1961 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record4–5 (2–3 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
1961 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
The Citadel $ 5 –1 –07 –3 –0
Richmond 5 –2 –05 –5 –0
VMI 4 –2 –06 –4 –0
West Virginia 2 –1 –04 –6 –0
Furman 2 –2 –07 –3 –0
George Washington 3 –4 –03 –6 –0
VPI 2 –3 –04 –5 –0
Davidson 1 –4 –04 –4 –0
William & Mary 1 –6 –01 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1961 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1961 NCAA University Division football season.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16vs. William & MaryW 20–65,000[2]
October 7at West VirginiaL 0–28
October 14at Tulane*L 14–27[3]
October 21vs. Virginia*
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
W 20–017,000
October 28Florida State*daggerW 10–715,000[4]
November 4at RichmondL 0–1114,000[5]
November 11at Wake Forest*L 15–248,000
November 17George Washington
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 14–35,000[6]
November 23vs. VMI
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
L 0–620,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

Players

The following players were members of the 1961 football team according to the roster published in the 1962 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[4]

VPI 1961 roster
  • Jake Adams
  • Kyle Marlon Albright
  • William McLemore Babb
  • Ray Barile
  • Gerald Bobbitte
  • Harold Bolden
  • Herb Bowling
  • Gene Breen
  • Mike Cahill
  • Alex Camaioni
  • Phillip W. Cary
  • Pete Cartwright
  • Dickie Cranwell
  • Bloice Davison
  • Lacy Lee Edwards, Jr.
  • Randall Edwards
  • John Farmer
  • Ronald Wayne Frank
  • David Green
  • Walter Newton Green, Jr.
  • David W. Gillespie
  • Richard B. Goode
  • Ron Hawkins
  • Thomas Morgan Hawkins
  • James Venable Hickam
  • Charles F. Hines
  • Robert Gerald Holbrook
  • Don Jensen
  • Warren Maccaroni
  • Ray Massie
  • John W. Minichan
  • Joe Moss
  • Bob Peak
  • Noah Redding "Buddy" Perry
  • Charles Warren Price, Jr.
  • Art Pruett
  • Bill Robertson
  • Aster Sizemore
  • Charlie Speck
  • Terry L. Strock
  • Amos Leon Tomblin
  • Joseph Gilleece "Skip" Vance
  • Al Verthein
  • Thomas Merritt Walker
  • K. T. "Buddy" Weihe
  • Roger Whitley

References

  1. ↑ "1961 Virginia Tech Hokies". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Gobblers rally for 20–6 win over Indians". The Virginian-Pilot. September 17, 1961. Retrieved October 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Rush-led Tulane raps Virginia Tech by 27–14". Daily Press. October 15, 1961. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. 1 2 "The Bugle 1962" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1962. p. 213. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Richmond drops VPI, 11–0, as Pratt's punts sparkle". Daily Press. November 5, 1961. Retrieved August 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Virginia Tech defeats George Washington 14–3". The Tampa Tribune. November 18, 1961. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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