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1947 VPI Gobblers football Conference Southern Conference 1947 record 4–5 (4–3 SoCon) Head coach Captain Billy Shelby Barbour Bobby Smith Home stadium Miles Stadium Seasons
The 1947 VPI Gobblers football team was an American football that represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the Southern Conference during the 1947 college football season . In its third season under head coach Jimmy Kitts , the team compiled a 4–5 record (4–3 against conference opponents), finished eighth in the Southern Conference, and as outscored by a total of 191 to 162.[1] The team played its home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia .
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 27 Furman W 20–610,000 [2]
October 4 vs. Virginia * L 7–4122,000 [3]
October 11 vs. William & Mary L 7–2110,000 [4]
October 18 at No. 7 Army * L 0–4020,000 [5]
October 25 Maryland Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA L 19–2112,500 [6]
October 31 8:00 p.m. at George Washington W 42–65,000 [7] [8]
November 8 vs. Washington and Lee W 27–14[9]
November 15 Richmond Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA W 26–145,500 [10]
November 27 vs. VMI Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry ) L 14–2829,000–33,000 [11] [12]
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
1948 NFL draftees [ ]
One VPI player was selected in the 1948 NFL Draft , as follows:[13]
Players [ ]
The following players were members of the 1947 football team according to the roster published in the 1948 edition of The Bugle , the Virginia Tech yearbook.[12]
VPI 1947 roster
Jim Adams
Victor Anderson
Frank H. Ballard
Billy Shelby Barbour (Capt.)
William Ernest Baucom
Ralph Coe Beard
Raymond Rucker Beasley
Floyd Samuel Bowles
Robert LeRoy Browder
Maynard Leon David Bruce
Thomas Craig Burns
Donald Butkovsky
Coy Lenard Chambers
Joseph Litton Church
Pete "Chip" Collum
Jack Cooke
Mervin K. Cox
Billy Patrick DeNardo
Richard T. DeShazo
William Donovan
Hubert Wallace Dutton
Bruce Mills "Bud" Fisher
Charles Mugler Forbes
Robert Fracker
Nelson Fuller
John E. "Jack" Gallagher
William Hughes Hegamyer
Robert Hess
Joseph William Hoffmann Jr.
Oren Edward Hopkins
Jack Ross Ittner
Cary Kenyon Johnson
Robert Edward Johnson
Ted James Johnson
Howard Jones
Jimmy Kitts
John Harry Kroehling
Anthony Thomas Kujawa
Carl Leonard
John James Maskas
J. Cordell McCraw
Augustus Paul Mengulas
Hamilton Otey Meriwether
Ronald Garland Miller
Elmo Natali
Ross Moore Orr
Horace Lee Pearce
Erving Hascall Rand
Frank Ransome
Bernard Sizemore
Bobby Smith (Capt.)
G. L. "Pete" Smith
Warren William Squires
John Robert Stortz
Bob Taylor
Franklin Ray Taylor
David Lacy Thomas
W. Harry Walton
Robert Franklin Webb
Richard White
Donald Lindbergh Whiteman
William Elmer Wilson
Sterling Lagrand Wingo
Gerhard Charles Zekert
Paul Ethan "Zig" Zender
References [ ]
^ "1947 Virginia Tech Hokies Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 19, 2019 .
^ Scoop Latimer (September 28, 1947). "V.P.I.'s Gobblers Race To 20-6 Win Over Hurricane: Pruitt Sparks Purples" . The Greenville News . p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Robert Moore (October 5, 1947). "Va. Cavaliers Run Roughshod On VPI" . Daily Press (Newport News, VA) . p. 11A – via Newspapers.com .
^ "WM On Warpath In Final Quarter To Beat VPI 21-7" . Daily Press (Newport News, VA) . October 12, 1947. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Jim McCulley (October 19, 1947). "Army Rips VPI, 40-0; Rowan Scores 2 TDs" . The Daily News (New York City) . p. C41 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Fourth Period Brings Defeat For Gobblers" . The Staunton News Leader . October 26, 1947 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "George Washington vs. V.P.I. The George Washington Athletic Review" . VPI vs. George Washington Football Program . 1947. p. 1. Retrieved October 11, 2017 .
^ "Virginia Tech's Gobblers Start Early, Rout George Washington Eleven, 42-6" . The Staunton News-Leader . November 1, 1947. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "V.P.I. Eleven Tops Washington & Lee" . The Baltimore Sun . November 9, 1947. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Muddy Field Only Slight Deterrent To VPI In 26-14 Win Over Spiders" . The Staunton News-Leader . November 16, 1947. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Squadron Flies Over Gobblers 28–14" . The V.M.I. Cadet . Virginia Military Institute . December 1, 1947. p. 1. Retrieved February 2, 2016 .
^ a b "The Bugle 1948" (PDF) . Virginia Tech Bugle . 1948. Retrieved 2016-01-23 .
^ "1948 NFL Draft" . Pro-Football-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 19, 2019 .
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