2007 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

The 2007 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Frank Beamer.

2007 Virginia Tech Hokies football
ACC champion
ACC Coastal Division champion
Orange Bowl, L 21–24 vs. Kansas
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
DivisionCoastal Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 9
Record11–3 (7–1 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBryan Stinespring (6th season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorBud Foster (13th season)
Base defense4–4
Home stadiumLane Stadium
2007 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Atlantic Division
No. 10 Boston College x  6 2   11 3  
No. 21 Clemson  5 3   9 4  
Wake Forest  5 3   9 4  
Florida State  4 4   7 6  
Maryland  3 5   6 7  
NC State  3 5   5 7  
Coastal Division
No. 9 Virginia Tech x$  7 1   11 3  
Virginia  6 2   9 4  
Georgia Tech  4 4   7 6  
North Carolina  3 5   4 8  
Miami (FL)  2 6   5 7  
Duke  0 8   1 11  
Championship: Virginia Tech 30, Boston College 16
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The Hokies entered the season returning nine starters on offense and eight on defense, including All-American cornerback Brandon Flowers, from a 2006 team that went 10-3 and finished second in the ACC's Coastal Division behind Georgia Tech.

After the Virginia Tech massacre claimed the lives of 32 students and faculty members on Monday, April 16, 2007, the remainder of spring practice was canceled. The Hokies had been scheduled to hold two more practices in addition to a spring game on Saturday. As a special tribute, ESPN's College GameDay program broadcast from Blacksburg for the Hokies' opening game against East Carolina.

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