American college football season
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]
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 16 at Tampa W 13–310,000 [ 2] September 23 William & Mary W 31–723,500 [ 3] September 30 at Kansas State W 15–320,500 [ 4] October 7 Villanova Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA W 3–017,000 [ 5] October 14 at Kentucky W 24–1423,000 [ 6] October 21 Richmond Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA W 45–1427,322 [ 7] October 28 at West Virginia W 20–731,500 [ 8] November 4 Miami (FL) Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry ) L 7–1435,000 [ 9] November 11 at Florida State L 15–3829,856 [ 10] November 23 vs. VMI L 10–1220,000 [ 11]
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
^ "1967 Virginia Tech Hokies Schedule and Results" . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 21, 2024 . ^ "VPI gains 13–3 victory over stubborn Tampans" . The Miami Herald . September 17, 1967. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Virginia Tech romps over William and Mary, 31 to 7" . The Danville Register . September 24, 1967. Retrieved September 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Unbeaten Gobblers trip Kansas State" . The Cincinnati Enquirer . October 1, 1967. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Virginia Tech's kick a winner" . St. Petersburg Times . October 8, 1967. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Virginia Tech defeats Kentucky, 24 to 14" . The Danville Register . October 15, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Tech crushes UR, 45–14" . Richmond Times-Dispatch . October 22, 1967. Retrieved October 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Gobblers top West Virginia" . The Rocky Mount Telegram . October 29, 1967. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Miami defense axes Gobbler streak, 14–7" . The Atlanta Journal & Constitution . November 5, 1967. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "FSU smashes VPI, 38–15" . Fort Lauderdale News . November 12, 1967. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "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 December 11, 2017 .
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