1949 VPI Gobblers football team

The 1949 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1949 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Robert McNeish and finished with a record of one win, seven losses and two ties (1–7–2).

1949 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1949 record1–7–2 (1–5–2 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
1949 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 16 North Carolina $ 5 0 0  7 4 0
No. 14 Maryland 4 0 0  9 1 0
Washington and Lee 3 1 1  3 5 1
Duke 4 2 0  6 3 0
William & Mary 4 2 0  6 4 0
VMI 3 2 1  3 5 1
The Citadel 2 2 0  4 5 0
Clemson 2 2 0  4 4 2
Furman 3 3 0  3 6 0
South Carolina 3 3 0  4 6 0
Wake Forest 3 3 0  4 6 0
George Washington 2 3 0  4 5 0
NC State 3 6 0  3 7 0
VPI 1 5 2  1 7 2
Richmond 2 6 0  3 7 0
Davidson 1 5 0  2 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 17vs. Quantico Marines*L 14–33
September 24MarylandL 7–3412,000[1]
October 1at William & MaryL 13–39
October 8vs. Virginia*L 0–26
October 15George Washington
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 14–24
October 222:00 p.m.[2]at DukeL 7–55
October 292:30 p.m.vs. NC StateL 13–1421,000[1]–23,500[4]
November 5vs. Washington and Lee
T 6–67,000[5]
November 122:30 p.m.[6]at RichmondW 28–13
November 24vs. VMI
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
T 28–2825,500[7]
  • Source: HokieSports.com: 1949 Virginia Tech football schedule[8]

NFL Draft selections

= Pro Football Hall of Fame = Canadian Football Hall of Fame = College Football Hall of Fame
NFL Draft Selections 
Year Round Pick Overall Name Team Position
1951 28 10 337 Sterling Wingo Los Angeles Rams Back

Players

The following players were members of the 1949 football team according to the roster published in the 1950 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[1]

VPI 1949 roster
  • Victor Anderson
  • Baucom
  • Ralph Coe Beard
  • Bill Bennett
  • Dean Gerrard Boyle
  • Robert Dean Carroll
  • Ronald Herman Casto
  • Coy Lenard Chambers
  • Joseph Litton Church
  • Pete "Chip" Collum
  • George Marriott Davis, Jr.
  • Hubert Wallace Dutton
  • Bruce Mills "Bud" Fisher
  • Thomas Malcolm Fisher
  • James Forrest
  • Eustace Frederick
  • Donald Funk
  • Hubert John Gerkin
  • Richard "Bob" Gilley
  • Richard Goodman
  • Lawrence Shultz Hansrote
  • Frank Hargrove
  • William Hughes Hegamyer
  • Bobby Hess
  • Andre Hodgson
  • Oren Edward Hopkins
  • Tom Howard
  • Richard Earle Huff
  • Jack Ross Ittner
  • Charles Edward Kernan
  • Jimmy Kitts
  • Richard Kuhn
  • Timothy Lawler
  • Bill Loomis
  • Casimir Jerome "Ki" Luczak
  • Kerry Jennings McBroom
  • Hamilton Otey Meriwether
  • Ronald Garland Miller
  • Roger Rowland Neel
  • Douglas Cooper Petty
  • W. H. Powell
  • Jay B. Ratliff
  • Charles Ronald Raugh
  • Roy Carrington Robinette
  • Pete Smith
  • Warren William Squires
  • John Robert Stortz
  • C. William Stultz
  • Taylor
  • Franklin Ray Taylor
  • David Lacy Thomas
  • Charles Thrush
  • Robert James Wachter
  • Robert Franklin Webb
  • Donald Lindbergh Whiteman
  • Ralph Wiesting
  • Sterling Lagrand Wingo
  • Dewey Benton Woolwine
  • Forrest Bayard "Frank" Yarborough

References

  1. "The Bugle 1950" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1950. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  2. "Homecoming Blue Devils Engage VPI". The Duke Chronicle. Duke University. October 21, 1949. p. 6. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  3. "Pack, VPI Meet in Norfolk Tomorrow". The Technician. North Carolina State University. October 28, 1949. p. 5. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
  4. "Pack Edges V.P.I. 14–13 For First Win". The Technician. North Carolina State University. November 4, 1949. p. 6. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  5. Anderson, Jim (November 8, 1949). "General's Passing Attack Choked As V.P.I. Holds Blue to 6-6 Tie" (PDF). The Ring-tum Phi. Washington and Lee University. p. 3. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  6. "Spiders Meet Winless Gobblers Tomorrow". The Collegian. University of Richmond. November 11, 1949. p. 5. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  7. "Rivals Deadlock In Thriller". The V.M.I. Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. November 28, 1949. p. 3. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  8. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1949–1950". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed January 23, 2016.


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