1964 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team
Appearance
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Conference | Southern Conference |
Record | 6–4 (3–1 SoCon) |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | Miles Stadium |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1964 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1964 NCAA University Division football season.[1]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 19 | at Tampa* | W 18–14 | 7,500 | ||
September 26 | vs. Wake Forest* | L 21–38 | 21,000 | ||
October 3 | at Virginia* | L 17–20 | |||
October 10 | George Washington | W 33–0 | 11,000 | [2] | |
October 17 | West Virginia |
| L 10–23 | ||
October 24 | No. 10 Florida State* |
| W 20–11 | 22,000 | [3] |
October 31 | at William & Mary | W 27–20 | 11,000 | [4] | |
November 7 | NC State* |
| W 28–19 | ||
November 14 | at Syracuse* | L 15–20 | 24,000 | [5] | |
November 26 | vs. VMI |
| W 35–13 | 25,000 | [6] |
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Players
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.[7]
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References
- ^ "1964 Virginia Tech Hokies". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
- ^ "Tech romps". The News Leader. October 11, 1964. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tribe Suffers First Defeat: Shweickert Gobbles Up Seminoles 20-11". Tallahassee Democrat. October 25, 1964. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "VPI tops WIlliam & Mary on Schweickert's passes". The Tampa Tribune. November 1, 1964. Retrieved October 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "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 .
- ^ "Schweikert beats VMI". Beckley Post-Herald. November 27, 1964. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The Bugle 1965" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1965. p. 348. Retrieved December 5, 2017.