2004 Virginia Tech Hokies football team
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| Coaches | No. 10 |
| AP | No. 10 |
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| No. 10 Virginia Tech $ | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Florida State | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Miami (FL) | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 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
August 287:40 PMvs. No. 1 USC
ESPNL 13-24 91,665 September 111:00 PMWestern Michigan*
W 63-0 65,115 September 1812:00 PMDuke
- Lane Stadium
- Blacksburg, VA
JPSW 41-17 65,115 September 2512:00 PMNorth Carolina State
- Lane Stadium
- Blacksburg, VA
ESPNL 16-17 65,115 October 212:00 PMNo. 7 West Virginia*
- Lane Stadium
- Blacksburg, VA (Black Diamond Trophy)
ESPNW 19-13 65,115 October 912:00 PMat Wake Forest
JPSW 17-10 32,433 October 161:00 PMFlorida A&M*
- Lane Stadium
- Blacksburg, VA
W 62-0 65,115 October 287:30 PMat Georgia TechNo. 22
ESPNW 34-20 48,398 November 612:00 PMat North CarolinaNo. 18
ESPN2W 27-24 58,000 November 18[11]7:30 PMMarylandNo. 15
- Lane Stadium
- Blacksburg, VA
ESPNW 55-6 65,115 November 271:00 PMNo. 16 VirginiaNo. 11
- Lane Stadium
- Blacksburg, VA (Commonwealth Cup)
ABCW 24-10 65,115 December 41:00 PMat No. 9 Miami (FL)No. 11
ABCW 16-10 62,205 January 38:00 PMvs. No. 3 Auburn*No. 9
ABCL 13-16 77,349
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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Notes
- ^ a b 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
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Collegiate Times. "Former Virginia Tech football player charged with stalking".