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Primary Contact: Pete Moris • Email: [email protected] 2018 FOOTBALL Secondary Contact: Peter Long • Email: [email protected] LONGEST ACTIVE BOWL STREAK - 25 STRAIGHT • LONGEST ACTIVE RIVALRY STREAK - 14 STRAIGHT VS. UVA • 11 CONFERENCE TITLES - 4 ACC TITLES • HOME OF THE #LPD - 819.0 SACKS & 376 INTS LEAD FBS SINCE 1996 #13 VIRGINIA TECH (2-0, 1-0) VS. OLD DOMINION (0-3, 0-2) Games Played .............................. 1 SEPT. 22, 2018 • 3:30 PM • NORFOLK, VA. • BALLARD STADIUM (20,118) • CBS SPORTS NETWORK Series ..........................Tech leads, 1-0 Series Began ...................... Sept. 23, 2017 Justin Fuente ...................... Coach ........................Bobby Wilder Murray State (1999)............. Alma Mater ...................... Maine (1987) Home ....................................... 1-0 21-8 (3rd Season) ............Record at School ............ 72-40 (10th Season) Away ........................................ 0-0 47-31 (7th Season) . Overall Record ..............72-40 (10th season) GAME 3 Neutral ...................................... 0-0 1-0 ....................... Record vs. Opponent ......................... 0-1 1-0 .........................Record vs. Coach ........................... 0-1 SERIES INFO Last Meeting......Virginia Tech 38, ODU 0 (9/23/17) HOKIES HEADING TO NORFOLK TO FACE ODU DOMINATE OUR STATE THE #LPD = NASTY D • Virginia Tech (No. 13 AP/No. 10 USA Today Coaches) • Virginia Tech is 12-2 under Justin Fuente in games played in the • Despite playing only two games, Tech’s vaunted Lunch Pail returns to action at ODU (9/22) after last week’s contest vs. Commonwealth of Virginia - 11-2 at Lane Stadium, 1-0 at UVA. Defense is second in the FBS, averaging 11.5 TFL per game. East Carolina was cancelled due to Hurricane Florence. • After opening the season with a 24-3 win at Florida State (9/3), the FBS LEADERS - TACKLES FOR LOSS PER GAME, 2018 • VT is coming off a 62-17 win vs. William & Mary (9/8), while Hokies will play 10 of their 11 final regular season games in Virginia Teams TFL Avg. Record ODU suffered a 28-25 loss at Charlotte (9/13). or North Carolina. Tech’s only scheduled trip outside the region is an 1. Miami 35.0 11.7 2-1 ACC contest at Pitt (11/10). 2. VIRGINIA TECH 23.0 11.5 2-0 • This contest will only be the third true road non- 3. Mississippi State 33.0 11.0 3-0 conference game for Tech under Fuente. VT won a 64-17 POUND IT ON THE GROUND 4. Oklahoma State 32.0 10.7 3-0 contest at ECU (9/16/17) and twice rallied from 17-point 5. Penn State 31.0 10.3 3-0 • The Hokies are averaging 208.5 rushing ypg after two games. deficits to register a 34-31 win at Notre Dame (11/19/16). • The #LPD is currently tied for ninth in the nation, permitting 10.0 • Tech racked up 305 rushing yards in a 62-17 win vs. William & Mary • Next week the Hokies have an ACC contest at Duke ppg in 2018. (9/8), the best total of the Fuente era and the most accumulated by (9/29), while ODU is at East Carolina (9/29). Tech since producing 308 vs. Western Michigan (9/27/14). • The Hokies have outscored their foes 27-0 in the first quarter. • The Hokies are 9-2 under Fuente in September games. • After producing 315 net rushing yards and three rushing TDs after • No team in the nation has allowed fewer rushing first downs than • Saturday’s game will mark the first time ODU has faced the first two games of 2017, the Hokies have racked up 417 rushing Virginia Tech (4). an opponent ranked in the AP Top 25. yards and seven ground TDs in their initial two games of 2018. • Among teams that played two games, only Southern Miss (23) • Dating back to 1975, the Hokies have played five games allowed fewer total first downs than Virginia Tech (24). in Norfolk against Temple, VMI and William & Mary. THE 757 PLAYS HERE FBS LEADERS - RUSHING FIRST DOWNS, ALLOWED, 2018 KEY VT-ODU SCORING STATS TO WATCH • The Hampton Roads region (area code 757) is comprised of seven Teams Rush 1st Downs Total cities: Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Newport 1. VIRGINIA TECH 4 24 • Tech registered a 38-0 shutout in last year’s meeting with News, Hampton and Suffolk. Air Force 4 29 ODU at Lane Stadium (9/23/17). 3. Cincinnati 6 34 • While no means an exhaustive list, this area is home to some of the • Opponents have made six Red Zone trips against Tech, coming • Since Bud Foster took over as Tech’s defensive most noteworthy current & former performers in Virginia Tech history. away with only one TD and two FGs. That Red Zone scoring coordinator in 1996, VT is 66-1 when holding non- NOTABLE 757 NATIVES TO PLAY AT VIRGINIA TECH percentage of 50.0% is tied for third among Power Five squads. conference foes to 17 points or fewer. That lone setback Player Hometown NFL Notes was a 16-13 loss to No. 3 Auburn in the 2005 Sugar Bowl. DE Bruce Smith Norfolk No. 1 overall pick - 1985 • Tech leads the ACC and ranks fifth in the FBS, allowing 64.0 • Under Foster’s tenure the Hokies have pitched 34 QB Michael Vick Newport News No. 1 overall pick - 2001 rushing yards per game. CB DeAngelo Hall Chesapeake No. 8 overall - 2004 shutouts, including an FBS-best three in 2017. • Virginia Tech is third among Power Five teams with a +6 turnover QB Tyrod Taylor Hampton Current Cleveland starting QB • Since joining the FBS ranks in 2013, ODU is 3-11 when S Kam Chancellor Norfolk 4 Pro Bowls, 1 SB Title differential (7 takes/1 give). being held to 17 points or fewer. • Tech leads the nation among teams that have played only two • Virginia Tech is 19-0 under Fuente when leading at NOTABLE 757 NATIVES CURRENTLY ON VT ROSTER games with seven takeaways. halftime, including a 9-0 mark in 2017. Player Hometown High School POWER FIVE LEADERS - TURNOVER MARGIN, 2018 • Tech is 5-0 under Fuente when scoring 40 points or DT Ricky Walker Hampton Bethel RB Deshawn McClease Chesapeake Oscar Smith Teams +/- Takes Gives more. ODU has lost 16 straight games when permitting DE Trevon Hill Virginia Beach Salem 1. Kansas +12 13 1 40+ points dating back to 2014. WR Phil Patterson Virginia Beach Bayside 2. LSU +7 7 0 DB Devon Hunter Chesapeake Indian River 3. VIRGINIA TECH +6 7 1 BEAMER BALL LIVES HERE! 4. Five teams tied +5 • Virginia Tech’s tradition of excellence on special teams, affectionately known as “Beamer Ball” is alive and well. • Tech TE Chris Cunningham blocked a punt at FSU (9/3) 1986 OYSTER BOWL FLASHBACK FOOTBALL IS FAMILY AT VIRGINIA TECH that was recovered by WR Eric Kumah for a TD. • Virginia Tech’s most recent appearance in Hampton Roads came • Dating back to 1987, 27 sets of brothers have played at Virginia • Virginia Tech leads the ACC, averaging 32.3 yards per in the 1986 Oyster Bowl against Temple in the late Bill Dooley’s final Tech. 2018 marks the 17th consecutive season that the Hokies KO return, a figure that ranks sixth among Power Five clubs. season as VT’s head coach. Temple won the contest by a 29-13 have had at least one set of brothers on its roster - the longest • Tech K Jordan Stout has launched 15 of his 16 kickoffs margin (10/18/86), but later forfeited due to an ineligible player. known streak in the FBS. for touchbacks this season. • Temple’s head coach in that game was former Tech QB and • The Hokies made history in the 2018 NFL Draft when Tremaine • Dating back to 1999, Miami (25) and Oregon (23) are the current CBS analyst Bruce Arians, who would go on to earn NFL Edmunds (16th overall - Buffalo) and Terrell Edmunds (28th only two squads to return more punts for TDs than VT (22). Coach of the Years honors. overall - Pittsburgh) become the first pair of siblings ever selected • Virginia Tech tied for the FBS lead with Arizona State and • Tech (10-1-1) concluded the year with a 25-24 victory vs. NC in the first round of the same NFL Draft. The eldest Edmunds Texas A&M with five blocked punts in 2017. State (12/31/86) in the Peach Bowl, Tech’s first-ever bowl win. brother, Trey, played at Tech and serves as a RB for New Orleans. • Tech boasts two sets of brothers on the current roster - identical MORE HOKIES HISTORY twins (redshirt juniors) Kevin and Connor Kish, as well as senior • Led by Frank Beamer, Tech registered a 34-6 win vs. West Virginia DL Vinny Mihota and true freshman OL Louis Mihota. Current (9/22/84) - 24 years prior to today’s game. Tech would win its initial Hokies OL Kyle Chung (son of Eugene) and RB Coleman Fox BIG EAST title under Beamer the following season, concluding the (son of Rich) are following in the footsteps of their fathers who year with a 28-10 win vs. Texas in the Sugar Bowl. played for the Hokies. 2018 FOOTBALL FUENTE SUPERLATIVES Justin Fuente 2018 At Tech Career BROADCAST INFORMATION With ranked team 2-0 13-6 15-8 On the road 1-0 8-3 18-16 Television ............ CBS Sports Network Leading at halftime 2-0 19-0 39-4 Play-by-Play ...............Carter Blackburn In state of Virginia 1-0 12-2 12-2 vs. C-USA 0-0 1-0 5-4 Analyst .......................Aaron Taylor Sideline ......................John Schriffen INSIDE THE SERIES: VIRGINIA TECH VS.