Virginia Tech Football Records
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Total Offense (By Tech)

675 at East Carolina - Sep 16, 2017
675 at Pitt - Sep 11, 1993
641 vs. Maryland - Sep 25, 1993
638 vs. Akron - Oct 14, 1995
617 vs. William & Mary - Oct 29, 1983

Total Offense (By Opponent)

833 Alabama - Oct 27, 1973
656 North Carolina - Oct 10, 2020
654 Pitt - Nov 10, 2018
649 Maryland - Sep 25, 1993
646 Houston - Nov 13, 1971

Total Plays (By Tech)

100 vs. Duke - Oct 24, 2015
98 at Cincinnati - Aug 31, 1985
96 vs. Wake Forest - Nov 22, 1975
95 at East Carolina - Sep 16, 2017
95 vs. Virginia - Nov 24, 2012
95 at South Carolina - Nov 11, 1972

Total Plays (By Opponent)

100 Syracuse - Oct 15, 2016
100 Syracuse - Nov 9, 2002
100 Ohio - Oct 23, 1971
100 William & Mary - Oct 16, 1971
98 Cincinnati - Oct 19, 1991

Rushing Attempts (By Tech)

87 vs. Wake Forest - Nov 22, 1975
87 at South Carolina - Oct 12, 1974
86 vs. Richmond - Oct 26, 1974
85 vs. NC State - Sep 29, 1956
81 vs. Virginia - Oct 27, 1956

Rushing Attempts (By Opponent)

78 Georgia Tech - Oct 25, 2018
78 Wake Forest - Sep 18, 1971
77 Kentucky - Sep 14, 1974
77 Alabama - Nov 18, 1973
74 Kentucky - Sep 13, 1975
74 SMU - Sep 21, 1974
74 Oklahoma State - Oct 24, 1972

Rushing Yards (By Tech)

500 at Pitt - Sep 11, 1993
469 vs. Duke - Nov 15, 1969
467 vs. William & Mary - Oct 12, 1985
453 vs. Akron - Oct 14, 1995
451 vs. William & Mary - Oct 29, 1983

Rushing Yards (By Opponent)

748 Alabama - Nov 18, 1973
577 Maryland - Dec 2, 1950
500 SMU - Sep 29, 1973
492 Pitt - Nov 10, 2018
465 Georgia Tech - Oct 25, 2018

Rushing Touchdowns (By Tech)

8 vs. Akron - Oct 14, 1995
7 vs. William & Mary - Sep 8, 2018
7 at Pitt - Sep 11, 1993
7 vs. VMI - Nov 24, 1966
6 on 11 occasions (most recent: at Virginia - Nov 28, 2009)
5 on 18 occasions (most recent: vs. Boston College - Oct 17, 2024)

Rushing Touchdowns (By Opponent)

9 Alabama - Nov 18, 1973
8 Maryland - Dec 2, 1950
7 Georgia Tech - Oct 25, 2018
6 Pitt - Oct 8, 2022
6 Pitt - Nov 10, 2018
6 Miami - Dec 7, 2002
6 Alabama - Nov 18, 1972
6 Virginia - Oct 7, 1950

Passing Attempts (By Tech)

56 vs. East Carolina - Sep 13, 2014
54 vs. Georgia Tech - Sep 30, 2006
53 vs. Houston - Oct 7, 1972
52 vs. Notre Dame - Oct 6, 2018
52 vs. Florida State - Dec 3, 2005

Passing Attempts (By Opponent)

67 Clemson - Oct 6, 2007
58 East Carolina - Sep 12, 1992
57 Maryland - Sep 25, 1993
57 Appalachian State - Oct 23, 1982
56 Marshall - Sep 12, 2002
56 Appalachian State - Oct 24, 1981
56 Florida State - Oct 29, 1966

Passing Completions (By Tech)

34 vs. Houston - Oct 7, 1972
32 vs. Georgia Tech - Nov 12, 2016
31 vs. Notre Dame - Oct 6, 2018
31 vs. Boston College - Nov 1, 2014
31 at South Carolina - Nov 11, 1972

Passing Completions (By Opponent)

38 Clemson - Oct 6, 2007
36 Marshall - Sep 12, 2002
35 Pitt - Nov 21, 2020
34 East Carolina - Sep 12, 1992
34 William & Mary - Sep 25, 1982

Passing Yards (By Tech)

527 vs. Houston - Oct 7, 1972
504 at Syracuse - Nov 9, 2002
413 at South Carolina - Nov 11, 1972
408 at Wake Forest - Nov 25, 1972
406 at Pitt - Oct 27, 2016

Passing Yards (By Opponent)

498 Maryland - Sep 25, 1993
494 Old Dominion - Sep 22, 2018
469 Miami - Oct 5, 2019
448 Boston College - Nov 6, 1993
442 Marshall - Sep 12, 2002

Passing Touchdowns (By Tech)

5 at East Carolina - Sep 16, 2017
5 vs. Boston College - Sep 17, 2016
5 at Syracuse - Nov 9, 2002
5 vs. Temple - Oct 16, 1993
4 on 15 occasions (most recent: at Boston College - Aug 31, 2019)

Passing Touchdowns (By Opponent)

6 Vanderbilt - Nov 13, 1982
5 North Carolina - Oct 19, 2019
5 Rutgers - Oct 31, 1992
5 Florida State - Nov 11, 1967
4 on 15 occasions (most recent: Miami - Sep 27, 2024)

Total First Downs (By Tech)

36 vs. UCF - Aug 31, 2003
35 vs. Wake Forest - Oct 16, 2010
34 at East Carolina - Sep 16, 2017
34 vs. Akron - Nov 9, 1991
32 vs. William & Mary - Sep 8, 2018
32 vs. Old Dominion - Sep 23, 2017

Total First Downs (By Opponent)

35 Georgia Tech - Oct 25, 2018
34 William & Mary - Oct 16, 1971
32 West Virginia - Sep 22, 2022
32 Syracuse - Oct 15, 2016
32 Rutgers - Oct 31, 1992

Rushing First Downs (By Tech)

25 at South Carolina - Oct 12, 1974
24 vs. NC State - Oct 29, 1956
23 at Pitt - Sep 11, 1993
23 vs. Wake Forest - Nov 19, 1977
23 vs. VMI - Oct 9, 1976

Rushing First Downs (By Opponent)

31 Georgia Tech - Oct 25, 2018
26 Alabama - Oct 27, 1973
23 Alabama - Nov 18, 1972
23 Wake Forest - Sep 18, 1971
22 Kentucky - Sep 13, 1975

Passing First Downs (By Tech)

23 vs. UCF - Aug 31, 2003
22 vs. Houston - Oct 7, 1972
20 vs. Wofford - Sep 17, 2022
19 at Pitt - Oct 27, 2016
19 at Wake Forest - Nov 25, 1972

Passing First Downs (By Opponent)

22 Pitt - Nov 21, 2020
22 East Carolina - Sep 12, 1992
21 Marshall - Sep 12, 2002
21 Cincinnati - Sep 6, 1986
20 William & Mary - Oct 16, 1971

Kickoff Return Yardage (By Tech)

245 vs. South Carolina - Oct 6, 1973
243 vs. Alabama - Sep 5, 2009
240 at Alabama - Oct 27, 1973
214 vs. Clemson - Sep 16, 1989
213 at Alabama - Nov 18, 1972

Kickoff Return Yardage (By Opponent)

226 North Carolina - Oct 6, 2012
208 Miami - Nov 9, 2013
205 Florida State - Nov 16, 1974
205 Houston - Oct 12, 1973
203 Richmond - Nov 28, 1968
203 VMI - Nov 28, 1968

Punt Return Yardage (By Tech)

188 vs. Georgia Tech - Nov 5, 2022
164 vs. Pitt - Oct 22, 1994
155 vs. Syracuse - Oct 11, 2003
154 vs. Richmond - Oct 21, 1967
152 vs. West Virginia - Oct 12, 2000

Punt Return Yardage (By Opponent)

187 Maryland - Dec 2, 1950
171 Florida State - Nov 16, 1974
155 NC State - Oct 28, 1950
127 Kentucky - Nov 4, 1978
122 Southern Miss - Sep 17, 1988

Interceptions (By Tech)

6 vs. Rutgers - Nov 21, 1998
6 at Rutgers - Oct 31, 1992
6 at Florida State - Nov 2, 1968
5 on 9 occasions (most recent: at Georgia Tech - Nov 1, 2007)

Interceptions (By Opponent)

7 Florida State - Oct 10, 1959
5 on 9 occasions (most recent: Virginia - Nov 19, 1994)

Interception Return Yardage (By Tech)

182 vs. Vanderbilt - Nov 12, 1983
169 vs. Rutgers - Nov 21, 1998
152 at Miami - Dec 7, 2002
151 vs. William & Mary - Sep 23, 1967
148 vs. Waynesburg - Nov 13, 1954

Interception Return Yardage (By Opponent)

132 Clemson - Sep 16, 1989
128 Quantico - Sep 30, 1950
108 Florida State - Sep 29, 1990
107 East Carolina - Nov 16, 1991
107 Virginia - Nov 10, 1979