1968 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team

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The 1968 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 1968 NCAA University Division football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Jerry Claiborne the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 7–4 and with a loss against Ole Miss in the Liberty Bowl. VPI played home games at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record7–4
Headcoach
HomestadiumLane Stadium
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1968 Virginia Tech Gobblers football
Liberty Bowl, L 17–34 vs. Ole Miss
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–4
Head coach
Home stadiumLane Stadium
Seasons
 1967
1969 
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1968 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Penn State  1100
Rutgers  820
West Texas State  820
No. 5 Notre Dame  721
Florida State  830
Air Force  730
Army  730
Buffalo  730
No. 18 Houston  622
Utah State  730
Boston College  730
West Virginia  730
Virginia Tech  740
Syracuse  640
Villanova  640
Xavier  640
Colgate  550
Dayton  550
Miami (FL)  550
New Mexico State  550
Georgia Tech  460
Southern Miss  460
Holy Cross  361
San Jose State  370
Navy  280
Tulane  280
Pittsburgh  190
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 21at No. 7 AlabamaL 7–1463,759[2][3]
September 28at William & MaryW 12–015,000[4]
October 5Kansas StateL 19–3419,000[5]
October 12Wake Forestdagger
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 7–631,000[6]
October 18at No. 13 Miami (FL)L 8–1336,844[7]
October 26West Virginia
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)
W 27–1233,000[8]
November 2at No. 18 Florida StateW 40–2231,342[9]
November 9Richmond
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 31–1812,000[10]
November 16at South CarolinaW 17–640,137[11]
November 28vs. VMIW 55–617,000[12]
December 14vs. Ole MissABCL 17–3446,206[13]
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Game summaries

At No. 7 Alabama

Tech lost 14-7 to the 7th-ranked team in the nation in front of a crowd of 63,759 in Birmingham. At the time it was the largest audience in school history. The Gobblers scored on a blocked punt by Larry Creekmore recovered in the end zone by Jud Bronwell. Tech was dominated by the Crimson Tide defense, racking up only three first downs, the first coming in the fourth quarter.[14]

At William & Mary

The Tech special teams scored a touchdown and a safety by blocking two punts and put up its first offensive points of the year with a 20-yard field goal by Jack Simscack. The Gobblers defense pitched a shutout, helped by defensive back Ron Davidson who picked off three W&M passes.[15]

Roster

The following players were members of the 1968 football team according to the roster published in the 1969 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[16]

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VPI 1968 roster
  • Art Aguilar
  • David Bailey
  • Frank Beamer
  • David Binko
  • Preston Blackburn
  • Steve Bocko
  • William G. "Jerry" Boykin
  • Jud Brownell
  • James Edward "Eddie" Carter
  • Dennis Cogan
  • Chris Frank Collis
  • George Constantinides
  • Donald Dewitt Cooke
  • Larry Creekmore
  • J. Dee Crigger
  • Daniel Cupp
  • Ron Davidson
  • Peter Francis Dawyot
  • Nick DelViscio
  • Kenneth Wayne Edwards
  • Doug Gainous
  • Jerry Green
  • George Butch Hall
  • Waddey Harvey
  • Bert Henderson
  • D. Hickman
  • Wayne Humphries
  • Hank Immel
  • John Ivanac
  • Al Kincaid
  • Larry Kushner
  • Dickie Longerbeam
  • Leonard Angelo Luongo
  • T. MacDonald
  • John Lawrence Maxwell
  • Tom Mikulski
  • Frederick Marshall Mooney
  • Thomas Irwin Parks
  • James Anthony Pigninelli
  • Rick Piland
  • Paul Ripley
  • Gil Schwabe
  • Jack Simcsak
  • Bill Skinner
  • Bobby Slaughter
  • Leonard James Smith
  • Terry Smoot
  • L. Wayne Stonesifer
  • Larry Duke Strager
  • Tom Swords
  • Perry Tiberio
  • John Randolph Treadwell
  • Joe Tucker
  • Danny Waller
  • Mike Widger
  • S. Womack
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