1987 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

The 1987 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the first season for College Football Hall of Fame coach, Frank Beamer.

1987 Virginia Tech Hokies football
Conference	Independent
1987 record	2–9
Head coach	Frank Beamer (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Ron Zook (1st season)
Home stadium	Lane Stadium (Capacity: 51,000)

1987 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Miami (FL)		–		–				12	–	0	–	0
No. 4 Syracuse		–		–				11	–	0	–	1
No. 2 Florida State		–		–				11	–	1	–	0
No. 15 South Carolina		–		–				8	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–				8	–	4	–	0
Penn State		–		–				8	–	4	–	0
No. 17 Notre Dame		–		–				8	–	4	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Rutgers		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Memphis State		–		–				5	–	5	–	1
Northern Illinois		–		–				5	–	5	–	1
West Virginia		–		–				6	–	6	–	0
Tulane		–		–				6	–	6	–	0
Army		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Boston College		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
East Carolina		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Akron		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Cincinnati		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Louisville		–		–				3	–	7	–	1
Temple		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
Tulsa		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Navy		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 12	1:00 p.m.	No. 10 Clemson	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 10–22	42,000
September 19	1:00 p.m.	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	L 13–14	44,300
September 26	1:00 p.m.	Syracuse	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 21–35	33,300
October 3	1:00 p.m.	Navy	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 31–11	35,000
October 10	1:30 p.m.	at South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	L 10–40	73,150
October 17	1:00 p.m.	East Carolina	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 23–35	38,300
October 24	8:30 p.m.	at Tulane	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	L 38–57	31,280
October 31	7:30 p.m.	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	L 7–14	50,432
November 7	1:00 p.m.	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	L 16–28	47,322
November 14	7:30 p.m.	at No. 3 Miami (FL)	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)	L 13–27	40,105
November 21	1:00 p.m.	Cincinnati	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 21–20	10,600
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Clemson

See also: 1987 Clemson Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–14–1	1986	W 20–14

Syracuse

See also: 1987 Syracuse Orangemen football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	1986	W 26–17

Navy

See also: 1987 Navy Midshipmen football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–7	1915	L 0–20

South Carolina

See also: 1987 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–7–1	1986	T 27–27

at Miami (FL)

See also: 1987 Miami Hurricanes football team and Miami–Virginia Tech football rivalry

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hokies	0	10	3	0	13
Hurricanes	3	7	3	14	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–8	1982	L 8–14

The Hurricanes, a 38-point favorite, broke a 13-13 tie with 4:51 remaining on a 1-yard TD run by Melvin Bratton. Miami put the game out of reach by scoring the final touchdown with 34 seconds left to win 27-13.[1]

Cincinnati

See also: Cincinnati Bearcats football

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3	1986	L 20–24

References

1. "No. 3 Miami wins". The Pantagraph. November 15, 1987. p. 7. Retrieved August 11, 2019.