1990 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

1990 Virginia Tech Hokies football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 25
Record	6–5
Head coach	Frank Beamer (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Steve Marshall (3rd season)
Home stadium	Lane Stadium (Capacity: 51,000)

1990 NCAA Division I-A independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 14 Louisville			–					10	–	1	–	1
No. 3 Miami (FL)			–					10	–	2	–	0
No. 4 Florida State			–					10	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Notre Dame			–					9	–	3	–	0
No. 11 Penn State			–					9	–	3	–	0
Louisiana Tech			–					8	–	3	–	1
Southern Miss			–					8	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					7	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					7	–	4	–	2
Army			–					6	–	5	–	0
Northern Illinois			–					6	–	5	–	0
South Carolina			–					6	–	5	–	0
Virginia Tech			–					6	–	5	–	0
East Carolina			–					5	–	6	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana			–					5	–	6	–	0
Navy			–					5	–	6	–	0
Memphis State			–					4	–	6	–	1
Boston College			–					4	–	7	–	0
Tulane			–					4	–	7	–	0
West Virginia			–					4	–	7	–	0
Akron			–					3	–	7	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	7	–	1
Rutgers			–					3	–	8	–	0
Tulsa			–					3	–	8	–	0
Cincinnati			–					1	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Frank Beamer.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	12:00 p.m.	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	JPS	L 13–20	34,198
September 8	7:00 p.m.	Bowling Green	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 21–7	32,187
September 15	7:00 p.m.	at East Carolina	Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, NC		W 24–23	33,819
September 22	12:00 p.m.	South Carolina	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	HTS	L 24–35	41,462
September 29	7:00 p.m.	at No. 2 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL		L 28–39	60,301
October 6	1:00 p.m.	West Virginia	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)		W 26–21	51,223
October 20	1:00 p.m.	at Temple	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA		L 28–31	25,712
October 27	1:00 p.m.	Southern Miss	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 20–16	37,462
November 3	1:00 p.m.	NC State	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 20–16	38,622
November 10	1:00 p.m.	at No. 7 Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA (rivalry)		L 3–6	43,011
November 24	4:00 p.m.	No. 17 Virginia	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	ESPN	W 38–13	54,157
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

at Georgia Tech

Virginia Tech at #7 Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total Hokies 0 0 0 3 3 • Yellow Jackets 0 0 0 6 6 Date: November 10 Location: Bobby Dodd Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia Game start: 1:00 PM EST Elapsed time: 2:40 Game attendance: 43,011 Game weather: 47° F, Cold, overcast, damp, Wind NW 15-25 MPH Referee: Courtney Mauzy Source: Box score

Scoring summary Q4 8:16 VT M. Thomas 22-yard field goal VT 3–0 5:09 GT Scott Sisson 33-yard field goal Tied 3–3 0:08 GT Sisson 38-yard field goal GT 6–3

See also: 1990 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team and Georgia Tech–Virginia Tech football rivalry