1928 VPI Gobblers football team

1928 Virginia Tech Hokies football
Conference	Southern Conference
1928 record	7–2 (4–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Andy Gustafson (3rd year)
Captain	Albert Ewell Bailey Lloyd Broderick Nutter
Home stadium	Miles Stadium

1928 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Georgia Tech $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
Tennessee	6	–	0	–	1			9	–	0	–	1
Florida	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
VPI	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Alabama	6	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
LSU	3	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Clemson	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Vanderbilt	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Tulane	3	–	3	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Ole Miss	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
North Carolina	2	–	2	–	2			5	–	3	–	2
Kentucky	2	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
South Carolina	2	–	2	–	1			6	–	2	–	2
Maryland	2	–	3	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
VMI	2	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	2
Georgia	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
NC State	1	–	3	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Mississippi A&M	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	4	–	2
Virginia	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	6	–	1
Washington and Lee	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Sewanee	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Auburn	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1928 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1928 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Andy Gustafson and finished with a record of seven wins and two losses (7–2). This was the senior season for the "Pony Express" backfield which included Frank Peake, Herbert McEver, Scotty MacArthur, and Tommy Tomko.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 29, 1928		Roanoke*	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 34–7	–
October 6, 1928		Hampden–Sydney*	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 32–7	–
October 13, 1928		at Colgate*	Whitnall Field[2] • Hamilton, NY	L 14–35	–
October 20, 1928		at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	W 16–14	–
October 27, 1928		King College*	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 54–0	–
November 3, 1928		vs. Maryland	Norfolk, VA	W 9–6	–
November 10, 1928		Virginia	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA (Rivalry)	W 20–0	–
November 17, 1928		at Washington and Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, VA	W 13–7	–
November 29, 1928		vs. VMI	Maher Field[3] • Roanoke, VA (Rivalry)	L 6–16	20,000[3]
*Non-conference game.

• Source: HokieSports.com: 1928 Virginia Tech football schedule^[4]

Players

The following players were members of the 1928 football team according to the roster published in the 1929 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.^[5]

VPI 1928 roster
	Roger Lee Amole Albert Ewell Bailey (Capt.) Joseph Murray Brown John Edward Gray John Buckner Green Henry Virgil "Bird" Hooper Philip Smith Hotchkiss William Coles Hudgins Louis Dexter Hubbard Warner Brooke Jones John Ote Looney Scotty MacArthur		Arthur Randolph Mahaney Cloy Mattox Lloyd Broderick Nutter (Capt.) Milton Anthony Owens Walter Wilson Pattie Frank Peake Nelson Osborn Price Marcus Oliver Ritter Eugene Butler Rule Harry Bingham Spear Philip Hitchborn Spear Cyril Method "Tommy" Tomko

References

1. "From The Beginning ... To The Beamer Era".
2. "Maroon Eleven Turns Back V.P.I., 35–14, To Gain Revenge For Last Year's Defeat". Colgate Maroon (Colgate University). October 17, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
3. "V.M.I. Triumphs Over V.P.I.". The Cadet (Virginia Military Institute). December 3, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
4. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1928–1929". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed December 26, 2015.
5. "The Bugle 1929" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1929. p. 313. Retrieved 2016-01-08.