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	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 20, 1941		Catawba*	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 22–2	–
September 27, 1941		vs. Kentucky*	DuPont Manual Memorial Stadium • Louisville, KY	L 14–37	8,000
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
October 18, 1941		at Davidson	Richardson Stadium • Davidson, NC	W 16–0	5,000
October 25, 1941		vs. Washington and Lee	Municipal Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	W 13–3	6,000
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
November 29, 1941		Richmond	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 13–0	4,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming.

• Source: HokieSports.com: 1941 Virginia Tech football schedule

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.

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.)