1966 VPI Gobblers football
Liberty Bowl, L 7–14 vs. Miami (FL)
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 20
Record8–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumLane Stadium
1966 NCAA University Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Notre Dame   –  – 9 –0 –1
Colgate   –  – 8 –1 –1
No. 8 Georgia Tech   –  – 9 –2 –0
Army   –  – 8 –2 –0
Dayton   –  – 8 –2 –0
Houston   –  – 8 –2 –0
Memphis State   –  – 7 –2 –0
No. 9 Miami (FL)   –  – 8 –2 –1
VPI   –  – 8 –2 –1
Syracuse   –  – 8 –3 –0
Colorado State   –  – 7 –3 –0
New Mexico State   –  – 7 –3 –0
West Texas State   –  – 7 –3 –0
Villanova   –  – 6 –3 –0
Holy Cross   –  – 6 –3 –1
Southern Miss   –  – 6 –4 –0
Texas Western   –  – 6 –4 –0
Tulane   –  – 5 –4 –1
Florida State   –  – 6 –5 –0
Buffalo   –  – 5 –5 –0
Penn State   –  – 5 –5 –0
Air Force   –  – 4 –6 –0
Boston College   –  – 4 –6 –0
Navy   –  – 4 –6 –0
Utah State   –  – 4 –6 –0
Xavier   –  – 4 –6 –0
Pacific   –  – 4 –7 –0
San Jose State   –  – 3 –7 –0
Pittsburgh   –  – 1 –9 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1966 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1966 NCAA University Division football season.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 17at TulaneL 0–1322,500[2]
September 24George WashingtonW 49–018,000[3]
October 1West Virginia
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)
T 13–1325,000
October 8at KentuckyW 7–031,000[4]
October 15vs. VanderbiltW 21–622,000[5]
October 22at VirginiaW 24–7
October 29Florida Statedagger
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
ABCW 23–21
November 5at Wake ForestW 11–013,000
November 12at William & MaryW 20–1813,000[6]
November 24vs. VMIW 70–1221,000[7]
December 1012:15 p.m.vs. No. 9 Miami (FL)ABCL 7–1425,012
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[8]

Players

The following players were members of the 1966 football team according to the roster published in the 1967 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[9]

VPI 1966 roster
  • Art Aguilar
  • S. Backs
  • Ken Barefoot
  • Eddie Barker
  • Frank Beamer
  • Judson Bigelow
  • Andy Bowling
  • Jud Brownell
  • Donnie Bruce
  • Eddie Bulheller
  • James Edward "Eddie" Carter
  • Paul Frederick Cobb
  • Chris Frank Collis
  • George Constantinides
  • J. Dee Crigger
  • Clarence Culpepper
  • Daniel Cupp
  • Ron Davidson
  • Scott Dawson
  • Damon William Dedo
  • Steve Divita
  • Daniel W. Etzold
  • David Lowell Farmer
  • Rusty Fife
  • Gene Fisher
  • Chester Arthur Forrester
  • George Foussekis
  • Tommy Francisco
  • Doug Gainous
  • Sal Garcia
  • Ted Georges
  • Jerry Green
  • Bob Griffith
  • Tommy Groom
  • Waddey Harvey
  • Jeff Haynes
  • Bert Henderson
  • Erick Johnson
  • Al Kincaid
  • Karsten Koepcke
  • Frank Leonard
  • Ronnie Lindon
  • Dickie Longerbeam
  • Frank Loria
  • Leonard Angelo Luongo
  • Fred Magarian
  • John Lawrence Maxwell
  • Ronald Lee McGuigan
  • Milton E. Miller
  • Richard Mollo
  • Dan Mooney
  • Frederick Marshall Mooney
  • Carl Edward Omohundro
  • Thomas Irwin Parks
  • Rick Piland
  • John Raible
  • James John Reba
  • Jim Richards
  • John Schrecker
  • Dennis Michael Semones
  • Tommy Stafford
  • Tom Swords
  • Don Thacker
  • John Randolph Treadwell
  • Jonathan Titley Utin
  • Ken Whitley
  • Sands Woody
  • Pete Wrenn
  • Carl Yaras

References

  1. ↑ "1966 Virginia Tech schedule".
  2. ↑ "Tulane rolls to 13–0 victory over Va. Tech". The Danville Register. September 18, 1966. Retrieved October 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Virginia Tech trounces outmanned GWU 40 to 0". The Danville Register. September 25, 1966. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Late Virginia Tech score whips Kentucky Wildcats". The Selma Times-Journal. October 9, 1966. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Virginia Tech trims Vanderbilt for third victory, 21–6". Bristol Herald Courier. October 16, 1966. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "VPI slips past William & Mary". Florence Morning News. November 13, 1966. Retrieved October 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Francisco scores 6 TD's as Va. Tech romps, 70–12". The Baltimore Sun. November 25, 1966. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1966–1967". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed January 21, 2018.
  9. ↑ "The Bugle 1967" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1967. p. 88. Retrieved December 7, 2017.


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