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The first bowl game in Virginia Tech history came at the conclusion of the 1946 college football season as the Hokies earned a bid to the 1947 Sun Bowl. The Hokies, led by coach James Kitts, finished the regular season with three losses, three wins, and three ties (3–3–3).
List of Virginia Tech Hokies bowl games; 0–9. 1947 Sun Bowl; 1966 Liberty Bowl; 1968 Liberty Bowl; 1981 Peach Bowl (January) 1984 Independence Bowl; 1986 Peach Bowl;
The 1968 Liberty Bowl was an American college football postseason bowl game between the Virginia Tech Gobblers [a] and the Ole Miss Rebels. The 10th edition of the Liberty Bowl , it was played at Memphis Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee , on December 14, 1968.
The game was the ninth meeting between the teams and their first regular season game since 1937. [9] The most recent meetings have been in bowl games: the 1994 Gator Bowl (Tennessee won 45–23) and the 2009 Chick-fil-A Bowl (Virginia Tech won 37–14).
Virginia Tech's first post-season bowl appearance was in the 1947 Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, against the University of Cincinnati. [15] Tech had a 3–3–3 record that year, and was the third choice after Border Conference champions Hardin–Simmons University and runner-up Texas Tech Red Raiders both declined the bowl invitation. [ 16 ]
In 2000, Virginia Tech participated in the 2000 Sugar Bowl, which served as the national championship game of the 1999 college football season. [7] In addition to that appearance, the Hokies have participated in several other Bowl Championship Series games, which represent the highest tier of postseason accomplishment. [8]
The 1966 Liberty Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game between the Virginia Tech Gobblers [a] and the Miami Hurricanes, both independent programs. The eighth edition of the Liberty Bowl , it was played on December 10, 1966, at Memphis Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee .
The 2006 Chick-fil-A Bowl was a college football bowl game between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Virginia Tech Hokies at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia.With sponsorship from Chick-fil-A, it was the 39th edition of the game previously (and later) known as the Peach Bowl.