1963 VPI Gobblers football team
The 1963 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1963 NCAA University Division football season.[1]
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SoCon champion | |
| Conference | Southern Conference |
| Record | 8–2 (5–0 SoCon) |
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| Home stadium | Miles Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VPI $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 3 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Furman | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William & Mary | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richmond | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Citadel | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| George Washington | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Davidson | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 21 | at Kentucky* | L 14–33 | 35,000 | [2] | |
| September 28 | at Wake Forest* | W 27–0 | 7,000 | ||
| October 5 | vs. Virginia* | W 10–0 | 20,000 | ||
| October 11 | at George Washington | W 22–8 | 7,000 | [3] | |
| October 19 | William & Mary | W 28–13 | 20,000 | [4] | |
| October 26 | at Florida State* | W 31–23 | 16,500 | ||
| November 2 | at Richmond | W 14–13 | 18,000 | [5] | |
| November 9 | at NC State* | L 7–13 | |||
| November 16 | at West Virginia | W 28–3 | |||
| November 28 | vs. VMI |
| W 35–20 | 27,000 | [6] |
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Players
The following players were members of the 1963 football team according to the roster published in the 1964 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[7]
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References
- "1963 Virginia Tech Hokies Schedule and Results".
- "Wildcats roll to 33–14 victory over VPI". The Paducah Sun-Democrat. September 22, 1963. Retrieved October 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Schweickert-led Gobblers topple G-W by 22–8 score". Johnson City Press. October 12, 1963. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Schwiekert moves VPI past Tribe". The Bristol Herald Courier. October 20, 1963. Retrieved October 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Gambling Richmond loses to Tech, 14–13". The Virginian-Pilot. November 3, 1963. Retrieved October 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Gobblers capture first Southern loop crown". The Bristol Herald Courier. November 29, 1963. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- "The Bugle 1964" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1964. p. 294. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
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