1930 VPI Gobblers football team

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1930 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1930 record5–3–1 (2–3–1 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainHenry Virgil Hooper
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
Seasons
← 1929
1931 →
1930 Southern Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Alabama + 8 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
Tulane + 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Tennessee 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Duke 4 – 1 – 1 8 – 1 – 2
Vanderbilt 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Maryland 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Florida 4 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
North Carolina 4 – 2 – 2 5 – 3 – 2
Clemson 3 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Georgia 3 – 2 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Kentucky 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
South Carolina 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
VPI 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Mississippi A&M 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Georgia Tech 2 – 4 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
LSU 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
Virginia 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Sewanee 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
NC State 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Ole Miss 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Auburn 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Washington and Lee 0 – 4 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
VMI 0 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1930 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1930 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Orville Neale and finished with a record of five wins, three losses and one tie (5–3–1).

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Roanoke*
W 9–0
October 4North Carolina
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 21–395,000[1]
October 11at Vanderbilt
L 0–40
October 18vs. William & Mary*
W 7–68,000[2]
October 25at Davidson*
W 20–19
November 1at Washington and Lee
T 0–04,000[3]
November 8Virginia
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, Virginia (rivalry)
W 34–13
November 15vs. MarylandNorfolk, VAL 7–13
November 27vs. VMI
W 24–0[4]
  • *Non-conference game

Players[]

The following players were members of the 1930 football team according to the roster published in the 1931 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[5]

VPI 1930 roster
  • Charles Eugene Brown
  • Edwin F. Chandler
  • E. E. Dyke
  • Gaines
  • John Buckner Green
  • Earl Jenis Hall
  • Samuel Elkana Hardwick
  • Eugene Goliday Hite
  • Henry Virgil "Bird" Hooper (Capt.)
  • Frank Howard
  • Warner Brooke Jones
  • John A. McIntre
  • Waightes Gibbs Ottley
  • Milton Anthony Owens
  • Marcus Oliver Ritter
  • Alfred Elsworth Seaman
  • Philip Hitchborn Spear
  • Harry Hyman Stark
  • Harold J. Wimmer

References[]

  1. ^ "Carolina Wins From V.P.I. Gobblers 39-21". The Daily Tar Heel. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. October 5, 1930. p. 3. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "Braves Lose Again to V.P.I. After Hard Fight" (PDF). The Flat Hat. College of William & Mary. October 24, 1930. p. 6. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  3. ^ "Generals and Gobblers Fight to Scoreless Tie" (PDF). The Ring-tum Phi. Washington and Lee University. November 4, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  4. ^ "Gobblers Take Annual Turkey-day Classic in Roanoke 24 to 0". The Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. December 1, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  5. ^ "The Bugle 1931" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1931. Retrieved 2016-01-09.


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