From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.
Team stats
Virginia Tech
Tulane
453
Total yards
252
91
Passing yards
119
362
Rushing yards
133
4.3
Yards per pass
5.7
7.2
Yards per rush
4.0
25
First downs
15
7–14
Third downs
2–10
2–2
Fourth downs
2–3
2
Turnovers
3
5–35
Penalties
2–11
33:06
Possession
26:54
1
Sacks (by defense)
1
Efficiency
Virginia Tech
Tulane
55%
Success rate
42%
0.19
EPA per play
−0.01
1.15
Explosiveness
0.74
0.26
Rushing EPA
−0.06
0.03
Passing EPA
0.08
50%
Passing-down success
18%
0.33
First-down EPA
−0.24
0.05
Second-down EPA
0.25
−0.17
Third-down EPA
−0.07
19%
Havoc by its defense
14%
From CollegeFootballData.com: each offense’s efficiency, and the havoc each defense caused. The better side of each line is bold.
Before kickoff
Our ratings and the line, going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Tulane 68% to win. Virginia Tech won as Elo’s underdog.
The line
Virginia Tech −12.5, over/under 44.5.
The last line on file before kickoff: the consensus line when the books publish one, otherwise a single major sportsbook’s.
Before kickoff, the win chances were Virginia Tech 82%, Tulane 18%. CollegeFootballData.com’s estimate from the point spread.
The money
The Military Bowl was put on by the Military Bowl Foundation, a nonprofit. Its IRS Form 990 for the year to March 2024, which takes in this game, reports $5.7 million in revenue, $2.4 million of it from ticket operations, and $5.6 million in expenses. Its best-paid, president & executive director Steve Beck, was paid $431,000. The largest payments it lists that year:
Annapolis Green Inc
support mission to reduce waste
$7,000
From the organization’s IRS Form 990, via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer and the IRS’s e-file data. Payments are the grants it lists on Schedule I of that return. See every filing at ProPublica (EIN 26-3268204).
Every drive
Solid bars scored; an outline in the other team’s color marks points the defense scored. Tulane drives left to right, Virginia Tech right to left.
Q1 TulanePunt, 3 plays, 5 yards
Q1 Virginia TechFumble return TD, 6 plays (Tulane scores), 19 yards
Q1 Virginia TechField goal, 14 plays, 57 yards
Q1 TulanePunt, 3 plays, 7 yards
Q1 Virginia TechFumble, 4 plays, 22 yards
Q1 Virginia TechTouchdown, 1 play, 11 yards
Q1 TulaneFumble, 11 plays, 76 yards
Q2 Virginia TechPunt, 6 plays, 21 yards
Q2 TulaneField goal, 7 plays, 23 yards
Q2 Virginia TechTouchdown, 11 plays, 75 yards
Q2 Virginia TechEnd of half, 1 play, −3 yards
Q3 Virginia TechFumble, 2 plays, 5 yards
Q3 TulaneTouchdown, 3 plays, 17 yards
Q3 Virginia TechTouchdown, 5 plays, 73 yards
Q3 TulanePunt, 3 plays, 9 yards
Q3 Virginia TechField goal, 6 plays, 58 yards
Q3 TulaneField goal, 11 plays, 73 yards
Q4 Virginia TechTouchdown, 5 plays, 75 yards
Q4 TulaneFumble, 1 play, 0 yards
Q4 Virginia TechTouchdown, 6 plays, 44 yards
Q4 TulaneTurnover on downs, 14 plays, 58 yards
Q4 Virginia TechEnd of game, 6 plays, 24 yards
Play by play
1st quarter7 drives, then Virginia Tech 10, Tulane 7
Tulane Punt, 3 plays
15:00
1st & 10 at own 35
Kyle Lowe kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
14:52
1st & 10 at own 25
Kai Horton run for 1 yd to the TULN 26
14:33
2nd & 9 at own 26
Kai Horton pass complete to Alex Bauman for 4 yds to the TULN 30
14:06
3rd & 5 at own 30
Kai Horton pass incomplete to Dontae Fleming
13:56
4th & 5 at own 30
Will Karoll punt for 50 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the VT 20
Virginia Tech Fumble return TD, 6 plays (Tulane scores)
13:45
1st & 10 at own 20
Bhayshul Tuten run for 3 yds to the VT 23
13:25
2nd & 7 at own 23
Kyron Drones pass incomplete to Benji Gosnell
13:10
3rd & 7 at own 23
Kyron Drones run for 16 yds to the VT 39 for a 1ST down
4th quarter4 drives, then Virginia Tech 41, Tulane 20
Virginia Tech Touchdown, 5 plays
14:56
4th & 7 at own 35
Casey Glover kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
14:40
1st & 10 at own 25
Kyron Drones run for 38 yds to the TULN 37 for a 1ST down
14:03
1st & 10 at opp 37
Bhayshul Tuten run for 9 yds to the TULN 28
13:28
2nd & 1 at opp 28
Kyron Drones run for 17 yds to the TULN 11 for a 1ST down
13:07
1st & 10 at opp 11
Bhayshul Tuten run for 1 yd to the TULN 10
12:38
2nd & 9 at opp 10
Kyron Drones pass complete to Benji Gosnell for 10 yds for a TD (John Love KICK)Virginia Tech 34, Tulane 20
12:38
2nd & 9 at own 35
Kyle Lowe kickoff for 38 yds , Alex Bauman return for 5 yds to the TULN 32
12:05
1st & 10 at own 32
Kai Horton pass complete to Shedro Louis for 12 yds Shedro Louis fumbled, forced by Mose Phillips III, recovered by VT Mansoor Delane
Virginia Tech Touchdown, 6 plays
11:55
1st & 10 at opp 44
Xayvion Turner-Bradshaw run for 14 yds to the TULN 30 for a 1ST down
11:30
1st & 10 at opp 30
Malachi Thomas run for 5 yds to the TULN 25
10:58
2nd & 5 at opp 25
Kyron Drones pass incomplete to Da’Quan Felton
10:47
3rd & 5 at opp 25
Kyron Drones run for 4 yds to the TULN 21
10:10
4th & 1 at opp 21
Kyron Drones run for 9 yds to the TULN 12 for a 1ST down
9:33
1st & 10 at opp 12
Bhayshul Tuten run for 12 yds for a TD (John Love KICK)Virginia Tech 41, Tulane 20
Tulane Turnover on downs, 14 plays
9:33
1st & 10 at own 35
Kyle Lowe kickoff for 49 yds , Bryce Bohanon return for 16 yds to the TULN 32
9:10
1st & 10 at own 32
Kai Horton sacked by Keli Lawson for a loss of 3 yards to the TULN 29
8:39
2nd & 13 at own 29
Shaadie Clayton-Johnson run for 1 yd to the TULN 30
7:58
3rd & 12 at own 30
Horton, Kai pass sacked for loss of 10 yards to the TULANE20 (Pollard, Norell), PENALTY VATECH offside (Pollard, Norell) 5 yards to the TULANE35, NO PLAY.
7:28
3rd & 7 at own 35
Kai Horton pass complete to Yulkeith Brown for 5 yds to the TULN 40
7:05
4th & 2 at own 40
Kai Horton pass complete to Yulkeith Brown for 3 yds to the TULN 43 for a 1ST down
6:39
1st & 10 at own 43
Kai Horton pass incomplete to Jalen Rogers
6:20
2nd & 10 at own 43
Makhi Hughes run for 1 yd to the TULN 44
5:59
3rd & 9 at own 44
Kai Horton pass incomplete to Shaadie Clayton-Johnson
5:51
4th & 9 at own 44
Karoll, Will punt 43 yards to the VATECH13, fair catch by Holloway, Tucker, PENALTY VATECH running into kicker 5 yards to the TULANE49, NO PLAY.
5:38
4th & 4 at own 49
Kai Horton pass complete to Dontae Fleming for 21 yds to the VT 30 for a 1ST down
5:18
1st & 10 at opp 30
Kai Horton pass incomplete to Dontae Fleming
5:10
2nd & 10 at opp 30
Kai Horton pass complete to Shaadie Clayton-Johnson for 1 yd to the VT 29 for a 1ST down Virginia Tech Penalty, Face Mask (15 yards) (15 Yards) to the VT 14 for a 1ST down
4:52
1st & 10 at opp 14
Kai Horton pass incomplete to Yulkeith Brown
4:45
2nd & 10 at opp 14
Shaadie Clayton-Johnson run for 4 yds to the VT 10
4:18
3rd & 5 at opp 10
Timeout Tulane, clock 04:18
4:18
3rd & 5 at opp 10
Tulane Penalty, Substitution Infraction (-5 Yards) to the VT 15
3:55
3rd & 10 at opp 15
Jalen Rogers run for 5 yds to the VT 10
3:31
4th & 5 at opp 10
Kai Horton pass incomplete to Bryce Bohanon
Virginia Tech End of game, 6 plays
3:25
1st & 10 at own 10
Jeremiah Coney run for 1 yd to the VT 11
2:40
2nd & 9 at own 11
Jeremiah Coney run for 8 yds to the VT 19
1:59
3rd & 1 at own 19
Jeremiah Coney run for 5 yds to the VT 24 for a 1ST down
1:40
1st & 10 at own 24
Jeremiah Coney run for no gain to the VT 24
1:05
2nd & 10 at own 24
Jeremiah Coney run for 7 yds to the VT 31
0:33
3rd & 3 at own 31
Tralon Mitchell run for 3 yds to the VT 34 for a 1ST down
Play-by-play from CollegeFootballData.com, as its scorers wrote it. The clock is the time left in the quarter; the spot is from the side of the team with the ball.
Virginia Tech
Tulane