1979 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team

The 1979 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Bill Dooley.

1979 Virginia Tech Gobblers football
ConferenceIndependent
1979 record5–6
Head coach
Home stadiumLane Stadium
1979 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Florida State   –  –   11 –1 –0
No. 7 Pittsburgh   –  –   11 –1 –0
UNLV   –  –   9 –1 –2
No. 17 Temple   –  –   10 –2 –0
Tulane   –  –   9 –3 –0
Rutgers   –  –   8 –3 –0
East Carolina   –  –   7 –3 –1
No. 20 Penn State   –  –   8 –4 –0
South Carolina   –  –   8 –4 –0
Navy   –  –   7 –4 –0
Notre Dame   –  –   7 –4 –0
Southern Miss   –  –   6 –4 –1
Syracuse   –  –   7 –5 –0
Colgate   –  –   5 –4 –1
Boston College   –  –   5 –6 –0
Holy Cross   –  –   5 –6 –0
Memphis   –  –   5 –6 –0
Miami   –  –   5 –6 –0
North Texas State   –  –   5 –6 –0
Villanova   –  –   5 –6 –0
Virginia Tech   –  –   5 –6 –0
West Virginia   –  –   5 –6 –0
Georgia Tech   –  –   4 –6 –1
Louisville   –  –   4 –6 –1
William & Mary   –  –   4 –7 –0
Illinois State   –  –   3 –8 –0
Northeast Louisiana   –  –   3 –8 –0
Army   –  –   2 –8 –1
Air Force   –  –   2 –9 –0
Cincinnati   –  –   2 –9 –0
Richmond   –  –   0 –11 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 8at LouisvilleW 15–14
September 15Appalachian StateW 41–3230,300
September 22William & Mary
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 35–14
September 29No. 12 Florida State
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
ABCL 10–1739,200
October 6Wake Forest
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 14–1936,600
October 13Clemson
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 0–2137,700
October 20Richmond
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 34–039,600
October 27at No. 1 AlabamaL 7–3160,210
November 3at West VirginiaL 23–3427,531
November 10at VirginiaL 18–20
November 17VMI
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)
W 18–20
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Players

The following players were members of the 1979 football team.

1979 Virginia Tech roster
  • Bobby Allen
  • Jeff Bailey
  • Dennis Behl
  • Tony Blackmon
  • Jeff Bolton
  • Mike Borden
  • Ricky Brilliant
  • William C. Britts
  • Wally Browne
  • Cass Camp
  • Steve Casey
  • Chris Cosh
  • Jeff Dahl
  • Paul Davis
  • Scott Dovel
  • John Drinkard
  • Johnnie Edmonds
  • George Evans
  • Michel Faulkner
  • Mickey Fitzgerald
  • Gillett Ford
  • Joe Fraley
  • John Gambone
  • Mike Giacolone
  • Ricky Hall
  • Danny Hill
  • Billy Hite
  • Steve Jacobsen
  • Tim Jarvis
  • Eric King
  • Mike Kovac
  • Don LaRue
  • Dennis Laury
  • Cyrus Lawrence
  • Kenny Lewis, Sr.
  • John Ludlow
  • Ron Luraschi
  • Carl McDonald
  • Doug McDougald
  • Tony McKee
  • Matt Mead
  • Bucky Methfessel
  • Richard Harold Miley
  • Wayne Mutter
  • Jerome Pannell
  • Nate Parker
  • Padro Phillips
  • Rob Purdham
  • Bill Renner
  • Mickey Rogers
  • Mike Scharnus
  • John Scott
  • Dave Smigelsky
  • Gary Smith
  • Sidney Snell
  • Lewis Stuart
  • Jeremiah Thomas
  • Andy Tommelleo
  • Mark Udinski
  • Craig Van Schoick
  • Roe Waldron
  • Paul Watkins
  • Tom Webb
  • Steve Wirt
  • Lawrence Young
  • Ron Zollicoffer
  • Michael Edward Zouzalik

References


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