1965 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
Home stadiumLane Stadium
1965 NCAA University Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
New Mexico State   –  8 –2 –0
Utah State   –  8 –2 –0
Xavier   –  8 –2 –0
Texas Western   –  8 –3 –0
No. 9 Notre Dame   –  7 –2 –1
Southern Miss   –  7 –2 –0
Syracuse   –  7 –3 –0
VPI   –  7 –3 –0
Georgia Tech   –  7 –3 –1
Boston College   –  6 –4 –0
West Texas State   –  6 –4 –0
Boston University   –  5 –3 –1
Buffalo   –  5 –3 –2
Miami (FL)   –  5 –4 –1
Penn State   –  5 –5 –0
Memphis State   –  5 –5 –0
San Jose State   –  5 –5 –0
Navy   –  4 –4 –2
Colgate   –  4 –5 –1
Florida State   –  4 –5 –1
Army   –  4 –5 –1
Houston   –  4 –5 –1
Colorado State   –  4 –6 –0
Air Force   –  3 –6 –1
Pittsburgh   –  3 –7 –0
Dayton   –  3 –7 –0
Holy Cross   –  2 –7 –1
Villanova   –  1 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1965 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. They finished the season with a 7–3 record.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18vs. Wake ForestW 12–320,000
September 258:15 p.m.at RichmondW 25–711,000[2]
October 2William & MaryW 9–715,000[3]
October 9at George WashingtonW 17–1212,500[4]
October 16at VanderbiltL 10–2114,338[5]
October 23Virginiadagger
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)
W 22–1430,100
October 30at Florida StateL 6–7
November 6at West VirginiaL 22–31
November 13Villanova
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 21–1915,000
November 25vs. VMI
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
W 44–1323,000[6]
  • daggerHomecoming

Players

The following players were members of the 1965 football team according to the roster published in the 1966 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[7]

VPI 1965 roster
  • Art Aguilar
  • Ken Barefoot
  • Jay Barfield
  • Judson Bigelow
  • Andy Bowling
  • Donnie Bruce
  • Eddie Bulheller
  • Paul Frederick Cobb
  • Clarence Culpepper
  • George Dallas
  • Scott Dawson
  • Damon William Dedo
  • Bill Edwards
  • Jack Evan
  • David Lowell Farmer
  • Rusty Fife
  • Gene Fisher
  • George Foussekis
  • Tommy Francisco
  • Sal Garcia
  • Bill Gordon
  • Leo Griffin
  • Bob Griffith
  • Tommy Groom
  • Les Hanly
  • Jeff Haynes
  • Basil G. Jennings
  • Erick Johnson
  • Bill Kegley
  • Jackie Kennedy
  • Ronnie Lindon
  • Dickie Longerbeam
  • Frank Loria
  • Ronald Lee McGuigan
  • Claude Earl Messamore, Jr.
  • Milton E. Miller
  • Dan Mooney
  • Bobby Owens
  • John Raible
  • Wayne Rash
  • James John Reba
  • Jim Richards
  • Robert Rupp
  • Fred Michael Saunders
  • Dennis Michael Semones
  • John Sheehy
  • John George Shipley
  • Bill Skinner
  • Tommy Stafford
  • Tom Swords
  • Don Thacker
  • Jonathan Titley Utin
  • Sands Woody
  • Peter Wrenn

References

  1. ↑ "1965 Virginia Tech Hokies". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Richmond bows to Tech, 25–7". The Daily News Leader. September 26, 1965. Retrieved October 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Rally in last two minutes of play wins for VPI, 9–7". The Danville Register. October 3, 1965. Retrieved October 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "VPI halts GWU 17–12 for 4th win". The Danville Register. October 10, 1965. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Ransom pays off for VU". The Nashville Tennessean. October 17, 1965. Retrieved October 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Virginia Tech thumps VMI by 44–13". The Lexington Herald. November 26, 1965. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "The Bugle 1966" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1966. p. 82. Retrieved December 6, 2017.


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