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The Virginia Tech Hokies football team; represents Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the sport of American football. The Hokies compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference as of 2004. They previously competed in the Big East. Their home games are played at Lane Stadium, located in Blacksburg, Virginia with a seating capacity of over 65,000 fans. Lane Stadium is considered to be one of the loudest stadiums in the country, being voted number one in ESPN's "Top 20 Scariest Places to Play". Also, it was recognized in 2005 by Rivals.com as having the best home-field advantage in the country. The Hokies currently have the longest official bowl game streak in the country, having participated in the postseason every year since 1993. Florida State has a longer current streak, but due to NCAA sanctions, officially, FSU's streak ended in 2006. In program history, the Hokies have finished with a Top-10 ranking six times, won eight conference championships (one Southern Conference, three Big East, and four ACC), and contended once for the national championship, losing to Florida State University 46–29 in the 2000 Sugar Bowl led by redshirt freshman quarterback Michael Vick. ==History== Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech) first played football on October 21, 1892 against St. Albans Lutheran Boys School (Radford, Virginia). The game took place on a plowed off wheat field that was "about as level as a side of Brush Mountain". The Hokies won their first game 14-10, but were defeated 10-0 eight days later on a return trip to Radford.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules - 1892 )〕 The first several VAMC teams wore cadet gray and black, but in 1896 the colors were changed to Burnt Orange and Chicago Maroon – a color combination that was unique among educational institutions at the time. (詳細は1947 Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas against the University of Cincinnati. Tech had a 3-3-3 record that year, and was the third choice after Border Conference champions Hardin-Simmons University and runner-up Texas Tech Red Raiders both declined the bowl invitation.〔Colston, Chris. Tales from the Virginia Tech Sidelines. Sports Publishing LLC, 2003. Page 26.〕 Tech lost that game 18-6. Another first for the Hokies came in 1954 when they had their first, and only, unbeaten season in school history. The team was 8-0-1 and finished ranked 16th in the Associated Press post-season football poll. The team's lone blemish was a 7-7 tie against William & Mary in Blacksburg, VA. Despite the team's success, it did not appear in a post-season bowl game. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Virginia Tech Hokies football」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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