# 1995 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

The 1995 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) as a member of the Big East Conference during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Frank Beamer, the Hokies compiled an overall record of 10–2, with a mark of 6–1 in conference play, finished as Big East co-champion, and won the Sugar Bowl 28–10 over Texas. Virginia Tech played home games at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 7 | 8:00 p.m. | Boston College | No. 20 | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA (rivalry) | ESPN | L 14–20 | 44,426 |
| September 16 | 12:00 p.m. | Cincinnati* | | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA | | L 0–16 | 36,328 |
| September 23 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 17 Miami (FL) | | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA (rivalry) | BEN | W 13–7 | 51,206 |
| September 30 | 12:00 p.m. | at Pittsburgh | | Pitt StadiumPittsburgh, PA | BEN | W 26–16 | 31,036 |
| October 7 | 1:30 p.m. | at Navy* | | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial StadiumAnnapolis, MD | | W 14–0 | 31,114 |
| October 14 | 1:00 p.m. | Akron* | | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA | | W 77–27 | 40,688 |
| October 21 | 1:00 p.m. | at Rutgers | | Rutgers StadiumPiscataway, NJ | | W 45–17 | 19,292 |
| October 28 | 12:00 p.m. | at West Virginia | | Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WV (rivalry) | BEN | W 27–0 | 59,819 |
| November 4 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 20 Syracuse | | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA | ABC | W 31–7 | 51,239 |
| November 11 | 1:00 p.m. | vs. Temple | No. 21 | Robert F. Kennedy Memorial StadiumWashington, DC | | W 38–16 | 20,371 |
| November 18 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 13 Virginia* | No. 20 | Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA (rivalry) | ABC | W 36–29 | 43,600 |
| December 31 | 6:00 p.m. | vs. No. 9 Texas* | No. 13 | Louisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) | ABC | W 28–10 | 70,283 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked :
| | 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 | 24 | 24 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 |
| Coaches Poll | — | | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 |

## Game summaries
### Boston College

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Boston College | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 20 |
| Virginia Tech | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
at Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, Virginia
* Date: September 7, 1995
* Game attendance: 44,426
* Box score

### Cincinnati

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Virginia Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, Virginia
* Date: September 16, 1995
* Game attendance: 36,328
* Box score

### Miami (FL)

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miami (FL) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Virginia Tech | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
at Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, Virginia
* Date: September 23, 1995
* Game attendance: 51,206
* Box score

### Pitt

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Virginia Tech | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 26 |
| Pitt | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
* Date: September 30, 1995
* Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
* Game attendance: 31,036
* Box score

### Navy

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Virginia Tech | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Navy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Maryland
* Date: October 7, 1995
* Game time: 1:30 p.m. EST
* Game attendance: 31,114
* Box score

### Akron

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Akron | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 27 |
| Virginia Tech | 26 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 77 |
at Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, Virginia
* Date: October 14, 1995
* Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
* Game attendance: 40,688
* Box score

### Rutgers

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Virginia Tech | 7 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 45 |
| Rutgers | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
at Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway, New Jersey
* Date: October 21, 1995
* Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
* Game attendance: 19,292
* Recap pg. 124

### West Virginia

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Virginia Tech | 3 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 27 |
| West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Mountaineer Field, Morgantown, West Virginia
* Date: October 28, 1995
* Game time: 12:00 p.m.
* Game attendance: 59,819
* Box Score

### Syracuse

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Syracuse | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Virginia Tech | 0 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
at Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, Virginia
* Date: November 4, 1995
* Game time: 3:30 p.m. EST
* Game attendance: 51,239
* TV: ABC
* Box score

### Temple

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Temple | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| Virginia Tech | 10 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 38 |
at RFK Stadium, Washington, DC
* Date: November 11, 1995
* Game attendance: 20,371
* Box score

### Virginia

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Virginia Tech | 14 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 36 |
| Virginia | 7 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 29 |
at Scott Stadium, Charlottesville, Virginia
* Date: November 18, 1995
* Game time: 12:00 p.m.
* Game attendance: 43,600
* Box Score

### 1995 Sugar Bowl

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Virginia Tech | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| Texas | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
at Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
* Date: December 31, 1995
* Game time: 12:00 p.m.
* Game attendance: 70,283
* Box Score