1961 VPI Gobblers football team

1961 Southern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1961 VPI Gobblers football
1961 VPI Gobblers football
Conference	Southern Conference
1961 record	4–5 (2–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Jerry Claiborne (1st season);
Home stadium	Lane Stadium
	Seasons ← 1960 1962 →

The 1961 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1961 NCAA University Division football season.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16	vs. William & Mary	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA	W 20–6
October 7	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	L 0–28
October 14	at Tulane*	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	L 14–27		^[2]
October 21	vs. Virginia*	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	W 20–0
October 28	Florida State*	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 10–7	15,000	^[3]
November 4	at Richmond	City Stadium Richmond, VA	L 0–11	14,000	^[4]
November 11	at Wake Forest*	Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	L 15–24	8,000
November 17	George Washington	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 14–3	5,000	^[5]
November 23	vs. VMI	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	L 0–6	20,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming

Players[]

The following players were members of the 1961 football team according to the roster published in the 1962 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.^[3]

VPI 1961 roster
	Jake Adams Kyle Marlon Albright William McLemore Babb Ray Barile Gerald Bobbitte Harold Bolden Herb Bowling Gene Breen Mike Cahill Alex Camaioni Phillip W. Cary Pete Cartwright Dickie Cranwell Bloice Davison Lacy Lee Edwards, Jr. Randall Edwards		John Farmer Ronald Wayne Frank David Green Walter Newton Green, Jr. David W. Gillespie Richard B. Goode Ron Hawkins Thomas Morgan Hawkins James Venable Hickam Charles F. Hines Robert Gerald Holbrook Don Jensen Warren Maccaroni Ray Massie John W. Minichan Joe Moss		Bob Peak Noah Redding "Buddy" Perry Charles Warren Price, Jr. Art Pruett Bill Robertson Aster Sizemore Charlie Speck Terry L. Strock Amos Leon Tomblin Joseph Gilleece "Skip" Vance Al Verthein Thomas Merritt Walker K. T. "Buddy" Weihe Roger Whitley

References[]

^ "1961 Virginia Tech Hokies". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
^ "Rush-led Tulane raps Virginia Tech by 27–14". Daily Press. October 15, 1961. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "The Bugle 1962" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1962. p. 213. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
^ "Richmond drops VPI, 11–0, as Pratt's punts sparkle". Daily Press. November 5, 1961. Retrieved August 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Virginia Tech defeats George Washington 14–3". The Tampa Tribune. November 18, 1961. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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[1] "1961 Virginia Tech Hokies". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-15.

[2] "Rush-led Tulane raps Virginia Tech by 27–14". Daily Press. October 15, 1961. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[bugle-3] "The Bugle 1962" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1962. p. 213. Retrieved 2018-01-21.

[4] "Richmond drops VPI, 11–0, as Pratt's punts sparkle". Daily Press. November 5, 1961. Retrieved August 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[GW1-5] "Virginia Tech defeats George Washington 14–3". The Tampa Tribune. November 18, 1961. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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Venues	Miles Field (1894–1925) Miles Stadium (1926–1964) Lane Stadium (1965–present) Victory Stadium (alternate, 1942–1971)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Boston College Georgia Tech Miami Virginia (Commonwealth Cup) West Virginia (Black Diamond Trophy) VMI
Culture & lore	HokieBird "Tech Triumph" "Enter Sandman" The Marching Virginians Battle at Bristol
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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1961 Southern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
The Citadel $	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Richmond	5	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
VMI	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
West Virginia	2	–	1	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Furman	2	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
George Washington	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
VPI	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Davidson	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
William & Mary	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll