1974 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team

The 1974 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team was an American football team that represented Virginia Tech as an independent during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. In their first year under head coach Jimmy Sharpe, the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 4–7.^[1]

1974 Virginia Tech Gobblers football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–7
Head coach	Jimmy Sharpe (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Dan Henning (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Charley Pell (1st season)
Home stadium	Lane Stadium
Seasons ← 1973 1975 →

1974 NCAA Division I independents football records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Notre Dame			–					10	–	2	–	0
No. 7 Penn State			–					10	–	2	–	0
Temple			–					8	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					8	–	3	–	0
Utah State			–					8	–	3	–	0
No. 19 Houston			–					8	–	3	–	1
Rutgers			–					7	–	3	–	1
Cincinnati			–					7	–	4	–	0
Memphis State			–					7	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					7	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech			–					6	–	5	–	0
Hawaii			–					6	–	5	–	0
Miami (FL)			–					6	–	5	–	0
Southern Miss			–					6	–	5	–	0
Tampa			–					6	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross			–					5	–	5	–	1
Tulane			–					5	–	6	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	6	–	0
Northern Illinois			–					4	–	7	–	0
Navy			–					4	–	7	–	0
South Carolina			–					4	–	7	–	0
Virginia Tech			–					4	–	7	–	0
West Virginia			–					4	–	7	–	0
Army			–					3	–	8	–	0
Dayton			–					3	–	8	–	0
Villanova			–					3	–	8	–	0
Air Force			–					2	–	9	–	0
Southern Illinois			–					2	–	9	–	0
Syracuse			–					2	–	9	–	0
Florida State			–					1	–	10	–	0
Marshall			–					1	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 14	Kentucky	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 7–38	23,000	[2]
September 21	at SMU	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	L 25–28	13,767	[3]
September 28	Houston	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 12–49	30,000	[4]
October 5	vs. VMI	City Stadium Richmond, VA (Tobacco Bowl, rivalry)	L 17–22	22,000	[5]
October 12	at South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	W 31–17	35,897	[6]
October 19	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	L 27–28	32,149	[7]
October 26	Richmond	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 41–7	40,000	[8]
November 1	at Miami (FL)	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, Fl (rivalry)	L 7–14	20,134	[9]
November 9	at William & Mary	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA	W 34–15	15,000	[10]
November 16	at Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	W 56–21	27,707	[11]
November 23	West Virginia	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	L 21–22	36,000	[12]
Homecoming

Roster

The following players were members of the 1974 football team.

1974 Virginia Tech roster
	Paul Adams Mike Arbaugh Bruce Arians Mitcheal Barnes Larry Bearekman Tom Beasley John Bell Greg Birtsch Brent Bledsoe Morris Blueford Larry Blunt Henry Bradley Mike Brammer Rickey Bush Blair John Buskirk Larry Capps Roscoe Coles Tom Cooper Skip Creasey Allen Cure John Dasovich Ron “Flash” Davis Rondal Davis		Kevin Dick Moses Foster Barry Garber Keith Gibson Billy Hardee Rick Harman George Heath Dickie Holway Tony Ray Houff Bill Houseright Jerry Inge Billy King Ken Lambert Wayne Latimer Ricky Law Curt Lowery Luke Marsengill Charley Martin Keith McCarter Lynn McCoy Bruce McDaniel		Barry Miller Greg Mullinax Jay Neal Chuck Nuttycombe Stuart Patterson Greg Payne Chuck Perdue Steve Philbrick Nick Rapone Rick Razzano Phil Rogers Donald Robert Rudzinski Ricky Scales Bill Schrews Eddie Snell Andre Tennessee Doug Thacker Greg Toal Tom Turner Randy Vey Bill Wallace