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1969 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team

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The 1969 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 an independent during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Jerry Claiborne the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 4–5–1. VPI played home games at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.[1]

1969 Virginia Tech Gobblers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5–1
Head coach
Home stadiumLane Stadium
Seasons
← 1968
1970 →
1969 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Penn State   –   11 – 0 – 0
No. 17 West Virginia   –   10 – 1 – 0
No. 12 Houston   –   9 – 2 – 0
No. 5 Notre Dame   –   8 – 2 – 1
Buffalo   –   6 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   6 – 3 – 0
Villanova   –   6 – 3 – 0
Florida State   –   6 – 3 – 1
Colgate   –   5 – 3 – 1
Air Force   –   6 – 4 – 0
West Texas State   –   6 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   5 – 4 – 0
New Mexico State   –   5 – 5 – 0
Southern Miss   –   5 – 5 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 5 – 0
Army   –   4 – 5 – 1
VPI   –   4 – 5 – 1
Georgia Tech   –   4 – 6 – 0
Miami (FL)   –   4 – 6 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   4 – 6 – 0
Dayton   –   3 – 7 – 0
Marshall   –   3 – 7 – 0
Northern Illinois   –   3 – 7 – 0
Tulane   –   3 – 7 – 0
Utah State   –   3 – 7 – 0
Idaho   –   2 – 8 – 0
Navy   –   1 – 9 – 0
Xavier   –   1 – 9 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20No. 13 Alabama
L 13–1742,000[2]
September 27at Wake Forest
L 10–1620,000[3]
October 4at Richmond
L 10–1720,000[4]
October 11Kentucky
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 6–733,000[5]
October 18South Carolina
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 16–1728,000[6]
October 251:30 p.m.at Buffalo
W 21–78,354[7]
November 1vs. William & Mary
W 48–76,000[8]
November 8Florida State
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
T 10–1025,000[9]
November 151:30 p.m.vs. Duke
W 48–1223,000[10]
November 27vs. VMI
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
W 52–014,000[11]

Roster

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The following players were members of the 1969 football team according to the roster published in the 1970 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[12]

VPI 1969 roster
  • John Harwood "Jack" Abraham
  • David Bailey
  • Preston Blackburn
  • Steve Bocko
  • Robert Clinton Bond
  • Tim Bosiack
  • Sammy Bria
  • Tim Chaney
  • Dennis Cogan
  • Chris Frank Collis
  • Jon Conlin
  • Donald Dewitt Cooke
  • Rod Cox
  • Larry Creekmore
  • J. Dee Crigger
  • Peter Francis Dawyot
  • Nick DelViscio
  • Kenneth Wayne Edwards
  • Dwight Eirich
  • Bob German
  • John Charlton Givens
  • Bruce Glatthorn
  • Jerry Green
  • George Butch Hall
  • Andy Harvey
  • Scott Hawkins
  • Bert Henderson
  • Ronnie Holsinger
  • Bob Hosp
  • Bill House
  • Wayne Humphries
  • Jeff Hunsucker
  • John Ivanac
  • Eddie Johns
  • Bob Karlsen
  • Al Kincaid
  • Larry Kushner
  • Lou Lagana
  • Dick Maksanty
  • Rich Matijevich
  • Kevin Meehan
  • Tom Mikulski
  • Bill Morgan
  • Thomas Irwin Parks
  • James Anthony Pigninelli
  • Jimmy Quinn
  • Bruce Runyan
  • Vince Russo
  • Gil Schwabe
  • Jack Simcsak
  • Bobby Slaughter
  • Larry Smith
  • Leonard James Smith
  • Terry Smoot
  • L. Wayne Stonesifer
  • Larry Duke Strager
  • Paul Christian Striffler
  • Don Strock
  • Ed Tennis
  • Mike Ternosky
  • Perry Tiberio
  • Joe Tucker
  • Mike Widger

References

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  1. ^ "1969 Virginia Tech Hokies Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  2. ^ "Tide edges VPI in thriller, 17–13". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 21, 1969. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Wake Forest stuns tough VPI, 16–10". The Miami Herald. September 28, 1969. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Richmond beats VPI by 17 to 10". The Danville Register. October 5, 1969. Retrieved October 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Kentucky adds to Tech's woes with a 7–6 victory". The Daily Progress. October 12, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Gamecocks ease past VPI, 17–16". The Macon Telegraph & News. October 19, 1969. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Virginia Tech discovers how sweet it is (to win)". The Roanoke Times. October 26, 1969. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Virginia Tech romps over William and Mary 48 to 7". The Danville Register. November 2, 1969. Retrieved October 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Field goals rescues Seminoles, 10–10". The Commercial Appeal. November 9, 1969. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "VPI takes it out on Duke, 48–12". Daily Press. November 16, 1969. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Smoot paces Gobblers' win". The Herald-Sun. November 28, 1969. Retrieved January 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "The Bugle 1970". Virginia Tech Bugle. 1970. p. 17. Retrieved August 25, 2019.


 

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