FINAL SCORE
VMI Keydets at Virginia Tech Hokies game details
Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 7:30 PM ET
Lane Stadium · Attendance 65,632
Put the final score in perspective.
Virginia Tech finished 70 points ahead. The teams combined for 76 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was VMI 0, Virginia Tech 45. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Virginia Tech outscored its opponent in 4 and VMI in 0. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 VMI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Virginia Tech | 21 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 73 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 6 | 30 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 2-17 | 3-8 |
| 4th down efficiency | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Total Yards | 83 | 619 |
| Passing | 87 | 351 |
| Comp/Att | 5/13 | 27/32 |
| Yards per pass | 6.7 | 11.0 |
| Rushing | -4 | 268 |
| Rushing Attempts | 43 | 40 |
| Yards per rush | -0.1 | 6.7 |
| Penalties | 7-45 | 11-93 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 2 |
| Interceptions thrown | 1 | 0 |
| Possession | 31:27 | 28:33 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
VMI Keydets
passing
| JoJo Crump | 4/8 | 54 | 6.8 | 0 | 1 | -- |
| Ian Reynolds | 1/5 | 33 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | -- |
rushing
| Traveion Slaughter | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 21 |
| Leo Boehling | 10 | 7 | 0.7 | 0 | 6 |
| Kam Johnson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Aslin Shipe | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Ian Reynolds | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 3 |
| Dylan Poley | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Trevin Simon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Varner | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Halim Hardnett | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chandler Wilson | 8 | -16 | -2.0 | 0 | 4 |
| JoJo Crump | 8 | -19 | -2.4 | 0 | 4 |
receiving
| Halim Hardnett | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 33 |
| Cole Varner | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 12 |
| Traveion Slaughter | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 |
| Zach Pirtle | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
fumbles
| JoJo Crump | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Powell | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Quinn Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 1 |
defensive
| Nic Land | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erick Roman | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Allen | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Camron Watkins | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethan Haston | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashton Dixon | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Powell | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ayden Babich | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Grevious | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keegan Guyton | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakari Nicely | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Jackson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malik Holmes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EJ Wilborne | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Omar Miller | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Williams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amari Harmon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinn Kennedy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elijah Brooks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Camden Clinton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Berling | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Tasco | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Dorsey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthias Corbin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Liden Krush | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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kicking
| Jack Joyce | 1/2 | 50.0 | 50 | 0/0 | 3 |
punting
| Ben Shrewsbury | 5 | 216 | 43.2 | 1 | 0 | 56 |
| William Lees | 5 | 175 | 35.0 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Team | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Virginia Tech Hokies
passing
| Ethan Grunkemeyer | 17/20 | 224 | 11.2 | 2 | 0 | 50.4 |
| Bryce Baker | 10/12 | 127 | 10.6 | 1 | 0 | 26.2 |
rushing
| Jeffrey Overton Jr. | 9 | 104 | 11.6 | 2 | 50 |
| Marcellous Hawkins Jr. | 12 | 69 | 5.8 | 3 | 14 |
| Messiah Mickens | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | 10 |
| Darius Taylor | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 0 | 9 |
| John Buetow | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 11 |
| Tyler Mason | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 8 |
| A.J. Brand | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 1 | 9 |
| Ethan Grunkemeyer | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
receiving
| Que'Sean Brown | 6 | 109 | 18.2 | 1 | 51 |
| Luke Reynolds | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 1 | 21 |
| Chanz Wiggins | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 1 | 40 |
| Tyseer Denmark | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 19 |
| Ja'Ricous Hairston | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 33 |
| Davion Brown | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 12 |
| Ayden Greene | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 9 |
| Harrison Saint Germain | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Keylen Adams | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Pierce Petersohn | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| A.J. Brand | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
fumbles
| Team | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Davion Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 |
defensive
| George Ballance | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Noah Chambers | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aycen Stevens | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keon Wylie | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Jones Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mylachi Williams | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quentin Reddish | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaleb Spencer | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cortez Harris | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheldon Robinson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mathieu Lamah | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Jennings | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samuel Okunlola | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Abbey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerard Johnson III | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Mensah | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zaevion Cleveland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sherrod Covil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyson Flowers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elhadj Fall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Knahlij Harrell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kemari Copeland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deric Dandy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joshua Clarke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Adirika | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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interceptions
kickReturns
| Davion Brown | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Tyseer Denmark | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Que'Sean Brown | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Cortez Harris | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Tyson Flowers | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Davion Brown | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Knahlij Harrell | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
kicking
| John Love | 1/1 | 100.0 | 32 | 10/10 | 13 |
punting
| Nathan Totten | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 0 | 1 | 42 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 11:41 | Jeffrey Overton Jr. 50 Yd Run (John Love Kick) | 0 – 7 |
| 1 | 9:30 | Marcellous Hawkins Jr. 9 Yd Run (John Love Kick) | 0 – 14 |
| 1 | 4:56 | Jeffrey Overton Jr. 23 Yd Run (John Love Kick) | 0 – 21 |
| 2 | 14:37 | Marcellous Hawkins Jr. 1 Yd Run (John Love Kick) | 0 – 28 |
| 2 | 9:58 | John Love 32 Yd Field Goal | 0 – 31 |
| 2 | 5:13 | Que'Sean Brown 51 Yd pass from Ethan Grunkemeyer (John Love Kick) | 0 – 38 |
| 2 | 2:48 | Knahlij Harrell 0 Yd Return of Blocked Punt (John Love Kick) | 0 – 45 |
| 3 | 12:33 | Luke Reynolds 21 Yd pass from Ethan Grunkemeyer (John Love Kick) | 0 – 52 |
| 3 | 6:52 | Marcellous Hawkins Jr. 2 Yd Run (John Love Kick) | 0 – 59 |
| 3 | 0:33 | Chanz Wiggins 40 Yd pass from Bryce Baker (John Love Kick) | 0 – 66 |
| 4 | 10:38 | A.J. Brand 1 Yd Run (John Love Kick) | 0 – 73 |
| 4 | 7:45 | Jack Joyce 50 Yd Field Goal | 3 – 73 |
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