2004 Virginia Tech Hokies football team
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ACC Champions
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Sugar Bowl, L 13-16 vs. Auburn
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division |
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| Coaches | #10 |
| AP | #10 |
| 2004 record | 10–3 (7–1 ACC) |
| Head coach | Frank Beamer |
| Offensive coordinator | Bryan Stinespring |
| Offensive scheme | Pro Style |
| Defensive coordinator | Bud Foster |
| Base defense | 4-3 |
| Home stadium | Lane Stadium (c. 65,115, grass) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #10 Virginia Tech $ | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #15 Florida State | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #11 Miami | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #23 Virginia | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 1 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2004 Virginia Tech Hokies football team won the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship in its inaugural year in the conference, running off a streak of eight straight wins to end the regular season after a 2-2 start. Tech finished 10th in the final Associated Press poll with a 10-3 record. The team's head coach was Frank Beamer, who was named ACC Coach of the Year.[1]
Virginia Tech began the season unranked nationally, having suffered a meltdown at the end of the 2003 season. The Hokies faced a daunting schedule, beginning with a nationally-televisioned game against the defending national co-champion USC Trojans. That game, known as the BCA Classic, was the first NCAA college football game of the year, and would be followed by a tough conference schedule.
Tech lost to eventual BCS National Champion USC at FedEx Field in Landover, MD, 24-13,[2] losing the lead late in the third quarter. After a 63-0 shellacking of Western Michigan,[3] Tech played its first ever ACC game on September 18, against Duke. Tech prevailed 41-17[4] in Lane Stadium.[5] The Hokies dropped to 2-2 following a 17-16 home loss to N.C. State, in which the Hokies missed a would-be winning field goal as time expired. The team then needed to win five of its next eight games to extend its 11-season streak of playing in a post-season bowl game.
After reeling off three-straight wins, including a 19-13[6] squeaker over then #7 West Virginia, the Hokies' fortunes looked bleak in the fourth quarter of their game against Georgia Tech in Atlanta on ESPN Thursday night college football. Tech was down 14-0 at one point and trailed 20-12 with 5:28 left in the fourth quarter. Tech racked up 22 unanswered points to exterminate the Yellow Jackets.[7]
Tech would go on to win their remaining regular-season games, including a 24-10[8] win over then #16 Virginia in Lane Stadium and a 16-10[9] away victory over then #9 Miami, to clinch the ACC Championship. As ACC Champions, Virginia Tech was awarded a bid to the 2005 Sugar Bowl, a Bowl Championship Series game in New Orleans, Louisiana. Virginia Tech faced Auburn, a team that had gone undefeated in the regular season but was denied a bid to the national championship game by virtue of its lower rank in the BCS poll. In a game that was not decided until the final two minutes,[10] Virginia Tech lost to Auburn 16-13.
Tech was led by quarterback Bryan Randall during the season. Randall was named ACC player of the Year.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| August 28 | 7:40 PM | vs. #1 USC | FedEx Field • Landover, MD (BCA Classic) | ESPN | L 13-24 | 91,665 | |||
| September 11 | 1:00 PM | Western Michigan* | Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA | W 63-0 | 65,115 | ||||
| September 18 | 12:00 PM | Duke | Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA | JPS | W 41-17 | 65,115 | |||
| September 25 | 12:00 PM | North Carolina State | Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA | ESPN | L 16-17 | 65,115 | |||
| October 2 | 12:00 PM | #7 West Virginia* | Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA (Black Diamond Trophy) | ESPN | W 19-13 | 65,115 | |||
| October 9 | 12:00 PM | at Wake Forest | Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC | JPS | W 17-10 | 32,433 | |||
| October 16 | 1:00 PM | Florida A&M* | Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA | W 62-0 | 65,115 | ||||
| October 28 | 7:30 PM | at Georgia Tech | #22 | Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA | ESPN | W 34-20 | 48,398 | ||
| November 6 | 12:00 PM | at North Carolina | #18 | Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC | ESPN2 | W 27-24 | 58,000 | ||
| November 18[11] | 7:30 PM | Maryland | #15 | Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA | ESPN | W 55-6 | 65,115 | ||
| November 27 | 1:00 PM | #16 Virginia | #11 | Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA (Commonwealth Cup) | ABC | W 24-10 | 65,115 | ||
| December 4 | 1:00 PM | at #9 Miami (FL) | #11 | Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL (Miami – Virginia Tech rivalry) | ABC | W 16-10 | 62,205 | ||
| January 3 | 8:00 PM | vs. #3 Auburn* | #9 | Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) | ABC | L 13-16 | 77,349 | ||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. |
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Personnel
Coaching Staff
| Position | Name | First year at VT | First year in current position |
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| Head Coach | Frank Beamer | 1987 | 1987 |
| Associate Head Coach and Running Backs Coach | Billy Hite | 1978 | 2001 |
| Offensive Coordinator and Offensive Line | Bryan Stinespring | 1990 | 2002 |
| Defensive Coordinator and Inside Linebackers | Bud Foster | 1987 | 1995 |
| Wide Receivers | Tony Ball | 1998 | 1998 |
| Strong Safety, Outside Linebackers, and Recruiting Coordinator | Jim Cavanaugh | 1996 | 2002 |
| Quarterbacks | Kevin Rogers | 2002 | 2002 |
| Tight Ends and Offensive Tackles | Danny Pearman | 1998 | 1998 |
| Defensive backs | Lorenzo Ward | 1999 | 1999 |
| Defensive Line | Charley Wiles | 1996 | 1996 |
| Source: http://www.hokiesports.com/football/players/ | |||
Roster
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Place Kicker
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Source: http://www.techsideline.com/football/2004/2004roster.htm Starters are in bold and players who left the team are |
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-footbl/10accfbguide.html
- ↑ http://www.hokiesports.com/football/stats/showstats.html?6005
- ↑ http://www.hokiesports.com/football/stats/showstats.html?6006
- ↑ http://www.hokiesports.com/football/stats/showstats.html?6007
- ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=242620259 retrieved November 28, 2010
- ↑ http://www.hokiesports.com/football/stats/showstats.html?6009
- ↑ http://www.hokiesports.com/football/sugarbowl05.mg.pdf , p. 63, retrieved November 28, 2010.
- ↑ http://www.hokiesports.com/football/stats/showstats.html?6015
- ↑ http://www.hokiesports.com/football/stats/showstats.html?6016
- ↑ "Auburn 16, Virginia Tech 13", January 3, 2005. Hokiesports.com [1] — Accessed July 21, 2007.
- ↑ ESPN.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Cedric Humes started the first four games and Mike Imoh started the others.
- ↑ Clifton was also the emergency quarterback
- ↑ Josh Hyman began the season at flanker, then moved to split end for the remainder of the season.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
