1972 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team

The 1972 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the 1972 college football season.[1]

1972 Virginia Tech Gobblers football
ConferenceIndependent
1972 record6–4–1
Head coach
Home stadiumLane Stadium
1972 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 10 Penn State      10 2 0
No. 14 Notre Dame      8 3 0
Utah State      8 3 0
West Virginia      8 4 0
Florida State      7 4 0
Northern Illinois      7 4 0
No. 20 Georgia Tech      7 4 1
Air Force      6 4 0
Army      6 4 0
Virginia Tech      6 4 1
Houston      6 4 1
Tulane      6 5 0
Temple      5 4 0
Colgate      5 4 1
Holy Cross      5 4 1
Syracuse      5 6 0
Miami (FL)      5 6 0
Dayton      4 6 1
Boston College      4 7 0
Navy      4 7 0
South Carolina      4 7 0
Southern Miss      3 7 1
Marshall      2 8 0
Xavier      2 8 0
Cincinnati      2 9 0
Villanova      2 9 0
Pittsburgh      1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 16at VirginiaL 20–24
September 23at No. 17 Florida StateL 15–2736,400
September 30SMUW 13–1026,000
October 7Houston
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
T 27–2726,000
October 14No. 19 Oklahoma State
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 34–32
October 21at OhioW 53–21
October 28vs. William & MaryL 16–1722,000
November 4Southern Miss
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 27–14
November 11South Carolina
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 45–2030,000
November 18at No. 2 AlabamaL 13–5257,162
November 25at Wake ForestW 44–96,500
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Players

The following players were members of the 1972 football team according to the roster published in the 1973 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[2]

1972 Virginia Tech roster
  • Paul Adams
  • Bruce Arians
  • James William "J.B." Barber, Jr.
  • Larry Bearekman
  • John Bell
  • Brent Bledsoe
  • Morris Blueford
  • Jack Booth
  • Glenn Brown
  • Mike Burnop
  • Tom Carpenito
  • M. Cole
  • Nick Colobro
  • Chris Courtney
  • Doug Coyner
  • Jack Crews
  • Bobby Dabbs
  • John Dobbins
  • Dennis Dodson
  • Rich Eastling
  • Bill Ellenbogen
  • Stephen C. Galloway
  • Barry Garber
  • T. Gerdy
  • David Halstead
  • Jim Heizer
  • Kent Henry
  • Peter Michael Horoszko
  • Andy Hromyak
  • Johnson
  • Bob Karlsen
  • Howard Keyes
  • Wayne Latimer
  • Bob Lawlor
  • Chip Lawson
  • Bruce Arthur Lemmert
  • Billy Linson
  • Steve Maguigan
  • Charley Martin
  • Randy McCann
  • Lynn McCoy
  • Bruce McDaniel
  • Steve Pasi
  • Chuck Perdue
  • Vic Perez
  • Rick Popp
  • Barney Ratliff
  • Don Reel
  • Tom Reynolds
  • Phil Rogers
  • Ricky Scales
  • Jerry Scharnus
  • John William Schneider
  • Rodney Schnurr
  • Chuck Schoenadel
  • Rod M. Sedwick
  • Tom Shirley
  • Chuck Shorter
  • Dale Soncini
  • John Sprenkle
  • Don Sprouse
  • Terry Stewart
  • Dave Strock
  • Don Strock
  • Andre Tennessee
  • Don Testerman
  • Doug Thacker
  • Greg Toal
  • Tom Trice
  • Kit Utz
  • Craig Valentine

References

  1. "1972 Virginia Tech Hokies". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  2. "The Bugle 1973". Virginia Tech Bugle. 1973. p. 128. Retrieved 2019-08-28.


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