1938 VPI Gobblers football team

1938 VPI Gobblers football
Conference Southern Conference
1938 record 3–5–2 (2–3–4 SoCon)
Head coach Henry Redd (7th year)
Captain Frank Marion Pierce
Home stadium Miles Stadium
1938 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#3 Duke $ 5 – 0 – 0     9 – 1 – 0
Clemson 3 – 0 – 1     7 – 1 – 1
VMI 4 – 0 – 3     6 – 1 – 4
North Carolina 4 – 1 – 0     6 – 2 – 1
Richmond 3 – 2 – 1     6 – 3 – 1
Washington and Lee 2 – 2 – 0     4 – 4 – 1
NC State 3 – 3 – 1     3 – 7 – 1
South Carolina 2 – 2 – 0     6 – 4 – 1
Wake Forest 3 – 4 – 1     4 – 5 – 1
VPI 2 – 3 – 2     3 – 5 – 2
The Citadel 2 – 3 – 0     6 – 5 – 0
Maryland 1 – 2 – 0     2 – 7 – 0
Davidson 2 – 6 – 0     4 – 6 – 0
Furman 0 – 4 – 1     2 – 7 – 1
William & Mary 0 – 4 – 0     3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1938 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Henry Redd and finished with a record of three wins, five losses and two ties (3–5–2).

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 17, 1938 Emory and Henry* Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA W 33–0   –
September 24, 1938 vs. Duke World War Memorial Stadium[1] • Greensboro, NC L 0–18   13,000[2]
October 1, 1938 at Army* Michie Stadium • West Point, NY L 0–39   –
October 8, 1938 vs. William & Mary City Stadium • Richmond, VA W 27–0   –
October 15, 1938 Virginia*dagger Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA (Rivalry) L 6–14   –
October 22, 1938 at Washington and Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, VA L 0–6   –
October 29, 1938 NC State Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA W 7–0   –
November 5, 1938 at North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC L 0–7   –
November 11, 1938 at Richmond City Stadium • Richmond, VA T 0–0   –
November 24, 1938 vs. VMI Roanoke, VA (Rivalry) T 2–2   15,000[3]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming.

Players

The following players were members of the 1938 football team according to the roster published in the 1939 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[5]

VPI 1938 roster
Quarterback
  • Philip Galliano DeMuro

Guards

  • William Harper Devlin
  • James Anthony Gaugler
  • Ernest Stuart King
  • George Yellott Worthington

Tackles

  • H. Woodrow Gosney
  • David Marion Pitts

Centers

  • Samuel Bascom Dunn
  • Neil Saunders Wood
 Ends
  • Frank Lovitt Oliver
  • Frank Marion Pierce (Capt.)
  • Daniel Green Shawhan

Halfbacks

  • James Raymond Belcher
  • Irving Ward Boswell
  • Mathew Leslie Ellison
  • Albert Sanford Miller
  • Stanley Covington Powers
  • Samuel B. Rose
  • Herbert Joseph Thomas

Fullbacks

  • Rankin McGuire Hudson
  • George Daniel Warriner
 Substitutes
  • Archie Cameron
  • Sidney Gordon Campbell
  • James Emory Coleman
  • James Stuart Fixx
  • Robert Preston Graves
  • Irving Gray
  • John L. Henderson
  • Herbert Andrews Markle
  • Joseph Franklin Smith
  • Andrew Wellington Todd
  • James Walter Woolwine

References

  1. ↑ "Blue Devils Meet V.P.I. in Season Opener, Saturday". The Duke Chronicle. Duke University. September 20, 1938. p. 1. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Blue Devil Football Team Captures Season's Opener, 18–0". The Duke Chronicle. Duke University. September 27, 1938. p. 3. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Squadron Ties VPI 2–2 In Annual Game". The V.M.I. Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. November 29, 1938. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  4. ↑ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1938–1939". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed January 12, 2016.
  5. ↑ "The Bugle 1939" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1939. p. 234. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
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