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1949 VPI Gobblers football
Conference Southern Conference
Record1–7–2 (1–5–2 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadium Miles Stadium
Seasons
←  1948
1950 →
1949 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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

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).

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17vs. Quantico Marines*
L 14–3312,000 [1]
September 24 Maryland
L 7–3410,000–12,000 [2] [3]
October 1at William & Mary
L 13–3910,000 [4]
October 8vs. Virginia*
L 0–2615,000 [5]
October 15 George Washingtondagger
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 14–2412,000 [6]
October 222:00 p.m.at Duke
L 7–55 [7]
October 292:30 p.m.vs. NC State
L 13–1421,000–23,500 [8] [3] [9]
November 5vs. Washington and Lee
T 6–67,000 [10] [11]
November 122:30 p.m.at Richmond
W 28–13 [12]
November 24vs. VMI
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA ( rivalry)
T 28–2825,500 [13]

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

Roster

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. [3]

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 D. 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. ^ "Marines rout VPI, 22–14". Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. September 18, 1949. Retrieved December 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Maryland romps on Tech, 34–7". The Roanoke Times. September 25, 1949. Retrieved December 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b c "The Bugle 1950" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1950. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  4. ^ "W&M rolls over lowly VPI 39–13". The Bristol Herald Courier. October 2, 1949. Retrieved December 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Shoaf registers two touchdowns". The Roanoke Times. October 9, 1949. Retrieved December 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Al Dugoff scores four times as Colonials stop VPI, 24–14". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 16, 1949. Retrieved February 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Homecoming Blue Devils Engage VPI". The Duke Chronicle. Duke University. October 21, 1949. p. 6. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  8. ^ "Pack, VPI Meet in Norfolk Tomorrow". The Technician. North Carolina State University. October 28, 1949. p. 5. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "Generals tie with V.P.I." The Herald-Sun. November 6, 1949. Retrieved August 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Spiders Meet Winless Gobblers Tomorrow". The Collegian. University of Richmond. November 11, 1949. p. 5. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  13. ^ "Rivals Deadlock In Thriller". The V.M.I. Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. November 28, 1949. p. 3. Retrieved February 2, 2016.


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