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1948 VPI Gobblers football team

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The 1948 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1948 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Bob McNeish and finished with a record of zero wins, eight losses and one tie (0–8–1).

Record0–8–1 (0–6–1 SoCon)
Headcoach
CaptainThomas C. Burns
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1948 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record0–8–1 (0–6–1 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainThomas C. Burns
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
Seasons
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1948 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 11 Clemson $5–0–011–0–0
No. 3 North Carolina4–0–19–1–1
VMI5–1–06–3–0
No. 17 William & Mary5–1–17–2–2
No. 20 Wake Forest5–2–06–4–0
Maryland4–2–06–4–0
Duke3–2–14–3–2
Richmond3–3–15–3–2
Washington and Lee2–2–04–6–0
Furman2–4–02–6–1
George Washington2–4–04–6–0
Davidson2–5–03–5–1
South Carolina1–3–03–5–0
NC State1–4–13–6–1
VPI0–6–10–8–1
The Citadel0–5–02–7–0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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VPI was ranked at No. 151 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[1]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 253:00 p.m.George WashingtonL 0–1311,000[2]
October 23:00 p.m.vs. Virginia*L 0–2817,500[3]
October 92:00 p.m.vs. MarylandL 0–2811,700[4]
October 162:30 p.m.William & Marydagger
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 0–3015,000[5]
October 232:30 p.m.vs. No. 15 Duke
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA
L 0–713,500[6]
October 302:00 p.m.at No. 5 Army*L 7–4927,000[7]
November 62:30 p.m.vs. Washington and Lee
L 7–148,000[8][9]
November 132:30 p.m.at RichmondT 7–712,000[10][11]
November 252:00 p.m.vs. VMI
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
L 7–3329,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
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NFL draft selections

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

The following players were members of the 1948 football team according to the roster published in the 1949 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[11]

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VPI 1948 roster
  • Victor Anderson
  • Ralph Coe Beard
  • Raymond Rucker Beasley
  • James William Blair
  • Thomas Craig Burns (Capt.)
  • Ronald Herman Casto
  • Coy Lenard Chambers
  • Joseph Litton Church
  • Pete "Chip" Collum
  • Billy Patrick DeNardo
  • Hubert Wallace Dutton
  • Bruce Mills "Bud" Fisher
  • Charles Mugler Forbes
  • James Forrest
  • Robert Fracker
  • Richard "Bob" Gilley
  • Richard D. Goodman
  • Frank Hargrove
  • William Hughes Hegamyer
  • Robert Hess
  • Andre Hodgson
  • Holcomb
  • Oren Edward Hopkins
  • Tom Howard
  • Jack Ross Ittner
  • Johnson
  • Charles Edward Kernan
  • Jimmy Kitts
  • Timothy Lawler
  • Carl Leonard
  • Bill Loomis
  • Kerry Jennings McBroom
  • Hamilton Otey Meriwether
  • Roger Rowland Neel
  • Oliver
  • Ross Moore Orr
  • Erving Hascall Rand
  • Jay B. Ratliff
  • Charles Ronald Raugh
  • Roy Carrington Robinette
  • Pete Smith
  • Warren William Squires
  • C. William Stultz
  • Bob Taylor
  • Franklin Ray Taylor
  • David Lacy Thomas
  • Vernon
  • Robert James Wachter
  • W. Harry Walton
  • Robert Franklin Webb
  • Richard White
  • Donald Lindbergh Whiteman
  • Sterling Lagrand Wingo
  • Gerhard Charles Zekert
  • Paul Ethan "Zig" Zender
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