1947 VPI Gobblers football team

1947 VPI Gobblers football
Conference	Southern Conference
1947 record	4–5 (4–3 SoCon)
Head coach	James Kitts (3rd year)
Captain	Billy Shelby Barbour Bobby Smith
Home stadium	Miles Stadium

1947 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#14 William & Mary	7	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
#9 North Carolina	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
South Carolina	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
#19 Duke	3	–	1	–	1	4	–	3	–	2
Washington and Lee	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Maryland	3	–	2	–	1	7	–	2	–	2
#17 NC State	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
VPI	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Davidson	3	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Wake Forest	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
VMI	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
Clemson	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
The Citadel	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Furman	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Richmond	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
George Washington	0	–	4	–	9	1	–	7	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1947 college football season. The team was led by their head coach James Kitts and finished with a record of four wins and five losses (4–5).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 27, 1947	Furman	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 20–6	-
October 4, 1947	vs. Virginia*	Victory Stadium • Roanoke, VA (Rivalry)	L 7–41	-
October 11, 1947	vs. William & Mary	City Stadium • Richmond, VA	L 7–21	-
October 18, 1947	at No. 7 Army*	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	L 0–40	-
October 25, 1947	Maryland	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	L 19–21	12,500-13,000
October 31, 1947	at George Washington	Griffith Stadium • Washington, DC	W 42–6	-
November 8, 1947	vs. Washington and Lee	Municipal Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	W 27–14	-
November 15, 1947	Richmond	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 26–14	-
November 27, 1947	vs. VMI	Victory Stadium • Roanoke, VA (Rivalry)	L 14–28	29,000^[1]–33,000^[2]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming.

Source: HokieSports.com: 1947 Virginia Tech football schedule^[3]

NFL Draft selections

= NFL Hall of Fame

= 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

Players

The following players were members of the 1947 football team according to the roster published in the 1948 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.^[2]

VPI 1947 roster
	Jim Adams Vic Anderson Frank H. Ballard Billy Shelby Barbour (Capt.) William Ernest Baucom Ralph Coe Beard Raymond Rucker Beasley Floyd Samuel Bowles LeRoy Browder Maynard Leon David Bruce Thomas Craig Burns Donald Butkovsky Coy Lenard Chambers Joseph Church Pete "Chip" Collum Jack Cooke Mervin K. Cox Billy Patrick DeNardo Dick DeShazo		William Donovan Hubert Wallace Dutton Bruce M. Fisher Charles Mugler Forbes Robert Fracker William H. Hegamyer Bob Hess Oren Edward Hopkins Jack Ross Ittner Cary Kenyon Johnson Red Johnson Howard Jones Jimmy Kitts John Harry Kroehling Anthony Thomas Kujawa Carl Leonard J. Cordell McCraw Augustus Paul Mengulas Hamilton Otey Meriwether		Ronald Garland Miller Elmo Natali Ross Moore Orr Horace Lee Pearce Erving Hascall Rand Bernard Sizemore Bobby Smith (Capt.) G. L. "Pete" Smith Warren William Squires John Robert Stortz Bob Taylor Franklin Ray Taylor David Lacy Thomas W. Harry Walton Robert Franklin Webb Richard White Donald Lindbergh Whiteman Sterling Lagrand Wingo Gerhard Charles Zekert

References

↑ "Squadron Flies Over Gobblers 28–14". The V.M.I. Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. December 1, 1947. p. 1. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
1 2 "The Bugle 1948" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1948. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
↑ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1947–1948". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed January 23, 2016.

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