1978 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team

The 1978 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1]

1978 Virginia Tech Gobblers football
ConferenceIndependent
1978 record4–7
Head coach
Home stadiumLane Stadium
1978 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Penn State        11 1 0
North Texas State        9 2 0
East Carolina        9 3 0
Navy        9 3 0
No. 7 Notre Dame        9 3 0
Rutgers        9 3 0
Florida State        8 3 0
Temple        7 3 1
Pittsburgh        8 4 0
Holy Cross        7 4 0
Louisville        7 4 0
UNLV        7 4 0
Southern Miss        7 4 0
Northeast Louisiana        6 4 1
Georgia Tech        7 5 0
Hawaii        6 5 0
Miami (FL)        6 5 0
South Carolina        5 5 1
William & Mary        5 5 1
Cincinnati        5 6 0
Villanova        5 6 0
Army        4 6 1
Memphis State        4 7 0
Tulane        4 7 0
Virginia Tech        4 7 0
Air Force        3 8 0
Colgate        3 8 0
Richmond        3 8 0
Syracuse        3 8 0
Illinois State        2 9 0
West Virginia        2 9 0
Boston College        0 11 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 9TulsaL 33–35
September 16at Wake ForestW 28–622,750
September 23Auburn
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 7–1838,000
September 30William & Mary
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 22–19
October 7at ClemsonABCL 7–3853,800
October 14West Virginia
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)
W 16–340,000
October 21at VirginiaL 7–1734,275
October 28at No. 3 AlabamaL 0–3560,210
November 4Kentucky
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 0–28
November 11at Florida StateL 14–2438,654
November 18VMI
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)
W 28–2
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Players

The following players were members of the 1978 football team.

1978 Virginia Tech roster
  • Chris Albrittain
  • Jeff Bailey
  • Gippy Belcher
  • Greg Birtsch
  • Brown
  • Gene Bunn
  • Steve Casey
  • Chris Cosh
  • David Stephen Dolphin
  • Scott Dovel
  • John Drinkard
  • Paul Engle
  • Larry Fallen
  • Michel Faulkner
  • 88 Mickey Fitzgerald
  • John Gambone
  • Danny Hill
  • Dickie Holway
  • Michael James Hughes
  • James Johnson
  • Mathew Dane "Chip" Keatley
  • Mike Kenley
  • Eric King
  • Kent Knupp
  • Mike Kovac
  • David Lamie
  • Don LaRue
  • John Latina
  • Ed Lewis
  • Kenny Lewis, Sr.
  • Ron Luraschi
  • Carl McDonald
  • Doug McDougald
  • Matt Mead
  • Bucky Methfessel
  • Wayne Mutter
  • Charles Novell
  • Jerome Pannell
  • Nate Parker
  • Nick Rapone
  • Mickey Rogers
  • Mike Romagnoli
  • Joe Sansone
  • Ellis Savage
  • Mike Scharnus
  • Dennis Scott
  • Jerry Sheehan
  • Dave Smigelsky
  • Gary Smith
  • Gary Smith
  • Henry Smith
  • Tory Smith
  • Sidney Snell
  • Lewis Stuart
  • Craig Van Schoick
  • Roe Waldron
  • Leonard Walker
  • Paul Watkins
  • Tom Webb
  • Denny Windmuller
  • Steve Wirt
  • Lawrence Young
  • Ron Zollicoffer
  • Michael Edward Zouzalik

References

  1. "1978 Virginia Tech Hokies". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-15.


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