1926 VPI Gobblers football team

1926 Virginia Tech Hokies football
Conference	Southern Conference
1926 record	5–3–1 (3–2–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Andy Gustafson (1st year)
Captain	Vernon Edward Miles Joseph Henry Moran
Home stadium	Miles Stadium

1926 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Alabama $	8	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	1
Tennessee	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Vanderbilt	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
South Carolina	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Georgia	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Virginia	4	–	2	–	1			6	–	2	–	2
VPI	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Washington and Lee	3	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	2
Georgia Tech	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Auburn	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
LSU	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Mississippi A&M	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
VMI	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Tulane	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Maryland	1	–	3	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Clemson	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Florida	1	–	4	–	1			2	–	6	–	2
Kentucky	1	–	4	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
NC State	0	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Sewanee	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1926 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1926 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Andy Gustafson and finished with a record of five wins, three losses and one tie (5–3–1). This was the first season played in Miles Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 25, 1926		Roanoke*	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 47–0	–
October 2, 1926		Hampden–Sydney*	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 30–0	–
October 9, 1926		at Dartmouth*	Memorial Field • Hanover, NH	L 0–21	–
October 16, 1926		vs. Maryland	Norfolk, VA	W 24–8	–
October 23, 1926		Virginia	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA (Rivalry)	W 6–0	–
October 30, 1926		at Kentucky	McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY	T 13–13	–
November 6, 1926		vs. South Carolina	Richmond, VA	L 0–19	–
November 13, 1926		vs. Washington and Lee	Lynchburg, VA	L 0–13	–
November 25, 1926		vs. VMI	Maher Field[1] • Roanoke, VA (Rivalry)	W 14–7	15,000[1]
*Non-conference game.

• Source: HokieSports.com: 1926 Virginia Tech football schedule^[2]

Players

The following players were members of the 1926 football team according to the roster published in the 1927 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.^[3]

VPI 1926 roster
	George Claiborne "Speck" Anderson Albert Ewell Bailey Joseph Murray Brown Karl Esleeck Edward Malvern Handy J. R. Jacobs John Mercer Jeffries J. B. Jones John Ote Looney Scotty MacArthur		Cloy Mattox Herbert McEver Vernon Edward Miles (Capt.) Joseph Henry Moran (Capt.) Jack Wellford Moss Lloyd Broderick Nutter Frank Peake Douglas Cooper Petty J. H. Rice

References

1. "Gobblers Defeat V.M.I. 14–7". The Cadet (Virginia Military Institute). November 29, 1926. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
2. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1926–1927". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed December 26, 2015.
3. "The Bugle 1927" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1927. p. 281. Retrieved 2016-01-08.