— Virginia Tech Football (@HokiesFB) November 27, 2021 UVa ran three plays for 3 yards on the next drive, had the sack/fumble for a safety on its second-to-last drive and had the fruitless red ...

Virginia Tech trailed by nine in the waning seconds of a 39-30 loss in 2019, its last-ditch effort at the end zone being of little consequence to the game’s outcome.

Photo: UVA Athletics Virginia Tech, since 2014, has entered the season finale with UVA with five wins and needing a win to get to a bowl a total of five times. Tech’s record in those games: 5-0.

UVA forced 15 turnovers (10 in the first half) and won the rebound battle 33-32 to avoid its first three-game losing skid since 2021.

And then, 2021, UVA had the ball in the red zone in the final minute, but couldn’t score in what turned out to be Bronco Mendenhall ’s swan song, a 29-24 loss to another 5-6 Tech team.

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