1962 VPI Gobblers football team

1962 Southern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1962 VPI Gobblers football
1962 VPI Gobblers football
Conference	Southern Conference
1962 record	5–5 (2–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Jerry Claiborne (2nd season);
Home stadium	Miles Stadium
	Seasons ← 1961 1963 →

The 1962 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1962 NCAA University Division football season.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15		at William & Mary	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA	L 0–3
September 22		vs. George Washington	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA	W 15–14	8,000	^[2]
September 29		vs. West Virginia	City Stadium Richmond, VA (Tobacco Bowl, rivalry)	L 0–14
October 6		vs. Virginia*	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	W 20–15
October 13	2:00 p.m.^[3]	Richmond	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 13–7
October 20		at Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 12–20
October 27		at Florida State*	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 7–20
November 3		at Tulane*	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	W 24–22	18,000	^[4]
November 10		Wake Forest*	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 37–8	8,200
November 22		vs. VMI	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	L 9–14	25,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

Players[]

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.^[5]

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

References[]

^ "1962 Virginia Tech Hokies Schedule and Results".
^ "Tech edges GW, 15 to 14". Richmond Times Dispatch. September 23, 1962. Retrieved February 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Spiders Face Gobblers; Operation Rebound On". The Collegian. University of Richmond. October 12, 1962. p. 4. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
^ "Tech trims Tulane by 24–22". The Times-Dispatch. November 4, 1962. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "The Bugle 1963" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1963. p. 186. Retrieved 2017-12-01.

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[1] "1962 Virginia Tech Hokies Schedule and Results".

[GW1-2] "Tech edges GW, 15 to 14". Richmond Times Dispatch. September 23, 1962. Retrieved February 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] "Spiders Face Gobblers; Operation Rebound On". The Collegian. University of Richmond. October 12, 1962. p. 4. Retrieved August 16, 2018.

[4] "Tech trims Tulane by 24–22". The Times-Dispatch. November 4, 1962. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[bugle-5] "The Bugle 1963" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1963. p. 186. Retrieved 2017-12-01.

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v t Virginia Tech Hokies football
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
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

1962 Southern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
VMI $	6	–	0	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
West Virginia	4	–	0	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Richmond	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
William & Mary	4	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Furman	2	–	2	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
VPI	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
The Citadel	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
George Washington	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Davidson	0	–	4	–	1	3	–	5	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll