Battle on the Bayou looms for Hokies

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GAME 2: Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007 • 9:22 p.m.Tiger Stadium (92,400)

Baton Rouge, La.Series vs. LSU: VT leads, 1-0

Live Stats: www.LSUsports.netTelevision: ESPN-HD

Announcers: Brent Musberger (PBP); Kirk Herbstreit (color); Lisa Salters (sideline)Radios: Virginia Tech ISP Sports Network; Westwood One/CBS National; XM Satellite

10 Three Virginia Tech players had 10 tackles or more during the East Carolina game — Vince Hall (13), Xavier Adibi (10) and Brandon Flowers (10). 9 The LSU game will mark Tech’s ninth game against a Southeastern Conference team since Frank Beamer took the helm in 1987. 8 The East Carolina game marked Tech’s eighth straight win a season-opening game played in Blacksburg. 7 Sam Wheeler’s seven pass receptions against ECU were the most for a Tech tight end since Steve Johnson had seven against South Carolina in 1987. 6 The Hokies posted their sixth straight win against East Carolina. 5 Justin Harper posted a career-best five catches during the ECU game. 4 Four of Brent Bowden’s six punts were downed inside the ECU 20-yard line. 3 Three Tech players – Cam Martin, Kam Chancellor and Richard Graham – made their first collegiate starts in the season opener. 2 Virginia Tech blocked two punts in its 2002 win over No. 14 LSU. 1 Eddie Royal’s 63 yards on punt returns against ECU moved him into first place in career punt return yardage at Virginia Tech.

COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF

THE SERIES • Virginia Tech and LSU will be meeting for the second time this Saturday with the Hokies leading the series, 1-0. • The only previous meeting between the two schools came in 2002 when Tech defeated the 14th-ranked Tigers 26-8 at Lane Stadium. • The Hokies haven’t fared well against the Southeastern Conference of late, going 3-5 under head coach Frank Beamer. • Four of the last five games for the Hokies against SEC schools have come in bowl contests (1994, Tennessee, Gator Bowl, L; 1998, Alabama, Music City Bowl, W; 2005, Auburn, Sugar Bowl, L; 2006, Georgia, Chick-fil-A Bowl, L). • The lone non-bowl game was Tech’s win over LSU in 2002.

AGAINST NO. 2 • The highest ranked opponent in the Associated Press Poll ever beaten by a Hokie football team was ranked second. That came in 2003, a 31-7 win over Miami at home. • Tech is 1-4 all-time against the No. 2 team in the AP’s poll: 1972 - Alabama, hL, 13-52 1973 - Alabama, aL, 6-77 1985 - Florida State, aL, 18-35 1990 - Florida State, aL, 28-39 2003 - Miami, hW, 31-7 • Tech is 0-7 all-time against the No. 1 team in the country.

THE CHECKLIST

✓ Virginia Tech won the lone previous meeting between the two schools.

✓ Tech has won its last 14 opening road games (non-neutral contests).

✓ Tech is 48-6 overall and 18-2 on the road in the month of September since the start of the 1993 season.

✓ This will be the Hokies’ first road game at an SEC school since playing at South Carolina in 1991.

✓ The largest crowd Tech has ever played in front of was 91,665 in 2004 when the Hokies played USC at FedEx Field.

#9/#9 (AP) Virginia Tech Hokies (�-0, 0-0 ACC) at#2/#2 (AP) LSU Tigers (�-0, �-0 SEC)

Battle on the Bayou looms for Hokies

FOURTEEN IN A ROW • Tech has won its first true road game of the year in each of its last 14 seasons. • Tech’s last loss in a road opener was in 1992, a 30-27 defeat to ECU in Greenville. • Tech opened the 2004 season on the road, but at a neutral site, against top-ranked USC at FedEx Field in Landover, Md. The Hokies lost that game, 24-13.

STRONG IN SEPTEMBER • Tech had a 27-game September winning streak broken in 2004 by NC State and lost to Georgia Tech last year on Sept. 30, but has still won 48 of the 54 games played in September,

dating back to the start of its bowl streak in the 1993 season. • Tech is 18-2 on the road in September since the start of the 1993 season, winning its last 12 road games in that month. The last loss came in 1996 at Syracuse.

GAMEDAY … AGAIN • ESPN College GameDay will originate from Baton Rouge this weekend, marking the 11th time the Hokies have been one of the two teams involved in the featured game of the day. • Tech is 4-1 at home (2000 game vs. Georgia Tech was cancelled) for GameDay, but is 0-4 on the road or at a neutral site (see pg 3).

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COACH FRANK BEAMER • Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech ’69), whose Virginia Tech teams have posted a 133-42 record over the past 14 seasons and appeared in bowl games each year in that span, is in his 21st year as the head football coach at Tech. Beamer has guided the Hokies to a 157-82-2 record. He became Tech’s winningest football coach in 1997 when the Hokies defeated Arkansas State, 50-0. He is just one win away from becoming the 47th coach in NCAA history (all divisions) to record 200 victories. Under Beamer, Tech football has enjoyed unprecedented success with 14 consecutive bowl appearances, an ACC title, an ACC Coastal Division crown, three BIG EAST Conference titles and a trip to the national championship game. Tech won the BIG EAST title in 1995 and 1999 and shared it in ‘96. Beamer was voted BIG EAST Coach of the Year by the league’s coaches each of those seasons and was tabbed the ACC Coach of the Year in both 2004 and 2005. In 1997, he was inducted into the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame and following the 1999 season, he earned eight national coach of the year honors. Beamer’s Hokies have earned the highest national rankings in the program’s history, earning a top 10 ranking in the AP poll at some point during seven of the past eight years. During one stretch, Tech was ranked in 84 consecutive AP polls. In 2005, Tech won the ACC’s Coastal Division and earned a spot in the league’s inaugural championship game. The Hokies won a school-record tying 11 games, including the Toyota Gator Bowl, finishing the season ranked seventh in the country. For his efforts, he was awarded the league’s coach of the year award for the second time in as many years. In 2004, Tech went a surprising 10-3 in a season highlighted by an eight-game winning streak that led to Tech’s ACC championship and a trip to the Nokia Sugar Bowl. During the 2000 season, the Hokies posted an 11-1 record that included a 41-20 win over Clemson in the Gator Bowl. In 1999, Tech marched to an 11-0 regular-season mark before losing a hard-fought 46-29 game to Florida State for the national title in the Sugar Bowl. The Hokies ended the ’99 season ranked No. 2 by AP. Another highlight came when Tech beat Texas, 28-10, in the 1995 Sugar Bowl and finished 10-2. The bowl streak started in ’93 when Tech beat Indiana in the Independence Bowl to cap a 9-3 season. Beamer returned to his alma mater in December of 1986 after a six-year stint as the head coach at Murray State University, where he compiled a 42-23-2 mark.

During his undergraduate days at Tech, Beamer started three years as a cornerback and played on the Hokies’ 1966 and 1968 Liberty Bowl teams. The 60-year-old Hillsville, Va., native began his collegiate coaching career as a graduate assistant at Maryland in 1972. He held assistant coaching positions at The Citadel and Murray State before being named MSU’s head coach in 1981. Beamer is married to the former Cheryl Oakley of Richmond, Va. They have two children, Shane, a former member of his dad’s football team at Tech and now an assistant coach at the University of South Carolina; and daughter Casey, a 2003 graduate of Virginia Tech. Beamer had his No. 25 jersey retired by Tech in a pregame ceremony before the Marshall game in 2002.

STABILITY AT THE TOP • Frank Beamer, the first Tech alumnus to guide Virginia Tech’s football program since the 1940s, has coached and won more football games at Tech than any other coach. • With the retirement of Fisher DeBerry (22 yrs., Air Force), only two of the 119 active

The Beamer FilePERSONAL: Born: 10/18/46, Mt. Airy, N.C. Hometown: Hillsville, Va. Wife: former Cheryl Oakley Children: Shane, Casey

EDUCATION: High School: Hillsville (1965) College: Virginia Tech (1969) Postgraduate: Radford University (1972)

PLAYING EXPERIENCE: Virginia Tech (1966-68)

COACHING EXPERIENCE: 1972 Graduate Assistant, Maryland 1973-76 Assistant Coach, The Citadel 1977-78 Defensive Coordinator, The Citadel 1979-80 Defensive Coordinator, Murray State 1981-86 Head Coach, Murray State 1981 (8-3) 1982 (4-7) 1983 (7-4) 1984 (9-2) 1985 (7-3-1) 1986 (7-4-1) Ohio Valley co-champs Record at Murray State: 42-23-2 (six years) 1987- Head Coach, Virginia Tech 1987 (2-9) 1988 (3-8) 1989 (6-4-1) 1990 (6-5) 1991 (5-6) 1992 (2-8-1) 1993 (9-3) Indep. Bowl champs 1994 (8-4) Gator Bowl 1995 (10-2) BIG EAST champs, Sugar Bowl champs

LSU COACH LES MILES • Les Miles (Michigan ‘75) is in his third season as the head football coach at Louisiana State University. • Miles, the 2002 Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year and former assistant with Michigan, Colorado and the Dallas Cowboys who built Oklahoma State into a force in the Big 12, became LSU’s 32nd head football coach on Jan. 3, 2005. • During his two-plus years with LSU, Miles has put together a 23-4 overall mark, while leading LSU to a 14-3 conference record. LSU has also had 12 players selected in the NFL Draft over the past two years, including a school-record four in the first round in 2007, which included the No. 1 overall pick in Jamarcus Russell.

The Opposing Coach

1996 (10-2) BIG EAST co-champs, Orange Bowl 1997 (7-5) Gator Bowl 1998 (9-3) Music City Bowl champs 1999 (11-1) BIG EAST champs, Sugar Bowl 2000 (11-1) Gator Bowl champs 2001 (8-4) Gator Bowl 2002 (10-4) San Fran. Bowl champs 2003 (8-5) Insight Bowl 2004 (10-3) ACC champs, Sugar Bowl 2005 (11-2) Gator Bowl champs 2006 (10-3) Chick-fil-A Bowl 2007 (1-0) Record at Virginia Tech: 157-82-2 (21st year) Record (overall): 199-105-4 (27th year)

BOWL EXPERIENCE:Player 1966 Liberty (VT vs. Miami) 1968 Liberty (VT vs. Mississippi)Coach 1993 Independence (VT vs. Indiana) 1994 Gator (VT vs. Tennessee) 1995 Sugar (VT vs. Texas) 1996 Orange (VT vs. Nebraska) 1997 Gator (VT vs. North Carolina) 1998 Music City (VT vs. Alabama) 1999 Sugar (VT vs. Florida State) 2000 Gator (VT vs. Clemson) 2001 Gator (VT vs. Florida State) 2002 San Francisco (VT vs. Air Force) 2003 Insight (VT vs. California) 2004 Sugar (VT vs. Auburn) 2005 Gator (VT vs. Louisville) 2006 Chick-fil-A (VT vs. Georgia)

Division I-A football bowl subdivision (FBS) head football coaches have been at their current school longer than Beamer. Those coaches are: Joe Paterno (42nd yr., Penn State) and Bobby Bowden (32nd yr., Florida State). • Prior to Beamer, no other grid coach in Tech history had served more than 10 seasons as head coach.


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Where Beamer Ranks

Last win after trailing after 1st quarter: Louisville (2005) .................................................... trailed 14-3 ..........................won 35-24Last win after trailing after 1st half: Cincinnati (2006) .................................................. trailed 10-5 ..........................won 29-13Last win after trailing after 3rd quarter: Cincinnati (2006) .................................................. trailed 13-12 ........................won 29-13Biggest comeback wins: 14 points ..............Syracuse (2000) ...................... trailed 14-0 after 1st ...........won 22-14 14 points ..............Georgia Tech (2004) .............. trailed 14-0 in 2nd ..............won 34-20 15 points ..............Virginia (1995) ....................... trailed 29-14 after 3rd ........won 36-29

Comebacks Under Beamer

Rushing = Outcome?• Under head coach Frank Beamer (241 games), the Hokies are 137-27-2 when outrushing their opponents, 19-55 when being outrushed and 1-0 when the rushing total is even.

• In Tech’s current 14-year bowl run (since 1993), Tech is 117-12 when outrushing its opponents, 15-30 when being outrushed and 1-0 when the rushing total is even.

• In its current 14-year bowl run (since 1993), Tech is 83-6 when rushing for 200 yards or more, including 7-0 in 2005 and 2-0 last year.

• Since 1999, the Hokies are 72-5 when outrushing their opponent and 8-17 when being outrushed.

Active NCAA Coaches BY WINSmin. 5 years as D-I head coach; 4-year schools only

33 Joe Paterno (Penn State)28 Bobby Bowden (Florida State)14 Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech)14 Phillip Fulmer (Tennessee)14 Steve Spurrier (South Carolina)

Active NCAA CoachesBY BOWL APPEARANCES

366 Bobby Bowden (Florida State)364 Joe Paterno (Penn State)199 Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech)198 Jim Tressel (Ohio State)185 Chris Ault (Nevada)181 Dennis Franchione (Texas A&M)180 Mack Brown (Texas)179 Joe Glenn (Wyoming)168 Dick Tomey (San Jose State)

The Coaches

Frank Beamer ................................................ Coach ......................................................... Les MilesVirginia Tech .................................................School ................................................................. LSUVirginia Tech (‘69) ...................................Alma Mater ........................................... Michigan (‘75)157-82-2 (21st year) ............................Record at School ....................................23-4 (third year)199-105-4 (27th year) .......................... Overall Record .................................. 51-25 (sixth year)1-0 ................................................... Record vs. the opponent ....................................................0-0

2007 BeamerAugust 0-0 4-1September 1-0 55-21-1October 0-0 50-23-1November 0-0 41-26December 0-0 5-7January 0-0 2-4VT’s Conference (Big East/ACC) RecordAt home 0-0 41-12On the road 0-0 38-18Neutral 0-0 1-0VT’s Non-Conference RecordAt home 1-0 54-16-1On the road 0-0 17-25-1Neutral 0-0 6-11VT’s Record When Ranked by APAt home 1-0 58-12On the road 0-0 40-15Neutral 0-0 6-7VT vs. Ranked Opponents (AP)At home 0-0 17-12-1On the road 0-0 8-16Neutral 0-0 4-7VT’s Record in Games ...Decided by 4-7 pts. 0-0 28-32-2Decided by 3 or less pts. 0-0 11-16-2In domed stadiums 0-0 5-13On television 1-0 105-47VT’s Record When Scoring ...Less than 20 points 1-0 14-45-220-24 points 0-0 22-2025+ points 0-0 121-17VT’s Record When Allowing ...Less than 14 points 1-0 92-5-114-24 points 0-0 54-21-125+ points 0-0 12-56VT’s Record When ...Leading after the 1stQ 1-0 106-30Leading at the half 1-0 129-22Leading after the 3rdQ 1-0 144-15-1Trailing after the 1stQ 0-0 24-37-2Trailing at the half 0-0 18-54Trailing after the 3rdQ 0-0 9-62Tied after the 1stQ 0-0 27-15Tied at the half 0-0 10-6-2Tied after the 3rdQ 0-0 4-5-1Playing an OT game 0-0 2-1Scoring first 1-0 116-29-1Opponent scores first 0-0 41-53-1Outrushing opponent 0-0 137-27-2Being outrushed 1-0 19-55Rushing total is even 0-0 1-0Blocking a kick 0-0 53-13Scoring a def/ST TD 1-0 61-8

Hokie Trends

ACC Football Records

IN THE 2000s

Miami 72-16

VT 69-22

BC 60-27

Florida St. 59-28

Maryland 55-29

Clemson 52-31

GT 53-35

NC St. 49-36

Virginia 46-39

Wake Forest 39-43

UNC 33-50

Duke 8-70

SINCE 1990

Florida St. 169-41-1

Miami 161-43

VT 146-60-1

Virginia 123-80-1

Clemson 121-78-1

GT 119-84-1

BC 117-84-2

NC St. 116-86-1

UNC 111-89-1

Maryland 93-101-1

Wake Forest 77-117

Duke 41-147-1

FEWEST OFFENSIVE TOUCHDOWNS ALLOWEDsince the start of the 2004 season

Virginia Tech .................................................47Penn State ......................................................55Auburn ...........................................................60Alabama .........................................................61North Carolina State ....................................68

MOST INTERCEPTIONSsince the start of the 2000 season

Virginia Tech ..............................................137Oklahoma ...................................................130Miami ..........................................................124Southern California ...................................120

10/16/99 Syracuse ............hW 62-011/13/99 Miami ...............hW 43-101/4/00 Florida State ....nL1 29-4611/4/00 Miami ............... aL 21-418/27/00 Georgia Tech .... game cancelled11/8/03 Pittsburgh ........ aL 28-311/3/05 Auburn .............nL2 13-169/24/05 Georgia Tech ....hW3 51-711/5/05 Miami ...............hL 7-279/1/07 East Carolina ...hW 17-71 - Sugar Bowl (national championship game)2 - Sugar Bowl3 - broadcast originally scheduled to be at LSU for

Tennessee/LSU game, but was moved to Blacksburg following Hurricane Katrina.

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COASTAL DIVISION Team Conf. Overall Georgia Tech 0-0 1-0 Miami 0-0 1-0 North Carolina 0-0 1-0 Virginia Tech 0-0 1-0 Duke 0-0 0-1 Virginia 0-0 0-1

ATLANTIC DIVISION Team Conf. Overall Boston College 1-0 1-0 Maryland 0-0 1-0 Clemson 0-0 0-0 Florida State 0-0 0-0 North Carolina State 0-0 0-1 Wake Forest 0-1 0-1

This Week in the ACCSaturday, September 8 NC State at Boston College Louisiana-Monroe at Clemson Duke at Virginia Alabama-Birmingham at Florida State Samford at Georgia Tech Maryland at Florida International Miami at Oklahoma North Carolina at East Carolina Virginia Tech at LSU Nebraska at Wake Forest

Next Week in the ACCThursday, September 13 West Virginia at MarylandSaturday, September 15 Virginia at North Carolina Furman at Clemson Ohio at Virginia Tech Army at Wake Forest FIU at Miami Wofford at NC State Boston College at Georgia Tech Duke at Northwestern Florida State at Colorado

Watching Tech’s Opponents This WeekEAST CAROLINA (0-1) vs. North Carolina

LSU (1-0) vs. Virginia Tech

OHIO (1-0) at Louisiana-Lafayette

WILLIAM & MARY (0-1) at VMI

NORTH CAROLINA (1-0) at East Carolina

CLEMSON (0-0) vs. Louisiana-Monroe

DUKE (0-1) at Virginia

BOSTON COLLEGE (1-0) vs. NC State

GEORGIA TECH (1-0) vs. Samford

FLORIDA STATE (0-0) vs. Ala-Birmingham

MIAMI (1-0) at Oklahoma

VIRGINIA (0-1) vs. Duke

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That’s the most often-asked question regarding Virginia Tech athletics. The answer leads all the way back to 1896 when Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College changed its name to Virginia Polytechnic Institute. With the change came the necessity for writing a new cheer and a contest for such a purpose was held by the student body. Senior O.M. Stull won first prize for his "Old Hokie" yell which still is used today. Later, when asked if "Hokie" had any special meaning, Stull explained the words he used had no hidden or symbolic meaning, but had been thought up in an effort to get attention. Hokie soon became a nickname for all Tech teams and for those people loyal to Tech athletics. Following is the "Old Hokie" yell in its original form:

Hoki, Hoki, Hoki Hy!Tech! Tech! V.P.I.!Sola-Rex Sola-Rah

Polytech-Vir-gin-i-a!!Rae, Ri, V.P.I.

What’s a Hokie?

While the full name of the school is Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, the school is commonly referred to as “Virginia Tech.” Founded in 1872, as Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, the university changed its named to Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1896. Fans of the athletic department, as well as media covering the Hokies, shortened the name to VPI, but it eventually became Virginia Tech. The “State University” was added in 1970 to bring the official title to what it is today. Those covering Hokie athletics are asked to refer to the university as simply “Virginia Tech.” Virginia Tech University, VPI and SU, VPI&SU, VT or VA Tech are not recognized names and should not be used.

Just Virginia Tech, Please

SCORING STREAK • Tech has scored in a school record 149 straight football games, beginning with a 13-7 win over the University of Miami on Sept. 23, 1995. The streak began after a 16-0 loss to Cincinnati at Lane Stadium in 1995. • The previous school record was 66 straight games, which started in 1970 and ran into the 1976 season. • During its current streak, Tech has scored 13 or more points in all but five games — UNC (1998 Gator Bowl, L, 42-3), at Pittsburgh (2001, L, 38-7), at West Virginia (2003, L, 28-7), Miami (2005, L, 27-7) and at Boston College (2006, L, 22-3).

TECH IN THE POLLS • Tech finished the ’99 season rated No. 2 by the Associated Press and No. 3 by the coaches and climbed as high as No. 2 in 2000 in both polls, both all-time highs. • Tech has been ranked a total of 191 voting periods by the AP since the beginning of the 1993 season. When Frank Beamer took over in 1987, Tech had been ranked a total of 12 weeks during the first 49 years of the AP poll. Tech has been ranked in 136 of the last 153 AP polls, including ninth this week.

IN ELITE COMPANY • With their win over Virginia last year, the Hokies joined some elite company by picking up their 10th win for the third consecutive year. • Only Southern Cal (11-1 in 2006) and Texas (10-3 in 2006) can also make that claim.

SCORING FIRST • Tech has won 30 straight games when scoring first. The last time Tech scored first and lost was against West Virginia in 2002.

THE GAME ON TV • The LSU-Virginia Tech game will be televised nationally by ESPN. Brent Musberger will handle the play-by-play with Kirk Herbstreit serving as the color analyst and Lisa Salters providing sideline commentary. • Virginia Tech is 35-14 all-time in games televised by ESPN.

Quarterback Records Under Beamer(by percentage)

Name Years Record Pct.Vick, Michael 1999-00 21-1 .955Vick, Marcus 2005 11-2 .846Druckenmiller, Jim 1995-96 20-4 .833Glennon, Sean 2006-07 11-3 .786Sorensen, Nick 1997-98 3-1 .750Noel, Grant 2001-02 10-4 .714Randall, Bryan 2002-04 26-12 .684Meyer, Dave 1998-00 2-1 .667Clark, Al 1997-98 12-7 .632DeShazo, Maurice 1992-94 19-14-1 .586Young, Cam 1989 3-3 .500Furrer, Will 1988-91 16-18-1 .486Wooten, Rodd 1989, 91 1-2 .333Chapman, Eric 1987 2-9 .182Koel, Treg 1992 0-1 .000

Totals 1987-07 157-82-2 .656


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Virginia Tech (10-3; 6-2 ACC): hW 38- 0 Northeastern aW 35- 10 North Carolina* hW 36- 0 Duke* hW 29- 13 Cincinnati hL 27- 38 Georgia Tech* aL 3- 22 Boston College* hW 36- 6 Southern Miss hW 24- 7 #10 Clemson* aW 17- 10 Miami* hW 23- 0 Kent State aW 27- 6 #14 Wake Forest* hW 17- 0 Virginia* nL 24- 31 Georgia (Chick-fil-A Bowl) LSU (11-2; 6-2 SEC): hW 45- 3 Louisiana-Lafayette hW 45- 3 Arizona aL 3- 7 Auburn* hW 49- 7 Tulane hW 48- 17 Mississippi State* aL 10- 23 Florida* hW 49- 0 Kentucky* hW 38- 6 Fresno State aW 28- 24 Tennessee* hW 28- 14 Alabama* hW 23- 20 Ole Miss* (OT) aW 31- 26 Arkansas* nW 41- 14 Notre Dame (Sugar Bowl)

* Conference games

2006 Results

2007 Schedules & ResultsVirginia Tech (1-0; 0-0 ACC): hW 17- 7 East Carolina Sept. 8 at #2 LSU Sept. 15 Ohio Sept. 22 William & Mary Sept. 29 North Carolina* Oct. 6 at Clemson* Oct. 13 at Duke* Oct. 25 Boston College* Nov. 1 at Georgia Tech* Nov. 10 Florida State* Nov. 17 Miami* Nov. 24 at Virginia*

LSU (1-0; 1-0 SEC) aW 45- 0 Mississippi State* Sept. 8 Virginia Tech Sept. 15 Middle Tennessee Sept. 22 South Carolina* Sept. 29 at Tulane Oct. 6 Florida* Oct. 13 at Kentucky* Oct. 20 Auburn* Nov. 3 at Alabama* Nov. 10 Louisiana Tech Nov. 17 at Ole Miss* Nov. 23 Arkansas*

* Conference games

Overall Television Record ................................................................... 119-59 ............................................ .669Last Nine Seasons (since start of 1999 season) ............................... 70-23 ............................................... .753

Overall Games .............................................................................. 103Percent of Games Played Televised ............................................ 93 games ....................................... 90.3%

Under Coach Beamer .......................................................................... 105-47 ............................................. .691Home Television Record ..................................................................... 66-19 ............................................... .774Away Television Record ...................................................................... 45-25 ............................................... .643Neutral Television Record .................................................................. 8-15 ................................................. .348 Virginia Tech on ESPN ...................................................................... 35-14 ............................................... .714 Virginia Tech on ESPN2 .................................................................... 15-3 ................................................. .833Virginia Tech on ABC......................................................................... 11-15 ............................................... .423 Virginia Tech on Jefferson-Pilot/Raycom/Lincoln Financial ........ 7-3 ................................................... .700 Virginia Tech on NBC ........................................................................ 2-2 ................................................... .500Virginia Tech on ESPNU .................................................................. 4-0 ................................................. 1.000

Tech on the Tube

The Series vs. LSUVT leads, �-0

2002 hW 26- 8

XAVIER ADIBI ........ZAY-vee-ur uh-DEE-beeNEKOS Brown ....................................NEE-koseJAHRE Cheeseman ................................jah-REEJared DEVELLI ............................duh-VELL-eeeChris DRAGER ................................DRAY-gurrJud DUNLEVY..............................DUN-levv-eeHIVERA Green ..................Hah-vee-air ( Javier)

Pronunciation Guide

ORION Martin ................Oh-RYE-in (O’Ryan)DAVON Morgan .................................. DAY-vonBranden ORE................................................... OrrCORDARROW Thompson ....Core-DARE-ohSTEPHAN Virgil ............................Steh-FAHNBEAU Warren ...................................................BOJason WORILDS ............................... WORLDS

BLOCKED KICKS SINCE THE START OF THE 2000 SEASON

1. Texas .......................................................462. NC State ................................................413. Virginia Tech .........................................374. Air Force .................................................365. Syracuse ..................................................30

Who’s Up? Who’s Down?ON THE FIELDFrank Beamer ................................ head coachBud Foster .........defensive coordinator/ILBsBilly Hite.......................asst. head coach/RBsCurt Newsome ........................... offensive lineMike O’Cain ............................... quarterbacksCharley Wiles ............................ defensive line

IN THE BOOTHKevin Sherman ........................ wide receiversJim Cavanaugh ...........................rovers/whipsBryan Stinespring ........ off. coordinator/TEsTorrian Gray ........................... defensive backs

Fourteen Bowls in a Row• With its 10-win season in 2006, Virginia Tech is now one of only four teams to go to 14 bowls in the last 14 seasons. The other three teams are Florida, Florida State and Michigan.

TECH IN OVERTIME9/19/97 at Miami 27- 20 W OT11/9/02 at Syracuse 42- 50 L 3OT11/15/03 at Temple 24- 23 W OT

• Virginia Tech’s official tribute ribbon logo remembering the victims of the April 16 tragedy comes from a student-inspired design. The patch will be worn on all Tech athletic jerseys or warmups this year.

• The logo consists of the well-known maroon VT athletic logo that symbolizes the innovative and dynamic nature of Virginia Tech, over an orange ribbon that is in recognition of the lives lost on April 16 and a symbol of the victims’ prevailing Hokie spirit.

• The tribute ribbon will appear on athletes’ jerseys as an inspiration and celebration of the victims’ lives and the unforgettable mark they left on the Virginia Tech community, the nation and the world.

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The Storied Lunch Pail• Taken with the Hokies

wherever they go is the storied lunch pail. The Pail served as the inspiration for Tech’s record-setting 1995 defense, symbolizing Tech’s blue collar approach to defensive football. Every year since, a member of the defense has been responsible for toting a new Pail to everything football-related.

• Coach Rod Sharpless, then the co-defensive coordinator along with Foster, brought a lunch pail back from New Jersey and they decided that it would become the symbol of the 1995 defense. Sharpless’ mother-in-law found the now famous original lunch pail in Mercerville, N.J., where it had belonged to a coal miner.

• The original Pail, along with an oversized replica, sits in Tech’s Hall of Legends in the Merryman Center.

• That year, the players put their season and individual goals in the Pail and turf from road victories into the Pail as well. Now, the players put the unit goals, weekly goals, the keys to success for the week and sign a mission statement before the season … plus the turf from road wins.

• A new Pail is put into service about every two years since it goes through so much each season. This year’s Pail is the sixth since 1995.

• Following Tech’s loss to Boston College last year, Foster took the Pail away from the defense and sat it in his office. After that game, Tech’s defense shot to No. 1 in the nation in total defense, scoring defense and passing defense, allowing just 29 points in the last six regular season contests. The Hokies finished last year No. 1 in the country in total defense for the second year in a row.

• In years’ past, the top point getter from the previous week would be responsible for the Pail.

• Only two times in NCAA history has a defense finished tops in the country in total defense three years in a row: Oklahoma-1985, ‘86 and ‘87 and Toledo-1969, ‘70 and ‘71.

• Only five other times (six including Tech) in NCAA history has a defense repeated as the annual champion in total defense.

• Tech also finished No. 1 in the country in scoring defense and pass defense last year.

• They posted four shutouts last year, continuing a remarkable streak. Beginning with the 1995 season — Foster’s first year as defensive coordinator — the Tech defense has posted at least one shutout, a span of 12 seasons heading into this year’s campaign. Tech had two shutouts in 1995, one in 1996, two in 1997, three in 1998, two in 1999, one in 2000, four in 2001, one in 2002 and 2003, two in 2004, two in 2005 and the four last year.

• When not shut out, the opposition has been held to seven points or less 23 other times. That’s 47 outputs of seven points or less given up in 151 games, an astounding 31 percent!

• Fans have started mailing and bringing by old lunch pails to Foster, who now has half a dozen Pails waiting to be used.

• Foster has taken his lunch pail mentality to a new level as this past summer he got a tattoo of the Pail, a permanent reminder of his

defensive attitude.•This year, the names of

the 32 victims of the April 16 tragedy on Tech’s campus are also in the Pail (left) as the defense has vowed to play in their remembrance.

Last Meeting: Tech Posts Win Over Defending SEC Champs

LSU

Virginia Tech 26

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Lane Stadium/Worsham Field • Blacksburg, Va.Sept. 1, 2002 • Attendance: 65,049

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Sixteenth-ranked Virginia Tech used a strong defense and an opportunistic offense to defeat No. 14 Louisiana State, 26-8, in front of a then-state record crowd of 65,049 at Lane Stadium/Worsham Field. Tech capitalized on good field position to build a 14-0 advantage in the first half. A 17-yard punt return by sophomore DeAngelo Hall put the Hokies at the LSU 27 late in the first quarter. From there, it took Tech just six plays to score its first touchdown. A blocked punt gave the Hokies the football at the LSU 29 less than two minutes into the second quarter. A 6-yard touchdown run by Lee Suggs capped a four-play drive. Defensively, the Hokies kept the pressure on LSU quarterback Matt Mauck, registering four quarterback sacks and 14 hurries. Tech limited the Tigers to 80 yards on the ground and just 214 overall. LSU converted on just one of 13 third-down plays during the contest. A pass interception by Vegas Robinson set up Virginia Tech’s last touchdown. Suggs led the Hokies with 91 yards rushing and two touchdowns on 22 carries.

Final StatisticsLSU 0 0 0 8 — 8Virginia Tech 7 7 3 9 — 26VT (0:30 re 1st) - Jones 2 run (Warley kick)VT (12:58 re 2nd) - Suggs 6 run (Warley kick)VT (11:22 re 3rd) - FG Warley 41VT (14:02 re 4th) - Suggs 2 run (Warley kick)LSU (10:00 re 4th) - Toefield 1 run (Clayton pass from Mauck)VT (0:05 re 4th) - safety, punt blocked out of end zone

Team Stats LSU VTFirst Downs 14 13Rushes-yds. 28-80 32-166Passing yds. 134 65Return yds. 52 68Passes 15-35-1 7-14-0Punts-avg. 9-27 9-45Fumbles-lost 4-1 4-1Penalties-yds. 8-61 8-65Time of poss. 25:56 34:04Sacks-by 3-21 4-20

Game Notes

• Louisiana State, which was ranked 14th in the Associated Press poll, was the highest-ranked team in the AP poll that Virginia Tech had defeated since a 28-10 win over No. 9 Texas in the 1995 Sugar Bowl game.

• Redshirt freshman Justin Hamilton and redshirt sophomore Jason Lallis both blocked punts in the game. It marked the 17th time in Frank Beamer’s tenure the Hokies had blocked two kicks in a game.

• Only three players had carries for the Hokies in the LSU game.

• Seven Tech players each had one reception.

• Vinnie Burns was named the BIG EAST Special Teams Player of the Week after averaging 45 yards on nine punts in the win over the Tigers.

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Individual Leaders Rushing — LSU, Toefield 10-46, Davis 7-23, Mauck 10-6, Addai 1-5; VT, Suggs 22-91, Jones 14-70, Randall 14-6, Team 1-(-1). Passing — LSU, Mauck 15-35-1-134; VT, Randall 5-9-0-47, Noel 2-5-0-18. Receiving — LSU, Clayton 5-49, Toefield 3-20, Brazell 1-12, Edwards 1-11, Henderson 1-10, Carey 1-9, Addai 1-9, Davis 1-8, Myers 1-6; VT, Humes 1-17, Parham 1-11, Wilford 1-11, Witten 1-8, Willis 1-7, Suggs 1-6, Easlick 1-5.

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Game 1: Hokies Victorious in Emotional Return to Field

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East Carolina

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Lane Stadium/Worsham Field • Blacksburg, Va.Sept. 1, 2007 • Attendance: 66,233

BLACKSBURG — In an emotional opening game that followed a moving tribute to the victims of the on-campus tragedy of April 16, Virginia Tech did just enough to get by a determined East Carolina team that pushed the No. 9 Hokies to their limit before falling 17-7. The game belonged to the defenses. East Carolina forced a fumble late in the first quarter and mounted a nine-play, 52-yard drive to take a 7-3 lead early in the second period. But just before the half, Tech’s defense turned the tide with a big play of its own. After a Brent Bowden punt pinned the Pirates down on their own 2-yard line, ECU quarterback Brett Clay made a costly mistake. After a rushing play failed to pick up yardage, Clay attempted a pass into coverage that was picked off by Tech cornerback Victor Harris at the 17 and returned for a touchdown. Tech’s defense made the 10-7 lead hold up until quarterback Sean Glennon was able to find tight end Sam Wheeler open for a 21-yard touchdown pass that extended the margin to 17-7 with 13:07 remaining in the game. Tech’s 17 points were the fewest in an opening game played in Blacksburg since 1995, when the Hokies dropped a 20-14 opening-game decision to Boston College. The Tech was forced to rely on its passing attack, while being held to just 33 yards on the ground. Glennon responded by hitting 22 of 33 attempts for 245 yards. Seven of those completions went to Wheeler. ECU managed 148 yards on the ground and 261 overall, but ran just seven plays in Tech territory during the second half.

Final StatisticsEast Carolina 0 7 0 0 — 7Virginia Tech 3 7 0 7 — 17VT (4:26 re 1st) - FG Dunlevy 25ECU (14:23 re 2nd) - Johnson 2 run (Hartman kick)VT (3:07 re 2nd) - Harris 17 interception return (Dunlevy kick)VT (13:07 re 4th) - Wheeler 21 pass from Glennon (Dunlevy kick)

Team Stats ECU VTFirst downs 12 16Rushes-yds. 35-142 31-33Passing yds. 119 245Return yds. 8 80Passes 16-31-1 22-33-1Punts-avg. 9-44.0 6-42.3Fumbles-lost 0-0 2-2Penalties-yds. 12-69 4-42Time of poss. 31:33 28:27Sacks by 4-19 0-0

Game Notes

• Tight end Sam Wheeler had a career day, posting personal-bests for receptions (7) and receiving yards (81). His seven catches were the most for a Tech tight end since 1987 when Steve Johnson had seven against South Carolina. The 81 yards, meanwhile, were the most for a Hokie tight end since Keith Willis picked up 113 yards at Syracuse in 2002.

• The 33 yards rushing by the Hokies tied for the sixth-lowest total under Coach Frank Beamer, and the fewest ever in a win under Beamer. The Hokies had just 33 yards on the ground two other times under Beamer — Clemson, 1987 and Boston College 2006.

• Victor Harris’ 17-yard interception return for a touchdown against the Pirates was the second career TD return for the Tech corner. Harris posted a 72-yard interception return for a score against Cincinnati in 2006.

• With 63 yards on punt returns against ECU, Eddie Royal became Tech’s all-time leader in that category with 904 yards.

• Cam and Orion Martin started against ECU, becoming the first set of brothers to start together in a game for Virginia Tech since Jonathan and Kevin Lewis (both DTs) in 2003.

Individual Leaders Rushing — ECU, Lindsay 10-50, Pinkney 9-48, Johnson 10-29, Harris 4-16, Clay 1-3, Simmons 1-(-4); VT, Ore 23-70, Cheeseman 1-(-3), K. Lewis 3-(-15), Glennon 4-(-19). Passing — ECU, Pinkney 14-25-0-115, Clay 2-6-1-4; VT, Glennon 22-33-1-245. Receiving — ECU, Henry 4-30, Bryant 4-20, Rogers 3-17, Lindsay 2-17, Lee 1-17, Crowell 1-15, Sonnhalter 1-3; VT, Wheeler 7-81, Harper 5-64, Morgan 4-40, Hyman 2-43, Royal 2-16, Weatherford 1-2, Ore 1-(-1).

Fast Starts • Tech had a 27-game September winning streak broken in 2004 by NC State and lost to Georgia Tech last year on Sept. 30, but has still won 48 of the 54 games played in September, dating back to the start of its bowl streak in the 1993 season.

2007 (1-0) East Carolina Sept. 1 W 17-72006 (4-1; Chick-fil-A Bowl) Georgia Tech Sept. 30 L 27-38 Cincinnati Sept. 23 W 29-13 Duke Sept. 16 W 36-0 North Carolina Sept. 9 W 35-10 Northeastern Sept. 2 W 38-02005 (4-0; Gator Bowl) Georgia Tech Sept. 24 W 51-7 Ohio Sept. 17 W 45-0 Duke Sept. 10 W 45-0 NC State Sept. 4 W 20-162004 (2-1; Sugar Bowl) NC State Sept. 25 L 16-17 Duke Sept. 18 W 41-17 Western Michigan Sept. 11 W 63-02003 (3-0; Insight Bowl) Connecticut Sept. 27 W 47-13 Texas A&M Sept. 18 W 35-19 James Madison Sept. 6 W 43-02002 (4-0; San Francisco Bowl) Western Michigan Sept. 28 W 30-0 Texas A&M Sept. 21 W 13-3 Marshall Sept. 12 W 47-21 LSU Sept. 1 W 26-82001 (4-0; Gator Bowl) UCF Sept. 30 W 46-14 Rutgers Sept. 16 W 50-0 Western Michigan Sept. 8 W 31-0 Connecticut Sept. 1 W 52-102000 (4-0; Gator Bowl) Boston College Sept. 30 W 48-34 Rutgers Sept. 16 W 49-0 East Carolina Sept. 7 W 45-28 Akron Sept. 2 W 52-231999 (3-0; Sugar Bowl) Clemson Sept. 23 W 31-11 UAB Sept. 11 W 31-10 James Madison Sept. 4 W 47-01998 (4-0; Music City Bowl) Pittsburgh Sept. 26 W 27-7 Miami (Fla.) Sept. 19 W 27-20 (ot) Clemson Sept. 12 W 37-0 East Carolina Sept. 5 W 38-31997 (3-0; Gator Bowl) Arkansas State Sept. 27 W 50-0 Temple Sept. 20 W 23-13 Syracuse Sept. 13 W 31-31996 (3-1; Orange Bowl) Syracuse Sept. 28 L 21-52 Rutgers Sept. 21 W 30-14 Boston College Sept. 14 W 45-7 Akron Sept. 7 W 21-181995 (2-2; Sugar Bowl) Pittsburgh Sept. 30 W 26-16 Miami (Fla.) Sept. 23 W 13-7 Cincinnati Sept. 16 L 0-16 Boston College Sept. 7 L 14-201994 (4-0; Gator Bowl) West Virginia Sept. 22 W 34-6 Boston College Sept. 17 W 12-7 Southern Miss Sept. 10 W 24-14 Arkansas State Sept. 3 W 34-71993 (3-1; Independence Bowl) Maryland Sept. 25 W 55-28 Miami (Fla.) Sept. 18 L 2-21 Pittsburgh Sept. 11 W 63-21 Bowling Green Sept. 4 W 33-16


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OFFENSIVE SCOUTING REPORT• Heading into last preseason, three young signal callers were battling for the coveted starting position. Sean Glennon (r-Jr., Centreville, Va.) won the job, and has held on to the No. 1 spot since last year.

• Last year, he started all 13 games and completed 170-of-302 passes for 2,191 yards and 11 touchdowns, including a 339-yard game against Georgia Tech in which he attempted a school-record tying 53 passes.

• Glennon redshirted in 2005 after playing in four games as a true freshman, completing 8-of-11 passes — including one to himself — for 137 yards and two scores. One of those touchdown passes was to a man now blocking for him at tackle: Duane Brown (r-Sr., Richmond, Va.), who was playing tight end.

• Glennon brings strength and an intelligence to the position. In fall preseason testing, he led the quarterbacks with a 350-pound bench press and a 285-pound power clean, while posting a 34.5-inch vertical jump.

• Glennon opened the season by completing 22-of-33 passes against East Carolina for 245 yards and a touchdown with an interception.

• He spent part of his 2007 summer training at Velocity, a training center in Alexandria, Va., working with a speed coach. He had four sessions per week. The complex had super slow motion film, which would show athletes everything that they were doing wrong, or where they could improve, frame by frame (wasted motion, not striking the ground properly, body off balance, etc.).

• Much-hyped freshman Tyrod Taylor (Hampton, Va.) moved into the role as the No. 2 quarterback late in preseason camp after showing off his skills early on.

• Taylor was rated the No. 1 dual threat quarterback in the country by rivals.com as a senior in high school after accounting for 7,690 yards of total offense and 100 touchdowns.

• In summer testing, he registered a freshman-best 39.5-inch vertical jump and 4.39 40-yard dash.

• The goal is to still redshirt Taylor, not playing him in “mop up” duty. But if the situation calls for a quarterback to play in a meaningful game situation, his number would be called.

• Cory Holt (r-Jr., Lexington, N.C.) put up some impressive numbers in preseason strength testing. He led the quarterbacks with a 450-

pound squat and a 265-pound push jerk. He played in just two games last year and six in 2005.

• Branden Ore (r-Jr., Chesapeake, Va.) leads this year’s group of “Stallions” at the tailback position. In 2005, he went over the 100-yard mark three times and did it four more times last season, including back-to-back 200-yard games (207 vs. USM and 203 vs. Clemson). He is the first Tech back to ever post two 200-yard games not only in a season, but in a career.

• He earned ACC Offensive Back of the Week honors twice last year (UNC and Clemson) and was named to the Preseason All-ACC Team this year.

• Last year, he rushed for 1,137 yards, scored 17 total TDs, broke 91 tackles, led the ACC in all-purpose yards (112.6 ypg) and scoring (8.5 ppg) and was second in rushing (94.8 ypg).

• He was the 10th back in school history to surpass the 1,000-yard rushing plateau and earned first-team All-ACC honors.

• Ore missed all of the 2006 spring after having shoulder surgery following the bowl game. He went home to rehab and did not take any classes. He worked at a 7-Eleven warehouse as a stockboy and credits the experience as turning his attitude around.

• Kenny Lewis, Jr. (So., Danville, Va.) backs up Ore. He is a quick back who moved into the No. 2 spot last year, even though he was scheduled to redshirt.

• He spent several years in the Cincinnati Reds’ organization, advancing to AA ball, before enrolling at Virginia Tech in January of 2006.

• Last year, he had 215 yards rushing and two scores.

• Dustin Pickle ( Jr., Salem, Va.) had an impressive preseason, earning a a scholarship, and is in line for special teams duty.

• Also looking for playing time this year, either on offense or special teams, will be Jahre Cheeseman (r-So., Voorhees, N.J.), who was brought over from the defensive side of the ball. He broke his foot in a jayvee game in 2007, prematurely ending his season.

• Cheeseman saw his first action at tailback in the East Carolina game, carrying the ball once.

• Coaches are hoping to redshirt both Josh Oglesby (Fr., Garner, N.C.) and Darren Evans (Fr., Indianapolis, Ind.). Oglesby enrolled at

Tech in January while Evans was the EA Sports National Player of the Year after scoring 61 touchdowns as a senior.

• Carlton Weatherford (r-Sr., Danville, Va.) has taken over the starting fullback duties this year. The walk-on has battled back from a total blow out of his knee three years ago. He is a strong player (420-pound bench, 530-pound squat, 321-pound push jerk), who blocks with good leverage.

• Weatherford had a big game in his first collegiate action, catching three passes for 19 yards, including a 4-yard touchdown against Northeastern last year. For the year, he had four catches for 25 yards and also had a 24-yard kickoff return against Wake Forest.

• Kenny Jefferson (r-So., Port Tobacco, Md.) and Devin Perez (r-Jr., Sparta, N.J.) will also be used in certain formations.

• At tight end, Tech returns both main contributors from last year in Greg Boone (r-So., Chesapeake, Va.) and Sam Wheeler (r-So., Blacksburg, Va.).

• Wheeler is a local product who went to Hargrave before enrolling at Tech and redshirting in 2005. At 6-3, 267 pounds, he’s not the biggest of the tight ends, but is athletic and catches the ball well.

• He caught a 17-yard score against Duke and had a 41-yard catch against No. 10 Clemson. In last year’s bowl game, he caught a 53-yard touchdown pass from WR Eddie Royal.

• He had 13 catches for 199 yards and two touchdowns last season.

• In this year’s opener, he registered career highs with seven catches for 81 yards. He caught a 29-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter to seal the win.

• Boone is a former quarterback who has shown steady improvement at the position. At 6-3, he has the ideal size, but checked in at a heavy 291 pounds at the beginning of camp. He’s shed some of the weight, and is a load to tackle. He is very mobile and athletic for a guy his size, but still needs to work on his pass-catching skills.

• He caught a 41-yard touchdown pass at North Carolina last year.

• Coaches are excited about the development of Andre Smith (r-Fr., Germantown, Md.) at the tight end spot. They were close to pulling the redshirt off of him last year, but decided to let him sit out the year and mature.


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Name Yr. GP GSGraves r-Fr. 1 0Grimm r-So. 14 0Hall r-Sr. 40 39Harper Sr. 38 4Harris Jr. 27 14Hill, C. Fr. 0 0Holland So. 3 0Holt r-Jr. 7 0Houseright r-Jr. 14 0Hyman r-Sr. 39 13Jefferson r-So. 7 0King Sr. 14 0Lewis, K. So. 7 1Luckett r-Fr. 1 0Marshman r-Jr. 27 3Martin, C. r-So. 10 1Martin, O. r-Jr. 27 2McGreevy Jr. 1 0McMillin r-Sr. 1 0Mears r-Fr. 0 0Morgan, D. Fr. 1 0Morgan, J. Sr. 38 14Ore r-Jr. 25 13Parker, D.J. Sr. 40 20Parker, P. r-Fr. 0 0Perez r-Jr. 11 0

Name Yr. GP GSPickle Jr. 14 0Porch r-So. 14 0Powell r-Sr. 40 20Reidy r-So. 1 0Render So. 14 14Robertson, K. r-Sr. 30 0Royal Sr. 39 34Saunders r-Fr. 0 0Shuman r-Jr. 16 9Smith r-Fr. 0 0Sturdivant r-Jr. 27 0Taylor, D. r-So. 8 0Taylor, T. Fr. 0 0Thompson r-So. 13 0Throckmorton r-Sr. 2 0Virgil So. 12 0Wang r-So. 13 2Warren, Be. r-Fr. 0 0Warren, Br. Sr. 30 0Weatherford r-Sr. 14 0Welsh r-Jr. 4 0Wheeler r-So. 14 8 Whitaker r-So. 6 0Worilds r-Fr. 3 0Wright r-Fr. 1 0Younger So. 1 0

Name Yr. GP GSAdibi r-Sr. 34 27Beyer So. 0 0Booker r-Sr. 28 14Boone r-So. 13 9Bowden r-So. 1 1Bowman r-Jr. 5 0Brown, A. r-Fr. 0 0Brown, D. r-Sr. 40 27Brown, N. So. 14 0Carmichael r-Fr. 1 0Carroll Fr. 0 0Chancellor So. 14 1Cheeseman r-So. 3 0Dechristopher Fr. 0 0Develli Sr. 38 38Dillard r-Fr. 1 0Drager Fr. 1 0Dunlevy r-Sr. 15 3Edwards r-Fr. 1 0Ellis r-Sr. 39 22Finnegan r-So. 0 0Flowers r-Jr. 28 15Friday r-Fr. 0 0Glennon r-Jr. 18 14Gordon r-Sr. 37 0Graham r-So. 7 1

Career Starts & Games Played• True freshman Chris Drager ( Jefferson Hills, Pa.) also has the coaches excited and worked his way up the depth chart in preseason camp. He will see a lot of time on special teams and be used as the No. 4 tight end. • The Hokies play four senior receivers who have seen significant action over the years. With this quartet, this is one of the deepest positions on the Tech roster.

• Each brings a different element as their strength and any one of the four can step up at any time and have a standout game.

• The last time they were tested in the 40-yard dash, each of the four ran 4.4 or faster.

• Eddie Royal (Sr., Herndon, Va.) is a dangerous receiver and return man. He earned All-ACC honors as a return man last year, averaging 23.0 yards per kick return and 13.2 yards per punt return with one touchdown.

• Royal is the youngest of a talented group of seven children. His brother, Chris, was a defensive back at Marshall and was among the nation’s leaders in interceptions in 2005 with six. His sister, Christina, was the Regimental Commanding Officer (RCO) for the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, graduating in 2006. The Air Force cadet was a cadet colonel, the highest rank a cadet can have. In the history of the VTCC, Christina was the fourth female to achieve this rank and position, and the first African American female to do so.

• Royal, at 5-10, 180 pounds, bench pressed 390 pounds last preseason to break his own Tech receiver record. He also ran a 4.36 40-yard dash with a 38.5-inch vertical jump in winter testing and is considered one of the strongest players, pound-for-pound, on the team.

• Last year, he had 31 catches for 497 yards and three touchdowns, including 102 yards against Georgia Tech, a punt return score vs. Duke and 49-yard scores at Wake Forest and against Virginia. He even threw a 53-yard touchdown pass to Sam Wheeler in the bowl game.

• Josh Morgan (Sr., Washington, D.C.) is called “the man child” by his fellow receivers for his strength and athleticism. He ran a 4.39 40-yard dash in winter workouts. He also led all receivers in spring testing with a 326-pound power clean and a 310-pound push jerk with a 38-inch vertical jump.

• He had a Tech bowl record 126 yards — including an 80-yarder — and two scores vs. Auburn in the 2005 Sugar Bowl. Last season,

he had 33 catches for 448 yards and four touchdowns. • He may only be a senior like three of the other receivers, but 24-year-old Josh Hyman (r-Sr., Chesapeake, Va.) is constantly kidded by his younger receiving mates for being the old man of the group.

• After graduating Deep Creek High in 2002, Hyman went to Fork Union Military Academy for a semester, before enrolling at Tech in the Spring of 2003. He then redshirted in 2003 before making his debut as a 21-year-old freshman in 2004.

• He ran a 4.37 40-yard dash in winter testing and posted a 480-pound squat in preseason max outs. He also won the coveted Ironman Award for excellence in the weight room.

• Justin Harper (Sr., Catawba, N.C.) teams up with Morgan at the split end position while Royal and Hyman man the flanker spot.

• Harper got his first career start against Georgia Tech last year and responded with a career-high 109 yards receiving on four catches.

• Against East Carolina last week, he caught a career-high five passes for 64 yards.

• Harper is a 6-4 player with 4.33 speed. He had a 47-yard touchdown catch against Cincinnati last year and averaged a team-high 15.4 yards per catch.

• Also looking to break into the rotation are redshirt freshmen Zach Luckett (Mays Landing, N.J.) and Prince Parker (Norfolk, Va.), along with redshirt sophomore Brandon Dillard (Martinsville, Va.). Luckett (6-3, 212) and Parker (6-6, 218) are two of the biggest receivers on the team while Dillard (4.37 40) is one of the fastest.

• Ike Whitaker (r-So., Germantown, Md.) served as the No. 2 quarterback for most of last year, but missed the bowl while undergoing treatment for alcohol rehabilitation. He returned for all of spring practice, but made the move to receiver in preseason camp.

• Last year, he was 10-of-16 passing for 119 yards and a touchdown and also had 42 rushing yards.

• Whitaker and Sean Glennon are avid movie buffs, spending several nights a week at Glennon’s apartment watching flicks.

• Three starters return on the offensive line, but only one is back at the position he played last year. Working with them on the starting line will be two others who have seen limited action as starters.

• Duane Brown (r-Sr., Richmond, Va.), a former tight end, will be at his third collegiate position this fall. He was the starting right tackle the past two seasons, but makes the move to left tackle this year and was named to the Preseason All-ACC Team this summer

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HOME-GROWN TALENT • Ten of the 11 starters on defense call Virginia home. The only scheduled starter not from Virginia is cornerback Brandon Flowers, who hails from Florida, but prepped at Hargrave Military in Virginia. • Nine of the 11 scheduled starters on offense for this game are from Virginia. • Together, 19 of 22 starters call Virginia home. • In addition, punter Brent Bowden (Centreville), kicker Jared Develli (Sterling), and snapper Scott King (Radford), are from the Commonwealth.

REPRESENTIN’ THE “757” • Bryan Stinespring, Jim Cavanaugh and Curt Newsome have made livings out of signing the best players to come out of the Hampton Roads area, also called the “757” for its area code. • On defense alone, nine starters or key contributors come from the area, while four on offense call the “757” home.

DEFENSE DE Chris Ellis Hampton DT Carlton Powell Chesapeake LB Vince Hall Chesapeake LB Xavier Adibi Hampton LB Purnell Sturdivant Norfolk DE Demetrius Taylor Virginia Beach DE Steven Friday Hampton FS D.J. Parker Hampton ROV Kam Chancellor Norfolk OFFENSE WR Josh Hyman Chesapeake TE Greg Boone Chesapeake WR Prince Parker Norfolk TB Branden Ore Chesapeake

Offensive Line Play Breakdown (S-started; P-played; DNP-dressed, but did not play on offense; DND- did not dress; INJ-injured)

ECU LSU OHIO W&M UNC CU DUKE BC GT FSU MIAMI UVa TOTAL

A. Brown DNP

D. Brown S/65

C. Crum DND

E. Davis DND

B. Dechristopher DNP

R. Graham S/32

B. Holland DNP

N. Marshman S/65

B. Mears DNP

S. Render S/65

R. Shuman S/65

E. Wang INJ

B. Warren DNP

M. Welsh P/33

after earning second-team all-conference honors a year ago.

• Last year, he played 678 snaps with 22 knockdowns, grading out at 87 percent. At 6-5, 308 pounds, Brown has the size and athleticism to be a dominating and stable force on a young line.

• He’s also been a force on special teams, recording four tackles last year and blocking a field goal at Miami.

• At right guard, sophomore Sergio Render (Newnan, Ga.) returns as the starter. He earned first-team Freshman All-America honors from The Sporting News last season.

• He played one of the best games of his career against Wake Forest last year, grading out at 90 percent with a team-high six knockdowns, earning ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week honors.

• Render opened the season by grading out at 91 percent with a nine knockdowns on all 65 offensive plays to lead the way on the offensive line.

• In preseason testing, he led all linemen with a 465-pound bench press. He also squatted 505 pounds and had a 351-pound power clean.

• Ryan Shuman (r-Jr., Fork Union, Va.) moves from left guard to his natural position of center. Shuman started the first eight games of 2006, playing 399 offensive snaps before going down with a knee injury.

• The Hokies were dealt a major blow on Aug. 5 when projected right tackle starter Ed Wang broke his left fibula in practice. Wang (r-So., Ashburn, Va.) moved from tight end to tackle in the spring and put on nearly 40 pounds. He is expected to be out until early November.

• The injury forced a number of moves along the line. Nick Marshman (r-Jr., Harrisonburg, Va.) has moved around on the line and is now slated to be the starter at right tackle. He opened camp at left guard, but has experience all along the line.

• Marshman is one of the biggest players on the team at 6-5, 357 pounds and has been a standout in the weight room. He squatted 710 pounds last year in preseason testing, the second-best ever at Tech by any football player.

• Moving in at left guard is Richard Graham (r-Fr., Richmond, Va.), who is considered the “utility” player of the line. He can play just about any spot and got the start in the opener.

• The top back up at both guard spots is Matt Welsh (r-Jr., Clifton, Va.), who even worked at center in preseason camp.

• Brandon Holland (So., Roanoke, Va.), who backs up Graham, was slated to redshirt last season, but ended up playing in a jayvee game and then played briefly in three games.

• True freshman Blake Dechristopher (Midlothian, Va.) backs up Marshman at right tackle while Aaron Brown (r-Fr., Cincinnati, Ohio)will be counted on to back up Brown at the left tackle spot.

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DEFENSIVE SCOUTING REPORT• The linebacking duo of No. 9 Vince Hall and No. 11 Xavier Adibi team up to give Tech “the best LB duo in the country,” according to ESPN’s Chris Spielman.

• Hall (r-Sr., Chesapeake, Va.) has started the last 39 games at the mike position and was named a first-team All-ACC linebacker last year. The only game he hasn’t started in his career was his first game, against No. 1 USC in the 2004 season opener.

• Hall had a team- and ACC-leading 128 stops last year, and opened this season with 13 tackles against East Carolina.

• Adibi (r-Sr., Hampton, Va.) started all 13 games last year at the backer position and has started 27 games in a row. Both he and Hall were named to the 2007 Preseason All-ACC Team. He opened with 10 stops against ECU.

• He was second on the team last year with 82 tackles, including 6.5 for loss and earned ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week honors two times.

• He had three interceptions last year and has six for his career. He returned a fumble 35 yards for a score last season at Wake Forest.

• Adibi is regarded as the best video game player on the team and holds regular Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii tournaments at his apartment with the winner getting one of his famed wrestling championship belts that he bought at Wal-Mart.

• The task of replacing NFL Draft pick Aaron Rouse at rover has been given to Kam Chancellor, who moved from cornerback.

• Chancellor (So., Norfolk, Va.) was one of the pleasant surprises of last year’s camp. He came into camp as a quarterback prospect, but made the move to cornerback just a few practices into

his career. He played mostly on special teams during his freshman campaign.

• He recorded one interception last year and had six tackles in this year’s opener against East Carolina.

• Chancellor earned a regular spot on special teams last year after blocking several punts in the preseason. At 6-3, he brings good size to the rover position.

• Cam Martin (r-So., Martinsville, Va.) has moved from free safety to whip linebacker, where he won the battle with Corey Gordon. He has to find a way to stay healthy after undergoing a pair of hernia surgeries.

• Both Cam and his brother, Orion, earned the start in the ECU game, making them the first set of brothers to start together for Tech since Jonathan and Kevin Lewis started side-by-side along the defensive front in 2003.

• Gordon (r-Sr., Gainesville, Fla.) has waited his time, but he is now scheduled to contribute at whip linebacker after playing mostly on special teams the past three years. He recorded a 350-pound bench press in preseason testing, along with a 500-pound squat.

• Cody Grimm (r-So.) is a walk-on who has earned playing time on special teams, but could get a look at whip and backer this year.

• The Fairfax, Va., native is the son of NFL Pro Bowler Russ Grimm, who is in his first season as the Arizona Cardinals assistant head coach and offensive line coach after spending six years with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

• Tech’s cornerback positions are manned by a group eager to carry on the tradition of defensive backfield excellence. In the past nine NFL Drafts, 12 Tech secondary players have been chosen, including Pro Bowler DeAngelo Hall of the Atlanta Falcons.

• Brandon Flowers (r-Jr., Delray Beach, Fla.) took over at boundary corner for unanimous 2005 All-American Jimmy Williams and hasn’t missed a beat.

• He heads up a secondary ranked tops in the nation by Athlon in its preseason publication.

• Last year, he turned into one of the best corners in the league, posting three interceptions (including two against Miami), a forced fumble, 18 break-ups and 51 tackles (7.5 TFL, 3.5 sacks) on the year. He led the league with 21 passes defended, earning third-team All-American honors from the Associated Press.

• After earning first-team all-conference honors a year ago, he was named to the 2007 Preseason All-ACC squad this summer.

• He opened the season in fine fashion against ECU, recording 10 tackles, including one for a loss, to go along with two pass break ups.

• Flowers had the odd distinction of having a touchdown already as a redshirt freshman, before the first snap of the 2005 season. That’s because as a true freshman in 2004, Flowers returned an interception 38 yards for a score against Western Michigan, but broke his leg later that game. He sat out the rest of the season and was granted a medical redshirt.

• Junior Victor “Macho” Harris mans the other corner spot, giving the Hokies what SI.com calls “maybe the finest cornerback duo in America.”

• The Highland Springs, Va., native has started the last 14 games at field corner last year. Both he and Flowers are on the preseason watch list for the Thorpe Award, given to the nation’s top defensive back.

• Harris opened the season with a 17-yard interception for a score in the second quarter against ECU, giving the Hokies the lead for good. He now has five career interceptions and two touchdowns via interception returns.

• The story of his tumultuous December of 2004 is widely known. First, he suffered third-degree burns, on Dec. 15, the day Tech head coach Frank Beamer and assistant Jim Cavanaugh were coming to his house for a recruiting visit. Harris’ mother, Maritza, was preparing a meal for the coaches, and a grease fire broke out in the kitchen while she was at the store. Harris put out the fire by throwing a quilt on the pan, but suffered burns in the process. He has small scars on his face, and skin grafts on his right forearm.

• The Hokies scored five touchdowns last season via returns (2 INT, 2 fumble, 1 punt return). Since the start of the 1999 season, Tech has 57 touchdown returns, one behind Miami.

Tech Among Nation’s Best in Return TDs

School 1999 ........2000 ...... 2001 .......2002 ....... 2003 ........ 2004 ..........2005 ......... 2006 ........ 2007 .......Bowls........Total

Miami 3 ..........13 ..........11 ............6 ..........10 ............. 8 ............. 3 ............. 1 ............ 1 .............3 ..........59Virginia Tech 8 ............ 6 ............7 ............7 ..........10 ............. 6 ............. 6 ............. 5 ............ 1 .............2 ..........58Texas 6 ............ 6 ............6 ............7 ............ 9 ............. 2 ............. 7 ............. 8 ............ 0 .............2 ..........53Kansas State 9 ............ 5 ............2 ..........12 ............ 5 ............. 5 ............. 5 ............. 9 ............ 0 .............1 ..........53Fresno State 5 ............ 5 ............3 ............5 ............ 4 ............. 6 ............. 7 ............. 3 ............ 0 .............3 ..........41NC State 3 ............ 2 ............4 ............9 ..........10 ............. 5 ............. 2 ............. 4 ............ 0 .............1 ..........40Nebraska 6 ............ 7 ............5 ............6 ............ 4 ............. 4 ............. 4 ............. 0 ............ 0 .............3 ..........39Colorado 5 ............ 4 ............7 ............7 ............ 1 ............. 6 ............. 3 ............. 1 ............ 0 .............4 ..........38East Carolina 7 ............ 5 ............4 ............5 ............ 4 ............. 3 ............. 0 ............. 4 ............ 0 .............3 ..........35 Texas Tech 3 ............ 7 ............8 ............5 ............ 3 ............. 2 ............. 3 ............. 2 ............................1 ..........34Notre Dame 4 ............ 6 ............4 ............9 ............ 1 ............. 1 ............. 5 ............. 4 ............ 0 .............0 ..........34Texas Christian 5 ............ 3 ............4 ............6 ............ 2 ............. 1 ............. 3 ............. 2 ............ 0 .............1 ..........27


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4,212 … combined career receiving yards for Virginia Tech’s four senior receivers – Eddie Royal, Josh Morgan, Josh Hyman and Justin Harper.

474 … rushing yards needed for junior Branden Ore to become one of the Hokies’ Top 10 career rushers.

372 … yards Eddie Royal needs to become Tech’s all-time leader in kickoff return yards.

199 … career coaching victories for Frank Beamer place him third among active coaches at Football Bowl Series schools.

81 … receiving yards by Sam Wheeler were the most by a Tech tight end since 2002 when Keith Willis had 113 yards in a three overtime loss to Syracuse.

70 … touchdowns scored by Tech’s defense under Frank Beamer.

39 … consecutive games started by senior linebacker Vince Hall put him 10 away from a new school record for consecutive starts (48, OL Billy Conaty).

22 … pass completions by Sean Glennon against ECU equaled the most in a Tech season opener under Frank Beamer, tying 22 by Bryan Randall against UCF in 2003.

17 … players on Tech’s current roster have scored touchdowns for the Hokies.

12 … Tech players saw their first collegiate action during the East Carolina game.

9 … knockdown blocks by offensive guard Sergio Render during the ECU game.

7 … most points Tech has allowed an opponent in six of its last eight games.

6 … seasons of 10 or more wins for the Hokies during the past eight seasons.

4 … catches by Josh Morgan against ECU moved him up two spaces into 13th in career receptions at Tech with 80.

3 … pass receptions needed by Eddie Royal to move past Mike Burnop (90) for ninth place in career catches at Tech.

2 … true freshmen played against ECU — Davon Morgan and Chris Drager.

0 … rushing touchdowns by Tech against ECU broke a string of 14 straight home games with at least one rushing TD dating back to a 2004 loss to NC State.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Then, 10 days after Beamer’s visit, and five days after he committed to the Hokies, his mother fainted at home on Christmas Day and passed away at the hospital.

• He has a tattoo on his left forearm of an image of his mother and the words: “My angel. My reason. My mother.” He also has a new tattoo on his neck that reads “Mama’s Boy.” Maritza Harris was 43.

• Against Cincinnati on Sept. 23 of last year, the day after what would have been his late mother’s 45th birthday, he intercepted two passes, returning one 72 yards for a score, earning him ACC Defensive Back of the Week honors.

• Sophomore Stephan Virgil (Rocky Mount, N.C.) and redshirt freshman Rashad Carmichael (Clinton, Md.) are a pair of young players who, along with true freshman Cris Hill (Richmond, Va.), back up the starters.

• The free safety spot is considered the captain of Tech’s defense and the Hokies have a good one in senior D.J. Parker.

• The Hampton, Va., native played cornerback as a freshman, but made the move to free safety and has since started 20 games at the position.

• In spring testing, he benched 330 pounds and power cleaned 290 pounds, both among the best for the defensive backs.

• As a sophomore, he returned a blocked field goal 78 yards for a touchdown against Georgia Tech. Last year, he had 41 tackles, two interceptions, six pass break-ups and two forced fumbles.

• Redshirt freshman Mario Edwards (Atlanta, Ga.) is slated to back up Parker, but was slowed in preseason by a hamstring injury. In his absense, true freshman Davon Morgan (Richmond, Va.), who was a prep All-American, got the back-up reps in camp and will also be a contributor on special teams.

• Redshirt senior Chris Ellis (Hampton, Va.), a physical specimen at 6-5, 267 pounds, leads the defensive line. He hurt his shoulder in Tech’s second game of the 2006 season and had off-season surgery, but is back at 100 percent this fall.

• He had 38 tackles last year, including 8.5 for loss and 4.5 sacks. He opened the season with four tackles and three QB hurries against ECU.

• Orion Martin (r-Jr., Martinsville, Va.) has gone from an unknown walk-on to the starter

at defensive end in two years. Martin walked onto the squad in 2005 after spending a semester at Norfolk State and one semester at Hargrave Military Academy.

• He made quite an impression in the 2005 spring game, posting a game-high seven tackles, including 3.5 for a loss and two sacks. He was given the Paul Torgersen Award as the top newcomer and earned a scholarship shortly after.

• Last year, he had 29 tackles, including 1.5 for loss and a sack, as well as 12 quarterback hurries. He posted a 380-pound bench press and a 530-pound squat in summer testing.

• Behind Ellis is Jason Worilds, who went by Jason Adjepong last year. Worilds (r-Fr., Carteret, N.J.) played in two games last year, but like Ellis, injured his shoulder in the North Carolina game. He had season-ending surgery and was granted a medical redshirt.

• Nekos Brown (So., Brandywine, Md.) made the move from linebacker to defensive end after the North Carolina game in 2006 and saw a lot of time on special teams and at end.

• Brown is the son of Chuck Brown, who is known as the godfather of go-go music, and is a famous songwriter and performer.

• The defensive tackle spot is anchored by redshirt senior Carlton Powell (Chesapeake, Va.). Powell has started 21 career contests, including the last 14 in-a-row. He had 38 tackles, including 6.5 for loss and 2.5 sacks, last season.

• He led the defensive tackles with a 400-pound bench press in summer testing and also turned in a 550-pound squat.

• Barry Booker (r-Sr., Amherst, Va.) returns as the top guy at the tackle position. He stepped up his play last year, starting all 13 games.

• Booker (6-4, 290) was fourth on the team last year with 52 tackles. Against Cincinnati last year, he recorded a career-high 10 tackles, including 2.5 for loss.

• John Graves (r-Fr., Richmond, Va.) drew high praise from the offensive line last year for his work on the scout team and is expected to contribute both at tackle and end this year.

• Kory Robertson (r-Sr., Martinsville, Va.) and Cordarrow Thompson (r-So., Stafford, Va.) are three guys who who will factor into the five-man rotation the coaches like to use at the two defensive tackle spots.


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2007 Starters Game By GameOffense FL LT LG C RG RT TE QB FB TB SE

ECU Royal D. Brown Graham Shuman Render Marshman Wheeler Glennon Harper (WR) Ore Morgan

LSU

OU

W&M

UNC

CU

DU

BC

GT

FSU

UM

VA

Defense DE DT DT DE ILB ILB WHIP CB ROVER FS CB

ECU Ellis Booker Powell O. Martin Hall Adibi C. Martin Flowers Chancellor DJ Parker Harris

LSU

OU

W&M

UNC

CU

DU

BC

GT

FSU

UM

VA

• Also serving as back-ups at the end spot are former linebackers Steven Friday (r-Fr., Hampton, Va.) and Demetrius Taylor (r-So., Virginia Beach, Va.). Friday set a new whip linebacker record with a 400-pound bench press while Taylor posted a 380-pound push jerk in summer testing.

SPECIAL TEAMS SCOUTING REPORT• For the first time since 1996, Tech’s regular starting punter will not be a left-footer. The streak started with Jimmy Kibble (1996-1999), Robert Peaslee (2000), Vinnie Burns (2001-2004) and finally Nic Schmitt (2005-2006). The absence of a left-footed kicker concludes one of the oddest streaks in college football.

• Linebacker and right-footed Ben Taylor was called on to kick three times in the 2000 season, but John I. Thomas was the last right-footed starting punter for the Hokies, last starting in 1996.

• The new punter this year is right-footed Brent Bowden (r-So., Centreville, Va.), who has patiently waited his turn for two years. Bowden is the brother of former Florida State punter Chris Hall and is also one of the holders on field goals and PATs.

• He had four of his six punts against East Carolina downed inside the 20-yard line and averaged 42.3 yards per punt.

• Jud Dunlevy (r-Sr., Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) won the place-kicking battle despite a shaky off-season. He has handled some kickoffs in the past and made a 51-yard field goal during a jayvee game in 2005. He made his lone field goal against East Carolina, a 25-yarder.

• Head coach Frank Beamer admits losing the last week of spring practice and the Spring Game due to the tragedy of April 16 probably affected the kickers the most. He was looking forward to seeing how they did under the pressure of 40,000 fans watching them. In an attempt to try and re-create that atmosphere, he opened two of the preseason scrimmages held in Lane Stadium to the public, events that have always been closed.

• Jared Develli (Sr., Sterling, Va.), who had 35 touchbacks on 57 kickoffs last year, missed the bowl game after undergoing a fourth hernia sugery.

• He has a powerful leg and still reached the end zone three out of four times last week, even

with the kickoff spot being moved back five yards to the 30 this year.

• Scott King (r-Sr., Radford, Va.) returns as the starting short snapper while Bart McMillin (r-Sr., Bristol, Va.) will handle the snapping for punts. King snapped for every PAT and field goal last year while this is McMillin’s first collegiate action.

• Eddie Royal (Sr., Herndon, Va.) and Josh Morgan (Sr., Washington, D.C.) team up to give Tech a dangerous duo returning kickoffs. They are backed up by Victor “Macho” Harris ( Jr., Richmond, Va.) and walk-on Brandon Dillard (r-So., Martinsville, Va.).

• Royal is back for his fourth season as the return man on punts. In his career he has rushed for a touchdown, caught a touchdown pass, thrown a touchdown pass and returned one for a touchdown on a punt return.

• He needs one on a kickoff return to become the first Tech player on record to account for a touchdown five different ways.

• He is Tech’s all-time leader in punt returns yards with 904.


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THE GAME ON RADIO • Tech’s games can be heard on radio stations throughout Virginia and the mid-Atlantic region on the Virginia Tech ISP Sports Network. • Bill Roth (play-by-play), Mike Burnop (analyst) and Adam Witten (scoreboard anchor) comprise Virginia Tech football’s on-air broadcast crew. • The 2007 season marks Roth and Burnop’s 20th season together in the Virginia Tech radio booth. • Coverage begins 90 minutes prior to kickoff with the Davenport & Company College Football Digest. The Advance Auto Parts Hokies’ Countdown picks up the action 60 minutes prior to the game. The Kroger Point After is a 90-minute post-game show. • For a complete list of radio stations, please consult Tech’s football media guide or the Fan’s Guide to TV and Radio on hokiesports.com.

• Every game will be broadcast live on XM Satellite with the home team radio feed.

HOKIE PLAYBACK TELEVISION • Virginia Tech home football games are rebroadcast on Sunday afternoons on Comcast SportsNet at 12:30 p.m., and on Sunday nights on WDBJ-7 in Roanoke, Va., at 11:35 p.m. In addition, Hokie PlayBack can be seen on WDBJ’s digital station, MY Network TV, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday nights at 11 p.m.

VIRGINIA TECH SPORTS TODAY • Highlights of Tech’s games, post-game interviews and other features can be seen on Virginia Tech Sports Today, Tech’s weekly television magazine show presented by ISP Sports. • The show, featuring Tech coach Frank Beamer with host Bill Roth, can be seen every Sunday on a network of stations throughout

Offensive Individual Career Game HighsTHROWERSSean Glennon (QB)Att. 53 ........... GT, 2006Comp. 27 ........... GT, 2006Yds. 339 ........ GT, 2006TDs 3 ............. NU, 2006INTs 3 ............. UGA, 2006Long 60 ........... Duke, 2006RUSHINGAtt. 8 ............. twiceYds. 7 ............. USM, 2006TDs 1 ............. CU, 2006Long 19 ........... UVa, 2006

Cory Holt (QB)Att. 4 ............. GT, 2005Comp. 2 ............. OU, 2005Yds. 57 ........... OU, 2005TDs 1 ............. OU, 2005INTs 0Long 38 ........... OU, 2005RUSHINGAtt. 1 ............. 3 timesYds. 7 ............. OU, 2005TDs 0Long 7 ............. OU, 2005

Tyrod Taylor (QB)Att. 0Comp. 0Yds. 0TDs 0INTs 0Long 0RUSHINGAtt. 0Yds. 0TDs 0Long 0

RUNNERSKenny Jefferson (FB)Att. 1 ............. UVa, 2006Yds. 3 ............. UVa, 2006TDs 0Long 3 ............. UVa, 2006

Kenny Lewis, Jr. (TB)Att. 19 ........... UVa, 2006Yds. 79 ........... UVa, 2006TDs 1 ............. twiceLong 20 ........... WFU, 2006

Branden Ore (TB)Att. 37 ........... Clem, 2006Yds. 207 ........ USM, 2006TDs 3 ............. UNC, 2006Long 70 ........... USM, 2006

Dustin Pickle (TB)Att. 1 ............. UVa, 2006Yds. -3 ........... UVa, 2006TDs 0Long -3 ........... UVa, 2006

Carlton Weatherford (FB)Att. 1 ............. twiceYds. 8 ............. Duke, 2006TDs 0Long 8 ............. Duke, 2006

CATCHERSGreg Boone (TE)Rec. 1 ............. five timesYds. 41 ........... UNC, 2006TDs 1 ............. UNC, 2006Long 41 ........... UNC, 2006

Brandon Dillard (WR)Rec. 0Yds. 0TDs 0Long 0

Justin Harper (WR)Rec. 5 ............. ECU, 2007Yds. 109 ........ GT, 2006TDs 1 ............. three timesLong 49 ........... GT, 2006

Josh Hyman (WR)Rec. 6 ............. GT, 2006Yds. 93 ........... UVa, 2004TDs 2 ............. UVa, 2004Long 45 ........... UVa, 2004

Kenny Lewis, Jr. (TB)Rec. 0Yds. 0TDs 0Long 0

Zach Luckett (WR)Rec. 0Yds. 0TDs 0Long 0

Josh Morgan (WR)Rec. 7 ............. FSU, 2005Yds. 128 ........ FSU, 2005TDs 2 ............. Auburn, 2005Long 80 ........... Auburn, 2005

Branden Ore (TB)Rec. 5 ............. BC, 2006Yds. 81 ........... NU, 2006TDs 1 ............. NU, 2006Long 55 ........... NU, 2006

Eddie Royal (WR)Rec. 7 ............. GT, 2006Yds. 102 ........ GT, 2006TDs 1 ............. seven timesLong 80 ........... GT, 2004

Andre Smith (TE)Rec. 0Yds. 0TDs 0Long 0

Carlton Weatherford (FB)Rec. 3 ............. NU, 2006Yds. 19 ........... NU, 2006TDs 1 ............. NU, 2006Long 8 ............. NU, 2006

Sam Wheeler (TE)Rec. 7 ............. ECU, 2007Yds. 81 ........... ECU, 2007TDs 1 ............. three timesLong 53 ........... UGa, 2006

Ike Whitaker (WR)Rec. 0Yds. 0TDs 0Long 0

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START CHARTS CurrentOffense ‘07 Streak CareerBoone (TE) 0 - 9Brown (OT) 1 27 27Glennon (QB) 1 14 14Graham (OG) 1 1 1Harper (WR) 1 2 4Hyman (WR) 0 - 13Lewis, K (TB) 0 - 1Marshman (OT) 1 1 3Morgan (WR) 1 8 14Ore (TB) 1 2 13Render (OG) 1 14 14Royal (WR) 1 2 34Shuman (C) 1 1 9Wheeler (TE) 1 4 7Wang (OT) 0 - 2 CurrentDefense ‘07 Streak CareerAdibi (LB) 1 27 27Booker (DT) 1 14 14Chancellor (ROV) 1 1 1Ellis (DE) 1 9 22Flowers (CB) 1 14 14Hall (LB) 1 39 39Harris (CB) 1 14 14Martin, C. (LB) 1 1 1Martin, O. (DE) 1 1 2Minor (CB) 0 - 13Parker, D.J. (FS) 1 14 20Powell (DT) 1 14 21 CurrentSpecialists ‘07 Streak CareerBowden (P) 1 1 1Develli (KO) 1 1 37Dunlevy (KO/PK) 1 1 3

STARTED EVERY GAME IN 2007Offense (11): D. Brown, Glennon, Graham, Harper, Marshman, Morgan, Ore, Render, Royal, Shuman, WheelerDefense (11): Adibi, Booker, Chancellor, Ellis, Flowers, Hall, Harris, C. Martin, O. Martin, DJ Parker, PowellSpecialists (3): Bowden, Develli, Dunlevy

LONGEST ACTIVE STREAKSVince Hall ..............................................39Xavier Adibi ..........................................27Duane Brown ........................................27Barry Booker .........................................14Brandon Flowers ...................................14 Sean Glennon ........................................14Macho Harris ........................................14D.J. Parker ..............................................14Carlton Powell .......................................14Sergio Render ........................................14

as of Sept. 2, 2007

Offense (Multiple) Defense (4-3)

SE 2, Josh Morgan (6-1, 220, Sr.) DE 49, Chris Ellis (6-5, 267, r-Sr.) 81, Justin Harper (6-4, 214, Sr.) 43, Jason Worilds (6-2, 257, r-Fr.) 3, Ike Whitaker (6-4, 225, r-So.)

TE 83, Sam Wheeler (6-3, 267, r-So.) DT 99, Carlton Powell (6-2, 293, r-Sr.) 8, Greg Boone (6-3, 291, r-So.) 91, John Graves (6-3, 279, r-Fr.) OR 88, Andre Smith (6-4, 245, r-Fr.) 75, Kory Robertson (6-2, 342, r-Sr.)

LT 76, Duane Brown (6-5, 308, r-Sr.) DT 59, Barry Booker (6-4, 290, r-Sr.) 71, Aaron Brown (6-6, 320, r-Fr.) 95, Cordarrow Thompson (6-2, 338, r-So.)

LG 64, Richard Graham (6-6, 278, r-So.) DE 90, Orion Martin (6-2, 256, r-Jr.) 51, Matt Welsh (6-4, 295, r-Jr.) 47, Nekos Brown (6-2, 253, So.)

C 58, Ryan Shuman (6-3, 314, r-Jr.) ILB 9, Vince Hall (6-0, 238, r-Sr.) 60, Beau Warren (6-3, 275, r-Fr.) 33, Brett Warren (6-1, 238, r-Jr.)

RG 70, Sergio Render (6-4, 310, So.) ILB 11, Xavier Adibi (6-2, 236, r-Sr.) 66, Brandon Holland (6-4, 326, So.) 45, Purnell Sturdivant (5-10, 217, r-Jr.)

RT 67, Nick Marshman (6-5, 357, r-Jr.) OLB 41, Cam Martin (6-1, 209, r-So.) 62, Blake Dechristopher (6-5, 303, Fr.) 26, Cody Grimm (5-11, 206, r-So.) OR 13, Corey Gordon (6-2, 225, r-Sr.)

TB 28, Branden Ore (5-11, 205, r-Jr.) ROV 17, Kam Chancellor (6-3, 220, So.) 20, Kenny Lewis, Jr. (5-9, 205, So.) 24, Dorian Porch (5-11, 204, r-So.)

FB 39, Carlton Weatherford (5-10, 230, r-Sr.) BC 18, Brandon Flowers (5-10, 200, r-Jr.) 42, Kenny Jefferson (5-9, 223, r-So.) 22, Stephan Virgil (5-11, 187, So.)

QB 7, Sean Glennon (6-4, 225, r-Jr.) FS 25, D.J. Parker (6-0, 198, Sr.) 5, Tyrod Taylor (6-1, 220, Fr.) 31, Davon Morgan (6-0, 189, Fr.) OR 12, Cory Holt (6-4, 227, r-Jr.) 23, Mario Edwards (6-2, 211, r-Fr.)

FL 4, Eddie Royal (5-10, 180, Sr.) FC 1, Victor “Macho” Harris (6-0, 203, Jr.) 19, Josh Hyman (5-11, 190, r-Sr.) 21, Rashad Carmichael (5-10, 186, r-Fr.) 80, Brandon Dillard (5-11, 176, r-So.) 36, Cris Hill (5-11, 172, Fr.)

Special Teams

P 97, Brent Bowden (6-3, 213, r-So.) 30, Brian Saunders (6-0, 208, r-Fr.)

FG/PAT 92, Jud Dunlevy (5-9, 179, r-Sr.) 98, Jared Develli (6-1, 243, Sr.)

Punt Snap 54, Bart McMillin (6-0, 232, r-Sr.) 50, Collin Carroll (6-3, 226, Fr.)

FG/PAT Snap 61, Scott King (6-0, 242, Sr.) 50, Collin Carroll (6-3, 226, Fr.)

FG/PAT Hold 14, Grant Throckmorton (6-4, 237, r-Sr.) 97, Brent Bowden (6-3, 213, r-So.)

KO 98, Jared Develli (6-1, 243, Sr.) 92, Jud Dunlevy (5-9, 179, r-Sr.)

KR 4, Eddie Royal (5-10, 180, Sr.) AND 2, Josh Morgan (6-1, 220, Sr.) 1, “Macho” Harris (6-0, 203, Jr.) AND 80, Brandon Dillard (5-11, 176, r-So.)

PR 4, Eddie Royal (5-10, 180, Sr.) 2, Josh Morgan (6-1, 220, Sr.) OR 1, “Macho” Harris (6-0, 203, Jr.)

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Selected Career StatisticsPASSING ATT- COMP YDS. TD INTGlennon 346- 200 2573 14 12Whitaker 16- 10 119 1 0Holt 12- 4 80 1 0Royal 3- 1 53 1 1

RUSHING NO. YDS. TDOre 373 1854 22K. Lewis 57 200 2Royal 16 114 2Whitaker 9 42 0Hyman 2 17 0Weatherford 3 11 0Harper 1 10 0J. Morgan 2 9 0Jefferson 1 3 0Holt 3 1 0Pickle 1 -3 0Cheeseman 1 -3 0Glennon 67 -100 2

RECEIVING NO. YDS. TDRoyal 88 1298 8Morgan 80 1305 11Hyman 58 842 5Harper 47 767 3Ore 24 249 1Wheeler 20 280 3Boone 5 68 1Weatherford 5 27 1Glennon 2 -10 0

DEFENSE UT AT TOTAL TFL SACKS INTHall 128 189 317 23.5(-71) 6-(-40) 2-30Adibi 81 105 186 19-(-57) 8-(-30) 6-99Ellis 50 66 116 26.5(-120) 13.5-(-82) 1-29Parker 33 56 89 0-0 0-0 2-28Flowers 49 33 82 10-(-51) 3.5-(-28) 5-79Powell 26 45 71 14-(-48) 3-(-23) 0Booker 20 51 71 9-(-50) 1.5-(-21) 0Minor 32 22 54 0.5-(-1) 0-0 5-125O. Martin 21 37 58 3-(-16) 1.5-(-10) 0Harris 31 17 48 1-(-2) 0-0 5-92Br. Warren 9 22 31 1-(-5) 0-0 0K. Robertson 12 14 26 2.5-(-14) 1-(-10) 0Sturdivant 8 11 19 0-0 0-0 0Chancellor 7 8 15 0-0 0-0 1-4Gordon 3 12 15 0.5-(-1) 0-0 0Thompson 7 7 14 3-(-9) 2-(-8) 0N. Brown 6 7 13 0.5-(1) 0-0 0C. Martin 4 7 11 0-0 0-0 0Worilds 1 3 4 0-0 0-0 0

PUNTING NO. YDS AVG. I20Bowden 6 254 42.3 4

EXTRA POINTS MADE- ATT.Dunlevy 2- 2

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TEAMScored 90+ points ........................................ 99, vs. Emory & Henry, 1919Scored 80-89 points .................................... 86, vs. Roanoke College, 1905Scored 70-79 points ...................................................... 77, vs. Akron, 1995Scored 60-69 points ......................................... 62, vs. Florida A&M, 2004Scored 50-59 points ....................................................52, @ Virginia, 2005Scored 40-49 points ........................................................ 45, vs. Ohio, 2005Back-to-back 40+ games .........................vs. Ohio (45), vs. GT (51), 2005Rushed for 500+ yards......................................... 500, @ Pittsburgh, 1993Rushed for 400-499 yards ..........................................453, vs. Akron, 1995Rushed for 300-399 yards ....................................... 333, @ Virginia, 2005Rushed for 200-299 yards ......................................224, vs. Clemson, 2006Passed for 500+ yards ............................................. 504, @ Syracuse, 2002Passed for 400-499 yards ..................................408, @ Wake Forest, 1972Passed for 300-399 yards ................................339, vs. Georgia Tech, 2006Passed for 200-299 yards ..................................252, @ Wake Forest, 2006Rushed/Passed for 200+ yards ............................vs. Boston College, 2005 212 rush, 280 passHad 600+ yards in total offense ..............................606, vs. UConn, 2001Had 500-599 yards in total offense ........................ 503, @ Virginia, 2005Scored on first offensive play ..................................vs. Florida A&M, 2004 David Clowney 16 TD pass from Bryan RandallWon on final offensive play .....................................@ West Virginia, 1999 Shayne Graham 44 FGLost on final offensive play ........................................................vs. Cal, 2003 Tyler Fredrickson 35 FGWon in overtime ..................................................... 24-23, @ Temple, 2003Recorded a safety ................................................... vs. Southern Miss, 2006Recorded two defensive TDs ...................................vs. Georgia Tech, 2005Zero punts in a game ...............................................vs. Florida A&M, 2004Zero sacks allowed in a game ............................................... vs. Duke, 2006Recorded a shutout ........................................................... vs. Virginia, 2006Held opp. to 0 yards or less rushing ................ -28, vs. Arkansas St., 1997Blocked two kicks in a game ................................... vs. Northeastern, 2006Scored special teams TD .........................................vs. Georgia Tech, 2005Scored defensive & special teams TD ....................vs. Georgia Tech, 2005

INDIVIDUALRushed for 200+ yards................... 203, Branden Ore, vs. Clemson, 2006Rushed for 150-199 yards ...........170, Branden Ore, vs. Cincinnati, 2006Two players rushed for 100 yards ............................North Carolina, 2005 (Cedric Humes, 134 yds. & Branden Ore, 104 yds.)Three players rushed for 100 yards ..................... @ South Carolina, 1974 Phil Rogers (120), Roscoe Coles (111) & George Heath (104)Had 40+ carries .................... 42, Cyrus Lawrence, vs. Memphis St., 1981Had 30-39 carries ..............................37, Branden Ore, vs. Clemson, 2006Had 20-29 carries ............................23, Branden Ore, vs. ECU, 2007Rushed for 6 TDs ..................................Tommy Francisco, vs. VMI, 1966Rushed for 5 TDs ................................................ Lee Suggs, @ UCF, 2000Rushed for 4 TDs ................................... Kevin Jones, @ Pittsburgh, 2003Rushed for 3 TDs .........................Branden Ore, @ North Carolina, 2006Rushed for 2 TDs ..................................... Branden Ore, vs. Georgia, 2006Passed for 500+ yards ...................504, Bryan Randall, @ Syracuse, 2002Passed for 300-499 yards ...................... 339, Sean Glennon, vs. GT, 2006Passed for 200-299 yards.............245, Sean Glennon, vs. ECU, 2007Passed for 5 TDs .................................... Bryan Randall, @ Syracuse, 2002Passed for 4 TDs ...........................Bryan Randall, vs. Florida A&M, 2004Passed for 3 TDs ............................Sean Glennon, vs. Northeastern, 2006Passed for 2 TDs ..............................Sean Glennon, @ Wake Forest, 2006Had 50+ pass attempts ...........53, Sean Glennon, vs. Georgia Tech, 2005Had 40-49 pass attempts ..................42, Jim Druckenmiller, vs. BC, 1995

Had 30-39 pass attempts ...............33, Sean Glennon, vs. ECU, 2007Had 20-29 pass attempts .................26, Sean Glennon, vs. Georgia, 2006Had 30+ pass completions .................34, Don Strock, vs. Houston, 1972Had 20-29 pass comps...................22, Sean Glennon, vs. ECU, 2007QB rush/pass for 100 yards ..................Marcus Vick, @ Maryland, 2005 (133 rush, 211 pass)Had 10+ receptions..................13, Nick Cullen, vs. Southern Miss, 1990Had 250+ yards receiving ........... 279, Ernest Wilford, @ Syracuse, 2002Had 200-249 yards rec. ..............213, Ricky Scales, @ Wake Forest, 1972 Had 100+ yards receiving ...................... 2 players, vs. Georgia Tech, 2006Two players with 100+ receiving .................................Georgia Tech, 2006 Justin Harper (109) & Eddie Royal (102)Had 4 TD receptions ............................Ernest Wilford @ Syracuse, 2002Had 3 TD receptions ........................ Antonio Freeman, vs. Temple, 1993Had 2 TD receptions ................................ Josh Morgan, vs. Auburn, 2005Intercepted 3 passes ................................Garnell Wilds, @ Syracuse, 2002Intercepted 2 passes .............................. Brandon Flowers, @ Miami, 2006Returned a KO for TD ................................ Mike Imoh, vs. UConn, 2003Returned punt for TD ...................................Eddie Royal, vs. Duke, 2006Returned an INT for TD .....................Macho Harris, vs. ECU, 2007Returned a fumble for TD ................ Xavier Adibi, @ Wake Forest, 2006Returned blocked punt for TD ............... Chris Clifton, vs. UConn, 2003Returned blocked FG for TD ............................. D.J. Parker, vs. GT, 2005Returned blocked PAT for 2 pts ......Ronyell Whitaker, @ Rutgers, 1999Blocked an extra point ............................David Pugh, vs. Pittsburgh, 2000Blocked a FG .............................................. Duane Brown, @ Miami, 2006Blocked a punt ....................................... Josh Morgan, vs. Cincinnati, 2006Scored a def. and special teams TD in a game ................... DeAngelo Hall vs. Arkansas St., 2002 (49-yd. INT & 69-yd. PR)Returned two punts for TDs ............................................... DeAngelo Hall vs. Syracuse, 2003 (58 & 60 yds.)Successful 2-point conversion ....................................... vs. Louisville, 2006 Josh Morgan pass from Marcus VickMade 6 FGs ......................................Mickey Thomas, vs. Vanderbilt, 1989Made 5 FGs ...........................................Chris Kinzer, vs. Vanderbilt, 1996Made 4 FGs .................................................Brandon Pace, vs. WVU, 2004Made 3 FGs ..........................................Brandon Pace, vs. Kent State, 2006Kicked a 60+ FG ........................61, Wayne Latimer, vs. Florida St., 1975Kicked a 50-59 FG ................... 52, Shayne Graham, @ Pittsburgh, 1999Kicked a 40-49 FG .................... 42, Brandon Pace, @ Wake Forest, 2006 Kicked a 70+ punt .........................75, Jimmy Kibble, @ Pittsburgh, 1997Kicked a 60-69 punt ..........................60, Nic Schmitt, @ Maryland, 2005

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TEAMScored 70+ points ........................................................... 77, Alabama 1973Scored 60-69 points ......................................66, Washington & Lee, 1951 Scored 50-59 points ..................................................... 52, California, 2003Scored 40-49 points ........................................................... 41, Miami, 2000

Rushed for 500+ yards.................................................748, Alabama, 1973Rushed for 400-499 yards ...........................................461, Alabama, 1972Rushed for 300-399 yards ........................................... 338, Syracuse, 1996Rushed for 200-299 yards ................................ 229, Boston College, 2003Had FEWER than 100 yards rushing ...........................71, Georgia, 2006Had FEWER than 50 yards rushing ............................ 36, Virginia, 2006

Passed for 500+ yards ..................................................................... NEVERPassed for 400-499 yards ............................................. 403, Syracuse, 2002 Passed for 350-399 yards ...........................................394, California, 2003Had FEWER than 100 yards passing ........................... 66, Virginia, 2006Had FEWER than 50 yards passing .................................. 22, Duke, 2005

Had 800+ yards in total offense .................................833, Alabama, 1973Had 700-799 yards in total offense ............................................... NEVERHad 600-699 yards in total offense ............................ 604, Syracuse, 2002Had 500-599 yards in total offense ..........................530, California, 2003

Recorded a safety ........................................................Boston College, 2006Recorded a defensive TD ..............................................Georgia Tech, 2006Shut out Tech ......................................................................Cincinnati, 1995Blocked two kicks in a game ...................................................... Duke, 2006Scored a special teams TD .................................................Florida St., 2005Scored defensive & special teams TD .................................Syracuse, 1996

INDIVIDUALRushed for 200+ yards.......................205, Willis McGahee, Miami, 2002Rushed for 150-199 yards ......... 197, Derrick Knight, Boston Col., 2003Rushed for 100+ yards............................ 103, Tyrone Moss, Miami, 2006Two players rushed for 100 yards ........................................Syracuse, 1994 Malcolm Thomas (185) & Kirby Dar Dar (108)Three players rushed for 100 yards ................................................ NEVERHad 40+ carries .......................................... 44, Paul Palmer, Temple, 1986Had 35-39 carries .................... 38, Derrick Knight, Boston College, 2003Rushed for 6 TDs ....................................... Willis McGahee, Miami, 2002Rushed for 5 TDs ............................................................................ NEVERRushed for 4 TDs .........................................Chris Brantley, Rutgers, 1992Rushed for 3 TDs .............................................Wali Lundy, Virginia, 2003Rushed for 2 TDs .............................Tashard Choice, Georgia Tech, 2006

Passed for 500+ yards ..................................................................... NEVERPassed for 400-499 yards .......................403, Troy Nunes, Syracuse, 2002Passed for 300-399 yards .......................... 311, Jay Davis, NC State, 2005Passed for 5 TDs .............................................................................. NEVERPassed for 4 TDs ........................................John Turman, Pittsburgh, 2000Passed for 3 TDs ...................................Hunter Cantwell, Louisville, 2006Had 50+ pass attempts ................. 52, Scott Milanovich, Maryland, 1993Had 40-49 pass attempts ............................ 43, Jay Davis, NC State, 2005Had 30-39 pass attempts ...............37, Hunter Cantwell, Louisville, 2006Had 30+ pass completions ..................... 32, Matt Schaub, Virginia, 2003Had 20-29 pass comps ..............21, Drew Weatherford, Florida St., 2005QB rush/pass for 100 yards ............... Walter Washington, Temple, 2003 151 yds passing, 156 yds rushing

Had 11+ receptions.................................13, Heath Miller, Virginia, 2003Had 250+ yards receiving ............................................................... NEVERHad 200-249 yards rec. ........................ 229, David Tyree, Syracuse, 2002 Had 100+ yards receiving ................115, Calvin Johnson, Ga. Tech, 2006Had 4 TD receptions ...................................Chris Brantley, Rutgers, 1992Had 3 TD receptions ............................Reggie Bush, So. California, 2004Had 2 TD receptions ................. Kevin Challenger, Boston College, 2006

Intercepted 3 passes ........................... Aaron Beasley, West Virginia, 1994Intercepted 2 passes ......................................... Tony Taylor, Georgia, 2006

Returned a KO for TD .............................. Jeyson Wilson, Syracuse, 1993Returned punt for TD .................................Willie Reid, Florida St., 2005Returned an INT for TD .......................Eric Wicks, West Virginia, 2004Returned a fumble for TD ...................Gary Guyton, Georgia Tech, 2006Returned blocked punt for TD .......... D.J. Walker, North Carolina, 2004Returned blocked FG for TD ........................................................ NEVERReturned blocked PAT for 2 pts .................................................... NEVERBlocked an extra point ......................................Orien Harris, Miami, 2004Blocked a FG ...................................................TEAM, Northeastern, 2006Blocked a punt .......................................Troy Garside, Georgia Tech, 2006

2-point conversion ...................................................................Rutgers, 2003 Brian Leonard pass from Ryan Hart

Made 6 FGs ...................................................................................... NEVERMade 5 FGs ................................................... Rafael Garcia, Virginia, 1994Made 4 FGs .......................................................Todd Sievers, Miami, 2001Made 3 FGs ................................................Brandon Coutu, Georgia, 2006Kicked a 60+ FG ............................................................................. NEVERKicked a 50-59 FG ............................................. 51, Brandon Coutu, 2006Kicked a 40-49 FG .............................47, Sam Swank, Wake Forest, 2006

Kicked a 70+ punt ....................... 70, Damon Miller, Florida A&M, 2004Kicked a 60-69 punt ..............................60, Matt Dodge, ECU, 2007

TURNOVERSThe Last Time Tech ...Lost two fumbles ................................................ East Carolina, 2007Lost three fumbles .....................................................North Carolina, 2006Lost four fumbles ...................................................................... Miami, 2005Lost five or more fumbles .................................................5, Kentucky, 1977

Threw three interceptions ...................................................... Georgia, 2006Threw four interceptions ................................................... vs. Miami, 2001 Threw five interceptions .................................................. vs. Virginia, 1994Threw six or more interceptions ............................. 7, vs. Florida St., 1959

The Last Time an Opponent ...Lost two fumbles ...........................................................West Virginia, 2005Lost three fumbles ................................................Western Michigan, 2002Lost four fumbles ............................................................Arkansas St., 2002Lost five or more fumbles ................................................. 5, Clensom, 1985

Threw three interceptions ........................................................ Miami, 2006Threw four interceptions ..........................................North Carolina, 2006Threw five interceptions ............................................ South Carolina, 1988Threw six or more interceptions ....................................... 6, Rutgers, 1998

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BEAMERBALL • During the Frank Beamer era at Tech, putting points on the scoreboard has always been a team effort — the offense, the defense team and the special teams. It’s called BeamerBall, and what sets it apart are the contributions of the defense and special teams. • Eight of Tech‘s last nine teams are ranked among the school’s top 10 highest scoring teams. During that time, a player at every position on the defensive unit has produced at least one touchdown, and 27 different players have scored touchdowns while playing on Tech’s special teams. Altogether, the defense and special teams have combined for 107 TDs since Beamer arrived in 1987, including 90 in Tech’s last 164 games. • Under Beamer, Tech’s defense has scored 70 TDs, with 44 coming on pass interceptions, 24 on fumble returns and two on fumble recoveries. The special teams have added 37 TDs, including 15 on blocked punts, 13 on punt returns, four on kickoff returns, four on blocked field goals and one on a fumble recovery. • Fittingly, the trend started in Beamer’s first game as Tech’s head coach when true freshman Jon Jeffries returned a kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown against Clemson. It was the Hokies’ first TD under Beamer, and it was the first of many scored by the special teams. • Under Beamer, 70 different players on defense and special teams have scored TDs. Nineteen of those players — Don Stokes, Jock Jones, Roger Brown, Lawrence Lewis, Antonio Banks, Jim Baron, Keion Carpenter, Pierson Prioleau, Anthony Midget, Cory Bird, Kevin McCadam, Willie Pile, Jimmy Williams, Roland Minor, Vince Hall, Xavier Adibi, Victor Harris, Vincent Fuller and Eric Green — scored twice. Jason Lallis, Ike Charlton and Ricky Hall each had three scores, André Davis four and DeAngelo Hall had six. • Since the start of the 1993 season, Tech is 61-8 in games it scores at least one TD on defense or special teams.

1987: Jon Jeffries, 92-yd. kickoff return vs. Clemson; Don Stokes, recovered blocked punt in end zone vs. Syracuse; Randy Cockrell (ilb), 90-yd. interception return vs. Navy. 1988: Don Stokes, recovered blocked punt in end zone vs. Southern Miss; Jock Jones, recovered blocked punt in end zone vs. West Virginia; Roger Brown (cb), 55-yd. interception return vs. South Carolina; Leslie Bailey (ilb), 19-yd. interception return vs. South Carolina. 1989: Marcus Mickel, 90-yd. kickoff return vs. Clemson; Jock Jones (olb), 55-yd. interception return vs. Tulane; Roger Brown (cb), 55-yd. interception return vs. North Carolina State. 1990: The ’90 season marked the first and only season to date during Beamer’s tenure that Tech failed to score at least one TD on either defense or special teams. 1991: P.J. Preston (olb), recovered fumble in end zone vs. Oklahoma; Ken Landrum, 18-yd. blocked punt return vs. Cincinnati; Kirk Alexander (fs), 95-yd. interception return vs. Cincinnati. 1992: Tyronne Drakeford (cb), 40-yd. interception return vs. East Carolina; Tony Kennedy, 91-yd. kickoff return vs. Louisville; Ken Brown (olb), 18-yd. interception return vs. Rutgers. 1993: William Ferrell, 7-yd. blocked punt return vs. Rutgers; DeWayne Knight (olb), 23-yd. fumble return vs. Syracuse; Jeff Holland (dt), 8-yd. fumble return vs. Virginia; Lawrence Lewis (de), 20-yd. fumble return vs. Indiana; Antonio Banks, 80-yd. blocked field goal return vs. Indiana. 1994: Torrian Gray (rov), 66-yd. interception return vs. Boston College; Stacy Henley, 25-yd. blocked punt return vs. Temple; Lawrence Lewis (de), 60-yd. fumble return vs. East Carolina; Antonio Freeman, 80-yd. punt return vs. Pittsburgh. 1995: Jermaine Holmes, recovered blocked punt in end zone vs. Akron; Hank Coleman (de), 51-yd. fumble return vs. Rutgers; Myron Newsome (ilb), 71-yd. interception return vs. Rutgers; Larry Green (cb), 37-yd. interception return vs. West Virginia; Jim Baron (dt), 46-yd. fumble return vs. Temple; J.C. Price (dt), 19-yd. interception return vs. Temple; Antonio Banks (cb), 65-yd. interception return vs. Virginia; Bryan Still, 60-yd. punt return vs. Texas; Jim Baron (dt), 20-yd. fumble return vs. Texas. 1996: Cornelius White, 60-yd. blocked punt return vs. Syracuse; Keion Carpenter (fs), 100-yd. interception return vs. Miami. 1997: Carl Bradley (dt), recovered fumble in end zone vs. Rutgers; Pierson Prioleau (rov), 43-yd. fumble return vs. Rutgers; Lorenzo Ferguson (fs), 84-yd. interception return vs. Arkansas St.; Anthony Midget (cb), 22-yd. fumble return vs. Pittsburgh. 1998: Keion Carpenter (fs), 16-yd. interception return vs. Pittsburgh; Pierson Prioleau (rov), 85-yd. interception return vs. Boston College; Marcus Gildersleeve, recovered blocked punt in end zone vs. UAB; Ricky Hall, 17-yd. blocked punt return vs. West Virginia; Ricky Hall, recovered blocked punt in end zone vs. Syracuse; Loren Johnson (cb), 78-yd. fumble return vs. Syracuse; Ike Charlton (cb), 26-yd. interception return vs. Rutgers; Jamel Smith (lb), 98-yd. interception return vs. Rutgers; Anthony Midget (cb), 27-yd. interception return vs. Alabama. 1999: Ike Charlton (cb), 34-yd. interception return vs. Clemson; Corey Moore (de), 32-yard fumble return vs. Clemson; Cory Bird (rov), 26-yd. fumble return vs. Syracuse; Phillip Summers (rov), 43-yd. interception return vs. Syracuse; Tee Butler, recovered fumble by punter in end zone vs. Syracuse; Ricky Hall, 64-yd. punt return vs. Miami; Ike Charlton (cb), 51-yd. fumble return vs. Miami; Larry Austin (cb), 31-yd. interception return vs. Temple. 2000: Willie Pile (fs), 11-yd. interception return vs. Akron; Cory Bird, 9-yd. blocked punt return vs. East Carolina; André Davis, 87-yd. punt return vs. East Carolina; André Davis, 71-yd. punt return vs. Boston College; André Davis, 76-yd. punt return vs. WVU; Nathaniel Adibi (de), 36-yd. fumble return vs. UCF. 2001: Channing Reed (dt), 8-yd. fumble return vs. Rutgers; Kevin McCadam (rov), 69-yd. interception return vs. UCF; André Davis, 55-yd. punt return vs. UCF; Jim Davis (de), 27 yd. interception return vs. WVU; Kevin McCadam (rov), 9-yd. fumble return vs. BC; Ronyell Whitaker, 71-yd. blocked field goal return vs. Pittsburgh; Brandon Manning, 22-yd. blocked punt return vs. Miami. 2002: DeAngelo Hall, 69-yd. punt return vs. Arkansas State; DeAngelo Hall (cb), 49-yd. interception return vs. Arkansas State; Jason Lallis (dt), 59-yd. fumble return vs. Arkansas State; Alex Markogiannakis (ilb), 25-yd. fumble return vs. Western Michigan; DeAngelo Hall, 51-yd. punt return vs. Rutgers; Darryl Tapp, 11-yd. blocked punt return vs. Virginia; Willie Pile (fs), 96-yd. interception return vs. Miami. 2003: Jason Lallis (dt), 45-yd. interception return vs. UCF; Eric Green (cb), 84-yd. interception return vs. UC; Mike Imoh, 91-yd. kickoff return vs. UC; Chris Clifton, 16-yd. blocked punt return vs. UC; Jimmy Williams (fs), 55-yd. interception return vs. Rutgers; DeAngelo Hall, 58-yd. punt return vs. Syracuse; DeAngelo Hall, 60-yd. punt return vs. Syracuse; Vincent Fuller (cb), 50-yd. fumble return vs. WVU; DeAngelo Hall (cb), 28-yd. fumble return vs. Miami; Eric Green (cb), 51-yd. interception return vs. Miami; DeAngelo Hall, 52-yd. punt return vs. Cal. 2004: Jason Lallis (de), 28-yd. fumble return vs. WMU; Brandon Flowers (cb), 38-yd. interception return vs. WMU; Vincent Fuller, 74-yd. blocked field goal return vs. WVU; Bl. Warren (ilb), 46-yd. interception return vs. FAMU; Roland Minor (cb), 64-yd. interception return vs. Georgia Tech; Jimmy Williams (cb), 34-yd. interception return vs. Maryland. 2005: Roland Minor (cb), 23-yd. interception return vs. DU; D.J. Parker, 78-yd. blocked field goal return vs. GT; Xavier Adibi (ilb) 25-yd. interception return vs. GT; Chris Ellis (de), 29-yd. interception return vs. GT; Vince Hall (ilb) 15-yd. fumble return vs. MU; Vince Hall (ilb) 13-yd. interception return vs. BC; James Anderson (olb) 39-yd. interception return vs. UL. 2006: Brenden Hill (olb), 69-yd. interception return vs. UNC; Eddie Royal, 58-yd. punt return vs. Duke; Victor “Macho” Harris (cb), 72-yd. interception return vs. UC; Noland Burchette (de), 15-yd. fumble return vs. KSU; Xavier Adibi (ilb), 35-yd. fumble return vs. WFU. 2007: Victor “Macho” Harris (cb), 17-yd. interception return vs. ECU.

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BEAMERBALL II • Tech’s tradition for blocking kicks is another part of BeamerBall. It was carried to new heights in 1998 with 10 blocks during the regular season and two more in the Hokies’ Music City Bowl game against Alabama. • Tech now has 113 blocks in Frank Beamer’s 241 games as the head coach. The Hokies have blocked 57 punts (15 for TDs), 35 field goals and 21 extra points. • The most prolific kick blockers under Beamer have been defensive lineman Bernard Basham and safety Keion Carpenter, who each

1987 (1 punt, 1 PAT, 1 FG)Syracuse – punt* ( Jimmy Whitten) hL East Carolina – PAT (na) hLCincinnati – FG (Roger Brown) hW

1988 (4 punts, 3 FGs)Clemson – punt ( Jock Jones) aLSouthern Miss – punt* (Archie Hopkins) aLWest Virginia – punt* (Archie Hopkins) hLCincinnati – punt+ ( Jock Jones) aWLouisville – FG ( Jimmy Whitten) aLFlorida State – FG (Roger Brown); FG+ (Roger Brown) aL

1989 (1 punt, 1 FG)Tulane – punt+ (Archie Hopkins) hWNC State – FG ( Jock Jones) aW

1990 (2 punts, 3 PATs, 1 FG)East Carolina – PAT ( John Rivers) aWSouth Carolina – PAT ( John Rivers) hLFlorida State – punt+ (Scott Jones) aLWest Virginia – FG+ (Bernard Basham) hWTemple – punt (Archie Hopkins) aLNC State – PAT (Bernard Basham) hW

1991 (3 punts, 3 FGs)James Madison – FG (Bernard Basham) hWOklahoma – FG (Bernard Basham) aLCincinnati – punt+ (P.J. Preston); punt* (Kirk Alexander) hWLouisville – FG ( John Rivers) hWEast Carolina – punt (Marcus McClung) hL

1992 (5 PATs, 1 FGs)James Madison – PAT ( John Rivers); FG+ (Kirk Alexander) hWEast Carolina – PAT (Bernard Basham) aLWest Virginia – PAT (David Wimmer) hLMiami – PAT (Bernard Basham) hLVirginia – PAT (David Wimmer) hL

1993 (4 punts, 2 FGs)Miami – punt@ (Willie Wilkins) aLMaryland – FG (George DelRicco) hWRutgers – punt* (Marcus McClung) hWSyracuse – punt+ (William Ferrell) hWVirginia – punt# (Brandon Semones) aWIndiana – FG* ( Jeff Holland) nW Independence Bowl

1994 (2 punts, 2 FGs)Arkansas St. – FG (Cornell Brown) hW

posted six blocks during their Tech careers. Basham blocked three field goals and three PATs, while Carpenter blocked six punts. • Tech blocked more kicks in the 1990s than any other Division I-A team. The Hokies blocked 63 kicks during the decade — 31 punts, 18 PATs and 14 FGs. Tech has 38 blocks in this decade. • During its time in the BIG EAST (‘91-03), Tech posted at least three blocked kicks against every team in the league. During that span, Tech blocked 10 kicks against Pittsburgh, nine against Miami, seven versus

West Virginia, six versus Rutgers, four against Boston College and Syracuse, and three versus Temple. • The teams Tech has victimized the most during Beamer’s 20 seasons have been Pittsburgh, West Virginia and Miami. During that span, the Hokies have blocked 10 kicks versus the Panthers and Mountaineers, and nine against the Hurricanes. • During the Beamer era, Tech has blocked two kicks in a game 20 times, winning 15 of those games. Tech blocked two kicks against four different teams in 1998.

Virginia Tech’s Blocked Kicks Under Frank BeamerTotals: �� in 24� games (5� punts, �5 FGs, 2� PATs)

Temple – punt* (William Ferrell) hWMiami – punt# (Michael Williams) aLRutgers – FG (Michael Williams) hW

1995 (4 punts, 3 PATs, 1 FG)BC – PAT (Waverly Jackson) hLCincinnati – FG ( Jim Baron); PAT (Lawrence Lewis) hLMiami – punt# (Angelo Harrison) hWPittsburgh – punt+ (Angelo Harrison); punt# (Angelo Harrison) aWAkron – punt* (Okesa Smith); PAT (Lawrence Lewis) hW

1996 (5 punts, 1 PAT)Akron – PAT ( John Engelberger) aWBC – punt+ (Keion Carpenter) aWSyracuse – punt* (Cornelius White) aLTemple – punt (Keion Carpenter) hWSW Louisiana – punt (Michael Stuewe); punt+ (Keion Carpenter) hW

1997 (2 punts, 3 PATs, 2 FGs)Arkansas St. – FG+ (Carl Bradley) hWWVU – punt# (Phillip Summers) aLMiami – PAT (Carl Bradley) hWPittsburgh – PAT (Corey Moore); PAT ( John Engelberger) aLVirginia – punt (Keion Carpenter); FG ( John Engelberger) aL

1998 (8 punts, 2 PATs, 2 FGs)East Carolina – FG+ (Corey Moore) hWMiami – PAT ( John Engelberger) aWPittsburgh – FG (Corey Moore); punt# (Larry Austin) hWBoston College – punt (Keion Carpenter); punt+ (André Davis) aWUAB – punt* (Larry Austin) aW WVU – punt* (Marcus Gildersleeve); PAT ( John Engelberger) hWSyracuse – punt* (Anthony Midget) aLAlabama – punt (Keion Carpenter); punt+ (Corey Moore) nW Music City Bowl

1999 (1 punt, 1 PAT)Rutgers – PAT^ (Carl Bradley) aWPittsburgh – punt+ (André Davis) aW

2000 (4 punts, 2 FGs, 2 PATs)Akron – FG+ (Cory Bird) hW

East Carolina – punt* (Wayne Ward); FG (Larry Austin) aWRutgers – punt+ (Eric Green) hWTemple – punt+ (Wayne Ward) hWWest Virginia – punt (Lee Suggs) PAT (Lamar Cobb) hWPittsburgh – PAT (David Pugh) hW

2001 (5 punts, 2 FGs)W. Michigan – punt+ (Wayne Ward) hWRutgers – punt@ (Eric Green) aWUCF – punt@ (Brandon Manning) hWPittsburgh – FG* (Lamar Cobb) aLVirginia – punt (Wayne Ward) aWMiami – FG# (David Pugh); punt* (Eric Green) hL

2002 (5 punts, 2 FGs)LSU – punt+ ( Justin Hamilton); punt@ ( Jason Lallis) hWMarshall – FG+ (Team) hWWestern Michigan – FG ( Jeff King) aWPittsburgh – punt+ (Nathaniel Adibi) hLWest Virginia – punt# (Ernest Wilford) hLVirginia – punt* ( Justin Hamilton) hW

2003 (1 punt, 3 FGs)UConn – punt* (Nathaniel Adibi) hWRutgers – FG ( Jeff King) aWSyracuse – FG (Vincent Fuller) hWMiami – FG (Eric Green) hW

2004 (1 punt, 3 FG)W. Michigan – FG+ ( Jim Davis); punt+ (Darryl Tapp) hWWest Virginia – FG* ( Jim Davis) hWVirginia – FG ( Jim Davis) hW

2005 (2 FG, 1 punt)Georgia Tech – FG* ( Jeff King) hWNorth Carolina – FG+ (Darryl Tapp); punt+ (Macho Harris) hW

2006 (3 punts, 2 FG)Northeastern – punt+ (Cary Wade); FG (Kory Robertson) hWNorth Carolina – punt+ ( Josh Morgan) aWCincinnati – punt@ ( Josh Morgan) hWMiami – FG (Duane Brown) aW

* - recovered or returned for touchdown; + - led to TD; @ - led to safety; # - led to FG; ^ - led to a two-point defensive extra point

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RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/GBranden Ore 1 23 71 1 70 3.0 0 9 70.0Jahre Cheeseman 1 1 0 3 -3 -3.0 0 0 -3.0Kenny Lewis 1 3 0 15 -15 -5.0 0 0 -15.0Sean Glennon 1 4 0 19 -19 -4.8 0 0 -19.0Total.......... 1 31 71 38 33 1.1 0 9 33.0Opponents...... 1 35 148 6 142 4.1 1 20 142.0

PASSING G Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/GSean Glennon 1 132.97 22-33-1 66.7 245 1 37 245.0Total.......... 1 132.97 22-33-1 66.7 245 1 37 245.0Opponents...... 1 77.41 16-31-1 51.6 119 0 17 119.0

RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/GSam Wheeler 1 7 81 11.6 1 29 81.0Justin Harper 1 5 64 12.8 0 23 64.0Josh Morgan 1 4 40 10.0 0 17 40.0Josh Hyman 1 2 43 21.5 0 37 43.0Eddie Royal 1 2 16 8.0 0 10 16.0Carlton Weatherford 1 1 2 2.0 0 2 2.0Branden Ore 1 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -1.0Total.......... 1 22 245 11.1 1 37 245.0Opponents...... 1 16 119 7.4 0 17 119.0

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 BlkdBrent Bowden 6 254 42.3 52 0 2 4 0Total.......... 6 254 42.3 52 0 2 4 0Opponents...... 9 396 44.0 60 2 1 2 0

Virginia Tech FootballVirginia Tech Game Results (as of September 2, 2007)

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0CONFERENCE 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0NON-CONFERENCE 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Date Opponent Score Attend Sep 01, 2006 EAST CAROLINA W 17-7 66233* Sep 08, 2006 at LSU 9:15 PM Sep. 15, 2007 OHIO 1:30 PM Sep. 22, 2007 WILLIAM & MARY TBA * Sep. 29, 2007 NORTH CAROLINA TBA * Oct. 06, 2007 at Clemson TBA * Oct. 13, 2007 at Duke TBA * Oct. 25, 2007 BOSTON COLLEGE 7:30 PM * Nov. 01, 2007 at Georgia Tech 7:30 PM * Nov. 10, 2007 FLORIDA STATE TBA * Nov. 17, 2007 MIAMI TBA * Nov. 24, 2007 at Virginia TBA Dec. 1, 2007 at ACC Championship 1 PM* - Atlantic Coast Conference Game

TEAM STATISTICS VT OPPSCORING 17 7 Points Per Game 17.0 7.0FIRST DOWNS 16 12 Rushing 2 5 Passing 14 5 Penalty 0 2RUSHING YARDAGE 33 142 Yards gained rushing 71 148 Yards lost rushing 38 6 Rushing Attempts 31 35 Average Per Rush 1.1 4.1 Average Per Game 33.0 142.0 TDs Rushing 0 1PASSING YARDAGE 245 119 Att-Comp-Int 33-22-1 31-16-1 Average Per Pass 7.4 3.8 Average Per Catch 11.1 7.4 Average Per Game 245.0 119.0 TDs Passing 1 0TOTAL OFFENSE 278 261 Total Plays 64 66 Average Per Play 4.3 4.0 Average Per Game 278.0 261.0KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS 1-16 1-24PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS 5-63 2-8INT RETURNS: #-YARDS 1-17 1-0KICK RETURN AVERAGE 16.0 24.0PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 12.6 4.0INT RETURN AVERAGE 17.0 0.0FUMBLES-LOST 2-2 0-0PENALTIES-YARDS 4-42 12-69 Average Per Game 42.0 69.0PUNTS-YARDS 6-254 9-396 Average Per Punt 42.3 44.0 Net punt average 41.0 32.6TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 28:27 31:333RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 6/14 7/17 3rd-Down Pct 43% 41%4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 1/1 0/1 4th-Down Pct 100% 0%SACKS BY-YARDS 0-0 4-19MISC YARDS 0 0TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 2 1FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 1-1 0-0ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-0RED-ZONE SCORES 1-1 100% 1-1 100%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS 0-1 0% 1-1 100%PAT-ATTEMPTS 2-2 100% 1-1 100%ATTENDANCE 66233 0 Games/Avg Per Game 1/66233 0/0 Neutral Site Games 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalVirginia Tech 3 7 0 7 17 Opponents 0 7 0 0 7


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FG SEQUENCE Virginia Tech OPPONENTSEast Carolina (25) -

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.Numbers in [brackets] indicate field goal was blocked.

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongEddie Royal 5 63 12.6 0 29Total.......... 5 63 12.6 0 29Opponents...... 2 8 4.0 0 8

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongEddie Royal 1 16 16.0 0 16Total.......... 1 16 16.0 0 16Opponents...... 1 24 24.0 0 24

|------------ PATs ------------|SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf PointsSam Wheeler 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Victor Harris 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Jud Dunlevy 0 1-1 2-2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 5Total.......... 2 1-1 2-2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 17Opponents...... 1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 7

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/GSean Glennon 1 37 -19 245 226 226.0Branden Ore 1 23 70 0 70 70.0Jahre Cheeseman 1 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0Kenny Lewis 1 3 -15 0 -15 -15.0Total.......... 1 64 33 245 278 278.0Opponents...... 1 66 142 119 261 261.0

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg BlkJud Dunlevy 1-1 100.0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 25 0

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INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD LongVictor Harris 1 17 17.0 1 17Total.......... 1 17 17.0 1 17Opponents...... 1 0 0.0 0 0

FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongTotal.......... 0 0 0.0 0 0Opponents...... 0 0 0.0 0 0

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/GEddie Royal 1 0 16 63 16 0 95 95.0Sam Wheeler 1 0 81 0 0 0 81 81.0Branden Ore 1 70 -1 0 0 0 69 69.0Justin Harper 1 0 64 0 0 0 64 64.0Josh Hyman 1 0 43 0 0 0 43 43.0Josh Morgan 1 0 40 0 0 0 40 40.0Victor Harris 1 0 0 0 0 17 17 17.0Carlton Weatherford 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 2.0Jahre Cheeseman 1 -3 0 0 0 0 -3 -3.0Kenny Lewis 1 -15 0 0 0 0 -15 -15.0Sean Glennon 1 -19 0 0 0 0 -19 -19.0Total.......... 1 33 245 63 16 17 374 374.0Opponents...... 1 142 119 8 24 0 293 293.0


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POINTS OFF TURNOVERSVT Total ECU LSU OU W&M NC CU DU BC GT FSU UM UVaOpp. TOs 1 1Points 7 7Opponents VT TOs 3 3Points 7 7

ON THE MOVE Drives Drives Ended By Points Pts. DriveQuarterback Started TD FG FGA Punt Downs TO Clock Safety Scored Drive EfficiencyGlennon 12 1 1 1 6 0 3 1 0 10 0.83 16.7%

VT Offense 12 1 1 1 6 0 3 1 0 10 0.83 16.7%Opp. Offense 13 1 0 0 9 1 1 1 0 7 0.53 7.7%

KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn Avg. Depth Avg. Drive StartJared Develli 4 270 67.5 3 0 2.5-yd. line (10) 23.5-yd. line (94)Total.......... 4 270 67.5 3 0 24 46.5 23Opponents...... 2 130 65.0 0 1 16 57.0 13

KICKOFF RETURNS (20 yards added to average drive started total for touchbacks)Player No. Ret. FC OB TB O-S Avg. Depth Avg. Drive StartDeep Men 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0-yd. line (4) 20.0-yd. line (20)Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0-yd. line (0) 0.0-yd. line (0)Team 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0-yd. line (4) 20.0-yd. line (20)

Virginia Tech FootballVirginia Tech Overall Defensive Statistics (as of September 2, 2007)

|-----Tackles-----| |-Sacks-| |-----Pass Def-----| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf 9 Vince Hall 1-1 3 10 13 . . . . 1 . . . . 18 Brandon Flowers 1-1 6 4 10 1.0-4 . . 2 1 . . . . 11 Xavier Adibi 1-1 3 7 10 1.0-2 . . . 1 . . . . 90 Orion Martin 1-1 1 5 6 . . . . 1 . . . . 17 Kam Chancellor 1-1 4 2 6 . . . . . . . . . 41 Cam Martin 1-1 1 4 5 . . . . . . . . . 49 Chris Ellis 1-1 2 2 4 . . . 1 3 . . . . 59 Barry Booker 1-1 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . . 25 D.J. Parker 1-1 2 2 4 . . . 1 . . . . . 99 Carlton Powell 1-1 . 3 3 . . . . . . . . . 1 Victor Harris 1-1 2 . 2 . . 1-17 2 . . . . . 91 John Graves 1-0 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . 48 Kenny Younger 1-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 98 Jared Develli 1-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 75 Kory Robertson 1-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 19 Josh Hyman 1-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 24 Dorian Porch 1-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 47 Nekos Brown 1-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 43 Jason Worilds 1-0 . . . . . . . 2 . . . . Total.......... 1-0 29 46 75 2-6 0-0 1-17 6 9 . . . . Opponents...... 1-0 37 40 77 10.0-39 4-19 1-0 2 4 2-0 2 . .


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Virginia Tech FootballVirginia Tech Game Superlatives (as of September 2, 2007)

INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 23 Branden Ore vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Yards Rushing 70 Branden Ore vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)TD Rushes 0 Long Rush 9 Branden Ore vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Pass attempts 33 Sean Glennon vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Pass completions 22 Sean Glennon vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Yards Passing 245 Sean Glennon vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)TD Passes 1 Sean Glennon vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Long Pass 37 Sean Glennon vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Receptions 7 Sam Wheeler vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Yards Receiving 81 Sam Wheeler vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)TD Receptions 1 Sam Wheeler vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Long Reception 37 Josh Hyman vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Field Goals 1 Jud Dunlevy vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Long Field Goal 25 Jud Dunlevy vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Punts 6 Brent Bowden vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Punting Avg 42.3 Brent Bowden vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Long Punt 52 Brent Bowden vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Long Punt Return 29 Eddie Royal vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Long Kickoff Return 16 Eddie Royal vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Tackles 13 Vince Hall vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Sacks 0.0 Tackles For Loss 1.0 Xavier Adibi vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007) Brandon Flowers vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Interceptions 1 Victor Harris vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)


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TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 31 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Yards Rushing 33 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Yards Per Rush 1.1 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)TD Rushes 0 Pass attempts 33 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Pass completions 22 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Yards Passing 245 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Yards Per Pass 7.4 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)TD Passes 1 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Total Plays 64 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Total Offense 278 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Yards Per Play 4.3 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Points 17 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Sacks By 0 First Downs 16 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Penalties 4 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Penalty Yards 42 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Turnovers 3 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Interceptions By 1 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)

FIELD POSITION VT Opp.Drives Started 12 13Cumulative Starting Yardlines 363 318Average Starting Field Position Own 30.3 Own 24.5Times Started Inside 20 2 4Drives Started in Plus Territory 1 1

2007 VIRGINIA TECH SCORING DRIVES

Qtr. Opp. Scoring Play Plays-Yds.-TOP1 ECU FG Dunlevy 25 14-82-6:042 ECU Harris 17 Interception Return 0-0-0:004 ECU Wheeler 21 Pass from Glennon 7-48-3:02

Totals 21-130-9:06 Average Scoring Drive 10.5 plays-65 yds.

VIRGINIA TECH SCORING3 Total Scores (1 FG, 1 pass, 1 Def., 0 run, 0 ST) • 1 First Quarter Scores (1 FG) • 1 Second Quarter Scores (1 Def.) • 0 Third Quarter Scores • 1 Fourth Quarter Scores (1 pass) • 0 Overtime DrivesMost plays in a scoring drive: 14 - vs. ECU (14-82-6:04)Longest scoring drive: 82 yards - vs. ECU (14-82-6:04)Longest TOP scoring drive: 6:04 - vs. ECU (14-82-6:04)Average TOP on offensive scoring drives: 4:33

OPPONENTSMost plays in a scoring drive: 9 - East Carolina (9-52-3:14)Longest scoring drive: 52 - East Carolina (9-52-3:14)Longest TOP scoring drive: 3:14 - East Carolina (9-52-3:14)

DRIVE CHARTS VT Opp.Drives Started 12 13Average Starting Field Position Own 30.3 Own 24.5Average Plays Per Drive by offense 5.3 5.1Three-and-outs by defense 7 5Pct. of three-and-outs by defense 53.8% 41.7%


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OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 10 JOHNSON, Chris, vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007) LINDSAY, Dmnque, vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Yards Rushing 50 LINDSAY, Dmnque, vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)TD Rushes 1 JOHNSON, Chris, vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Long Rush 20 LINDSAY, Dmnque, vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Pass attempts 25 PINKNEY, Pat, vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Pass completions 14 PINKNEY, Pat, vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Yards Passing 115 PINKNEY, Pat, vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)TD Passes 0 Long Pass 17 PINKNEY, Pat, vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Receptions 4 BRYANT, Jamar, vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007) HENRY, Phillip, vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Yards Receiving 30 HENRY, Phillip, vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)TD Receptions 0 Long Reception 17 LEE, T.J., vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Field Goals 0 Long Field Goal 0 Punts 9 DODGE, Matt, vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Punting Avg 44.0 DODGE, Matt, vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Long Punt 60 DODGE, Matt, vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Long Punt Return 8 ROGERS, Steven, vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Long Kickoff Return 24 JOHNSON, Chris, vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Tackles 14 COTTON, Quentin, vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Sacks 1.5 ROBINSON, Scott, vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007) WILSON, C.J., vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Tackles For Loss 2.0 SLATE, Zack, vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007) COTTON, Quentin, vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Interceptions 1 BELL, Pierre, vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)

OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 35 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Yards Rushing 142 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Yards Per Rush 4.1 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)TD Rushes 1 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Pass attempts 31 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Pass completions 16 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Yards Passing 119 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Yards Per Pass 3.8 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)TD Passes 0 Total Plays 66 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Total Offense 261 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Yards Per Play 4.0 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Points 7 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Sacks By 4 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)First Downs 12 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Penalties 12 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Penalty Yards 69 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Turnovers 1 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)Interceptions By 1 vs East Carolina (Sep 01, 2007)


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20-YARD PLUS PLAYS Yards Type Player(s) Opponent 37 Pass Josh Hyman from Sean Glennon East Carolina 29 Pass Sam Wheeler from Sean Glennon East Carolina 29 PR Eddie Royal East Carolina 23 Pass Justin Harper from Sean Glennon East Carolina *21 Pass Sam Wheeler from Sean Glennon East Carolina* touchdown scored on play

LONG PLAYS BY THE NUMBERSLong Plays By Yards No. TD100+ 0 090-99 0 080-89 0 070-79 0 060-69 0 050-59 0 040-49 0 030-39 1 020-29 4 1

Long Plays By Type No. TDRushing 0 0Passing 4 1Punt returns 1 0Kick returns 0 0Interceptions 0 0Fumble returns 0 0Other 0 0TOTAL 5 1

Virginia Tech FootballVirginia Tech - Long Plays

LONGEST PLAYS OF THE YEARRushing9 Branden Ore vs East Carolina (9/1/2007)

Rushing TouchdownNone

Passing37 Josh Hyman from Sean Glennon vs East Carolina (9/1/2007)

Passing Touchdown21 Sam Wheeler from Sean Glennon vs East Carolina (9/1/2007)

Punt Return29 Eddie Royal vs East Carolina (9/1/2007)

Kick Return16 Eddie Royal vs East Carolina (9/1/2007)

Interception Return17 Victor Harris vs East Carolina (9/1/2007)

Fumble ReturnNone

Punt52 Brent Bowden vs East Carolina (9/1/2007)

Field Goal25 Jud Dunlevy vs East Carolina (9/1/2007)


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MONEY RUSHERS 1st TD No. AttBranden Ore 2 0 2 23TOTALS 2 0 2 27

1ST DOWN MONEY RUSHERS 1st TD No. AttTOTALS 0 0 0 17

2ND DOWN MONEY RUSHERS 1st TD No. AttBranden Ore 1 0 1 7TOTALS 1 0 1 9

3RD DOWN MONEY RUSHERS 1st TD No. AttTOTALS 0 0 0 0

4TH DOWN MONEY RUSHERS 1st TD No. AttBranden Ore 1 0 1 1TOTALS 1 0 1 1

Virginia Tech FootballVirginia Tech - “Money” Plays

Money plays are defined as plays resulting in first down or a touchdown

MONEY RECEPTIONS 1st TD No. RecSam Wheeler 4 1 4 7Josh Morgan 3 0 3 4Justin Harper 3 0 3 5Eddie Royal 2 0 2 2Josh Hyman 2 0 2 2TOTALS 14 1 14 22

1ST DOWNMONEY RECEPTIONS 1st TD No. RecJosh Morgan 1 0 1 2Josh Hyman 1 0 1 1Justin Harper 1 0 1 3TOTALS 3 0 3 7

2ND DOWNMONEY RECEPTIONS 1st TD No. RecSam Wheeler 4 1 4 5Eddie Royal 1 0 1 1TOTALS 5 1 5 6

3RD DOWNMONEY RECEPTIONS 1st TD No. RecJustin Harper 2 0 2 2Josh Morgan 2 0 2 2Josh Hyman 1 0 1 1Eddie Royal 1 0 1 1TOTALS 6 0 6 9

4TH DOWNMONEY RECEPTIONS 1st TD No. RecTOTALS 0 0 0 0


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Virginia Tech FootballVirginia Tech - Tackles Breakdown

ALL TACKLES

Player Total Rush Pass Sack KO Punt Int Fumb FF OtherVince Hall 13 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Xavier Adibi 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Brandon Flowers 10 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Orion Martin 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Kam Chancellor 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Cam Martin 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Chris Ellis 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Barry Booker 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0D.J. Parker 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Carlton Powell 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Victor Harris 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0John Graves 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Jared Develli 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0Nekos Brown 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Dorian Porch 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Kenny Younger 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0Josh Hyman 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0Kory Robertson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0TOTALS 75 54 18 0 1 2 0 0 0 0

Virginia Tech Inside Opponent Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs ---- Failed to score inside RZ ---- Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Downs Int Fumb Half Game Sep 01 East Carolina W 17-7 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 of 1 (100.0%)

Opponents Inside Virginia Tech Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs ---- Failed to score inside RZ ----Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Downs Int Fumb Half Game Sep 01 East Carolina W 17-7 1 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 1 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 of 1 (100.0%)

20-YARD PLUS BY PLAYERPlayer No. TD R P KR PR IR FRSam Wheeler 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0Eddie Royal 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0Justin Harper 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0Josh Hyman 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0TOTAL 5 1 0 4 0 1 0 0


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RUSHING TACKLES

Player No.Vince Hall 11Xavier Adibi 9Brandon Flowers 6Orion Martin 5Barry Booker 4Kam Chancellor 4D.J. Parker 3Chris Ellis 3Carlton Powell 3Cam Martin 2John Graves 2Kory Robertson 1Nekos Brown 1TOTALS 54

SPECIAL TEAMS TACKLES Player Total KO PuntJared Develli 1 1 0Josh Hyman 1 0 1Kenny Younger 1 0 1TOTALS 3 1 2

KICKOFF RETURN TACKLES

Player No.Jared Develli 1TOTALS 1

PUNT RETURN TACKLES

Player No.Josh Hyman 1Kenny Younger 1TOTALS 2

PASSING TACKLES

Player No.Brandon Flowers 4Cam Martin 3Kam Chancellor 2Victor Harris 2Vince Hall 2D.J. Parker 1Xavier Adibi 1Chris Ellis 1Dorian Porch 1Orion Martin 1TOTALS 18


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Virginia Tech FootballVirginia Tech By-Quarter Statistics (as of September 2, 2007)

3rd-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th QtrSep 01 East Carolina W 17-7 6-14 42.9% 1-3 33.3% 0-3 0.0% 2-4 50.0% 3-4 75.0% Virginia Tech 6-14 42.9% 1-3 33.3% 0-3 0.0% 2-4 50.0% 3-4 75.0% Opponents 7-17 41.2% 1-4 25.0% 3-5 60.0% 1-4 25.0% 2-4 50.0%

4th-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th QtrSep 01 East Carolina W 17-7 1-1 100.0% 1-1 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% Virginia Tech 1-1 100.0% 1-1 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% Opponents 0-1 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-1 0.0%

Time of Possession

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th QtrSep 01 East Carolina W 17-7 28:27 6:43 5:38 6:53 9:13 Virginia Tech Total 28:27 6:43 5:38 6:53 9:13 Avg. 28:27 6:43 5:38 6:53 9:13 Opponents Total 31:33 8:17 9:22 8:07 5:47 Avg. 31:33 8:17 9:22 8:07 5:47


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Virginia Tech Practice PoliciesCertain portions of Virginia Tech's practices are open to the media as long as our policies are adhered to. Please contact Bryan Johnston in the Athletics Communications Office by 2 p.m., if you plan on coming to practice, and then check in with a member of the A.C.O. upon your arrival. In the event of inclement weather, practices may be moved to Rector Field House. Please arrive to practice at least 20 minutes before the scheduled end time in case it concludes early.

Frank Beamer Interview OpportunitiesCOACH BEAMER TELECONFERENCEOn Mondays during the season, Coach Frank Beamer will be hold a teleconference for approximately 15-20 minutes. The interview session will begin at 11:40 a.m. Media interested in this opportunity are asked to call the Athletics Communications Office at (540) 231-3387 for the phone number.

ACC TELECONFERENCEThe ACC football coaches will be featured on a weekly teleconference, beginning Wednesday, Aug. 29 and continuing each Wednesday until Tuesday, Nov. 20. Each coach will be available for 10 minutes, with Coach Beamer scheduled to start at 10:50 a.m. Members of the media can secure the number by contacting the ACC office at (336) 851-6062 or VT Athletics Communications at (540) 231-6726.

TUESDAY PRESS LUNCHEONOn Tuesdays at 1 p.m., in the Press Box, which is located on the fifth floor of the West Side of Lane Stadium, Coach Beamer meets with the media. Luncheons are weekly beginning Aug. 28 through Nov. 20 with the exception of the open date week (Oct. 16). Media need to obtain a parking pass to park in the designated lot (softball/track lot). The print media session is recorded and can be listened to by calling (540) 232-3719 and choosing “1” from the menu. The recording should be up by 4 p.m., that day. A video feed of Beamer, along with the players, is available both live and archived on hokietv.com.

POST PRACTICECoach Beamer is available for brief on-field interviews immediately after practice Monday through Wednesday on the practice field, which is located between Lane Stadium/Worsham Field and the Jamerson Athletic Center. He is also available for a group interview at the end of Friday’s walk-through.

BY PHONE VIA APPOINTMENTCoach Beamer is available by phone in the early portions of each week. Contact Dave Smith in the Athletics Communications Office to schedule an interview with Coach Beamer.

Virginia Tech Player and Coach Interview OpportunitiesFOLLOWING THE PRESS LUNCHEONVirginia Tech players will be made available immediately following head coach Frank Beamer’s press luncheon Tuesday afternoon. Requests MUST be made by noon on Monday. Please contact Bryan Johnston in the Virginia Tech Athletics Communications Office to make these requests.

POST PRACTICE IN PERSONTech players and assistant coaches are available for 15 minutes for in-person interviews Monday-Wednesday. Contact Bryan Johnston for player interviews or submit your list no later than 20 minutes before the end of practice.

BY PHONE VIA APPOINTMENTPlayers are available by phone Monday-Wednesday for this week’s game. Interviews will be before practice. All phone requests MUST be made by noon of the day you wish to do the interview. Please contact Bryan Johnston in the Virginia Tech Athletics Communications Office to make these requests.

Virginia Tech and ACC Satellite NewsfeedThe Atlantic Coast Conference provides weekly satellite feeds with highlights, along with coach and player interviews. Additional information is available through the ACC office.

WHO TO CONTACTRequest for Coaches Assistant AD for Athletics Communications Dave Smith • (540) 231-6726 [email protected]

Requests for Players Associate Director for Athletics Communications Bryan Johnston • (540) 231-3387 [email protected]

Requests for Photos Director of Photography, Athletics Communications Dave Knachel • (540) 231-1838 [email protected]

ON THE INTERNETwww.hokiesports.com

The official Web site of Virginia Tech athletics is home to all the football knowledge you need. Schedules, results, rosters, bios, statistics, general releases and game notes can be found here and are always up to date. The Gameday section has live stats, radio and television coverage information and other pertinent information. This section is for home games only.

hokiesports.com/media This media-only Web site is designed to make the media’s job easier. Here you will find high-resolution, color mug shots of every Hokie football player and coach available to download.

www.theacc.com Updated standings, results, schedules, statistics and notes are on the site each week during the season.

www.LSUsports.net This week’s opponent’s athletics Web site.

THE LSU GAME WEEKDave Smith: [email protected] Bryan Johnston: [email protected]

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday FridayThursday Saturday

Treatment & WeightsNo Interviews

Beamer on VT Teleconference11:40 a.m.; Call VT Ath. Comm. Office for the number

Closed Practice5:35-6:55 pmInterviews following

Press Luncheon12:30-2 p.m.Press Box

Practice *4:45-6:50 pmInterviews following

Beamer on ACC Teleconference10:50 a.m.; Call ACC Office for the number

Practice *4:45-6:50 pmInterviews following

Closed Practice4:45-6:10 p.m.No Interviews

Travel & Walk-ThroughNo Player or Asst. Interviews; Coach Beamer available for group interview at the end of the walk-through

Game DayVT vs. LSU9:15 pm • ESPN

Post GameCoach Beamer and top requested players available

* - Practice is open for the first hour, then all media members will be asked to leave the practice area. They may return to the patio area by the weight room �0 minutes before the scheduled end of practice.

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