1967 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
Home stadiumLane Stadium
1967 NCAA University Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16at TampaW 13–3
September 23William & MaryW 31–723,500[2]
September 30at Kansas StateW 15–320,000
October 7Villanova
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 3–017,000
October 14at KentuckyW 24–1423,000[3]
October 21Richmond
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 45–1427,322[4]
October 28at West VirginiaW 20–731,500
November 4Miami (FL)
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)
L 7–14
November 11at Florida StateL 15–3830,000
November 23vs. VMIL 10–1220,000[5]

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.[6]

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

  1. ↑ "1967 Virginia Tech Hokies". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Tech romps over William and Mary, 31 to 7". The Danville Register. September 24, 1967. Retrieved September 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Virginia Tech defeats Kentucky, 24 to 14". The Danville Register. October 15, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Tech crushes UR, 45–14". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 22, 1967. Retrieved October 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "VMI surprises VPI to avenge 70–12 loss". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 24, 1967. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "The Bugle 1968" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1968. p. 14. Retrieved December 11, 2017.


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