Virginia Tech-Nebraska: Interesting Hokie-Husker Facts

* Virginia Tech has never played a game in Nebraska.

* The Hokies are 16-35 all-time in football games played in the Central Time Zone.

* This will be the farthest west, longitudinally, that VT has traveled for a regular season game since they went to Memorial Stadium in Oklahoma back in 1991.

* In 2002, Virginia Tech played at Texas A&M’s Kyle Field. However, Nebraska’s Tom Osborne Field sits JUST west of College Station at -96.705639

* Virginia Tech and Nebraska have played just once before, when the No. 6 Huskers beat the No. 10 Hokies in the Orange Bowl, 41-21, at the end of the 1996 season.

* Nebraska is scheduled to play in Blacksburg during the 2009 season.

* VA Tech is 3-3 under Frank Beamer against teams currently in the Big 12 Conference.

* Virginia Tech plays at the highest elevation of any Division I school east of Texas.

* Only two Division I head coaches have a longer tenure than Frank Beamer (22nd year): two fellas named Joe Paterno (43rd year) and Bobby Bowden (33rd year).

MOST WINS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL SINCE 1995

Ohio State: 133 wins

Florida: 130 wins

Virginia Tech: 129 wins

Source: VA TECH game notes