NCAA Football Recap (Arkansas St-Virginia Tech)
Posted: Sat September 27, 1997 at 5:10 p.m. EDT
Frank Beamer became the winningest coach in school history as
Vriginia Tech took an easy step out of the Big East
Conference for its 12th straight home win, a 50-0 thrashing of
Arkansas State.
Al Clark threw for two touchdowns and Lamont Pegues ran for two
more as the Hokies (4-0) removed their starters in the third
quarter and still outclassed the overmatched Indians (1-2), who
were outgained 498-224, including 296-28 on the ground.
Beamer improved to 65-51-2 in 10-plus seasons at his alma mater,
moving past his predecessor, Bill Dooley, who won 64 games from
1978-86. Beamer watched his Hokies -- who opened the season
with three straight Big East wins -- score at least 20 points
for a school-record 23rd straight game.
Virginia Tech posted its fourth shutout in the last two-plus
seasons and has outscored foes 163-35 this season. The Hokies
are 2-0 all-time against Arkansas State (1-3).
Pegues led Virginia Tech with 94 yards on 15 carries, including
one-yard TD runs in the second and third quarters. Ken Oxendine
had 10 carries for 45 yards and a TD, climbing onto the school's
top 10 all-time yardage list. The Hokies were without a
100-yard rusher for the first time in five games.
Clark completed 11-of-14 passes for 177 yards, including scoring
tosses of 47 yards to Shawn Scales midway through the first
period and five yards to Angelo Harrison with 23 seconds left in
the first half, giving Tech a 28-0 halftime lead.
Shayne Graham kicked a 32-yard field goal 2:21 into the second
half and Pegues' second score came with 3:11 left in the third
quarter, running the lead to 37-0 and bringing on the second
team.
In the fourth quarter, backup Nick Sorensen threw an 11-yard TD
pass to Marcus Gildersleeve and safety Lorenzo Ferguson returned
an interception 84 yards for a score. Sorensen was 2-of-4 for
25 yards.
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