# 2023 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

The 2023 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented Virginia Tech as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hokies were led by Brent Pry in his second year as Virginia Tech's head coach. They played their home games at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.
The team had a 6–6 regular season record, and defeated Virginia 55–17 in Charlottesville to earn a bid to the 2023 Military Bowl in Annapolis. Tech defeated Tulane 41–20 in that game to finish the season 7–6. The Virginia Tech Hokies football team drew an average home attendance of 64,733 in 2023, the 24th highest in college football.

## Schedule

Virginia Tech and the ACC announced the 2023 football schedule on January 30, 2023. The 2023 season will be the conference's first season since 2004 without divisions. The new format matches Virginia Tech with three set conference opponents, while playing the remaining ten teams twice (home and away) in a four–year cycle. The Hokies' three set conference opponents for the next four seasons are Pittsburgh, Virginia, and Wake Forest.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 2 | 8:00 p.m. | Old Dominion* | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA | ACCN | W 36–17 | 65,632 |
| September 9 | 12:00 p.m. | Purdue* | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA | ESPN2 | L 17–24 | 65,632 |
| September 16 | 3:30 p.m. | at Rutgers* | SHI StadiumPiscataway, NJ | BTN | L 16–35 | 52,657 |
| September 23 | 12:00 p.m. | at Marshall* | Joan C. Edwards StadiumHuntington, WV | ESPN2 | L 17–24 | 31,475 |
| September 30 | 8:00 p.m. | Pittsburgh | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA | ACCN | W 38–21 | 65,632 |
| October 7 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 5 Florida State | Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL | ABC | L 17–39 | 79,560 |
| October 14 | 3:30 p.m. | Wake Forest | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA | ACCN | W 30–13 | 65,632 |
| October 26 | 7:30 p.m. | Syracuse | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA | ESPN | W 38–10 | 60,236 |
| November 4 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 13 Louisville | L&N StadiumLouisville, KY | ACCN | L 3–34 | 49,945 |
| November 11 | 12:00 p.m. | at Boston College | Alumni StadiumChestnut Hill, MA (rivalry) | ACCN | W 48–22 | 33,665 |
| November 18 | 3:30 p.m. | NC State | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA | ACCN | L 28–35 | 65,632 |
| November 25 | 3:30 p.m. | at Virginia | Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA (Commonwealth Cup) | ACCN | W 55–17 | 42,976 |
| December 27 | 2:00 p.m. | vs. Tulane | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial StadiumAnnapolis, MD (Military Bowl) | ESPN | W 41–20 | 35,849 |
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## Game summaries
### Old Dominion

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Old Dominion | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Virginia Tech | 2 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 36 |
at Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA
* Date: September 2, 2023
* Game time: 8:00 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: clear • Temperature: 79 °F (26 °C)
* Game attendance: 65,632
* Referee: Gary Patterson
| Statistics | ODU | VT |
| First downs | 19 | 18 |
| Total yards | 295 | 368 |
| Rush yards | 201 | 109 |
| Passing yards | 94 | 259 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
| Time of possession | 26:20 | 33:40 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Old Dominion | Passing | Grant Wilson | 13/25, 94 yards, 2 TD |
| Old Dominion | Rushing | Grant Wilson | 19 carries, 81 yards |
| Old Dominion | Receiving | Ahmarian Granger | 3 receptions, 14 yards |
| Virginia Tech | Passing | Grant Wells | 17/29, 251 yards, 3 TD |
| Virginia Tech | Rushing | Bhayshul Tuten | 19 carries, 55 yards |
| Virginia Tech | Receiving | Ali Jennings | 5 receptions, 72 yards, 2 TD |

### Purdue

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Purdue | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Virginia Tech | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
at Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA
* Date: September 9, 2023
* Game time: 12:00 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: rainy • Temperature: 72 °F (22 °C)
* Game attendance: 65,632
* Referee: Riley Johnson
| Statistics | PUR | VT |
| First downs | 22 | 19 |
| Total yards | 427 | 286 |
| Rush yards | 179 | 11 |
| Passing yards | 248 | 275 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 2 |
| Time of possession | 38:01 | 21:59 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Purdue | Passing | Hudson Card | 23/34, 248 yards |
| Purdue | Rushing | Devin Mockobee | 21 carries, 95 yards, TD |
| Purdue | Receiving | Max Klare | 8 receptions, 64 yards |
| Virginia Tech | Passing | Grant Wells | 16/33, 243 yards, 2 TD |
| Virginia Tech | Rushing | Malachi Thomas | 6 carries, 18 yards |
| Virginia Tech | Receiving | Jaylin Lane | 5 receptions, 54 yards, TD |

### At Rutgers

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Virginia Tech | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| Rutgers | 7 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
at SHI Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
* Date: September 16, 2023
* Game time: 3:30 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: sunny • Temperature: 76 °F (24 °C)
* Game attendance: 52,657
* Referee: Marcus Woods
| Statistics | VT | RUT |
| First downs | 18 | 14 |
| Total yards | 319 | 302 |
| Rush yards | 129 | 256 |
| Passing yards | 190 | 46 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 0 |
| Time of possession | 33:44 | 26:16 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Virginia Tech | Passing | Kyron Drones | 19/32, 190 yards, TD |
| Virginia Tech | Rushing | Kyron Drones | 22 carries, 74 yards |
| Virginia Tech | Receiving | Da'Quan Felton | 6 receptions, 84 yards, TD |
| Rutgers | Passing | Gavin Wimsatt | 7/16, 46 yards, 1 TD |
| Rutgers | Rushing | Kyle Monangai | 16 carries, 143 yards, 3 TD |
| Rutgers | Receiving | Christian Dremel | 3 receptions, 34 yards, TD |

### At Marshall

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Virginia Tech | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Marshall | 0 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
at Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV
* Date: September 23, 2023
* Game time: 12:00 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: sunny • Temperature: 76 °F (24 °C)
* Game attendance: 31,475
* Referee: Ted Pitts
* TV announcers (ESPN2): Roy Philpott (play-by-play), Roddy Jones (analyst), Taylor McGregor (sideline)
* Pregame line: Marshall –5.5
| Statistics | VT | MRSH |
| First downs | 16 | 19 |
| Total yards | 344 | 380 |
| Rush yards | 184 | 214 |
| Passing yards | 160 | 166 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Time of possession | 27:14 | 32:46 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Virginia Tech | Passing | Kyron Drones | 19/35, 160 yards |
| Virginia Tech | Rushing | Bhayshul Tuten | 9 carries, 88 yards |
| Virginia Tech | Receiving | Benji Gosnell | 4 receptions, 52 yards |
| Marshall | Passing | Cam Fancher | 16/27, 166 yards, TD |
| Marshall | Rushing | Rasheen Ali | 27 carries, 174 yards, 2 TD |
| Marshall | Receiving | Caleb Coombs | 4 receptions, 41 yards |

### Pitt

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pitt | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| Virginia Tech | 7 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 38 |
at Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA
* Date: September 30, 2023
* Game time: 8:00 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: clear • Temperature: 69 °F (21 °C)
* Game attendance: 65,632
* Referee: Tim Hedgepeth
| Statistics | PITT | VT |
| First downs | 9 | 25 |
| Total yards | 273 | 427 |
| Rush yards | 38 | 199 |
| Passing yards | 235 | 228 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Time of possession | 22:16 | 37:44 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Pitt | Passing | Phil Jurkovec | 11/22, 235 yards, 2 TD |
| Pitt | Rushing | C'Bo Flemister | 10 carries, 41 yards |
| Pitt | Receiving | Konata Mumpfield | 4 receptions, 57 yards |
| Virginia Tech | Passing | Kyron Drones | 12/19, 228 yards, 3 TD |
| Virginia Tech | Rushing | Bhayshul Tuten | 24 carries, 109 yards |
| Virginia Tech | Receiving | Da'Quan Felton | 4 receptions, 81 yards, TD |

### At No. 5 Florida State

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Virginia Tech | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| No. 5 Florida State | 22 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 39 |
at Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL
* Date: October 7, 2023
* Game time: 3:30 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: sunny • Temperature: 83 °F (28 °C)
* Game attendance: 79,560
* Referee: Mike Roche
| Statistics | VT | FSU |
| First downs | 19 | 20 |
| Total yards | 313 | 452 |
| Rush yards | 209 | 282 |
| Passing yards | 104 | 170 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| Time of possession | 31:16 | 28:44 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Virginia Tech | Passing | Kyron Drones | 14/27, 104 yards |
| Virginia Tech | Rushing | Kyron Drones | 14 carries, 80 yards |
| Virginia Tech | Receiving | Jaylin Lane | 6 receptions, 51 yards |
| No. 5 Florida State | Passing | Jordan Travis | 18/24, 170 yards, 2 TD |
| No. 5 Florida State | Rushing | Trey Benson | 11 carries, 200 yards, 2 TD |
| No. 5 Florida State | Receiving | Johnny Wilson | 4 receptions, 54 yards, 2 TD |

### Wake Forest

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wake Forest | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Virginia Tech | 0 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 30 |
at Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA
* Date: October 14, 2023
* Game time: 3:30 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: sunny • Temperature: 66 °F (19 °C)
* Game attendance: 65,632
* Referee: Stuart Mullins
| Statistics | WF | VT |
| First downs | 20 | 21 |
| Total yards | 262 | 462 |
| Rush yards | 35 | 141 |
| Passing yards | 227 | 321 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| Time of possession | 27:08 | 32:52 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Wake Forest | Passing | Michael Kern | 14/22, 166 yards |
| Wake Forest | Rushing | Justice Ellison | 11 carries, 35 yards |
| Wake Forest | Receiving | Taylor Morin | 7 receptions, 86 yards |
| Virginia Tech | Passing | Kyron Drones | 20/29, 321 yards, 2 TD |
| Virginia Tech | Rushing | Kyron Drones | 15 carries, 59 yards |
| Virginia Tech | Receiving | Jaylin Lane | 3 receptions, 102 yards, 2 TD |

### Syracuse

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Syracuse | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Virginia Tech | 13 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 38 |
at Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA
* Date: October 26, 2023
* Game time: 7:30 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: clear • Temperature: 67 °F (19 °C)
* Game attendance: 60,232
* Referee: Riley Johnson
| Statistics | SYR | VT |
| First downs | 9 | 28 |
| Total yards | 137 | 528 |
| Rush yards | 0 | 318 |
| Passing yards | 137 | 210 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
| Time of possession | 18:18 | 41:42 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Syracuse | Passing | Garrett Shrader | 12/18, 137 yards, TD |
| Syracuse | Rushing | LeQuint Allen | 14 carries, 42 yards |
| Syracuse | Receiving | Damien Alford | 4 receptions, 70 yards |
| Virginia Tech | Passing | Kyron Drones | 15/24, 194 yards, TD |
| Virginia Tech | Rushing | Bhayshul Tuten | 18 carries, 118 yards, TD |
| Virginia Tech | Receiving | Da'Quan Felton | 3 receptions, 80 yards, 2 TD |

### At No. 15 Louisville

| Pregame line | Over/under |
| LOU -8.5 | 46.5 |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Virginia Tech | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| No. 15 Louisville | 7 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 34 |
at L&N Stadium • Louisville, KY
* Date: November 4, 2023
* Game time: 3:30 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: Cloudy • Temperature: 66 °F (19 °C) • Wind: 9 mph SW
* Game attendance: 49,945
* Referee: Tim Hedgepeth
* TV announcers (ACCN): Chris Cotter (play-by-play), Mark Herzlich (analyst), Ashley Stroehlein (sideline)
| Statistics | VT | LOU |
| First downs | 12 | 17 |
| Total yards | 140 | 382 |
| Rush yards | 68 | 231 |
| Passing yards | 72 | 151 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| Time of possession | 27:45 | 32:15 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Virginia Tech | Passing | Kyron Drones | 12/21, 69 yards |
| Virginia Tech | Rushing | Bhayshul Tuten | 11 carries, 57 yards |
| Virginia Tech | Receiving | Da'Quan Felton | 4 receptions, 34 yards |
| No. 15 Louisville | Passing | Jack Plummer | 11/12, 141 yards, TD |
| No. 15 Louisville | Rushing | Isaac Guerendo | 11 carries, 146 yards, 3 TD |
| No. 15 Louisville | Receiving | Jadon Thompson | 2 receptions, 49 yards, TD |

### At Boston College

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Virginia Tech | 10 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 48 |
| Boston College | 7 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
at Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA
* Date: November 11, 2023
* Game time: 12:00 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: sunny • Temperature: 56 °F (13 °C)
* Game attendance: 33,665
* Referee: Mike Roche
| Statistics | VT | BC |
| First downs | 24 | 14 |
| Total yards | 600 | 262 |
| Rush yards | 361 | 124 |
| Passing yards | 239 | 138 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Time of possession | 35:59 | 24:01 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Virginia Tech | Passing | Kyron Drones | 12/17, 219 yards, 2 TD |
| Virginia Tech | Rushing | Kyron Drones | 20 carries, 135 yards |
| Virginia Tech | Receiving | Da'Quan Felton | 4 receptions, 101 yards |
| Boston College | Passing | Thomas Castellanos | 10/20, 110 yards, TD |
| Boston College | Rushing | Alex Broome | 9 carries, 56 yards, TD |
| Boston College | Receiving | Jeremiah Franklin | 3 receptions, 52 yards |

### NC State

| Pregame line | Over/under |
| VT –2.5 | 40.5 |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| NC State | 0 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| Virginia Tech | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
at Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA
* Date: November 18, 2023
* Game time: 3:30 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: sunny • Temperature: 53 °F (12 °C)
* Game attendance: 65,632
* Referee: Jeff Heaser
* TV announcers (ACCN): Chris Cotter (play-by-play), Mark Herzlich (analyst) and Sherree Burruss (sideline)
| Statistics | NCST | VT |
| First downs | 24 | 17 |
| Total yards | 408 | 349 |
| Rush yards | 188 | 124 |
| Passing yards | 220 | 225 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
| Time of possession | 40:37 | 19:23 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| NC State | Passing | Brennan Armstrong | 18/26, 203 yards, 2 TD |
| NC State | Rushing | Brennan Armstrong | 21 carries, 89 yards, 2 TD |
| NC State | Receiving | Kevin "KC" Concepcion | 7 receptions, 62 yards, 2 TD |
| Virginia Tech | Passing | Kyron Drones | 17/30, 225 yards, 3 TD |
| Virginia Tech | Rushing | Kyron Drones | 9 carries, 51 yards |
| Virginia Tech | Receiving | Da'Quan Felton | 7 receptions, 87 yards, 2 TD |

### At Virginia

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Virginia Tech | 10 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 55 |
| Virginia | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
at Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
* Date: November 25, 2023
* Game time: 3:30 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: sunny • Temperature: 43 °F (6 °C)
* Game attendance: 42,976
* Referee: Gary Patterson
| Statistics | VT | UVA |
| First downs | 16 | 18 |
| Total yards | 500 | 286 |
| Rush yards | 252 | 43 |
| Passing yards | 248 | 243 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Time of possession | 28:46 | 31:14 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Virginia Tech | Passing | Kyron Drones | 10/22, 244 yards, 3 TD |
| Virginia Tech | Rushing | Bhayshul Tuten | 16 carries, 117 yards, TD |
| Virginia Tech | Receiving | Da'Quan Felton | 3 receptions, 133 yards, 2 TD |
| Virginia | Passing | Anthony Colandrea | 29/46, 243 yards, 2 TD |
| Virginia | Rushing | Donte Hawthorne | 4 carries, 16 yards |
| Virginia | Receiving | Malik Washington | 14 receptions, 115 yards |

### No. 23 Tulane (Military Bowl)

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Virginia Tech | 10 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 41 |
| No. 23 Tulane | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD
* Date: December 27, 2023
* Game time: 2:00 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: rainy • Temperature: 54 °F (12 °C)
* Game attendance: 35,848
* Referee: Trennis Livingston
| Statistics | VT | TULA |
| First downs | 25 | 15 |
| Total yards | 453 | 252 |
| Rush yards | 362 | 133 |
| Passing yards | 91 | 119 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
| Time of possession | 33:06 | 26:54 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Virginia Tech | Passing | Kyron Drones | 13/21, 91 yards, 2 TD |
| Virginia Tech | Rushing | Kyron Drones | 20 carries, 176 yards, TD |
| Virginia Tech | Receiving | Benji Gosnell | 2 receptions, 21 yards, TD |
| Tulane | Passing | Kai Horton | 13/20, 119 yards, 2 TD |
| Tulane | Rushing | Makhi Hughes | 15 carries, 88 yards |
| Tulane | Receiving | Malik Washington | 5 receptions, 63 yards |