Virginia Tech's History As A Home Underdog

By: Lozo1016 on November 19, 2015, 1:12 PM | 23 comments

Since VT's 1995 breakthrough season, Tech has been an underdog in Lane Stadium just 9 times. Saturday's game will make the 10th time as #17 UNC is currently a 5 to 6 point favorite (depending on where you look). Tech has generally performed well in this spot over the past 2 decades. Here are the past occasions:

9/23/1995 - Virginia Tech beats #17 Miami 13-7 as a 9 point underdog
12/1/01 - #14 Virginia Tech loses to #1 Miami 26-24 as a 14 point underdog (to the greatest team of all time)
11/1/03 - #10 Virginia Tech beats #2 Miami 31-7 as a 3 point underdog
10/26/06 - Virginia Tech beats #10 Clemson 24-7 as a 4 point underdog
09/26/09 - #12 Virginia Tech beats #9 Miami 31-7 as a 2 point underdog
11/8/12 - Virginia Tech loses to #8 Florida State 28-22 as a 13 point underdog
10/23/14 - Virginia Tech loses to Miami 30-6 as a 2.5 point underdog (Easily the worst performance)
11/28/14 - Virginia Tech beats Virginia 24-20 as a 1.5 point underdog
9/7/15 - Virginia Tech loses to #1 Ohio State 42-24 as a 13.5 point underdog

That makes 5 upsets and 7 times covering (possibly could have been 8 if Brewer didn't get hurt in the OSU game). So we've had a history of putting a scare into teams that are supposed to be better than us, even if Grant Noel throws 4 picks on the day. I think this is part of what's earned Lane Stadium the reputation it has today as a tough place to play.

EDIT: If you want to take a look you can use this,
http://www.oddsshark.com/ncaaf/database
or go year by year here
http://www.covers.com/pageLoader/pageLoader.aspx?page=/data/ncf/teams/pa...

Since lines are pretty fluid different sites might have lines that are a half point different or something.

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