1961 VPI Gobblers football team

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

1961 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record4–5 (2–3 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
1961 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
The Citadel $ 5 –1 –07 –3 –0
Richmond 5 –2 –05 –5 –0
VMI 4 –2 –06 –4 –0
West Virginia 2 –1 –04 –6 –0
Furman 2 –2 –07 –3 –0
George Washington 3 –4 –03 –6 –0
VPI 2 –3 –04 –5 –0
Davidson 1 –4 –04 –4 –0
William & Mary 1 –6 –01 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16vs. William & Mary
W 20–65,000[2]
October 7at West Virginia
L 0–28
October 14at Tulane*
L 14–27[3]
October 21vs. Virginia*
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
W 20–017,000
October 28Florida State*dagger
W 10–715,000[4]
November 4at Richmond
L 0–1114,000[5]
November 11at Wake Forest*
L 15–248,000
November 17George Washington
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 14–35,000[6]
November 23vs. VMI
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
L 0–620,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

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.[4]

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 May 15, 2016.
  2. "Gobblers rally for 20–6 win over Indians". The Virginian-Pilot. September 17, 1961. Retrieved October 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Rush-led Tulane raps Virginia Tech by 27–14". Daily Press. October 15, 1961. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "The Bugle 1962" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1962. p. 213. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  5. "Richmond drops VPI, 11–0, as Pratt's punts sparkle". Daily Press. November 5, 1961. Retrieved August 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Virginia Tech defeats George Washington 14–3". The Tampa Tribune. November 18, 1961. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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