1981 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

1981 Virginia Tech Hokies football
Conference	Independent
1981 record	7–4
Head coach	Bill Dooley (4th season)
Home stadium	Lane Stadium
Seasons

1981 Division I-A independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Penn State		–		–				10	–	2	–	0
No. 4 Pittsburgh		–		–				11	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Miami		–		–				9	–	2	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–				9	–	2	–	1
No. 17 West Virginia		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
Colgate		–		–				7	–	3	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Navy		–		–				7	–	4	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Florida State		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Tulane		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
UNLV		–		–				6	–	6	–	0
South Carolina		–		–				6	–	6	–	0
Temple		–		–				5	–	5	–	0
Boston College		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
East Carolina		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Louisville		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Rutgers		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
William & Mary		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Syracuse		–		–				4	–	6	–	1
Richmond		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Army		–		–				3	–	7	–	1
North Texas State		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		–				1	–	10	–	0
Memphis		–		–				1	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Bill Dooley.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12		Richmond	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 28–12
September 19		William & Mary	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 47–3
September 26		Wake Forest	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 30–14	42,200
October 3		Memphis State	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 17–13
October 10	1:30 p.m.	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		L 7–14
October 17		at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)		L 6–27	49,115
October 24		Appalachian State	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 34–12
October 31		at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY		W 29–3
November 14		at No. 12 Miami (FL)	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)		L 14–21	22,257
November 21		VMI	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	ABC	L 0–6
November 28		at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)		W 20–3
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1981 Virginia Tech Hokies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 78 Smith, BruceBruce Smith 1.0 !Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Bill Dooley Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt