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1995 Virginia Tech

10–⁠2 (6–⁠1 Big East), coached by Frank Beamer, finished No. 10 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Virginia Tech in 1995, game by game: lost vs. Boston College 14–20; lost vs. Cincinnati 0–16; won vs. No. 17 Miami 13–7; won at Pittsburgh 26–16; won at Navy 14–0; won vs. Akron 77–27; won at Rutgers 45–17; won at West Virginia 27–0; won vs. No. 20 Syracuse 31–7; won vs. Temple 38–16; won at No. 13 Virginia 36–29; won vs. No. 9 Texas 28–10+50−16Lost 14–20 vs. Boston College-6Boston CollegeLost 0–16 vs. Cincinnati-16CincinnatiWon 13–7 vs. No. 17 Miami+6No. 17 MiamiWon 26–16 at Pittsburgh+10PittsburghWon 14–0 at Navy+14NavyWon 77–27 vs. Akron+50AkronWon 45–17 at Rutgers+28RutgersWon 27–0 at West Virginia+27West VirginiaWon 31–7 vs. No. 20 Syracuse+24No. 20 SyracuseWon 38–16 vs. Temple+22TempleWon 36–29 at No. 13 Virginia+7No. 13 VirginiaWon 28–10 vs. No. 9 Texas+18No. 9 Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7vsBoston CollegeL 14–⁠2053%
Sep 16vsCincinnatiL 0–⁠1674%
Sep 23vs17MiamiW 13–⁠736%
Sep 30atPittsburghW 26–⁠1650%
Oct 7atNavyW 14–⁠061%
Oct 14vsAkronW 77–⁠2786%
Oct 21atRutgersW 45–⁠1764%
Oct 28atWest VirginiaW 27–⁠051%
Nov 4vs20SyracuseW 31–⁠757%
Nov 11vsTempleW 38–⁠1688%
Nov 18at13VirginiaW 36–⁠2939%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvs9TexasSugar BowlW 28–⁠1047%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Texas 28–⁠10 in the Sugar Bowl; No. 10 in the final AP poll; Big East champions.

In program history: The 9th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 24
  2. Wk 2: 24
  3. Wk 3: 20
  4. Wk 12: 21
  5. Wk 13: 20
  6. Wk 14: 13
  7. Wk 15: 13
  8. Wk 16: 13
  9. Final: 10

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1995.

Big East champions6–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Miami

Consensus All-AmericanCornell Brown, DT

Record
10–⁠2
Conference
6–⁠1 shared first in Big East
AP final
No. 10 peak No. 10
Points
349–⁠165
Coach
Frank Beamer
Elo
1719 +160 this season
SP+ rating
18.3 No. 13 of 107; offense No. 37, defense No. 5
SRS
15.8 No. 12 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Rickey Bustle
Defensive coordinators
Bud Foster and Rod Sharpless
Offense
Multiple
Defense
4–⁠4

Drafted in 1996

The 1996 draft
Rd 2Bryan Still WRSan Diego Chargers
Rd 3J.C. Price DTCarolina Panthers

All-Big East

4 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Big East standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Virginia Tech6–⁠110–⁠210
Miami6–⁠18–⁠320
Syracuse5–⁠29–⁠319
West Virginia4–⁠35–⁠6
Boston College4–⁠34–⁠8
Rutgers2–⁠54–⁠7
Temple1–⁠61–⁠10
Pittsburgh0–⁠72–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.