1962 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team

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

1962 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	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
Virginia Tech	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

The 1962 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI (now known as Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University or Virginia Tech) as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. Led by second-year head coach Jerry Claiborne the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 5–5 with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, and finished sixth in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15		at William & Mary	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA	L 0–3	10,000	[2]
September 22		vs. George Washington	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA	W 15–14	8,000	[3]
September 29		vs. West Virginia	City Stadium Richmond, VA (Tobacco Bowl, rivalry)	L 0–14	19,000	[4]
October 6		vs. Virginia *	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (Harvest Bowl, rivalry)	W 20–15	18,000	[5]
October 13	2:00 p.m.	Richmond	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 13–7		[6] [7]
October 20		at Army *	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 12–20	25,124	[8]
October 27		at Florida State *	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 7–20	16,000	[9]
November 3		at Tulane *	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	W 24–22	18,000	[10]
November 10		Wake Forest *	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 37–8	8,200	[11]
November 22		vs. VMI	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	L 9–14	25,000	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

Roster

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. ^[13]

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

1. "1962 Virginia Tech Hokies Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
2. "Indians nip VPI, 3–0, on 20-yard field goal". The Sunday Star. September 16, 1962. Retrieved October 24, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Tech edges GW, 15 to 14". Richmond Times Dispatch. September 23, 1962. Retrieved February 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Slow-moving West Virginia tops V.P.I. 14–0". The Courier-Journal. September 30, 1962. Retrieved January 20, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Tech the Reaper in Harvest Bowl, 20–15". The Roanoke Times. October 7, 1962. Retrieved January 20, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Virginia Tech tops Richmond 13–7 on Cahill's last quarter dash". The Bristol Herald Courier. October 14, 1962. Retrieved October 26, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Spiders Face Gobblers; Operation Rebound On". The Collegian . University of Richmond. October 12, 1962. p. 4. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
8. "Army tabs VPI 20–12". Sunday News. October 21, 1962. Retrieved January 20, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
9. "FSU manpower overcomes VPI". The Orlando Sentinel. October 28, 1962. Retrieved January 20, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
10. "Tech trims Tulane by 24–22". The Times-Dispatch. November 4, 1962. Retrieved September 20, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
11. "Sophomore sparks Virginia Tech over Wake Forest, 37–8". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 11, 1962. Retrieved January 20, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
12. "V.M.I. tops Virginia Tech, 14–9, for 6–0 Southern slate". The Baltimore Sun. November 23, 1962. Retrieved January 20, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
13. "The Bugle 1963" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle . 1963. p. 186. Retrieved December 1, 2017.