Television: ESPN2
Play-by-Play — Clay Matvick
Analyst — Dan Orlovsky
Sideline – Paul Carcaterra
Local Radio: Virginia Tech IMG Sports
Play-by-Play — Jon Laaser
Analyst — Mike Burnop
Sideline — Andrew Allegretta
Flagship — 105.3 FM
TECH TRAVELS TO DURHAM TO FACE THE BLUE DEVILS
• Virginia Tech (No. 24 USA Today Coaches) returns to ACC action at AP No. 22/Coaches No. 23 Duke (9/29) following a 49-35 loss at Old Dominion (9/22).
• VT is 1-1 vs. AP ranked Duke squads, winning 17-16 at No. 19 Duke (11/15/14) and dropping a 4-OT 45-43 decision vs. No. 23 Duke (10/24/15).
• Duke got a 55-13 win vs. North Carolina Central (9/22).
• Tech already owns one ACC victory with a 24-3 win at Florida State (9/3), while Duke is 4-0 against non-conference foes entering its league opener vs. the Hokies.
• The Hokies are 12-2 vs. Duke since joining the ACC in 2004, including a 6-0 mark at Duke and a 2-0 record under head coach Justin Fuente.
• Duke owns a seven-game winning streak after winning its final three contests of the 2017 campaign.
INSIDE THE SERIES: VIRGINIA TECH-DUKE
• Saturday marks the 25th meeting in the all-time series between Virginia Tech and Duke.
• The home team had lost the last four games in the series before the Hokies' 24-3 victory in Blacksburg last season.
• After winning 12-consecutive games vs. Duke between 1982 and 2012, the Hokies have three of the last four meetings.
• The two teams will kick off at 7 p.m. for later for the second consecutive season, the first time that's happened in the series' history.
• Head coach Justin Fuente is 2-2 in his career vs. Duke but is 2-0 against the Blue Devils as head coach at Virginia Tech.
• Fuente is 6-1 in his career at Virginia Tech and is 10-3 going back to his 2014 campaign at Memphis when following a loss.
• Two of Virginia Tech's 34 shutouts with Bud Foster on staff have come against Duke. Tech's lone shutout in Durham since 1987 was a 45-0 victory on 9/10/05.
CONNECTIONS: VIRGINIA TECH-DUKE
• Duke has been on the wrong side of two keys wins in Virginia Tech's history including the Hokies' first game and win as a member of the ACC (a 41-17 victory on 9/18/04) and the 200th victory at Lane Stadium (a 41-20 win on 10/13/12).
• The Hokies feature 13 North Carolina natives: D.J. Crossen (Greensboro), Zion Debose (Salisbury), Divine Deablo (Winston-Salem), Drake DeIuliis (Charlotte), Caleb Farley (Hickory), Houshun Gaines (Rocky Mount), Dax Hollifield (Shelby), Hendon Hooker (Greensboro), Joe Kane (Wake Forest), Jimmie Taylor (Jacksonville), Nadir Thompson (Rocky Mount), Alan Tisdale (Greensboro), Tré Turner (Greensboro).
