1994 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

1994 Virginia Tech Hokies football
1994 Virginia Tech Hokies football
Gator Bowl, L 23–45 vs. Tennessee
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 24
Record	8–4 (5–2 Big East)
Head coach	Frank Beamer (8th season);
Offensive coordinator	Gary Tranquill (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Phil Elmassian (2nd season)
Base defense	4–4
Home stadium	Lane Stadium
	Seasons ← 1993 1995 →

The 1994 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) as a member of the Big East Conference during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Frank Beamer, the Hokies compiled an overall record of 8–4, with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, and finished second in the Big East. Virginia Tech played home games at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.

1994 Big East Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Miami (FL) $	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Virginia Tech	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Syracuse	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
West Virginia	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	6	–	0
No. 23 Boston College	3	–	3	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Rutgers	2	–	4	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Pittsburgh	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Temple	0	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	4:00 p.m.	Arkansas State*	No. 21	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 34–7	38,626	^[1]
September 10	6:00 p.m.	at Southern Miss*	No. 21	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS		W 24–14	17,391	^[2]
September 17	12:00 p.m.	at Boston College	No. 18	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)	BEN	W 12–7	44,500	^[3]
September 22	8:00 p.m.	West Virginia	No. 14	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	ESPN	W 34–6	49,679	^[4]
October 1	3:30 p.m.	at Syracuse	No. 14	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	ABC	L 20–28	47,635	^[5]
October 8	1:00 p.m.	Temple	No. 20	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 41–13	44,204	^[6]
October 15	1:30 p.m.	at East Carolina*	No. 19	Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, NC		W 27–20	34,741	^[7]
October 22	1:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh	No. 17	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 45–7	48,462	^[8]
October 29	3:30 p.m.	at No. 6 Miami (FL)	No. 13	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)	ABC	L 3–24	57,618	^[9]
November 12	1:00 p.m.	Rutgers	No. 16	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 41–34	44,171	^[10]
November 19	12:00 p.m.	No. 16 Virginia*	No. 14	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	BEN	L 23–42	53,157	^[11]
December 30	7:30 p.m.	vs. Tennessee*	No. 17	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (Gator Bowl)	TBS	L 23–45	62,200	^[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	22	21	21	18	14	14	20	19	17	13	17	16	14	18	17	17	—
Coaches Poll	19		18	16	12	10	17	14	13	10	16	12	11	16	15	15	24

Roster

1994 Virginia Tech Hokies football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
C	`63`	Bill Conaty
G	`64`	Gennaro DiNapoli	Fr
QB	`16`	Jim Druckenmiller	So
WR	`80`	Antonio Freeman	Sr
TE	`81`	Bryan Jennings	So
RB	`28`	Ken Oxendine	Fr
WR	`17`	Bryan Still

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Frank Beamer

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

References

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1994 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

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Schedule

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