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
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 10
1995 record	10–2 (6–1 Big East)
Head coach	Frank Beamer (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Rickey Bustle (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Bud Foster (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Rod Sharpless (1st season)
Home stadium	Lane 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

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	8:00 p.m.	Boston College	No. 20	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	ESPN	L 14–20	44,426
September 16	12:00 p.m.	Cincinnati*		Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		L 0–16	36,328
September 23	12:00 p.m.	No. 17 Miami (FL)		Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	BEN	W 13–7	51,206
September 30	12:00 p.m.	at Pittsburgh		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	BEN	W 26–16	31,036
October 7	1:30 p.m.	at Navy*		Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		W 14–0	31,114
October 14	1:00 p.m.	Akron*		Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 77–27	40,688
October 21	1:00 p.m.	at Rutgers		Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ		W 45–17	19,292
October 28	12:00 p.m.	at West Virginia		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	BEN	W 27–0	59,819
November 4	3:30 p.m.	No. 20 Syracuse		Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ABC	W 31–7	51,239
November 11	1:00 p.m.	vs. Temple	No. 21	RFK Stadium Washington, DC		W 38–16	20,371
November 18	12:00 p.m.	at No. 13 Virginia*	No. 20	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	ABC	W 36–29	43,600
December 31	6:00 p.m.	vs. No. 9 Texas*	No. 13	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	W 28–10	70,283
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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. # Name Class 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. # Name Class 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. # Name Class K 18 Atle Larsen P 3 John Thomas	Head coach Frank Beamer Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

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