American college football season
2006 Virginia Tech Hokies football |
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Chick-fil-A Bowl, L 24–31 vs. Georgia |
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
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Division | Coastal Division |
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Ranking |
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Coaches | No. 18 |
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AP | No. 19 |
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Record | 10–3 (6–2 ACC) |
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Head coach | - Frank Beamer (20th season)
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Offensive coordinator | Bryan Stinespring (5th season) |
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Offensive scheme | Pro-style |
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Defensive coordinator | Bud Foster (12th season) |
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Base defense | 4–4 |
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Home stadium | Lane Stadium |
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Seasons |
The 2006 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Frank Beamer. The team tallied a 10–3 record, going 10–2 during the regular season before losing 31–24 in the 2006 Chick-fil-A Bowl against the Georgia Bulldogs.
Preseason
Virginia Tech began the season ranked #16 in the USA Today Coaches Poll and #17 in the Associated Press Poll after going 11–2 (7–1 ACC) in 2005 and winning the Coastal division of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
See also 2006 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 2 | 1:30 p.m. | Northeastern* | No. 17 | | ESPN360 | W 38–0 | 66,233 |
September 9 | 12:00 p.m. | at North Carolina | No. 16 | | ESPN | W 35–10 | 57,000 |
September 16 | 12:00 p.m. | Duke | No. 14 | - Lane Stadium
- Blacksburg, VA
| Raycom/LFS | W 36–0 | 66,233 |
September 23 | 12:00 p.m. | Cincinnati* | No. 11 | - Lane Stadium
- Blacksburg, VA
| ESPNU | W 29–13 | 66,233 |
September 30 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 24 Georgia Tech | No. 11 | | ABC | L 27–38 | 66,233 |
October 12 | 7:30 p.m. | at Boston College | No. 22 | | ESPN | L 3–22 | 44,500 |
October 21 | 7:00 p.m. | Southern Miss* | | - Lane Stadium
- Blacksburg, VA
| ESPNU | W 36–6 | 66,233 |
October 26 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 10 Clemson | | - Lane Stadium
- Blacksburg, VA
| ESPN | W 24–7 | 66,233 |
November 4 | 8:00 p.m. | at Miami (FL) | No. 23 | | ABC | W 17–10 | 41,504 |
November 11 | 3:30 p.m. | Kent State* | No. 20 | - Lane Stadium
- Blacksburg, VA
| ESPNU | W 23–0 | 66,233 |
November 18 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 14 Wake Forest | No. 19 | | ESPN2 | W 27–6 | 36,723 |
November 25 | 12:00 p.m. | Virginia | No. 17 | - Lane Stadium
- Blacksburg, VA (Commonwealth Cup)
| Raycom/LFS | W 17–0 | 66,233 |
December 30 | 8:00 p.m. | vs. Georgia* | No. 14 | | ESPN | L 24–31 | 75,406 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries
Northeastern
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Northeastern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | • Virginia Tech | 21 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 38 | - Date: September 2
- Location: Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, VA
- Game start: 1:35 PM EST
- Elapsed time: 3:00
- Game attendance: 66,233
- Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C), Partly Cloudy, Winds NNW 10 mph (16 km/h)
- Referee: Jerry Magallanes
- TV announcers (ESPN360): Ryan Rose & Stan Lewter
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North Carolina
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Virginia Tech | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 | North Carolina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | |
Duke
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Duke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | • Virginia Tech | 13 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 36 | - Date: September 16
- Location: Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, VA
- Game start: 12:11 PM EST
- Elapsed time: 2:59
- Game attendance: 66,233
- Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C), Partly Cloudy, Winds calm
- Referee: Brad Allen
- TV announcers (LFS): Steve Martin, Rick Walker & Scott Pryzwansky
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Cincinnati
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Cincinnati | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 13 | • Virginia Tech | 5 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 29 | |
Georgia Tech
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Georgia Tech | 21 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 38 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 27 | |
Boston College
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Virginia Tech | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | • Boston College | 0 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 22 | |
Southern Miss
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Southern Miss | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | • Virginia Tech | 7 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 36 | - Date: October 21
- Location: Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, VA
- Game start: 7:05 PM EST
- Elapsed time: 2:56
- Game attendance: 66,233
- Game weather: 50 °F (10 °C), Clear, Winds SSE 3 mph (4.8 km/h)
- Referee: Dennis Lipski
- TV announcers (ESPNU): Dave Armstrong & Mike Tomczak
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Clemson
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Clemson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | • Virginia Tech | 7 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 24 | |
Miami
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Virginia Tech | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 | Miami | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | - Date: November 4
- Location: Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, FL
- Game start: 8:13 PM EST
- Elapsed time: 3:01
- Game attendance: 41,504
- Game weather: 76 °F (24 °C), Cloudy, Winds NE 14 mph (23 km/h)
- Referee: Ron Cherry
- TV announcers (ABC): Mark Jones, David Norrie & Stacey Dales
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Kent State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Kent State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | • Virginia Tech | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23 | - Date: November 11
- Location: Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, VA
- Game start: 3:35 PM EST
- Elapsed time: 2:50
- Game attendance: 66,233
- Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C), Clear, Winds SSW 9 mph (14 km/h)
- Referee: Scott McElwee
- TV announcers (ESPNU): Dave Armstrong & Mike Tomczak
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Wake Forest
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Virginia Tech | 7 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 27 | Wake Forest | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
Virginia
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | • Virginia Tech | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 | - Date: November 25
- Location: Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, VA
- Game start: 12:11 PM EST
- Elapsed time: 2:43
- Game attendance: 66,233
- Game weather: 53 °F (12 °C), Clear, Winds NNW 53 mph (85 km/h)
- Referee: Jeff Flanagan
- TV announcers (LFS): Steve Martin, Rick Walker & Mike Hogewood
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Georgia
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Georgia | 3 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 31 | Virginia Tech | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 24 | |
Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
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AP | 17 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 22 | RV | RV | 23 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 19 |
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Coaches | 16 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 17 | RV | RV | 24 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 18 |
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Harris | Not released | 11 | 19 | 18 | — | — | 24 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 15 | Not released |
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BCS | Not released | — | — | 25 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 15 | Not released |
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Personnel
Coaching staff
Position | Name | First year at VT | First year in current position |
Head coach | Frank Beamer | 1987 | 1987 |
Associate head coach and running backs coach | Billy Hite | 1978 | 2001 |
Offensive coordinator and tight ends | Bryan Stinespring | 1990 | 2006 (offensive coordinator since 2002) |
Defensive coordinator and inside linebackers | Bud Foster | 1987 | 1995 |
Offensive Line | Curt Newsome | 2006 | 2006 |
Wide Receivers | Kevin Sherman | 2006 | 2006 |
Strong Safety, Outside Linebackers, and Recruiting Coordinator | Jim Cavanaugh | 1996 | 2002 |
Quarterbacks | Mike O'Cain | 2006 | 2006 |
Defensive backs | Torrian Gray | 2006 | 2006 |
Defensive Line | Charley Wiles | 1996 | 1996 |
Roster
Discipline issues
Virginia Tech penalties by game |
Opponent | Tech Penalties | Opponent penalties |
Northeastern | 7 (56 yards) | 10 (78 yards) |
@ North Carolina | 7 (55 yards) | 1 (10 yards) |
Duke | 9 (85 yards) | 7 (43 yards) |
Cincinnati | 7 (52 yards) | 9 (75 yards) |
Georgia Tech | 5 (28 yards) | 8 (83 yards) |
Boston College | 9 (88 yards) | 9 (60 yards) |
Southern Miss | 5 (41 yards) | 7 (45 yards) |
Clemson | 3 (22 yards) | 1 (5 yards) |
Miami | 3 (15 yards) | 8 (62 yards) |
Kent State | 5 (50 yards) | 9 (71 yards) |
Wake Forest | 6 (65 yards) | 3 (27 yards) |
Virginia | 3 (29 yards) | 6 (45 yards) |
The first half of Virginia Tech's season was characterized by a lack of discipline for the Hokies, both on and off the field.
- Safety Aaron Rouse was penalized twice against Duke for roughing the passer. His second hit on Duke quarterback Thaddeus Lewis was a helmet-to-sternum hit that whiplashed his head with such force that it gave him a concussion. Duke's backup quarterback said of Tech, "They are a fast team. I'm lucky to come out in one piece. ... The roughing of the passer, the late hits, they were coming for us."[8]
- DE Chris Ellis and WR Josh Morgan were arrested late Saturday night after the Hokies' victory over Cincinnati and charged with resisting arrest and obstructing justice. Morgan was also charged with disorderly conduct. Both players were suspended for the following game, a home loss to Georgia Tech and were later sentenced to one year of probation and 100 hours of community service.[9]
- WR Josh Hyman was suspended for the Boston College game after an arrest for driving under the influence.[10]
- During the ESPN broadcast of the Boston College game, announcer Kirk Herbstreit became angry when cameras showed Tech players Vince Hall and Aaron Rouse arguing on the sidelines and showed linebacker Brendan Hill dancing on the sidelines with Tech trailing late in the game. The video of Herbstreit's rant was shown to the Tech team in Sunday meetings following the game.[11]
Tech's discipline troubles came to a head when the Hokies were blown out in consecutive weeks by Georgia Tech and Boston College. Beamer responded by cracking down on trash-talking, personal fouls, and other negative behaviors. The team responded and committed no personal fouls and only two defensive penalties total in the three games following the BC loss.[12]
Defense
Virginia Tech finished the regular season leading the nation in total defense, scoring defense, and pass defense.[13] This was the second year in a row that defensive coordinator Bud Foster's unit had led the nation in total defense.
References
- ^ "Virginia Tech Football 2006 Game Results". Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
- ^ Brandon Gore started the last four games, replacing the injured Ryan Shuman
- ^ Hall was dismissed from the team during the season [1]. He later returned for spring practice in 2007, but was not on the fall 2007 roster.
- ^ Subsequent to the 2006 season, Jason Adjepong changed his name to Jason Adjepong Worilds – see [2] Archived 2007-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Hokies continue to misbehave on, off field". Associated Press. October 17, 2006. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved July 11, 2007.
- ^ King, Randy (November 19, 2006). "Hokies lose Ore to injury in 1st quarter". The Roanoke Times. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2006.
- ^ Barr, Josh (January 24, 2007). "Remember Kent Hicks?". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 11, 2007.
- ^ Chavez, Luciana (September 17, 2006). "Blue devils sacked". The News & Observer (Raleigh). Retrieved November 30, 2006.
- ^ Wood, Norm (November 30, 2006). "Hokies' Ellis, Morgan get community service, probation". Daily Press. Retrieved November 30, 2006.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Lindsey, Sue (October 18, 2006). "Beamer Faces Questions About Behavior". AP. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved November 30, 2006.
- ^ King, Randy (October 18, 2006). "Herbstreit defends rant". The Roanoke Times. Archived from the original on December 2, 2006. Retrieved November 30, 2006.
- ^ Kilgore, Adam (November 8, 2006). "Discipline Suits Hokies' Defense". Washington Post. Retrieved November 30, 2006.
- ^ "Virginia Tech ( 10 – 2 – 0 ) Thru: 11/25/06". NCAA. November 25, 2006. Retrieved November 30, 2006.
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