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1964 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team

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1964 Virginia Tech Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record6–4 (3–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
Seasons
← 1963
1965 →
1964 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
West Virginia $ 5 0 0 7 4 0
Virginia Tech 3 1 0 6 4 0
George Washington 3 2 0 5 4 0
The Citadel 4 3 0 4 6 0
William & Mary 4 3 0 4 6 0
Richmond 2 4 0 3 7 0
Davidson 1 3 0 3 6 0
Furman 1 4 0 3 7 0
VMI 1 4 0 1 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1964 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI (now known as Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University or Virginia Tech) as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Jerry Claiborne the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 3–1 in conference play, and finished second in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19at Tampa*W 18–147,300[2]
September 26vs. Wake Forest*L 21–3821,000[3]
October 3at Virginia*L 17–2023,500[4]
October 10George WashingtonW 33–011,000[5]
October 17West Virginia
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)
L 10–2313,500[6]
October 24No. 10 Florida State*dagger
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 20–1122,000[7]
October 31at William & MaryW 27–2011,000[8]
November 7NC State*
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 28–1911,500[9]
November 14at Syracuse*L 15–2024,000[10]
November 26vs. VMI
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
W 35–1325,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

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The following players were members of the 1964 football team according to the roster published in the 1965 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[12]

VPI 1964 roster
  • Dick Anderson
  • Darryl Bailey
  • Jay Barfield
  • Judson Bigelow
  • Joe Bloomer
  • Andy Bowling
  • Donnie Bruce
  • Eddie Bulheller
  • Robert Carr Churchill
  • Paul Frederick Cobb
  • Dickie Cranwell
  • Bill Edwards
  • Lacy Lee Edwards, Jr.
  • Jack Evan
  • David Lowell Farmer
  • Rusty Fife
  • Tommy Francisco
  • Sal Garcia
  • Bill Gordon
  • Bob Griffith
  • Tommy Groom
  • Les Hanly
  • Wayne Hewitt
  • Tom Hidell
  • Wynston Holbrook
  • Michael Joseph Hvozdovic
  • Ed Jeffrey
  • Basil G. Jennings
  • Erick Johnson
  • Lynn Jones
  • Bill Kegley
  • Dickie Kelly
  • Victor "Vic" William Kreiter, Jr.
  • Ronnie Lindon
  • Tommy Marvin
  • Ronald Lee McGuigan
  • Claude Earl Messamore, Jr.
  • Milton E. Miller
  • Richard Mollo
  • Bobby Owens
  • Darrell Page
  • Mike Price
  • John Raible
  • James John Reba
  • Fred Michael Saunders
  • Bob Schweickert
  • John Sheehy
  • John George Shipley
  • James Simmons
  • Tommy Stafford
  • Douglas Lee Ulery
  • Silas Alexander "Sonny" Utz, III
  • Raleigh Voight
  • Jack Wenderoch
  • Ken Whitley
  • Sands Woody

References

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  1. ^ "1964 Virginia Tech Hokies Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
  2. ^ "Utz last minute TD lifts VPI over Tamps, 18–14". Daily Press. September 20, 1964. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Deacs squelch VPI rally, rout Tech for second win". The State. September 27, 1964. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Cavaliers eke past Gobblers". Durham Morning Herald. October 4, 1964. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Tech romps". The News Leader. October 11, 1964. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "West Virginia sweeps big 23–10 win". The Rocky Mount Telegram. October 18, 1964. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Tribe Suffers First Defeat: Shweickert Gobbles Up Seminoles 20-11". Tallahassee Democrat. October 25, 1964. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "VPI tops WIlliam & Mary on Schweickert's passes". The Tampa Tribune. November 1, 1964. Retrieved October 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Schweickert leads Gobblers over North Carolina State". Florence Morning News. November 8, 1964. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Syracuse Students Accuse VPI Of Segregation Usage". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. AP. October 30, 1964. p. 7. Retrieved December 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Schweikert beats VMI". Beckley Post-Herald. November 27, 1964. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "The Bugle 1965" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1965. p. 348. Retrieved December 5, 2017.