1965 VPI Gobblers football team

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

1965 VPI Gobblers football
Conference	Independent
1965 record	7–3
Head coach	Jerry Claiborne (5th season)
Home stadium	Lane Stadium

1965 NCAA University Division independents football records
	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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18		vs. Wake Forest	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA	W 12–3
September 25	8:15 p.m.	at Richmond	City Stadium Richmond, VA	W 25–7	11,000
October 2		William & Mary	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 9–7
October 9		at George Washington	District of Columbia Stadium Washington DC	W 17–12	12,500	[2]
October 16		at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	L 10–21
October 23		Virginia	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	W 22–14
October 30		at Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 6–7
November 6		at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	L 22–31
November 13		Villanova	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 21–19	15,000
November 25		vs. VMI	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	W 44–13	23,000
Homecoming

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.[3]

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 2016-05-15.
2. "VPI halts GWU 17–12 for 4th win". The Danville Register. October 10, 1965. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "The Bugle 1966" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1966. p. 82. Retrieved 2017-12-06.