1995 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

1995 Virginia Tech Hokies football
Big East co-champion Sugar Bowl champion Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy
Sugar Bowl, W 28–10 vs. Texas
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 10
Record	10–2 (6–1 Big East)
Head coach	Frank Beamer (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Rickey Bustle (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Co-defensive coordinator	Bud Foster (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Rod Sharpless (1st season)
Base defense	4–4
Home stadium	Lane Stadium

1995 Big East Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 10 Virginia Tech +		6	–	1					10	–	2
No. 20 Miami (FL) +		6	–	1					8	–	3
No. 19 Syracuse		5	–	2					9	–	3
West Virginia		4	–	3					5	–	6
Boston College		4	–	3					4	–	8
Rutgers		2	–	5					4	–	7
Temple		1	–	6					1	–	10
Pittsburgh		0	–	7					2	–	9
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

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	Source
September 7	8:00 p.m.	Boston College	No. 20	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	ESPN	L 14–20	44,426	[1]
September 16	12:00 p.m.	Cincinnati*		Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		L 0–16	36,328	[2]
September 23	12:00 p.m.	No. 17 Miami (FL)		Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	BEN	W 13–7	51,206	[3]
September 30	12:00 p.m.	at Pittsburgh		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	BEN	W 26–16	31,036	[4]
October 7	1:30 p.m.	at Navy*		Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		W 14–0	31,114	[5]
October 14	1:00 p.m.	Akron*		Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 77–27	40,688	[6]
October 21	1:00 p.m.	at Rutgers		Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ		W 45–17	19,292	[7]
October 28	12:00 p.m.	at West Virginia		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	BEN	W 27–0	59,819	[8]
November 4	3:30 p.m.	No. 20 Syracuse		Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ABC	W 31–7	51,239	[9]
November 11	1:00 p.m.	vs. Temple	No. 21	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Washington, DC		W 38–16	20,371	[10]
November 18	12:00 p.m.	at No. 13 Virginia*	No. 20	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	ABC	W 36–29	43,600	[11]
December 31	6:00 p.m.	vs. No. 9 Texas*	No. 13	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	W 28–10	70,283	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Rankings

See also: 1995 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	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

Roster

1995 Virginia Tech Hokies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class C 63 Bill Conaty G 64 Gennaro DiNapoli So QB 16 Jim Druckenmiller Jr TE 81 Bryan Jennings Jr RB 28 Ken Oxendine So WR 17 Bryan Still RB 42 Dwayne Thomas G 75 Todd Washington So	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 9 Antonio Banks LB 41 George DelRicco S 14 Torrian Gray DE 58 Cornell Brown DT 59 J. C. Price FS 24 William Yarborough	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 18 Atle Larsen P 3 John Thomas	Head coach Frank Beamer Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Boston College

See also: 1995 Boston College Eagles football team and Boston College-Virginia Tech football rivalry

Boston College Eagles at #22 Virginia Tech Hokies

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

Game information
First quarter BC - Pollack 11 pass from Hartsell (McGuire kick) Second quarter BC - Harding 4 pass from Hartsell (McGuire kick) VT - Still 80 pass from Druckenmiller (Larsen kick) Third quarter BC - Hemmert 3 pass from Hartsell (kick failed) Fourth quarter VT - B. Edmonds 1 run (Larsen kick)

Cincinnati

See also: 1995 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

Cincinnati Bearcats at Virginia Tech Hokies

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

Game information
First quarter No scoring Second quarter CIN - B. Jackson 71-yard interception return (E. Richards kick) CIN - O. Smith 4-yard run (kick failed) CIN - E. Richards 41-yard field goal Third quarter No scoring Fourth quarter No scoring

Miami (FL)

See also: 1995 Miami Hurricanes football team and Miami-Virginia Tech football rivalry

#17 Miami Hurricanes at Virginia Tech Hokies

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

Game information
First quarter VT - D. Thomas 1-yard run (A. Larsen kick) Second quarter VT - A. Larsen 44-yard field goal UM - D. Ferguson 5-yard run (D. Prewitt kick) Third quarter No scoring Fourth quarter VT - A. Larsen 20-yard field goal

Pitt

See also: 1995 Pitt Panthers football team

Virginia Tech Hokies at Pitt Panthers

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

Game information

First quarter PITT - C. Ferencik 37-yard field goal Second quarter PITT - C. Ferencik 40-yard field goal PITT - C. Ferencik 31-yard field goal Third quarter VT - D. Thomas 15-yard run (A. Larsen kick) PITT - C. Schneider 2-yard run (C. Ferencik kick) VT - A. Larsen 34-yard field goal Fourth quarter VT - A. Larsen 33-yard field goal VT - J. Holmes 73-yard pass from J. Druckenmiller (A. Larsen kick) VT - A. Larsen 26-yard field goal VT - A. Larsen 36-yard field goal

Navy

See also: 1995 Navy Midshipmen football team

Virginia Tech Hokies at Navy Midshipmen

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

Game information
First quarter No scoring Second quarter VT - J. Holmes 16-yard pass from J. Druckenmiller (A. Larsen kick) Third quarter No scoring VT - A. Larsen 34-yard field goal Fourth quarter VT - D. Thomas 28-yard run (A. Larsen kick)

Akron

See also: 1995 Akron Zips football team

Akron Zips at Virginia Tech Hokies

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

Game information

First quarter VT - Holmes recovered blocked punt in end zone (PAT blocked) VT - White 68 pass from Druckenmiller (two-point conversion failed) VT - Parker 6 run (Larsen kick) VT - White 18 pass from Druckenmiller (Larsen kick) Second quarter VT - Oxendine 1 run (Larsen kick) VT - Clark 48 run (Larsen kick) VT - Thomas 8 run (Larsen kick) Third quarter VT - Clark 58 run (Haug kick) VT - Safety AKR - Lawhorn 25 run (Lakab kick) VT - Oxendine 68 run (Haug kick) AKR - Lawhorn 61 pass from Junko (Jakab kick) AKR - Reader 13 pass from Junko (PAT blocked) Fourth quarter AKR - Lawhorn 11 pass from Magrell (Jakab kick) VT - Parker 59 run (Haug kick) VT - Edwards 13 run (Haug kick)

Rutgers

See also: 1995 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

Virginia Tech Hokies at Rutgers Scarlet Knights

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

Game information

First quarter RUT - Mike-Mayer 33-yard field goal VT - Oxendine 1-yard run (Larsen kick) Second quarter RUT - Bosch 2-yard run (Mike-Mayer kick) VT - Still 7-yard pass from Druckenmiller (Larsen kick) Third quarter VT - Larsen 27-yard field goal VT - Holmes 40-yard pass from Druckenmiller (Larsen kick) VT - D.Thomas 5-yard run (Larsen kick) Fourth quarter RUT - Harper 9-yard pass from Lucas (Mike-Mayer kick) VT - Coleman 51-yard fumble return (Larsen kick) VT - Newsome 71-yard INT return (Larsen kick)

West Virginia

See also: 1995 West Virginia Mountaineers football team and Virginia Tech-West Virginia football rivalry

Virginia Tech Hokies at West Virginia Mountaineers

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

Game information
First quarter VT - A. Larsen 43-yard field goal Second quarter VT - D. Thomas 8-yard run (A. Larsen kick) VT - L. Green 37-yard interception return (A. Larsen kick) Third quarter No scoring Fourth quarter VT - B. Jennings 37-yard pass from J. Druckenmiller (A. Larsen kick) VT - A. Larsen 39-yard field goal

Syracuse

See also: 1995 Syracuse Orangemen football team

#20 Syracuse Orangemen at Virginia Tech Hokies

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

Game information
First quarter SYR - R. Konrad 19-yard run (O. Mare kick) Second quarter VT - A. Larsen 21-yard field goal VT - B. Edmonds 25-yard pass from J. Druckenmiller (A. Larsen kick) VT - J. Holmes 29-yard pass from J. Druckenmiller (A. Larsen kick) Third quarter VT - D. Thomas 25-yard pass from J. Druckenmiller (A. Larsen kick) Fourth quarter VT - M. Parker 1-yard run (A. Larsen kick)

Temple

See also: 1995 Temple Owls football team

Temple Owls vs. Virginia Tech Hokies

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

Game information

First quarter VT - FG Larsen 19 TEM - FG Michalski 41 TEM - FG Michalski 31 VT - Still 35 pass from Druckenmiller (Larsen kick) Second quarter VT - Baron 46 fumble return (Larsen kick) VT - Price 19 interception return (Larsen kick) TEM - FG Michalski 44 VT - Parker 2 run (Larsen kick) Third quarter No scoring Fourth quarter VT - Parker 1 run (Larsen kick) TEM - Kersey 18 pass from Burris (Michalski kick)

Virginia

See also: 1995 Virginia Cavaliers football team and Virginia-Virginia Tech rivalry

#20 Virginia Tech Hokies at #13 Virginia Cavaliers

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

Game information

First quarter UVA - G Crowell 29 pass from Groh (R. Garcia kick) VT - Oxendine 1 run (Larsen kick) VT - Thomas 2 run (Larsen kick) Second quarter UVA - Medley 2 pass from Sherman (Neely reception for two-point conversion) UVA - G. Crowell 41 pass from Sherman (R. Garcia kick) Third quarter UVA - T. Barber 9 run (R. Garcia kick) Fourth quarter VT - Holmes 10 pass from Druckenmiller (two-point conversion failed) VT - Larsen 35 FG VT - Holmes 42 pass from Druckenmiller (Larsen kick) VT - Banks 65 interception return (Larsen kick)

1995 Sugar Bowl

See also: 1995 Texas Longhorns football team

#13 Virginia Tech Hokies vs. #9 Texas Longhorns

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

Game information
First quarter TEX - Fitzgerald 4-yard pass from Brown (Dawson kick) Second quarter TEX - Dawson 52-yard field goal VT - Still 60-yard punt return (Larsen kick) Third quarter VT - Parker 2-yard run (Larsen kick) Fourth quarter VT - Still 54-yard pass from Druckenmiller (Larsen kick) VT - Baron 20-yard fumble return (Larsen kick)

References

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2. "Virginia Tech shut out by turnovers, defense". The Miami Herald. September 17, 1995. Retrieved February 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Virginia Tech notches 1st victory over 'Canes". South Florida Sun Sentinel. September 24, 1995. Retrieved February 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Tech holds a block party". The Roanoke Times. October 1, 1995. Retrieved February 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Defense saves day for Hokies, 14–0". The Danville Register & Bee. October 8, 1995. Retrieved February 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Hokies pour on points". Daily Press. October 15, 1995. Retrieved February 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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