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1946 VPI Gobblers football team

1946 VPI Gobblers football
Sun Bowl, L 6–18 vs. Cincinnati
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record3–4–3 (3–3–2 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainWilliam Elmer Wilson
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Southern Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 North Carolina $ 4 0 1 8 2 1
William & Mary 7 1 0 8 2 0
No. 18 NC State 6 1 0 8 3 0
South Carolina 4 2 0 5 3 0
Duke 3 2 0 4 5 0
Richmond 3 2 2 6 2 2
VPI 3 3 2 3 4 3
VMI 2 3 1 4 5 1
George Washington 1 1 0 4 3 0
Clemson 2 3 0 4 5 0
Wake Forest 2 3 0 6 3 0
Maryland 2 5 0 3 6 0
Furman 1 4 0 2 8 0
Washington and Lee 1 4 0 2 6 0
The Citadel 1 5 0 3 5 0
Davidson 1 5 0 4 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 VPI Gobblers football team was an American football team that represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1946 college football season. In their second year under head coach Jimmy Kitts, the Gobblers compiled a 3–4–3 record (3–3–2 against SoCon opponents), lost to Cincinnati in the 1947 Sun Bowl, and were outscored by a total of 149 to 102.[1]

During the 1946 season, VPI defeated the No. 12 NC State Wolfpack for the first win over an Associated Press (AP) Top 25 team in school history,[2] the Washington and Lee Generals, and the Gobblers' traditional rivals, the VMI Keydets.[3]

The 1946 season also included VPI's first post-season bowl appearance, in the 1947 Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas against the Cincinnati Bearcats.[4] VPI was the third choice after Border Conference champions, Hardin–Simmons, and runner-up, Texas Tech, both declined the bowl invitation.[5] VPI lost the game, 18–6.

Tackle John Maskas was selected by both the AP and United Press (UP) as a first-team player on the 1946 All-Southern Conference football team.[6][7]

VPI was ranked at No. 83 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.[8]

  1. ^ "1946 Virginia Tech Hokies Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  2. ^ The Hokies and the AP Ratings Archived 2009-03-20 at the Wayback Machine (PDF) Virginia Tech Sports Information, 2004 Football Media Guide Page 42. Accessed January 22, 2016.
  3. ^ Year-by-Year Scores and Results Archived 2009-03-20 at the Wayback Machine (PDF) "1946", Virginia Tech Sports Information, 2004 Football Media Guide Page 37. Accessed January 22, 2016.
  4. ^ "Football". hokiesports.com. January 1, 1947. Archived from the original on June 3, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  5. ^ Colston, Chris. Tales from the Virginia Tech Sidelines. Sports Publishing LLC, 2003. Page 26.
  6. ^ "All-Southern Conference". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. December 1, 1946. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Robert Moore (December 1, 1946). "Turner, Sacrinty Top All-Southern Choices: Justice and Cloud Complete Backfield On Honor Eleven". The Lexington Herald. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 15, 1946). "Rice Rated Fifth Best, Tennessee 12th by Lit". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. p. B4 – via Newspapers.com.

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