1967 VPI Gobblers football team

1967 VPI Gobblers football
Conference	Independent
1967 record	7–3
Head coach	Jerry Claiborne (7th season)
Home stadium	Lane Stadium
Seasons

1967 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Army			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 5 Notre Dame			–					8	–	2	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 10 Penn State			–					8	–	2	–	1
New Mexico State			–					7	–	2	–	1
UTEP			–					7	–	2	–	1
Utah State			–					7	–	2	–	1
Florida State			–					7	–	2	–	2
West Texas State			–					8	–	3	–	0
Houston			–					7	–	3	–	0
VPI			–					7	–	3	–	0
Memphis State			–					6	–	3	–	0
Southern Miss			–					6	–	3	–	0
Dayton			–					6	–	3	–	1
Xavier			–					6	–	3	–	1
Miami (FL)			–					7	–	4	–	0
Buffalo			–					6	–	4	–	0
Navy			–					5	–	4	–	1
Holy Cross			–					5	–	5	–	0
Colorado State			–					4	–	5	–	1
Pacific			–					4	–	5	–	0
Rutgers			–					4	–	5	–	0
Boston College			–					4	–	6	–	0
Georgia Tech			–					4	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	6	–	0
Air Force			–					2	–	6	–	2
Tulane			–					3	–	7	–	0
San Jose State			–					2	–	7	–	0
Colgate			–					2	–	8	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					1	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1967 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1967 college football season. They finished the season with a 7–3 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 16	at Tampa	Phillips Field Tampa, FL	W 13–3
September 23	William & Mary	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 31–7
September 30	at Kansas State	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	W 15–3	20,000
October 7	Villanova	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 3–0
October 14	at Kentucky	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 24–14
October 24	Richmond	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 45–14
October 28	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	W 20–7
November 4	Miami (FL)	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	L 7–14
November 11	at Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 15–38
November 23	vs. VMI	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	L 10–12

Players

The following players were members of the 1967 football team according to the roster published in the 1968 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.

VPI 1967 roster
	Art Aguilar Ken Barefoot Eddie Barker Frank Beamer Judson Bigelow David Binko Preston Blackburn Steve Bocko Jud Brownell Eddie Carter Chris Frank Collis George Constantinides Larry Creekmore J. Dee Crigger Clarence Culpepper Daniel Cupp Ron Davidson Scott Dawson Pete Dawyot Damon William Dedo Charles "Chalkie" Eades		Ken Edwards Gene Fisher Chet Forrester George Foussekis Doug Gainous Jerry Green Bob Griffith James Wallace "Waddey" Harvey Jeff Haynes Bert Henderson Hank Immel Al Kincaid Dickie Longerbeam Frank Loria Lennie Loungo John Maxwell Littlejohn McSwain Milton E. Miller Richard Mollo Dan Mooney F. Mooney		Tom Parks James Pigninelli Rick Piland Wayne Rash Jimmy Richards Paul Ripley J. Roller Gil Schwabe Emil J. Sholtis, Jr. Bill Skinner Bobby Slaughter Terry Smoot L. Wayne Stonesifer L. Duke Strager Tom Swords Don Thacker Randy Treadwell Joe Tucker Jonathan Titley Utin Mike Widger Pete Wrenn