1928 VPI Gobblers football team

1928 Southern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

1928 VPI Gobblers football
1928 VPI Gobblers football
Conference	Southern Conference
1928 record	7–2 (4–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Andy Gustafson (3rd season);
Captain	Albert Ewell Bailey; Lloyd Broderick Nutter
Home stadium	Miles Stadium
	Seasons ← 1927 1929 →

The 1928 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1928 Southern Conference football season. The team was led by their head coach Andy Gustafson and finished with a record of seven wins and two losses (7–2). This was the senior season for the "Pony Express" backfield which included Frank Peake, Herbert McEver, Scotty MacArthur, and Tommy Tomko.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29		Roanoke*	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 34–7
October 6		Hampden–Sydney*	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 32–7
October 13		at Colgate*	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	L 14-35		^[2]
October 20		at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 16-14
October 27		King*	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 54–0
November 3	2:30 p.m.	vs. Maryland	Norfolk, Ball Park Norfolk, VA	W 9–6		^[3]^[4]
November 10		Virginia	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	W 20–0	7,000	^[5]
November 17		at Washington and Lee	Wilson Field Lexington, VA	W 13–7
November 29		vs. VMI	Maher Field Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	L 6-16	20,000	^[6]
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

Players[]

The following players were members of the 1928 football team according to the roster published in the 1929 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.^[7]

VPI 1928 roster
	Roger Lee Amole Albert Ewell Bailey (Capt.) Joseph Murray Brown John Edward Gray John Buckner Green Henry Virgil "Bird" Hooper Philip Smith Hotchkiss William Coles Hudgins Louis Dexter Hubbard Warner Brooke Jones John Ote Looney Scotty MacArthur		Arthur Randolph Mahaney Cloy Mattox Lloyd Broderick Nutter (Capt.) Milton Anthony Owens Walter Wilson Pattie Frank Peake Nelson Osborn Price Marcus Oliver Ritter Eugene Butler Rule Harry Bingham Spear Philip Hitchborn Spear Cyril Method "Tommy" Tomko

References[]

^ "From The Beginning ... To The Beamer Era".
^ "Maroon Eleven Turns Back V.P.I., 35–14, To Gain Revenge For Last Year's Defeat". Colgate Maroon. Colgate University. October 17, 1928. p. 1. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
^ "Placement Kick Gives Gobblers Win at Norfolk". The Times Dispatch. November 4, 1928. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Antique VPI football program 1928 vs MD".
^ "V.P.I. Ace Makes Seventy Yard Run". The Daily Progress. University of Virginia. November 12, 1928. p. 6. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
^ "V.M.I. Triumphs Over V.P.I." The Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. December 3, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
^ "The Bugle 1929" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1929. p. 313. Retrieved 2016-01-08.

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[1] "From The Beginning ... To The Beamer Era".

[2] "Maroon Eleven Turns Back V.P.I., 35–14, To Gain Revenge For Last Year's Defeat". Colgate Maroon. Colgate University. October 17, 1928. p. 1. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016. Retrieved February 4, 2016.

[3] "Placement Kick Gives Gobblers Win at Norfolk". The Times Dispatch. November 4, 1928. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.

[4] "Antique VPI football program 1928 vs MD".

[5] "V.P.I. Ace Makes Seventy Yard Run". The Daily Progress. University of Virginia. November 12, 1928. p. 6. Retrieved November 25, 2016.

[vmi-6] "V.M.I. Triumphs Over V.P.I." The Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. December 3, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2016.

[7] "The Bugle 1929" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1929. p. 313. Retrieved 2016-01-08.

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1928 Southern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Georgia Tech $	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
Tennessee	6	–	0	–	1	9	–	0	–	1
Florida	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
VPI	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Alabama	6	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
LSU	3	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Clemson	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Vanderbilt	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Tulane	3	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Ole Miss	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
North Carolina	2	–	2	–	2	5	–	3	–	2
Kentucky	2	–	2	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
South Carolina	2	–	2	–	1	6	–	2	–	2
Maryland	2	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
VMI	2	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	2
Georgia	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
NC State	1	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Mississippi A&M	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	4	–	2
Virginia	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	6	–	1
Washington and Lee	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Sewanee	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Auburn	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion