1941 VPI Gobblers football team

1941 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record6–4 (4–2 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainBill Tate
Bill Zydiak
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 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 was an American football team that represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in Southern Conference during the 1941 college football season. In their first season under head coach Jimmy Kitts, the Gobblers compiled a 6–4 record (4–2 against conference opponents), tied for fifth place in the conference, and were outscored by a total of 120 to 112.[1]

VPI was ranked at No. 102 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[2]

Guard Roger McClure as selected by both the Associated Press and the United Press as a second-team player on the 1941 All-Southern Conference football team.[3][4]

Guard John Maskas was selected by the Boston Yanks in the 14th round (142nd overall pick) of the 1944 NFL draft.[5] Maskas became the first VPI player to play in the NFL,[6] appearing in 18 games for the Buffalo Bills in 1947 and 1949.[7]

  1. ^ "1941 Virginia Tech Hokies Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "AP's All-Southern Selection". The Greenville News. December 3, 1941. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "All-Southern Conference Team". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 29, 1941. p. 9.
  5. ^ "1944 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  6. ^ "Virginia Tech Players/Alumni". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  7. ^ "John Maskas Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2019.