1930 VPI Gobblers football team

1930 Virginia Tech Hokies football
Conference	Southern Conference
1930 record	5–3–1 (2–3–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Orville Neale (1st year)
Captain	Henry Virgil Hooper
Home stadium	Miles Stadium

1930 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Alabama +	8	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
Tulane +	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Tennessee	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Duke	4	–	1	–	1			8	–	1	–	2
Vanderbilt	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Maryland	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Florida	4	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
North Carolina	4	–	2	–	2			5	–	3	–	2
Clemson	3	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Georgia	3	–	2	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Kentucky	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
South Carolina	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
VPI	2	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Mississippi A&M	2	–	3	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Georgia Tech	2	–	4	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
LSU	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	1
Virginia	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Sewanee	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
NC State	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Ole Miss	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Auburn	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Washington and Lee	0	–	4	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
VMI	0	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions

The 1930 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1930 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Orville Neale and finished with a record of five wins, three losses and one tie (5–3–1).

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 24, 1930		Roanoke*	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 9–0	–
October 4, 1930		North Carolina	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	L 21–39	–
October 11, 1930		at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 0–40	–
October 18, 1930		vs. William & Mary*	City Stadium • Richmond, VA	W 7–6	8,000[1]
October 25, 1930		at Davidson*	Richardson Stadium • Davidson, NC	W 20–19	–
November 1, 1930		at Washington and Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, VA	T 0–0	4,000[2]
November 8, 1930		Virginia	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA (Rivalry)	W 34–13	–
November 15, 1930		vs. Maryland	Norfolk, VA	L 7–13	–
November 27, 1930		vs. VMI	Maher Field[3] • Roanoke, VA (Rivalry)	W 24–0	–
*Non-conference game.

• Source: HokieSports.com: 1930 Virginia Tech football schedule^[4]

Players

The following players were members of the 1930 football team according to the roster published in the 1931 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.^[5]

VPI 1930 roster
	Charles Eugene Brown E. F. Chandler E. E. Dyke Gaines John Buckner Green Earl Jenis Hall Samuel Elkana Hardwick Eugene Goliday Hite Henry Virgil "Bird" Hooper (Capt.) Howard		Warner Brooke Jones John A. McIntre Waightes Gibbs Ottley Milton Anthony Owens Marcus Oliver Ritter Alfred Elsworth Seaman Philip Hitchborn Spear Harry Hyman Stark Harold J. Wimmer

References

1. "Braves Lose Again to V.P.I. After Hard Fight" (PDF). The Flat Hat (College of William & Mary). October 24, 1930. p. 6. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
2. "Generals and Gobblers Fight to Scoreless Tie" (PDF). The Ring-tum Phi (Washington and Lee University). November 4, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
3. "Gobblers Take Annual Turkey-day Classic in Roanoke 24 to 0". The Cadet (Virginia Military Institute). December 1, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
4. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1930–1931". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed December 26, 2015.
5. "The Bugle 1931" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1931. Retrieved 2016-01-09.