1924 VPI Gobblers football team

1924 Virginia Tech Hokies football
Conference	Southern Conference
1924 record	4–2–3 (2–2–3 SoCon)
Head coach	B. C. Cubbage (4th year)
Captain	Samuel Oscar Graham Joseph Henry Moran
Home stadium	Miles Field

1924 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Alabama $	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Florida	2	–	0	–	1			6	–	2	–	2
Georgia	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Tulane	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Washington and Lee	4	–	1	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Mississippi A&M	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Sewanee*	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
South Carolina	3	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Virginia	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt*	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	1
VPI	2	–	2	–	3			4	–	2	–	3
VMI	2	–	3	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
North Carolina	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Maryland	1	–	2	–	1			3	–	3	–	3
Auburn	2	–	4	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
NC State	1	–	4	–	1			2	–	4	–	2
LSU	0	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Clemson	0	–	3	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Tennessee	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion * – co-member of SIAA

The 1924 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1924 college football season. The team was led by their head coach B. C. Cubbage and finished with a record of four wins, two losses and three ties (4–2–3).

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 27, 1924		Richmond*	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 28–0	–
October 4, 1924		Hampden–Sydney*	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 10–0	–
October 11, 1924		vs. Auburn	Richmond, VA	T 0–0	–
October 17, 1924		vs. Maryland	Washington, DC	W 12–0	–
October 25, 1924		vs. Washington and Lee	Lynchburg Fair Grounds[1] • Lynchburg, VA	T 0–0	7,000[1]
November 1, 1924		at Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	W 50–6	–
November 8, 1924		at NC State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	L 3–6	–
November 15, 1924		Virginia	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA (Rivalry)	L 0–6	–
November 27, 1924		VMI*	Maher Field[2] • Roanoke, VA (Rivalry)	T 0–0	15,000[2]
*Non-conference game.

• Source: HokieSports.com: 1924 Virginia Tech football schedule^[3]

Players

The following players were members of the 1924 football team according to the roster published in the 1925 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.^[4]

VPI 1924 roster
	Quarterbacks Arthur Roberts Hunter Summerfield Talman Guards Z. F. Frey James Edward Ray Tackles Samuel Oscar Graham (Capt.) Arthur Trevilian Greene Edward Frank Liebrecht Center Joseph Henry Moran (Capt.)		Ends S. R. Bailey Forrest William Holly Oscar Price Nutter Halfbacks Karl Esleeck Donald Hurt Rutherford Fullbacks Cecil Franzen DeLaBarre Jack Wellford Moss

References

1. "Tech Battle Is Scoreless Tie" (PDF). Ring-tum Phi (Washington and Lee University). October 27, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
2. "Turkey Day Classic In Roanoke Ends In Scoreless Tie". The Cadet (Virginia Military Institute). December 1, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
3. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1924–1925". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed December 25, 2015.
4. "The Bugle 1925" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1925. p. 249. Retrieved 2016-01-08.