1950 VPI Gobblers football team

American college football season

1950 VPI Gobblers football

Conference| Southern Conference
Record| 0–10 (0–8 SoCon)
Head coach|

* Bob McNeish (3rd season)

Home stadium| Miles Stadium

Seasons

<- 1949

1951 ->

1950 Southern Conference football standings

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| Conf. |  |  | Overall

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 18 Washington and Lee $  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 3  | - | 0
No. 10 Clemson | 3  | - | 0  | - | 1 |  |  | 9  | - | 0  | - | 1
VMI | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Wake Forest | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 2
Maryland | 4  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 1
Duke | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
North Carolina | 3  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 2
George Washington | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
NC State | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 1
William & Mary | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 7  | - | 0
The Citadel | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
South Carolina | 2  | - | 4  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 2
Furman | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 8  | - | 1
West Virginia | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 8  | - | 0
Davidson | 1  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Richmond | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 8  | - | 0
VPI | 0  | - | 8  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 10  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1950 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Bob McNeish and finished with a record of zero wins and ten losses (0–10).

## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 30| | Quantico Marines*|

* Miles Stadium
* Blacksburg, VA

| L 21–61| 9,000| [1]
October 7| | vs. Virginia*|

* Victory Stadium
* Roanoke, VA (rivalry)

| L 6–45| 12,000| [2]
October 13| | at George Washington|

* Griffith Stadium
* Washington, DC

| L 7–42| 9,283| [3]
October 21| | William & Mary|

* Miles Stadium
* Blacksburg, VA

| L 0–54| 11,000| [4]
October 28| 8:00 p.m.| at NC State|

* Riddick Stadium
* Raleigh, NC

| L 6–34| | [5]
November 4| | at Washington and Lee|

* Wilson Field
* Lexington, VA

| L 7–25| 3,000| [6]
November 11| | Richmond|

* Miles Stadium
* Blacksburg, VA

| L 12–32| 7,000| [7]
November 18| | vs. Duke|

* Bowman Gray Stadium
* Winston-Salem, NC

| L 6–47| 6,000| [8]
November 23| | vs. VMI|

* Victory Stadium
* Roanoke, VA (rivalry)

| L 0–27| 25,000| [9]
December 2| | at Maryland|

* Byrd Stadium
* College Park, MD

| L 7–63| 11,773| [10]

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* All times are in Eastern time

## Roster

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The following players were members of the 1950 football team according to the roster published in the 1951 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[11]

VPI 1950 roster

* Dean Gerrard Boyle
* Gene Burnette
* John Campbell
* Ronald Herman Casto
* Joseph Litton Church
* Howard Cowan
* Bruce Mills "Bud" Fisher
* Thomas Malcolm Fisher
* Eustace Frederick
* Everett Grant Germain
* Richard "Bob" Gilley
* Richard D. Goodman
* Lawrence Shultz Hansrote
* Frank Hargrove
* Charles Donald Herb

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* Dick Hiler
* Francis Hobbs
* Andy Michael Hodgson
* W. J. "Pat" Hoggard
* Richard Earle Huff
* Shakeep Kassem
* Eugene "Bunky" Keeton
* Charles Edward Kernan
* Joseph Edward Kosco
* Edward Kraynak
* Richard Kuhn
* Frank Ronald Kwiatkowski
* Timothy Lawler
* Casimir Jerome "Ki" Luczak
* Ronald Garland Miller
* Minor

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* Murie
* Roger Rowland Neel
* Dick Newcomb
* Madison "Buzz" Nutter
* Beverley Parrish
* Douglas Cooper Petty
* Jay B. Ratliff
* Charles Ronald Raugh
* Roy Carrington Robinette
* Richard Phillips Rosenbaum
* Michael Rusinko
* William Stark
* John Robert Stortz
* Robert James Wachter
* Norman Chad White
* Sterling Lagrand Wingo

## References

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1. ^ "LeBaron shines in 61 to 21 win". The Roanoke Times. October 1, 1950. Retrieved December 27, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ "Virginia backs run wild in easy win over Virginia Tech". The Portsmouth Star. October 8, 1950. Retrieved December 27, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Colonials rout Gobblers, 42–7". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 14, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Indians Win Tech Homecoming Tilt 54–0, Lewis, Magdziak Lead Ground, Air Attack" (PDF). The Flat Hat. College of William & Mary. October 24, 1950. p. 5. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
5. ^ "State-VPI". The Technician. North Carolina State University. October 27, 1950. p. 10. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
6. ^ Lonergan, Ted (November 7, 1950). "Generals Capture Muddy Battle Against Va. Tech by 25-7 Score" (PDF). The Ring-tum Phi. Washington and Lee University. p. 3. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
7. ^ "Spiders click in air to rout Gobblers". Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. November 12, 1950. Retrieved November 7, 2022 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ "Duke hands V.P.I. 8th loss of season, 47–6, here". Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel. November 19, 1950. Retrieved December 27, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ "Big Red Trounces Gobblers 27–0". The V.M.I. Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. November 27, 1950. p. 1. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
10. ^ "The Terrapin 1950". The Terrapin. 1950. p. 289. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
11. ^ "The Bugle 1951" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1951. Retrieved June 28, 2017.

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