1962 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team

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| timezone = Eastern

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| date = September 15

| time =

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = William & Mary

| site_stadium = Cary Field

| site_cityst = Williamsburg, VA

| score = 0–3

| attend = 10,000

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111949265/indians-nip-vpi-30-on-20-yard-field-g/|work=The Sunday Star|title=Indians nip VPI, 3–0, on 20-yard field goal|date=September 16, 1962|accessdate=October 24, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

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| date = September 22

| time = 3:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| neutral = y

| opponent = George Washington

| site_stadium = Victory Stadium

| site_cityst = Roanoke, VA

| score = 15–14

| attend = 8,000

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69711002/tech-edges-gw-15-to-14/|work=Richmond Times Dispatch|title=Tech edges GW, 15 to 14|date=September 23, 1962|accessdate=February 8, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 29

| w/l = l

| neutral = y

| opponent = West Virginia

| site_stadium = City Stadium

| site_cityst = Richmond, VA

| gamename = Tobacco Bowl, rivalry

| score = 0–14

| attend = 19,000

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal-slow-moving-west-vir/139153071/|work=The Courier-Journal|title=Slow-moving West Virginia tops V.P.I. 14–0|date=September 30, 1962|accessdate=January 20, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

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| date = October 6

| time = 2:30 p.m.

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| neutral = y

| opponent = Virginia

| site_stadium = Victory Stadium

| site_cityst = Roanoke, VA

| gamename = Harvest Bowl, rivalry

| score = 20–15

| attend = 18,000

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times-tech-the-reaper-in-har/139153874/|work=The Roanoke Times|title=Tech the Reaper in Harvest Bowl, 20–15|date=October 7, 1962|accessdate=January 20, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 13

| time = 2:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| homecoming = y

| opponent = Richmond

| site_stadium = Miles Stadium

| site_cityst = Blacksburg, VA

| score = 13–7

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112085586/virginia-tech-tops-richmond-137-on-cahi/|work=The Bristol Herald Courier|title=Virginia Tech tops Richmond 13–7 on Cahill's last quarter dash|date=October 14, 1962|accessdate=October 26, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |title=Spiders Face Gobblers; Operation Rebound On|url=https://collegian.richmond.edu/?a=d&d=COL19621012&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|publisher=University of Richmond|newspaper=The Collegian|date=October 12, 1962|page=4|access-date=August 16, 2018}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 20

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Army

| site_stadium = Michie Stadium

| site_cityst = West Point, NY

| score = 12–20

| attend = 25,124

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-news-army-tabs-vpi-2012/139153934/|work=Sunday News|title=Army tabs VPI 20–12|date=October 21, 1962|accessdate=January 20, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 27

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Florida State

| site_stadium = Doak Campbell Stadium

| site_cityst = Tallahassee, FL

| score = 7–20

| attend = 16,000

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-orlando-sentinel-fsu-manpower-overco/139154008/|work=The Orlando Sentinel|title=FSU manpower overcomes VPI|date=October 28, 1962|accessdate=January 20, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 3

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Tulane

| site_stadium = Tulane Stadium

| site_cityst = New Orleans, LA

| score = 24–22

| attend = 18,000

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85677811/tech-trims-tulane-by-2422/|work=The Times-Dispatch|title=Tech trims Tulane by 24–22|date=November 4, 1962|accessdate=September 20, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 10

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Wake Forest

| site_stadium = Miles Stadium

| site_cityst = Blacksburg, VA

| score = 37–8

| attend = 8,200

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/asheville-citizen-times-sophomore-sparks/139154100/|work=Asheville Citizen-Times|title=Sophomore sparks Virginia Tech over Wake Forest, 37–8|date=November 11, 1962|accessdate=January 20, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 22

| time = 1:30 p.m.

| w/l = l

| neutral = y

| opponent = VMI

| site_stadium = Victory Stadium

| site_cityst = Roanoke, VA

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 9–14

| attend = 25,000

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-vmi-tops-virginia-t/139152472/|work=The Baltimore Sun|title=V.M.I. tops Virginia Tech, 14–9, for 6–0 Southern slate|date=November 23, 1962|accessdate=January 20, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

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The following players were members of the 1962 football team according to the roster published in the 1963 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.{{Cite web|work=Virginia Tech Bugle|url=https://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/bugle/bugl1963/1963_BUGLE.pdf|title=The Bugle 1963|page=186|date=1963|access-date=2017-12-01}}

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colspan="9" style="background:#660000;color:#FF6600;text-align:center;"|VPI 1962 roster
| style="font-size:95%; vertical-align:top;"| Jake Adams Kyle Marlon Albright William McLemore Babb Darryl Bailey Gerald Bobbitte Joe Bloomer K. "Buddy" Booth Gene Breen Jim Brown Mike Cahill Alex Camaioni Phillip W. Cary Pete Cartwright Robert Carr Churchill George Clark George Washington Clear Joseph Edward Cox Dickie Cranwell | style="width: 25px;" | | style="font-size:95%; vertical-align:top;"| Lacy Lee Edwards, Jr. Martin Forbes Ronald Wayne Frank David Green Walter Newton Green, Jr. David W. Gillespie Bob Gregory Tom Hampton Thomas Morgan Hawkins Wayne Hewitt James Venable Hickam Wynston Holbrook Michael Joseph Hvozdovic Lynn Jones T. Jones Dickie Kelly Victor "Vic" William Kreiter, Jr. Bosey Lane | style="width: 25px;" | | style="font-size:95%; vertical-align:top;"| Tommy Marvin M. McQuary John Mullins Darrell Page Bob Peak Larry Philpot Douglas Bradley Robbins Randy Robinette Burt Mack Rodgers Bob Schweickert Aster Sizemore C. Stevens Silas Alexander "Sonny" Utz, III Joseph Gilleece "Skip" Vance Al Verthein Thomas Merritt Walker K. T. "Buddy" Weihe Calvin Beecher Wolfe

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