1969 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team

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
Conference	Independent
Record	4–5–1
Head coach	Jerry Claiborne (9th season)
Home stadium	Lane Stadium
Seasons ← 1968 1970 →

1969 NCAA University Division independents football records

v t e	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
Virginia Tech			–					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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20		No. 13 Alabama	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 13–17	42,000	[2]
September 27		at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	L 10–16	20,000	[3]
October 4		at Richmond	City Stadium Richmond, VA	L 10–17	20,000	[4]
October 11		Kentucky	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 6–7	33,000	[5]
October 18		South Carolina	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 16–17	28,000	[6]
October 25	1:30 p.m.	at Buffalo	War Memorial Stadium Buffalo, NY	W 21–7	8,354	[7]
November 1		vs. William & Mary	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (Harvest Bowl)	W 48–7	6,000	[8]
November 8		Florida State	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	T 10–10	25,000	[9]
November 15	1:30 p.m.	vs. Duke	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA (Oyster Bowl)	W 48–12	23,000	[10]
November 27		vs. VMI	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	W 52–0	14,000	[11]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

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