1927 VPI Gobblers football team

1927 Virginia Tech Hokies football
Conference	Southern Conference
1927 record	5–4 (2–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Andy Gustafson (2nd year)
Captain	Albert Ewell Bailey Vernon Edward Miles
Home stadium	Miles Stadium

1927 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Georgia Tech +	7	–	0	–	1			8	–	1	–	1
Tennessee +	5	–	0	–	1			8	–	0	–	1
NC State +	4	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Vanderbilt	5	–	0	–	2			8	–	1	–	2
Georgia	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Florida	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Ole Miss	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Virginia	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Clemson	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Alabama	3	–	4	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
LSU	2	–	3	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Mississippi A&M	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Washington and Lee	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
VPI	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Maryland	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
South Carolina	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
VMI	2	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Tulane	2	–	5	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
North Carolina	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Sewanee	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
Auburn	0	–	6	–	1			0	–	7	–	2
+ – Conference co-champions

The 1927 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1927 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Andy Gustafson and finished with a record of five wins and four losses (5–4).

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 24, 1927		Roanoke*	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 21–2	–
October 1, 1927		Hampden–Sydney*	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 13–0	–
October 8, 1927		at Colgate*	Whitnall Field[1] • Hamilton, NY	W 6–0	–
October 15, 1927		vs. Maryland	Norfolk, VA	L 7–13	–
October 22, 1927		at Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA (Rivalry)	L 0–7	–
October 29, 1927		at Chattanooga*	Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, TN	L 13–14	–
November 5, 1927		vs. South Carolina	Richmond, VA	W 35–0	–
November 12, 1927		Washington and Lee	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 21–0	4,000[2]
November 24, 1927		vs. VMI	Maher Field[3] • Roanoke, VA (Rivalry)	L 9–12	–
*Non-conference game.

• Source: HokieSports.com: 1927 Virginia Tech football schedule^[4]

Players

The following players were members of the 1927 football team according to the roster published in the 1928 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.^[5]

VPI 1927 roster
	Albert Ewell Bailey (Capt.) Joseph Murray Brown John Edward Gray Philip Smith Hotchkiss William Coles Hudgins John Ote Looney Scotty MacArthur Arthur Randolph Mahaney Cloy Mattox		Herbert McEver Vernon Edward Miles (Capt.) Jack Wellford Moss Lloyd Broderick Nutter Frank Peake Douglas Cooper Petty Eugene Butler Rule Cyril Method "Tommy" Tomko

References

1. "V.P.I. Victory Marks First Home Defeat In Decades For Colgate". Colgate Maroon (Colgate University). October 12, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
2. "Gobblers Defeat Generals; Score First Time Since '22" (PDF). The Ring-tum Phi (Washington and Lee University). November 16, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
3. "Tech. Bows To V.M.I.". The Cadet (Virginia Military Institute). November 28, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
4. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1927–1928". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed December 26, 2015.
5. "The Bugle 1928" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1928. p. 332. Retrieved 2016-01-08.