1966 VPI Gobblers football team

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

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
Team	W		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 State		–		–				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
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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	at Tulane	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA		L 0–13
September 24	George Washington	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 49–0	18,000	[2]
October 1	West Virginia	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)		T 13–13	25,000
October 8	at Kentucky	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY		W 7–0
October 15	vs. Vanderbilt	City Stadium Richmond, VA (Tobacco Bowl)		W 21–6
October 22	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)		W 24–7
October 29	Florida State	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ABC	W 23–21
November 5	at Wake Forest	Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		W 11–0
November 12	at William & Mary	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA		W 20–18	13,000
November 24	vs. VMI	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry)		W 70–12
December 10	vs. No. 9 Miami (FL)	Memphis Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl, rivalry)	ABC	L 7–14	25,012
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

• Source: HokieSports.com: 1966 Virginia Tech football schedule[3]

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.[4]

VPI 1966 roster
	Art Aguilar S. Backs Ken Barefoot Eddie Barker Frank Beamer Judson Bigelow Andy Bowling Jud Brownell Donnie Bruce Eddie Bulheller James Edward "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 Chester Arthur Forrester George Foussekis Tommy Francisco Doug Gainous Sal Garcia Ted Georges Jerry Green Bob Griffith Tommy Groom Waddey Harvey Jeff Haynes Bert Henderson Erick Johnson Al Kincaid Karsten Koepcke Frank Leonard Ronnie Lindon Dickie Longerbeam Frank Loria Leonard Angelo Luongo Fred Magarian		John Lawrence Maxwell Ronald Lee McGuigan Milton E. Miller Richard Mollo Dan Mooney Frederick Marshall Mooney Carl Edward Omohundro Thomas Irwin Parks Rick Piland John Raible James John Reba Jim Richards John Schrecker Dennis Michael Semones Tommy Stafford Tom Swords Don Thacker John Randolph Treadwell Jonathan Titley Utin Ken Whitley Sands Woody Pete Wrenn Carl Yaras

References

1. "1966 Virginia Tech schedule".
2. "Virginia Tech trounces outmanned GWU 40 to 0". The Danville Register. September 25, 1966. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1966–1967". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed January 21, 2018.
4. "The Bugle 1967" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1967. p. 88. Retrieved 2017-12-07.