Hokie SportsWednesday, November 4
Virginia Tech heads to SMU on Friday to face quarterback Kevin Jennings
The Daily Blacksburg team
If you're planning your Friday around Hokie football, Virginia Tech is back after an open week that let the coaches alter the practice schedule. The Hokies play at SMU, their first meeting with the Mustangs since SMU joined the ACC in 2024.
Both teams are 6-2, but SMU has one more ACC win
| Virginia Tech | Measure | SMU |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Wins | 6 |
| 2 | Losses | 2 |
| 3 | ACC wins | 4 |
| 2 | ACC losses | 2 |
Source: Daily News-Record
- Kickoff: Friday, 7 p.m., at SMU
- Receivers Knight, Smith and Cooper: 98 catches, 1,349 yards, six touchdowns
- Running back Kendrick Raphael: 692 rushing yards, nine touchdowns
- Franklin's Penn State beat SMU 38-10, 2024 playoff first round
SMU's offense runs through Jennings, a third-year starter. Tyson Flowers, a fifth-year Tech safety, watched him come off the bench in 2023 when Flowers was at Rice, and he says the secondary is "excited for the challenge that he brings."
Jennings has put up big numbers this season
- 2,414
- passing yards
- 21
- touchdown passes
- 5
- interceptions
- 73.7%
- of his passes completed
Source: Daily News-Record
Hokies coach James Franklin said Monday it's "going to be a real challenge" to face a quarterback with that much experience and talent around him.
Sources: Daily News-Record, Martinsville Bulletin