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 ForestW 12–3
September 258:15 p.m.at RichmondW 25–711,000
October 2William & MaryW 9–7
October 9at George WashingtonW 17–12
October 16at VanderbiltL 10–21
October 23Virginia
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)
W 22–14
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
  • 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

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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