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1 7 F O O T B A L L ME D I A G U I D E
Frank Beamer, the first Tech alumnus to guide the
Hokies’ football program since the 1940s, won more
games at Tech than any other head football coach.
Prior to Beamer, no other grid coach in Virginia Tech
history had served more than 10 seasons as head coach.
Beamer was also the most-tenured active FBS head
coach, having been at his current school consecutively
longer than any other coach in the nation at the time of
his retirement.
With a victory in the Independence Bowl, Beamer
led the Hokies to 23 straight bowl games, making
him one of four coaches all-time in college football
history to accomplish that feat.
UNDER THE D I RECT I ON OF COACH BEAMER AND H I S STAF F,
THE HOK I ES …
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won more games (238) than under any other coaching staff in school
history.
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been to five times as many bowl games (23) than under any other
staff.
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won more bowl games (11) than under any other coaching staff.
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posted 23 straight seasons of seven or more wins for the first time in
school history.
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had 244 of their last 271 games televised (90 percent).
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compiled a 174-70 record in televised games since the start of the
1995 season.
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blocked more kicks in the 1990s than any other Division I-A team.
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become one of only eight FBS schools ever to lead the nation in both
scoring offense and defense in the same season.
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had at least one player from every defensive position score a
touchdown.
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produced a No. 1 pick in the National Football League draft.
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had 95 players taken in the NFL Draft and more than 200 players
sign with NFL teams.
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had two players who entered the program as walk-ons drafted in the top
four rounds of the NFL draft.
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had 19 different players earn AP All-America honors over the past 18
seasons.
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had players win 16 major conference individual awards in the past 18
years, including three in 2011.
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played for the national championship for the first time in school
history.
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become the only school to go to bowl games each of the last 23
seasons (longest active streak per NCAA).
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become one of only six programs in college football
history
to go to a
bowl in at least 20 straight years, Nebraska (35), Michigan (33), Florida
State (24), Alabama (25), Tech (23; active) and Florida (22).
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earned seven conference titles and eight “major” bowl bids in a 23-
year span.
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become one of only four teams in the history of the Division I level to
produce 10 or more wins eight seasons or more in a row.
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compiled a school-record streak in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll
at 84 consecutive weeks.
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posted 11 wins in a season for the first time.
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registered the program’s first back-to-back 11-win seasons.
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produced the school’s first 11-0 regular-season record in football.
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won Sugar Bowl and Orange Bowl titles.
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won four Atlantic Coast Conference titles.
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won an ACC Championship in their first season of competition.
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played in five ACC Championship games.
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produced the ACC Coach of the Year and Player of the Year during
their inaugural ACC season.
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become the first team in BIG EAST history to win all the league’s
major awards in the same season.
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earned the highest national rankings in school football history,
including five top-10 finishes and back-to-back top-six finishes.
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