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 - 818.0 SACKS & 376 INTS LEAD FBS SINCE 1996 #12 VIRGINIA TECH (1-0, 1-0) VS. WILLIAM & MARY (1-0, 0-0) Games Played ............................. 63 SEPT. 8, 2018 • 2 PM • BLACKSBURG, VA. • LANE STADIUM (65,632) • ACC NETWORK EXTRA Series ......................Tech leads, 41-18-4 Series Began ....................... Oct. 22, 1904 Justin Fuente ...................... Coach ...................... Jimmye Laycock Murray State (1999)............. Alma Mater .............. William & Mary (1970) Home .................................... 21-6-1 20-8 (3rd Season) ............Record at School ........ 246-189-2 (39th season) Away ........................................ 7-6 46-31 (7th Season) . Overall Record ......... 246-189-2 (39th season) GAME 1 Neutral ................................... 13-6-3 0-0 ....................... Record vs. Opponent ......................... 0-0 0-0 .........................Record vs. Coach ........................... 0-0 SERIES INFO Last Meeting.. Virginia Tech won 34-9 at VT (8/30/14) HOKIES RETURN HOME VS. WILLIAM & MARY GOT FUENTE? THE #LPD = NASTY D • Virginia Tech (No. 12 AP/No. 14 USA Today Coaches) • Justin Fuente is one of only six active FBS head coaches to lead his • Tech’s vaunted Lunch Pail Defense finished the 2017 season faces William & Mary at Lane Stadium on Saturday. squad to nine or more victories each of the past four seasons. fourth in the FBS in scoring defense (14.8 ppg) and posted an • The Hokies are facing an extremely short week following a • Fuente went 19-8 in his first two seasons at VT, the most wins by FBS-best three shutouts. 24-3 win on Monday night at Florida State (9/3). any Tech coach in his initial two campaigns in Blacksburg. FBS LEADERS - SCORING DEFENSE, 2017 • VT’s 21-point win over No. 19 FSU was the second- • Fuente’s 19 wins in his first two ACC seasons are tied with Teams PPG Record 1. Alabama 11.9 13-1 biggest margin of victory for an ACC team playing its first Georgia Tech’s Paul Johnson for the most among active league 2. Clemson 13.6 12-2 game of the year against a ranked foe. The only margin head coaches. Johnson went 19-7 from 2008-09 at Georgia Tech. 3. Wisconsin 13.9 13-1 greater in a season opener against a ranked team was • With those 19 wins in his first two seasons in Blacksburg, Fuente 4. VIRGINIA TECH 14.8 9-4 North Carolina’s 22-point win over No. 18 USC in 1993. owns more victories than every Tech coach has accumulated in his 5. Washington 16.1 10-3 • W&M opened the year with a 14-7 win at Bucknell (9/1). first three seasons with the exception of B.C. Cubbage, who guided • The #LPD picked up right where it left off in a dominating 24-3 • Tech is 10-2 at home under head coach Justin Fuente, the program to 21 victories from 1921-23. win at Florida State (9/3). including a 4-0 mark vs. non-conference foes. The Hokies • Tech had 14.0 tackles for loss, while allowing only 12 first downs. BEST TWO-YEAR QB DEBUTS FOR HOKIES • FSU broke off an 85-yard run, but the Seminoles gained only nine won their final three home games of 2017 and are 5-1 • QB Josh Jackson has guided Tech to 10 victories as the Hokies’ net yards on their 27 other rushing attempts. overall in September games at Lane under Fuente. starting QB in 2017-18. He has a shot to etch his name among other • FSU took 63 offensive snaps, 35 of which (55.5%) went for no • The iconic Jimmye Laycock is in his 39th and final season elite Tech signal callers who piled up wins in their first two seasons. gain or loss, the highest percentage for the Seminoles in a game as William & Mary’s head coach. A longtime friend and BEST WIN PCT. (SINCE 1995) since a contest vs. Florida (11/25/06). colleague of Frank Beamer, Laycock’s uninterrupted tenure 1ST TWO SEASONS AS VT STARTING QB • CB Caleb Farley had two INTs and a sack was named ACC at an NCAA Division I program ranks third all-time behind 1. 20-1 (.952) Michael Vick 1999-00 Defensive Back of the Week in his first college game. only Joe Paterno (46 seasons at Penn State) and Amos 2. 20-4 (.833) Jim Druckenmiller 1995-96 • LB Rayshard Ashby produced 2.0 TFL, seven total tackles and a Alonzo Stagg (41 seasons at Chicago). 4. 18-5 (..782) Tyrod Taylor 2008-09 3. 16-6 (.727) Sean Glennon 2006-07 fumble recovery to earn ACC Defensive Linebacker of the Week • Virginia Tech has won 11 straight meetings with W&M in 5. 18-9 (.667) Logan Thomas 2011-12 honors in his first collegiate start. dating back to 1977 in a series that began in 1904. • Tech is 13-2 all-time against The Tribe at Lane Stadium. FIVE OF TOP SIX RUSHERS RETURN IN 2018 • Including QB Josh Jackson (324 rushing yards in 2017), Tech QB JOSH JACKSON - WHAT A DEBUT IN 2017! • Tech head coach Justin Fuente was a little over two returns five of its six top ground gainers from a year ago. Jackson led • QB Josh Jackson’s 2,991 passing yards were a VT freshman months old the last time W&M defeated Tech, a 27-15 the Hokies with six rushing TDs in 2017. record and the most of any FBS freshman in 2017. decision at Lane Stadium (10/2/76). • In total, players who accounted for 73.9% (1,666 of 2,254) of FRESHMEN FBS LEADERS, PASSING YARDS • The Tribe is no stranger to facing FBS foes and Tech’s rushing yards in 2017 are back in 2018. Those players also QB Team Yards Comp % Rating TDs INTs registered a 26-14 victory at Virginia (9/5/09). Josh Jackson VT 2,991 59.6 135.2 20 9 contributed 89.5% of VT’s rushing TDs (17 of 19) last season. • The two teams faced a pair of common opponents in Jake Fromm UGA 2,615 62.2 160.1 24 7 • RB Deshawn McClease led VT with 530 rushing yards in 2017, J. Blackman FSU 2,230 58.2 135.0 19 11 2017. Tech posted a 27-0 win vs. Delaware (9/9/17) and including a career-high 124 yards vs. Oklahoma State (12/28/17). a 10-0 win at Virginia (11/24/17), while W&M lost 17-0 • Jackson led all FBS freshman QBs in total offense (255.0 ypg). at Delaware (10/14/17) and 28-10 at Virginia (9/2/17). • Other key RB returnees include Steven Peoples (267 yards in • Jackson’s 3,315 yards of total offense and 520 total plays were 2017), Jalen Holston (226 yards) and Coleman Fox (223 yards). KEY VT-W&M SCORING STATS TO WATCH by far the highest tallies of any FBS freshman. • Tech has outscored W&M by a combined 78-12 margin in its two most recent contests in 2007 and 2014. BEAMER BALL LIVES HERE! FOOTBALL IS FAMILY AT VIRGINIA TECH • VT has won 20 consecutive games when it holds foes to • Virginia Tech’s tradition of excellence on special teams, • Dating back to 1987, 27 sets of brothers have played at Virginia 21 points or fewer dating back to 2015. affectionately known as “Beamer Ball” is alive and well. Tech. 2018 marks the 17th consecutive season that the Hokies • Since Bud Foster took over as Tech’s defensive • Tech TE Chris Cunningham blocked a punt at FSU (9/3) that was have had at least one set of brothers on its roster - the longest coordinator in 1996, the Hokies are 100-1 when holding recovered by WR Eric Kumah for a three-yard TD. Kumah became known streak in the FBS. foes to 10 points or fewer. only the third VT player since 1987 to register a blocked kick TD • The Hokies made history in the 2018 NFL Draft when Tremaine • W&M has lost 16 straight when being held to 10 points or and another TD in the same game. He also had a 49-yard TD catch. Edmunds (16th overall - Buffalo) and Terrell Edmunds (28th fewer dating back to 2005, including three games in 2017. • Dating back to 1999, Miami (25) and Oregon (23) are the only two overall - Pittsburgh) become the first pair of siblings ever selected • Virginia Tech is 18-0 under Fuente when leading at squads to return more punts for TDs than VT (22). in the first round of the same NFL Draft. The eldest Edmunds halftime, including a 9-0 mark in 2017. • Only Texas A&M (8) blocked more kicks than VT (6) in 2017. brother, Trey, played at Tech and serves as a RB for New Orleans. • Dating back to 2010, W&M is 2-22 when allowing 30 Florida State, Arizona State, Northern Illinois also blocked six. • Tech boasts two sets of brothers on the current roster - identical points or more, including seven straight losses. • Virginia Tech tied for the FBS lead with Arizona State and Texas twins (redshirt juniors) Kevin and Connor Kish, as well as senior • Tech is 13-1 under Fuente when 30 points or more, A&M with five blocked punts in 2017. DL Vinny Mihota and true freshman OL Louis Mihota.