1973 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team

The 1973 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the 1973 NCAA Division I football season.[1]

1973 Virginia Tech Gobblers football
ConferenceIndependent
1973 record2–9
Head coach
Home stadiumLane Stadium
1973 NCAA Division I independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Notre Dame      11 0 0
No. 5 Penn State      12 0 0
No. 9 Houston      11 1 0
Temple      9 1 0
No. 20 Tulane      9 3 0
Memphis State      8 3 0
Tampa      8 3 0
Boston College      7 4 0
South Carolina      7 4 0
Utah State      7 4 0
Air Force      6 4 0
Southern Miss      6 4 1
Northern Illinois      6 5 0
West Virginia      6 5 0
Pittsburgh      6 5 1
Colgate      5 5 0
Dayton      5 5 1
Xavier      5 5 1
Georgia Tech      5 6 0
Holy Cross      5 6 0
Miami (FL)      5 6 0
Cincinnati      4 7 0
Marshall      4 7 0
Navy      4 7 0
Southern Illinois      3 7 1
Villanova      3 8 0
Syracuse      2 9 0
Virginia Tech      2 9 0
Army      0 10 0
Florida State      0 11 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 8William & MaryL 24–31
September 15at KentuckyL 26–31
September 22at West VirginiaL 10–2433,000
September 29at SMUL 6–3713,683
October 6South Carolina
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 24–2738,000
October 12at No. 14 HoustonL 27–5427,103
October 20Virginia
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)
W 27–15
October 27at No. 2 AlabamaL 6–7757,009
November 3at Memphis StateL 16–49
November 10Florida State
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 36–1325,000
November 17VMI
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)
L 21–22
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Players

The following players were members of the 1973 football team according to the roster published in the 1974 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[2]

1973 Virginia Tech roster
  • Paul Adams
  • Mike Arbaugh
  • Bruce Arians
  • Richard Arthur
  • James William "J.B." Barber, Jr.
  • Malcolm Barrick
  • Jack Baumgardner
  • Larry Bearekman
  • Tom Beasley
  • John Bell
  • Brent Bledsoe
  • Morris Blueford
  • Larry Blunt
  • Richard Bond
  • Jack Booth
  • Mike Callison
  • Doug Carneal
  • Carlos Castilla
  • Chris Courtney
  • Skip Creasey
  • Jack Crews
  • Allen Cure
  • Ron "Flash" Davis
  • Kevin Dick
  • Dennis Dodson
  • George Dodson
  • Mike Enzlow
  • Bill Filtz
  • Steve Fisher
  • Stephen C. Galloway
  • Barry Garber
  • Ted Gardner
  • Keith Gibson
  • David Halstead
  • Billy Hardee
  • Orin Harvey
  • Mike Hearring
  • George Heath
  • Jim Heizer
  • Kent Henry
  • Larry Herndon
  • Alex Hill
  • Peter Michael Horoszko
  • Bill Houseright
  • Jerry Inge
  • Eddie Joyce
  • Lester Karlin
  • Howard Keyes
  • Wayne Latimer
  • Ricky Law
  • Paul Lawrence
  • Chip Lawson
  • Bruce Arthur Lemmert
  • Billy Linson
  • Marty Little
  • Curt Lowery
  • Danny Ludd
  • Luke Marsengill
  • Charley Martin
  • Steve Mathieson
  • Randy McCann
  • Keith McCarter
  • Lynn McCoy
  • Bruce McDaniel
  • Ray McGinley
  • Tom Mikus
  • David Miller
  • Greg Mullinax
  • Jay Neal
  • Steve Pasi
  • Danny Patterson
  • Chuck Perdue
  • Steve Philbrick
  • Rick Popp
  • Tom Reynolds
  • William George Ritchie, Jr.
  • Bryant Robinson
  • Reginald Robinson
  • Phil Rogers
  • Ricky Scales
  • Jerry Scharnus
  • Rodney Schnurr
  • Rod M. Sedwick
  • Tom Shirley
  • Lou Smith
  • John Smithman
  • Bruce Hayford Striffler
  • Peter Christian Striffler
  • Andre Tennessee
  • Doug Thacker
  • Mike Thomas
  • Mitchell Thomas
  • Greg Toal
  • Tom Turner
  • Randy Vey
  • Bill Wallace
  • Lynn Weaver
  • David Wood
  • Joe Winfree

References

  1. "1973 Virginia Tech Hokies". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  2. "The Bugle 1974". Virginia Tech Bugle. 1974. p. 104. Retrieved 2019-08-28.


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