1940 VPI Gobblers football team
The 1940 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1940 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 21, 1940 |
|
Catawba* |
Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA |
W 34–12 |
– |
September 28, 1940 |
|
at Marshall* |
Fairfield Stadium • Huntington, WV |
L 7–13 |
– |
October 5, 1940 |
|
Richmond |
Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA |
L 7–13 |
– |
October 12, 1940 |
|
vs. William & Mary |
City Stadium • Richmond, VA |
L 13–20 |
– |
October 19, 1940 |
|
at Georgetown* |
Griffith Stadium • Washington, DC |
L 4–46 |
– |
October 26, 1940 |
|
vs. Washington and Lee |
Lynchburg, VA |
W 21–0 |
– |
November 2, 1940 |
|
vs. Virginia* |
Norfolk, VA (Rivalry) |
W 6–0 |
– |
November 9, 1940 |
|
Furman |
Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA |
W 38–21 |
– |
November 16, 1940 |
|
at Centre* |
Farris Stadium • Danville, KY |
W 10–6 |
– |
November 21, 1940 |
|
vs. VMI |
Maher Field[1] • Roanoke, VA (Rivalry) |
L 0–14 |
21,000[1] |
*Non-conference game. |
- Source: HokieSports.com: 1940 Virginia Tech football schedule[2]
Players
The following players were members of the 1940 football team according to the roster published in the 1941 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[3]
VPI 1940 roster |
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- Van Anderson
- Mason H. Blandford
- Alton Harwood Belcher
- Irvin Jean Chasen
- Gerald Harley Clark
- James Emory Coleman
- Robert Preston Graves
- John L. Henderson
- Rankin McGuire Hudson
- William Wilson James
- William B. Johnson
- Samuel Benjamin Judy
- Richard Davis Kern
- Robert Lawson
- Roger Nelson McClure
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- Henry Morehead
- Joseph Franklin Smith
- J. O. Smith
- Benjamin Tate
- William Lee Tate
- Garrett Ernest Taylor
- Herbert Joseph Thomas
- Andrew Wellington Todd
- Albert C. Traynham
- George Daniel Warriner
- Eugene H. Wheeler
- James Walter Woolwine
- Ralph Travis Unterzuber
- William Daniel Zydiak
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