HOKIES 2017 FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE

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1972 (6-4-1)
Coach: Charlie Coffey
9/16 L 20-24 at Virginia
9/23 L 15-27 at Florida State
9/30 W 13-10 SMU
10/7 T 27-27 HOUSTON
10/14 W 34-32 OKLAHOMA STATE
10/21 W 53-21 at Ohio
10/28 L 16-17 William & Mary1
11/4 W 27-14 SOUTHERN MISS
11/11 W 45-20 SOUTH CAROLINA
11/18 L 13-52 at Alabama
11/25 W 44-9 at Wake Forest
1Played in Richmond, Va.
1973 (2-9)
Coach: Charlie Coffey
9/8 L 24-31 WILLIAM & MARY
9/15 L 26-31 at Kentucky
9/22 L 10-24 at West Virginia
9/29 L 6-37 at SMU
10/6 L 24-27 SOUTH CAROLINA
10/12 L 27-54 at Houston
10/20 W 27-15 VIRGINIA
10/27 L 6-77 at Alabama
11/3 L 16-49 at Memphis
11/10 W 36-13 FLORIDA STATE
11/17 L 21-22 VMI
1974 (4-7)
Coach: Jimmy Sharpe
9/14 L 7-38 KENTUCKY
9/21 L 25-28 at SMU
9/28 L 12-49 HOUSTON
10/5 L 17-22 VMI1
10/12 W 31-17 at South Carolina
10/19 L 27-28 at Virginia
10/26 W 41-7 RICHMOND
11/1 L 7-14 at Miami
11/9 W 34-15 at William & Mary
11/16 W 56-21 at Florida State
11/23 L 21-22 WEST VIRGINIA
1Played in Richmond, Va.
1975 (8-3)
Coach: Jimmy Sharpe
9/13 L 8-27 at Kentucky
9/20 L 11-17 at Kent State
9/27 W 21-9 RICHMOND
10/4 W 23-16 at Auburn
10/11 W 13-10 FLORIDA STATE
10/18 W 24-17 VIRGINIA
10/25 L 7-10 at West Virginia
11/1 W 24-7 William & Mary1
11/8 W 34-28 at Houston
11/15 W 33-0 VMI
11/22 W 40-10 WAKE FOREST
1Played in Norfolk, Va.
1976 (6-5)
Coach: Jimmy Sharpe
9/4 W 23-6 at Wake Forest
9/11 L 0-19 at Texas A&M
9/18 W 16-7 SOUTHERN MISS
10/2 L 15-27 WILLIAM & MARY
10/9 W 37-7 VMI1
10/16 W 14-10 at Virginia
10/23 W 42-14 KENT STATE
10/30 W 24-7 WEST VIRGINIA
11/6 L 31-35 TULSA
11/13 L 0-16 at Richmond
11/20 L 21-28 at Florida State
1Played in Richmond, Va.
1977 (3-7-1)
Coach: Jimmy Sharpe
9/17 L 6-27 TEXAS A&M
9/24 L 20-21 at Memphis
10/1 L 13-31 CLEMSON
10/8 W 17-8 William & Mary1
10/15 T 14-14 VIRGINIA
10/22 L 14-17 at Richmond
10/29 L 0-32 at Kentucky
11/5 L 21-23 FLORIDA STATE
11/12 L 14-20 at West Virginia
11/19 W 28-10 WAKE FOREST
11/26 W 27-7 VMI
1 Played in Richmond, Va.
1978 (4-7)
Coach: Bill Dooley
9/9 L 33-35 TULSA
9/16 W 28-6 at Wake Forest
9/23 L 7-18 AUBURN
9/30 W 22-19 WILLIAM & MARY
10/7 L 7-38 at Clemson
10/14 W 16-3 WEST VIRGINIA
10/21 L 7-17 at Virginia
10/28 L 0-35 at Alabama
11/4 L 0-28 KENTUCKY
11/11 L 14-24 at Florida State
11/18 W 28-2 VMI
1979 (5-6)
Coach: Bill Dooley
9/8 W 15-14 at Louisville
9/15 W 41-32 APPALACHIAN STATE
9/22 W 35-14 WILLIAM & MARY
9/29 L 10-17 FLORIDA STATE
10/6 L 14-19 WAKE FOREST
10/13 L 0-21 CLEMSON
10/20 W 34-0 RICHMOND
10/27 L 7-31 at Alabama
11/3 L 23-34 at West Virginia
11/10 L 18-20 at Virginia
11/17 W 27-20 VMI
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1980 (8-4)
9/6 W 16-7 at Wake Forest
9/13 W 35-7 ETSU
9/20 W 7-3 WILLIAM & MARY
9/27 W 38-6 JAMES MADISON
10/4 L 10-13 at Clemson
10/11 W 34-7 RHODE ISLAND
10/18 W 30-0 VIRGINIA
10/25 L 7-18 at Richmond
11/1 W 34-11 WEST VIRGINIA
11/8 L 7-31 at Florida State
11/15 W 21-6 VMI1
Peach Bowl (Atlanta, Ga.)
1/2 L 10-20 Miami
1 Played in Norfolk, Va.
1981 (7-4)
Coach: Bill Dooley
9/12 W 28-12 RICHMOND
9/19 W 47-3 WILLIAM & MARY
9/26 W 30-14 WAKE FOREST
10/3 W 17-13 MEMPHIS
10/10 L 7-14 at Duke
10/17 L 6-27 at West Virginia
10/24 W 34-12 APPALACHIAN STATE
10/31 W 29-3 at Kentucky
11/14 L 14-21 at Miami
11/21 L 0-6 VMI
11/28 W 20-3 at Virginia
1982 (7-4)
Coach: Bill Dooley
9/4 W 20-9 at Richmond
9/18 L 8-14 MIAMI
9/25 W 47-3 WILLIAM & MARY
10/2 L 10-13 WAKE FOREST
10/9 W 22-21 at Duke
10/16 L 6-16 WEST VIRGINIA
10/23 W 34-0 APPALACHIAN STATE
10/30 W 29-3 KENTUCKY
11/13 L 0-45 at Vanderbilt
11/20 W 14-3 VMI1
11/25 W 21-14 VIRGINIA
1 Played in Norfolk, Va.
1983 (9-2)
Coach: Bill Dooley
9/10 L 6-13 WAKE FOREST
9/17 W 17-10 at Memphis
9/24 W 28-0 VMI
10/1 W 31-0 LOUISVILLE
10/8 W 27-14 DUKE
10/15 L 0-13 at West Virginia
10/22 W 38-0 RICHMOND
10/29 W 59-21 WILLIAM & MARY
11/5 W 26-10 at Tulane
11/12 W 21-10 VANDERBILT
11/19 W 48-0 at Virginia
1984 (8-4)
Coach: Bill Dooley
9/8 W 21-20 at Wake Forest
9/15 L 7-14 WEST VIRGINIA
9/22 W 21-13 RICHMOND
9/29 L 23-26 VIRGINIA
10/6 W 54-7 VMI1
10/13 W 27-0 DUKE
10/20 W 38-14 WILLIAM & MARY
10/27 W 9-7 at Temple
11/3 W 13-6 TULANE
11/10 L 10-17 at Clemson
11/17 W 23-3 at Vanderbilt
Independence Bowl (Shreveport, La.)
12/15 L 7-23 Air Force
1Played in Norfolk, Va.
1985 (6-5)
Coach: Bill Dooley
8/31 L 14-31 at Cincinnati
9/7 L 14-24 RICHMOND
9/14 L 17-20 CLEMSON
9/28 W 24-14 SYRACUSE
10/5 L 9-24 at West Virginia
10/12 W 40-10 WILLIAM & MARY
10/19 W 28-10 at Virginia
10/26 L 18-35 at Florida
11/2 W 31-10 MEMPHIS
11/9 W 41-17 LOUISVILLE
11/16 W 38-24 at Vanderbilt
1986 (10-1-1)*
Coach: Bill Dooley
9/6 L 20-24 CINCINNATI
9/13 W 20-14 at Clemson
9/20 W 26-17 at Syracuse
9/27 W 37-10 ETSU
10/4 W 13-7 WEST VIRGINIA
10/11 T 27-27 SOUTH CAROLINA
10/18 F, 13-29 F Temple1
10/25 W 42-10 VIRGINIA
11/1 W 17-15 KENTUCKY
11/8 W 17-10 at Richmond
11/15 W 29-21 VANDERBILT
Peach Bowl (Atlanta, Ga.)
12/31 W 25-24 NC State
1Played in Norfolk, Va.
F Temple forfeited due to ineligible player
1987 (2-9)
Coach: Frank Beamer
9/12 L 10-22 CLEMSON
9/19 L 13-14 at Virginia
9/26 L 21-35 SYRACUSE
10/3 W 31-11 NAVY
10/10 L 10-40 at South Carolina
10/17 L 23-32 EAST CAROLINA
10/24 L 38-57 at Tulane
10/31 L 7-14 at Kentucky
11/7 L 16-28 at West Virginia
11/14 L 13-27 at Miami
11/21 W 21-20 CINCINNATI
1988 (3-8)
Coach: Frank Beamer
9/3 L 7-40 at Clemson
9/10 W 27-16 EAST CAROLINA
9/17 L 13-35 at Southern Miss
9/24 L 0-35 at Syracuse
10/1 L 10-22 WEST VIRGINIA
10/8 L 24-26 SOUTH CAROLINA
10/15 W 41-14 at Cincinnati
10/29 L 10-16 VIRGINIA
11/5 L 3-13 at Louisville
11/12 L 14-41 at Florida State
11/19 W 27-6 JAMES MADISON
1989 (6-4-1)
Coach: Frank Beamer
9/2 W 29-3 AKRON
9/9 T 17-17 at South Carolina
9/16 L 7-27 CLEMSON
9/23 W 23-0 TEMPLE
10/7 W 12-10 at West Virginia
10/14 L 7-41 FLORIDA STATE
10/21 L 10-14 at East Carolina
10/28 W 30-13 TULANE
11/4 W 18-0 VANDERBILT
11/11 L 25-32 at Virginia
11/18 W 25-23 at NC State
1 9 9 0 s
1990 (6-5)
Coach: Frank Beamer
9/1 L 13-20 at Maryland
9/8 W 21-7 BOWLING GREEN
9/15 W 24-23 at East Carolina
9/22 L 24-35 SOUTH CAROLINA
9/29 L 28-39 at Florida State
10/6 W 26-21 WEST VIRGINIA
10/20 L 28-31 at Temple
10/27 W 20-16 SOUTHERN MISS
11/3 W 20-16 NC STATE
11/10 L 3-6 at Georgia Tech
11/24 W 38-13 VIRGINIA
1991 (5-6, 1-0)
Coach: Frank Beamer
8/31 W 41-12 JAMES MADISON
9/7 L 0-7 at NC State
9/21 L 21-28 at South Carolina
9/28 L 17-27 at Oklahoma
10/5 W 20-14 at West Virginia*
10/12 L 20-33 Florida State1
10/19 W 56-9 CINCINNATI
10/26 W 41-13 LOUISVILLE
11/9 W 42-24 AKRON
11/16 L 17-24 EAST CAROLINA
11/23 L 0-38 at Virginia
1 Played in Orlando, Fla.
1992 (2-8-1, 1-4)
Coach: Frank Beamer
9/5 W 49-20 JAMES MADISON
9/12 L 27-30 at East Carolina
9/19 W 26-7 at Temple*
9/26 L 7-16 WEST VIRGINIA*
10/10 L 17-21 at Louisville
10/17 T 13-13 NC STATE
10/24 L 23-43 MIAMI*
10/31 L 49-50 at Rutgers*
11/7 L 9-28 at Syracuse*
11/14 L 12-13 SOUTHERN MISS
11/21 L 38-41 VIRGINIA
1993 (9-3, 4-3)
Coach: Frank Beamer
9/4 W 33-16 BOWLING GREEN
9/11 W 63-21 at Pittsburgh*
9/18 L 2-21 at Miami*
9/25 W 55-28 MARYLAND
10/2 L 13-14 at West Virginia*
10/16 W 55-7 TEMPLE*
10/23 W 49-42 RUTGERS*
10/30 W 31-12 EAST CAROLINA
11/6 L 34-48 at Boston College*
11/13 W 45-24 SYRACUSE*
11/20 W 20-17 at Virginia
Independence Bowl (Shreveport, La.)
12/31 W 45-20 Indiana
1994 (8-4, 5-2)
Coach: Frank Beamer
9/3 W 34-7 ARKANSAS STATE
9/10 W 24-14 at Southern Miss
9/17 W 12-7 at Boston College*
9/22 W 34-6 WEST VIRGINIA*
10/1 L 20-28 at Syracuse*
10/8 W 41-13 TEMPLE*
10/15 W 27-20 at East Carolina
10/22 W 45-7 PITTSBURGH*
10/29 L 3-24 at Miami*
11/12 W 41-34 RUTGERS*
11/19 L 23-42 VIRGINIA
Gator Bowl (Gainesville, Fla.)
12/30 L 23-45 Tennessee
1995 (10-2, 6-1)
BIG EAST Champs
Coach: Frank Beamer
9/7 L 14-20 BOSTON COLLEGE*
9/16 L 0-16 CINCINNATI
9/23 W 13-7 MIAMI*
9/30 W 26-16 at Pittsburgh*
10/7 W 14-0 at Navy
10/14 W 77-27 AKRON
10/21 W 45-17 at Rutgers*
10/28 W 27-0 at West Virginia*
11/4 W 31-7 SYRACUSE*
11/11 W 38-16 Temple*1
11/18 W 36-29 at Virginia
Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, La.)
12/31 W 28-10 Texas
1 Played in Washington, D.C.
1996 (10-2, 6-1)
BIG EAST Champs
Coach: Frank Beamer
9/7 W 21-18 at Akron
9/14 W 45-7 at Boston College*
9/21 W 30-14 RUTGERS*
9/28 L 21-52 at Syracuse*
10/12 W 38-0 TEMPLE*
10/26 W 34-17 PITTSBURGH*
11/2 W 47-16 LA-LAFAYETTE
11/9 W 35-14 EAST CAROLINA
11/16 W 21-7 at Miami*
11/23 W 31-14 WEST VIRGINIA*
11/29 W 26-9 VIRGINIA
Orange Bowl (Miami Gardens, Fla.)
12/31 L 21-41 Nebraska
1997 (7-5, 5-2)
Coach: Frank Beamer
8/30 W 59-19 at Rutgers*
9/13 W 31-3 SYRACUSE*
9/20 W 23-13 at Temple*
9/27 W 50-0 ARKANSAS STATE
10/4 L 17-24 MIAMI UNIVERSITY
10/11 W 17-7 BOSTON COLLEGE*
10/25 L 17-30 at West Virginia*
11/1 W 37-0 UAB
11/8 W 27-25 MIAMI*
11/22 L 23-30 at Pittsburgh*
11/29 L 20-34 at Virginia
Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, Fla.)
1/1 L 3-42 North Carolina
1998 (9-3, 5-2)
Coach: Frank Beamer
9/5 W 38-3 EAST CAROLINA
9/12 W 37-0 at Clemson
9/19 W 27-20 (OT) at Miami*
9/26 W 27-7 PITTSBURGH*
10/8 W 17-0 at Boston College*
10/17 L 24-28 TEMPLE*
10/24 W 41-0 at UAB
10/31 W 27-13 WEST VIRGINIA*
11/14 L 26-28 at Syracuse*
11/21 W 47-7 RUTGERS*
11/28 L 32-36 VIRGINIA
Music City Bowl (Nashville, Tenn.)
12/29 W 38-7 Alabama