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1942 VPI Gobblers football team

1942 VPI Gobblers football
Conference Southern Conference
1942 record 7–2–1 (5–1 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).

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.


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