September 21, 2002
- Virginia Tech's 13-3 victory marks the first non-conference loss at Kyle Field in R.C. Slocum's career, ending a 29-game streak dating to Slocum's first game as coach in 1989 (a 28-16 win against No. 7-ranked LSU). It also stopped A&M's streak of seven straight wins in the 2:30 ABC time slot and broke A&M's string of nine straight wins in the month of September.
- The Aggie defense held the "The Untouchables" - running backs Lee Suggs and Kevin Jones - to a combined 99 rushing yards on 28 carries. Suggs led the Hokies with 51 yards on 13 carries, while Jones contributed 48 on 15 totes. The Wrecking Crew hasn't allowed an individual 100-yard rusher in 16 regular season games dating back to the 2000 Oklahoma State game (112 yards on 19 carries by Reggie White).
- A&M scored just three points, its fewest at Kyle Field since a 17-3 loss to No. 6-ranked LSU in the 1987 season opener. That team went on to a 10-2 record, won the SWC title and defeated Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl, finishing the season ranked No. 9 nationally. Before the 1987 LSU game, the last time A&M scored three or fewer points at home was in 1971, when it fell to Cincinnati, 17-0.
- The Aggies gained just 38 rushing yards (28 carries), its fewest since they gained just two yards (38 carries) in a 37-0 loss at Nebraska in 1999.
- VT came in to the game averaging 45.3 points and 371.3 total offensive yards per game, but scored just 13 points and gained only 248 total yards against the Aggies. The Hokies were averaging a whopping 283.0 rushing yards, but were limited to just 129 on 48 carries by the Wrecking Crew. The last time VT gained fewer yards on the ground was in last season's 38-7 loss at Pittsburgh (25 carries, 15 yards).
- Senior defensive end Ty Warren posted a career-high 13 tackles, including five for losses, and blocked a field goal attempt. Freshman safety Jaxson Appel had a career-best 10 tackles and posted his second sack of the season. Senior linebacker Brian Gamble recovered his third fumble of the season, while senior linebacker Jerrod Penright caused a fumble for the third straight game.
- Dustin Long's start at quarterback broke Mark Farris' consecutive starts string at 26 games. The last time some one besides Farris started at QB for the Aggies was Randy McCown against Penn State in the 1999 Alamo Bowl.
- The Aggies' first-quarter field goal were the first points allowed in the first quarter by Virginia Tech this season. The Hokies had outscored Arkansas State, Louisiana State and Marshall 52-0. It also marked the first time this season that the Hokies had been held scoreless in the initial stanza.
- After using the same offensive and defensive lineup for the first two games, the Aggies used three new different starters against the Hokies: fifth-year senior Billy Yates returned to his right guard spot after missing the first two game due to a broken arm (suffered in fall camp scrimmage on 8/17); fifth-year senior Greg Porter started at tight end; and redshirt sophomore Dustin Long started at quarterback.
- Punter Cody Scates' 64-yard punt in the second quarter was a season-best and was just short of a career long 65-yarder that he booted as a freshman in 2001. For the day, Scates averaged 48.3 yards on seven punts.
- The 22-yard run by VT's Lee Suggs to open the second half was the first 20-yard plus run allowed by the A&M defense in 2002. Tech's 52-yard pass was the longest play allowed by the Aggies this season.
- Today's attendance of 83,746 was the sixth best in Kyle Field history and the second best in a non-conference game (87,206 vs. Notre Dame in 2001).
- Today's 12th Man Kickoff team representative was Blake Kendrick, a sophomore linebacker from Willis High School. The Aggie game captains were punter Cody Scates, receiver Greg Porter, offensive guard Billy Yates and outside linebacker Jarrod Penright.