1994 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

American college football season

1994 Virginia Tech Hokies football
Gator Bowl, L 23–45 vs. Tennessee
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 24
1994 record	8–4 (5–2 Big East)
Head coach	Frank Beamer (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Gary Tranquill (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Phil Elmassian (2nd season)
Home stadium	Lane Stadium (Capacity: 50,000)
Seasons ← 1993 1995 →

1994 Big East Conference football standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Miami (FL) $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Virginia Tech	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Syracuse	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
West Virginia	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	6	–	0
No. 23 Boston College	3	–	3	–	1			7	–	4	–	1
Rutgers	2	–	4	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Pittsburgh	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Temple	0	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1994 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Frank Beamer.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	4:00 p.m.	Arkansas State*	No. 21	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 34–7	38,626
September 10	6:00 p.m.	at Southern Miss*	No. 21	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS		W 24–14	17,391	[1]
September 17	12:00 p.m.	at Boston College	No. 18	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)	BEN	W 12–7	44,500
September 22	8:00 p.m.	West Virginia	No. 14	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	ESPN	W 34–6	49,679
October 1	3:30 p.m.	at Syracuse	No. 14	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	ABC	L 20–28	47,635
October 8	1:00 p.m.	Temple	No. 20	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 41–13	44,204
October 15	1:30 p.m.	at East Carolina*	No. 19	Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, NC		W 27–20	34,741	[2]
October 22	1:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh	No. 17	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 45–7	48,462
October 29	3:30 p.m.	at No. 6 Miami (FL)	No. 13	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)	ABC	L 3–24	57,618
November 12	1:00 p.m.	Rutgers	No. 16	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 41–34	44,171
November 19	12:00 p.m.	No. 16 Virginia*	No. 14	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	BEN	L 23–42	53,157
December 30	7:30 p.m.	vs. Tennessee*	No. 17	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (Gator Bowl)	TBS	L 23–45	62,200
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

See also: 1994 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	22	21	21	18	14	14	20	19	17	13	17	16	14	18	17	17	NR
Coaches Poll	19		18	16	12	10	17	14	13	10	16	12	11	16	15	15	24

Roster

1994 Virginia Tech Hokies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class C 63 Bill Conaty G 64 Gennaro DiNapoli Fr QB 16 Jim Druckenmiller So WR 80 Antonio Freeman Sr TE 81 Bryan Jennings So RB 28 Ken Oxendine Fr WR 17 Bryan Still	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Frank Beamer Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "Va. Tech tops Golden Eagles". Daily Press. September 11, 1994. Retrieved March 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Hokies dump ECU". The News Leader. October 16, 1994. Retrieved March 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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