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1996 Virginia Tech Hokies Schedule and Results

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Record: 10-2, .833 W-L% (8th of 111) ▪ Rank: 13th in Final AP Poll
Conference: Big East (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Frank Beamer (10-2)

PS/G: 30.8 (25th of 111) ▪ PA/G: 17.4 (16th of 111)
SRS: 13.84 (13th of 111) ▪ SOS: 2.43 (53rd of 111)

Bowl Game: Lost Orange Bowl 41-21 versus Nebraska

Big East Co-Champs

AP Poll Summary

Pre 8/26 9/2 9/9 9/16 9/23 9/30 10/7 10/14 10/21 10/28 11/4 11/11 11/18 11/25 12/2 12/9 Final
16 14 15 19 18 18           25 21 17 17 15 10 13

12 Games

G Date Day School Opponent Conf Pts Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sep 7, 1996 Sat (15) Virginia Tech @ Akron MAC W 21 18 1 0 W 1
2 Sep 14, 1996 Sat (19) Virginia Tech @ Boston College Big East W 45 7 2 0 W 2
3 Sep 21, 1996 Sat (18) Virginia Tech Rutgers Big East W 30 14 3 0 W 3
4 Sep 28, 1996 Sat (18) Virginia Tech @ Syracuse Big East L 21 52 3 1 L 1
5 Oct 12, 1996 Sat Virginia Tech Temple Big East W 38 0 4 1 W 1
6 Oct 26, 1996 Sat Virginia Tech Pittsburgh Big East W 34 17 5 1 W 2
7 Nov 2, 1996 Sat Virginia Tech Louisiana-Lafayette Ind W 47 16 6 1 W 3
8 Nov 9, 1996 Sat (25) Virginia Tech East Carolina Ind W 35 14 7 1 W 4
9 Nov 16, 1996 Sat (21) Virginia Tech @ (18) Miami (FL) Big East W 21 7 8 1 W 5
10 Nov 23, 1996 Sat (17) Virginia Tech (23) West Virginia Big East W 31 14 9 1 W 6
11 Nov 29, 1996 Fri (17) Virginia Tech (20) Virginia ACC W 26 9 10 1 W 7
12 Dec 31, 1996 Tue (10) Virginia Tech N (6) Nebraska Big 12 L 21 41 10 2 L 1 Orange Bowl (Miami, FL)