June 23, 2005

BLACKSBURG - The Virginia Tech Athletics Department released Thursday its non-conference football schedules through 2011, highlighted by the announcement of an eight-game series with East Carolina University.

In each of the six years, four non-conference games will be played. Besides East Carolina every season, the following teams will be on Tech's schedule: Appalachian State (2011, Blacksburg), Bowling Green (2008, Blacksburg), Central Michigan (2010, Blacksburg), Cincinnati (2006, Blacksburg; 2009, Cincinnati, Ohio), Furman (2008, Blacksburg), Kent State (2006, Blacksburg), LSU (2007, Baton Rouge, La.), Marshall (2009, Blacksburg; 2011, Huntington, W.Va.), Ohio University (2006, Athens, Ohio; 2007, Blacksburg), Syracuse (2010, Syracuse, N.Y.; 2011, Blacksburg), Western Michigan (2010, Blacksburg), William & Mary (2007, Blacksburg) and Wisconsin (2008, Madison, Wis.; 2009, Blacksburg).

The Hokies and Pirates will play each year from 2006-2013, including four games at Blacksburg, three at ECU and a neutral contest at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., in 2007. The Pirates and Hokies will renew a regional rivalry which peaked with seven meetings during a nine-year span from 1990 to 1998. Virginia Tech leads the overall series, 8-4, last playing in 2000, a 45-28 win for the Hokies at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.

Last November, Virginia Tech, in conjunction with the Atlantic Coast Conference office, released its conference opponents and sites through 2015. Exact dates on those games will be available at future dates.

2006 Sept. 2 Kent State Blacksburg Sept. 9 at Ohio Athens, Ohio Sept. 16 East Carolina Blacksburg Sept. 23 Cincinnati Blacksburg		2007 Sept. 1 vs East Carolina Charlotte, N.C. Sept. 8 at LSU Baton Rouge, La. Sept. 15 Ohio Blacksburg Sept. 22 William & Mary Blacksburg
2008 Aug. 30 Bowling Green Blacksburg Sept. 6 Furman Blacksburg Sept. 13 East Carolina Blacksburg Sept. 20 at Wisconsin Madison, Wis.		2009 Sept. 5 at Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio Sept. 12 Marshall Blacksburg Sept. 19 Wisconsin Blacksburg Sept. 26 at East Carolina Greenville, N.C.
2010 Sept. 4 Central Michigan Blacksburg Sept. 11 Western Michigan Blacksburg Sept. 18 East Carolina Blacksburg Sept. 25 at Syracuse Syracuse, N.Y.		2011 Sept. 3 Appalachian St Blacksburg Sept. 10 at East Carolina Greenville, N.C. Sept. 17 Syracuse Blacksburg Sept. 24 at Marshall Huntington, W.Va.