1937 VPI Gobblers football team

1937 Virginia Tech Hokies football
Conference Southern Conference
1937 record 5–5 (2–4 SoCon)
Head coach Henry Redd (6th year)
Captain Carol Leo Shockey
Home stadium Miles Stadium
1937 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Maryland $ 2 0 0     8 2 0
North Carolina 4 0 1     7 1 1
Clemson 2 0 1     4 4 1
Duke 5 1 0     7 2 1
VMI 4 2 0     5 5 0
NC State 4 2 1     5 3 1
South Carolina 2 2 1     5 6 1
Washington and Lee 2 3 0     4 5 0
The Citadel 2 3 0     7 4 0
Richmond 2 3 0     5 4 1
Furman 1 2 2     4 3 2
Virginia Tech 2 4 0     5 5 0
William & Mary 1 3 0     4 5 0
Wake Forest 1 4 0     3 6 0
Davidson 1 6 0     2 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1937 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Henry Redd and finished with a record of five wins and five losses (5–5).

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 28, 1937 Roanoke* Miles StadiumBlacksburg, VA W 27–7  
September 25, 1937 vs. Duke Greensboro, NC L 0–25  
October 2, 1937 at Tennessee* Shields-Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN L 0–27  
October 9, 1937 vs. William & Mary City StadiumRichmond, VA L 0–12  
October 16, 1937 at NC State Riddick StadiumRaleigh, NC L 7–13   7,000[1]
October 23, 1937 Washington and Leedagger Miles StadiumBlacksburg, VA W 19–7   5,000[2]
October 30, 1937 Hampden–Sydney* Miles StadiumBlacksburg, VA W 31–0  
November 6, 1937 at Richmond City StadiumRichmond, VA L 7–12  
November 13, 1937 at Virginia* Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA (Rivalry) W 14–7  
November 25, 1937 vs. VMI Roanoke, VA (Rivalry) W 12–6  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming.

Players

The following players were members of the 1937 football team according to the roster published in the 1938 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[4]

VPI 1937 roster
  • James Raymond Belcher
  • Irving Ward Boswell
  • Archie Cameron
  • Marvin Andrew "Pete" Cregger
  • M. T. Darnell
  • James Blackwell Davis
  • Philip Galliano DeMuro
  • William Harper Devlin
  • Lloyd Gibbs Doxey
  • Samuel Bascom Dunn
  • Mathew Leslie Ellison
  • James Anthony Gaugler
  • Melvin Henry
  • Ernest Stuart King
  • Howard Dilworth Mast
  • Albert Sanford Miller
  • Ruffner Page Murray
  • Frank Lovitt Oliver
  • Frank Marion Pierce
  • David Marion Pitts
  • Stanley Covington Powers
  • Arthur S. Robison
  • Carol Leo Shockey (Capt.)
  • Leo Arthur Vecellio
  • Louis Willson
  • Neil Saunders Wood
  • George Yellott Worthington

References

  1. "State Defeats V.P.I. Gobblers By 13–7 Count". Technician (North Carolina State University). October 22, 1937. p. 3. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  2. "Big Blue Downed 19-7 At Tech Homecoming" (PDF). Ring-tum Phi (Washington and Lee University). October 26, 1937. p. 3. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  3. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1937–1938". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed January 11, 2016.
  4. "The Bugle 1938" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1938. p. 216. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
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