1929 VPI Gobblers football team

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1929 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1929 record5–4 (2–3 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainHenry Virgil Hooper
Lloyd Broderick Nutter
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
Seasons
← 1928
1930 →
1929 Southern Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tulane $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Tennessee 6 – 0 – 1 9 – 0 – 1
North Carolina 7 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Florida 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Vanderbilt 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Kentucky 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Georgia 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
VMI 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Duke 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
LSU 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Alabama 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Clemson 3 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
VPI 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Georgia Tech 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
South Carolina 2 – 5 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Virginia 1 – 3 – 2 4 – 3 – 2
Maryland 1 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 2
Washington and Lee 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Ole Miss 0 – 4 – 2 1 – 6 – 2
Mississippi A&M 0 – 3 – 1 1 – 5 – 2
Sewanee 0 – 4 – 1 2 – 5 – 2
NC State 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Auburn 0 – 7 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1929 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1929 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[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Roanoke*
W 19–0
October 5Hampden–Sydney*
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 37–6
October 12at Penn*
L 8–14
October 19vs. William & Mary*
W 25–1412,000[1]
October 26at North Carolina
L 13–388,000[2]
November 2vs. Washington and Lee
W 36–6[3]
November 92:30 p.m.at Virginia
W 32–12[4]
November 16vs. MarylandNorfolk, VAL 0–24
November 28vs. VMI
L 0–1422,000[5]
  • *Non-conference game

Players[]

The following players were members of the 1929 football team according to the roster published in the 1930 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[6]

VPI 1929 roster
  • Charles Eugene Brown
  • Edwin F. Chandler
  • William Grundy Davis
  • E. E. Dyke
  • William Clarence Gardner
  • John Edward Gray
  • John Buckner Green
  • Samuel Elkana Hardwick
  • Henry Virgil "Bird" Hooper (Capt.)
  • Louis Dexter Hubbard
  • Maury Albon Hubbard
  • Warner Brooke Jones
  • Herbert McEver
  • Lloyd Broderick Nutter (Capt.)
  • Waightes Gibbs Ottley
  • Milton Anthony Owens
  • Walter Wilson Pattie
  • J. R. Rice
  • Marcus Oliver Ritter
  • Eugene Butler Rule
  • Charles Richard Shannon
  • Philip Hitchborn Spear
  • Harry Hyman Stark
  • James L. Swart
  • Cyril Method "Tommy" Tomko
  • Harold J. Wimmer

References[]

  1. ^ "Tech Rallies to Defeat Redskins" (PDF). The Flat Hat. College of William & Mary. October 25, 1929. p. 6. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  2. ^ "Carolina Runs Roughshod Over V.P.I., 38-13". The Daily Tar Heel. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. October 27, 1929. p. 1. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  3. ^ "Generals Fall Before V.P.I. In Lynchburg" (PDF). The Ring-tum Phi. Washington and Lee University. November 6, 1929. p. 3. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  4. ^ "Virginia vs. V.P.I. Official Programme". VPI vs. UVA Football Program. 1929. p. 1. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  5. ^ "Keydets Are State Champions". The Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. December 2, 1929. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  6. ^ "The Bugle 1930" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1930. Retrieved 2016-01-09.


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