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).
VPI was ranked at No. 151 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.
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NFL draft selections = Pro Football Hall of Fame= Canadian Football Hall of Fame = College Football Hall of Fame 19512810337Sterling WingoLos Angeles RamsBack
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.
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
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