September 6, 2014: Beat Ohio State 35-21-This win in Columbus last year was the only Ohio State loss en route to the national title. But given the SEC’s historic dominance of the ACC in this inter-conference games, this was a big win for Virginia Tech and it got the Hokies into the final Top 10 again.ĭecember 4, 2010: Beat Florida State 44-33-Beamer gets revenge for a disappointing 2005 ACC Championship Game loss to FSU and wins what would prove to be the final conference crown of his career. It earned the Hokies two straight Orange Bowl bids, one of which they won, beating Brian Kelly’s Cincinnati following the 2008 season.ĭecember 31, 2009: beat Tennessee 37-14-This wasn’t a great Volunteer team that came to the Chick-fil-A Bowl. Both times, Tech won decisively, 30-16 and 30-12. The 2007-08 ACC Championship Run: In both years, Virginia Tech played Matt Ryan’s Boston College teams for the conference championship. November 18, 2006-beat Wake Forest 27-6-On the surface it doesn’t look like much, but this was a really good Wake Forest team, one that won the ACC title and went to the Orange Bowl. The Virginia Tech defense and special teams dominated in pulling the ‘Canes down several pegs.ĭecember 4, 2004–beat Miami 16-10: Another big win over the Hurricanes and perhaps the most surprising because this one came on the road with all the money on the table-it was winner-take-all for the ACC title in the first year for both programs in their new conference. They were ranked #2 in the polls and aiming for another shot when they came to Blacksburg. November 1, 2003: beat Miami 31-7: The Hurricanes had played for the national championship each of the previous two years, winning once. The Hokies rose as high as #3 in the polls before a late-season fade. Virginia Tech sealed the sweep by beating Texas A&M. The next win came against Marshall, with future NFL quarterback Byron Leftwich. The first one came at home against LSU, then coached by Nick Saban and one that would win the national championship a year later. September 1-21, 2002: Another hunk of three straight wins over ranked teams. This was the game that swung the Big East title. They had the chance because they blew out the Hurricanes before a national Thursday night audience. November 13, 1999: beat Miami 43-10: The 1999 team was Beamer’s best, one that played for the national title. Incidentally, all three opponents in this must-win stretch-the Hurricanes, Mountaineers & Cavaliers-were all ranked in the Top 25 at the time. VT’s win over Virginia got them another marquee bowl ticket. In a three-way tie, the major bowl spot would go to whomever was ranked higher. Virginia Tech beat Miami and West Virginia the first two weeks to assure themselves a piece of the Big East title, along with Miami and Syracuse, whom they had lost to earlier in the year. November 16-30, 1996: These three weeks have to be taken as a whole. Their decisive win over the Longhorns earned the Hokies a spot in the final Top 10. Virginia Tech’s win over Miami ended up being the tiebreaker in the Big East and gave Beamer’s program its first major bowl bid.ĭecember 31, 1995: beat Texas 28-10-Speaking of that major bowl, Virginia Tech took full advantage in New Orleans. In 1991, they won a national title, played for one in 1992 and been a major bowl team in 19. September 23, 1995-beat Miami 13-7-The Hurricanes were still “The U”. In this game, the Hokies made a major statement before a Thursday Night audience against a West Virginia team that gone undefeated in the 1993 regular season. September 22, 1994-beat West Virginia 34-6: Virginia Tech had made its first bowl game under Beamer in 1993-ironically it was the Independence Bowl where they beat Indiana. Here’s a look back on the biggest wins in the career of Frank Mitchell Beamer… The great career of Virginia Tech’s Frank Beamer came to an end last night in Shreveport, as his Hokies beat Tulsa 55-52 in a wild Independence Bowl.
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