1951 VPI Gobblers football team

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1951 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record2–8 (1–7 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 157:30 p.m.vs. Marshall*W 18–128,000[2][3]
September 29DavidsonL 20–326,000[4]
October 6vs. Virginia*L 0–3312,500[5]
October 12vs. George WashingtonL 13–385,500[6][7]
October 20vs. DukeL 6–5520,000[8]
October 27NC Statedagger
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 14–1910,000[9]
November 3vs. Washington and LeeL 0–60[10]
November 10at William & MaryL 7–288,000[11]
November 17Richmond
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 20–145,000[12]
November 22vs. VMI
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
L 7–2022,000[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

Roster

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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
  • 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
  • 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

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  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 Open access icon.
  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.