1928 VPI Gobblers football team

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1928 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Georgia Tech $ 7 0 0 10 0 0
Tennessee 6 0 1 9 0 1
Florida 6 1 0 8 1 0
VPI 4 1 0 7 2 0
Alabama 6 2 0 6 3 0
LSU 3 1 1 6 2 1
Clemson 4 2 0 8 3 0
Vanderbilt 4 2 0 8 2 0
Tulane 3 3 1 6 3 1
Ole Miss 3 3 0 5 4 0
North Carolina 2 2 2 5 3 2
Kentucky 2 2 1 4 3 1
South Carolina 2 2 1 6 2 2
Maryland 2 3 1 6 3 1
VMI 2 3 1 5 3 2
Georgia 2 4 0 4 5 0
NC State 1 3 1 4 5 1
Mississippi A&M 1 4 0 2 4 2
Virginia 1 6 0 2 6 1
Washington and Lee 1 6 0 2 8 0
Sewanee 0 5 0 2 7 0
Auburn 0 7 0 1 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1928 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1928 Southern Conference football season. The team was led by their head coach Andy Gustafson and finished with a record of seven wins and two losses (7–2). This was the senior season for the "Pony Express" backfield which included Frank Peake, Herbert McEver, Scotty MacArthur, and Tommy Tomko.[1]

Schedule

September 29, 1928Roanoke College*

W 34–7 – October 6, 1928Hampden–Sydney*

  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA

W 32–7 – October 13, 1928at Colgate*

L 35–14 – October 20, 1928at North Carolina

W 16–14 – October 27, 1928King College*

  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA

W 54–0 – November 3, 1928vs. MarylandNorfolk, VAW 9–6 – November 10, 1928Virginia

  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA (Rivalry)

W 20–0 7,000[3] November 17, 1928at Washington and Lee

W 13–7 – November 29, 1928vs. VMI

L 16–6 20,000[4]

Template:CFB Schedule End

  • Source: HokieSports.com: 1928 Virginia Tech football schedule[5]

Players

The following players were members of the 1928 football team according to the roster published in the 1929 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[6]

VPI 1928 roster
  • Roger Lee Amole
  • Albert Ewell Bailey (Capt.)
  • Joseph Murray Brown
  • John Edward Gray
  • John Buckner Green
  • Henry Virgil "Bird" Hooper
  • Philip Smith Hotchkiss
  • William Coles Hudgins
  • Louis Dexter Hubbard
  • Warner Brooke Jones
  • John Ote Looney
  • Scotty MacArthur
  • Arthur Randolph Mahaney
  • Cloy Mattox
  • Lloyd Broderick Nutter (Capt.)
  • Milton Anthony Owens
  • Walter Wilson Pattie
  • Frank Peake
  • Nelson Osborn Price
  • Marcus Oliver Ritter
  • Eugene Butler Rule
  • Harry Bingham Spear
  • Philip Hitchborn Spear
  • Cyril Method "Tommy" Tomko

References

  1. ^ "From The Beginning ... To The Beamer Era".
  2. ^ "Maroon Eleven Turns Back V.P.I., 35–14, To Gain Revenge For Last Year's Defeat". Colgate Maroon. Colgate University. October 17, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  3. ^ "V.P.I. Ace Makes Seventy Yard Run". The Daily Progress. University of Virginia. November 12, 1928. p. 6. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "V.M.I. Triumphs Over V.P.I." The Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. December 3, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  5. ^ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1928–1929". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed December 26, 2015.
  6. ^ "The Bugle 1929" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1929. p. 313. Retrieved 2016-01-08.