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1947 VPI Gobblers football team

1947 VPI Gobblers football
Conference Southern Conference
1947 record 4–5 (4–3 SoCon)
Head coach James Kitts (3rd year)
Captain Billy Shelby Barbour
Bobby Smith
Home stadium Miles Stadium
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#14 William & Mary 7 1 0     9 2 0
#9 North Carolina 4 1 0     8 2 0
South Carolina 4 1 1     6 2 1
#19 Duke 3 1 1     4 3 2
Washington and Lee 3 2 0     5 5 0
Maryland 3 2 1     7 2 2
#17 NC State 3 2 1     5 3 1
VPI 4 3 0     4 5 0
Davidson 3 3 1     6 3 1
Wake Forest 3 4 0     6 4 0
VMI 2 3 1     3 5 1
Clemson 1 3 0     4 5 0
The Citadel 1 4 0     3 5 0
Furman 1 4 0     2 7 0
Richmond 1 5 0     3 7 0
George Washington 0 4 9     1 7 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1947 college football season. The team was led by their head coach James Kitts and finished with a record of four wins and five losses (4–5).

The following players were members of the 1947 football team according to the roster published in the 1948 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.


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