1960 VPI Gobblers football team

1960 VPI Gobblers football
Conference Southern Conference
1960 record 6–4 (4–2 SoCon)
Head coach Frank Moseley (10th season)
Home stadium Lane Stadium
1960 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
VMI $ 4 –1 –0  7 –2 –1
The Citadel 4 –2 –0  8 –2 –1
George Washington 4 –2 –0  5 –3 –1
VPI 4 –2 –0  6 –4 –0
Furman 2 –2 –0  5 –4 –1
Richmond 3 –4 –1  3 –6 –1
Davidson 1 –3 –0  3 –5 –0
William & Mary 1 –5 –0  2 –8 –0
West Virginia 0 –2 –1  0 –8 –2
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1960 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1960 college football season.[1]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 17, 1960 1:30pm[2] at NC State* Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina L 14–29   –
September 24, 1960 vs. West Virginia City Stadium • Richmond, Virginia (Tobacco Bowl and Rivalry) W 15–0   –
October 1, 1960 2:00pm[3] at No. 7 Clemson* Memorial Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina L 7–13   –
October 8, 1960 Wake Forest*dagger Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia W 22–13   –
October 15, 1960 at William & Mary Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia W 27–0   11,000+[4]
October 22, 1960 vs. Virginia* Victory Stadium • Roanoke, Virginia (Rivalry) W 40–6   –
October 29, 1960 at Richmond City Stadium • Richmond, Virginia W 20–0   –
November 5, 1960 Davidson Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia L 7–9   –
November 11, 1960 at George Washington Washington, D.C. L 8–21   –
November 24, 1960 vs. VMI Victory Stadium • Roanoke, Virginia (Rivalry) W 13–12   –
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. All times are in Eastern Time.
  • Source: HokieSports.com: 1960 Virginia Tech football schedule[5]

Players

The following players were members of the 1960 football team according to the roster published in the 1961 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[6]

VPI 1960 roster
  • Ray Barile
  • Andy Beckstoffer
  • Gerald Bobbitte
  • Herb Bowling
  • Robert M. Crabtree
  • Frank H. Eastman
  • John Farmer
  • Jim Farr
  • Ronald Wayne Frank
  • Richard B. Goode
  • Bob Harris
  • Walter Milton Harris
  • Ron Hawkins
  • James Venable Hickam
  • Charles F. Hines
  • Robert Gerald Holbrook
  • William Duncan Holsclaw, Jr.
  • Don Jensen
  • Warren Maccaroni
  • Ray Massie
  • William Roderick McGinnis
  • John W. Minichan
  • Joe Moss
  • Len Nunnally
  • Don Oakes
  • Jim Paine
  • Noah Redding "Buddy" Perry
  • Charles Warren Price, Jr.
  • Art Pruett
  • Elmer Reed
  • Bill Robertson
  • Aster Sizemore
  • Charlie Speck
  • Terry L. Strock
  • Rick Tolley
  • Amos Leon Tomblin
  • Donald Ray Vaught
  • Bernie Vishneski
  • Harold Ward
  • Johnny Watkins
  • Gary Welliver
  • Arthur Allen Whittier
  • Mike Zeno

References

  1. ↑ "1960 Virginia Tech Hokies". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  2. ↑ "State Tackles VPI in Home Opener". The Technician. North Carolina State University. September 15, 1960. p. 13 (B-1). Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Clemson vs. Va. Tech". VPI vs. Clemson Football Program. Clemson University. 1960. p. 24. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  4. ↑ "Tribe Contingent Loses to Tech" (PDF). The Flat Hat. College of William and Mary. October 21, 1960. p. 10. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  5. ↑ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1960–1961". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed November 30, 2017.
  6. ↑ "The Bugle 1961" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1961. p. 235. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
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