Virginia Tech is going with a familiar look for Friday night’s matchup with Pitt.
The Hokies revealed Wednesday night that they’ll wear maroon helmets, maroon jerseys and white pants for the Week 5 game in Blacksburg.
That combination has been a staple for Virginia Tech for years, and the Pitt game will mark the first time the Hokies have used it since Oct. 11, 2025, when they lost 35-20 to Georgia Tech. It’s also the program’s most frequently used uniform set since 1987, appearing 169 times with a 122-47 record.
Virginia Tech wore the same maroon-maroon-white setup twice in 2025. Along with the Georgia Tech loss, it showed up in the Hokies’ 45-26 defeat to Old Dominion on Sept. 13.
The combo was more productive in 2024, when Virginia Tech went 2-1 in it. The Hokies beat Marshall 31-14 and Georgia Tech 21-6 before dropping a 24-10 decision to Minnesota in that season’s Duke’s Mayo Bowl.
Before that, though, the uniform took a back seat for a while. Virginia Tech used it only once in 2022 and not at all in 2023. The lone 2022 appearance came in a 33-10 loss to West Virginia.
The Hokies leaned on the look more often in 2020 and 2021, using it seven times across those two seasons. In 2021, they wore it four times and split those games, starting with a 21-10 win over Richmond, then a 41-36 loss to Syracuse after giving up 21 fourth-quarter points. Virginia Tech also beat Duke 48-17 in the combo, but finished the year with a 54-10 loss to Maryland in the Pinstripe Bowl.
In 2020, the Hokies used it three times and went 1-2. They opened with a 45-24 win over NC State before falling to Miami 25-24 and Clemson 45-10. All three of those games were at home.
Overall this decade, Virginia Tech has worn the maroon-maroon-white combination 13 times and gone 5-8 in it.
The Hokies enter Friday’s game 4-0 after wins over VMI, Old Dominion, Maryland and Boston College. Pitt is also 4-0, with victories over Miami (OH), UCF, Syracuse and Bucknell.
Kickoff is set for Friday, Oct. 2, at 7 p.m. ET, with ESPN carrying the game as Virginia Tech goes after its first 5-0 start since 2005.
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