1948 VPI Gobblers football team

1948 VPI Gobblers football
Conference Southern Conference
1948 record 0–8–1 (0–6–1 SoCon)
Head coach Robert McNeish (1st season)
Captain Thomas C. Burns
Home stadium Miles Stadium
1948 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 11 Clemson $ 5 –0 –0  11 –0 –0
No. 3 North Carolina 4 –0 –1  9 –1 –1
VMI 5 –1 –0  6 –3 –0
No. 17 William & Mary 5 –1 –1  7 –2 –2
No. 20 Wake Forest 5 –2 –0  6 –4 –0
Maryland 4 –2 –0  6 –4 –0
Duke 3 –2 –1  4 –3 –2
Richmond 3 –3 –1  5 –3 –2
Washington and Lee 2 –2 –0  4 –6 –0
Furman 2 –4 –0  2 –6 –1
George Washington 2 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Davidson 2 –5 –0  3 –5 –1
South Carolina 1 –3 –0  3 –5 –0
NC State 1 –4 –1  3 –6 –1
VPI 0 –6 –1  0 –8 –1
The Citadel 0 –5 –0  2 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1948 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Robert McNeish and finished with a record of zero wins, eight losses and one tie (0–8–1).

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 25, 1948 George Washington Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA L 0–13   –
October 2, 1948 vs. Virginia* Victory Stadium • Roanoke, VA (Rivalry) L 0–28   17,500[1]
October 9, 1948 vs. Maryland Griffith Stadium • Washington, DC L 0–28   –
October 16, 1948 William & Marydagger Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA L 0–30   15,000[2]
October 23, 1948 2:30pm[3] vs. No. 16 Duke Victory Stadium • Roanoke, VA L 0–7   –
October 30, 1948 at No. 5 Army* Michie Stadium • West Point, NY L 7–49   –
November 6, 1948 vs. Washington and Lee Municipal Stadium[4] • Lynchburg, VA L 7–14   –
November 13, 1948 2:30pm[5] at Richmond City Stadium • Richmond, VA T 7–7   12,000[6]
November 25, 1948 vs. VMI Victory Stadium • Roanoke, VA (Rivalry) L 7–33   29,000[7]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. All times are in Eastern Time.
  • Source: HokieSports.com: 1948 Virginia Tech football schedule[8]

NFL Draft selections

= NFL Hall of Fame = Canadian Football Hall of Fame = College Football Hall of Fame
NFL Draft Selections 
Year Round Pick Overall Name Team Position
1951 28 10 337 Sterling Wingo Los Angeles Rams Back

Players

The following players were members of the 1948 football team according to the roster published in the 1949 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[6]

VPI 1948 roster
  • Victor Anderson
  • Ralph Coe Beard
  • Raymond Rucker Beasley
  • James William Blair
  • Thomas Craig Burns (Capt.)
  • Ronald Herman Casto
  • Coy Lenard Chambers
  • Joseph Litton Church
  • Pete "Chip" Collum
  • Billy Patrick DeNardo
  • Hubert Wallace Dutton
  • Bruce Mills "Bud" Fisher
  • Charles Mugler Forbes
  • James Forrest
  • Robert Fracker
  • Richard "Bob" Gilley
  • Richard Goodman
  • Frank Hargrove
  • William Hughes Hegamyer
  • Robert Hess
  • Andre Hodgson
  • Holcomb
  • Oren Edward Hopkins
  • Tom Howard
  • Jack Ross Ittner
  • Johnson
  • Charles Edward Kernan
  • Jimmy Kitts
  • Timothy Lawler
  • Carl Leonard
  • Bill Loomis
  • Kerry Jennings McBroom
  • Hamilton Otey Meriwether
  • Roger Rowland Neel
  • Oliver
  • Ross Moore Orr
  • Erving Hascall Rand
  • Jay B. Ratliff
  • Charles Ronald Raugh
  • Roy Carrington Robinette
  • Pete Smith
  • Warren William Squires
  • C. William Stultz
  • Bob Taylor
  • Franklin Ray Taylor
  • David Lacy Thomas
  • Vernon
  • Robert James Wachter
  • W. Harry Walton
  • Robert Franklin Webb
  • Richard White
  • Donald Lindbergh Whiteman
  • Sterling Lagrand Wingo
  • Gerhard Charles Zekert
  • Paul Ethan "Zig" Zender

References

  1. ↑ "Guepemen Ground V.P.I. Into Roanoke Turf, 28–0". The Cavalier Daily. Google News Archives. October 5, 1948. p. 2. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ Joynes, Tom (October 19, 1948). "McCray's Braves Roll Over Virginia Tech For 30–0 Win In Gobbler Homecoming Game" (PDF). The Flat Hat. College of William & Mary. p. 5. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Limping Dukes Hits Season's First Soft Touch Against VPI". The Duke Chronicle. Duke University. October 22, 1948. p. 1. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  4. ↑ Lonergan, Ted (November 9, 1948). "Big Blue Scores 14-7 Triumph Over VPI; Bell and Leister Figure in General Tally" (PDF). Ring-tum Phi. Washington and Lee University. p. 3. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  5. ↑ "City Stadium Scene of Tilt". The Collegian. University of Richmond. November 12, 1948. p. 1. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  6. 1 2 "The Bugle 1949" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1949. p. 180. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
  7. ↑ "Bomb 1949". VMI Bomb. 1949. p. 190. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  8. ↑ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1948–1949". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed January 23, 2016.
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