23 STRAIGHT BOWLS | 11 CONFERENCE TITLES - 4-TIME ACC CHAMPS | 237 WINS, 136 BLOCKED KICKS & 93 NFL DRAFTEES UNDER BEAMER 1 23 STRAIGHT BOWLS | 11 CONFERENCE TITLES - 4-TIME ACC CHAMPS | 237 WINS, 136 BLOCKED KICKS & 93 NFL DRAFTEES UNDER BEAMER #THANKSFRANK | #LUNCHPAILD LEADS POWER 5 SINCE 1996T IN SACKS (744.0) & INTS (337) | 100% GRAD RATE OF SENIORS SINCE 2012 2015 RESULTS GAME AT A GLANCE Date Opponent Time/Res. TV Date: . Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015 9/7 OHIO STATE L 24-42 ESPN Time: . 5:45 ET/4:45 CT 9/12 FURMAN W 42-3 ESPN3 Location:. .Shreveport, La. 9/19 at Purdue W 51-24 ESPNU Venue:. Independence Stadium (48,975) 9/26 at East Carolina L 28-35 ABC/ESPN2 Surface: . .Field Turf Series:. Tulsa leads 3-1 10/3 PITTSBURGH L 13-17 FOXSouth Last:. Tulsa won 35-33 (9/9/78) 10/9 NC STATE W 28-13 ESPN 10/17 at Miami L 20-30 ESPNU VIRGINIA TECH (6-6, 4-4 ACC) BEAMER BOWL MILESTONES 10/24 DUKE L 43-45 4 OT ESPNU 12/31/93 First win - Independence Bowl 10/31 at Boston College W 26-10 ACC Net. HOKIES 45-20 victory vs. Indiana 11/12 at Georgia Tech W 23-21 ESPN 12/31/95 “Breakthrough” win in Sugar Bowl 28-10 victory vs. No. 9 Texas 11/21 NORTH CAROLINA L 27-30 OT ESPN 1/4/00 National Championship Game 11/28 at Virginia W 23-20 ESPNU TULSA (6-6, 3-5 AAC) VT falls to FSU in Sugar Bowl All times Eastern, home games in all caps 12/17/14 22nd straight winning season GOLDEN HURRICANE 33-17 win in Military Bowl FRANK’S FINAL ACT The Camping World Independence Bowl marks Frank Hokies Seek to Send Beamer Out in Style, VT Returns to Site Where 23-Game Bowl Streak Began Beamer’s 361st and fi nal game as VT’s head coach. A victory • The Camping World Independence Bowl marks the conclusion of Frank Beamer’s illustrious coaching career at Virginia Tech. would assure the Hokies their 23rd consecutive winning • Tech is making its 23rd consecutive bowl appearance, a streak that began with a win vs. Indiana in the 1993 Independence Bowl. season. A win would give Beamer 280 career coaching • The matchup against Tulsa will mark the fi rst time that Beamer has ever led Hokies against the Golden Hurricane. victories, including 238 at Virginia Tech. • Tech has won two of its past three bowls, including last year’s 33-17 victory over Cincinnati in the Military Bowl (12/27/14). • Tulsa leads the all-time series against Virginia Tech by a 3-1 margin, but the two teams haven’t met since 1978. #THANKSFRANK • Tech’s lone win came by a 17-14 count in the initial meeting between the squads at Lane Stadium (10/17/70). Virginia Tech has worn commemorative helmet stickers • That 1970 Hokies squad included QB Don Strock and TE Mike Burnop. Burnop is in 33rd season as Tech’s football radio analyst. for its fi nal three regular season games to honor Frank • VT owns six or more wins 25 times in 29 seasons under Beamer. Since 1995, only Ohio State (16) has more 10-win seasons than VT (13). Beamer’s legacy. Notes on the logo & other tributes: • Tech has won three of its last four games. VT’s last two losses were a 4-OT thriller vs. Duke (10/24) and a one-OT loss vs. UNC (11/21). The logo recalls an iconic shot of Beamer after an on-fi eld Key Stats to Watch in Shreveport as Hokies, Golden Hurricane Square Off celebration following a 38-14 • Consensus All-ACC WR Isaiah Ford led the conference with a Tech-record 10 TD catches in 2015. Ford, TE Bucky Hodges (six win vs. BC (11/26/99) that TDs) and RB Travon McMillian (6 TDs) have accounted for 59.5% (22 of 37) of Tech’s off ensive TDs this season. capped a perfect 11-0 regular • Only Clemson (30) and UNC (28) threw more TD passes among ACC clubs than Virginia Tech (23) in 2015. season to send the Hokies to • McMillian is averaging 105.4 rushing ypg over his last seven games, the third-best among ACC backs down the stretch. a national championship tilt • Tulsa QB Dane Evans averages 329.8 passing ypg, throwing 22 TDs and only eight INTs this season. vs. Florida State in the Sugar • Tulsa’s off ense averages 35.9 ppg and 502.8 ypg. The Golden Hurricane registered 38 points and 603 yards in a 52-38 loss Bowl. The seven stars depict at Oklahoma (9/19). No team has scored more points or accumulated over 500 yards against the current No. 4 Sooners. the seven conference titles • Tulsa has scored 40+ points in fi ve of its six wins in 2015, averaging 41.8 ppg in its six victories this season. claimed by VT under Beamer. • Tulsa has allowed 30 points or more in all six of its losses, being outscored by an average margin of 46.5 to 30.0 in those games. • Dating back to 1999, VT is 138-11 (.926) when holding opponents to 21 or fewer points, including a 5-1 mark in 2015. MORE THAN A COACH • Tulsa has lost 26 straight games when being held to 21 points or fewer dating back to a 27-10 loss at Houston (11/4/06). Simply put, Frank Beamer has been the face of Virginia Tech • Dating back to 1996, only Ohio State (16.5) and Alabama (16.6) are allowing fewer ppg than Virginia Tech (17.2). for nearly three decades. In the aftermath of the April 16, Tech Typically Thrives When Lunch Pail Defense Generates Turnovers, Sacks - Odds & Ends 2007 tragedy, Beamer not only met with victims of families, • Dating back to 1996, no Power Five program owns more sacks (744.0) or INTs (337) than Virginia Tech under DC Bud Foster. but also helped served as a unifying fi gure who helped the • Dating back to a win vs. Duke (11/22/08), VT is 30-1 when it forces two or more interceptions. campus and surrounding community heal and draw closer • Since joining the ACC in 2004, the Hokies are 42-9 (.824) when registering 4.0 or more sacks. together. Hokies everywhere will forever remember his • Over that same span, Tech is 49-2 (.961) when accumulating 200 or more net rushing yards (8-0 since start of 2013 season). lasting contributions to Virginia Tech that went above and • WR Isaiah Ford (78.1) ranks second in the ACC in receiving yards per game, trailing only Pitt’s Tyler Boyd (79.4). beyond the football fi eld. • VT is +6 (25 takes/19 gives) in the turnover column, while Tulsa is +2 (22 takes/20 gives). • Hokies DB Chuck Clark leads the team with 100 tackles, making him one of nine ACC players with 100+ stops. A LASTING LEGACY • Tech QB Michael Brewer hails from Lake Travis, Texas, approximately 310 miles southwest of Shreveport. Dating back to 2005, in conjunction with community • Incoming Tech head coach Justin Fuente is a Tulsa native. He played QB at Union HS, where his coach was Bill Blankenship, who outreach programs, Beamer has raised over $365,000 would later serve as Tulsa’s head coach (2011-14). Fuente played two seasons at Oklahoma before transferring to Murray State. for charitable causes. Benefi ciaries have included: Hokie United, United Way, Breast Cancer Awareness, St. Baldrick’s Foundation, Sandy Hook and Uplifting Athletes. The Intrepid Heroes Fund has realized $63,000 from donations GOOD STARTS IN SHREVEPORT BIG #S FOR INDEPENDENCE BOWL at Tech’s last three Military Appreciation Games, as well. Several Hall of Fame caliber head coaches have launched Perhaps the cause closest to Beamer’s heart has been successful runs at their respective schools with an appearance in 4 TD passes needed by QB Michael Brewer to give him 34 career the Independence Bowl. Here’s a look: Herma’s Readers, named in honor of his late mother, who at VT which would tie Jim Druckenmiller for sixth in school annals. was a teacher. The program has distributed over 100,000 Year Coach Team Of Note new and used books across Virginia and has raised $145,00 1993 Beamer Virginia Tech Began 23-season bowl streak 7 Catches needed by WR Isaiah Ford to move into third place on for the purchase of additional books. 1995 Saban Michigan St. Coached MSU from 1995-99 Tech’s career list. His 119 receptions are currently tied for sixth. FLASHBACK TO 1993 1999 Stoops Oklahoma Began 17-season bowl streak 26 Receiving yards needed by Ford to pass Andre’ Davis (962 in 1999) To help put Tech’s 23-year bowl streak in perspective, Bill 2007 Saban Alabama 103 wins, 3 national titles for the best seasonal total in Virginia Tech history. Clinton had been in the White House for less than a year 39 Rushing yards needed by RB Travon McMillian to become the in December 1993. Tech alum Bruce Smith and the Buff alo IN-STATE DOMINANCE Bills were making their run to a fourth consecutive Super No other FBS program has dominated its in-state rival quite fi rst 1,000-yard VT freshman since Ryan Williams (1,655 in 2009). Bowl, while current Tulsa head coach Phillip Montgomery like Beamer and the Hokies have piled up wins against Virginia.