1969 VPI Gobblers football team

1969 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1969 VPI Gobblers football
1969 VPI Gobblers football
Conference	Independent
1969 record	4–5–1
Head coach	Jerry Claiborne (9th season);
Home stadium	Lane Stadium
	Seasons ← 1968 1970 →

The 1969 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1969 NCAA University Division football season.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20		No. 13 Alabama	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 13–17	42,000
September 27		at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	L 10–16	15,000
October 4		at Richmond	City Stadium Richmond, VA	L 10–17
October 11		Kentucky	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 6–7
October 18		South Carolina	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 16–17	28,000
October 25	1:30 p.m.	at Buffalo	War Memorial Stadium Buffalo, NY	W 21–7	8,350
November 1		vs. William & Mary	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA	W 48–7
November 8		Florida State	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	T 10–10	25,000
November 15	1:30 p.m.	vs. Duke	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA (Oyster Bowl)	W 48–12	23,000
November 27		vs. VMI	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	W 52–0	14,000	^[2]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Players[]

The following players were members of the 1969 football team according to the roster published in the 1970 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.^[3]

VPI 1969 roster
	John Harwood "Jack" Abraham David Bailey Preston Blackburn Steve Bocko Robert Clinton Bond Tim Bosiack Sammy Bria Tim Chaney Dennis Cogan Chris Frank Collis Jon Conlin Donald Dewitt Cooke Rod Cox Larry Creekmore J. Dee Crigger Peter Francis Dawyot Nick DelViscio Kenneth Wayne Edwards Dwight Eirich Bob German John Charlton Givens		Bruce Glatthorn Jerry Green George Butch Hall Andy Harvey Scott Hawkins Bert Henderson Ronnie Holsinger Bob Hosp Bill House Wayne Humphries Jeff Hunsucker John Ivanac Eddie Johns Bob Karlsen Al Kincaid Larry Kushner Lou Lagana Dick Maksanty Rich Matijevich Kevin Meehan Tom Mikulski		Bill Morgan Thomas Irwin Parks James Anthony Pigninelli Jimmy Quinn Bruce Runyan Vince Russo Gil Schwabe Jack Simcsak Bobby Slaughter Larry Smith Leonard James Smith Terry Smoot L. Wayne Stonesifer Larry Duke Strager Paul Christian Striffler Don Strock Ed Tennis Mike Ternosky Perry Tiberio Joe Tucker Mike Widger

References[]

^ "1969 Virginia Tech Hokies". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
^ "Smoot paces Gobblers' win". The Herald-Sun. November 28, 1969. Retrieved January 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "The Bugle 1970". Virginia Tech Bugle. 1970. p. 17. Retrieved 2019-08-25.

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[1] "1969 Virginia Tech Hokies". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-15.

[2] "Smoot paces Gobblers' win". The Herald-Sun. November 28, 1969. Retrieved January 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

[bugle-3] "The Bugle 1970". Virginia Tech Bugle. 1970. p. 17. Retrieved 2019-08-25.

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v t Virginia Tech Hokies football
Venues	Miles Field (1894–1925) Miles Stadium (1926–1964) Lane Stadium (1965–present) Victory Stadium (alternate, 1942–1971)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Boston College Georgia Tech Miami Virginia (Commonwealth Cup) West Virginia (Black Diamond Trophy) VMI
Culture & lore	HokieBird "Tech Triumph" "Enter Sandman" The Marching Virginians Battle at Bristol
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

1969 NCAA University Division independents football records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 2 Penn State		–		11	–	0	–	0
No. 17 West Virginia		–		10	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Houston		–		9	–	2	–	0
No. 5 Notre Dame		–		8	–	2	–	1
Buffalo		–		6	–	3	–	0
Rutgers		–		6	–	3	–	0
Villanova		–		6	–	3	–	0
Florida State		–		6	–	3	–	1
Colgate		–		5	–	3	–	1
Air Force		–		6	–	4	–	0
West Texas State		–		6	–	4	–	0
Boston College		–		5	–	4	–	0
New Mexico State		–		5	–	5	–	0
Southern Miss		–		5	–	5	–	0
Syracuse		–		5	–	5	–	0
Army		–		4	–	5	–	1
VPI		–		4	–	5	–	1
Georgia Tech		–		4	–	6	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		4	–	6	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		4	–	6	–	0
Dayton		–		3	–	7	–	0
Marshall		–		3	–	7	–	0
Northern Illinois		–		3	–	7	–	0
Tulane		–		3	–	7	–	0
Utah State		–		3	–	7	–	0
Idaho		–		2	–	8	–	0
Navy		–		1	–	9	–	0
Xavier		–		1	–	9	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll