1948 VPI Gobblers football team

The 1948 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1948 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Bob McNeish and finished with a record of zero wins, eight losses and one tie (0–8–1).

1948 VPI Gobblers football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	0–8–1 (0–6–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Bob McNeish (1st season)
Captain	Thomas C. Burns
Home stadium	Miles Stadium
Seasons ← 1947 1949 →

1948 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 11 Clemson $	5	–	0	–	0			11	–	0	–	0
No. 3 North Carolina	4	–	0	–	1			9	–	1	–	1
VMI	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
No. 17 William & Mary	5	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	2
No. 20 Wake Forest	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Maryland	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Duke	3	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	2
Richmond	3	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	2
Washington and Lee	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Furman	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	1
George Washington	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Davidson	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
South Carolina	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
NC State	1	–	4	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
VPI	0	–	6	–	1			0	–	8	–	1
The Citadel	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

VPI was ranked at No. 151 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	3:00 p.m.	George Washington	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 0–13	11,000	[2]
October 2	3:00 p.m.	vs. Virginia*	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	L 0–28	17,500	[3]
October 9	2:00 p.m.	vs. Maryland	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	L 0–28	11,700	[4]
October 16	2:30 p.m.	William & Mary	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 0–30	15,000	[5]
October 23	2:30 p.m.	vs. No. 15 Duke	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA	L 0–7	13,500	[6]
October 30	2:00 p.m.	at No. 5 Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 7–49	27,000	[7]
November 6	2:30 p.m.	vs. Washington and Lee	Municipal Stadium Lynchburg, VA	L 7–14	8,000	[8][9]
November 13	2:30 p.m.	at Richmond	City Stadium Richmond, VA	T 7–7	12,000	[10][11]
November 25	2:00 p.m.	vs. VMI	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	L 7–33	29,000	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

NFL Draft selections

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= Canadian Football Hall of Fame

= College Football Hall of Fame

NFL Draft Selections
Year Round Pick Overall Name Team Position 1951 28 10 337 Sterling Wingo Los Angeles Rams Back

Roster

The following players were members of the 1948 football team according to the roster published in the 1949 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.^[11]

VPI 1948 roster
	Victor Anderson Ralph Coe Beard Raymond Rucker Beasley James William Blair Thomas Craig Burns (Capt.) Ronald Herman Casto Coy Lenard Chambers Joseph Litton Church Pete "Chip" Collum Billy Patrick DeNardo Hubert Wallace Dutton Bruce Mills "Bud" Fisher Charles Mugler Forbes James Forrest Robert Fracker Richard "Bob" Gilley Richard D. Goodman Frank Hargrove William Hughes Hegamyer		Robert Hess Andre Hodgson Holcomb Oren Edward Hopkins Tom Howard Jack Ross Ittner Johnson Charles Edward Kernan Jimmy Kitts Timothy Lawler Carl Leonard Bill Loomis Kerry Jennings McBroom Hamilton Otey Meriwether Roger Rowland Neel Oliver Ross Moore Orr Erving Hascall Rand Jay B. Ratliff		Charles Ronald Raugh Roy Carrington Robinette Pete Smith Warren William Squires C. William Stultz Bob Taylor Franklin Ray Taylor David Lacy Thomas Vernon Robert James Wachter W. Harry Walton Robert Franklin Webb Richard White Donald Lindbergh Whiteman Sterling Lagrand Wingo Gerhard Charles Zekert Paul Ethan "Zig" Zender