1960 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team

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The 1960 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI (now known as Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University or Virginia Tech) as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1960 college football season. Led by 10th-year head coach Frank Moseley the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, and finished tied for second in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.[1]

Record6–4 (4–2 SoCon)
Headcoach
HomestadiumMiles Stadium
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1960 Virginia Tech Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record6–4 (4–2 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
Seasons
 1959
1961 
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1960 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
VMI $410721
The Citadel420821
George Washington420531
Virginia Tech420640
Furman220541
Richmond341361
Davidson130350
William & Mary150280
West Virginia021082
  • $ Conference champion
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Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 171:30 p.m.at NC State*L 14–29[2]
September 242:15 p.m.vs. West VirginiaW 15–019,000[3]
October 12:00 p.m.at No. 7 Clemson*L 7–1326,000[4]
October 82:45 p.m.Wake Forest*daggerW 22–1311,000[5]
October 152:45 p.m.at William & MaryW 27–011,000+[6]
October 222:15 p.m.vs. Virginia*W 40–620,000[7]
October 292:45 p.m.at Richmond
  • City Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
W 20–06,500[8]
November 51:15 p.m.Davidson
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 7–9[9]
November 117:50 p.m.at George WashingtonL 8–215,000[10]
November 2412:50 p.m.vs. VMI
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
W 13–1228,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
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Roster

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.[12]

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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
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