1941 VPI Gobblers football team

1941 Virginia Tech Hokies football

Conference	Southern Conference
1941 record	6–4 (4–2 SoCon)
Head coach	James Kitts (1st year)
Captain	William Lee Tate William Daniel Zydiak
Home stadium	Miles Stadium

1941 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2 Duke $	5	–	0	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
South Carolina	4	–	0	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
Clemson	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
William & Mary	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
VMI	4	–	2	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
VPI	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Wake Forest	4	–	2	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
NC State	3	–	4	–	2	4	–	5	–	2
Furman	2	–	3	–	2	3	–	4	–	2
Washington and Lee	1	–	2	–	2	1	–	6	–	2
North Carolina	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Maryland	1	–	2	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
Davidson	1	–	5	–	2	1	–	6	–	3
The Citadel	0	–	2	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
George Washington	0	–	4	–	1	1	–	7	–	1
Richmond	0	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1941 college football season. The team was led by their head coach James Kitts and finished with a record of six wins and four losses (6–4).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 20, 1941	Catawba*	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 22–2	–
September 27, 1941	vs. Kentucky*	DuPont Manual Memorial Stadium^[1] • Louisville, KY	L 14–37	8,000^[1]
October 4, 1941	Georgetown*	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 3–0	–
October 11, 1941	vs. William & Mary	City Stadium • Richmond, VA	L 7–16	12,000^[2]
October 18, 1941	at Davidson	Richardson Stadium • Davidson, NC	W 16–0	5,000^[3]
October 25, 1941	vs. Washington and Lee	Municipal Stadium^[4] • Lynchburg, VA	W 13–3	6,000^[4]
November 1, 1941	vs. Virginia*	Foreman Field • Norfolk, VA (Rivalry)	L 0–34	–
November 8, 1941	vs. NC State	Winston-Salem, NC	W 14–13	–
November 20, 1941	vs. VMI	Lynchburg, VA (Rivalry)	L 10–15	19,000^[5]
November 29, 1941	Richmond	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 13–0	4,000^[6]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming.

Source: HokieSports.com: 1941 Virginia Tech football schedule^[7]

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
1944	14	11	142	John Maskas	Boston Yanks	Guard/Tackle

Players

The following players were members of the 1941 football team according to the roster published in the 1942 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.^[8]

VPI 1941 roster
	Van Anderson Bailey Alton Harwood Belcher Henry P. Bisschop Mason H. Blandford Irvin Jean Chasen Gerald Harley Clark William Earnest Davis Diggs Nelson Fuller John E. Gallagher William Anderson Garth William Wilson James Johnson William B. Johnson Samuel Benjamin Judy Richard Davis Kern Anthony Thomas Kujawa Robert Lawson		Lively John James Maskas C. A. McClaugherty Roger Nelson McClure John William Rucker Jay Simpson Rupert J. Sharpe William Alexandra Shelton Bobby Smith Benjamin Tate William Lee Tate (Capt.) Ralph Travis Unterzuber Charles Edward Varn Paul A. Warner Eugene H. Wheeler William Elmer Wilson Wright William Daniel Zydiak (Capt.)

References

1 2 "8000 See Wildcats Trounce VPI, 37–14, In Season Opener At Manual Stadium". The Kentucky Kernel (University of Kentucky). September 30, 1941. p. 4. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
↑ "William and Mary Downs Fighting Tech Team By 16–7 Count" (PDF). The Flat Hat (College of William & Mary). October 14, 1941. p. 3. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
↑ "Tech Power Bests 'Cats" (PDF). The Davidsonian (Davidson College). October 23, 1941. p. 4. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
1 2 "Inspired Gobblers Smash Blue Hopes For Big Six Title" (PDF). The Ring-tum Phi (Washington and Lee University). October 28, 1941. p. 3. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
↑ "Squadron Rolls Over VPI Gobblers, 15–10". The V.M.I. Cadet (Virginia Military Institute). November 27, 1941. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
↑ "Gridders Drop Season Finale To Tech, 0–13". The Richmond Collegian (University of Richmond). December 5, 1941. p. 4. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
↑ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1941–1942". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed January 22, 2016.
↑ "The Bugle 1942" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1942. Retrieved 2016-01-22.

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