American college football season
The 1962 VPI 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 1962 NCAA University Division football season . Led by second-year head coach Jerry Claiborne the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 5–5 with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, and finished sixth in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia .[ 1]
Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 15 at William & Mary L 0–310,000 [ 2]
September 22 vs. George Washington W 15–148,000 [ 3]
September 29 vs. West Virginia L 0–1419,000 [ 4]
October 6 vs. Virginia * W 20–1518,000 [ 5]
October 13 2:00 p.m. Richmond W 13–7[ 6] [ 7]
October 20 at Army * L 12–2025,124 [ 8]
October 27 at Florida State * L 7–2016,000 [ 9]
November 3 at Tulane * W 24–2218,000 [ 10]
November 10 Wake Forest * Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA W 37–88,200 [ 11]
November 22 vs. VMI Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry ) L 9–1425,000 [ 12]
The following players were members of the 1962 football team according to the roster published in the 1963 edition of The Bugle , the Virginia Tech yearbook.[ 13]
VPI 1962 roster
Jake Adams
Kyle Marlon Albright
William McLemore Babb
Darryl Bailey
Gerald Bobbitte
Joe Bloomer
K. "Buddy" Booth
Gene Breen
Jim Brown
Mike Cahill
Alex Camaioni
Phillip W. Cary
Pete Cartwright
Robert Carr Churchill
George Clark
George Washington Clear
Joseph Edward Cox
Dickie Cranwell
Lacy Lee Edwards, Jr.
Martin Forbes
Ronald Wayne Frank
David Green
Walter Newton Green, Jr.
David W. Gillespie
Bob Gregory
Tom Hampton
Thomas Morgan Hawkins
Wayne Hewitt
James Venable Hickam
Wynston Holbrook
Michael Joseph Hvozdovic
Lynn Jones
T. Jones
Dickie Kelly
Victor "Vic" William Kreiter, Jr.
Bosey Lane
Tommy Marvin
M. McQuary
John Mullins
Darrell Page
Bob Peak
Larry Philpot
Douglas Bradley Robbins
Randy Robinette
Burt Mack Rodgers
Bob Schweickert
Aster Sizemore
C. Stevens
Silas Alexander "Sonny" Utz, III
Joseph Gilleece "Skip" Vance
Al Verthein
Thomas Merritt Walker
K. T. "Buddy" Weihe
Calvin Beecher Wolfe
^ "1962 Virginia Tech Hokies Schedule and Results" . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 20, 2024 .
^ "Indians nip VPI, 3–0, on 20-yard field goal" . The Sunday Star . September 16, 1962. Retrieved October 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Tech edges GW, 15 to 14" . Richmond Times Dispatch . September 23, 1962. Retrieved February 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Slow-moving West Virginia tops V.P.I. 14–0" . The Courier-Journal . September 30, 1962. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Tech the Reaper in Harvest Bowl, 20–15" . The Roanoke Times . October 7, 1962. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Virginia Tech tops Richmond 13–7 on Cahill's last quarter dash" . The Bristol Herald Courier . October 14, 1962. Retrieved October 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Spiders Face Gobblers; Operation Rebound On" . The Collegian . University of Richmond . October 12, 1962. p. 4. Retrieved August 16, 2018 .
^ "Army tabs VPI 20–12" . Sunday News . October 21, 1962. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "FSU manpower overcomes VPI" . The Orlando Sentinel . October 28, 1962. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Tech trims Tulane by 24–22" . The Times-Dispatch . November 4, 1962. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Sophomore sparks Virginia Tech over Wake Forest, 37–8" . Asheville Citizen-Times . November 11, 1962. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "V.M.I. tops Virginia Tech, 14–9, for 6–0 Southern slate" . The Baltimore Sun . November 23, 1962. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "The Bugle 1963" (PDF) . Virginia Tech Bugle . 1963. p. 186. Retrieved December 1, 2017 .
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