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American college football season
The 1976 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season.[2]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 4 | at Wake Forest | | W 23–6 | 25,600 |
September 11 | at No. 14 Texas A&M | | L 0–19 | 44,039 |
September 18 | Southern Miss | | W 16–7 | |
October 2 | William & Mary | - Lane Stadium
- Blacksburg, VA
| L 15–27 | 35,000 |
October 9 | vs. VMI | | W 37–7 | 21,000 |
October 16 | at Virginia | | W 14–10 | 32,618 |
October 13 | Kent State | - Lane Stadium
- Blacksburg, VA
| W 42–14 | |
October 30 | West Virginia | - Lane Stadium
- Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)
| W 24–7 | 39,000 |
November 6 | Tulsa | - Lane Stadium
- Blacksburg, VA
| L 31–35 | |
November 13 | at Richmond | | L 0–16 | |
November 20 | at Florida State | | L 21–28 | 16,148 |
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Players
The following players were members of the 1976 football team.
1976 Virginia Tech roster
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- Paul Adams
- Mike Arbaugh
- Dale Babione
- Jim Banks
- Mitcheal Barnes
- Tom Beasley
- Gippy Belcher
- Greg Birtsch
- Larry Blunt
- Henry Bradley
- Gene Bunn
- Blair John Buskirk
- Steve Cannon
- Larry Capps
- Roscoe Coles
- Tom Cooper
- Rondal Davis
- David DeHart
- David Stephen Dolphin
- Paul Engle
- Larry Fallen
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- Michel Faulkner
- Mickey Fitzgerald
- Moses Foster
- Keith Gibson
- John Goodwin
- George Heath
- Mike Heizer
- Danny Hill
- Dickie Holway
- Tony Ray Houff
- Bill Houseright
- Scott Hurd
- Mathew Dane "Chip" Keatley
- Billy King
- Kent Knupp
- David Lamie
- John Latina
- Curt Lowery
- Keith McCarter
- Doug McDougald
- Dave McGlothlin
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- Barry Miller
- Lewis Neal
- Chuck Nuttycombe
- Stuart Patterson
- Greg Payne
- Rick Razzano
- George Roberts
- Mike Roy
- Ellis Savage
- Larry Schmidt
- Dennis Scott
- Steve Scott
- Jerry Sheehan
- Gary Smith
- Eddie Snell
- Mark Steadman
- Mike Stollings
- Steve Trask
- Leonard Walker
- Tom Webb
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