1961 VPI Gobblers football team

The 1961 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1961 college football season.[1]

1961 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1961 record4–5 (2–3 SoCon)
Head coachJerry Claiborne (1st season)
Home stadiumLane Stadium
1961 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
The Citadel $ 5 –1 –0  7 –3 –0
Richmond 5 –2 –0  5 –5 –0
VMI 4 –2 –0  6 –4 –0
West Virginia 2 –1 –0  4 –6 –0
Furman 2 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
George Washington 3 –4 –0  3 –6 –0
VPI 2 –3 –0  4 –5 –0
Davidson 1 –4 –0  4 –4 –0
William & Mary 1 –6 –0  1 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 16vs. William & Mary
W 20–6
October 7at West Virginia
L 0–28
October 14at Tulane*
L 14–27
October 21vs. Virginia*
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
W 20–0
October 28Florida State*
W 10–715,000[2]
November 4at Richmond
L 0–1114,500
November 11at Wake Forest*
L 15–24
November 17George Washington
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 14–3
November 23vs. VMI
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
L 0–620,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Source: HokieSports.com: 1961 Virginia Tech football schedule[3]

Players

The following players were members of the 1961 football team according to the roster published in the 1962 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[2]

VPI 1961 roster
  • Jake Adams
  • Kyle Marlon Albright
  • William McLemore Babb
  • Ray Barile
  • Gerald Bobbitte
  • Harold Bolden
  • Herb Bowling
  • Gene Breen
  • Mike Cahill
  • Alex Camaioni
  • Phillip W. Cary
  • Pete Cartwright
  • Dickie Cranwell
  • Bloice Davison
  • Lacy Lee Edwards, Jr.
  • Randall Edwards
  • John Farmer
  • Ronald Wayne Frank
  • David Green
  • Walter Newton Green, Jr.
  • David W. Gillespie
  • Richard B. Goode
  • Ron Hawkins
  • Thomas Morgan Hawkins
  • James Venable Hickam
  • Charles F. Hines
  • Robert Gerald Holbrook
  • Don Jensen
  • Warren Maccaroni
  • Ray Massie
  • John W. Minichan
  • Joe Moss
  • Bob Peak
  • Noah Redding "Buddy" Perry
  • Charles Warren Price, Jr.
  • Art Pruett
  • Bill Robertson
  • Aster Sizemore
  • Charlie Speck
  • Terry L. Strock
  • Amos Leon Tomblin
  • Joseph Gilleece "Skip" Vance
  • Al Verthein
  • Thomas Merritt Walker
  • K. T. "Buddy" Weihe
  • Roger Whitley

References
  1. "1961 Virginia Tech Hokies". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  2. "The Bugle 1962" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1962. p. 213. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  3. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1961–1962". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed January 21, 2018.


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