1950 VPI Gobblers football team

1950 VPI Gobblers football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	0–10 (0–8 SoCon)
Head coach	Robert McNeish (3rd season)
Home stadium	Miles Stadium

1950 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 18 Washington and Lee $	6	–	0	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
No. 10 Clemson	3	–	0	–	1			9	–	0	–	1
VMI	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Wake Forest	6	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	2
Maryland	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Duke	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	2	–	1			3	–	5	–	2
George Washington	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
NC State	4	–	4	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
William & Mary	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
The Citadel	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
South Carolina	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	4	–	2
Furman	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	8	–	1
West Virginia	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Davidson	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Richmond	1	–	8	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
VPI	0	–	8	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1950 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Robert McNeish and finished with a record of zero wins and ten losses (0–10).

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30		Quantico Marines*	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 21–61
October 7		vs. Virginia*	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	L 6–45
October 13		at George Washington	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	L 7–42	9,283
October 21		William & Mary	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 0–54	11,000
October 28	8:00 p.m.	at NC State	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC	L 6–34
November 4		at Washington and Lee	Wilson Field Lexington, VA	L 7–25	3,000
November 11		Richmond	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 12–32	7,000
November 18		vs. Duke	Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	L 6–47	5,000
November 23		vs. VMI	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	L 0–27	25,000
December 2		at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 7–63	11,773
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

Players

The following players were members of the 1950 football team according to the roster published in the 1951 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.

VPI 1950 roster
	Dean Gerrard Boyle Gene Burnette John Campbell Ronald Herman Casto Joseph Litton Church Howard Cowan Bruce Mills "Bud" Fisher Thomas Malcolm Fisher Eustace Frederick Everett Grant Germain Richard "Bob" Gilley Richard D. Goodman Lawrence Shultz Hansrote Frank Hargrove Charles Donald Herb		Dick Hiler Francis Hobbs Andy Michael Hodgson W. J. "Pat" Hoggard Richard Earle Huff Shakeep Kassem Eugene "Bunky" Keeton Charles Edward Kernan Joseph Edward Kosco Edward Kraynak Richard Kuhn Frank Ronald Kwiatkowski Timothy Lawler Casimir Jerome "Ki" Luczak Ronald Garland Miller Minor		Murie Roger Rowland Neel Dick Newcomb Madison "Buzz" Nutter Beverley Parrish Douglas Cooper Petty Jay B. Ratliff Charles Ronald Raugh Roy Carrington Robinette Richard Phillips Rosenbaum Michael Rusinko William Stark John Robert Stortz Robert James Wachter Norman Chad White Sterling Lagrand Wingo