1967 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team

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1967 Virginia Tech Gobblers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
Home stadium Lane Stadium
Seasons
  1966
1968  
1967 NCAA University Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Army   8 2 0
No. 5 Notre Dame   8 2 0
Syracuse   8 2 0
No. 10 Penn State   8 2 1
New Mexico State   7 2 1
UTEP   7 2 1
Utah State   7 2 1
Florida State   7 2 2
West Texas State   8 3 0
Houston   7 3 0
VPI   7 3 0
Memphis State   6 3 0
Southern Miss   6 3 0
Dayton   6 3 1
Xavier   6 3 1
Miami (FL)   7 4 0
Buffalo   6 4 0
Navy   5 4 1
Holy Cross   5 5 0
Colorado State   4 5 1
Pacific   4 5 0
Boston College   4 6 0
Georgia Tech   4 6 0
Villanova   4 6 0
Air Force   2 6 2
Tulane   3 7 0
San Jose State   2 7 0
Colgate   2 8 0
Pittsburgh   1 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1967 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI (now known as Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University or Virginia Tech) as an independent during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Jerry Claiborne the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 7–3. VPI played home games at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia. [1]

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16at Tampa W 13–310,000 [2]
September 23 William & Mary W 31–723,500 [3]
September 30at Kansas State W 15–320,500 [4]
October 7 Villanova
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 3–017,000 [5]
October 14at Kentucky W 24–1423,000 [6]
October 21 Richmond
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 45–1427,322 [7]
October 28at West Virginia W 20–731,500 [8]
November 4 Miami (FL)
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)
L 7–1435,000 [9]
November 11at Florida State L 15–3829,856 [10]
November 23vs. VMI
L 10–1220,000 [11]

Roster

The following players were members of the 1967 football team according to the roster published in the 1968 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook. [12]

VPI 1967 roster
  • Art Aguilar
  • Ken Barefoot
  • Eddie Barker
  • Frank Beamer
  • Judson Bigelow
  • David Binko
  • Preston Blackburn
  • Steve Bocko
  • Jud Brownell
  • James Edward "Eddie" Carter
  • Chris Frank Collis
  • George Constantinides
  • Larry Creekmore
  • J. Dee Crigger
  • Clarence Culpepper
  • Daniel Cupp
  • Ron Davidson
  • Scott Dawson
  • Peter Francis Dawyot
  • Damon William Dedo
  • Charles "Chalkie" Eades
  • Kenneth Wayne Edwards
  • Gene Fisher
  • Chester Arthur Forrester
  • George Foussekis
  • Doug Gainous
  • Jerry Green
  • Bob Griffith
  • Waddey Harvey
  • Jeff Haynes
  • Bert Henderson
  • Hank Immel
  • Al Kincaid
  • Dickie Longerbeam
  • Frank Loria
  • Leonard Angelo Luongo
  • John Lawrence Maxwell
  • Littlejohn McSwain
  • Milton E. Miller
  • Richard Mollo
  • Dan Mooney
  • Frederick Marshall Mooney
  • Thomas Irwin Parks
  • James Anthony Pigninelli
  • Rick Piland
  • Wayne Rash
  • Jim Richards
  • Paul Ripley
  • J. Roller
  • Gil Schwabe
  • Emil J. Sholtis, Jr.
  • Bill Skinner
  • Bobby Slaughter
  • Terry Smoot
  • L. Wayne Stonesifer
  • Larry Duke Strager
  • Tom Swords
  • Don Thacker
  • John Randolph Treadwell
  • Joe Tucker
  • Jonathan Titley Utin
  • Mike Widger
  • Pete Wrenn

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The 1953 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1953 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Frank Moseley the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 5–5 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, and finished ted for fifth in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.

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References

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