1960 VPI Gobblers football team

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

1960 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1960 record6–4 (4–2 SoCon)
Head coachFrank Moseley (10th season)
Home stadiumLane 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

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 171:30 p.m.[2]at NC State*
L 14–29
September 24vs. West Virginia
W 15–0
October 12:00 p.m.[3]at No. 7 Clemson*
L 7–13
October 8Wake Forest*
W 22–13
October 15at William & Mary
W 27–011,000+[4]
October 22vs. Virginia*
W 40–6
October 29at Richmond
  • City Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
W 20–0
November 5Davidson
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 7–9
November 11at George Washington
L 8–21
November 24vs. VMI
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
W 13–1228,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • 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
Quarterbacks
  • Frank H. Eastman
  • Charles Warren Price, Jr.
  • Elmer Reed
  • Harold Ward

Guards

  • Ray Barile
  • Andy Beckstoffer
  • James Venable Hickam
  • Robert Gerald Holbrook
  • William Duncan Holsclaw, Jr.
  • Don Jensen
  • Jim Paine
  • Mike Zeno

Tackles

  • John Farmer
  • Ronald Wayne Frank
  • Bob Harris
  • William Roderick McGinnis
  • Joe Moss
  • Don Oakes
  • Bernie Vishneski
  • Arthur Allen Whittier
 Centers
  • Charles F. Hines
  • John W. Minichan
  • Rick Tolley
  • Gary Welliver

Ends

  • Jim Farr
  • Richard B. Goode
  • Walter Milton Harris
  • Len Nunnally
  • Bill Robertson
  • Charlie Speck
  • Amos Leon Tomblin

Halfbacks

  • Herb Bowling
  • Robert M. Crabtree
  • Ron Hawkins
  • Ray Massie
  • Noah Redding "Buddy" Perry
  • Art Pruett
  • Aster Sizemore
  • Terry L. Strock
  • Johnny Watkins
 Fullbacks
  • Gerald Bobbitte
  • Warren Maccaroni
  • Donald Ray Vaught

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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