1987 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

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1987 Virginia Tech Hokies football
Virginia Tech Hokies logo.svg
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–9
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorRon Zook (1st season)
Home stadiumLane Stadium
(Capacity: 51,000)
Seasons
← 1986
1988 →
1987 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Miami (FL)       12 0 0
No. 4 Syracuse       11 0 1
No. 2 Florida State       11 1 0
No. 15 South Carolina       8 4 0
Pittsburgh       8 4 0
Penn State       8 4 0
No. 17 Notre Dame       8 4 0
Southern Miss       6 5 0
Rutgers       6 5 0
Southwestern Louisiana       6 5 0
Memphis State       5 5 1
Northern Illinois       5 5 1
West Virginia       6 6 0
Tulane       6 6 0
Army       5 6 0
Boston College       5 6 0
East Carolina       5 6 0
Akron       4 7 0
Cincinnati       4 7 0
Louisville       3 7 1
Temple       3 8 0
Tulsa       3 8 0
Virginia Tech       2 9 0
Navy       2 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the first season for College Football Hall of Fame coach, Frank Beamer.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 121:00 p.m.No. 10 ClemsonL 10–2242,000
September 191:00 p.m.at VirginiaL 13–1444,300
September 261:00 p.m.Syracuse
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 21–3533,300
October 31:00 p.m.Navy
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 31–1135,000
October 101:30 p.m.at South CarolinaL 10–4073,150
October 171:00 p.m.East Carolinadagger
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 23–3538,300[1]
October 248:30 p.m.at TulaneL 38–5731,280[2]
October 317:30 p.m.at KentuckyL 7–1450,432
November 71:00 p.m.at West VirginiaL 16–2847,322
November 147:30 p.m.at No. 3 Miami (FL)L 13–2740,105
November 211:00 p.m.Cincinnati
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 21–2010,600

Game summaries

Clemson


Syracuse


Navy


South Carolina


at Miami (FL)

1 2 3 4 Total
Hokies 0 10 3 0 13
Hurricanes 3 7 3 14 27


The Hurricanes, a 38-point favorite, broke a 13-13 tie with 4:51 remaining on a 1-yard TD run by Melvin Bratton. Miami put the game out of reach by scoring the final touchdown with 34 seconds left to win 27-13.[3]

Cincinnati


References

  1. ^ "East Carolina rally spoils Hokie homecoming, 32–23". The News Leader. October 18, 1987. Retrieved February 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Tulane crushes Hokies, 57–38". Daily Press. October 25, 1987. Retrieved February 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "No. 3 Miami wins". The Pantagraph. November 15, 1987. p. 7. Retrieved August 11, 2019.