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Virginia Tech begins emotional season vs. East Carolina
Sep 1, 2007 - 12:08 PM East Carolina at No. 9 Virginia Tech 12:00 pm EDTBLACKSBURG, Virginia (Ticker) -- At long last, the Virginia Tech football team can help distract their grieving fans.
The ninth-ranked Hokies will take the field for the first time since a campus tragedy when they open their 2007 season against East Carolina on Saturday.
On April 16, a Virginia Tech student murdered 32 classmates and faculty members before taking his own life. It was the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history.
"It may be for a sad reason, but everyone seems to be pulling for us," Hokies left tackle Duane Brown said. "In a way, I think we'll kind of be America's team. People who don't even follow Virginia Tech tell me, 'I'll be rooting for you.'"
The Hokies went 10-3 last season, including 6-2 to finish second in the Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division.
Virginia Tech returns eight starters on both offense and defense, including star fifth-year senior linebackers Vince Hall and Xavier Adibi, who helped the team lead the nation in scoring defense in 2006.
East Carolina also came in second in its division, going 5-3 in the Conference USA East, and finished 7-6 overall.
Entering their third season under coach Skip Holtz, the Pirates have a new quarterback in sophomore Rob Kass, who is taking over for James Pinkneyk, a nearly 2,800-yard passer last year.
Virginia Tech leads the all-time series, 8-4.
- NCAAF FINAL
1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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EAST CAROLINA 0 7 0 0 7
VIRGINIA TECH (9) 3 7 0 7 17 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: VIRGINIA TECH - FG, JUD DUNLEVY 25 YD, 10:32.
VIRGINIA TECH 3-0
2ND QUARTER: EAST CAROLINA - TD, CHRIS JOHNSON 2 YD RUN (BEN
HARTMAN KICK), 0:37. EAST
CAROLINA 7-3
VIRGINIA TECH - TD, VICTOR HARRIS 17 YD
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Sep 1 3:15 PM
TD VIRGINIA TECH SAM WHEELER 21 YD PASS FROM SEAN GLENNON (JUD DUNLEVY KICK)
East Carolina vs. Virginia Tech(9)Sep 1 2:39 PM
TD VIRGINIA TECH SAM WHEELER 21 YD PASS FROM SEAN GLENNON (JUD DUNLEVY KICK)
East Carolina vs. Virginia Tech(9)Sep 1 2:39 PM
TD VIRGINIA TECH SAM WHEELER 21 YD PASS FROM SEAN GLENNON (JUD DUNLEVY KICK)
East Carolina vs. Virginia Tech(9)Sep 1 2:39 PM- NCAAF
TD VIRGINIA TECH
SAM WHEELER 21 YD PASS FROM SEAN GLENNON
(JUD DUNLEVY KICK)
EAST CAROLINA 7
VIRGINIA TECH (9) 17 13:07 LEFT, 4TH QTR
East Carolina vs. Virginia Tech(9)Sep 1 2:39 PM - NCAAF
EAST CAROLINA 7
VIRGINIA TECH (9) 10 0:00 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Sep 1 2:30 PM - NCAAF HALFTIME
1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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EAST CAROLINA 0 7 7
VIRGINIA TECH (9) 3 7 10 HALFTIME
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: VIRGINIA TECH - FG, JUD DUNLEVY 25 YD, 10:32.
VIRGINIA TECH 3-0
2ND QUARTER: EAST CAROLINA - TD, CHRIS JOHNSON 2 YD RUN (BEN
HARTMAN KICK), 0:37. EAST
CAROLINA 7-3
VIRGINIA TECH - TD, VICTOR HARRIS
Sep 1 1:36 PM
TD VIRGINIA TECH VICTOR HARRIS 17 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (JUD DUNLEVY KICK)
East Carolina vs. Virginia Tech(9)Sep 1 1:25 PM
TD VIRGINIA TECH VICTOR HARRIS 17 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (JUD DUNLEVY KICK)
East Carolina vs. Virginia Tech(9)Sep 1 1:25 PM- NCAAF
TD VIRGINIA TECH
VICTOR HARRIS 17 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN
(JUD DUNLEVY KICK)
EAST CAROLINA 7
VIRGINIA TECH (9) 10 3:07 LEFT, 2ND QTR
East Carolina vs. Virginia Tech(9)Sep 1 1:25 PM
TD EAST CAROLINA CHRIS JOHNSON 2 YD RUN (BEN HARTMAN KICK)
East Carolina vs. Virginia Tech(9)Sep 1 12:50 PM
TD EAST CAROLINA CHRIS JOHNSON 2 YD RUN (BEN HARTMAN KICK)
East Carolina vs. Virginia Tech(9)Sep 1 12:50 PM- NCAAF
TD EAST CAROLINA
CHRIS JOHNSON 2 YD RUN
(BEN HARTMAN KICK)
EAST CAROLINA 7
VIRGINIA TECH (9) 3 14:23 LEFT, 2ND QTR
East Carolina vs. Virginia Tech(9)Sep 1 12:50 PM - NCAAF END, 1ST QTR
1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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EAST CAROLINA 0 0
VIRGINIA TECH (9) 3 3 END, 1ST QTR
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: VIRGINIA TECH - FG, JUD DUNLEVY 25 YD, 10:32.
VIRGINIA TECH 3-0
Sep 1 12:42 PM - NCAAF
FG VIRGINIA TECH
JUD DUNLEVY 25 YD
EAST CAROLINA 0
VIRGINIA TECH (9) 3 4:28 LEFT, 1ST QTR
East Carolina vs. Virginia Tech(9)Sep 1 12:30 PM
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