1927 VPI Gobblers football team

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1927 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1927 record5–4 (2–3 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainAlbert Ewell Bailey
V. E. Miles
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
Seasons
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1927 Southern Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgia Tech + 7 – 0 – 1 8 – 1 – 1
Tennessee + 5 – 0 – 1 8 – 0 – 1
NC State + 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Vanderbilt 5 – 0 – 2 8 – 1 – 2
Georgia 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Florida 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Ole Miss 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Virginia 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Clemson 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Alabama 3 – 4 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
LSU 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Mississippi A&M 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Washington and Lee 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
VPI 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Maryland 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
South Carolina 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
VMI 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Tulane 2 – 5 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
North Carolina 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Sewanee 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Kentucky 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
Auburn 0 – 6 – 1 0 – 7 – 2
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1927 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1927 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[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Roanoke*
W 21–2
October 1Hampden–Sydney*
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 13–0
October 8at Colgate*
W 6–0[1]
October 15vs. MarylandNorfolk, VAL 7–13
October 22at Virginia
L 0–7
October 29at Chattanooga*
L 13–14
November 5vs. South Carolina
W 35–0[2]
November 12Washington and Leedagger
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 21–04,000[3]
November 24vs. VMI
L 9–12[4]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

Players[]

The following players were members of the 1927 football team according to the roster published in the 1928 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[5]

VPI 1927 roster
  • Albert Ewell Bailey (Capt.)
  • Joseph Murray Brown
  • John Edward Gray
  • Philip Smith Hotchkiss
  • William Coles Hudgins
  • John Ote Looney
  • Scotty MacArthur
  • Arthur Randolph Mahaney
  • Cloy Mattox

References[]

  1. ^ "V.P.I. Victory Marks First Home Defeat In Decades For Colgate". Colgate Maroon. Colgate University. October 12, 1927. p. 1. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  2. ^ "VPI vs. USC Official Souvenir Program". VPI vs. USC Football Program. 1927. p. 1. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  3. ^ "Gobblers Defeat Generals; Score First Time Since '22" (PDF). The Ring-tum Phi. Washington and Lee University. November 16, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  4. ^ "Tech. Bows To V.M.I." The Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. November 28, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  5. ^ "The Bugle 1928" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1928. p. 332. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
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