1964 VPI Gobblers football team

1964 VPI Gobblers football
Conference	Southern Conference
1964 record	6–4 (3–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Jerry Claiborne (4th season)
Home stadium	Miles Stadium
Seasons

1964 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
West Virginia †		5	–	0					8	–	2
Virginia Tech		3	–	1					6	–	4
George Washington		3	–	2					5	–	4
The Citadel		4	–	3					4	–	6
William & Mary		4	–	3					4	–	6
Richmond		2	–	4					3	–	7
Davidson		1	–	3					3	–	6
Furman		1	–	4					3	–	7
VMI		1	–	4					1	–	9
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1964 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1964 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 19	at Tampa*	Phillips Field Tampa, FL	W 18–14	7,500
September 26	vs. Wake Forest*	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (Harvest Bowl)	L 21–38
October 3	at Virginia*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	L 17–20
October 10	George Washington	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 33–0	11,000
October 17	West Virginia	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	L 10–23
October 24	No. 10 Florida State*	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 20–11
October 31	at William & Mary	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA	W 27–20	10,000
November 7	NC State*	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 28–19
November 14	at Syracuse*	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 15–20	24,000
November 26	vs. VMI	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	W 35–13
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Players

The following players were members of the 1964 football team according to the roster published in the 1965 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.

VPI 1964 roster
	Dick Anderson Darryl Bailey Jay Barfield Judson Bigelow Joe Bloomer Andy Bowling Donnie Bruce Eddie Bulheller Robert Carr Churchill Paul Frederick Cobb Dickie Cranwell Bill Edwards Lacy Lee Edwards, Jr. Jack Evan David Lowell Farmer Rusty Fife Tommy Francisco Sal Garcia Bill Gordon		Bob Griffith Tommy Groom Les Hanly Wayne Hewitt Tom Hidell Wynston Holbrook Michael Joseph Hvozdovic Ed Jeffrey Basil G. Jennings Erick Johnson Lynn Jones Bill Kegley Dickie Kelly Victor "Vic" William Kreiter, Jr. Ronnie Lindon Tommy Marvin Ronald Lee McGuigan Claude Earl Messamore, Jr. Milton E. Miller		Richard Mollo Bobby Owens Darrell Page Mike Price John Raible James John Reba Fred Michael Saunders Bob Schweickert John Sheehy John George Shipley James Simmons Tommy Stafford Douglas Lee Ulery Silas Alexander "Sonny" Utz, III Raleigh Voight Jack Wenderoch Ken Whitley Sands Woody