1977 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team

1977 Virginia Tech Gobblers football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–7–1
Head coach	Jimmy Sharpe (4th season)
Home stadium	Lane Stadium

1977 NCAA Division I independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Notre Dame		–		–				11	–	1	–	0
No. 5 Penn State		–		–				11	–	1	–	0
Colgate		–		–				10	–	1	–	0
North Texas State *		–		–				10	–	1	–	0
No. 16 San Diego State		–		–				10	–	1	–	0
Tennessee State		–		–				8	–	1	–	1
No. 14 Florida State		–		–				10	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Pittsburgh		–		–				9	–	2	–	1
East Carolina		–		–				8	–	3	–	0
Rutgers		–		–				8	–	3	–	0
Army		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Louisville		–		–				7	–	4	–	1
Boston College		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Cincinnati		–		–				5	–	4	–	2
Georgia Tech		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Memphis State		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Northwestern State		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Syracuse		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
William & Mary		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Temple		–		–				5	–	5	–	1
Hawaii		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Navy		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
West Virginia		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
South Carolina		–		–				5	–	7	–	0
Utah State		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Villanova		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Illinois State		–		–				3	–	7	–	1
Virginia Tech		–		–				3	–	7	–	1
Miami (FL)		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
Richmond		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
Tulane		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
Air Force		–		–				2	–	8	–	1
Holy Cross		–		–				2	–	8	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
North Texas State (originally 9–2) awarded a forfeit win after Mississippi State was found to be using an ineligible player. Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 17	No. 7 Texas A&M	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 6–37	33,500
September 24	at Memphis State	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	L 20–21
October 1	Clemson	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 13–31	34,000
October 8	vs. William & Mary	City Stadium Richmond, VA (Tobacco Bowl)	W 17–8
October 15	Virginia	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	T 14–14
October 22	at Richmond	City Stadium Richmond, VA	L 14–17
October 29	at No. 7 Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	L 0–32
November 5	No. 15 Florida State	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 21–23	36,500
November 12	at West Virginia	Mountineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	L 14–20	29,041
November 19	Wake Forest	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 28–10	20,000
November 26	VMI	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	W 27-7
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Players

The following players were members of the 1977 football team.

1977 Virginia Tech roster
	Chris Albrittain Dale Babione Jeff Bailey Gippy Belcher Greg Birtsch Henry Bradley Gene Bunn Roscoe Coles Glen Comer Chris Cosh Bryson Cramer David DeHart John Drinkard Paul Engle Larry Fallen Mickey Fitzgerald Bill Fox Gary Fuerst Mike Heizer Danny Hill Dickie Holway Bill Houseright Michael James Hughes Steve Jacobsen		James Johnson Mathew Dane "Chip" Keatley Mike Kenley Kent Knupp David Lamie Don LaRue John Latina Ed Lewis Kenny Lewis, Sr. Ron Luraschi Carl McDonald Doug McDougald Matt Mead Bucky Methfessel Barry Miller Lewis Neal Charles Novell Jerry Onhaizer Jerome Pannell Nick Rapone Rick Razzano George Roberts Mickey Rogers		Mike Romagnoli Joe Sansone Ellis Savage Dennis Scott Steve Scott Jerry Sheehan Gary Smith Tory Smith Eddie Snell Sidney Snell Mark Steadman Lewis Stuart Steve Trask Craig Van Schoick Bob Vorhies Roe Waldron Leonard Walker Tom Webb Richard White Denny Windmuller Steve Wirt Ron Zollicoffer Michael Edward Zouzalik