The 1996 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) as a member of the Big East Conference during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 10th-year head coach Frank Beamer, the Hokies compiled an overall record of 10âÂÂ2, with a mark of 6âÂÂ1 in conference play, finished as Big East co-champion, and lost the Orange Bowl against Nebraska. Virginia Tech played home games at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.