1967 VPI Gobblers football team

1967 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1967 VPI Gobblers football
1967 VPI Gobblers football
Conference	Independent
1967 record	7–3
Head coach	Jerry Claiborne (7th season);
Home stadium	Lane Stadium
	Seasons ← 1966 1968 →

The 1967 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. They finished the season with a 7–3 record.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16	at Tampa	Phillips Field Tampa, FL	W 13–3
September 23	William & Mary	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 31–7	23,000+
September 30	at Kansas State	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	W 15–3	20,000
October 7	Villanova	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 3–0	17,000
October 14	at Kentucky	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 24–14
October 24	Richmond	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 45–14
October 28	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	W 20–7	31,500
November 4	Miami (FL)	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	L 7–14
November 11	at Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 15–38	30,000
November 23	vs. VMI	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	L 10–12	20,000	^[2]

Players[]

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.^[3]

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[]

^ "1967 Virginia Tech Hokies". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
^ "VMI surprises VPI to avenge 70–12 loss". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 24, 1967. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "The Bugle 1968" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1968. p. 14. Retrieved 2017-12-11.

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[1] "1967 Virginia Tech Hokies". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-15.

[2] "VMI surprises VPI to avenge 70–12 loss". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 24, 1967. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

[bugle-3] "The Bugle 1968" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1968. p. 14. Retrieved 2017-12-11.

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1967 NCAA University Division independents football records
v t	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