1965 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
Home stadiumLane Stadium
1965 NCAA University Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

The 1965 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. They finished the season with a 7–3 record.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18vs. Wake ForestW 12–320,000
September 258:15 p.m.at RichmondW 25–711,000[2]
October 2William & MaryW 9–715,000[3]
October 9at George WashingtonW 17–1212,500[4]
October 16at VanderbiltL 10–2114,338[5]
October 23Virginiadagger
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)
W 22–1430,100
October 30at Florida StateL 6–7
November 6at West VirginiaL 22–31
November 13Villanova
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 21–1915,000
November 25vs. VMI
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
W 44–1323,000[6]
  • daggerHomecoming

Players

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.[7]

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

  1. "1965 Virginia Tech Hokies". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
  2. "Richmond bows to Tech, 25–7". The Daily News Leader. September 26, 1965. Retrieved October 27, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "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.
  4. "VPI halts GWU 17–12 for 4th win". The Danville Register. October 10, 1965. Retrieved February 7, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Ransom pays off for VU". The Nashville Tennessean. October 17, 1965. Retrieved October 19, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Virginia Tech thumps VMI by 44–13". The Lexington Herald. November 26, 1965. Retrieved January 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "The Bugle 1966" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1966. p. 82. Retrieved December 6, 2017.


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