1929 VPI Gobblers football team

1929 Virginia Tech Hokies football
Conference	Southern Conference
1929 record	5–4 (2–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Andy Gustafson (4th year)
Captain	Henry Virgil Hooper Lloyd Broderick Nutter
Home stadium	Miles Stadium

1929 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Tulane $	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	0
Tennessee	6	–	0	–	1			9	–	0	–	1
North Carolina	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Florida	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Vanderbilt	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Kentucky	3	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
Georgia	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
VMI	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Duke	2	–	1	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
LSU	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Clemson	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
VPI	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
South Carolina	2	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Virginia	1	–	3	–	2			4	–	3	–	2
Maryland	1	–	3	–	1			4	–	4	–	2
Washington and Lee	1	–	4	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Ole Miss	0	–	4	–	2			1	–	6	–	2
Mississippi A&M	0	–	3	–	1			1	–	5	–	2
Sewanee	0	–	4	–	1			2	–	5	–	2
NC State	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
Auburn	0	–	7	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1929 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1929 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 28, 1929		Roanoke*	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 19–0	–
October 5, 1929		Hampden–Sydney*	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 37–6	–
October 12, 1929		at Pennsylvania*	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	L 8–14	–
October 19, 1929		vs. William & Mary*	City Stadium • Richmond, VA	W 25–14	12,000[1]
October 26, 1929		at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	L 13–38	–
November 2, 1929		vs. Washington and Lee	Municipal Stadium[2] • Lynchburg, VA	W 36–6	–
November 9, 1929		at Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA (Rivalry)	W 32–12	–
November 16, 1929		vs. Maryland	Norfolk, VA	L 0–24	–
November 28, 1929		vs. VMI	Maher Field[3] • Roanoke, VA (Rivalry)	L 0–14	22,000[3]
*Non-conference game.

• Source: HokieSports.com: 1929 Virginia Tech football schedule^[4]

Players

The following players were members of the 1929 football team according to the roster published in the 1930 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.^[5]

VPI 1929 roster
	Charles Eugene Brown E. F. Chandler William Grundy Davis E. E. Dyke William Clarence Gardner John Edward Gray John Buckner Green Samuel Elkana Hardwick Henry Virgil "Bird" Hooper (Capt.) Louis Dexter Hubbard Maury Albon Hubbard Warner Brooke Jones Herbert McEver		Lloyd Broderick Nutter (Capt.) Waightes Gibbs Ottley Milton Anthony Owens Walter Wilson Pattie J. R. Rice Marcus Oliver Ritter Eugene Butler Rule Charles Richard Shannon Philip Hitchborn Spear Harry Hyman Stark J. L. Swart Cyril Method "Tommy" Tomko Harold J. Wimmer

References

1. "Tech Rallies to Defeat Redskins" (PDF). The Flat Hat (College of William & Mary). October 25, 1929. p. 6. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
2. "Generals Fall Before V.P.I. In Lynchburg" (PDF). The Ring-tum Phi (Washington and Lee University). November 6, 1929. p. 3. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
3. "Keydets Are State Champions". The Cadet (Virginia Military Institute). December 2, 1929. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
4. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1929–1930". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed December 26, 2015.
5. "The Bugle 1930" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1930. Retrieved 2016-01-09.