Virginia Tech Football

Under NCAA Rules, Virginia Tech does not count statistics from bowl games in the team or individual statistical totals for games prior to the 2002 season.

Game Results

				Overall	Conference
Date	Opponent	Score		Record	Record	Time	Attendance
August 30, 1997	at Rutgers *	W	59-19	1-0	1-0	-	26,713
September 13, 1997	SYRACUSE *	W	31-3	2-0	2-0	3:02	50,137
September 20, 1997	at Temple *	W	23-13	3-0	3-0	2:36	12,056
September 27, 1997	ARKANSAS STATE	W	50-0	4-0	3-0	2:49	42,178
October 4, 1997	MIAMI UNIVERSITY	L	17-24	4-1	3-0	2:56	42,878
October 11, 1997	BOSTON COLLEGE *	W	17-7	5-1	4-0	2:49	47,681
October 25, 1997	at West Virginia *	L	17-30	5-2	4-1	3:21	63,649
November 1, 1997	UAB	W	37-0	6-2	4-1	2:36	37,411
November 8, 1997	MIAMI *	W	27-25	7-2	5-1	3:11	53,117
November 22, 1997	at Pitt *	L	23-30	7-3	5-2	2:52	30,144
November 29, 1997	at Virginia	L	20-34	7-4	5-2	3:10	44,200
* - Conference Game

Virginia Tech Game-by-Game

		Rushing				Receiving				Passing				Kick Return				Punt Return				Total
Date	Opponent	No.	Yds	TD	Long	No.	Yds	TD	Long	C-A-I	Yds	TD	Long	No.	Yds	TD	Long	No.	Yds	TD	Long	Offense
August 30, 1997	at Rutgers *	58	331	4	81	9	180	2	80	9-13-1	180	2	80	3	33	0	15	4	37	0	16	511
September 13, 1997	SYRACUSE *	51	227	3	24	5	103	1	51	5-11-0	103	1	51	2	31	0	30	4	44	0	23	330
September 20, 1997	at Temple *	47	215	2	30	8	99	0	28	8-16-0	99	0	28	2	79	0	65	1	16	0	16	314
September 27, 1997	ARKANSAS STATE	53	296	3	33	13	202	3	47	13-18-1	202	3	47	1	44	0	44	4	60	0	31	498
October 4, 1997	MIAMI UNIVERSITY	51	157	2	13	14	172	0	53	14-24-0	172	0	53	4	94	0	30	2	12	0	6	329
October 11, 1997	BOSTON COLLEGE *	63	257	1	42	7	125	1	50	7-12-0	125	1	50	2	58	0	36	3	27	0	19	382
October 25, 1997	at West Virginia *	37	66	0	29	14	129	2	22	14-34-1	129	2	22	5	68	0	25	1	27	0	0	195
November 1, 1997	UAB	57	312	3	31	7	84	1	22	7-15-2	84	1	22	0	0	0	0	4	74	0	46	396
November 8, 1997	MIAMI *	55	259	3	46	10	153	0	47	10-12-0	153	0	47	4	78	0	24	2	13	0	8	412
November 22, 1997	at Pitt *	37	124	1	30	22	183	0	23	22-32-0	183	0	23	6	115	0	25	2	17	0	11	307
November 29, 1997	at Virginia	39	133	0	13	12	187	2	47	12-27-1	187	2	47	5	119	0	40	1	0	0	0	320
Virginia Tech		548	2377	22	81	121	1617	12	80	121-214-6	1617	12	80	34	719	0	65	28	327	0	46	3994
Opponent		402	1309	12	78	151	2287	11	60	151-289-10	2287	11	60	40	780	0	46	18	137	1	17	3596
Games Played: 11 Avg per rush: 4.3 Avg per catch: 13.4 Pass efficiency: 132.91 Kick ret avg: 21.1 Punt ret avg: 11.7 All purpose avg/game: 479.7 Total offense avg/gm: 363.1

		Tackles					Sacks		Fumble			Int			Pass	Blocked	PAT
Date	Opponent	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL	Yds	No.	Yds	FF	FR	Yds	No.	Yds	QBH	BRUP	Kick	Kicks	Rush	Recv	Safety	Points
August 30, 1997	at Rutgers *	57	45	102	7.0	13	3.0	22	3	4	43	2	0	12	3	0	8-8	0	0	0	59
September 13, 1997	SYRACUSE *	53	24	77	6.0	13	6.0	46	1	0	0	2	73	12	4	0	4-4	0	0	0	31
September 20, 1997	at Temple *	52	32	84	2.0	12	3.0	24	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	2-2	0	0	0	23
September 27, 1997	ARKANSAS STATE	49	43	92	9.0	26	6.0	42	0	0	0	2	116	9	8	1	5-7	0	0	0	50
October 4, 1997	MIAMI UNIVERSITY	44	48	92	3.0	14	2.0	15	1	1	5	0	0	1	3	0	2-2	0	0	0	17
October 11, 1997	BOSTON COLLEGE *	46	52	98	2.0	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	20	1	3	0	2-2	0	0	0	17
October 25, 1997	at West Virginia *	62	48	110	11.0	14	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	28	2	2	1	2-2	0	0	0	17
November 1, 1997	UAB	54	51	105	6.0	10	8.0	69	0	0	0	1	0	6	4	0	4-4	0	0	0	37
November 8, 1997	MIAMI *	49	32	81	6.0	13	2.0	22	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	3-3	0	0	0	27
November 22, 1997	at Pitt *	53	27	80	7.0	13	3.0	21	1	1	22	1	0	8	2	2	2-2	0	0	0	23
November 29, 1997	at Virginia	59	52	111	5.0	19	2.0	9	1	1	0	0	0	9	3	2	2-2	0	0	0	20
Virginia Tech		578	454	1032	64.0	152	35.0	270	9	9	70	10	237	66	36	7	36-38	0	0	0	321
Opponent		461	428	889	68.0	288	28.0	157	6	7	0	6	57	0	27	4	15-21	0	1	0	185

		Punting									Field Goals			Kickoffs
Date	Opponent	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	Blocked	TB	FC	50+	Inside 20	Made-Att	Long	Blocked	No.	Yds	Avg	TB	OB
August 30, 1997	at Rutgers *	8	286	35.8	59	2	0	0	3	5	1-1	24	0	10	608	60.8	2	1
September 13, 1997	SYRACUSE *	6	256	42.7	51	0	0	1	1	5	1-1	38	0	6	359	59.8	2	0
September 20, 1997	at Temple *	2	84	42.0	42	0	0	1	0	1	3-4	44	0	6	331	55.2	1	0
September 27, 1997	ARKANSAS STATE	2	80	40.0	42	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	32	0	9	524	58.2	3	0
October 4, 1997	MIAMI UNIVERSITY	6	213	35.5	57	2	0	0	2	2	1-2	44	0	4	260	65.0	3	0
October 11, 1997	BOSTON COLLEGE *	6	238	39.7	43	0	1	0	0	1	1-1	20	0	4	260	65.0	2	0
October 25, 1997	at West Virginia *	5	229	45.8	66	0	0	0	2	2	1-2	33	0	3	190	63.3	0	0
November 1, 1997	UAB	4	205	51.3	61	0	3	0	2	1	3-3	46	0	7	402	57.4	3	1
November 8, 1997	MIAMI *	3	120	40.0	45	0	1	0	0	0	2-2	22	0	6	334	55.7	2	1
November 22, 1997	at Pitt *	6	304	50.7	75	0	1	0	3	2	3-4	48	0	6	324	54.0	0	0
November 29, 1997	at Virginia	6	251	41.8	52	0	0	0	1	1	2-2	35	0	3	172	57.3	0	0
Virginia Tech		54	2266	42.0	75	4	6	2	14	20	19-23	48	0	64	3764	58.8	18	3
Opponent		69	2642	38.3	57	3	0	19	6	14	8-15	44	2	42	2439	58.1	7	0

Opponent Game-by-Game

		Rushing				Receiving				Passing				Kick Return				Punt Return				Total
Date	Opponent	No.	Yds	TD	Long	No.	Yds	TD	Long	C-A-I	Yds	TD	Long	No.	Yds	TD	Long	No.	Yds	TD	Long	Offense
August 30, 1997	at Rutgers *	37	162	1	48	16	169	2	53	16-35-2	169	2	53	7	153	0	32	3	7	0	11	331
September 13, 1997	SYRACUSE *	31	35	0	18	17	280	0	40	17-33-2	280	0	40	4	64	0	23	1	5	0	5	315
September 20, 1997	at Temple *	43	185	1	55	9	118	0	44	9-15-0	118	0	44	4	56	0	27	0	0	0	0	303
September 27, 1997	ARKANSAS STATE	29	-28	0	11	14	196	0	39	14-35-2	196	0	39	5	95	0	25	0	0	0	0	168
October 4, 1997	MIAMI UNIVERSITY	38	141	2	46	13	190	0	42	13-24-0	190	0	42	1	25	0	25	1	27	1	3	331
October 11, 1997	BOSTON COLLEGE *	28	123	1	19	10	153	0	60	10-24-1	153	0	60	2	37	0	20	5	43	0	17	276
October 25, 1997	at West Virginia *	41	174	2	42	15	217	1	46	15-25-1	217	1	46	3	66	0	27	3	11	0	8	391
November 1, 1997	UAB	42	17	0	16	5	48	0	23	5-16-1	48	0	23	3	58	0	20	0	0	0	0	65
November 8, 1997	MIAMI *	35	210	4	78	14	212	0	42	14-23-0	212	0	42	3	56	0	19	0	0	0	0	422
November 22, 1997	at Pitt *	40	178	0	54	15	314	4	56	15-25-1	314	4	56	5	111	0	46	2	25	0	15	492
November 29, 1997	at Virginia	38	112	1	60	23	390	4	55	23-34-0	390	4	55	3	59	0	23	3	19	0	10	502
Opponent Totals		402	1309	12	78	151	2287	11	60	151-289-10	2287	11	60	40	780	0	46	18	137	1	17	3596
Virginia Tech		548	2377	22	81	121	1617	12	80	121-214-6	1617	12	80	34	719	0	65	28	327	0	46	3994
Games Played: 11 Avg per rush: 3.3 Avg per catch: 15.1 Pass efficiency: 124.36 Kick ret avg: 19.5 Punt ret avg: 7.6 All purpose avg/game: 415.5 Total offense avg/gm: 326.9

		Tackles					Sacks		Fumble			Int			Pass	Blocked	PAT
Date	Opponent	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL	Yds	No.	Yds	FF	FR	Yds	No.	Yds	QBH	BRUP	Kick	Kicks	Rush	Recv	Safety	Points
August 30, 1997	at Rutgers *	47	42	89	11.0	67	2.0	9	1	0	0	1	20	0	1	2	1-3	0	0	0	59
September 13, 1997	SYRACUSE *	28	62	90	4.0	9	1.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0-0	0	0	0	31
September 20, 1997	at Temple *	38	20	58	4.0	15	2.0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1-1	0	0	0	23
September 27, 1997	ARKANSAS STATE	46	38	84	4.0	21	2.0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	50
October 4, 1997	MIAMI UNIVERSITY	50	40	90	12.0	51	6.0	32	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	3-3	0	0	0	17
October 11, 1997	BOSTON COLLEGE *	43	60	103	6.0	22	3.0	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0	0	0	17
October 25, 1997	at West Virginia *	28	52	80	8.0	44	5.0	35	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	3-3	0	0	0	17
November 1, 1997	UAB	44	40	84	1.0	1	0.0	0	1	1	0	2	21	0	1	0	0-0	0	0	0	37
November 8, 1997	MIAMI *	49	32	81	6.0	14	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1-2	0	0	0	27
November 22, 1997	at Pitt *	52	24	76	7.0	29	4.0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1-3	0	1	0	23
November 29, 1997	at Virginia	36	18	54	5.0	15	3.0	13	0	2	0	1	16	0	3	0	4-5	0	0	0	20
Opponent Totals		461	428	889	68.0	288	28.0	157	6	7	0	6	57	0	27	4	15-21	0	1	0	185
Virginia Tech		578	454	1032	64.0	152	35.0	270	9	9	70	10	237	66	36	7	36-38	0	0	0	321

		Punting									Field Goals			Kickoffs
Date	Opponent	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	Blocked	TB	FC	50+	Inside 20	Made-Att	Long	Blocked	No.	Yds	Avg	TB	OB
August 30, 1997	at Rutgers *	8	352	44.0	51	0	0	2	1	1	0-1	0	0	4	220	55.0	1	0
September 13, 1997	SYRACUSE *	8	336	42.0	49	0	0	2	0	1	1-1	32	0	2	106	53.0	0	0
September 20, 1997	at Temple *	1	54	54.0	54	0	0	0	1	0	2-2	34	0	4	231	57.8	1	0
September 27, 1997	ARKANSAS STATE	8	285	35.6	44	0	0	4	0	2	0-1	0	1	1	62	62.0	0	0
October 4, 1997	MIAMI UNIVERSITY	7	279	39.9	54	0	0	3	1	3	1-1	36	0	5	312	62.4	1	0
October 11, 1997	BOSTON COLLEGE *	8	329	41.1	57	0	0	1	2	4	0-1	0	0	2	117	58.5	0	0
October 25, 1997	at West Virginia *	5	126	25.2	42	1	0	0	0	1	3-3	44	0	7	404	57.7	2	0
November 1, 1997	UAB	11	402	36.5	44	0	0	4	0	0	0-1	0	0	1	65	65.0	1	0
November 8, 1997	MIAMI *	5	206	41.2	51	0	0	2	1	0	0-0	0	0	4	224	56.0	0	0
November 22, 1997	at Pitt *	4	143	35.8	46	0	0	1	0	2	1-1	38	0	6	347	57.8	0	0
November 29, 1997	at Virginia	4	130	32.5	42	2	0	0	0	0	0-3	0	1	6	351	58.5	1	0
Opponent Totals		69	2642	38.3	57	3	0	19	6	14	8-15	44	2	42	2439	58.1	7	0
Virginia Tech		54	2266	42.0	75	4	6	2	14	20	19-23	48	0	64	3764	58.8	18	3

Team Game-By-Game Comparison

		First Downs				Rushing	Passing		Total Offense	Return
Opponent	Score	Total	Rush	Pass	Pen	Att-Yards	Comp-Att-Int	Yards	Plays-Yards	Yards	Turnovers
at Rutgers *	59-19	18 / 16	9 / 8	7 / 6	2 / 2	58-331 / 37-162	9-13-1 / 16-35-2	180 / 169	71-511 / 72-331	70 / 180	1 / 6
SYRACUSE *	31-3	13 / 15	10 / 4	3 / 11	0 / 0	51-227 / 31-35	5-11-0 / 17-33-2	103 / 280	62-330 / 64-315	148 / 69	0 / 2
at Temple *	23-13	19 / 16	13 / 11	5 / 5	1 / 0	47-215 / 43-185	8-16-0 / 9-15-0	99 / 118	63-314 / 58-303	95 / 56	0 / 2
ARKANSAS STATE	50-0	27 / 15	17 / 2	9 / 9	1 / 4	53-296 / 29--28	13-18-1 / 14-35-2	202 / 196	71-498 / 64-168	220 / 95	1 / 2
MIAMI UNIVERSITY	17-24	19 / 12	8 / 3	8 / 9	3 / 0	51-157 / 38-141	14-24-0 / 13-24-0	172 / 190	75-329 / 62-331	106 / 52	2 / 1
BOSTON COLLEGE *	17-7	20 / 10	13 / 5	6 / 5	1 / 0	63-257 / 28-123	7-12-0 / 10-24-1	125 / 153	75-382 / 52-276	105 / 80	1 / 1
at West Virginia *	17-30	16 / 18	5 / 6	7 / 10	4 / 2	37-66 / 41-174	14-34-1 / 15-25-1	129 / 217	71-195 / 66-391	123 / 77	2 / 1
UAB	37-0	26 / 9	19 / 5	6 / 3	1 / 1	57-312 / 42-17	7-15-2 / 5-16-1	84 / 48	72-396 / 58-65	74 / 79	3 / 1
MIAMI *	27-25	22 / 20	14 / 10	5 / 9	3 / 1	55-259 / 35-210	10-12-0 / 14-23-0	153 / 212	67-412 / 58-422	91 / 56	0 / 0
at Pitt *	23-30	19 / 20	7 / 10	12 / 9	0 / 1	37-124 / 40-178	22-32-0 / 15-25-1	183 / 314	69-307 / 65-492	132 / 136	0 / 2
at Virginia	20-34	16 / 21	6 / 7	9 / 14	1 / 0	39-133 / 38-112	12-27-1 / 23-34-0	187 / 390	66-320 / 72-502	119 / 94	3 / 1
Totals	321-185	215 / 172	121 / 71	77 / 90	17 / 11	548-2377 / 402-1309	121-214-6 / 151-289-10	1617 / 2287	762-3994 / 691-3596	1283 / 974	13 / 19
Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM / OPPONENT for each category

	3rd Down	4th Down	Time of	TOP	Avg	Avg	Avg	Punting	Penalties
Opponent	Conversions	Conversions	Possession	Margin	Yards/Rush	Yards/Pass	Yards/Play	Number-Avg	Number-Yds
at Rutgers *	5-15 / 3-15	0-1 / 0-1	33:08 / 26:52	6:16	5.7 / 4.4	13.8 / 4.8	7.2 / 4.6	8-35.8 / 8-44.0	8-72 / 6-32
SYRACUSE *	5-14 / 4-15	1-1 / 0-1	30:35 / 29:25	1:10	4.5 / 1.1	9.4 / 8.5	5.3 / 4.9	6-42.7 / 8-42.0	5-38 / 6-45
at Temple *	9-14 / 6-11	0-0 / 0-2	30:52 / 29:08	1:44	4.6 / 4.3	6.2 / 7.9	5.0 / 5.2	2-42.0 / 1-54.0	6-49 / 4-30
ARKANSAS STATE	6-10 / 5-16	0-0 / 0-0	30:18 / 29:42	0:36	5.6 / -1.0	11.2 / 5.6	7.0 / 2.6	2-40.0 / 8-35.6	13-113 / 6-28
MIAMI UNIVERSITY	4-14 / 4-16	0-1 / 1-2	33:13 / 26:47	6:26	3.1 / 3.7	7.2 / 7.9	4.4 / 5.3	6-35.5 / 7-39.9	3-41 / 5-30
BOSTON COLLEGE *	10-19 / 3-13	0-1 / 0-0	36:08 / 23:52	12:16	4.1 / 4.4	10.4 / 6.4	5.1 / 5.3	6-39.7 / 8-41.1	3-47 / 5-28
at West Virginia *	3-16 / 5-15	4-6 / 0-0	29:11 / 30:49	- 1:38	1.8 / 4.2	3.8 / 8.7	2.7 / 5.9	5-45.8 / 5-25.2	7-60 / 8-94
UAB	6-12 / 5-17	0-0 / 0-0	29:19 / 30:41	- 1:22	5.5 / 0.4	5.6 / 3.0	5.5 / 1.1	4-51.3 / 11-36.5	1-5 / 6-38
MIAMI *	8-14 / 6-11	0-0 / 0-0	33:58 / 26:02	7:56	4.7 / 6.0	12.8 / 9.2	6.1 / 7.3	3-40.0 / 5-41.2	5-46 / 13-111
at Pitt *	6-16 / 8-14	0-0 / 0-0	31:44 / 28:16	3:28	3.4 / 4.5	5.7 / 12.6	4.4 / 7.6	6-50.7 / 4-35.8	4-22 / 7-45
at Virginia	5-14 / 8-16	0-1 / 1-1	28:30 / 31:30	- 3:00	3.4 / 2.9	6.9 / 11.5	4.8 / 7.0	6-41.8 / 4-32.5	2-16 / 2-20
Totals	67-158 / 57-159	5-11 / 2-7	346:56 / 313:04	33:52	4.3 / 3.3	7.6 / 7.9	5.2 / 5.2	54-42.0 / 69-38.3	57-509 / 68-501
Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM / OPPONENT for each category

Game Superlatives

Individual Game Highs	Virginia Tech		Opponent
Rushing	36	Ken Oxendine vs Miami (November 8, 1997)	29	Amos Zereoue at West Virginia (October 25, 1997)
Yards Rushing	160	Ken Oxendine at Temple (September 20, 1997)	153	Amos Zereoue at West Virginia (October 25, 1997)
TD Rushes	2	Ken Oxendine vs Syracuse (September 13, 1997) Ken Oxendine at Temple (September 20, 1997) Lamont Pegues vs Arkansas State (September 27, 1997) Ken Oxendine vs Miami University (October 4, 1997) Marcus Parker vs UAB (November 1, 1997)	2	Travis Prentice vs Miami University (October 4, 1997) James Jackson vs Miami (November 8, 1997)
Long Rush	81	Al Clark at Rutgers (August 30, 1997)	78	James Jackson vs Miami (November 8, 1997)
Pass Attempts	34	Al Clark at West Virginia (October 25, 1997)	34	Aaron Brooks at Virginia (November 29, 1997)
Pass Completions	22	Al Clark at Pitt (November 22, 1997)	23	Aaron Brooks at Virginia (November 29, 1997)
Yards Passing	187	Al Clark at Virginia (November 29, 1997)	390	Aaron Brooks at Virginia (November 29, 1997)
TD Passes	2	Al Clark at Rutgers (August 30, 1997) Al Clark vs Arkansas State (September 27, 1997) Al Clark at West Virginia (October 25, 1997) Al Clark at Virginia (November 29, 1997)	4	Pete Gonzalez at Pitt (November 22, 1997) Aaron Brooks at Virginia (November 29, 1997)
Long Pass	80	Al Clark at Rutgers (August 30, 1997)	60	Matt Hasselbeck vs Boston College (October 11, 1997)
Receptions	7	Marcus Gildersleeve at Pitt (November 22, 1997) Marcus Parker at Pitt (November 22, 1997)	9	Germane Crowell at Virginia (November 29, 1997)
Yards Receiving	85	Marcus Gildersleeve at Rutgers (August 30, 1997)	162	Germane Crowell at Virginia (November 29, 1997)
TD Receptions	1	Marcus Gildersleeve at Rutgers (August 30, 1997) Angelo Harrison at Rutgers (August 30, 1997) Shawn Scales vs Syracuse (September 13, 1997) Marcus Gildersleeve vs Arkansas State (September 27, 1997) Shawn Scales vs Arkansas State (September 27, 1997) Angelo Harrison vs Arkansas State (September 27, 1997) Angelo Harrison vs Boston College (October 11, 1997) Ken Handy at West Virginia (October 25, 1997) Sean Sullivan at West Virginia (October 25, 1997) Marcus Gildersleeve vs UAB (November 1, 1997) Lamont Pegues at Virginia (November 29, 1997) Ken Handy at Virginia (November 29, 1997)	2	Germane Crowell at Virginia (November 29, 1997)
Long Reception	80	Marcus Gildersleeve at Rutgers (August 30, 1997)	60	Mike Cloud vs Boston College (October 11, 1997)
Field Goals	3	Shayne Graham at Temple (September 20, 1997) Shayne Graham vs UAB (November 1, 1997) Shayne Graham at Pitt (November 22, 1997)	3	Jay Taylor at West Virginia (October 25, 1997)
Long Field Goal	48	Shayne Graham at Pitt (November 22, 1997)	44	Jay Taylor at West Virginia (October 25, 1997)
Punts	6	Jimmy Kibble at Rutgers (August 30, 1997) Jimmy Kibble vs Syracuse (September 13, 1997) Jimmy Kibble vs Boston College (October 11, 1997) Jimmy Kibble at Pitt (November 22, 1997) Jimmy Kibble at Virginia (November 29, 1997)	11	Daniel Dixon vs UAB (November 1, 1997)
Punting Average	51.3	Jimmy Kibble vs UAB (November 1, 1997)	54.0	Josh Boies at Temple (September 20, 1997)
Long Punt	75	Jimmy Kibble at Pitt (November 22, 1997)	57	Jason Malecki vs Boston College (October 11, 1997)
Long Punt Return	46	Larry Green vs UAB (November 1, 1997)	17	Jermaine Walker vs Boston College (October 11, 1997)
Long Kickoff Return	65	Shawn Scales at Temple (September 20, 1997)	46	Hank Poteat at Pitt (November 22, 1997)
Tackles	15	Steve Tate vs Boston College (October 11, 1997)	19	George White vs Boston College (October 11, 1997)
Sacks	3.0	John Engelberger vs UAB (November 1, 1997)	3.0	Chris Hovan vs Boston College (October 11, 1997)
Tackles For Loss	3.0	Corey Moore vs Arkansas State (September 27, 1997) Cory Bird vs Miami (November 8, 1997) John Engelberger at Virginia (November 29, 1997)	3.0	Chris Hovan vs Boston College (October 11, 1997) Roderick Humphrey at Pitt (November 22, 1997) Patrick Kerney at Virginia (November 29, 1997)
Interceptions	1	Ike Charlton at Rutgers (August 30, 1997) John Engelberger at Rutgers (August 30, 1997) Larry Green vs Syracuse (September 13, 1997) Pierson Prioleau vs Syracuse (September 13, 1997) Keion Carpenter vs Arkansas State (September 27, 1997) Lorenzo Ferguson vs Arkansas State (September 27, 1997) Keion Carpenter vs Boston College (October 11, 1997) Ike Charlton at West Virginia (October 25, 1997) Keion Carpenter vs UAB (November 1, 1997) Keion Carpenter at Pitt (November 22, 1997)	1	Thomas Kelly at Rutgers (August 30, 1997) Sean Mitchell vs Arkansas State (September 27, 1997) Nate Terry at West Virginia (October 25, 1997) Rodregis Brooks vs UAB (November 1, 1997) Ryan Lundy vs UAB (November 1, 1997) Anthony Poindexter at Virginia (November 29, 1997)

Team Game Highs	Virginia Tech		Opponent
Rushing	63	vs Boston College (October 11, 1997)	43	at Temple (September 20, 1997)
Yards Rushing	331	at Rutgers (August 30, 1997)	210	vs Miami (November 8, 1997)
Yards Per Rush	5.7	at Rutgers (August 30, 1997)	6.0	vs Miami (November 8, 1997)
TD Rushes	4	at Rutgers (August 30, 1997)	4	vs Miami (November 8, 1997)
Pass Attempts	34	at West Virginia (October 25, 1997)	35	at Rutgers (August 30, 1997) vs Arkansas State (September 27, 1997)
Pass Completions	22	at Pitt (November 22, 1997)	23	at Virginia (November 29, 1997)
Yards Passing	202	vs Arkansas State (September 27, 1997)	390	at Virginia (November 29, 1997)
Yards Per Pass	13.8	at Rutgers (August 30, 1997)	12.6	at Pitt (November 22, 1997)
TD Passes	3	vs Arkansas State (September 27, 1997)	4	at Pitt (November 22, 1997) at Virginia (November 29, 1997)
Total Plays	75	vs Miami University (October 4, 1997) vs Boston College (October 11, 1997)	72	at Rutgers (August 30, 1997) at Virginia (November 29, 1997)
Total Offense	511	at Rutgers (August 30, 1997)	502	at Virginia (November 29, 1997)
Yards Per Play	7.2	at Rutgers (August 30, 1997)	7.6	at Pitt (November 22, 1997)
Points	59	at Rutgers (August 30, 1997)	50	vs Arkansas State (September 27, 1997)
Sacks By	8	vs UAB (November 1, 1997)	6	vs Miami University (October 4, 1997)
First Downs	27	vs Arkansas State (September 27, 1997)	21	at Virginia (November 29, 1997)
Penalties	13	vs Arkansas State (September 27, 1997)	13	vs Miami (November 8, 1997)
Penalty Yards	113	vs Arkansas State (September 27, 1997)	111	vs Miami (November 8, 1997)
Turnovers	3	vs UAB (November 1, 1997) at Virginia (November 29, 1997)	6	at Rutgers (August 30, 1997)
Interceptions By	2	at Rutgers (August 30, 1997) vs Syracuse (September 13, 1997) vs Arkansas State (September 27, 1997)	2	vs UAB (November 1, 1997)

Red-Zone Results

Virginia Tech Inside Opponent Red-Zone

				Times	Times	Points		Touchdown		FGs	Failed to score in RZ
Date	Opponent	Score		in RZ	scored	scored	TDs	Rush	Pass	made	FGA	downs	int.	fumb	half	game
August 30, 1997	at Rutgers *	W	59-19	5	4	24	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
September 13, 1997	SYRACUSE *	W	31-3	4	4	28	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
September 20, 1997	at Temple *	W	23-13	3	3	13	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
September 27, 1997	ARKANSAS STATE	W	50-0	7	6	37	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
October 4, 1997	MIAMI UNIVERSITY	L	17-24	2	2	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
October 11, 1997	BOSTON COLLEGE *	W	17-7	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
October 25, 1997	at West Virginia *	L	17-30	3	3	17	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
November 1, 1997	UAB	W	37-0	5	5	27	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
November 8, 1997	MIAMI *	W	27-25	4	4	20	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
November 22, 1997	at Pitt *	L	23-30	3	3	13	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
November 29, 1997	at Virginia	L	20-34	2	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals 37 of 39 (94.9%)				39	37	202	23	18	5	14	0	1	0	0	1	0

Opponent Inside Virginia Tech Red-Zone

				Times	Times	Points		Touchdown		FGs	Failed to score in RZ
Date	Opponent	Score		in RZ	scored	scored	TDs	Rush	Pass	made	FGA	downs	int.	fumb	half	game
August 30, 1997	at Rutgers *	W	59-19	2	2	13	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
September 13, 1997	SYRACUSE *	W	31-3	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
September 20, 1997	at Temple *	W	23-13	3	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
September 27, 1997	ARKANSAS STATE	W	50-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
October 4, 1997	MIAMI UNIVERSITY	L	17-24	3	2	10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
October 11, 1997	BOSTON COLLEGE *	W	17-7	2	1	7	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
October 25, 1997	at West Virginia *	L	17-30	3	3	17	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
November 1, 1997	UAB	W	37-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
November 8, 1997	MIAMI *	W	27-25	3	3	19	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
November 22, 1997	at Pitt *	L	23-30	2	2	9	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
November 29, 1997	at Virginia	L	20-34	5	2	13	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0
Totals 18 of 26 (69.2%)				26	18	97	12	8	4	6	4	0	1	2	1	0

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