1951 VPI Gobblers football team

1951 VPI Gobblers football
Conference Southern Conference
1951 record 2–8 (1–7 SoCon)
Head coach Frank Moseley (1st season)
Home stadium Lane Stadium
1951 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Maryland + 5 –0 –0  10 –0 –0
VMI + 5 –0 –0  7 –3 –0
Washington and Lee 5 –1 –0  6 –4 –0
William & Mary 5 –1 –0  7 –3 –0
No. 19 Clemson 3 –1 –0  7 –3 –0
Duke 4 –2 –0  5 –4 –1
South Carolina 5 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
Wake Forest 5 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
George Washington 2 –3 –1  2 –6 –1
North Carolina 2 –3 –0  2 –8 –0
West Virginia 2 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
NC State 2 –6 –0  3 –7 –0
Richmond 2 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
The Citadel 1 –3 –0  4 –6 –0
Furman 1 –4 –1  3 –6 –1
Davidson 1 –5 –0  1 –8 –0
VPI 1 –7 –0  2 –8 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1951 college football season.[1] The team was led by their first-year head coach Frank Moseley and finished with a record of two wins and eight losses (2–8).

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 15, 1951 7:30pm[2] vs. Marshall* Bluefield Municipal Stadium • Bluefield, West Virginia W 18–12   –
September 29, 1951 Davidson Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia L 20–32   –
October 6, 1951 vs. Virginia* Roanoke, Virginia (Rivalry) L 0–33   –
October 12, 1951 vs. George Washington Tulloch Stadium at George Washington High School[3] • Alexandria, Virginia L 13–38   –
October 20, 1951 vs. Duke Foreman Field • Norfolk, Virginia (Oyster Bowl) L 6–55   –
October 27, 1951 NC Statedagger Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia L 14–19   10,000
November 3, 1951 vs. Washington and Lee City Stadium • Richmond, Virginia L 0–60   –
November 10, 1951 at William & Mary Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia L 7–28   8,000[4]
November 17, 1951 Richmond Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia W 20–14   –
November 22, 1951 vs. VMI Victory Stadium[5] • Roanoke, Virginia (Rivalry) L 7–20   22,000[5]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming.
  • Source: HokieSports.com: 1951 Virginia Tech football schedule[6]

Players

The following players were members of the 1951 football team according to the roster published in the 1952 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[7]

VPI 1951 roster
  • Dean Gerrard Boyle
  • Frank Bradley
  • Tommy Bryant
  • Howard Cowan
  • Bill Cox
  • Johnny Dean
  • James Glen Fleenor
  • Eustace Frederick
  • Chester Gates
  • Harold Byrd Grizzard
  • James H. Haren
  • Charles Donald Herb
  • Dick Hiler
  • B.J. Hilman
  • Fran Hobbs
  • Howell
  • Tom Hughes
  • Shakeep Kassem
  • Julian Neville King
  • Richard Kuhn
  • Kurminski
  • Frank Ronald Kwiatkowski
  • Casimir Jerome "Ki" Luczak
  • Robert Stevens Luttrell
  • Marty Lyczak
  • Madison "Buzz" Nutter
  • Joe Onderko
  • Douglas Cooper Petty
  • Thomas R. Petty
  • Jack Warren Prater
  • George Preas
  • Bobby Seal
  • Sizemore
  • Pete Stevens
  • Hunter E. Swink
  • George Mitchell Tederick
  • Don "Ducky" Welsh
  • Norman Chad White
  • Jack Williams
  • Howard Irving Wright

References

  1. ↑ "1951 Virginia Tech Hokies". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  2. ↑ "V.P.I. vs Marshall – King Coal Bowl". VPI vs. Marshall Football Program. 1951. p. 1. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  3. ↑ "V.P.I. vs George Washington Football Program". VPI vs. George Washington Football Program. 1951. p. 1. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  4. ↑ "Indians Top Gobblers With Three Scores In Third Period; Mioduzewski Shines" (PDF). The Flat Hat. College of William & Mary. November 13, 1951. p. 4. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Keydets Down VPI To Gain Tie for SC Crown". The Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. November 26, 1951. p. 1. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  6. ↑ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1951–1952". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed July 2, 2017.
  7. ↑ "The Bugle 1952" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1952. Retrieved 2017-06-29.


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