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1965 VPI Gobblers football team

Summary

The 1965 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI (now known as Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University or Virginia Tech) as an independent during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Jerry Claiborne the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 7–3. VPI played home games at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.[1]

1965 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
Home stadiumLane Stadium
Seasons
← 1964
1966 →
1965 NCAA University Division independents football records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
New Mexico State   –   8 – 2 – 0
Utah State   –   8 – 2 – 0
Xavier   –   8 – 2 – 0
Texas Western   –   8 – 3 – 0
No. 9 Notre Dame   –   7 – 2 – 1
Southern Miss   –   7 – 2 – 0
Syracuse   –   7 – 3 – 0
VPI   –   7 – 3 – 0
Georgia Tech   –   7 – 3 – 1
Boston College   –   6 – 4 – 0
West Texas State   –   6 – 4 – 0
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 1
Buffalo   –   5 – 3 – 2
Miami (FL)   –   5 – 4 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 5 – 0
Memphis State   –   5 – 5 – 0
San Jose State   –   5 – 5 – 0
Navy   –   4 – 4 – 2
Colgate   –   4 – 5 – 1
Florida State   –   4 – 5 – 1
Army   –   4 – 5 – 1
Houston   –   4 – 5 – 1
Colorado State   –   4 – 6 – 0
Air Force   –   3 – 6 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 7 – 0
Dayton   –   3 – 7 – 0
Holy Cross   –   2 – 7 – 1
Villanova   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18vs. Wake Forest
W 12–320,000[2]
September 258:15 p.m.at Richmond
W 25–711,000[3]
October 2William & Mary
W 9–715,000[4]
October 9at George Washington
W 17–1212,500[5]
October 16at Vanderbilt
L 10–2114,338[6]
October 23Virginia 
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)
W 22–1430,100[7]
October 30at Florida State
L 6–722,536[8]
November 6at West Virginia
L 22–3123,000[9]
November 13Villanova
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 21–1915,000[10]
November 25vs. VMI
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
W 44–1323,000[11]
  •  Homecoming

Roster edit

The following players were members of the 1965 football team according to the roster published in the 1966 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[12]

VPI 1965 roster
  • Art Aguilar
  • Ken Barefoot
  • Jay Barfield
  • Judson Bigelow
  • Andy Bowling
  • Donnie Bruce
  • Eddie Bulheller
  • Paul Frederick Cobb
  • Clarence Culpepper
  • George Dallas
  • Scott Dawson
  • Damon William Dedo
  • Bill Edwards
  • Jack Evan
  • David Lowell Farmer
  • Rusty Fife
  • Gene Fisher
  • George Foussekis
  • Tommy Francisco
  • Sal Garcia
  • Bill Gordon
  • Leo Griffin
  • Bob Griffith
  • Tommy Groom
  • Les Hanly
  • Jeff Haynes
  • Basil G. Jennings
  • Erick Johnson
  • Bill Kegley
  • Jackie Kennedy
  • Ronnie Lindon
  • Dickie Longerbeam
  • Frank Loria
  • Ronald Lee McGuigan
  • Claude Earl Messamore, Jr.
  • Milton E. Miller
  • Dan Mooney
  • Bobby Owens
  • John Raible
  • Wayne Rash
  • James John Reba
  • Jim Richards
  • Robert Rupp
  • Fred Michael Saunders
  • Dennis Michael Semones
  • John Sheehy
  • John George Shipley
  • Bill Skinner
  • Tommy Stafford
  • Tom Swords
  • Don Thacker
  • Jonathan Titley Utin
  • Sands Woody
  • Peter Wrenn

References edit

  1. ^ "1965 Virginia Tech Hokies Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
  2. ^ "Tech wins, 12–3, on run by Francisco". The Progress-Index. September 19, 1965. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Richmond bows to Tech, 25–7". The Daily News Leader. September 26, 1965. Retrieved October 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Rally in last two minutes of play wins for VPI, 9–7". The Danville Register. October 3, 1965. Retrieved October 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "VPI halts GWU 17–12 for 4th win". The Danville Register. October 10, 1965. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Ransom pays off for VU". The Nashville Tennessean. October 17, 1965. Retrieved October 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "VPI dedicates stadium with 22–14 win". Bristol Herald Courier. October 24, 1965. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Florida State defeats VPI by 7–6 score". The Progress-Index. October 31, 1965. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "West Virginia turns back Virginia Tech by 31 to 22". The Danville Register. November 7, 1965. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Tech squeaks past Villanova". The Roanoke Times. November 14, 1965. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Virginia Tech thumps VMI by 44–13". The Lexington Herald. November 26, 1965. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "The Bugle 1966" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1966. p. 82. Retrieved December 6, 2017.