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1949 VPI Gobblers football team

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The 1949 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1949 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Bob McNeish and finished with a record of one win, seven losses and two ties (1–7–2).

Record1–7–2 (1–5–2 SoCon)
Headcoach
HomestadiumMiles Stadium
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1949 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record1–7–2 (1–5–2 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1949 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 16 North Carolina $5–0–07–4–0
No. 14 Maryland4–0–09–1–0
Washington and Lee3–1–13–5–1
Duke4–2–06–3–0
William & Mary4–2–06–4–0
VMI3–2–13–5–1
The Citadel2–2–04–5–0
Clemson2–2–04–4–2
Furman3–3–03–6–0
South Carolina3–3–04–6–0
Wake Forest3–3–04–6–0
George Washington2–3–04–5–0
NC State3–6–03–7–0
VPI1–5–21–7–2
Richmond2–6–03–7–0
Davidson1–5–02–8–0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17vs. Quantico Marines*L 14–3312,000[1]
September 24MarylandL 7–3410,000–12,000[2][3]
October 1at William & MaryL 13–3910,000[4]
October 8vs. Virginia*L 0–2615,000[5]
October 15George Washingtondagger
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 14–2412,000[6]
October 222:00 p.m.at DukeL 7–55[7]
October 292:30 p.m.vs. NC StateL 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 RichmondW 28–13[12]
November 24vs. VMI
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
T 28–2825,500[13]
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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 1949 football team according to the roster published in the 1950 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[3]

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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
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