American college football season
The 1961 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI (now known as Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University or Virginia Tech ) as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1961 college football season . Led by first-year head coach Jerry Claiborne the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 4–5 with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, and finished seventh in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia .[1]
Schedule [ edit ] Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 16 vs. William & Mary W 20–65,000 [2] October 7 at West Virginia L 0–2815,000 [3] October 14 at Tulane * L 14–27[4] October 21 vs. Virginia * W 20–017,000 [5] October 28 Florida State * W 10–714,000 [6] November 4 at Richmond L 0–1114,000 [7] November 11 at Wake Forest * L 15–248,000 [8] November 17 George Washington Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA W 14–35,000 [9] November 23 vs. VMI Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry ) L 0–620,000 [10] *Non-conference game Homecoming
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.[11]
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 [ edit ] ^ "1961 Virginia Tech Hokies Schedule and Results" . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 19, 2024 . ^ "Gobblers rally for 20–6 win over Indians" . The Virginian-Pilot . September 17, 1961. Retrieved October 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "West Virginia winner first time in 18 games" . The Tampa Tribune . October 8, 1961. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Rush-led Tulane raps Virginia Tech by 27–14" . Daily Press . October 15, 1961. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Techmen take stunning 20–0 Harvest Bowl win" . Kingsport Times-News . October 22, 1961. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Virginia State upsets Florida State, 10–7" . The Macon Telegraph & News . October 29, 1961. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Richmond drops VPI, 11–0, as Pratt's punts sparkle" . Daily Press . November 5, 1961. Retrieved August 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Wake gets all breaks, whips VPI" . The State . November 12, 1961. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Virginia Tech defeats George Washington 14–3" . The Tampa Tribune . November 18, 1961. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Special play wins mud bowl for VMI" . Ledger-Star . November 24, 1961. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "The Bugle 1962" (PDF) . Virginia Tech Bugle . 1962. p. 213. Retrieved January 21, 2018 .
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