1951 VPI Gobblers football team

American college football season

1951 VPI Gobblers football

Conference| Southern Conference
Record| 2–8 (1–7 SoCon)
Head coach|

* Frank Moseley (1st season)

Home stadium| Miles Stadium

Seasons

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1952 ->

1951 Southern Conference football standings

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| Conf |  |  | Overall

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 3 Maryland \+  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 10  | - | 0  | - | 0
VMI \+  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Washington and Lee | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
William & Mary | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
No. 19 Clemson | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Duke | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 1
South Carolina | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Wake Forest | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
George Washington | 2  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 1
North Carolina | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 8  | - | 0
West Virginia | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 0
NC State | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 7  | - | 0
Richmond | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 8  | - | 0
The Citadel | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
Furman | 1  | - | 4  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 1
Davidson | 1  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0
VPI | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 8  | - | 0

* \+ - Conference co-champions

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1951 college football season.[1] The team was led by their first-year head coach Frank Moseley and finished with a record of two wins and eight losses (2–8).

## Schedule[edit]

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

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September 15| 7:30 p.m.| vs. Marshall*|

* Bluefield Municipal Stadium
* Bluefield, WV

| W 18–12| 8,000| [2][3]
September 29| | Davidson|

* Miles Stadium
* Blacksburg, VA

| L 20–32| 6,000| [4]
October 6| | vs. Virginia*|

* Victory Stadium
* Roanoke, VA (rivalry)

| L 0–33| 12,500| [5]
October 12| | vs. George Washington|

* Tulloch Stadium at George Washington High School
* Alexandria, VA

| L 13–38| 5,500| [6][7]
October 20| | vs. Duke|

* Foreman Field
* Norfolk, VA (Oyster Bowl)

| L 6–55| 20,000| [8]
October 27| | NC State|

* Miles Stadium
* Blacksburg, VA

| L 14–19| 10,000| [9]
November 3| | vs. Washington and Lee|

* City Stadium
* Richmond, VA

| L 0–60| | [10]
November 10| | at William & Mary|

* Cary Field
* Williamsburg, VA

| L 7–28| 8,000| [11]
November 17| | Richmond|

* Miles Stadium
* Blacksburg, VA

| W 20–14| 5,000| [12]
November 22| | vs. VMI|

* Victory Stadium
* Roanoke, VA (rivalry)

| L 7–20| 22,000| [13]

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming

## Roster[edit]

The following players were members of the 1951 football team according to the roster published in the 1952 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[14]

VPI 1951 roster

* Dean Gerrard Boyle
* Frank Bradley
* Tommy Bryant
* Howard Cowan
* Bill Cox
* Johnny Dean
* James Glen Fleenor
* Eustace Frederick
* Chester Gates
* Harold Byrd Grizzard
* James H. Haren
* Charles Donald Herb
* Dick Hiler
* B.J. Hilman

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* Fran Hobbs
* Howell
* Tom Hughes
* Shakeep Kassem
* Julian Neville King
* Richard Kuhn
* Kurminski
* Frank Ronald Kwiatkowski
* Casimir Jerome "Ki" Luczak
* Robert Stevens Luttrell
* Marty Lyczak
* Madison "Buzz" Nutter
* Joe Onderko

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* Douglas Cooper Petty
* Thomas R. Petty
* Jack Warren Prater
* George Preas
* Bobby Seal
* Sizemore
* Pete Stevens
* Hunter E. Swink
* George Mitchell Tederick
* Don "Ducky" Welsh
* Norman Chad White
* Jack Williams
* Howard Irving Wright

## References[edit]

1. ^ "1951 Virginia Tech Hokies". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
2. ^ Morris, John (September 15, 1951). "Tech Defeats Marshall By 18-12 Margin". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. Associated Press. p. 4C. Retrieved December 29, 2023 - via Newspapers.com .
3. ^ "V.P.I. vs Marshall – King Coal Bowl". VPI vs. Marshall Football Program. 1951. p. 1. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
4. ^ "Virginia Tech beaten by Davidson, 32–20". The Sunday Star. September 30, 1951. Retrieved December 28, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Virginia crushes Virginia Tech by 33–0 score". Tampa Sunday Tribune. October 7, 1951. Retrieved December 28, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "V.P.I. vs George Washington Football Program". VPI vs. George Washington Football Program. 1951. p. 1. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
7. ^ "George Washington crushes Virginia Tech by 38-to-13 count". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 13, 1951. Retrieved February 10, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ "Duke crushes Virginia Tech in fifth annual Oyster Bowl game, 55 to 6". Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. October 21, 1951. Retrieved December 28, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ "State hard-pressed to defeat Gobblers". The Charlotte Observer. October 28, 1951. Retrieved December 28, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ "Generals stomp Tech". The Roanoke Times. November 4, 1951. Retrieved December 27, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
11. ^ "Indians Top Gobblers With Three Scores In Third Period; Mioduzewski Shines" (PDF). The Flat Hat. College of William & Mary. November 13, 1951. p. 4. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
12. ^ "Gobblers get 20–14 victory". Durham Morning Herald. November 18, 1951. Retrieved December 28, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
13. ^ "Keydets Down VPI To Gain Tie for SC Crown". The Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. November 26, 1951. p. 1. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
14. ^ "The Bugle 1952" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1952. Retrieved June 29, 2017.

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