1967_VPI_Gobblers_football_team

1967 VPI Gobblers football team

1967 VPI Gobblers football team

American college football season


The 1967 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 1967 NCAA University Division football season. Led by seventh-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]

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Roster

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.[12]

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References

  1. "1967 Virginia Tech Hokies Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  2. "VPI gains 13–3 victory over stubborn Tampans". The Miami Herald. September 17, 1967. Retrieved January 21, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Virginia Tech romps over William and Mary, 31 to 7". The Danville Register. September 24, 1967. Retrieved September 16, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Unbeaten Gobblers trip Kansas State". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 1, 1967. Retrieved January 21, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Virginia Tech's kick a winner". St. Petersburg Times. October 8, 1967. Retrieved January 21, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Virginia Tech defeats Kentucky, 24 to 14". The Danville Register. October 15, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Tech crushes UR, 45–14". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 22, 1967. Retrieved October 27, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Gobblers top West Virginia". The Rocky Mount Telegram. October 29, 1967. Retrieved January 21, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Miami defense axes Gobbler streak, 14–7". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. November 5, 1967. Retrieved January 21, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "FSU smashes VPI, 38–15". Fort Lauderdale News. November 12, 1967. Retrieved January 21, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "VMI surprises VPI to avenge 70–12 loss". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 24, 1967. Retrieved January 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  12. "The Bugle 1968" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1968. p. 14. Retrieved December 11, 2017.

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