1976 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team

The 1976 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season.[2]

1976 Virginia Tech Gobblers football
ConferenceIndependent
1976 record6–5
Head coach
Home stadiumLane Stadium
1976 NCAA Division I independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Pittsburgh      12 0 0
No. 17 Rutgers      11 0 0
San Diego State      10 1 0
No. 12 Notre Dame      9 3 0
Colgate      8 2 0
Boston College      8 3 0
Cincinnati      8 3 0
Memphis State      7 4 0
North Texas State *      7 4 0
Southern Illinois      7 4 0
Penn State      7 5 0
Villanova      6 4 1
South Carolina      6 5 0
Virginia Tech      6 5 0
Army      5 6 0
Florida State      5 6 0
Illinois State      5 6 0
Richmond      5 6 0
West Virginia      5 6 0
Georgia Tech      4 6 1
Temple      4 6 0
Air Force      4 7 0
Dayton      4 7 0
Louisville      4 7 0
Marshall      4 7 0
Navy      4 7 0
Indiana State      3 7 0
Hawaii      3 8 0
Holy Cross      3 8 0
Miami (FL)      3 8 0
Syracuse      3 8 0
Utah State      3 8 0
Northeast Louisiana      2 9 0
Southern Miss      2 9 0
Tulane      2 9 0
  • North Texas State (originally 6–5) was awarded a forfeit win after Mississippi State was found to be using an ineligible player.[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 4at Wake ForestW 23–625,600
September 11at No. 14 Texas A&ML 0–1944,039
September 18Southern MissW 16–7
October 2William & Mary
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 15–2735,000
October 9vs. VMIW 37–721,000
October 16at VirginiaW 14–1032,618
October 13Kent State
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 42–14
October 30West Virginia
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)
W 24–739,000
November 6Tulsa
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 31–35
November 13at Richmond
  • City Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
L 0–16
November 20at Florida StateL 21–2816,148
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Players

The following players were members of the 1976 football team.

1976 Virginia Tech roster
  • Paul Adams
  • Mike Arbaugh
  • Dale Babione
  • Jim Banks
  • Mitcheal Barnes
  • Tom Beasley
  • Gippy Belcher
  • Greg Birtsch
  • Larry Blunt
  • Henry Bradley
  • Gene Bunn
  • Blair John Buskirk
  • Steve Cannon
  • Larry Capps
  • Roscoe Coles
  • Tom Cooper
  • Rondal Davis
  • David DeHart
  • David Stephen Dolphin
  • Paul Engle
  • Larry Fallen
  • Michel Faulkner
  • Mickey Fitzgerald
  • Moses Foster
  • Keith Gibson
  • John Goodwin
  • George Heath
  • Mike Heizer
  • Danny Hill
  • Dickie Holway
  • Tony Ray Houff
  • Bill Houseright
  • Scott Hurd
  • Mathew Dane "Chip" Keatley
  • Billy King
  • Kent Knupp
  • David Lamie
  • John Latina
  • Curt Lowery
  • Keith McCarter
  • Doug McDougald
  • Dave McGlothlin
  • Barry Miller
  • Lewis Neal
  • Chuck Nuttycombe
  • Stuart Patterson
  • Greg Payne
  • Rick Razzano
  • George Roberts
  • Mike Roy
  • Ellis Savage
  • Larry Schmidt
  • Dennis Scott
  • Steve Scott
  • Jerry Sheehan
  • Gary Smith
  • Eddie Snell
  • Mark Steadman
  • Mike Stollings
  • Steve Trask
  • Leonard Walker
  • Tom Webb

References


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