The 2013 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hokies were led by 27th-year head coach Frank Beamer and played their home games at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia. They were members of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for second place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Sun Bowl where they lost to UCLA. The team's 93 game consecutive sellout streak ended on September 7, 2013 against Western Carolina with an announced attendance of 61,335.
Personnel
Coaching staff Name Position Seasons atVirginia Tech Alma mater Frank Beamer Head Coach 26 Virginia Tech (1969) Scot Loeffler Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks 0 Michigan (1996) Shane Beamer Associate head coach/Running Backs 1 Virginia Tech (1999) Jeff Grimes Offensive Line/co-Running game coordinator 0 UTEP (1991) Bryan Stinespring Tight Ends/recruiting coordinator 22 James Madison (1986) Aaron Moorehead Wide Receivers 0 Illinois (2003) Bud Foster Defensive coordinator/Inside Linebackers 26 Murray State (1981) Torrian Gray Defensive Backs/passing game coordinator 7 Virginia Tech (1996) Charley Wiles Defensive line/co-Running game coordinator 15 Murray State (1987) Cornell Brown Outside Linebackers/Assistant Defensive Line 2 Virginia Tech (1997)Reference:
Schedule
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Game summaries
vs Alabama–Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game
Previous meeting was also in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in 2009.
Western Carolina
@ East Carolina
Marshall
@ Georgia Tech
North Carolina
Pittsburgh
Duke
@ Boston College
@ Miami (FL)
Maryland
@ Virginia
UCLA (Sun Bowl)
1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Brett Hundley 7-yard run (Kaʻimi Fairbairn kick); VT – J.C. Coleman 1-yard run ( Michael Branthover (kick)
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Hundley 86-yard run (Fairbairn kick)
3rd quarter scoring: VT – Branthover 22-yard field goal
4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Paul Perkins 5-yard run (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Myles Jack intercepted pass from Mark Leal 24-yards return (Fairbairn kick); VT – Sean Covington 3-yard loss for safety; UCLA – Thomas Duarte 8-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Shaquelle Evans 59-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick)
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