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)
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 20
1966 record8–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumLane 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 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

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 17at TulaneL 0–13
September 24George WashingtonW 49–018,000[2]
October 1West Virginia
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)
T 13–1325,000
October 8at KentuckyW 7–0
October 15vs. VanderbiltW 21–6
October 22at VirginiaW 24–7
October 29Florida State
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
ABCW 23–21
November 5at Wake ForestW 11–0
November 12at William & MaryW 20–1813,000
November 24vs. VMIW 70–12
December 10vs. No. 9 Miami (FL)ABCL 7–1425,012
  • 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.


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