• All statistics came from Virginia Tech media guides, Hokie Huddlers, or other official sources.
• All statistics are up to date as of 3/26/01.
• Most information starts from 1993 (when VT started to win and Big East round-robin play started) unless otherwise noted.
• Before round-robin Big East play began (1991 & 1992) the highest ranked team was declared Big East champion.
• Technically, Miami did not win the Big East title in 1995 because no team on probation can win or share the title.
• All games played at neutral sites (bowl games and Temple 95) are considered away games.
• Some subjects are highly subjective, such as: how do you distinguish between a night and day game? For example, what about a game that starts at 3:30 PM in late November? What is the definition of "bad weather"? I defined things as best as I could.
• There is a small possibility that I have made some computational errors.
• Remember, take these statistics with a grain of salt.

Section 1: Top Home Crowds at Virginia Tech

Since the capacity of Lane Stadium has increased, there is no need to update the top crowds (see last year's Confessions of a Stats Freak), because all 6 home games in 2000 are now the top 6 Lane Stadium crowds. However, VT’s records with crowds over 50,000 can be updated.

Section 3: VT’s Record When …

1. VT’s overall record (75-21)

• 26-2 vs. Big East opponents at home
• 15-5 vs. non-conference opponents on the road
• 42-6 at home

2. VT plays on TV (48-17)

• 25-3 at home (only losses – BC 95 and UVA 94 & 98)
• 33-10 vs. Big East opponents
• 19-1 vs. Big East opponents at home

3. VT doesn’t play on TV (27-4)

• 17-3 at home
• 11-2 vs. Big East opponents
• 6-0 vs. non-conference opponents on the road

4. VT plays on grass (58-13)

• 32-5 vs. Big East opponents
• 26-8 vs. non-conference opponents
• 16-7 on the road

5. VT plays on artificial turf (17-8)

• 12-7 vs. Big East opponents
• 5-1 vs. non-conference opponents

6. VT plays during the day (48-15)

• 20-1 vs. Big East opponents at home (only loss – Temple 98)
• 9-8 vs. Big East opponents on the road
• 19-6 vs. non-conference opponents

7. VT plays at night (27-6)

• 10-1 at home (only loss – BC 95)
• 15-3 vs. Big East opponents
• 12-3 vs. non-conference opponents

8. VT plays in "good" weather (58-19)

• 21-2 vs. Big East opponents at home
• 31-5 at home
• 35-11 vs. Big East opponents

9. VT plays in "bad" weather (17-2)

• 11-1 at home (only loss – Cincinnati 95)
• 6-1 on the road (only loss – Pitt 97)
• 9-1 vs. Big East opponents

10. VT plays in August/September (27-4)

• 13-1 vs. non-conference opponents
• 12-2 on the road
• 15-2 at home

11. VT plays in October (24-6)

• 14-2 at home
• 18-5 vs. Big East opponents
• 12-1 vs. Big East opponents at home

12. VT plays in November (20-7)

• 8-0 vs. Big East opponents at home
• 7-5 on the road
• 12-4 vs. Big East opponents

13. VT plays in December/January (4-4)

• Bowl games…

14. VT’s defense gets at least 5 sacks (31-2)

• 16-0 at home
• 9-0 vs. non-conference opponents
• Only 2 losses – Miami 93, Syracuse 98

15. VT blocks a kick (32-9)

• 20-2 at home (only losses – BC 95 and Cincinnati 95)
• 13-2 vs. Non Conference
• 6-6 vs. Big East opponents on the road

16. VT scores a special teams and/or defensive touchdown (33-3)

• 14-0 at home
• 14-0 vs. non-conference opponents
• Only 3 losses – Syracuse 96 & 98 and Pitt 97

17. VT blocks a kick and scores a special teams/defensive touchdown (15-3)

• 1-3 vs. Big East opponents on the road
• 9-0 at home
• 8-0 vs. non-conference opponents

18. VT is trailing at halftime (8-16)

• 5-13 on the road
• 5-9 vs. Big East opponents
• 3-3 at home

19. VT is leading or tied at halftime (67-5)

• 39-3 at home (only losses – Miami(OH) 97, Temple 98, UVA 98)
• 28-2 on the road (only losses – WVU 93, Syracuse 98)
• 28-2 vs. non-conference opponents

20. VT is leading after 3 quarters (71-5)

• 25-0 vs. Big East opponents at home
• 13-1 vs. non-conference opponents on the road
• 41-1 at home
• only losses – WVU 93, Syracuse 94 & 98, UVA 98, & FSU 99

21. VT is not leading after 3 quarters (4-16)

• 1-5 at home
• 3-11 on the road
• only wins – So. Miss 94, Pitt 95 & 00, and UVA 95

22. VT allows 20 points or less (61-3)

• 33-2 at home
• 13-0 vs. non-conference opponents on the road
• Only losses – WVU 93, BC 95, and Cincinnati 95

23. VT allows 17 points or less (53-2)

• 20-0 vs. Big East opponents at home
• 31-1 vs. Big East opponents
• 21-1 on the road

24. VT allows 14 points or less (44-1)

• 29-0 at home
• 17-0 vs. non-conference opponents
• only loss – WVU 93

25. VT scores at least 30 points (54-2)

• 36-1 at home (only loss – UVA 98)
• 29-1 vs. Big East opponents (only loss – BC 93)
• 25-1 vs. non-conference opponents

26. VT scores at least 20 points (70-13)

• 24-1 vs. Big East opponents at home (only loss – Temple 98)
• 30-6 vs. non-conference opponents
• 40-3 at home

27. VT scores less than 20 points (5-8)

• 4-5 vs. Big East opponents
• 2-3 at home
• 1-3 vs. non-conference opponents

28. VT running back has 100+ yards rushing (38-6)

• 22-2 vs. Big East opponents (only losses – Temple 98 & Miami 00)
• 25-3 at home
• 13-3 on the road

29. No VT running back rushes for 100+ yards (37-15)

• 11-1 vs. Big East opponents at home (only loss – BC 95)
• 11-9 vs. Big East opponents on the road

30. Opponent’s running back has 100+ yards rushing (18-7)

• 11-1 at home (only loss – UVA 94)
• 7-0 vs. Big East opponents at home

31. VT’s defense does not allow a running back to rush for 100+ yards (57-14)

• 31-5 at home
• 26-7 vs. non-conference opponents

32. VT rushes for 200+ yards as a team (53-3)

• 21-1 vs. non-conference opponents
• 35-1 at home (only loss – Temple 98)
• 18-2 on the road (only losses – BC 93 & FSU 99)

33. VT rushes for less than 100 yards as a team (2-5)

• only wins – BC 94 and UVA 95
• 2-3 on the road

34. VT holds opponents to less than 100 yards rushing (45-4)

• 24-2 vs. Big East opponents (only losses – Miami 93 and BC 95)
• 21-2 vs. non conference opponents (only losses – UVA 98 & FSU 99)
• 25-2 at home

35. VT allows opponents to rush for 100+ yards (30-17)

• 13-13 on the road
• 10-1 vs. Big East opponents at home (only loss – Temple 98)

36. VT’s QBs attempt at least 30 passes (11-10)

• 7-7 vs. Big East opponents
• 6-8 on the road

37. VT’s QBs attempt at least 40 passes (0-2)

• only losses – BC 95 and Cincinnati 95

38. Opponents’ QBs attempt at least 30 passes (46-6)

• 13-1 vs. non-conference opponents on the road
• 15-1 vs. Big East opponents at home
• 24-3 vs. Big East opponents

39. Opponents’ QBs attempt at least 40 passes (17-1)

• 10-1 vs. Big East opponents
• 9-1 on the road
• only loss – Miami 93

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