1966 VPI Gobblers football team

1966 VPI Gobblers football
Liberty Bowl, L 7–14 vs. Miami (FL)
Conference Independent
Ranking
Coaches No. 20
1966 record 8–2–1
Head coach Jerry Claiborne (6th season)
Home stadium Lane Stadium
1966 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Notre Dame        9 0 1
Colgate        8 1 1
No. 8 Georgia Tech        9 2 0
Army        8 2 0
Dayton        8 2 0
Houston        8 2 0
Memphis        7 2 0
No. 9 Miami (FL)        8 2 1
VPI        8 2 1
Syracuse        8 3 0
Colorado State        7 3 0
New Mexico State        7 3 0
West Texas State        7 3 0
Villanova        6 3 0
Holy Cross        6 3 1
Southern Miss        6 4 0
Texas Western        6 4 0
Rutgers        5 4 0
Tulane        5 4 1
Florida State        6 5 0
Buffalo        5 5 0
Penn State        5 5 0
Air Force        4 6 0
Boston College        4 6 0
Navy        4 6 0
Utah State        4 6 0
Xavier        4 6 0
Pacific        4 7 0
San Jose State        3 7 0
Pittsburgh        1 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1966 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1966 college football season.[1]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 17 at Tulane Tulane StadiumNew Orleans, Louisiana L 0–13  
September 24 George Washington Lane StadiumBlacksburg, Virginia W 49–0  
October 1 West Virginia Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia (Rivalry) T 13–13   25,000
October 8 at Kentucky McLean StadiumLexington, Kentucky W 7–0  
October 15 vs. Vanderbilt City StadiumRichmond, Virginia W 21–6  
October 22 at Virginia Scott StadiumCharlottesville, Virginia (Rivalry) W 24–7  
October 29 Florida Statedagger Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia ABC W 23–21  
November 5 at Wake Forest Bowman Gray StadiumWinston-Salem, North Carolina W 11–0  
November 12 at William & Mary Cary FieldWilliamsburg, Virginia W 20–18  
November 24 vs. VMI Victory StadiumRoanoke, Virginia (Rivalry) W 70–12  
December 10 vs. No. 9 Miami (FL) Memphis Memorial StadiumMemphis, Tennessee (Liberty Bowl) ABC L 7–14   25,012
daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.
  • Source: HokieSports.com: 1966 Virginia Tech football schedule[2]

Players

The following players were members of the 1966 football team according to the roster published in the 1967 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[3]

VPI 1966 roster
  • Art Aguilar
  • S. Backs
  • Ken Barefoot
  • Eddie Barker
  • Frank Beamer
  • Judson Bigelow
  • Andy Bowling
  • Jud Brownell
  • Donnie Bruce
  • Eddie Bulheller
  • Eddie Carter
  • Paul Frederick Cobb
  • Chris Frank Collis
  • George Constantinides
  • J. Dee Crigger
  • Clarence Culpepper
  • Daniel Cupp
  • Ron Davidson
  • Scott Dawson
  • Damon William Dedo
  • Steve Divita
  • Daniel W. Etzold
  • David Lowell Farmer
  • Rusty Fife
  • Gene Fisher
  • Chet Forrester
  • George Foussekis
  • Tommy Francisco
  • Doug Gainous
  • Sal Garcia
  • Ted Georges
  • Jerry Green
  • Bob Griffith
  • Tommy Groom
  • James Wallace “Waddey” Harvey
  • Jeff Haynes
  • Bert Henderson
  • Erick Johnson
  • Al Kincaid
  • Karsten Koepcke
  • Frank Leonard
  • Ronnie Lindon
  • Dickie Longerbeam
  • Frank Loria
  • Lennie Loungo
  • Fred Magarian
  • John Maxwell
  • Ronald Lee McGuigan
  • Milton E. Miller
  • Richard Mollo
  • Dan Mooney
  • F. Mooney
  • Carl Edward Omohundro
  • Tom Parks
  • Rick Piland
  • John Raible
  • James John Reba
  • Jimmy Richards
  • John Schrecker
  • Dennis Michael Semones
  • Tommy Stafford
  • Tom Swords
  • Don Thacker
  • Randy Treadwell
  • Jonathan Titley Utin
  • Ken Whitley
  • Sands Woody
  • Pete Wrenn
  • Carl Yaras

References

  1. "1966 Virginia Tech schedule".
  2. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1966–1967". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed January 21, 2018.
  3. "The Bugle 1967" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1967. p. 88. Retrieved 2017-12-07.


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