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The Virginia Tech Athletics Department released the 2009 schedule for the football team. The Hokies will play a 12-game schedule that include six home games. Nine of Tech’s 12 scheduled opponents played in a bowl game last season.

2009 Schedule
09/05 – vs. Alabama (Georgia Dome)
09/12 – vs. Marshall
09/19 – vs. Nebraska
09/26 – vs. Miami
10/03 – @ Duke
10/10 – vs. Boston College
10/17 – @ Georgia Tech
10/24 – Open Date
10/29 – vs. North Carolina (Thursday Night, ESPN)
11/05 – @ East Carolina (Thursday Night, ESPN)
11/14 – @ Maryland
11/21 – vs. N.C. State
11/28 – @ Virginia

The Hokies, as we have known for a couple of months, will open the season against Alabama in Atlanta on Sept. 5 as part of the Chick-fil-A College Kickoff. Beamer and the boys will return to Blacksburg for a three-game home stand against Marshall (9/12), Nebraska (9/19) and then open the ACC schedule against Miami (9/26).

Tech will play two of it’s next three on the road beginning a road trip to Duke (10/3), back home to host the Eagles (10/10) and then back down to Georgia to take on the Yellow Jackets (10/17). Tech will get a Saturday off (10/24) before back-to-back Thursday night ESPN games starting with North Carolina (10/29) in Blacksburg and then at East Carolina (11/5).

Following the Thursday night games, the Hokies get a more than a week to prepare for a road trip to Maryland (11/14), then back home to host N.C. State (11/21), before closing the regular season on the road against Virginia (11/28).

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