Virginia Tech pounds Wofford in first game since firing coach

Kyron Drones threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more and Virginia Tech drubbed visiting Wofford 38-6 on Saturday at Blacksburg, Va., in its first game since firing head coach Brent Pry.

Ayden Greene and Devin Alves each caught a touchdown. Marcellous Hawkins led Virginia Tech on the ground with 79 yards on 13 carries.

Interim coach Philip Montgomery directed the Hokies (1-3) against the Terriers (0-4), a Football Championship Subdivision team.

Sam Spence booted a 43-yard field goal in the second quarter and a 42-yarder in the fourth for Wofford. Quarterback Jayden Walker completed 16 of 27 passes for 142 yards with an interception, while the Terriers were limited to eight first downs and minus-1 rushing yards.

Drones completed 27 of 32 passes for 307 yards. P.J. Prioleau's 65 yards on seven receptions made him the top receiver for the Hokies, who racked up 461 yards of total offense and converted six of 11 third-down situations.

It ended a week of upheaval for Virginia Tech, with Pry fired last Sunday following losses at then-No. 13 South Carolina and at home against Vanderbilt and Old Dominion to open the season. Montgomery is a former head coach at Tulsa.

Virginia Tech led 21-3 at halftime.

The game's first points came on Braydon Bennett's 3-yard run.

The Hokies tacked on two more touchdowns in a 5 1/2-minute span in the second quarter. Alves caught a 19-yard scoring pass and Greene reaching the end zone on an 18-yard reception, building the hosts' lead to 21-0. Those back-to-back drives covered 80 and 69 yards, respectively.

Virginia Tech drove 62 yards for John Love's 20-yard field goal to begin the second half. Drones ran it in from 1 yard out with 1:08 remaining in the third and from 2 yards out early in the fourth.

Virginia Tech has won both meetings against Wofford.

--Field Level Media