1964 VPI Gobblers football team

1964 VPI Gobblers football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	6–4 (3–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Jerry Claiborne (4th season)
Home stadium	Miles Stadium

1964 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
West Virginia $	5	–	0	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
VPI	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
$ – Conference champion

The 1964 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI (now known as Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University or Virginia Tech) as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Jerry Claiborne the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 3–1 in conference play, and finished second in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	at Tampa*	Phillips Field Tampa, FL	W 18–14	7,300
September 26	vs. Wake Forest*	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (Harvest Bowl)	L 21–38	21,000
October 3	at Virginia*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	L 17–20	23,500
October 10	George Washington	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 33–0	11,000
October 17	West Virginia	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	L 10–23	13,500
October 24	No. 10 Florida State*	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 20–11	22,000
October 31	at William & Mary	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA	W 27–20	11,000
November 7	NC State*	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 28–19	11,500
November 14	at Syracuse*	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 15–20	24,000
November 26	vs. VMI	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	W 35–13	25,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

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.

VPI 1964 roster
	Dick Anderson Darryl Bailey Jay Barfield Judson Bigelow Joe Bloomer Andy Bowling Donnie Bruce Eddie Bulheller Robert Carr Churchill Paul Frederick Cobb Dickie Cranwell Bill Edwards Lacy Lee Edwards, Jr. Jack Evan David Lowell Farmer Rusty Fife Tommy Francisco Sal Garcia Bill Gordon		Bob Griffith Tommy Groom Les Hanly Wayne Hewitt Tom Hidell Wynston Holbrook Michael Joseph Hvozdovic Ed Jeffrey Basil G. Jennings Erick Johnson Lynn Jones Bill Kegley Dickie Kelly Victor "Vic" William Kreiter, Jr. Ronnie Lindon Tommy Marvin Ronald Lee McGuigan Claude Earl Messamore, Jr. Milton E. Miller		Richard Mollo Bobby Owens Darrell Page Mike Price John Raible James John Reba Fred Michael Saunders Bob Schweickert John Sheehy John George Shipley James Simmons Tommy Stafford Douglas Lee Ulery Silas Alexander "Sonny" Utz, III Raleigh Voight Jack Wenderoch Ken Whitley Sands Woody