1926 VPI Gobblers football team

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1926 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1926 record5–3–1 (3–2–1 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainVernon Edward Miles
Joseph Henry Moran
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
Seasons
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1926 Southern Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Alabama $ 8 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 1
Tennessee 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Vanderbilt 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
South Carolina 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Georgia 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Virginia 4 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 2
VPI 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Washington and Lee 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 2
Georgia Tech 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
North Carolina 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Auburn 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
LSU 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Ole Miss 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Mississippi A&M 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
VMI 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Tulane 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Maryland 1 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Clemson 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Florida 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 6 – 2
Kentucky 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
NC State 0 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Sewanee 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1926 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1926 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Andy Gustafson and finished with a record of five wins, three losses and one tie (5–3–1). This was the first season played in Miles Stadium.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Roanoke*
W 47–0
October 2Hampden–Sydney*
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 30–0
October 9at Dartmouth*
L 0–21
October 16vs. MarylandNorfolk, VAW 24–8
October 23Virginia
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)
W 6–07,000[1]
October 30at Kentucky
T 13–13
November 6vs. South Carolina
L 0–19[2]
November 13vs. Washington and Lee
L 0–13
November 25vs. VMI
W 14–715,000[3]
  • *Non-conference game

Players[]

The following players were members of the 1926 football team according to the roster published in the 1927 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[4]

VPI 1926 roster
  • George Claiborne "Speck" Anderson
  • Albert Ewell Bailey
  • Joseph Murray Brown
  • Karl Esleeck
  • Edward Malvern Handy
  • J. R. Jacobs
  • John Mercer Jeffries
  • J. B. Jones
  • John Ote Looney
  • Scotty MacArthur

References[]

  1. ^ Wranek, William (October 25, 1926). "Virginia Plays Great Game". The Daily Progress. University of Virginia. p. 5. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
  2. ^ "South Carolinians down V.P.I., 19–0, in gridiron season's biggest upset". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 7, 1926. Retrieved January 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Gobblers Defeat V.M.I. 14–7". The Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. November 29, 1926. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  4. ^ "The Bugle 1927" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1927. p. 281. Retrieved 2016-01-08.


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