1967 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
Home stadiumLane Stadium
Seasons
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1967 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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 VPI 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]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16at Tampa
W 13–310,000[2]
September 23William & Mary
W 31–723,500[3]
September 30at Kansas State
W 15–320,500[4]
October 7Villanova
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 3–017,000[5]
October 14at Kentucky
W 24–1423,000[6]
October 21Richmond
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 45–1427,322[7]
October 28at West Virginia
W 20–731,500[8]
November 4Miami (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

References

  1. ^ "1967 Virginia Tech Hokies Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  2. ^ "VPI gains 13–3 victory over stubborn Tampans". The Miami Herald. September 17, 1967. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Virginia Tech romps over William and Mary, 31 to 7". The Danville Register. September 24, 1967. Retrieved September 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Unbeaten Gobblers trip Kansas State". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 1, 1967. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Virginia Tech's kick a winner". St. Petersburg Times. October 8, 1967. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Virginia Tech defeats Kentucky, 24 to 14". The Danville Register. October 15, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Tech crushes UR, 45–14". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 22, 1967. Retrieved October 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Gobblers top West Virginia". The Rocky Mount Telegram. October 29, 1967. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Miami defense axes Gobbler streak, 14–7". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. November 5, 1967. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "FSU smashes VPI, 38–15". Fort Lauderdale News. November 12, 1967. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "VMI surprises VPI to avenge 70–12 loss". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 24, 1967. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "The Bugle 1968" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1968. p. 14. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
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