American college football season
The2013 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented theVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in the2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Hokies were led by 27th-year head coachFrank Beamer and played their home games atLane Stadium inBlacksburg, Virginia . They were members of the Coastal Division of theAtlantic Coast Conference . They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for second place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to theSun Bowl where they lost to UCLA. The team's 93 game consecutive sellout streak ended on September 7, 2013 against Western Carolina with an announced attendance of 61,335.[ 1]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 31 5:30 p.m. vs. No. 1Alabama * ESPN L 10–3573,114 September 7 1:30 p.m. Western Carolina * ESPN3 W 45–361,335 September 14 12:00 p.m. atEast Carolina * FS1 W 15–1050,096 September 21 12:00 p.m. Marshall * Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA ESPNU W 29–213OT 64,060 September 26 7:30 p.m. atGeorgia Tech ESPN W 17–1050,214 October 5 12:30 p.m. North Carolina Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA ACCN W 27–1765,632 October 12 12:00 p.m. Pittsburgh No. 24 Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA ESPNU W 19–964,954 October 26 3:30 p.m. Duke No. 16 Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA ESPNU L 10–1363,326 November 2 12:00 p.m. atBoston College ABC/ESPN2 L 27–3430,129 November 9 7:00 p.m. at No. 11Miami (FL) ESPN W 42–2449,267 November 16 12:30 p.m. Maryland Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA ACCN L 24–27OT 64,686 November 30 3:30 p.m. atVirginia ESPNU W 16–652,069 December 31 2:00 p.m. vs. No. 17UCLA * CBS L 12–4247,912 *Non-conference game Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game All times are inEastern time
[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Hokies 7 3 0 0 10 #1 Crimson Tide 14 14 7 0 35
Previous meeting was also in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in 2009.
1 2 3 4 Total Catamounts 0 0 3 0 3 Hokies 7 14 14 10 45
1 2 3 4 Total Hokies 7 0 6 2 15 Pirates 7 0 3 0 10
1 2 3 4 OT 2OT 3OT Total Thundering Herd 7 14 0 0 0 0 0 21 Hokies 14 0 0 7 0 0 8 29
1 2 3 4 Total Hokies 7 7 0 3 17 Yellow Jackets 0 3 7 0 10
1 2 3 4 Total Tar Heels 0 7 3 7 17 Hokies 7 14 0 6 27
1 2 3 4 Total Panthers 0 3 0 6 9 #24 Hokies 10 0 6 3 19
1 2 3 4 Total Blue Devils 0 6 7 0 13 #16 Hokies 0 0 7 3 10
1 2 3 4 Total Hokies 0 10 7 10 27 Eagles 7 0 10 17 34
1 2 3 4 Total Hokies 14 14 7 7 42 Hurricanes 7 7 10 0 24
1 2 3 4 OT Total Terrapins 0 14 7 0 6 27 Hokies 7 0 7 7 3 24
1 2 3 4 Total Hokies 6 10 0 0 16 Cavaliers 3 3 0 0 6
1 2 3 4 Total Hokies 7 0 3 2 12 #17 Bruins 7 7 0 28 42
1st quarter scoring: UCLA –Brett Hundley 7-yard run (Kaʻimi Fairbairn kick); VT – J.C. Coleman 1-yard run ( Michael Branthover (kick)
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Hundley 86-yard run (Fairbairn kick)
3rd quarter scoring: VT – Branthover 22-yard field goal
4th quarter scoring: UCLA –Paul Perkins 5-yard run (Fairbairn kick); UCLA –Myles Jack intercepted pass from Mark Leal 24-yards return (Fairbairn kick); VT – Sean Covington 3-yard loss for safety; UCLA –Thomas Duarte 8-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick); UCLA –Shaquelle Evans 59-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick)[ 4]
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^ Barber, Mike (September 7, 2013)."Va. Tech Downs Western Carolina 45–3" .Richmond Times-Dispatch . RetrievedSeptember 7, 2013 . ^ "Football Roster" . Virginia Tech Athletics. Archived fromthe original on November 2, 2013. RetrievedNovember 29, 2013 .^ "2013 Schedule & Results" . Virginia Tech Athletics. Archived fromthe original on August 3, 2009. RetrievedFebruary 26, 2013 .^ "Sun Bowl - Virginia Tech vs UCLA Box Score, December 31, 2013" .College Football at Sports-Reference.com . RetrievedAugust 9, 2025 .
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