1940 VPI Gobblers football team

1940 Southern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1940 VPI Gobblers football
1940 VPI Gobblers football
Conference	Southern Conference
1940 record	5–5 (2–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Henry Redd (9th season);
Captain	James Emory Coleman; John L. Henderson
Home stadium	Miles Stadium
	Seasons ← 1939 1941 →

The 1940 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1940 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Henry Redd and finished with a record of five wins and five losses (5–5).

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21		Catawba*	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 34–12
September 28		at Marshall*	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 7–13
October 5	3:00 p.m.	Richmond	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 7–13		^[1]
October 12		vs. William & Mary	City Stadium Richmond, VA	L 13–20	9,000	^[2]
October 19	8:00 p.m.	at Georgetown*	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	L 4–46		^[3]
October 26		vs. Washington and Lee	Lynchburg, VA	W 21–0
November 2		vs. Virginia*	Norfolk, VA (rivalry)	W 6–0
November 9		Furman	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 38–21
November 16		at Centre*	Farris Stadium Danville, KY	W 10–6
November 21		vs. VMI	Maher Field Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	L 0–14	21,000	^[4]
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

Players[]

The following players were members of the 1940 football team according to the roster published in the 1941 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.^[5]

VPI 1940 roster
	Van Anderson Mason Harper Blandford Alton Harwood Belcher Irvin Jean Chasen Gerald Harley Clark James Emory Coleman Robert Preston Graves John L. Henderson Rankin McGuire Hudson William Wilson James William B. Johnson Samuel Benjamin Judy Richard Davis Kern Robert Lawson Roger Nelson McClure		Henry Morehead Joseph Franklin Smith J. O. Smith Benjamin Tate William Lee Tate Garrett Ernest Taylor Herbert Joseph Thomas Andrew Wellington Todd Albert Crawford Traynham George Daniel Warriner Eugene Hagy Wheeler James Walter Woolwine Ralph Travis Unterzuber William Daniel Zydiak

References[]

^ "UR Opens Conference Play Against Tech". The Richmond Collegian. University of Richmond. October 4, 1940. p. 4. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
^ "Colonial Echo 1941" (PDF). Colonial Echo. 1941. p. 198. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
^ "Georgetown vs. V.P.I. Official Program". VPI vs. Georgetown Football Program. 1925. p. 1. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
^ "VMI Runs Rough-Shod Over Tech 14 to 0". The V.M.I. Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. November 25, 1940. p. 1. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
^ "The Bugle 1941" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1941. p. 237. Retrieved 2016-01-15.

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[1] "UR Opens Conference Play Against Tech". The Richmond Collegian. University of Richmond. October 4, 1940. p. 4. Retrieved August 15, 2016.

[2] "Colonial Echo 1941" (PDF). Colonial Echo. 1941. p. 198. Retrieved July 29, 2017.

[3] "Georgetown vs. V.P.I. Official Program". VPI vs. Georgetown Football Program. 1925. p. 1. Retrieved October 10, 2017.

[vmi-4] "VMI Runs Rough-Shod Over Tech 14 to 0". The V.M.I. Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. November 25, 1940. p. 1. Retrieved February 2, 2016.

[5] "The Bugle 1941" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1941. p. 237. Retrieved 2016-01-15.

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Venues	Miles Field (1894–1925) Miles Stadium (1926–1964) Lane Stadium (1965–present) Victory Stadium (alternate, 1942–1971)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Boston College Georgia Tech Miami Virginia (Commonwealth Cup) West Virginia (Black Diamond Trophy) VMI
Culture & lore	HokieBird "Tech Triumph" "Enter Sandman" The Marching Virginians Battle at Bristol
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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1940 Southern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Clemson $	4	–	0	–	0	6	–	2	–	1
No. 18 Duke	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Wake Forest	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
William & Mary	2	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
North Carolina	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Richmond	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
VMI	3	–	2	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Furman	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Washington and Lee	1	–	1	–	1	2	–	7	–	1
VPI	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
NC State	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Maryland	0	–	1	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
South Carolina	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Davidson	1	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
The Citadel	0	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll