American college football season
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).
Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 17 vs. Quantico Marines * L 14–3312,000 [ 1]
September 24 Maryland L 7–3410,000–12,000 [ 2] [ 3]
October 1 at William & Mary L 13–3910,000 [ 4]
October 8 vs. Virginia * L 0–2615,000 [ 5]
October 15 George Washington Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA L 14–2412,000 [ 6]
October 22 2:00 p.m. at Duke L 7–55[ 7]
October 29 2:30 p.m. vs. NC State L 13–1421,000–23,500 [ 8] [ 3] [ 9]
November 5 vs. Washington and Lee T 6–67,000 [ 10] [ 11]
November 12 2:30 p.m. at Richmond W 28–13[ 12]
November 24 vs. VMI Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry ) T 28–2825,500 [ 13]
NFL Draft selections [ edit ]
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
^ "Marines rout VPI, 22–14" . Norfolk Virginian-Pilot . September 18, 1949. Retrieved December 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Maryland romps on Tech, 34–7" . The Roanoke Times . September 25, 1949. Retrieved December 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ a b c "The Bugle 1950" (PDF) . Virginia Tech Bugle . 1950. Retrieved January 25, 2016 .
^ "W&M rolls over lowly VPI 39–13" . The Bristol Herald Courier . October 2, 1949. Retrieved December 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Shoaf registers two touchdowns" . The Roanoke Times . October 9, 1949. Retrieved December 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Al Dugoff scores four times as Colonials stop VPI, 24–14" . Richmond Times-Dispatch . October 16, 1949. Retrieved February 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Homecoming Blue Devils Engage VPI" . The Duke Chronicle . Duke University . October 21, 1949. p. 6. Retrieved August 11, 2016 .
^ "Pack, VPI Meet in Norfolk Tomorrow" . The Technician . North Carolina State University . October 28, 1949. p. 5. Retrieved October 14, 2016 .
^ "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 .
^ 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 .
^ "Generals tie with V.P.I." The Herald-Sun . November 6, 1949. Retrieved August 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Spiders Meet Winless Gobblers Tomorrow" . The Collegian . University of Richmond . November 11, 1949. p. 5. Retrieved August 14, 2016 .
^ "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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