1933 VPI Gobblers football team

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1933 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1933 record4–3–3 (1–1–3 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainWilliam Breckenridge Porterfield
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
Seasons
← 1932
1934 →
1933 Southern Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Duke $ 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
South Carolina 3 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
North Carolina 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
VMI 2 – 1 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
Washington and Lee 1 – 1 – 1 4 – 4 – 2
Clemson 1 – 1 – 0 3 – 6 – 2
VPI 1 – 1 – 3 4 – 3 – 3
Virginia 1 – 3 – 1 2 – 6 – 2
Maryland 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
NC State 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 5 – 3
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1933 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute , now known as  Virginia Tech the 1933 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Henry Redd and finished with a record of four wins, three losses and three ties (4–3–3).

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Roanoke*
W 7–0
September 30at Tennessee*
L 0–2715,000[1]
October 7vs. MarylandNorfolk, VAW 14–0
October 14vs. William & Mary*
W 13–79,000[2]
October 21,3:00 p.m.at Richmond*
  • City Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
W 7–0[3]
October 28South Carolina
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 0–12
November 4Washington and Lee
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
T 7–7
November 11at Alabama*
L 0–2710,000[4]
November 18at Virginia
T 6–6
November 30vs. VMI
T 0–011,000[5]

Players[]

The following players were members of the 1933 football team according to the roster published in the 1934 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[6]

VPI 1933 roster
Quarterbacks
  • William Duncan Holsclaw
  • Charles Emmett Ashburn Morgan

Guards

  • Red Andrews
  • Benjamin Botnick
  • Edward Ralph English
  • Ken T. "Hank" Lindsay
  • John Marshall Murphy
  • John Norman Ochs

Tackles

  • Garland Woodrow Hoenstine
  • Harry Worden Howard
  • Richard "Tris" Huffman
  • Leon Dalmain Simmons
 Centers
  • James Henry Copenhaver
  • William Breckenridge Porterfield (Capt.)

Ends

  • John A. McIntre
  • Warren "Red" Negri
  • Robert Mcclanahan Stump
  • David Thomas

Halfbacks

  • Alfred Layden Casey
  • Martin Cunningham
  • Ray Mills
  • James Edward Ottaway

Fullbacks

  • Carl Francis Robison
  • Joseph Decatur Russell
  • George Maxie Smith
 Substitutes
  • George Vanderslice Beamon
  • Jack A. "Buck" Carpenter
  • Ike Cessna
  • Nick Dillon
  • Jack Elder
  • Charles Alexander "Heinie" Groth
  • Tom Hutcheson
  • Richard Whitmore Neale
  • Ernie Pritchard
  • Ted Pugh
  • Frank Rankin
  • Lawrence Samuel "Buck" Reynolds
  • Rummy Robinette
  • Henry Russa
  • Marvin Sifford
  • Howard Arnold "Hank" Spruill
  • Al Stevens
  • Arthur Everett Stump
  • Daniel Reiser Thoma
  • Buck Tyler
  • James VanDyck
  • Dick Wray
  • John Lester Yorke

Season summary[]

at Alabama[]

See also: 1933 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
VPI at Alabama
1 234Total
VPI 0 000 0
• Alabama 6 1290 27

Against the Crimson Tide of the University of Alabama, VPI lost 27-0 in front 10,000 spectators at Denny Stadium.[4] Alabama took a 6–0 first quarter lead after Riley Smith scored on a five-yard touchdown run.[4] They extended their lead to 18–0 at halftime on touchdown runs of one-yard by Joe Demyanovich and ten-yards by James Angelich in the second quarter.[4] Alabama then closed the game with a 16-yard Dixie Howell touchdown run and a tackle of the Gobblers' Ray Mills for a safety in the third for the 27–0 win.[4]

Alabama's assistant coach was former VPI player Hank Crisp.

References[]

  1. ^ "Vols use regulars 10 minutes, beat stage-frightened V.P.I., 27–0". Richmond Times Dispatch. October 1, 1933. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Indians Defeated By V.P.I., 13–7, in Thrilling Game" (PDF). The Flat Hat. College of William & Mary. October 17, 1933. p. 1. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  3. ^ "Chaltain-Casey Conflict Seen as Big Drawing Card". The Richmond Collegian. University of Richmond. October 20, 1933. p. 1. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Tide tames Gobblers 27 to 0". The Tuscaloosa News. Google News Archives. November 12, 1933. p. 8. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  5. ^ "VMI, VPI Tie 0–0 In Gridiron Classic". The V.M.I. Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. December 4, 1933. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  6. ^ "The Bugle 1934" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1934. Retrieved 2016-01-09.


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