45 years ago ... * Virginia Tech was an associate member of the Big East 1991–2000. ... West Virginia (29,660) Football A-10 (1976–1995 ...
The Boston College football team takes its 4-2 record into Thursday night's matchup with Atlantic Coast Conference rival Virginia Tech (3-3). Both teams are 1-1 in the ACC and are coming off byes ...
The 2025 Virginia Tech Hokies football team will represent Virginia Tech as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Brent Pry, the Hokies will play their home games at Lane Stadium on the Campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. [1] [2]
The 1986 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Bill Dooley .