# 2014 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

The 2014 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Tech in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hokies were led by 28th-year head coach Frank Beamer and played their home games at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia. They were members of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 3–5 in ACC play to finish in a three way tie for fifth place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Military Bowl where they defeated Cincinnati. They were also the only team to beat the eventual National Champions, The Ohio State Buckeyes.

## Personnel
### Coaching staff

| Name | Position | Seasons at Virginia Tech | Alma mater |
| Frank Beamer | Head coach | 27 | Virginia Tech (1969) |
| Scot Loeffler | Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks | 1 | Michigan (1996) |
| Shane Beamer | Associate head coach/Running backs | 2 | Virginia Tech (1999) |
| Stacy Searels | Offensive line | 0 | Auburn (1990) |
| Bryan Stinespring | Tight ends/recruiting coordinator | 23 | James Madison (1986) |
| Aaron Moorehead | Wide receivers | 1 | Illinois (2003) |
| Bud Foster | Defensive coordinator/Inside Linebackers | 27 | Murray State (1981) |
| Torrian Gray | Defensive backs/passing game coordinator | 8 | Virginia Tech (1996) |
| Charley Wiles | Defensive line/Running game coordinator | 16 | Murray State (1987) |
| Cornell Brown | Outside linebackers/Assistant defensive line | 3 | Virginia Tech (1997) |
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## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 30 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 19 (FCS) William & Mary* | | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA | ESPNews | W 34–9 | 62,722 |
| September 6 | 8:00 p.m. | at No. 8 Ohio State* | | Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH | ESPN | W 35–21 | 107,517 |
| September 13 | 12:00 p.m. | East Carolina* | No. 17 | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA | ESPN | L 21–28 | 63,267 |
| September 20 | 12:00 p.m. | Georgia Tech | | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA (Battle of the Techs) | ESPN | L 24–27 | 62,318 |
| September 27 | 12:30 p.m. | Western Michigan* | | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA | ACCN | W 35–17 | 59,625 |
| October 4 | 12:30 p.m. | at North Carolina | | Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC | ACCN | W 34–17 | 60,000 |
| October 16 | 7:30 p.m. | at Pittsburgh | | Heinz FieldPittsburgh, PA | ESPN | L 16–21 | 43,125 |
| October 23 | 8:00 p.m. | Miami (FL) | | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA (rivalry) | ESPN | L 6–30 | 64,007 |
| November 1 | 12:30 p.m. | Boston College | | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA (rivalry) | ACCN | L 31–33 | 55,729 |
| November 15 | 12:30 p.m. | at No. 19 Duke | | Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC | ACCN | W 17–16 | 30,107 |
| November 22 | 12:30 p.m. | at Wake Forest | | BB&T FieldWinston-Salem, NC | ACCN | L 3–6 $^{2OT}$ | 27,820 |
| November 28 | 8:00 p.m. | Virginia | | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA (rivalry) | ESPN | W 24–20 | 60,431 |
| December 27 | 1:00 p.m. | vs. Cincinnati* | | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial StadiumAnnapolis, MD (Military Bowl) | ESPN | W 33–17 | 34,277 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||
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## Game summaries
### William & Mary

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tribe | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Hokies | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 34 |

### Ohio State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hokies | 14 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
| Buckeyes | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### East Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 21 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| Hokies | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |

### Georgia Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Yellow Jackets | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 27 |
| Hokies | 3 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 24 |

### Western Michigan

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Broncos | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Hokies | 18 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 35 |

### North Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hokies | 14 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 34 |
| Tar Heels | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 |

### Pittsburgh

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hokies | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| Panthers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |

### Miami (FL)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hurricanes | 3 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 30 |
| Hokies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |

### Boston College

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 0 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 33 |
| Hokies | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 31 |

### Duke

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hokies | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Blue Devils | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 16 |

### Wake Forest

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
| Hokies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Demon Deacons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
The game was the first scoreless tie in college football since 2005 when Arkansas State defeated Florida Atlantic, 3-0, on October 22, 2005, in overtime.
All three field goals that were scored took place in overtime.

### Virginia

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cavaliers | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| Hokies | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |

### Cincinnati

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bearcats | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| • Hokies | 7 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 33 |

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| AP | RV | RV | 17 | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Coaches | RV | RV | 19 | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CFP | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |