Special teams captain and punter Peter Moore has been very serviceable the first two games at flipping the field position for Tech's defense. In that game, the Eagle's first nine third down conversions through the start of the third quarter failed. The Hokies put together eight consecutive stops on third down through the end of the third quarter, marking their most consecutive stops in a game since the Boston College game in 2022. Third downs, known as money downs, were when the Tech defense got on a hot streak of stopping the Boilermakers following the delay. Against Old Dominion, Tech had five chunk plays on offense. Kyron Drones, who came in for Tech in its final series of the game, completed a 26-yard ball to tight end Dae'Quan Wright to begin the drive. ![]() The longest play of the day for the Tech offense was a pass from quarterback Grant Wells to wide receiver Stephen Gosnell for 39 yards in the third quarter. Having an explosive offense results in chunk plays, which are plays of 20 or more yards, and the Hokies racked up seven plays on offense of such caliber, with all being in the air. 31, 2019, against Kentucky in Charlotte, North Carolina at the Belk Bowl. The last time two players combined for 28 tackles was when Alan Tisdale and Rayshard Ashby both had 14 tackles on Dec. Jalen Stroman (14) and Keli Lawson (14) combined for 28 tackles on the day for the Hokies. How about a shout-out to the great grounds crew at Lane Stadium for getting the field ready for play after the record setting rain. The Georgia Tech game on Aug. 27, 2000 that ended up canceling the game due to lightning and unplayable field conditions saw 1.96" of rain. For comparison, the Texas A&M game in the midsts of Hurricane Isabel on Sept. As for the most rain ever on a single day, yesterday's rain falls in second place behind 4.48" on Aug. 9 (1.20" in 1909), daily maximum rainfall for the month (4.39 on Sept. Rainfall totals date back to 1893 and yesterday set the record for most rain on Sept. Yesterday's official rainfall total according to the National Weather Service in Blacksburg topped out at 4.41". In 2021, East Carolina and Houston had the start of their game delayed for 5 hours and 20 minutes. The previous record for an in-game delay was 3 hours and 55 minutes between TCU and Kansas State in 2017. From what we could find, the 5:27 delay is the longest in college football history. Officially any weather delays during the game are not included with the time of game in the box score, but the 8 hours and 35 minutes total elapsed time from the opening kickoff to the game clock hitting 0:00 has to be up there for the longest game in Virginia Tech history. The 5-hour, 27-minute delay for weather that occurred with 5:50 to go in the first quarter was the first in-game delay at Lane Stadium for a regular-season game. due to lightning being within a 10-mile radius. The game finally kicked off at 12:23 p.m. ET, but lightning in the area pulled both teams off the field. ![]() The game was officially scheduled to begin at 12:01 p.m. The Hokies' 17 points scored against the Boilermakers mark the 359th consecutive game during which Virginia Tech has scored, the third-longest active streak in the nation among FBS schools (fifth longest through FBS history). Falling short in the second game of the season, Virginia Tech football lost 24-17 to Purdue Saturday in Lane Stadium but finished the game with some noteworthy stats.įor a deeper look at the numbers, view below.
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