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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]
Schedule [ edit ]
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
References [ edit ]
^ "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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