1995 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

The 1995 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Frank Beamer. The Hokies finished the season 10–2 (6–1 Big East) and won the Sugar Bowl 28–10 over Texas.

1995 Virginia Tech Hokies football
Big East co-champion
Sugar Bowl champion
Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy
Sugar Bowl, W 28–10 vs. Texas
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 10
1995 record10–2 (6–1 Big East)
Head coachFrank Beamer (9th season)
Offensive coordinatorRickey Bustle (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorBud Foster (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorRod Sharpless (1st season)
Home stadiumLane Stadium
(Capacity: 50,000)
1995 Big East Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 10 Virginia Tech +  6 –1     10 –2  
No. 20 Miami (FL) +  6 –1     8 –3  
No. 19 Syracuse  5 –2     9 –3  
West Virginia  4 –3     5 –6  
Boston College  4 –3     4 –8  
Rutgers  2 –5     4 –7  
Temple  1 –6     1 –10  
Pittsburgh  0 –7     2 –9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 78:00 p.m.Boston CollegeNo. 20
ESPNL 14–2044,426
September 1612:00 p.m.Cincinnati*
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 0–1636,328
September 2312:00 p.m.No. 17 Miami (FL)
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)
BENW 13–751,206
September 3012:00 p.m.at Pittsburgh
BENW 26–1631,036
October 71:30 p.m.at Navy*
W 14–031,114
October 141:00 p.m.Akron*
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 77–2740,688
October 211:00 p.m.at Rutgers
W 45–1719,292
October 2812:00 p.m.at West Virginia
BENW 27–059,819
November 43:30 p.m.No. 20 Syracuse
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
ABCW 31–751,239
November 111:00 p.m.vs. TempleNo. 21
W 38–1620,371
November 1812:00 p.m.at No. 13 Virginia*No. 20
ABCW 36–2943,600
December 316:00 p.m.vs. No. 9 Texas*No. 13
ABCW 28–1070,283
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Rankings
See also: 1995 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
AP 24 24 20 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 21 20 13 13 13 10 
Coaches Poll NR 22 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 19 18 11 11 11 9

Roster
1995 Virginia Tech Hokies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
C 63 Bill Conaty
G 64 Gennaro DiNapoli So
QB 16 Jim Druckenmiller Jr
TE 81 Bryan Jennings Jr
RB 28 Ken Oxendine So
WR 17 Bryan Still
RB 42 Dwayne Thomas
G 75 Todd Washington So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 9 Antonio Banks
LB 41 George DelRicco
S 14 Torrian Gray
DE 58 Cornell Brown
DT 59 J. C. Price
FS 24 William Yarborough
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 18 Atle Larsen
P 3 John Thomas
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt
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References


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