1942 VPI Gobblers football team

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1942 Virginia Tech Hokies football
VT logo.svg
Conference Southern Conference
1942 record 7–2–1 (5–1–0 SoCon)
Head coach Sumner D. Tilson (1st year)
Herbert McEver (1st year)
Captain William James
Home stadium Miles Stadium
Seasons
« 1941 1945 »
1942 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#14 William & Mary $ 4 – 0 – 0     9 – 1 – 1
VPI 5 – 1 – 0     7 – 2 – 1
Wake Forest 6 – 1 – 1     6 – 2 – 1
North Carolina 3 – 1 – 1     5 – 2 – 2
Duke 3 – 1 – 1     5 – 4 – 1
NC State 3 – 1 – 2     4 – 4 – 2
Furman 3 – 3 – 0     3 – 6 – 0
The Citadel 2 – 2 – 0     5 – 2 – 0
Clemson 2 – 3 – 1     3 – 6 – 1
Davidson 2 – 4 – 1     2 – 6 – 1
VMI 2 – 4 – 1     3 – 5 – 1
George Washington 2 – 4 – 0     3 – 6 – 0
Maryland 1 – 2 – 0     7 – 2 – 0
South Carolina 1 – 4 – 0     1 – 7 – 1
Richmond 1 – 5 – 0     3 – 6 – 1
Washington and Lee 0 – 4 – 0     1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1942 college football season. The team was led by their head coaches Sumner D. Tilson and Herbert McEver and finished with a record of seven wins, two losses and one tie (7–2–1).

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 19, 1942 Catawba* Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA W 28–14   -
September 26, 1942 at Furman Sirrine Stadium • Greenville, SC W 7–6   -
October 3, 1942 William & Marydagger Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA L 7–21   9,000[1]
October 10, 1942 Davidson Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA W 16–0   -
October 17, 1942 vs. Kentucky* Victory Stadium • Roanoke, VA T 21–21   10,000[2]
October 24, 1942 vs. Washington and Lee Lynchburg Memorial Stadium[3] • Lynchburg, VA W 19–6   -
October 31, 1942 vs. Virginia* Foreman Field[4] • Norfolk, VA (Rivalry) W 20–14   -
November 7, 1942 at Richmond City Stadium • Richmond, VA W 16–7   -
November 14, 1942 at Army* Michie Stadium • West Point, NY L 7–19   -
November 26, 1942 2:30pm[5] vs. VMI Victory Stadium • Roanoke, VA (Rivalry) W 20–6   -
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming.
  • Source: HokieSports.com: 1942 Virginia Tech football schedule[6]

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 1942 football team according to the roster published in the 1943 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[7]

VPI 1942 roster
  • Fred Gill Ashworth
  • Billy Shelby Barbour
  • Baros
  • Alton Harwood Belcher
  • Mason H. Blandford
  • Irvin Jean Chasen
  • Daniel Clark
  • William Earnest Davis
  • John Peter Duda
  • Ellas
  • Joseph F. Foltz
  • Nelson Fuller
  • John E. Gallagher
  • William Anderson Garth
  • G. D. Hodges
  • Joseph Hoffmann
  • William Wilson James (Capt.)
  • S. Johnson
  • T. Johnson
  • William B. Johnson
  • Samuel Benjamin Judy
  • Frank Lawson
  • John James Maskas
  • Massie
  • C. A. McClaugherty
  • Roger Nelson McClure
  • K. McWherter
  • Augustus Paul Mengulas
  • James Broaddus Norment
  • Read Nichols Pierce
  • John William Rucker
  • Sagnerie
  • Alfred Taylor
  • A. F. Vincent
  • Paul A. Warner
  • William Elmer Wilson
  • Wright

References

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