1954 VPI Gobblers football team

1954 VPI Gobblers football
Conference Southern Conference
Ranking
AP No. 16
1954 record 8–0–1 (3–0–1 SoCon)
Head coach Frank Moseley (4th season)
Home stadium Lane Stadium
1954 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 12 West Virginia $ 3 –0 –0  8 –1 –0
Furman 2 –0 –0  5 –5 –0
No. 16 VPI 3 –0 –1  8 –0 –1
Davidson 2 –1 –0  6 –3 –0
VMI 4 –3 –0  4 –6 –0
Richmond 2 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
William & Mary 1 –2 –2  4 –4 –2
George Washington 0 –4 –1  1 –7 –1
The Citadel 0 –4 –0  2 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1954 college football season.[1]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 18, 1954 NC State* Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA W 30–21   –
September 25, 1954 vs. Wake Forest* City Stadium • Richmond, VA (Tobacco Bowl) W 32–0   –
October 2, 1954 at Clemson* Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC W 18–7   14,000[2]
October 16, 1954 at Richmond No. 16 City Stadium • Richmond, VA W 19–12   –
October 23, 1954 vs. Virginia* No. 14 Victory Stadium[3] • Roanoke, VA (Rivalry) W 6–0   –
October 30, 1954 William & Marydagger No. 14 Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA T 7–7   16,000[3]
November 5, 1954 at George Washington No. 18 Griffith Stadium • Washington, DC W 20–13   –
November 13, 1954 Waynesburg* No. 15 Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA W 20–6   –
November 25, 1954 vs. VMI No. 16 Victory Stadium • Roanoke, VA (Rivalry) W 46–9   –
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.
  • Source: HokieSports.com: 1954 Virginia Tech football schedule[4]

Players

The following players were members of the 1954 football team.[3][5]

VPI 1954 roster
  • William R. Anderson
  • Richard VanMetre "Dickie" Beard
  • Herbert L. Blankenship
  • Gordon Derwood "Sonny" Bowman II
  • Franklin Dewey Brown
  • Leo Burke
  • Hayes Howell Burleson
  • Don Camp
  • Pat Luis Carpenito
  • William C. Cranwell
  • Robert J. Cruickshank
  • Charles Cuba
  • Bill Daley
  • Thomas John Dalzell
  • Johnny Dean
  • Raymond Donald Divers
  • Hugh David Ebert
  • John Rufus Hall
  • James H. Haren
  • James Lupton Hedrick
  • John Herndon
  • William Edward Jamerson
  • George Jones
  • Grover Cleveland Jones III
  • William Duncan Kerfoot
  • James Patrick Locke
  • Joseph Yadon Longmire
  • Robert Stevens Luttrell
  • Bob McCoy
  • Doug Mullins
  • Thomas R. Petty
  • Jack Warren Prater
  • George Preas
  • Thomas Carl Richards
  • Robert Earl Scruggs
  • Roger Winfield Simmons
  • Donald Gaylon Sink
  • Billy Tilling
  • Phillip William Unger
  • Ted Uzelac
  • Frank Webster
  • Ernie Wolfe
  • Bobby Wolfenden
  • Bob Wray
  • Howard Irving Wright

References

  1. ↑ "1954 Virginia Tech Hokies". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  2. ↑ "V.P.I. Ground Game Rugged; King is Outstanding In Exciting Contest Saturday". The Tiger. Clemson University. October 7, 1954. p. 4. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "The Bugle 1955" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1955. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
  4. ↑ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1954–1955". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed July 24, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Virginia Tech vs Clemson Football Program (October 2, 1954)". Clemson University. October 2, 1954. p. 28. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
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