The Virginia Tech Hokies football team is the college football program of Virginia Tech and is one of the most successful college football teams in the country. It competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference in NCAA Division I-FBS. The Hokies play their home games at Lane Stadium, one of the loudest stadiums and has one of the best home-field advantages in the country. After the 2006 season, the Hokies have a career record of 198-105-4. Their head coach, Frank Beamer, is considered the third winningest coach in Division I-FBS. He ranks behind Bobby Bowden and Joe Paterno. The Hokies also have a consistent record in bowl games, making the postseason every year since the 1993 season. They also have the third-longest bowl game appearance streak in the country, behind Michigan, Florida, and Florida. State. In the history of the college football program, the Hokies have been ranked in the Top 10 four times, won six conference championships, and played in the national championships. However, they lost in the 2000 Sugar Bowl at Florida State University 46-29.

The first football game the Hokies played was on October 21, 1892 against the St. Albans Lutheran Boys School of Radford, Virginia. At the time, Virginia Tech was known as the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. They won their game by a score of 14-10 but eight days later when they returned to Ratford for another game they were beaten 10-0. For decades, the Hokies were a mediocre independent program, winning and losing games here and there. But in 1987, when head coach Frank Beamers was hired, the Hokies worked their way into the top 20. In the 1995 Sugar Bowl, the 13th-ranked Hokies defeated the 9th-ranked Texas Longhorns. .

The best season for the Hokies was probably 1999. Led by rookie quarterback Michael Vick, the Hokies went through the regular season with an 11-0 record. They defeated the West Virginia Mountaineers on a last-minute drive and game-winning field goal that ended in a 22-20 victory. That game came to be known as the “Morgantown Miracle.”

In the following seasons, the Hokies had their fair share of success, reaching the 2000 Sugar Bowl against the Florida State Seminoles. However, the Seminoles defeated them 46-29. The next season was better as the Hokies once again played for the national championship. While they lost in the Sugar Bowl to the Miami Hurricanes, they did win the 2001 Gator Bowl, defeating the Clemson Tigers 41-20.

The 2007 season was a solemn season for the Hokies due to the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootings that shocked the entire world. Still, the Hokies prevailed in an emotional game against the East Carolina Pirates by a score of 17-7. The team went on to play the LSU Tigers but managed only 149 yards compared to the Tigers’ 598 yards. In their game against Boston College, they had a 10-0 lead, but then lost in the last minute 10-14. Still, Virginia Tech managed to win the remainder of the regular season and claim a Coastal Division crown.