1991 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

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1991 Virginia Tech Hokies football
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record5–6 (1–0 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorSteve Marshall (4th season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorMike Clark (4th season)
Base defense4–4
Home stadiumLane Stadium
Seasons
← 1990
1992 →
1991 Big East Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Syracuse 5 0 0 10 2 0
No. 1 Miami (FL) 2 0 0 12 0 0
Virginia Tech 1 0 0 5 6 0
Pittsburgh 3 2 0 6 5 0
West Virginia 3 4 0 6 5 0
Rutgers 2 3 0 6 5 0
Boston College 2 4 0 4 7 0
Temple 0 5 0 2 9 0
  • The Big East did not crown an official champion until 1993 when full league play began.
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1991 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 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Frank Beamer, the Hokies compiled an overall record of 5–6, with a mark of 1–0 in conference play, and finished third in the Big East. Virginia Tech played home games at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 317:00 p.m.James Madison*W 41–1241,623[1]
September 71:00 p.m.at NC State*L 0–744,907[2]
September 217:00 p.m.at South Carolina*L 21–2868,200[3]
September 282:30 p.m.at No. 6 Oklahoma*L 17–2773,200[4]
October 512:00 p.m.at West VirginiaBENW 20–1457,492[5]
October 1212:00 p.m.vs. No. 1 Florida State*BENL 20–3358,991[6]
October 191:00 p.m.Cincinnati*dagger
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 56–936,312[7]
October 2612:00 p.m.Louisville*
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 43–1345,662[8]
November 91:00 p.m.Akron*
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 42–2431,221[9]
November 161:00 p.m.No. 14 East Carolina*
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 17–2448,317[10]
November 2312:00 p.m.at No. 20
JPS
L 0–3844,100[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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