1965 VPI Gobblers football team

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

1965 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceIndependent
1965 record7–3
Head coachJerry Claiborne (5th season)
Home stadiumLane Stadium
1965 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W 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
Rutgers   –    3 –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

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 18vs. Wake Forest
W 12–3
September 258:15 p.m.at Richmond
W 25–711,000
October 2William & Mary
W 9–7
October 9at George Washington
W 17–12
October 16at Vanderbilt
L 10–21
October 23Virginia
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)
W 22–14
October 30at Florida State
L 6–7
November 6at West Virginia
L 22–31
November 13Villanova
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 21–1915,000
November 25vs. VMI
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
W 44–1323,000
  • Homecoming

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.[2]

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
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References
  1. "1965 Virginia Tech Hokies". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  2. "The Bugle 1966" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1966. p. 82. Retrieved 2017-12-06.


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