1960 VPI Gobblers football team

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

1960 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record6–4 (4–2 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
1960 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
VMI $ 4 –1 –07 –2 –1
The Citadel 4 –2 –08 –2 –1
George Washington 4 –2 –05 –3 –1
VPI 4 –2 –06 –4 –0
Furman 2 –2 –05 –4 –1
Richmond 3 –4 –13 –6 –1
Davidson 1 –3 –03 –5 –0
William & Mary 1 –5 –02 –8 –0
West Virginia 0 –2 –10 –8 –2
  • $ – Conference champion

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 171:30 p.m.at NC State*
L 14–29[2]
September 24vs. West Virginia
W 15–0
October 12:00 p.m.at No. 7 Clemson*
L 7–13[3]
October 8Wake Forest*dagger
W 22–1311,000
October 15at William & Mary
W 27–011,000+[4]
October 22vs. Virginia*
W 40–620,000
October 29at Richmond
  • City Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
W 20–06,500[5]
November 5Davidson
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 7–9[6]
November 11at George Washington
L 8–215,000[7]
November 24vs. VMI
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
W 13–1228,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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.[8]

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 May 15, 2016.
  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 December 1, 2017.
  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. "Spiders slapped by Virginia Tech". Chattanooga Daily Times. October 30, 1960. Retrieved October 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Davidson surprises VPI". The Virginian-Pilot. November 6, 1960. Retrieved August 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "VPI is upset by 21–8". Richmond Times Dispatch. November 12, 1960. Retrieved February 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "The Bugle 1961" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1961. p. 235. Retrieved November 24, 2017.


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