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1927 VPI Gobblers football team

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1927 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgia Tech + 7 0 1 8 1 1
Tennessee + 5 0 1 8 0 1
NC State + 4 0 0 9 1 0
Vanderbilt 5 0 2 8 1 2
No. 8 Georgia 6 1 0 9 1 0
Florida 5 2 0 7 3 0
Ole Miss 3 2 0 5 3 1
Virginia 4 4 0 5 4 0
Clemson 2 2 0 5 3 1
Alabama 3 4 1 5 4 1
LSU 2 3 1 4 4 1
Mississippi A&M 2 3 0 5 3 0
Washington and Lee 2 3 0 4 4 1
VPI 2 3 0 5 4 0
Maryland 3 5 0 4 7 0
South Carolina 2 4 0 4 5 0
VMI 2 4 0 6 4 0
Tulane 2 5 1 2 5 1
North Carolina 2 5 0 4 6 0
Sewanee 1 4 0 2 6 0
Kentucky 1 5 0 3 6 1
Auburn 0 6 1 0 7 2
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1927 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1927 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

September 24, 1927Roanoke*

W 21–2 – October 1, 1927Hampden–Sydney*

W 13–0 – October 8, 1927at Colgate*

W 6–0 – October 15, 1927vs. MarylandNorfolk, VAL 7–13 – October 22, 1927at Virginia

L 0–7 – October 29, 1927at Chattanooga*

L 13–14 – November 5, 1927vs. South CarolinaRichmond, VAW 35–0 – November 12, 1927Washington and Lee

W 21–0 4,000[2] November 24, 1927vs. VMI

L 9–12

Template:CFB Schedule End

  • Source: HokieSports.com: 1927 Virginia Tech football schedule[4]

Players

The following players were members of the 1927 football team according to the roster published in the 1928 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[5]

VPI 1927 roster
  • Albert Ewell Bailey (Capt.)
  • Joseph Murray Brown
  • John Edward Gray
  • Philip Smith Hotchkiss
  • William Coles Hudgins
  • John Ote Looney
  • Scotty MacArthur
  • Arthur Randolph Mahaney
  • Cloy Mattox

References

  1. ^ "V.P.I. Victory Marks First Home Defeat In Decades For Colgate". Colgate Maroon. Colgate University. October 12, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  2. ^ "Gobblers Defeat Generals; Score First Time Since '22" (PDF). The Ring-tum Phi. Washington and Lee University. November 16, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  3. ^ "Tech. Bows To V.M.I." The Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. November 28, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  4. ^ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1927–1928". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed December 26, 2015.
  5. ^ "The Bugle 1928" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1928. p. 332. Retrieved 2016-01-08.