Division IA Football Bowl Games for 2006-07
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Vince Hall The Hokies look to defend their Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division championship in 2006 Opponents’ Composite Schedule The complete ACC and Virginia Furman at North Carolina Thursday, October 12 Sunday, November 5 Tech opponents’ composite NC State at Southern Miss Virginia Tech at Boston College Southern Miss at Memphis football schedule for 2006 follows. Western Michigan at Virginia Virginia Tech does not play Florida Wake Forest at Connecticut Saturday, October 14 Florida State at Duke Saturday, November 11 State, Maryland, or NC State Northeastern at North Dakota State Duke at Boston College during the regular season. Cincinnati at Ohio State Maryland at Virginia Wake Forest at NC State NC State at Clemson NC State at Southern Miss Wake Forest at Florida State Kent State at Miami (Ohio) Clemson at Temple Thursday, August 31 Florida International at Miami Georgia Tech at North Carolina Boston College at Ohio South Florida at North Carolina Miami at Maryland Minnesota at Kent State Thursday, September 21 Cincinnati at Louisville Kent State at Virginia Tech Virginia at Georgia Tech Houston at Southern Miss Northeastern at Hofstra Saturday, September 2 Toledo at Kent State Cincinnati at West Virginia Florida Atlantic at Clemson Saturday, September 23 Southern Miss at Tulane Richmond at Duke Boston College at NC State Thursday, October 19 Notre Dame at Georgia Tech North Carolina at Clemson North Carolina at Virginia Saturday, November 18 Rice at Florida State William & Mary at Maryland Saturday, October 21 Maryland at Boston College Florida International at Maryland Duke at Georgia Tech Rutgers at North Carolina Boston College at Florida State Cincinnati at Virginia Tech Miami at Virginia Appalachian State at NC State Georgia Tech at Clemson Wake Forest at Miss NC State at North Carolina Virginia at Pittsburgh Miami at Duke Northeastern at James Madison Virginia Tech at Wake Forest Northeastern at Virginia Tech NC State at Maryland Kent State at Bowling Green Western Michigan at Florida State Syracuse at Wake Forest Southern Miss at Virginia Tech Rhode Island at Northeastern Eastern Kentucky at Cincinnati New Hampshire at Northeastern Southern Miss at Florida Tuesday, September 26 Rutgers at Cincinnati Southern Miss at UCF Sunday, October 22 UAB at Southern Miss Monday, September 4 South Florida at Cincinnati Eastern Michigan at Kent State Florida State at Miami Saturday, September 30 Virginia at Duke Thursday, October 26 Thursday, November 23 Friday, September 8 Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech Clemson at Virginia Tech Boston College at Miami Pittsburgh at Cincinnati Maine at Boston College Saturday, October 28 Louisiana Tech at Clemson Friday, November 24 Florida State at Maryland Houston at Miami Kent State at Ball State Saturday, September 9 Miami at Georgia Tech Liberty at Wake Forest Clemson at Boston College Wake Forest at North Carolina Northeastern at Richmond Duke at Wake Forest NC State at Virginia Saturday, November 25 Miami (Ohio) at Cincinnati Virginia Tech at North Carolina Buffalo at Boston College North Carolina at Duke Akron at Kent State Troy at Florida State Vanderbilt at Duke Wake Forest at Maryland Samford at Georgia Tech Massachusetts at Northeastern Virginia at Virginia Tech Middle Tennessee at Maryland Tuesday, October 3 Syracuse at Cincinnati Georgia Tech at Georgia Florida A&M at Miami Southern Miss at Tulsa East Carolina at Southern Miss Florida at Florida State Akron at NC State Ohio at Kent State South Carolina at Clemson Wyoming at Virginia Thursday, October 5 East Carolina at NC State Northeastern at Holy Cross Florida State at NC State Saturday, November 4 Cincinnati at Connecticut Marshall at Southern Miss SE Louisiana at Southern Miss Boston College at Wake Forest Kent State at Army Saturday, October 7 Maryland at Clemson Clemson at Wake Forest Virginia at Florida State Saturday, September 16 Maryland at Georgia Tech Georgia Tech at NC State Saturday, Clemson at Florida State North Carolina at Miami Virginia Tech at Miami December 2 Duke at Virginia Tech Virginia at East Carolina North Carolina at Notre Dame ACC BYU at Boston College Duke at Alabama Navy at Duke Championship Troy at Georgia Tech Delaware at Northeastern Northeastern at Maine Game Maryland at West Virginia Akron at Cincinnati Kent State at Buffalo Jacksonville, Fla. Miami at Louisville Kent State at Temple 2006 Virginia Tech Football Travel Accommodations NORTH CAROLINA BOSTON COLLEGE MIAMI WAKE FOREST Durham Marriott at the Civic The Westin Waltham-Boston Marriott Biscayne Bay Marriott Greensboro High Point Center 70 Third Avenue 1633 North Bayshore Drive One Marriott Drive 201 Foster Street Waltham, MA 02451 Miami, FL 33132 Greensboro, NC 27409 Durham, NC 27701 Phone: (781) 290-5667 Phone: (305) 374-3900 Phone: (336) 852-6450 Phone: (919) 768-6000 Fax: (781) 890-5959 Fax: (305) 579-0108 Fax: (336) 665-6522 Fax: (919) 768-6038 142 • 2006 Virginia Tech Football Opponents’ Composite Schedule ACC ‘Tradition of Excellence’ The Tradition take to the fi eld this fall under the 3.8 million mark in total was held in swimming on Feb. Consistency. It is the mark of the ACC banner have produced attendance in 2005. Over 73 home 25, 1954. The conference did not true excellence in any endeavor. 513 fi rst- or second-team gridiron games, ACC teams drew 3,835,260 conduct championships in cross However, in today’s All-Americans and 71 fi rst-team fans, breaking the existing record country, wrestling or tennis during intercollegiate athletics, academic All-Americans. of 3,693,032 set in 2004. the fi rst year. competition has become so Led by NC State junior The 12 sports for men include balanced and so competitive Mario Williams, the fi rst overall 2005-06 in Review football, cross country, soccer, selection, the ACC set an NCAA basketball, swimming, indoor and that it is virtually impossible The 2005-06 academic outdoor track, wrestling, baseball, to maintain a high level of record with 12 players selected year concluded with the league tennis, golf and lacrosse. Fencing, consistency. in the fi rst round of the 2006 pocketing an all-time high six which was started in 1971, was Yet the Atlantic Coast NFL draft. Williams was the fi rst national team titles and 15 discontinued in 1981. Conference has defi ed the ACC player to be the NFL’s fi rst individual NCAA crowns. In all, Women’s sports were odds. Now in its 54th year of overall selection. Seven of the the ACC has won 57 national team initiated in 1977 with the fi rst competition, top 15, and 15 titles over the last 16 years. The championship meet being held in the ACC has of the fi rst 37 ACC has won two or more NCAA tennis at Wake Forest University. long enjoyed 2005-06 players drafted titles in 24 of the past 26 years. Championships for women the reputation were from the As this document went to ACC National are currently conducted in cross as one of the ACC and the press, four ACC baseball teams country, volleyball, fi eld hockey, strongest Championships conference led were participating in the College soccer, basketball, swimming, and most Field Hockey .................Maryland all conferences World Series. indoor and outdoor track, tennis, competitive Men’s Soccer .................Maryland with a golf, lacrosse, softball and rowing. intercollegiate Women’s Basketball ........Maryland league-record The Championships conferences Men’s Lacrosse .................Virginia 51 players The conference will conduct in the nation. Women’s Golf ..................... Duke selected over championship competition in A History And that is Men’s Track & Field ....Florida State the seven 25 sports during the 2006-07 The Atlantic Coast Conference not mere rounds. academic year — 12 for men and was founded on May 8, 1953, conjecture, The 12 13 for women. at the Sedgefi eld Inn near the numbers support it. current The fi rst ACC championship Greensboro, N.C., with seven Since the league’s inception ACC schools have had 2,093 in 1953, ACC schools have players selected in the annual captured 100 national champion- professional football draft, ACC Staff Directory ships, including 52 in women’s including 204 fi rst-round competition and 48 in men’s. In selections. Mailing: P.O. Drawer ACC, Greensboro, NC 27417-6724 Shipping: 4512 Weybridge Lane, Greensboro, NC 27407 addition, NCAA individual titles If success is best measured in terms of wins and losses, then have gone to ACC student-athletes Administrative Media Relations & Video Services 130 times in men’s competition the ACC over the years has proved Phone: (336) 854-8787 Phone: (336) 851-6062 and 71 times in women’s action. itself to be among the elite in Fax: (336) 316-6097 Fax: (336) 854-8797 The conference had an Division I-A football. The ACC is the nation’s winningest bowl Commissioner ................................................................ John D. Swofford immediate impact on the national Associate Commissioners ................................ Frederick Barakat, Jeff Elliott, college football scene in the fall conference as the 12 current Shane Lyons, Bernadette McGlade of 1953 when the University of league teams are a combined 139- Assistant Commissioner/Media Relations .......................... Brian Morrison Maryland captured the fi rst of 119-5 (.538) in post-season play. Associate Directors, Media Relations ......... Jason Leturmy, Lindsey Rogers what would eventually be fi ve Following its 5-3 bowl mark Assistant Director, Media Relations ..........................................Kristie Le national football titles for the in 2005, the ACC is the only Administrative Assistant, Media Relations/Video Services ..........Barb Dery Assistant Commissioner/Football/External Relations .......................Mike Finn ACC. Clemson laid claim to the conference to post a .500-or- better record in post-season play Assistant Commissioner/Video Services .............................W. Scott McBurney league’s second national title in Assistant Commissioner/Championships ................................ Davis Whitfi eld in each of the past fi ve seasons.